Sulphur on 17/12/2018 at 06:20
This is another video mashup for movies released in the year, and it's pretty special. Now if only I could find out what some of those movies were.
[video=youtube_share;kBocu91KBUw]https://youtu.be/kBocu91KBUw[/video]
edit: oh, movie names on a per-scene basis are in the link in the description. Hurray!
Sulphur on 17/12/2018 at 11:14
Quote Posted by henke
Eating chocolate
Drinking brandy
Its snowing outside
Im watching mandy
HOHOHO MERRY CAGEMAS
I read somewhere that, with Mandy, Nicolas Cage was essentially entering the 'Fat Elvis' phase of his career. While I don't know about that, the quiet lumberjack persona that gives way to a man possessed in an age-old tale of revenge was... well, it was something? The fantasy book cover fonts and chapter titles suggest that, erm, the gateway drug to fantasy is LSD? It's probably intentional that
Cage goes really off the rails the moment he samples the Druggy Cenobites' tainted acid. Speaking of which, I really wish there was more to them than just channelling feebler versions of their Hellraiser counterparts.
In the final analysis, I don't know what Mandy was going for outside of a purple-infused lysergic exploitation throwback. Maybe that's actually all there is to it, and to examine it further is futile. But there's no doubt that it is, quite literally, a trip.
Harvester on 18/12/2018 at 22:15
I really enjoyed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. For one thing, I just loved the dialogues with the kind of colorful, dated language being used, and the gorgeous scenery. And they're just six entertaining stories that were sometimes funny, but also showed the hardships of the Old West. I don't really get what the Coen brothers are trying to say with it, as in a deeper meaning, but that's the case for their movies most of the time for me. They're always interesting but their meaning is kind of elusive for me.
My favorite stories were Meal Ticket, the Gal something something (the 5th one) and The Mortal Remains.
qolelis on 19/12/2018 at 03:15
Today I watched Ken Russell's The Devils for the first time: quite a movie you made there, Ken. While I think the details are slightly exaggerated (I mean, nuns gone wild raping a crucified Jesus, even if it's just a statue, does seem a little over the top), seeing how people in power still abuse both that power and religion in general, or what religion can make people do, I don't think it strays too far from the truth in the whole. I don't care much for religion (nor power, I guess -- although it might corrupt me as well if I had it), but I do understand why someone would want to ban this movie, even if I don't agree.
For some less controversial stuff, I also watched The Void and The Invitation, which were both quite tolerable with competent acting (for being horror movies).
Pyrian on 25/12/2018 at 19:35
Apparently Maul got a robotic lower half and was a pretty major character in one of the animated series.
SubJeff on 27/12/2018 at 00:53
Yeah, that's dumb af though. Worst bit of the film.
I saw Whiplash at last. Tremendous.
And then The Big Short. Also great.
Finally saw the new IT. What a crock. The original tv miniseries was much better.
SubJeff on 30/12/2018 at 00:52
The Shape of Water. Yawn.
Moneyball. Very good.
Moana. Wish I'd seen it at the cinema. It was good fun but looked greeaaaaat.
uncadonego on 30/12/2018 at 14:14
Has anyone had the time to sit down and watch Black Mirror: Bandersnatch yet? Trailer looks good but I haven't sat in front of the TV yet.
SubJeff on 31/12/2018 at 03:18
Yes.
It's great. It's a return to form for Black Mirror, which had a few poor episodes recently.
Much rewatchability too.
henke on 31/12/2018 at 10:32
Watership Down - 4 part animated miniseries by Netflix and DA BEEB, about a bunch of rabbits who have themselves a BIG OL' ADVENTURE. I'm not familiar with the earlier incarnations of this story so I can't judge it against those, but it was pretty good. It starts off strong with a lot of interesting world building in chapter 1, then the middle 2 chapters kinda get bogged down in a lot of repetition of various escape attempts playing out over and over again, but in the final chapter things pick up again.
Bone Tomahawk - Really good n gritty western. Well-written and performed characters and some really fucked up gory scenes. Feels a bit Tarantino-esque, but not in a rip-offy way.
Phantom Thread - Uhhhhh... kinda boring? I love PT Anderson's early movies, they had such fun, crazy energy to them, but from There Will Be Blood onwards they've all been so serious. Sheesh.
Assassin's Creed - Watched like the first 30 minutes, and after that time absolutely nothing interesting or fun had happened so I turned it off.
edit: I watched 4 things with equally long titles? I'm all about equality, baby!!!