Bob Loblaw wrote:This is a brilliant film. I haven't read the story it's based on, but if it really is better than the film, then holy shit.
A couple of reviews I just read after watching the movie made a big deal of the political point of the movie, which is absolutely there, but is far from the only point it makes. Really hope the film's awesomeness doesn't go overlooked because of that.
hi rafa...i'm glad you enjoyed this
i'm looking forward to seeing it
Hi len.
I'm looking forward to you seeing it so we can then exchange thoughts on it.
i'll try...i'm not very good at expressing my thoughts though
after being let down by interstellar i'm been craving a good new sci fi flick
Interstellar is flawed as all fuck, but I still loved it. Arrival is a very different film, though.
Sci fi is quickly becoming my favorite genre. I only recently saw Moon for the first time and it blew me away. Ex Machina was bonkers too.
Bob Loblaw wrote:This is a brilliant film. I haven't read the story it's based on, but if it really is better than the film, then holy shit.
A couple of reviews I just read after watching the movie made a big deal of the political point of the movie, which is absolutely there, but is far from the only point it makes. Really hope the film's awesomeness doesn't go overlooked because of that.
hi rafa...i'm glad you enjoyed this
i'm looking forward to seeing it
Hi len.
I'm looking forward to you seeing it so we can then exchange thoughts on it.
i'll try...i'm not very good at expressing my thoughts though
after being let down by interstellar i'm been craving a good new sci fi flick
Interstellar is flawed as all fuck, but I still loved it. Arrival is a very different film, though.
Sci fi is quickly becoming my favorite genre. I only recently saw Moon for the first time and it blew me away. Ex Machina was bonkers too.
i enjoyed moon when it came out, but don't really remember much about it...gleeson almost ruined ex machina for me
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:This is a brilliant film. I haven't read the story it's based on, but if it really is better than the film, then holy shit.
A couple of reviews I just read after watching the movie made a big deal of the political point of the movie, which is absolutely there, but is far from the only point it makes. Really hope the film's awesomeness doesn't go overlooked because of that.
hi rafa...i'm glad you enjoyed this
i'm looking forward to seeing it
Hi len.
I'm looking forward to you seeing it so we can then exchange thoughts on it.
i'll try...i'm not very good at expressing my thoughts though
after being let down by interstellar i'm been craving a good new sci fi flick
Interstellar is flawed as all fuck, but I still loved it. Arrival is a very different film, though.
Sci fi is quickly becoming my favorite genre. I only recently saw Moon for the first time and it blew me away. Ex Machina was bonkers too.
Big sci-fi fan here. Some of my favorites:
Dark City
12 Monkeys
Gattaca
Children of Men
A Scanner Darkly
Brazil
The Thing
Dr. Strangelove ("sci-fi" is maybe a bit of a stretch?)
Edge of Tomorrow
great list
i love brazil, but have still only seen the theatrical cut
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
Bob Loblaw wrote:This is a brilliant film. I haven't read the story it's based on, but if it really is better than the film, then holy shit.
A couple of reviews I just read after watching the movie made a big deal of the political point of the movie, which is absolutely there, but is far from the only point it makes. Really hope the film's awesomeness doesn't go overlooked because of that.
hi rafa...i'm glad you enjoyed this
i'm looking forward to seeing it
Hi len.
I'm looking forward to you seeing it so we can then exchange thoughts on it.
i'll try...i'm not very good at expressing my thoughts though
after being let down by interstellar i'm been craving a good new sci fi flick
Interstellar is flawed as all fuck, but I still loved it. Arrival is a very different film, though.
Sci fi is quickly becoming my favorite genre. I only recently saw Moon for the first time and it blew me away. Ex Machina was bonkers too.
Big sci-fi fan here. Some of my favorites:
Dark City
12 Monkeys
Gattaca
Children of Men
A Scanner Darkly
Brazil
The Thing
Dr. Strangelove ("sci-fi" is maybe a bit of a stretch?)
Edge of Tomorrow
There's some stuff here I need to check out. Thanks.
I remember watching Dark City when it came out and remember getting a headache. I should give it another try.
How badly would I come off if I said The Matrix really tickles my sci fi spot?
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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dimejinky99 wrote:I wouldn't call this sci fi lads. It's barely a wallpaper to the heart of what it actually is.
I agree it tackles a wide variety of subjects, but its background of aliens and technology is more than enough to place it in sci fi territory.
Wanna hear something sad?
The majority of my friends don't want to see it cos they think it's sci fi 'aliens and shit'.
I'm not kidding. Trying to let them know that a huge loss on their part and perhaps the marketing did too good a job on the opposite sense cos lots of sci fi fans won't go cos it's not sci fi enough.
I think this film should be required viewing regardless of your tastes. It's so far beyond a point called good that we've settled for the last decade. This film is brilliant.
dimejinky99 wrote:I wouldn't call this sci fi lads. It's barely a wallpaper to the heart of what it actually is.
I agree it tackles a wide variety of subjects, but its background of aliens and technology is more than enough to place it in sci fi territory.
Wanna hear something sad?
The majority of my friends don't want to see it cos they think it's sci fi 'aliens and shit'.
I'm not kidding. Trying to let them know that a huge loss on their part and perhaps the marketing did too good a job on the opposite sense cos lots of sci fi fans won't go cos it's not sci fi enough.
I think this film should be required viewing regardless of your tastes. It's so far beyond a point called good that we've settled for the last decade. This film is brilliant.
It's hard to get large numbers of people to see thought-provoking films. That's why so few of them come out of Hollywood.
dimejinky99 wrote:I wouldn't call this sci fi lads. It's barely a wallpaper to the heart of what it actually is.
I agree it tackles a wide variety of subjects, but its background of aliens and technology is more than enough to place it in sci fi territory.
Wanna hear something sad?
The majority of my friends don't want to see it cos they think it's sci fi 'aliens and shit'.
I'm not kidding. Trying to let them know that a huge loss on their part and perhaps the marketing did too good a job on the opposite sense cos lots of sci fi fans won't go cos it's not sci fi enough.
I think this film should be required viewing regardless of your tastes. It's so far beyond a point called good that we've settled for the last decade. This film is brilliant.
It's hard to get large numbers of people to see thought-provoking films. That's why so few of them come out of Hollywood.
This one is mind bending though. So yeah. You're right.
Best way to see it. People seem to be coming away annoyed with it cos it wasn't what they expected. Aliens lasers explosions. It couldn't possibly be further from that.
