Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I did not like the first Hunger Games so I didn’t bother continuing. Wouldn’t mind trying The Maze Runner someday.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:The Maze Runner series was the best of the three Anders mentioned. But even that fizzled out in the last movie

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m rewatching The New York Ripper. Haven’t seen this in probably 15 years. God this new Blu-ray is gorgeous.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Has anyone watched "The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Killed Bigfoot"?

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.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m rewatching The New York Ripper. Haven’t seen this in probably 15 years. God this new Blu-ray is gorgeous.

My initial opinion from 15 years ago is holding up. This movie is fucking boring. Kinda crazy that a movie so sleazy can be so dull.

oasisfan35 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m rewatching The New York Ripper. Haven’t seen this in probably 15 years. God this new Blu-ray is gorgeous.

My initial opinion from 15 years ago is holding up. This movie is fucking boring. Kinda crazy that a movie so sleazy can be so dull.

I would agree with this.
I watched a YT of the 'uncut' vs 'cut' version but I recall all the cut scenes on the version I watched that was on Amazon Prime a bit ago. Other than the quality upgrade did it include further scenes? Not asking you to remember 15 years ago but you may have come across the info recently.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m rewatching The New York Ripper. Haven’t seen this in probably 15 years. God this new Blu-ray is gorgeous.

My initial opinion from 15 years ago is holding up. This movie is fucking boring. Kinda crazy that a movie so sleazy can be so dull.

I would agree with this.
I watched a YT of the 'uncut' vs 'cut' version but I recall all the cut scenes on the version I watched that was on Amazon Prime a bit ago. Other than the quality upgrade did it include further scenes? Not asking you to remember 15 years ago but you may have come across the info recently.

Nope, no new scenes.

tragabigzanda wrote:How was The Man...? Have you seen most of Gilliam’s other stuff?

Mickey wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:How was The Man...? Have you seen most of Gilliam’s other stuff?

I haven't. It was just okay. If you haven't read Don Quijote I expect you might find parts of it really tedious, and tonally it's kind of all over the place.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Mickey wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:How was The Man...? Have you seen most of Gilliam’s other stuff?

I haven't. It was just okay. If you haven't read Don Quijote I expect you might find parts of it really tedious, and tonally it's kind of all over the place.

Did you ever watch Lost in La Mancha?

I did, and I’ve got really mixed feelings on Gilliam. He definitely has a vision, and I often enjoy watching his flicks just to see his kooky ideas come to life. But there’s also a coldness that infects many of his movies, almost like he doesn’t like his own characters. Reitman suffers from the same problem, albeit in more banal settings.

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Mickey wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:How was The Man...? Have you seen most of Gilliam’s other stuff?

I haven't. It was just okay. If you haven't read Don Quijote I expect you might find parts of it really tedious, and tonally it's kind of all over the place.

Did you ever watch Lost in La Mancha?

I did, and I’ve got really mixed feelings on Gilliam. He definitely has a vision, and I often enjoy watching his flicks just to see his kooky ideas come to life. But there’s also a coldness that infects many of his movies, almost like he doesn’t like his own characters. Reitman suffers from the same problem, albeit in more banal settings.

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.