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mister police. you could have saved her. I gave you all the [MOVIES]

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Ketar wrote: »


    Ok, ok, even more sold on Geostorm with alcohol.

    Is there a bunch of dogs in this movie that it specifically makes a point of not killing? Because that would be super cool.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows

  • KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    It Follows is great.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows
    I am not a horror nerd, I usually only watch 1-2 a year but I really liked It Follows

    Only real quibble with it is the weird pseudo future setting that serves no real purpose for the movie and is barely used so it is just distracting

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Hey horror movie buffs

    Are there any examples of say, a slasher movie, where the killer starts in on some group of victims and it turns out one or more of them are actually like, really competent and dangerous, and all of a sudden the killer is the one on the run? A reversal like that?

    'No One Lives' is very close to that. Group of people who typically would be the villains of a given slasher/horror flick kidnap a girl, only to realize that they've kidnapped an already kidnapped girl, and that they've, to paraphrase Arrested Development, made a huge mistake.

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows

    An usher at my indie cinema deliberately made a point of coming in half way through and walking directly at me when I was the only one watching it

    so I guess I have good memories of that movie

  • pookapooka Registered User regular
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows

    An usher at my indie cinema deliberately made a point of coming in half way through and walking directly at me when I was the only one watching it

    so I guess I have good memories of that movie
    a magnificent bastard moment, that

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Don't love the ending, but the rest is so good it makes up for it.

    I love how the shots are composed to encourage you to look around the frame for the monster with a similar paranoia as the characters. It gives you the sense of constantly looking over your shoulder or peeking around corners, just through composition. That's good direction.

  • TenzytileTenzytile Registered User regular
    It Follows is one of the only movies I've seen with thoughtful use of the circular pan.

  • Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows
    I am not a horror nerd, I usually only watch 1-2 a year but I really liked It Follows

    Only real quibble with it is the weird pseudo future setting that serves no real purpose for the movie and is barely used so it is just distracting

    what were the futuristic elements?

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Tenzytile wrote: »
    It Follows is one of the only movies I've seen with thoughtful use of the circular pan.

    Absolutely yes. And I'm super tired of one point/center framing for eerie effect, but It Follows found a great use of it.

    This isn't my favourite example but it's the first I could find. Sticking her in the middle of the frame gives you so much room to look around for the monster, and if you can't see it, there's always the sense that it's right behind you friggin turn around.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Horror nerds, how do you feel about It Follows
    I am not a horror nerd, I usually only watch 1-2 a year but I really liked It Follows

    Only real quibble with it is the weird pseudo future setting that serves no real purpose for the movie and is barely used so it is just distracting

    what were the futuristic elements?
    There are barely any, which is why it annoys me

    The most notable one is when one of the kids pulls out a phone thing and it looks like this:
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    It isn't at all a deal breaker and the director said the goal was to make a "dreamlike" period that wasn't tied to a specific time but it felt super half-baked to me so the handful of times something like that showed up it bugged me

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    What even is that thing, it doesn't look futuristic it looks like modern technology from an alternate timeline where phones are crappier

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    It looks like if Polly Pocket segued into making phones in like 2000 or so

  • DedpuppyDedpuppy Registered User regular
    Hobnail wrote: »
    What even is that thing, it doesn't look futuristic it looks like modern technology from an alternate timeline where phones are crappier

    Honestly I thought it was an e-book reader, in a smaller size for easier carrying

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    it looks like a child's toy they painted the insides of and greenscreened text onto

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    It Follows is a very good movie that people can easily be bored by if they aren't into it.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Dedpuppy wrote: »
    Hobnail wrote: »
    What even is that thing, it doesn't look futuristic it looks like modern technology from an alternate timeline where phones are crappier

    Honestly I thought it was an e-book reader, in a smaller size for easier carrying
    That's what it is supposed to be, but it's not an actual device and they made it just for the movie and it just seemed so pointless to me

    Like this is a super minor thing, I think the movie is fantastic, but for some reason it has stuck with me

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  • SnicketysnickSnicketysnick The Greatest Hype Man in WesterosRegistered User regular
    It's a makeup compact+a kindle, which is a pretty cool design I think?

    I miss clamshell phones

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I've been meaning to watch It Follows for awhile because the soundtrack is by Disasterpeace and his work was 50% of the reason Hyper Light Drifter took such a hold on me

    so I'll probably watch it on Halloween

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Inception is a movie that's really good about seeming timeless

    Everyone's wearing fancy suits that seem classic but they have futuretech that doesn't look particularly future-y

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    "All our phones are flip phones forever but we never elected Trump so kiss our ass, timeline #657876-A"

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    I've been meaning to watch It Follows for awhile because the soundtrack is by Disasterpeace and his work was 50% of the reason Hyper Light Drifter took such a hold on me

    so I'll probably watch it on Halloween

    The music is super good. Disasterpeace aced it.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I think the reason it stuck with me is because the group I was watching it with was super into it and mega tense at every moment because It is a tense movie and when she pulled that out all of us went "Wait what the hell was that" and it took us out of the moment

    Then we got immediately pulled back in by the end of that scene

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  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Hey horror movie buffs

    Are there any examples of say, a slasher movie, where the killer starts in on some group of victims and it turns out one or more of them are actually like, really competent and dangerous, and all of a sudden the killer is the one on the run? A reversal like that?

    It's only an approximate match, but The Perfect Host is somewhat along those lines.

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  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    I love It Follows noncommittal time period. It's kind of a cheat to make it feel both nostalgic and modern. But I imagine that will help it age well. Also helps with the sort of dream like quality for me.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    What about Friday the 13th's Future Past of the 1990s of the 1980s?

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Geostorm reviews dropping
    What if Armageddon but weather? That seems to be at least one of the half-baked pitches that led to Geostorm, a disastrous disaster movie that is actually quite low on the disasters to its own detriment.
    AZCentral wrote:
    Let’s be honest: You don’t go into something like “Geostorm” thinking it's going to be great. But there are things you expect to see, and actually hope for. For instance, Gerard Butler swaggering around for a couple of hours as a wisecracking action hero? Sign me up. Whiz-bang visual effects depicting the destruction of major cities around the globe? Neat-o! But when the movie can’t even fulfill those relatively meager pleasures, you’re left with a big, boring mess like “Geostorm.” It’s an action movie without an exciting moment. It’s a special effects flick with chintzy visuals. And it’s a Gerard Butler vehicle without enough Gerard to go around.
    AV Club wrote:
    In the tradition of KFC’s Famous Bowl—famously described by Patton Oswalt as “a failure pile”—comes Geostorm, which attempts to be every possible apocalyptic weather-based disaster movie at once...For most people, 15 minutes worth of impressive annihilation won’t be worth enduring an hour and a half of dramatic monotony. Butler sleepwalks through his thinly written role
    Variety wrote:
    An inanely spectacular disaster movie — though perhaps “spectacularly inane” would be more apt — from the producer of “Godzilla” and “Independence Day,” Dean Devlin’s “Geostorm” attempts to have it both ways, treating a gang of scientists who’ve “solved” the problem of global warming as its heroes while exploiting how little its target audience knows about the subject to supply an extreme-weather clip reel with contributions of variable quality from a dozen different visual effects houses.

    Won't even be the biggest disaster film of the week; currently 24% on RT. The Snowman? 10%

  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Did dogs hack into the weather control system to kill off humanity?

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Did dogs hack into the weather control system to kill off humanity?

    Exclusive spoiler video from Geostorm

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    Finally going to see Blade Runner 2049 tonight. Very excited!

  • hatedinamericahatedinamerica Registered User regular
    It Follows is legit one of my favorite movies.

    Probably watched it six or seven times, which I rarely do.

  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Did dogs hack into the weather control system to kill off humanity?

    I'd watch that movie

    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
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  • LadaiLadai Registered User regular
    Gah, my local theater just moved Blade Runner 2049 off its IMAX screen in favor of Geostorm.

    Serves me right for waiting so long to see it, I guess. Standard screen will be fine but I was kinda looking forward to seeing it in IMAX.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2017
    I'm watching Spider-Man Homecoming.

    I am loving the inept Spider-Man trying to learn how to do shit.

    I'm not loving the Stark/Dad relationship thing. It's a little heavy handed.

    OH FUCK!
    Vulture is her dad!

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    I'm watching Spider-Man Homecoming.

    I am loving the inept Spider-Man trying to learn how to do shit.

    I'm not loving the Stark/Dad relationship thing. It's a little heavy handed.

    OH FUCK!
    Vulture is her dad!

    So my favorite part of "not good at being Spider-Man" in Homecoming is his fighting style

    He never throws a punch during the movie

    Also
    He never wins a fight either, with the exception of the assist by Ned

    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    I'm watching Spider-Man Homecoming.

    I am loving the inept Spider-Man trying to learn how to do shit.

    I'm not loving the Stark/Dad relationship thing. It's a little heavy handed.

    OH FUCK!
    Vulture is her dad!

    So my favorite part of "not good at being Spider-Man" in Homecoming is his fighting style

    He never throws a punch during the movie

    Also
    He never wins a fight either, with the exception of the assist by Ned

    My deepest Spider-Man knowledge comes from the 90's cartoon on Fox Kids so never throwing a punch seems like regular Spider-Manning to me.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    I'm watching Spider-Man Homecoming.

    I am loving the inept Spider-Man trying to learn how to do shit.

    I'm not loving the Stark/Dad relationship thing. It's a little heavy handed.

    OH FUCK!
    Vulture is her dad!

    So my favorite part of "not good at being Spider-Man" in Homecoming is his fighting style

    He never throws a punch during the movie

    Also
    He never wins a fight either, with the exception of the assist by Ned

    My deepest Spider-Man knowledge comes from the 90's cartoon on Fox Kids so never throwing a punch seems like regular Spider-Manning to me.

    What a weird era

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Did dogs hack into the weather control system to kill off humanity?

    Prequel to Tokyo Jungle?

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    I'm watching Spider-Man Homecoming.

    I am loving the inept Spider-Man trying to learn how to do shit.

    I'm not loving the Stark/Dad relationship thing. It's a little heavy handed.

    OH FUCK!
    Vulture is her dad!

    So my favorite part of "not good at being Spider-Man" in Homecoming is his fighting style

    He never throws a punch during the movie

    Also
    He never wins a fight either, with the exception of the assist by Ned

    My deepest Spider-Man knowledge comes from the 90's cartoon on Fox Kids so never throwing a punch seems like regular Spider-Manning to me.

    Hey now.

    He threw two punches.

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