Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Anders wrote: Denis Villeneuve

Really wanted to pick him, he's one of my favorites currently out there, but I didn't think he had enough volume to justify picking him. High hopes for Dune later this year.

Same. Very excited about his future. High hopes for this guy.

BurtReynolds wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:A Boy and his Dog was second on my 70’s list

This would’ve been so baller

Has good remake potential I think.

I agree, but a remake also has the potential to be really hacky in this case.

The underground stuff is too corny for me, but it has one of the best endings ever.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Off-topic, but one of the many strengths of Parasite is it’s one of the few films I’ve ever seen that would truly be easy to follow even without the subtitles. Everything you need to know is right there on the screen.

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.

Malloy wrote:i don't understand why some of you selected a director and then one of the films the director made. isn't the film built into your team by virtue of selecting the director?

THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD MOVIES AND DIRECTORS

tree_ wrote:

Malloy wrote:i don't understand why some of you selected a director and then one of the films the director made. isn't the film built into your team by virtue of selecting the director?

THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD MOVIES AND DIRECTORS

Yeah I was conscious of this and avoided it til the end... I just couldn't pass on Fincher. I also didn't pick any movies that had my actors. I even passed on There Will be Blood, which is my favorite movie of the 2000s.

Malloy wrote:

tree_ wrote:

Malloy wrote:i don't understand why some of you selected a director and then one of the films the director made. isn't the film built into your team by virtue of selecting the director?

THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD MOVIES AND DIRECTORS

Yeah I was conscious of this and avoided it til the end... I just couldn't pass on Fincher. I also didn't pick any movies that had my actors. I even passed on There Will be Blood, which is my favorite movie of the 2000s.

in retrospect you wasted a pick on the social network

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Punch Drunk Love is a perfect pick.

tragabigzanda wrote:I need to watch either Malloy’s Under The Skin or Ello’s Oldboy. Which one should I watch first?

Monkey_Driven wrote:I think DDL is mostly excellent, but his performance always scream, "Look at me, I am ACTING!"

There's always a disconnect there for me.

tree_ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I think DDL is mostly excellent, but his performance always scream, "Look at me, I am ACTING!"

There's always a disconnect there for me.

Those are the characters you're getting that impression from probably. In There Will Be Blood he plays a man who creates a "likeable", "flashy" character in order to sell oil. In Gangs of New York he plays a larger than life man who is constantly intimidating those around him in order to keep away the rising tides of change. But with a role like Woodcock in Phantom Thread, he is a much more realistic person. The guy becomes the characters be plays, inside out. Every one of his performances are flawless.