Enemy is based on a book that I goddamn LOVE but a writer that I goddamn LOVE. I had no idea Villeneuve directed Enemy. I knew it was a movie and that Jake Gyllenhaal was in it. And that it was based on The Double. But somehow Villeneuve's involvement escaped me. Guess, I have to see it now.tragabigzanda wrote:Hmm. I think I should watch it, but sounds like Mrs. Trag might be bored. The scene I watched was the motorcade through some city in Mexico. It felt tense and dangerous without my having any idea what was going on, and it did look great. But there was virtually no dialogue, so I had no insight into the script.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wouldn't call it an action scene. It's just an obscenely suspenseful and incredibly well-crafted sequence.tragabigzanda wrote:By "great set piece," am I to infer there is basically one action scene in the movie?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Well, it LOOKS awesome. I'll give it that. And it has one GREAT set piece.
It's a well-made, well-acted, and well-shot movie with a naive, terrible script. Kind of par for the course for Villeneuve, basically.
The only other Villeneuve film I've seen is Arrival. Prisoners didn't look interesting to me, but I thought Enemy looked promising.
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That's bonkers. You guys are crazy.dimejinky99 wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:Continuing LOTR with the 6-year-old. Two Towers is very easily the weakest of these movies. So much downtime. It also seems like they started rushing post-production a bit; the CGI is much clunkier here than it was in Fellowship.
The middle act is always set up and stakes though. But I agree. Two towers is the one I least enjoy of the three.
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Enemy is laughable nonsense.
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I gotta tell ya, the trailer had me scratching my head. I've been avoiding it. It looks very different from the book, which is fine, but has me concerned. But I really dig Villenueve. And Gyllenhaal. So I feel like I should give it a shot.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Enemy is laughable nonsense.
Especially now that I'm more removed from the book. It's not so fresh in my mind.
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What's your favorite go-to rainy day flick, trag?tragabigzanda wrote:Looks like a good rainy, lazy Sunday flick to me.durdencommatyler wrote:I gotta tell ya, the trailer had me scratching my head. I've been avoiding it. It looks very different from the book, which is fine, but has me concerned. But I really dig Villenueve. And Gyllenhaal. So I feel like I should give it a shot.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Enemy is laughable nonsense.
Especially now that I'm more removed from the book. It's not so fresh in my mind.
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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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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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If Lucy Fell.tragabigzanda wrote:Et tu Joey?
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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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That one or Reality Bites.tragabigzanda wrote:I've never seen it, but...what a unique choice.durdencommatyler wrote:If Lucy Fell.tragabigzanda wrote:Et tu Joey?
Both great rainy, lazy Sunday, movies. I could watch them both every day.
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My son has watched them at least three times a year for the past couple years. They were the first PG-13 movies we let him watch.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I showed all of the extended Fellowship of the Ring and 30 minutes of extended Two Towers to a 6-year-old yesterday and I've never seen a little kid so compelled for so long. It was great.
Watched Lego Batman and it was Ok. Mariah Carey as the Mayor? Might as well have Donald Trump as President! oh wait...
I don't know. There were really good parts (that into was amazing) and then long stretches of almost nothing. I do enjoy how the Lego brand is it's own universe and they acknowledge that it's basically a little kids fever dream. Makes me more excited for future movies since literally anyone could show up. As long as it's not Marvel.
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Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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Ninjago is the next one.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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Also, how do you say that? Is it "Ninja-go" or Nin-jah-go"?durdencommatyler wrote:Ninjago is the next one.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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There's a Lego Avengers game, combining the two movies. I only said Marvel because Lego is a WB property.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Also, how do you say that? Is it "Ninja-go" or Nin-jah-go"?durdencommatyler wrote:Ninjago is the next one.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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I wish it was Ninja-Go. But it's Nin-JAHgoE.H. Ruddock wrote:Also, how do you say that? Is it "Ninja-go" or Nin-jah-go"?durdencommatyler wrote:Ninjago is the next one.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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Moonlight. Loved it.
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That's gaydurdencommatyler wrote:I wish it was Ninja-Go. But it's Nin-JAHgoE.H. Ruddock wrote:Also, how do you say that? Is it "Ninja-go" or Nin-jah-go"?durdencommatyler wrote:Ninjago is the next one.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lol, isn't the next one a Lego Avengers movie? Or did they already do that?bune wrote:As long as it's not Marvel.
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