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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 12:40 pm
by Jorge
Never saw "characters that draw you in" as a prerequisite for the kinds of movies Prometheus and Covenant are. I don't really see them as character driven at all, and I don't know why it would have to be the characters that make you care about it and not one of the dozens of other aspects that make a movie
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 12:49 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: Tue May 02, 2023 12:54 pm
by JuanHamm
I really liked Guy Ritchie's The Covenant.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 1:03 pm
by spike
bart wrote:spike wrote:bart wrote:The characters have generic, cheap comic book level traits and motivations. They are all super melodramatic cutouts and I disliked nearly everyone, which is kind of impressive because I generally like most of the actors.
As for a distinctive visual style I just don’t see it, it has the washed out and cold look of any number of recent sci fi movies.
Since when are Alien movies dramas
Doesn’t matter what kind of movie it is.
The characters are secondary!
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 1:03 pm
by BurtReynolds
Anders wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I don't have too much of a problem with cardboard cutout characters, but holy fuck these don't even resemble humans to me.
Maybe I'll watch Covenant tonight...
or
maybe I'll do a triple feature.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 1:17 pm
by BurtReynolds
I wouldn't say "character driven", but if they are going to be there taking up all that space and time, they could be adding something, instead of getting in the way.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 2:37 pm
by Anders
Mistress America
«A lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.»
I get a lot of enjoyment from watching movies, and have had a lot of fun with my project of watching one year after another.
It started by a few movies from each year in the 1920s, then a few more from each year in the 30s. Obviously now it’s gotten to 100+ for 2015, a record amount so far. Might be a bit annoying to read about, sorry about that.
My favorite part of these years are when I get to the final movies, movies I’ve saved because they are top movies I’ve never seen, or a few special rewatches of top movies I’ve often only seen once before. 2015 is getting there now, and I will certainly finish posting about the year until I’m done with it.
Will start Mistress America as soon as I’ve posted this. It’s the 27th last movie from 2015 on my list. I loved Frances Ha, and that is where the bar is for this.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 2:50 pm
by The Argonaut
We enjoy it, too, Anders. We just like to kid
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 3:49 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
The new It’s are on Hulu. I’d like to watch, but I think I need to be in the right mood.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 3:50 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: Tue May 02, 2023 3:51 pm
by JuanHamm
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:The new It’s are on Hulu. I’d like to watch, but I think I need to be in the right mood.
I kinda want to give them another shot after all the praise they got here recently, but they're so long.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 3:52 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
tragabigzanda wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:The new It’s are on Hulu. I’d like to watch, but I think I need to be in the right mood.
I think the first one is more fun than scary, and you could just dive in. The second one is a bit darker.
Cool…What are your thoughts on the original? It’s been way too long ago for me to say.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 3:59 pm
by Farmer John
The first one's definitely scarier than the second, relatively speaking, but neither are really "scary".
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:00 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: Tue May 02, 2023 4:09 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
I don’t get scared easily and clowns don’t freak me out, so I’m just looking to be entertained.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:10 pm
by BurtReynolds
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I don’t get scared easily and clowns don’t freak me out, so I’m just looking to be entertained.
what about juggalos?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:12 pm
by Farmer John
The first one's basically Stand By Me with a killer shape-shifting clown.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:19 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
BurtReynolds wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I don’t get scared easily and clowns don’t freak me out, so I’m just looking to be entertained.
what about juggalos?
I used to be married to one. So I’m deathly afraid.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:24 pm
by Anders
Anders wrote:Mistress America
This had some wonderful scenes, both in a dramatic sense, but also others that were hilarious, that had me laughing out loud.
Loved the main characters.
The main negative was that it seemed unrealistic/fake at times, like the actors were rehearsing a play. That pulls it a down a little, away from being a true favorite of mine.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 4:33 pm
by Anders
Farmer John wrote:The first one's basically Stand By Me with a killer shape-shifting clown.
That sounds interesting.