Been churning through quite a collection the last couple of weeks.
Most importantly, Katla, the icelandic miniseries on Netflix. Incredible. One of the best shows I've ever seen. Fascinating both philosophically and superficially. Gorgeous. Dark. If you can handle emotional trauma, highly recommended.
Since mostly everyone else here has set up a Letterboxd, I have as well.
Here's my review for Raw Deal, a Schwarzenegger movie I watched this afternoon:
@Gryffin Just to prepare you for Passing, it's in black and white! I'm hoping it does well so they can go back to add colour to it for re-release so it's actually watchable.
My next video essay's gonna be about a movie... has anyone seen the Studio Ghibli film; The Tale of the Princess Kaguya? I'd love to discuss it, see if I can come up with some cool ideas to expand on.
@TheJGG yeah I saw it a few years. However I feel like you just want to steal my brilliant talking points for your essay! ;p
The obvious main bullet point would be the gorgeous art style which uses watercolours and lines to look like an old timey Japanese scroll. Then followed up by its translation of the folk tale it's based on, it's leisurely long pacing and a comparison of it's contemporaries both Disney's fairy tales and Ghibli other works although it sorta reminds me of The Snowman which gets shown every British xmas.
@Rambler The only correct answer is Idris Elba innit! Although at Bond's heart he is a murderous toff coming from heritage so maybe a black guy can't play him as he wouldn't have the sense of being from old money which is a shame as I remember watching Luther and thinking that guy would make a great Bond.
The same applies to Batman as he was from an old money family taking from the city which then took it back which is really what Batsy is fighting.
@Rambler Yep, they have done that already in the comics. Batman is the only comics I consistently read (and I pick up other comics if I hear it's a good run) and I've read a few variations of that.
I've got insider info on Tom Hardy from someone I know who works in the showbizness and they are saying Tom isn't doing it. I get told lots of tidbits I've not aloud to say like what Eleven from Stranger Things is really like in real life, the Avengers actors are all really nice apart from one etc. The annoying thing is whenever they work on a Marvel or DC film I will ask them questions as a comic fan and they have no idea what I'm on about as they don't have geek cred. I had a long discussion asking about Justice League when they were working on it after they told me a loose description of something which made no sense so I spent an hour in the pub showing them pictures from google of what it could be which really annoyed them but not as much as I was annoyed of only half knowing something.
@Rambler It works though as I don't really care about the celeb gossip so I wont leak it and I can fill them in on thier geek culture knowledge. They did tell me the other day that the entire UK country has run out of a specific shade of pink paint as the Barbie movie has bought it all which was honestly the most interesting insider thing they have told me.
If Idris can't be Bond then I want them to change direction and ruin it by doing the the silly rubbish like Roger Moore Bond did. Sacha Baron Cohen is 6 feet, was pretty good as a serious spy The Spy plus he can do comedy, perfect 2020s Roger Moore style Bond!
@Rambler have you ever seen the original cut of Blade Runner? I've seen one of the various directors cuts but I've always been interest in the original one that was released in the cinema to see how different it is and how bad the internal monologues are.
@Rambler wait, they chucked in bits of The Shining in the OG version? I really want to see it now to see if I can spot it.
I can’t say I’m a massive fan of Blade Runner. I did enjoy it and thought it was very good but I wouldn’t have watched it again if it was not for the sequel. I do like a bit of internal monologue in films as it’s so rare to see which is why I’ve always been curious about the OG cut.
It could have done with some comic relief like a wise cracking sidekick who keeps complaining he’s too old for this and he’s about to retire. Ridley can CGI the sidekick in and use the excuse the sidekick is buying doughnuts when he’s missing from key scenes in this Ultimate Final Cut.
As it is Spooky Season I have been trying to watch a horror movie every day, not the easiest thing when you work full time, and want to eat and exercise and play games but my streak is thankfully not yet broken. I haven't watched anything today yet, but it is a Friday so I should be good.
By far the best film I have seen so far is Butterfly Kisses - if you can go into this cold and have any real interest in found footage or just like how movies are made, I really highly recommend this one.
I also watched the Monster Hunter movie finally and I dunno if it is just the result of lowered expectations, but I didn't hate this. Like it isn't a good adaptation I guess, and it certainly isn't high art, but it is a lot of fun. I know a lot of people think WS Anderson's best film is the first Resi adaptation, but go back and watch that movie and then contrast the set piece moments to the set pieces in this. People who say WS Anderson hasn't evolved as a filmmaker are lying.
Everything else I have watched so far hasn't been great, with maybe the exception of Coming Home in the Dark. Like I personally thought in the end this was just kinda boring, but it is very well made, very well acted and like the opening half an hour or so is really, really strong, that I kinda want to recommend this to people anyway.
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Butterfly Kisses' description reminds me of Tesis - Alejandro Amenábar's first film. That is proper scary and gory.
Coming Home In the Dark sounds really tense.
For something a bit different, Begotten. It's dead old so you might've seen it. It's a splatter / gore version of a creation myth, and is on YouTube.
Not heard of Thesis before! I'll have to add that to my list. I gotta be honest Butterfly Kisses isn't really a great straight horror film, the found footage horror movie at the core is probably the weakest element, but it is everything they layer over that that makes it sing.
I actually watched Begotten back in film school. Still freaks my ***** to this day. Weird ass movie.
It's another take on the Battle Royale formula. Corporate office workers trapped in a building, forced to kill each other down to the last person. I enjoyed this as much as say...Cube or Escape Room. Nothing revolutionary, but worth watching once during the spooky season.
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