General Movie Thread

[Benjamin]

Has anyone seen Maggie? I really want to watch that, just wanted to know what people thought of it, since a lot of reviews were pretty mixed.

[LL!]

Was going to see it anyways, but the reviews so far for Fury Road have been fantastic.

That's because it's fucking INSANE.

[EndOfAnEra]

Fury Road is so different and not what I expected at all. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. It's like George Miller said "here's what I wish I could've done with the tanker scene" in Road Warrior.

Edited May 14, 2015 by EndOfAnEra

[apsham]

Motherfucker. Why are you reading this and not watching Mad Max right now. GOD DAMMIT. Go watch it.

[LL!]

INSANE!!!!!!

[apsham]

You know what? I didn't even know George Miller did the original movies (I didn't pay much attention to them) so even more props to the guy for doing this updated version and doing it with insane justice.

[apsham]

If you've seen Fury Road and want to hear the backstory of CLEARLY THE BEST CHARACTER:

Fast forward nearly five years and he’s poised for a breakout. And if there’s ever a Coma-Doof Warrior prequel, iOTA says that the origin story already exists. Before filming, the performer and Miller created a grim backstory for the character: He was a child music prodigy who watched as his mother, also a musician, was beheaded. The boy was then found by Fury Road’s chief villain, Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), mom’s severed head still in hand. Joe adopted the boy, who continued playing and grew up to be Joe’s troop-rallying rocker.

And it’s a good thing we never get too much of a close-up on the character in Fury Road: iOTA says the mask he’s wearing in the film, according to his and Miller’s backstory, is the face of his late mother, which he sliced from her skull. Told you it was dark.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeesus.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/mad-max-fury-road-guitar-player-actor-doof-warrior-118997835292.html

[LL!]

That second to last sentence is amazing.

[MalaCloudy Black]

What weirds me out is that George Miller also did the Happy Feet movies. And Lorenzo's Oil. And Babe: Pig In The City.

I just. What.

[LL!]

What weirds me out is that George Miller also did the Happy Feet movies. And Lorenzo's Oil. And Babe: Pig In The City.

I just. What.

Uhh yeah. Only someone that twisted could come up with Fury Road.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

But guys...

Lana has a cameo in Pitch Perfect 2 and it has it Germans rapping Kriss Kross

[apsham]

But does Anna Kendrick get strapped to a giant drum-mobile with a double necked electric guitar that shoots fire?

[Jimmy]

Black Narcissus is fantastic. Powell and Pressburger were so ridiculously ahead of their time, and I'm not surprised Scorsese is so in love with them being the cinephile he is. If the synopsis of this one doesn't quite interest you, please check out A Matter of Life and Death, which is one of my all-time favourite films, or The Red Shoes, which is similarly incredible.

[Jimmy]

Oh man, I wanna be at Cannes this year. So many interesting films there, and a lot of art house directors with English language films. Especially excited for Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster. I loved Dogtooth, and this has a similarly strange concept and is full of good actors, and has been getting some great reviews.

[LL!]

Oh man, I wanna be at Cannes this year. So many interesting films there, and a lot of art house directors with English language films. Especially excited for Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster. I loved Dogtooth, and this has a similarly strange concept and is full of good actors, and has been getting some great reviews.

You and me both, Jimward. I'm trying to see if I can at least make Sundance in January happen.

[Maxx]

But does Anna Kendrick get strapped to a giant drum-mobile with a double necked electric guitar that shoots fire?

Uhh no, its about an a capella group.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Man, Maggie won't be released here

[apsham]

But does Anna Kendrick get strapped to a giant drum-mobile with a double necked electric guitar that shoots fire?

Uhh no, its about an a capella group.

Hey man, those things are like 10 percent singing, 90 percent costumes and set pieces that the group could never afford.

[LL!]

You guys! It's like the spiritual sequel to Deep Blue Sea! This is going to be so hilariously bad.

[apsham]

Is there a site or YouTube channel out there that does synopsis' on movies? I was watching CinemaSins or whatever it's called and I like the way they go through the films with footage and stuff like that, doing it in a decent chunk of time - but I think the premise and the things they point out are just absolutely mind grating.