Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Tonight I watched David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method.
Keira Knightley does some high quality, Capital A, acting in that film.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
The only real "youtube show on movies" thing I like is Re:View. Especially when they break new info on old classics I didn't know.
foundflix tends to do a very good job too imo
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kaceypwe stayed bright as lightningwe sang loud as thunderRegistered Userregular
I watched The Babysitter: Killer Queen last night. I didn't catch any of the actual discussion here except a comment or two implying it was bad. It is bad!
So:
First off, making the girl from the first one evil sucked, just all around. And they didn't even...like, bother to attempt even a little depth with it. She was just completely 2-dimensionally evil. I suspected it as soon as she made the comment about Cole being special because he's innocent and was very disappointed to be right.
On the flip side of that...Bea's redemption felt pretty unearned. I didn't hate it because I'm a sucker for that kind of thing, but the whole Bea/Phoebe connection was super contrived and thrown into the movie with lazy exposition right at the end. The "You changed me" to Cole was a genuinely nice beat but that's about it.
Speaking of Bea/Phoebe...so...can I make sure I'm understanding this right? Bea's entire plan hinged on Phoebe and Cole having sex? As in, it relied on Phoebe going to the lake, running into Cole and the cult, escaping with Cole, not getting murdered several times over, being alone with Cole long enough to have sex, and then both of them actually wanting to do it?
Oh and also she swore to always protect Phoebe? So she did that by...sending her straight into a bloodbath where a group of psychopaths will attempt to brutally murder her a whole bunch, on the off chance that she'll bone this dude.
Finally got around to watch tucker and dale vs evil which was all in all a pretty entertaining movie
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The fucking wood chipper scene sent me into hysterical laughter the first time I saw it.
Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.
Finally got around to watch tucker and dale vs evil which was all in all a pretty entertaining movie
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The fucking wood chipper scene sent me into hysterical laughter the first time I saw it.
Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
man, Marge Gunderson used to be one of my favorite characters of all time... she's still cool but it's hard not to see the movie as incidental/partial copaganda
man, Marge Gunderson used to be one of my favorite characters of all time... she's still cool but it's hard not to see the movie as incidental/partial copaganda
She still shoots an unarmed and fleeing suspect in the back.
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
man, Marge Gunderson used to be one of my favorite characters of all time... she's still cool but it's hard not to see the movie as incidental/partial copaganda
She still shoots an unarmed and fleeing suspect in the back.
That she had seen pushing human body parts into a wood chipper.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
man, Marge Gunderson used to be one of my favorite characters of all time... she's still cool but it's hard not to see the movie as incidental/partial copaganda
She still shoots an unarmed and fleeing suspect in the back.
That she had seen pushing human body parts into a wood chipper.
Improper disposal of a body is not a crime punishable by death
Hell, that shit's typically a misdemeanor
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
I mean she gets a little slack from me being that she was alone without backup, he was a large man, he'd thrown the log at her, and he was running in a partially occupied area and if he'd escaped, could have easily hurt other people. And she didn't know how stable the frozen lake was so it would dangerous for her to pursue, even had she not been 6-7 months pregnant.
It still feels weird that she takes shots at him, but it's a far cry from a guy minding his own business trying to get his wallet out of his pocket.
KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
The copaganda of that scene comes mostly from how it reinforces the "just shoot 'em in the leg!" mindset which works fine in fiction but is stupid and dangerous in real life.
yesterday i somehow found a way to watch the movie i hate the most this year (i'm thinking of ending things) and the movie i most loved (the invisible man) pretty much back to back.
my big takeaway on the first is that charlie kauffman should not be allowed to direct anything because he is somehow simultaneously impossibly self-indulgent, yet infuriatingly callow when it comes to pulling the trigger on bringing everything together and making it mean something more. it makes so much sense after the fact that spike jonze and michele gondry, seasoned music viceo directors, were able to shape his big pile of too much everything into workable movies now.
and that cowardice to make a point dovetailed nicely into the invisible man, which is at its heart a showcase for elisabeth moss to show off just how good of an actor she is, but is also just so fucking confident in itself. it keeps going further and further beyond where you'd expect it to; giving you so much more than you'd ever expect. i even messaged @poorochondriac about this; the mid-point pivot in this film would have been the springboard for the last twenty minutes of a lesser movie.
and that's not even getting into just how well it played with ptsd, gaslighting, and how a support network can fail you post-crisis.
I mean she gets a little slack from me being that she was alone without backup, he was a large man, he'd thrown the log at her, and he was running in a partially occupied area and if he'd escaped, could have easily hurt other people. And she didn't know how stable the frozen lake was so it would dangerous for her to pursue, even had she not been 6-7 months pregnant.
It still feels weird that she takes shots at him, but it's a far cry from a guy minding his own business trying to get his wallet out of his pocket.
at the risk of derailing things into a very non-movie discussion, shooting a fleeing felon who poses a threat to those around them has basically always been considered legally justified, even if they're not actively attempting to harm the officer. Shooting a suspected murderer to prevent him from fleeing the scene of his latest murder is legally considered to be a worthwhile trade-off to the rights of the murderer, as it also protects the community's right to not get thrown into a woodchipper.
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Fargo exclusively from Marge's perspective is an interesting thing. She has a relatively nice day while investigating a crime, has an exciting incident with a guy and a wood chipper, arrests him then goes home.
Fargo exclusively from Marge's perspective is an interesting thing. She has a relatively nice day while investigating a crime, has an exciting incident with a guy and a wood chipper, arrests him then goes home.
There's an editing job in there.
I want a cut of Fargo that's just from Mr. Mohra's perspective, the street-sweeping bartender guy.
"...so then Mrs. Mohra heard about the homicides down there last week, and she thought I should call it in, so... I called it in. End o' story."
I think if I had to change the "what is the best scene in a movie?" question to "what is the best scene in television?" my answer is very simple, cut and dry.
I thought the opening fight of The One was a pretty cool way to use bullet-time to demonstrate superspeed, and I was disappointed that it never showed up again.
Back when The One released, my friends and I had discussed to death what a Dragonball Z live action movie should be like. I always thought it would be great to have the fights be at normal speed (obviously fast-paced martial arts), while the real world stuff around them was in slow motion. Then you could cut back and forth with the normal people reacting to crazy shit going on super fast around them. Along comes The One. I was fully convinced that whoever had directed it should be the one to direct DBZ.
He did.
Oops.
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Dog stealing the heart is the best thing that has ever been put to film, it is transcendent
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The greatest scene (sequence?) in cable television is when Joe Pera hears "Baba O'Reilly" for the first time ever.
The greatest scene in broadcast television is in NBC's "The Odyssey" starring Armand Assante, when Odysseus shoots through the axes and reveals his identity, and he and his son slaughter all the suitors in a bloody mess.
"Telemachus... now is the right time for your anger."
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Keira Knightley does some high quality, Capital A, acting in that film.
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I've got time for Movies With Mikey, if only because he finds new ways for me to appreciate movies I already like.
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foundflix tends to do a very good job too imo
So:
On the flip side of that...Bea's redemption felt pretty unearned. I didn't hate it because I'm a sucker for that kind of thing, but the whole Bea/Phoebe connection was super contrived and thrown into the movie with lazy exposition right at the end. The "You changed me" to Cole was a genuinely nice beat but that's about it.
Speaking of Bea/Phoebe...so...can I make sure I'm understanding this right? Bea's entire plan hinged on Phoebe and Cole having sex? As in, it relied on Phoebe going to the lake, running into Cole and the cult, escaping with Cole, not getting murdered several times over, being alone with Cole long enough to have sex, and then both of them actually wanting to do it?
Oh and also she swore to always protect Phoebe? So she did that by...sending her straight into a bloodbath where a group of psychopaths will attempt to brutally murder her a whole bunch, on the off chance that she'll bone this dude.
The fucking wood chipper scene sent me into hysterical laughter the first time I saw it.
Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.
She still shoots an unarmed and fleeing suspect in the back.
That she had seen pushing human body parts into a wood chipper.
Improper disposal of a body is not a crime punishable by death
Hell, that shit's typically a misdemeanor
It still feels weird that she takes shots at him, but it's a far cry from a guy minding his own business trying to get his wallet out of his pocket.
my big takeaway on the first is that charlie kauffman should not be allowed to direct anything because he is somehow simultaneously impossibly self-indulgent, yet infuriatingly callow when it comes to pulling the trigger on bringing everything together and making it mean something more. it makes so much sense after the fact that spike jonze and michele gondry, seasoned music viceo directors, were able to shape his big pile of too much everything into workable movies now.
and that cowardice to make a point dovetailed nicely into the invisible man, which is at its heart a showcase for elisabeth moss to show off just how good of an actor she is, but is also just so fucking confident in itself. it keeps going further and further beyond where you'd expect it to; giving you so much more than you'd ever expect. i even messaged @poorochondriac about this; the mid-point pivot in this film would have been the springboard for the last twenty minutes of a lesser movie.
and that's not even getting into just how well it played with ptsd, gaslighting, and how a support network can fail you post-crisis.
i can't stop thinking about it.
at the risk of derailing things into a very non-movie discussion, shooting a fleeing felon who poses a threat to those around them has basically always been considered legally justified, even if they're not actively attempting to harm the officer. Shooting a suspected murderer to prevent him from fleeing the scene of his latest murder is legally considered to be a worthwhile trade-off to the rights of the murderer, as it also protects the community's right to not get thrown into a woodchipper.
I don't think they needed to come out and say it, right?
I think it was pretty much there on front street.
There's an editing job in there.
Yeah my suspicion is that
Literally the only thing I have ever read, seen, or heard that makes me want to ever watch that movie. Kudos!
I want a cut of Fargo that's just from Mr. Mohra's perspective, the street-sweeping bartender guy.
"...so then Mrs. Mohra heard about the homicides down there last week, and she thought I should call it in, so... I called it in. End o' story."
The end.
Me: babe! fuck!
GF: what?!
Me: instead of the Magic Mike XXL scene you should have done the Country Roads scene from Whisper of the Heart!
GF: FUCK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcsBgxXDqc
Best scene on television is either Lube Man from Watchmen or the dog stealing the transplant heart on One Tree Hill
I'm partial to this one myself...
https://youtu.be/_O1hM-k3aUY
Back when The One released, my friends and I had discussed to death what a Dragonball Z live action movie should be like. I always thought it would be great to have the fights be at normal speed (obviously fast-paced martial arts), while the real world stuff around them was in slow motion. Then you could cut back and forth with the normal people reacting to crazy shit going on super fast around them. Along comes The One. I was fully convinced that whoever had directed it should be the one to direct DBZ.
He did.
Oops.
it's a line delivery i think about a lot
https://youtu.be/NvSaw5AVyd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y3c-NIHjHc
i love seeing shit like this. stuff that is parodied endlessly in pop culture, but seeing it in earnest
it is impossible to choose a single fight from cw dynasty as best
by the second episode, there is a brawl at a funeral where someone gets hip checked into an open grave
My god
Dan Harmon fuckin' wishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uloT8V6Skgk
Which I guess is more of a segment than a scene.
Whatever, I don't care, sue me.
The greatest scene in broadcast television is in NBC's "The Odyssey" starring Armand Assante, when Odysseus shoots through the axes and reveals his identity, and he and his son slaughter all the suitors in a bloody mess.
"Telemachus... now is the right time for your anger."
it bugs me that that's not his "producer" "grant" but James Urbaniak