What movies are you watching?

[epilogue]

Dead Zone is OUTSTANDING.

[Dev]

Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?

Spider is terrible. Existenz is kinda entertaining.

This was my hunch. I like the premise behind Existenz a lot.

eXistenZ is terrible. Dev loves Cosmopolis and Maps to the Stars, so he can't be trusted here.

I get why some rubes wouldnt like Cosmopolis but i cant even understand why you dont like Maps. Its almost a companion piece to spring breakers

[Dev]

Dead Zone is OUTSTANDING.

Meh

[LoathedVermin72]

Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?

Spider is terrible. Existenz is kinda entertaining.

This was my hunch. I like the premise behind Existenz a lot.

eXistenZ is terrible. Dev loves Cosmopolis and Maps to the Stars, so he can't be trusted here.

I get why some rubes wouldnt like Cosmopolis but i cant even understand why you dont like Maps. Its almost a companion piece to spring breakers

How so?

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[epilogue]

I dig The Dead Zone, The Fly, Naked Lunch and eXistenZ ( the latter is my least favorite).

History of Violence is terrible.

So... I guess, overall, I like Cronenberg?

[LoathedVermin72]

I love AHOV and Videodrome. The Fly and Dead Ringers are very good. I don't think any other Cronenberg has totally worked for me. But I still watch whatever he does because he's a compelling auteur, even if he doesn't always succeed.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[Dev]

Dead Ringers and The Fly are also tops for me

[LoathedVermin72]

What Women Want is on TV. We've been fucked out of 10 years or prime-age Mel and I'm not happy about it.

[epilogue]

Yeah, but you only have Mel to blame for it.

[LoathedVermin72]

I know, but still. It's a goddamn tragedy.

[epilogue]

I totally agree. The guy's a rare talent. Far FAR more interesting and with a bigger range than that Tom Cruise guy you love so much.

[bune]

We are prolly 3/5 of the way through Maps of the Stars. What a mess. I'd abandon ship but Mrs Trag wants to finish it.

Your instinct is correct. Stop wasting your time.

omg my only hope is a power outage. This is garbage.

I felt the same way half an hour into Joy. Holy hell that is a terrible movie. I wish I could say I was biased or something against the performers but I really like all of them in other works, it's just that this one movie was a total shit show. There was no reason for this story to be told in a movie, especially dramatised like that. Ugh.

[Bi_3]

Anyone seen that Netflix doc "Who Took Johnny"?

[bart]

No, don't spoil it.

[bart]

Cronenberg on Cronenberg is a fantastic book for anyone interested in the guy's movies, or just movies in general.

[Biff Pocoroba]

dvr'd 28 Weeks Later off HBO & finally watched it. Pretty good for a sequel even if most of the action was in the second half.

[Bi_3]

No, don't spoil it.

I haven't seen it, but have heard some good reviews.