|
Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 31, 2020 20:52:35 GMT
Never heard about this "Aniara" movie. As a fan of science fiction, I am interested - although the user reviews on IMDb oscillate wildly between "brilliant" and "crap", so I don't know...
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 31, 2020 20:56:08 GMT
Last weekend: Und a few seconds ago: How'd you like Midsommar?
|
|
|
Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 31, 2020 21:13:50 GMT
millar70 klawrencio79 i attended the gruber memorial service... babylonbee.com/news/large-turnout-for-memorial-for-hans-gruber-who-was-thrown-from-a-building-by-a-police-officerLOS ANGELES, CA—A huge crowd turned out Sunday for the Hans Gruber memorial service. Gruber was the victim of police violence, having been thrown from Nakatomi Plaza by police officer John McClane, which many consider one of the most excessive uses of force ever witnessed. After the incident, there were protests all week, and now thousands from all over the country came to pay respects to Gruber, widely described as an “intelligent and witty soul.” “That man was a hero,” said Doyle Graham, who traveled from Nevada to pay respects. “I mean, I don’t really know much about him other than that some police officer killed him, but he seems like someone we should all honor and emulate.” Gruber was part of a mainly peaceful protest against the Nakatomi Corporation, which was goaded into violence by the actions of McClane. Ultimately, McClane threw Gruber from the 30th floor, even though Gruber was completely unarmed (or at least he was when he hit the ground). Even LAPD Deputy Chief Dwayne T. Robinson denounced the actions, calling McClane a “nutcase” who should have “just stayed put.”
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 31, 2020 21:16:31 GMT
millar70 klawrencio79 i attended the gruber memorial service... babylonbee.com/news/large-turnout-for-memorial-for-hans-gruber-who-was-thrown-from-a-building-by-a-police-officerLOS ANGELES, CA—A huge crowd turned out Sunday for the Hans Gruber memorial service. Gruber was the victim of police violence, having been thrown from Nakatomi Plaza by police officer John McClane, which many consider one of the most excessive uses of force ever witnessed. After the incident, there were protests all week, and now thousands from all over the country came to pay respects to Gruber, widely described as an “intelligent and witty soul.” “That man was a hero,” said Doyle Graham, who traveled from Nevada to pay respects. “I mean, I don’t really know much about him other than that some police officer killed him, but he seems like someone we should all honor and emulate.” Gruber was part of a mainly peaceful protest against the Nakatomi Corporation, which was goaded into violence by the actions of McClane. Ultimately, McClane threw Gruber from the 30th floor, even though Gruber was completely unarmed (or at least he was when he hit the ground). Even LAPD Deputy Chief Dwayne T. Robinson denounced the actions, calling McClane a “nutcase” who should have “just stayed put.”
|
|
|
Post by bluerisk on Sept 1, 2020 17:50:38 GMT
Never heard about this "Aniara" movie. As a fan of science fiction, I am interested - although the user reviews on IMDb oscillate wildly between "brilliant" and "crap", so I don't know...
I liked it, but it is more about psychology then Sci-Fi. It's a Swedish movie with a good production value about a huge luxury(!) cruise ship that transports survivors from the dying Earth to Mars. Contradictions for me: no matter how bad it will be on Earth, how can Mars be better without any atmosphere or (liquid) water? Atmosphere still means pressure, protection, water circulation etc. pp. and you can still use the atmosphere for bunkers or domes. Cleaning is far easier then to transport the needed amount from Earth to Mars. Then, the ships is huge and has all luxuries one can imagine - for survivors of a dying planet...where does these products come from, how can they pay for it, why not using these resources to rebuild Earth?! And how exactly died Earth anyway... Then, after the ship had a collision with some space debris and needed to shut down the reactor and release all nuclear fuel: it can till run for decades, they have all kind of resources, but not enough energy to change the course or to construct a new engine to conduct this effort. Last but not least: albeit this ship is huge, has a lot of resources and human lives from a dying planet: nobody sends a rescue mission. To make a long story short: Sci-Fi ist not the topic, and you have to put a lot of suspension of disbelief into it to like it. It just sets on a huge space ship drifting alone into the dark. And unlike 1999* (we know it as Mondbasis Alpha) it tries to elaborate (imho realistically) how humans, all sorts of humans, will or might react on this scenario of isolation, and, in the end: absolute absence of hope. A mix of "Lord and of the Flies" and Stanford Prison Experiment in an rather unusual setting. * Edit: 7+/10
|
|
|
Post by bluerisk on Sept 1, 2020 18:02:55 GMT
Last weekend: Und a few seconds ago: How'd you like Midsommar? 6.5/10 Some nice ideas, but, maybe save from Christian, nobody you care for...except for Inga, but this for other reasons. As someone who does not believe in god and considers religion rather as a bane then a salivation, a cult is just a condensed ideas of all my critic in religions. The difference is maybe that these are rather friendly Swedes at the beginning, and the horror set in slowly and the students only learn about the danger when it is all too late...at times not even then...there are killed unaware of the sitaution, and many die before the big picture is revealed. This is a plus. But else also a lot of suspension of disbelief. Over 90 years and three generations should have changed somewhat their approach, and I also think it is not that easy to kill off several foreign student without causing a lot of attention. But by far my biggest problem is the female main character, which is passive aggressive, abusive and still "wins" in the end. Christian did more for her then she did for him, he was tricked and manipulated and yet she made this final choice... She could serve is role model for this man on strike movement. => mgtow (there are tons of clip on youtube...serve yourself) Inga I don't understand a word, but I could watch it for hours...
|
|
|
Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 1, 2020 19:58:28 GMT
How'd you like Midsommar? 6.5/10 Some nice ideas, but, maybe save from Christian, nobody you care for... .... But by far my biggest problem is the female main character, which is passive aggressive, abusive and still "wins" in the end. Christian did more for her then she did for him, he was tricked and manipulated and yet she made this final choice... Can't say I can understand this shocking perspective, but I appreciate hearing an alternative reading all the same.
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 2, 2020 13:35:18 GMT
6.5/10 Some nice ideas, but, maybe save from Christian, nobody you care for... .... But by far my biggest problem is the female main character, which is passive aggressive, abusive and still "wins" in the end. Christian did more for her then she did for him, he was tricked and manipulated and yet she made this final choice... Can't say I can understand this shocking perspective, but I appreciate hearing an alternative reading all the same. My thoughts exactly.
|
|
|
Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 2, 2020 14:20:44 GMT
I watched Lumière! last night, a documentary of sorts about the Lumière Brothers, the French cinema pioneers. I say “of sorts” because it is not really a documentary; it is a collection of 108 of the short (50 second) movies made with their cinématographe between 1895 and 1905, accompanied by a narration and an explanation of some of the things we are seeing. Some of the clips are familiar, like “Workers leaving the factory”, considered to be the first movie in history, or “The arrival of the train at the station”, which reputedly caused the audience to panic because they thought the train was going to come out of the screen. The vast majority of them I had never seen before. They’ve all been impeccably restored. Highly recommended to anyone who loves cinema. This is one of the short movies that is part of the program:
|
|
|
Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 2, 2020 15:29:18 GMT
Never heard about this "Aniara" movie. As a fan of science fiction, I am interested - although the user reviews on IMDb oscillate wildly between "brilliant" and "crap", so I don't know...
I'd never heard of it until I saw it in a shop about six months ago, and bought it as it looks potentially interesting. I haven't watched it yet, of course.
I have DVDs that I bought in 2001 that I still haven't watched, if it is any consolation...
|
|
marco266
Sophomore
@marco266
Posts: 535
Likes: 226
|
Post by marco266 on Sept 2, 2020 15:44:55 GMT
I watched Clint's FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Haven't seen it since I saw it in the theaters. My reaction then was some very good scenes, but the narrative structure of the film hurt it badly. Jumping all over, no momentum is built. Watched it again and, yes, I still feel the film should have been given another re-write to fix the unnecessary time shifts; however I did find the film to be a whole lot better than my first go at it. The performances especially are all good (one worthy of an Oscar).
|
|
|
Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 2, 2020 18:00:21 GMT
I watched Lumière! last night, a documentary of sorts about the Lumière Brothers, the French cinema pioneers. I say “of sorts” because it is not really a documentary; it is a collection of 108 of the short (50 second) movies made with their cinématographe between 1895 and 1905, accompanied by a narration and an explanation of some of the things we are seeing. Some of the clips are familiar, like “Workers leaving the factory”, considered to be the first movie in history, or “The arrival of the train at the station”, which reputedly caused the audience to panic because they thought the train was going to come out of the screen. The vast majority of them I had never seen before. They’ve all been impeccably restored. Highly recommended to anyone who loves cinema. This is one of the short movies that is part of the program:
Where did you watch it?
|
|
|
Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 2, 2020 18:08:41 GMT
I watched Lumière! last night, a documentary of sorts about the Lumière Brothers, the French cinema pioneers. I say “of sorts” because it is not really a documentary; it is a collection of 108 of the short (50 second) movies made with their cinématographe between 1895 and 1905, accompanied by a narration and an explanation of some of the things we are seeing. Some of the clips are familiar, like “Workers leaving the factory”, considered to be the first movie in history, or “The arrival of the train at the station”, which reputedly caused the audience to panic because they thought the train was going to come out of the screen. The vast majority of them I had never seen before. They’ve all been impeccably restored. Highly recommended to anyone who loves cinema. This is one of the short movies that is part of the program:
Where did you watch it?
In a movie theatre. Theatres have re-opened here in Montreal but since there are very few new Hollywood releases, I guess distributors are looking for films to show. This one is from 2016, so it might be available on some streaming service.
|
|
|
Post by Aj_June on Sept 6, 2020 10:19:04 GMT
Intolerance is a brilliant film, but for sheer entertainment value I preferred Birth Of A Nation, which I find watching in the Trump era most illuminating. Haven't see that one yet. Thanks for the rec. I am switching to horror today. The Amityville Horror (1979). I guess you like Margot Kidder?
|
|
|
Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 6, 2020 11:03:55 GMT
Haven't see that one yet. Thanks for the rec. I am switching to horror today. The Amityville Horror (1979). I guess you like Margot Kidder? Loved her in Superman. Thought she was Oscar worthy in that! Great chemistry with Reeve.
|
|
|
Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 6, 2020 11:05:43 GMT
Haven't see that one yet. Thanks for the rec. I am switching to horror today. The Amityville Horror (1979). I guess you like Margot Kidder? Talking about horror, I watched this last night: Trippy horror revenge fantasy, “Mandy”. Great visuals and soundtrack. Andrea Riseborough is terrific at playing strange women. Nic Cage chews scenery to darkly comic effect. Give it a go.
|
|
|
Post by Aj_June on Sept 6, 2020 12:39:00 GMT
I am switching to horror today. The Amityville Horror (1979). I guess you like Margot Kidder? Talking about horror, I watched this last night: Trippy horror revenge fantasy, “Mandy”. Great visuals and soundtrack. Andrea Riseborough is terrific at playing strange women. Nic Cage chews scenery to darkly comic effect. Give it a go. Will definitely check out Mandy soon. The Amityville Horror (1979) is good.
|
|
|
Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 6, 2020 12:48:35 GMT
Talking about horror, I watched this last night: Trippy horror revenge fantasy, “Mandy”. Great visuals and soundtrack. Andrea Riseborough is terrific at playing strange women. Nic Cage chews scenery to darkly comic effect. Give it a go. Will definitely check out Mandy soon. The Amityville Horror (1979) is good. Aye. Haven't seen TAH in years though. Glad you liked it.
|
|
|
Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 8, 2020 15:49:29 GMT
I watched the Miyamoto Musashi Samurai trilogy from the 50s over the long weekend. Hiroshi Inagaki is the director.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0048579/referencewww.imdb.com/title/tt0049710/referenceI was a bit disappointed to be honest. These are supposed to be great classics of Japanese cinema but I found the story a bit weak, and the sword fight choreography almost laughable. On the positive side, there are many striking, beautifully composed shots, and Toshiro Mifune is very good in it.
Aj_June have you seen these? I know you are a big fan of Japanese cinema.
|
|
|
Post by Aj_June on Sept 8, 2020 16:44:16 GMT
I watched the Miyamoto Musashi Samurai trilogy from the 50s over the long weekend. Hiroshi Inagaki is the director.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0048579/referencewww.imdb.com/title/tt0049710/referenceI was a bit disappointed to be honest. These are supposed to be great classics of Japanese cinema but I found the story a bit weak, and the sword fight choreography almost laughable. On the positive side, there are many striking, beautifully composed shots, and Toshiro Mifune is very good in it.
Aj_June have you seen these? I know you are a big fan of Japanese cinema.
Yep, I have seen them and I agree with you that these movies are not at par with top grade Samurai movies (like Harakiri, Seven Samurai, Sanjuro) although still above average and good movies. As a matter of fact, my user name for at least a year on old IMDB boards used to be Kojiro Sasaki. I tried to find what was the real story behind semi-mythical characters of Kojiro Sasaki and Miyamoto Musashi. I intend to read more about medieval Japan and would once I get more free time.
|
|