Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Isn't some of the stuff he did still classified? Christopher Lee probably some stuff that kept him up at night. Like Howling 3.
The story I have heard is that some reporter asked him about the still classified stuff and if he could talk about it
And Lee said “Can you keep a secret?”
The reporter nodded furiously.
“So can I.”
Peter Jackson recalled a story when they were doing the Saruman stabbing scene in Lord of the Rings, and Lee saw how it was written and told Jackson "That's not how a man reacts when stabbed. Here, I'll show you how it looks."
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Isn't some of the stuff he did still classified? Christopher Lee probably some stuff that kept him up at night. Like Howling 3.
The story I have heard is that some reporter asked him about the still classified stuff and if he could talk about it
And Lee said “Can you keep a secret?”
The reporter nodded furiously.
“So can I.”
Peter Jackson recalled a story when they were doing the Saruman stabbing scene in Lord of the Rings, and Lee saw how it was written and told Jackson "That's not how a man reacts when stabbed. Here, I'll show you how it looks."
That is in fact what started this line of discussion.
Just finished watching Trumbo on Netflix which was filmed in 2015.
My only take is that jfc this reality really is all just a little bit of history repeating
I read a Steve Martin autobiography recently, and one of the odd things was that in college* he dated Dalton Trumbo's one daughter. So he would end up at dinner parties with all the old guard Hollywood leftists.
*(He started as a philosophy/poetry major before moving into drama. But that's where he did his big thinking about comedy's structure and "what if you didn't have a punchline and just kind of let laughter build and build until it started spilling out?")
Isn't some of the stuff he did still classified? Christopher Lee probably some stuff that kept him up at night. Like Howling 3.
The story I have heard is that some reporter asked him about the still classified stuff and if he could talk about it
And Lee said “Can you keep a secret?”
The reporter nodded furiously.
“So can I.”
Peter Jackson recalled a story when they were doing the Saruman stabbing scene in Lord of the Rings, and Lee saw how it was written and told Jackson "That's not how a man reacts when stabbed. Here, I'll show you how it looks."
That is in fact what started this line of discussion.
Well that's what I get for jumping to the last page of discussion.
It really is towards the end where it starts moving into that kind of heady, philosophical space that I love in my sci-fi.
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Suggesting that self-destruction can be an act of creativity and hope (and that creation itself is inherently destructive) is a weird angle I wasn’t anticipating, but got me to watch the movie a few more times. I’m still not sure how I feel about that, but I appreciate the attempt to re-contextualize self-destructive impulses as something more... exploratory and curious.
Vincent Price and Peter Cushing are also great examples of people persevering in their passion against heavy odds.
Both loved acting and started young, but struggled to break through in the industry until they were middle-aged. In true devotee fashion, they took literally any gig thrown at them for years. Price would do local radio spots for grocery stores and amusement parks in between his roles in campy horror films.
Cushing, particularly, suffered from extreme anxiety and depression from all those years living hand-to-mouth, and worked as a women’s clothesmaker between acting jobs. Like Christopher Lee, he enlisted into the armed forces during WW2, but was ultimately relegated to troop entertainment services due to not passing physicals; Lee, meanwhile, famously went off into the secret service and was basically James Bond, spying for England and knifing mooks in dark alleyways.
The ironic grace note: Peter Cushing detested horror films and never watched them—even his own—but enjoyed working and making people happy. Also, in a departure from the norms of most British actors, Cushing hated acting on the stage, saying that he loathed the tedium of repeat performances, and the multiple takes afforded by film and TV better suited his perfectionist streak. One director, after Cushing offered notes on everything from line readings to set direction to costuming, described him (fondly) as, “a fusspot.”
One of my favourite Cushing anecdotes is how he hated the boots that were part of his Imperial uniform as Moff Tarkin in Star Wars. So whenever he didn't absolutely need to wear them (seriously, look for shots that show his feet, there are very, very few), he wore his slippers on the set instead. Which combined with how he was such an incredibly nice man, and was very avuncular on set, especially with young Carrie Fisher; such that it actually made it harder for her to act scared of and intimidated by him when they were actually doing a take. Every thing we've ever heard about what a lovely guy he was was absolutely true.
Finally got around to watching Annihilation. Very good. A bit more pat than the books, but an honourable adaptation.
I wish the entire film was on par with the last thirty minutes.
That bit was the least VanderMeer and the most Alex Garland. I like it as its own thing, mostly for the reasons OneAngryPossum talks about, but overall I preferred the first half because it hewed a little closer to the things I most enjoy about the book.
first time I watched it I was wondering exactly how they were going to navigate the climax, and I think they picked one of the few methods that was both filmable and offered some kind of resolution, but I was a little bit disappointed they completely skipped the lighthouse keeper's story
I finally got around to watching Toni Erdmann yesterday and I liked it a lot. I was expecting it to be more actively cringy, but there's something about the way the two main characters face these awkward situations and decide they're not going to slink away but stare them in the face until they go away makes the cringe more bearable. I also wasn't expecting the film to have this melancholy throughout. In general, I found Toni Erdmann one of the most surprising films I've seen in quite a while. And one of the most beautiful ones: that scene in the park is so moving, but at the same time its utter strangeness keeps it from ever feeling sentimental.
Has anyone here seen Maren Ade's first film, The Forest for the Trees? I'm very much interested in watching this one, after having seen Toni Erdmann and Everyone Else, but it seems to be pretty difficult to get hold of.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Been wanting to watch Frozen 2, but with having an 8-month old daughter im saving it because I know I'll probably be watching it roughly 8 billion times in a few years.
Been wanting to watch Frozen 2, but with having an 8-month old daughter im saving it because I know I'll probably be watching it roughly 8 billion times in a few years.
I'm already there.
Speaking of, I really should finish my long review of that film.
I watched Malificent last night. Farie Folk. Those pixies were awful at their job.
I read a Neil Gaiman comic book about the Wicked Queen telling the real story about Snow White and now I've got a taste for it. Are there more movies told from the well-known bad guy's point of view?
Been wanting to watch Frozen 2, but with having an 8-month old daughter im saving it because I know I'll probably be watching it roughly 8 billion times in a few years.
This is why I am planning to get my niece Ghibli movies. One can only hear Under The Sea so many times in a day before you decide you are eating out at Red Lobster.
I never did 'watch the exact same movie back to back over and over again' as a kid. I just don't get it. My nieces and nephews did it with finding nemo and astroboy. I always did morning/afternoon cartoons when younger. Granted you got reruns, but you got variety at least. I get liking a genre, but just a single movie?
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I was trying to find something on Shudder to watch besides Blood Machines before my trial expires, but most of this stuff either seems too schlocky or too much. I usually like stuff like It Follows and You're Next, clever horror.
I was trying to find something on Shudder to watch besides Blood Machines before my trial expires, but most of this stuff either seems too schlocky or too much. I usually like stuff like It Follows and You're Next, clever horror.
You saw One Cut of the Dead and the creepshow anthology right?
blood quantum is also really good
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I was trying to find something on Shudder to watch besides Blood Machines before my trial expires, but most of this stuff either seems too schlocky or too much. I usually like stuff like It Follows and You're Next, clever horror.
You saw One Cut of the Dead and the creepshow anthology right?
blood quantum is also really good
Nope, tempting though. I heard Hell House LLC is also great.
I've been meaning to watch the OG Texas Chainsaw, but I'm worried I don't have the stomach for it.
What about Night of the Living Deb?
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I tried watching a Steven Seagal movie called Into the Sun just as a background movie but it's a dumpster fire that tried to copy the 70's movie The Yakuza. This mid 2000's movie that feels like a japanese TV show but in a movie with laughable greenscreen moments and cheap sets despite being filmed in japan and thailand, and this is Seagal literally being the Will Sasso MadTV parody without an ounce of self awareness as he waxes philosophic. And while there's a clear rise and then sharp decline with Seagal, he was still doing decently up to Exit Wounds, and stuff like this is just a massive nosedive. The fight scenes are so poorly made and edited that you could make a strong case production assistants should have been paid as stuntmen because they were the ones moving vending machines to make it look like Seagal was slamming a dude's head into it because you never see the impact or either actor's face. Man, that period of transition in 2004-2008 between CRT to LCD and 480 to 720 and CGI being affordable but not yet effortless looks so more dated than something like a movie from 1980 compared to 1989, sad!
I tried watching a Steven Seagal movie called Into the Sun just as a background movie but it's a dumpster fire that tried to copy the 70's movie The Yakuza. This mid 2000's movie that feels like a japanese TV show but in a movie with laughable greenscreen moments and cheap sets despite being filmed in japan and thailand, and this is Seagal literally being the Will Sasso MadTV parody without an ounce of self awareness as he waxes philosophic. And while there's a clear rise and then sharp decline with Seagal, he was still doing decently up to Exit Wounds, and stuff like this is just a massive nosedive. The fight scenes are so poorly made and edited that you could make a strong case production assistants should have been paid as stuntmen because they were the ones moving vending machines to make it look like Seagal was slamming a dude's head into it because you never see the impact or either actor's face. Man, that period of transition in 2004-2008 between CRT to LCD and 480 to 720 and CGI being affordable but not yet effortless looks so more dated than something like a movie from 1980 compared to 1989, sad!
I saw a dude go over a recent film of Seagal's and oh sweet jesus was it bad. Like as you said SNL MAD TV parody bad.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I was trying to find something on Shudder to watch besides Blood Machines before my trial expires, but most of this stuff either seems too schlocky or too much. I usually like stuff like It Follows and You're Next, clever horror.
I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl is pretty neat.
I was trying to find something on Shudder to watch besides Blood Machines before my trial expires, but most of this stuff either seems too schlocky or too much. I usually like stuff like It Follows and You're Next, clever horror.
You saw One Cut of the Dead and the creepshow anthology right?
blood quantum is also really good
I’d also be interested in hearing recommendations on shudder
Or horror in general, I’ve really missed out on it since theaters closed. Last one I saw was midsommar I think.
And listening to the Scaredy Cats podcast makes me want to see some even more. The hosts of Reply All podcast watch and talk about horror movies with the idea that one of them is a HUGE baby about horror
Been wanting to watch Frozen 2, but with having an 8-month old daughter im saving it because I know I'll probably be watching it roughly 8 billion times in a few years.
This is why I am planning to get my niece Ghibli movies. One can only hear Under The Sea so many times in a day before you decide you are eating out at Red Lobster.
But what if she becomes a weeb? Sometimes you have to make sacrifices
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Which is more than some the people he* met can say.
*I am, of course, referring to his military service, not implying that he killed random people**.
**Though I feel like if Christopher Lee is there to kill you, chances are you did something to bring him there.
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The story I have heard is that some reporter asked him about the still classified stuff and if he could talk about it
And Lee said “Can you keep a secret?”
The reporter nodded furiously.
“So can I.”
My only take is that jfc this reality really is all just a little bit of history repeating
Peter Jackson recalled a story when they were doing the Saruman stabbing scene in Lord of the Rings, and Lee saw how it was written and told Jackson "That's not how a man reacts when stabbed. Here, I'll show you how it looks."
That is in fact what started this line of discussion.
I read a Steve Martin autobiography recently, and one of the odd things was that in college* he dated Dalton Trumbo's one daughter. So he would end up at dinner parties with all the old guard Hollywood leftists.
*(He started as a philosophy/poetry major before moving into drama. But that's where he did his big thinking about comedy's structure and "what if you didn't have a punchline and just kind of let laughter build and build until it started spilling out?")
Well that's what I get for jumping to the last page of discussion.
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I wish the entire film was on par with the last thirty minutes.
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Theme-y spoilers, no direct plot business:
One of my favourite Cushing anecdotes is how he hated the boots that were part of his Imperial uniform as Moff Tarkin in Star Wars. So whenever he didn't absolutely need to wear them (seriously, look for shots that show his feet, there are very, very few), he wore his slippers on the set instead. Which combined with how he was such an incredibly nice man, and was very avuncular on set, especially with young Carrie Fisher; such that it actually made it harder for her to act scared of and intimidated by him when they were actually doing a take. Every thing we've ever heard about what a lovely guy he was was absolutely true.
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That bit was the least VanderMeer and the most Alex Garland. I like it as its own thing, mostly for the reasons OneAngryPossum talks about, but overall I preferred the first half because it hewed a little closer to the things I most enjoy about the book.
What I enjoyed is it was earnest in just being its title. Its the Hanzel and Gretel story and they are witch hunters yep this is your film.
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Well, we know what Robert Rodriguez's next cooking school video will need to be.
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Has anyone here seen Maren Ade's first film, The Forest for the Trees? I'm very much interested in watching this one, after having seen Toni Erdmann and Everyone Else, but it seems to be pretty difficult to get hold of.
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I'm already there.
Speaking of, I really should finish my long review of that film.
I read a Neil Gaiman comic book about the Wicked Queen telling the real story about Snow White and now I've got a taste for it. Are there more movies told from the well-known bad guy's point of view?
This is why I am planning to get my niece Ghibli movies. One can only hear Under The Sea so many times in a day before you decide you are eating out at Red Lobster.
You saw One Cut of the Dead and the creepshow anthology right?
blood quantum is also really good
Nope, tempting though. I heard Hell House LLC is also great.
I've been meaning to watch the OG Texas Chainsaw, but I'm worried I don't have the stomach for it.
What about Night of the Living Deb?
I saw a dude go over a recent film of Seagal's and oh sweet jesus was it bad. Like as you said SNL MAD TV parody bad.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl is pretty neat.
edit; Well, that's a preview image.
edit2; Less exciting preview image courtesy to the trailer on Shudder's official channel.
I’d also be interested in hearing recommendations on shudder
Or horror in general, I’ve really missed out on it since theaters closed. Last one I saw was midsommar I think.
And listening to the Scaredy Cats podcast makes me want to see some even more. The hosts of Reply All podcast watch and talk about horror movies with the idea that one of them is a HUGE baby about horror