Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun November 12, 2017 7:48 pm
Game Night is going to be the best movie that no one but me likes this year!
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.
I know boring about Francis Lawrence. But the cast alone has me interested in Red Sparrow.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I am so happy Francis Lawrence is doing something interesting. He is maybe one of the best stylists around these days, but he has been tied up in shitty material for years.tragabigzanda wrote:Damn, just watched the Red Sparrow trailer and that does look awesome.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Been catching up on some trailers today. The Post, Red Sparrow, and The Disaster Artist all look awesome. Not sure what to make of Phantom Thread yet. If I didn't know PTA made it, I would not be interested based on that trailer.
I find it hard to get excited about Criterion releases since I got into 4K.bune wrote:The Criterion sale is going on right now. I'm thinking of grabbing Lord of the Flies, Time Bandits, Watership Down, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Stalker.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I find it hard to get excited about Criterion releases since I got into 4K.bune wrote:The Criterion sale is going on right now. I'm thinking of grabbing Lord of the Flies, Time Bandits, Watership Down, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Stalker.

Once you've seen 4K, Blu-ray just ain't the same.durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I find it hard to get excited about Criterion releases since I got into 4K.bune wrote:The Criterion sale is going on right now. I'm thinking of grabbing Lord of the Flies, Time Bandits, Watership Down, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Stalker.
haha, perfectdurdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I find it hard to get excited about Criterion releases since I got into 4K.bune wrote:The Criterion sale is going on right now. I'm thinking of grabbing Lord of the Flies, Time Bandits, Watership Down, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Stalker.
The Argonaut wrote:haha, perfectdurdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I find it hard to get excited about Criterion releases since I got into 4K.bune wrote:The Criterion sale is going on right now. I'm thinking of grabbing Lord of the Flies, Time Bandits, Watership Down, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Stalker.

watdurdencommatyler wrote:Film directors should definitely have input on the sequels to novels that their forthcoming hit films are based on.
Just seems like a disaster waiting to happen.LoathedVermin72 wrote:watdurdencommatyler wrote:Film directors should definitely have input on the sequels to novels that their forthcoming hit films are based on.
Exactly. And it was announced before Silence of the Lambs (the film) came out. Seems idiotic to me.theplatypus wrote:If I parsed that right, it's like if Jonathan Demme had input on the novel Hannibal