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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 13, 2021 16:14:47 GMT
I missed it when they released that 4K scam in theaters a few years ago. I've never seen any of Kubrick's films on a big screen, much to my dismay. I saw 2001 in theaters a handful of years ago, I forget which theater in Manhattan was showing it, but it was simply sublime. A quintessential theater-going experience. I also was fortunate to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange years ago when I was living in LA that was hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The movie itself was incredible (obviously), but the Q&A with Malcolm afterwards left a really bad taste in my mouth. Without Kubrick there, McDowell basically just took credit for every great idea in the film and claimed that he stood his ground on a handful of things that he wanted until Kubrick "finally relented." Bull. Shit. Outside of political functions, I'm not sure I've ever witnessed someone spewing such hogwash in person like that. Did you boo him?
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 13, 2021 16:16:48 GMT
I saw 2001 in theaters a handful of years ago, I forget which theater in Manhattan was showing it, but it was simply sublime. A quintessential theater-going experience. I also was fortunate to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange years ago when I was living in LA that was hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The movie itself was incredible (obviously), but the Q&A with Malcolm afterwards left a really bad taste in my mouth. Without Kubrick there, McDowell basically just took credit for every great idea in the film and claimed that he stood his ground on a handful of things that he wanted until Kubrick "finally relented." Bull. Shit. Outside of political functions, I'm not sure I've ever witnessed someone spewing such hogwash in person like that. I saw both 2001 and The Shining on the big screen not more than five years ago. Anyone who says that their big-screen TV is just as good as the real movie experience just doesn't know what they are saying. Maybe those people just have only shitty theaters around their areas.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 13, 2021 16:22:55 GMT
I missed it when they released that 4K scam in theaters a few years ago. I've never seen any of Kubrick's films on a big screen, much to my dismay. I saw 2001 in theaters a handful of years ago, I forget which theater in Manhattan was showing it, but it was simply sublime. A quintessential theater-going experience. I also was fortunate to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange years ago when I was living in LA that was hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The movie itself was incredible (obviously), but the Q&A with Malcolm afterwards left a really bad taste in my mouth. Without Kubrick there, McDowell basically just took credit for every great idea in the film and claimed that he stood his ground on a handful of things that he wanted until Kubrick "finally relented." Bull. Shit. Outside of political functions, I'm not sure I've ever witnessed someone spewing such hogwash in person like that. I tried to see A Clockwork Orange a few years back in LA at the Arclight, but I was like 2 mins late and they cut off ticket sales. There's a new scan of A Clockwork Orange going around now too, so maybe I'll get another chance to see it soon. Disappointing to hear that Malcolm McDowell was like that. I've heard him be a lot more gracious about Kubrick in past interviews. Maybe he was in a mood that day.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 13, 2021 16:46:38 GMT
I saw both 2001 and The Shining on the big screen not more than five years ago. Anyone who says that their big-screen TV is just as good as the real movie experience just doesn't know what they are saying. Maybe those people just have only shitty theaters around their areas. Fair point. There is only one good theater near me, about a 20 minute drive. There are great ones in Manhattan for sure, but the ones in my hometown are varying degrees of garbage.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 13, 2021 16:51:08 GMT
I saw 2001 in theaters a handful of years ago, I forget which theater in Manhattan was showing it, but it was simply sublime. A quintessential theater-going experience. I also was fortunate to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange years ago when I was living in LA that was hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The movie itself was incredible (obviously), but the Q&A with Malcolm afterwards left a really bad taste in my mouth. Without Kubrick there, McDowell basically just took credit for every great idea in the film and claimed that he stood his ground on a handful of things that he wanted until Kubrick "finally relented." Bull. Shit. Outside of political functions, I'm not sure I've ever witnessed someone spewing such hogwash in person like that. I tried to see A Clockwork Orange a few years back in LA at the Arclight, but I was like 2 mins late and they cut off ticket sales. There's a new scan of A Clockwork Orange going around now too, so maybe I'll get another chance to see it soon. Disappointing to hear that Malcolm McDowell was like that. I've heard him be a lot more gracious about Kubrick in past interviews. Maybe he was in a mood that day. The Arclight, RIP. Regarding Malcolm, I've noticed that too. But during the Q&A I saw, he even regaled us with a tall tale about how there was one particular scene where he wanted the tone to be one way, and Kubrick wanted it another way, and Malcolm's justification for his own view was that his way would "Kubrick it up a bit." Just picture an actor, any actor, saying that to Kubrick. He would barely give Jack Nicholson a say in how things went down, I can't imagine him not throwing McDowell out the window altogether for saying something like that.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 13, 2021 16:54:27 GMT
I saw 2001 in theaters a handful of years ago, I forget which theater in Manhattan was showing it, but it was simply sublime. A quintessential theater-going experience. I also was fortunate to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange years ago when I was living in LA that was hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The movie itself was incredible (obviously), but the Q&A with Malcolm afterwards left a really bad taste in my mouth. Without Kubrick there, McDowell basically just took credit for every great idea in the film and claimed that he stood his ground on a handful of things that he wanted until Kubrick "finally relented." Bull. Shit. Outside of political functions, I'm not sure I've ever witnessed someone spewing such hogwash in person like that. Did you boo him? I think I was too flabbergasted to muster up any type of vocal response.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2021 16:56:16 GMT
I tried to see A Clockwork Orange a few years back in LA at the Arclight, but I was like 2 mins late and they cut off ticket sales. There's a new scan of A Clockwork Orange going around now too, so maybe I'll get another chance to see it soon. Disappointing to hear that Malcolm McDowell was like that. I've heard him be a lot more gracious about Kubrick in past interviews. Maybe he was in a mood that day. The Arclight, RIP. Regarding Malcolm, I've noticed that too. But during the Q&A I saw, he even regaled us with a tall tale about how there was one particular scene where he wanted the tone to be one way, and Kubrick wanted it another way, and Malcolm's justification for his own view was that his way would "Kubrick it up a bit." Just picture an actor, any actor, saying that to Kubrick. He would barely give Jack Nicholson a say in how things went down, I can't imagine him not throwing McDowell out the window altogether for saying something like that. What next? Shelley Duvall saying "Kubrick wanted to just finish and go home after one take, but I convinced him to shoot the scene 127 times. I felt it would really capture my character's fraying psyche"?
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 13, 2021 17:33:43 GMT
The Arclight, RIP. Regarding Malcolm, I've noticed that too. But during the Q&A I saw, he even regaled us with a tall tale about how there was one particular scene where he wanted the tone to be one way, and Kubrick wanted it another way, and Malcolm's justification for his own view was that his way would "Kubrick it up a bit." Just picture an actor, any actor, saying that to Kubrick. He would barely give Jack Nicholson a say in how things went down, I can't imagine him not throwing McDowell out the window altogether for saying something like that. What next? Shelley Duvall saying "Kubrick wanted to just finish and go home after one take, but I convinced him to shoot the scene 127 times. I felt it would really capture my character's fraying psyche"? If I'm not actually going insane and losing my mind, how will the audience believe that "Wendy" is actually in a fragile state. Come on, Stanley!
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 14, 2021 13:18:25 GMT
Maybe those people just have only shitty theaters around their areas. Fair point. There is only one good theater near me, about a 20 minute drive. There are great ones in Manhattan for sure, but the ones in my hometown are varying degrees of garbage. I've got a decent multiplex I can walk to, a decent multiplex where I work, a nice independent twin theater downtown from where I work, and several perfectly decent small and big theaters all within a reasonable drive, but my preferred choice is a 10 to 15 min drive to the Alamo Drafthouse. Before they shut the entire theater chain down about a year and a half ago I had a ticket subscription there so I would go on average about once a week... obviously sometimes more sometimes less. But since they've reopened they haven't reinstated the subscription, which is a bummer. I haven't been to a movie theater since March of 2020, but I'll likely be going to see several things soon. Alamo reopened with limited hours, buffer seating which means limits on ticket availability, mask requirements, a scaled down menu, and I still would rather go there above most others. Although if I can get to the IMax at my walkable multiplex for Dune, that just might be the way to go. By the way, I think the cine-rama dome will survive. It won't be owned by the arclight, obviously, but someone will buy it and it will remain a theater. It's just too iconic and historic for it not to be worth the effort for some company or individual who can afford to put the resources into it. But arclight as a brand going under is a sad thing. It looked like Alamo Drafthouse was on the ropes a little bit there, but they were able to use bankruptcy the right way and come back. I think they're doing well again.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 14, 2021 17:56:14 GMT
I won't be in attendance, but the main feature at my local indie cinema tonight: Dune (1984) (2001: A Space Odyssey was an earlier showing)
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 15, 2021 12:48:12 GMT
Saw Halloween Kills last night as my reintroduction to movie theaters. I'd forgotten that a non-Alamo Drafthouse theaters can be populated with obnoxious assholes who look at their phones and speak at full volume throughout a movie. What a fucking annoyance.
Anyway, the movie was highly entertaining and completely wild, for better AND worse.
I almost copy-and-pasted my overly long rambling thoughts that I wrote over on the horror board here in this thread, but I figured nobody is likely to care enough to read through it all.
So I'll just say that I had a good time even though it's slight in narrative and way over the top in blood and carnage. It may be too ridiculous in parts for some, but it's never boring, and with these new Halloween movies we essentially get a new John Carpenter album each time, so that can't be a bad thing.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 15, 2021 13:42:50 GMT
I won't be in attendance, but the main feature at my local indie cinema tonight: Blow Out (1981)
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 15, 2021 14:58:48 GMT
Dave Chappelle special. A freind of mine has been livid about it (she's a huge trans ally and concerned about suicides, etc., especially for black trans women)
It was ok. Can't really say I saw all that much to react against, but as a cis white male, as she would say, that's not up to me to saya. He was all over the place trying to be both transphobic and trans supporting.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 15, 2021 23:22:19 GMT
Saw Halloween Kills last night as my reintroduction to movie theaters. I'd forgotten that a non-Alamo Drafthouse theaters can be populated with obnoxious assholes who look at their phones and speak at full volume throughout a movie. What a fucking annoyance. Anyway, the movie was highly entertaining and completely wild, for better AND worse. I almost copy-and-pasted my overly long rambling thoughts that I wrote over on the horror board here in this thread, but I figured nobody is likely to care enough to read through it all. So I'll just say that I had a good time even though it's slight in narrative and way over the top in blood and carnage. It may be too ridiculous in parts for some, but it's never boring, and with these new Halloween movies we essentially get a new John Carpenter album each time, so that can't be a bad thing. Enjoyed it
I'd rank slightly below Rob Zombie's epic Halloweens
Nice to see the nod to past characters including Loomis
** Spoilers Below ! ** . . . . . Was glad to see Tommy Doyle get his - I hated that kid and he annoyed me as an old man too
Speaking of Tommy Doyle - has there ever been a character in movie history that was played by two bigger stars in movie history - Paul Rudd and Anthony Michael Hall?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 16, 2021 9:41:44 GMT
Free Horror via BET, BET HER Soooo... There's a new movie called 'Karen' 'Karen' (2021) - 'A racist woman tries to displace the new Black couple that has just moved in next door to her.' 17% Rotten Tomato Score / 2.8 IMDB Score - so it must be watched Lets Give It A Whirl!
** Edit - My Review!
This movie was f*cking awesome!
What I learned -
- White people are evil - Cops are evil - African Americans are victims, targeted, profiled and unfairly discriminated against and they're in danger 24/7 from Devil Whitey
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 16, 2021 11:20:11 GMT
I won't be in attendance, but the main feature at my local indie cinema tonight: The Witch (2015) Saw it when it first came out - loved it. I feel like the 2010s marked a return to form after somewhat of a down decade for horror in the 00s.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 16, 2021 11:22:45 GMT
I won't be in attendance, but the main feature at my local indie cinema tonight: The Witch (2015) Saw it when it first came out - loved it. I feel like the 2010s marked a return to form after somewhat of a down decade for horror in the 00s. Great movie
Found the ending sad/tragic - haunted me
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 16, 2021 13:23:31 GMT
I won't be in attendance, but the main feature at my local indie cinema tonight: The Witch (2015) Saw it when it first came out - loved it. I feel like the 2010s marked a return to form after somewhat of a down decade for horror in the 00s. It's a great film. I haven't seen it in full since the first time, but I found it profoundly impactful. I like Robert Eggers a lot. I respect that he leveraged the success of this movie to make something deeply strange and risky with The Lighthouse. I look forward to his new movie The Northman and I'm happy that he's getting to work with big name talent and afforded bigger budgets. His next thing after that is Nosferatu, which I'm conflicted about. On the one hand it's a little disappointing that he's doing a remake because he's a true original voice in film amongst young filmmakers, but on the other hand I'm sure he will do a great job with it.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 16, 2021 13:33:35 GMT
There's a new movie called 'Karen' 'Karen' (2021) - 'A racist woman tries to displace the new Black couple that has just moved in next door to her.' 17% Rotten Tomato Score / 2.8 IMDB Score - so it must be watched
I kinda wanted to check that out too because it sounded like a so-bad-it's-good kinda thing. But if it's not funny it's probly not worth it. I caught some of Rob Zombie's Halloween yesterday again. It's definitely pretty bad, and the sequel is god awful, but there are some things that could have worked had he been able to reign himself in. He can't write characters, his dialogue is awful, and his aesthetic choices are totally wrong for this material, but he's not entirely without talent. I always wondered what he might have done had he worked with a better writer or directed someone else's script.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 16, 2021 13:40:07 GMT
There's a new movie called 'Karen' 'Karen' (2021) - 'A racist woman tries to displace the new Black couple that has just moved in next door to her.' 17% Rotten Tomato Score / 2.8 IMDB Score - so it must be watched
I kinda wanted to check that out too because it sounded like a so-bad-it's-good kinda thing. But if it's not funny it's probly not worth it. I caught some of Rob Zombie's Halloween yesterday again. It's definitely pretty bad, and the sequel is god awful, but there are some things that could have worked had he been able to reign himself in. He can't write characters, his dialogue is awful, and his aesthetic choices are totally wrong for this material, but he's not entirely without talent. I always wondered what he might have done had he worked with a better writer or directed someone else's script. I found it hysterical!
I don't know if you ever saw Strangers With Candy on Comedy Central years ago - but I regard it as one of the funniest shows of All-Time
The whole time I was watching this flick - I was imagining 'Karen' as Jerri Blank with the Strangers With Candy music playing in the background
Same awkward mannerisms at times
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