blueviper wrote:Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Inception
Interstellar
The Prestige
The Dark Knight Rises
The Following
i haven't seen the following, but this probably isn't far off from how i'd rank them...i could be convinced to put inception #2
The Following wasn't bad and a good debut for Nolan. You can see how it shapes his bigger movies later in his career. You could probably move TDK, Inception, Interstellar, Prestige around and it would be ok too. These are all pretty close.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue September 22, 2020 5:46 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: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed September 23, 2020 12:53 pm
by blueviper
tragabigzanda wrote:how have you not seen Memento
I don’t know. I’ll try to watch it and update my list
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed September 23, 2020 7:28 pm
by Ello Sailor
Don't you dare post again until you've seen Memento. Amateur hour.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed September 23, 2020 9:15 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
how did i miss that memento wasn’t included...it might be my number 2
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue September 29, 2020 3:15 am
by blueviper
Ok, I’ve seen Memento. That’s a mind bender. Whew. Very good movie. I can’t believe it took me 20 years to see it.
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Inception
Memento
Interstellar
The Prestige
The Dark Knight Rises
The Following
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue September 29, 2020 3:27 am
by Jorge
I've caught the Nolan Batman movies on cable a few times over the last few years and my main takeaway is how relentless the pacing is. Everything is so goddamn fast and minimally fleshed out to the point of feeling almost perfunctory. Like... Gordon or Lucius Fox has to stand here and say just this exact line which conveys just enough information to shove us head-first into the next setpiece, with not a second to spare. The scenes with Ledger's Joker are some of the only ones that feel like they breathe a little.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue September 29, 2020 3:29 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Jorge wrote:I've caught the Nolan Batman movies on cable a few times over the last few years and my main takeaway is how relentless the pacing is. Everything is so goddamn fast and minimally fleshed out to the point of feeling almost perfunctory. Like... Gordon or Lucius Fox has to stand here and say just this exact line which conveys just enough information to shove us head-first into the next setpiece, with not a second to spare. The scenes with Ledger's Joker are some of the only ones that feel like they breathe a little.
tdkr was awful about this
i thought batman begins was really well paced though
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed September 30, 2020 11:53 am
by Peeps
no words
definitely NSFW
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon October 05, 2020 12:09 am
by Strat
Rocky 5 is great.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon October 05, 2020 2:11 am
by The Argonaut
Strat wrote:Rocky 5 is great.
Explain yourself. I'd contend that this is the only entry in the series that isn't quality
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon October 05, 2020 9:37 am
by bart
strat please tell me you were thinking of a different Rocky
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 06, 2020 12:27 am
by scrub12
By the time any of these movies can release, there will be no movie theaters left.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 06, 2020 12:30 am
by Rangi Guy
scrub12 wrote:By the time any of these movies can release, there will be no movie theaters left.
I don't want the last movie I see in theaters to be Paw Patrol
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 06, 2020 12:34 am
by VinylGuy
scrub12 wrote:By the time any of these movies can release, there will be no movie theaters left.
they are already closing like 500 from those Regal chains. Yeah, its looking awful.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu October 08, 2020 4:35 pm
by VinylGuy
That new Mel Gibson Santa Claus movie looks glorious....Walton Goggins!!
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 13, 2020 7:36 pm
by BurtReynolds
Sometimes I remember that Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead and it makes me very sad.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 20, 2020 4:05 am
by Jorge
Are there any movies that depict the attempted coup in heaven, the ensuing war, and Lucifer's eventual exile?
I'm agnostic but grew up super Catholic and that story always sounded so badass to me. I don't remember ever seeing it adapted as a film...
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue October 20, 2020 5:25 am
by The Argonaut
Jorge wrote:Are there any movies that depict the attempted coup in heaven, the ensuing war, and Lucifer's eventual exile?
I'm agnostic but grew up super Catholic and that story always sounded so badass to me. I don't remember ever seeing it adapted as a film...
It looks like we very nearly had an Alex-Proyas-helmed, Bradley-Cooper-as-Lucifer, comparatively-straight adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost about a decade ago, but it was scrapped before production. https://deadline.com/2012/02/paradise-l ... es-228682/
Since that doesn't exist, the closest you might come is maybe Aronofsky's Noah for some sweet angel battles. I haven't seen it, but based on the description and the cast, you might consider The Prophecy (1995).
Also, here's a list from IMDB of 'Fallen Angel' movies: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?ke ... llen-angel
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat October 24, 2020 6:06 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.