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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 23, 2023 9:47 pm
by tree_
Man it’s just the way they portrayed the magic tricks that really ticks me off the most. You got to at least hint at these tricks being only illusions. In this way alone the movie the prestige is so much better it’s no wonder it is remembered and this movie is not
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 23, 2023 9:57 pm
by Anders
It’s good in The Prestige as well, but with magic tricks less explanation is better.
I learnt a card trick at an early age. Tricked everyone with it. My brother who is 9 years older than me, and probably 20-22 at the time, more or less demanded an explanation. After I told him, not only was he no longer impressed, he thought it was lame and a poor trick.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 23, 2023 10:04 pm
by tree_
Anders wrote:It’s good in The Prestige as well, but with magic tricks less explanation is better.
I learnt a card trick at an early age. Tricked everyone with it. My brother who is 9 years older than me, and probably 20-22 at the time, more or less demanded an explanation. After I told him, not only was he no longer impressed, he thought it was lame and a poor trick.
In the prestige it’s actually possible to pull off, based on the movies presented logic. Not in the illusionist
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 23, 2023 10:27 pm
by Anders
There are plenty of explanations online on how they are possible. I’m no expert on magic, and even if the movie showed «real» magic, it wouldn’t bother me.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 12:44 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
According to Wikipedia The Illusionist was a commercial and critical success.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 1:04 pm
by BurtReynolds
Anders wrote:I watched Killing Gunther and Iron Mask on the 10th of August, Fifty Shades Darker on the 8th of August. I liked neither of them.
What about something the vast majority of the human race doesn't also dislike?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 2:37 pm
by Anders
BurtReynolds wrote:Anders wrote:I watched Killing Gunther and Iron Mask on the 10th of August, Fifty Shades Darker on the 8th of August. I liked neither of them.
What about something the vast majority of the human race doesn't also dislike?
Plenty of examples of that in this thread.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 2:39 pm
by Anders
Maudie
Never seen it before. 2016 movie, but I felt like seeing it today (and added it recently, after I did 2016).
Just started.
«An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.»
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 2:49 pm
by tree_
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:According to Wikipedia The Illusionist was a commercial and critical success.
According to wikipedia most people are morons
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 2:56 pm
by tommy
tree_ wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:According to Wikipedia The Illusionist was a commercial and critical success.
According to wikipedia most people are morons
[Citation Needed]
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 4:02 pm
by Anders
Anders wrote:Maudie
Really good true story this. Unique mood, and an excellent performance by Sally Hawkins.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 7:41 pm
by Anders
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Loved this the first time I saw it. Hopefully a similar experience on the second viewing tonight.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 7:45 pm
by VinylGuy
Anders wrote:Brawl in Cell Block 99
Loved this the first time I saw it. Hopefully a similar experience on the second viewing tonight.
man, this one is a classic
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 24, 2023 10:43 pm
by spike
Farmer John wrote:
I used a rental scooter to get home from the body shop and back later. Pretended I was this legend the whole time.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 25, 2023 11:22 am
by Anders
VinylGuy wrote:Anders wrote:Brawl in Cell Block 99
Loved this the first time I saw it. Hopefully a similar experience on the second viewing tonight.
man, this one is a classic
It’s among 40 movies from 2010 - 2023 that I’ve rated 4.5 stars (and none higher), and a candidate for my top movie of 2017. I love it.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 25, 2023 1:14 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: Fri August 25, 2023 1:37 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
No just favorite of 2017. The 40 span a larger time period
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 25, 2023 1:39 pm
by Anders
After looking closer at it, four of those are miniseries of a sort, so it’s 36 movies. But Ruddo is correct.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 25, 2023 2:15 pm
by Anders
Guardians Of The Galaxy 2
I guess we’ll see Thor Ragnarok as well, perhaps later this evening. Ended up with Victoria & Abdul, but we’ll get to TR eventually.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 25, 2023 2:38 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.