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Old one rotted away
>>821Threda for discussing or just sharing your impressions of movies, TV shows, cartoons and the like.
No.22460
>>22458The Batman with Robert Pattinson was great.
I would have never thought that one day I'll be acknowledging Pattinson as the penultimate Batman, but here I am.
No.22461
>>22460>I would have never thought that one day I'll be acknowledging Pattinson as the penultimate Batman, but here I am.Same with diCaprio after Titanic, most of his other movies are pretty good. Also Brad Pitt to some degree.
No.22462
>>22461Darn those charismatic actors that actually have talent on top of their looks!
If one would just be able to hate them...
In other news, watched through LotR this weekend again and it's still great.
Also, agitated by the other Germans claims, I'm just going through a list of films from 2020 to now and to my surprise there's quite a few good ones on there.
Dunc 1 and 2 I enjoyed, again with the pretty twink that can actually act.
Some John Wicks, guess I saw a few of those and was entertained despite hardly remembering anything except a dead dog.
Saw Furiosa in cinema in Thailand, no actual Mad Max but so so.
Watched Evil Dead Rise 2 times due to being wholeheartedly entertained by a sexy redhead as well as females and zoomies getting brutalized.
Sonic was a great adaptation and I still have to watch 2 and 3.
I think it's the same as with videogames, there just so much coming out altogether, if somebody has an overall negative mindset, it's easy to just see the big pile of steaming shit and feign ignorance to all the gold around it.
No.22464
>>22462You shouldn't let things get to you that much.
Hyperbole is a common stylistic device on imageboards, so any such statement is only taken at face value by autists and actual 89IQ retards. You aren't one of those, are you?
That said, I haven't seen DUNC 2, but 1 was indeed ok, Furiosa IS shit, John Wick after 2 is shit, any of the newer Evil Deads is shit, and holy shit, SONIC? I mean come on, I know you're an actual degenerate, but... really? REEEEEELY?
However, what I noticed while writing this is that everything really is only -quels and remakes and reboots anymore. So I will now state, without hyperbole, that 2020s Hollywood as a whole needs to be destroyed. The few decent things that might come out of that moloch don't justify all that other trash.
No.22770
Watched "The Lobster" yesterday.
It was good, overall. Probably wouldn't watch it again, but I would not tell people to not watch it.
What I liked was how it took its utterly silly and absurd premise and just played it 100% straight without trying to explain anything. It's just there, it works like that, deal with it.
What is is about is that people in another dimension or something need to always be with someone. The moment you become a single you have 45 days to find someone, or you'll be turned into an animal. There's also a group of "rebels", the Loners, living in strictly platonic communities in the forest.
It was, or is, advertised as a comedy, although I wouldn't necessarily call it one. The general tone and atmosphere is way too somber, and the humor is too laconic and dark. But it's also not a drama.
I actually can't really tell what it is. A satire, take that however you will. Something about boomer culture and hating your wife vs. forever alone millenians could be a possible interpretations. However, what I enjoyed was that it kind of refuses to have a clear "message". The entire premise of the forced relationship society is portrayed in a clearly negative fashion, but the Loner society is shown to be constantly miserable and subject to the whims of a clearly underfucked woman who seems to out for vengeance on society.
No.22787
>>22770>I actually can't really tell what it isProbably why they called these directors and films "greek weird wave"
No.22789
Watched The Raid 1 and 2 as well as Platoon over the weekend.
It's funny how those films changed for me over the time, as a wee young lad Platoon didn't give me much, a well made, highly rated movie about war... rather watch FMJ instead.
Now as I'm older, wiser, calmer and more cynical, I think I prefer Platoon over FMJ.
Vietnam movies go even harder due to a light understanding of Southeast Asian societal structure and hierarchies.
The Raid gets surprisingly more entertaining the more often I see it.
Clearly a very thought out action flick with great set pieces to demolish and suffer through with organic camera work done on top.
A worthy precursor for Dredd, of which we might never see Urbans pouty mouth in a second part.
Raid 2 got a little downgrade into a gangster action movie with not a lot of actual raiding going on, still nice to watch but it gives kinda Kill Bill vibes with gimmicky boss battles in between the henchmen holocaust.
Interesting to see that smol, fierce fighter getting a second role in this one after being the top honcho of da boss in the first movie. Surely not a great actor, but a reminder to tread carefully with all those Muay Thai versed sheboys I fornicated recently...
No.22794
>>22789Fun fact: Dredd started production even before The Raid, but took longer to film.
No.22797
>>22794Interesting, Raid got quoted as inspiration for some Dredd shots quickly after I saw the latter in cinema from what I recall.
Clicking through the articles it seems that 3 years where spent with
hookers and coke development and pre-production from '08 onwards.
Also that smol, fierce fighter seemingly had a role in... ugh... Disney's Star Wars, so, good for him I guess. Little fella seemed happy smeared with fake blood jumping and rolling and breaking necks tho.
No.22798
>>22797Consider this: Neither Dredd nor Raid were the first, or are the only, films about a guy in a skyscraper fighting criminals.
No.22800
>>22798Eh, dunno, the skyscraper shootups seem eerily familiar and otherwise far apart.
The only other one I could guess would be Die Hard into which Raid tapped generously into.
Raid released before Dredds shooting began or early within it.
Some scene do seem like tuned up versions of Raid, like the minigun massacre being a scene at which a faint light gives away the sneaking operators in Raid with them being shot up between floors.
God I wish I would inhabit the timeline that got Dredd 2.
No.22801
>>22800>God I wish I would inhabit the timeline that got Dredd 2.Me too. It's the only 3d film I actually enjoyed and which I would watch in the cinema again if I had the chance.
No.22809
>>22058"Nosferatu"(2024) is an epic film. Beautiful, interesting, somewhere creepy. Somewhere it's laughable:
"This is the language of my ancestors",
"People in these lands are prejudiced against me, I need to move to Wisburg, where people are more open-minded ".
Basically, it's about romantic dreams materializing as an abomination.
Also watched "Nosferatu"(1912). Can imagine how impressive it was for its time.
While 2024's film made want to watch "The VVitch" by the same director, 1922 movie broke my prejudice against old cinema. I think, I'll start with Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" and "Alexander Nevsky".
No.22810
>>22809Define "old" cinema. The Nevsky film is from 1938, so it's already one step beyond silent films. 50s/60s films are also "old", but already a very different style from the even older ones.
>I think, I'll start with Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" Nice, tell us what you thought about it; I posted a review in
>>13772.
Also, watch Metropolis (the Murnau Stiftung restored cut), it's amazing. And Lubitsch's "Die Puppe", very funny.
No.22811
>>22810By "old" I meant black and white movies or even movies without sound. That means until 1960-s.
Thanks for the recommendations, will check them out.
No.22812 KONTRA
>>22810I watched metropolis at 5 years old on the big screen at some child-friendly screening. It haunted me all my life, incredible movie
No.22813
>>22811>By "old" I meant black and white movies or even movies without sound.Ok, so silent films I don't have THAT much experience. I have the bluray box from the FW Murnau Stiftung with all those german classics, from Caligari to Münchhausen (Münchhausen is a color talkie though). I personally didn't find Caligari all that great; it has a very cool set design, but it's not one of my favorites.
Nosferatu is great, Der Golem is pretty fun, Metropolis is a masterpiece, but I still haven't watched Frau im Mond. Fun fact: That film invented the rocket countdown.
The Wizard of Oz does not satisfy your stipulations, despite being from that time.
Hitchcock made films in black and white, including the "original" Man who knew too much from the 30s.
Early Audrey Hepburn films are in black and white, like Roman Holidays.
>>22812I can only imagine. I watched it at over 30 or something and it really made an impression.
No.22814
>>22813Thanks again. I'm also planning to watch Kubrick's earlier movies like Spartacus or Lolita.
No.22858
>>22812Who in their right mind thinks metropolis is adequate for 5 year olds to watch?
No.22862
>>22858>Who in their right mind?State supported culture programs.
On the other hand, it’s one of the only non animated films I remember from that time period with one Buster Keaton. I’m quite grateful of having watched it at that age…
No.22866
>>22862Now I'm wondering what else was shown at that "child-friendly" screening
No.22867
>>22866Not only was it child friendly, it was a
child only screening, on the biggest movie theater in town. About 3-4 volunteers were staying near the gates armed with a flashlight to help kids who had to piss or those who started crying. I sadly don’t remember how much kids cried during metropolis, but it’s not impossible I took a break myself in the middle of it.
Metropolis was the most radical selection. One film that stuck with me was a stop motion movie about 1001 nights type Arabic stories, but I couldn’t remember the name.
No.22872
>>22867Funny you posted the picture you posted, that was exactly the shot that stayed with me the most upon watching it for the first time.
No.22873
>>22872For me that’s the two scenes before and after this shot
the factory and the sacrifice No.22874
>>22873Yes, that's what I meant
No.22915
>Frau im Mond
Just watched this. What a great film.
It's a science fiction film from 1929, but incredibly visionary and right-out clairvoyant regarding rocketry (like how the rocket is transported to the launchpad, it's basically already exactly how they have been doing it ever since irl) - though that's not quite a surprise, as Hermann Oberth (yes, the one with the Oberth effect) himself was a scientific advisor. Granted, the "moon atmosphere" thing was a bit silly considering how realistic the depiction of rocketry was, but that's ok.
It's an adventure film about a journey to the moon, after all. Just wanted to geek out a bit about space stuff.
Beyond that, what else do we have? A spy film, a bit of a melodrama with a love triangle and some humoristic scenes, like the nervous Helius on the telephone or the stark-raving mad professor on the moon. Oh, and without looking anything up, try to find out which actor or actress used to be in Nosferatu.
The runtime is almost three hours, and the rocket doesn't launch until like halfway through, but it's one of those films that don't feel as long (unlike others that feel way longer than they are, like Thirst).
Can absolutely recommend if you are even just remotely interested in rockets and silent films.
No.22978
>>22867>One film that stuck with me was a stop motion movie about 1001 nights type Arabic stories, but I couldn’t remember the name.Was it animated? If so, it was probably "Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed" by Lotte Reiniger.
No.22979
>>22978Ignore me, you already said "Stop Motion". Though to be more precise it's layer animation using paper cutouts. Lotte Reiniger did these herself too.
No.23213
>Top Gun
Aviation porn. I just love the F-14, I don't care if it's not as good as other planes.
Fun fact: The sex scene was a reshoot because the test audience complained. Then again, without it, the film would have been way too homosex.
Also, if you have seen Hot Shots, but not this one, you should really watch it, it makes the parody even better.
Also also, it's really funny to see how uncomfortable Tom Cruise used to be showing his teeth, as you can rarely see him smile with an open mouth.
>Harold & Maude
For some reason a typical girl favorite, up there with Audrey Hepburn flicks and Harry Potter. No idea why. It's fine for its black humor and funny ideas, but from a non-hippie's perspective, Maude's way of life seems rather inconsiderate.
Fun fact: The sex scene was not filmed because the producers objected.
No.23214
>>23213>I just love the F-14Who doesn't, it's the gentlemens choice of aerial jousting after all.
If it weren't stashed somewhere in my mothers basement, I'd post a shot of the elementary school drawing I made of our dream jobs with me piloting a USAF F-14... naive me, thinking I could ever fly for the USAF back then ;_;
Wish they would also have Hot Shots on Prime though.
No.23215
>>23214Being a pilot has actually been one of the two professional I had as a kid... bad eyes forced me to choose the other.
No.23216
>>23215Forklift operator?
No.23222 KONTRA
>>23213>Top GunI saw it 3 years ago. I laughed so much at the extreme homoerotic tension I couldn't breathe. I guess the planes were cool too
No.23223
>>23222>uses terms like "reddit proleslop">constantly thinks about homosexualsErnst, ich...
No.23232 KONTRA
>>23223I live with my time
No.23235
>>23232So you're saying you're, as the kids today say, an NPC?
Vanilla Ice doesn't dig.
No.23274
Just saw some trailers, and the new Superman looks like a better comedy than the new Naked Gun (although I will admit I chuckled at Liam Neeson in a
skirt)
Superman REBOOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFU8U4UVUBsNaked Gun REBOOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-N8IIq_8IThe worst thing is that Liam Neeson actually can be funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvVFvqd3lqAI have no intention to watch any of that, but I figured the average /int/ audience might be inclined to watch reddit proleslop.
No.23276
>>23274I'm sucking up any Nielson and/or Neeson slop when it's free on Prime.
Also the OJ father sob joge had me giggling.
No.23314
>>23222The director is gay and Top Gun is basically a gay movie. Most people don't realise that. Even the actors didn't know.
No.23317 KONTRA
>>23314The director also didn't know that he was gay.
No.23331
>>23317Those are the worst kinds!
No.23702
Memoir of a Snail: sad and kind Australian cartoon about psychological defenses, LGBT rights, religious fanaticism, exploitation of child labour.
(I liked it)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: it's about American Freedom, and how American people, horses and eagles appreciate it among STUNNING NATURE OF OUR LAND. Unusual and extremely good visuals, especially for 2002. Made by real professionals, very high IQ, FANTASTIC PATRIOTS.
(lovely children cartoon)
Easy Rider: yyyyeeeeeaaahhh ROOOOCCCCKKK. Democracy is in danger! While we ride bikes, take drugs and have careless sex, hippies are dying from hunger, human rights activists drink themselves to death, and racist rednecks are trying to restore slavery! What has happened to our America? Let's defend democracy together.
(fine movie, better watch a bit drunk)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: maybe I'm too bigoted, but I failed to take love story of gigolo and escort model seriously. Watched it rather as a comedy.
(It's OK)
No.23754
>>23702>Watched it rather as a comedy.It IS a comedy, fool! I don't even know if Blake Edwards ever did sonething else.
The book does not have a happy end, btw.
No.23758
>>23754If it's supposed to be a comedy, why doesn't it even have laughter track?