General Movie Thread

[DFF]

Under Siege is probably the best. The second is a dumb fun watch too, though not on the same level. 

[Monkey D. Lars]

Watching Seagal's films makes me love Van Damme even more.

I hope his show gets picked up!

[GA!]

I really must get back into films at some point. No joke on nothing, I've watched maybe 20-25 films old and new in 2017. Apart from losing quite a few free days by going to wrestling shows - my issue is nothing cinematically interests me at the moment. I think @Skummy hit the nail on the head in relation to Okja being "heavy-handed" (although he liked the film otherwise) - I'm bored of storytelling particularly in modern films being so obvious; of all nuance and subtlety being replaced by the equivalent of having a brick smashed repeatedly in my face.

[Benjamin]

Eh, obvious storytelling can be fun at times. It's all about balance, not everything is about being nuance or refined, I'm all about a film being loud about what it's saying these days, if it's done in a way that enhances the experience. Something like Get Out is exactly that. 

[Jimmy]

56 minutes ago, GA! said:

I really must get back into films at some point. No joke on nothing, I've watched maybe 20-25 films old and new in 2017. Apart from losing quite a few free days by going to wrestling shows - my issue is nothing cinematically interests me at the moment. I think @Skummy hit the nail on the head in relation to Okja being "heavy-handed" (although he liked the film otherwise) - I'm bored of storytelling particularly in modern films being so obvious; of all nuance and subtlety being replaced by the equivalent of having a brick smashed repeatedly in my face.

Have you watched Personal Shopper, that could tickle your fancy. I'd start looking further backwards if the new stuff isn't grabbing you; Army of Shadows, The Piano Teacher and The New World are all films I've watched in the last couple of months for the first time that really challenged me and worked for me. Happy to recommend stuff if your problem is heavy-handed storytelling. 

[GA!]

40 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

Have you watched Personal Shopper, that could tickle your fancy. I'd start looking further backwards if the new stuff isn't grabbing you; Army of Shadows, The Piano Teacher and The New World are all films I've watched in the last couple of months for the first time that really challenged me and worked for me. Happy to recommend stuff if your problem is heavy-handed storytelling. 

Funnily enough I saw the synopsis of Personal Shopper last week, thought it sounded great, then totally forgot about it until your post. I'll add those four films to my watchlist and give them a go.

[=BK=]

"Birth of The Dragon" trailer had me super hyped but I went to read about it and found out it's completely misleading and brushes the character of Bruce Lee to the side for some white dude's love story. Sad.

[Josh]

Really? Where'd you read that? I'd like to see. If so, that's buuuuuuuullshit.

[=BK=]

35 minutes ago, Joshu Picchu said:

Really? Where'd you read that? I'd like to see. If so, that's buuuuuuuullshit.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/05/bruce-lee-biopic-whitewashing-anger-birth-of-the-dragon

There's other articles to go into different bits a little more.

[Josh]

Well fuck all that.

[Your Mom]

Going to see The Big Sick tomorrow. Really looking forward to it

[=BK=]

1 hour ago, Joshu Picchu said:

Well fuck all that.

This is the original trailer. Apparently they recut it to hide the white guy.

 

[apsham]

1 hour ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Going to see The Big Sick tomorrow. Really looking forward to it

Wait, shit - Kumail and Emily are in a movie together? That's adorable.

[Benjamin]

Unsurprisingly, but still disappointing, but they're not showing the Big Sick in Malaysia

How censored would Baby Driver be in a super conservative Muslim country? I'm thinking of going to see it tonight, but I don't want to bother if it's going to be full of cuts.

[Colly]

8 hours ago, Apsham said:

Wait, shit - Kumail and Emily are in a movie together? That's adorable.

I think she just cameos at the end. Really hoping it gets a proper release over here, I've heard nothing but good things.

[Maxx]

Oh hi Mark

[apsham]

Of course Paul Scheer has a role - the book was amazing, I'm totally up for this.

[Lint]

4 hours ago, Maxx said:

Oh hi Mark

Actual movie poster

[Benjamin]

 

 

 

Just the movies being their regular "GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!" mode 

[Your Mom]

The Big Sick was so good. Really glad we got to see it. Holly Hunter and Ray Romano were probably the actual highlights to me