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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 2:28 pm
by Jorge
Mickey wrote:I laughed at the decapitation scene but I also think Hereditary oscillated wildly between being chilling and cartoonish.
This is more or less how I felt.
It's a real beautiful-looking movie though
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 2:33 pm
by Strat
Toni Collette is fantastic though.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 2:34 pm
by tree_
Totally. Oscar-worthy performance 100%.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 3:31 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
is it better than Midsommar? I do not get the acclaim for it at all
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 3:37 pm
by tree_
I love both cinematic motion pictures close to equally.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 4:13 pm
by Jorge
It is much better than Midsommar
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 4:31 pm
by VinylGuy
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:is it better than Midsommar? I do not get the acclaim for it at all
yeah, its better but i also love Midsommar. But they are two different beasts.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2020 4:43 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
i’m going to hate watch Midsommar this weekend
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:18 pm
by LetMeSleep
Nightcrawler.
A+
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:19 pm
by epilogue
LetMeSleep wrote:Nightcrawler.
A+
I still need to see this.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:19 pm
by tree_
I love Nightcrawler but the music and some inconsistent tonal issues bring it down to about a B- for me.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:21 pm
by LetMeSleep
The music is perfect.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:23 pm
by tree_
The music would more fit something closer to a Friday Night Lights than a dark pycho-thriller like this.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:32 pm
by LetMeSleep
Disagree. It follows Lou and his attitude perfectly. Very 80s dark synthy meets post rock.
Sound design is great for this.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:32 pm
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:LetMeSleep wrote:Nightcrawler.
A+
I still need to see this.
I looooved it. I sure need to re watch it.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 3:39 pm
by tree_
LetMeSleep wrote:Disagree. It follows Lou and his attitude perfectly. Very 80s dark synthy meets post rock.
Sound design is great for this.
Yeah, I can see that. I know what they were going for, I just disagree with that direction. The audience doesn't see the movie from his eyes, they see him as a deranged sociopath. That's the music the audience needs. Not what's in his head.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 4:09 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 4:13 pm
by tree_
It's just odd. It would be like if during Hannibal Lecter's scenes in SOTL, the music followed his "victories" and completely ignored how f'd up and evil he is. Discombobulating and unnecessary. Music should enhance and coincide with the audience's feelings, not clash with them, IMO.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 4:43 pm
by Jorge
That's kind of reductive. Music can do a lot more than that.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2020 4:46 pm
by tree_
Jorge wrote:That's kind of reductive. Music can do a lot more than that.
That's what I get from the music in the movie, though. It doesn't strike me as emotionally complex or fitting. More like one-dimensional and inappropriate.