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Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-30-20
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Yeah, by no means is my take the core conceit of...

Yeah, by no means is my take the core conceit of the film. It's just a particular avenue I was drawn to personally. Given that the transcendent material (nationalism, religion) are the prime movers,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-29-20
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The film revolves around her countenance. It...

The film revolves around her countenance. It really is a take on the Kuleshov effect with the reference frame being implied rather than shown. I think that's where the division happens for me...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-28-20
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) (Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer) ★★★★☆

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Not being particularly religious or nationalistic, most of this movie made me think about...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-24-18
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Pompeii 2014
★★★ Watched 22 Oct, 2018

I found it hard to believe that so many people whose opinions I respect have championed this film so vocally. I think I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-22-18
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Man, check out the cornball! He ain't no...

Man, check out the cornball!

He ain't no cornball!
He's my brother and he's the Master!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-22-18
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The Last Dragon 1985
★★★★★ Watched 21 Oct, 2018

The Last Dragon is ultimately about the challenges of living authentically whether that be as a pacifist in a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-20-18
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The Shining (1980) (Dir. Stanley Kubrick) 5
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Where as Full Metal Jacket was a film about the imperial present, The Shining confronted our colonial past. The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-15-18
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Caché 2005
★★★★★ Watched 15 Oct, 2018

An exploration of the power in having control over a narrative whether it be through the editing process, shaping news...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-11-18
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Room 2015
★★★ Watched 11 Oct, 2018

I'm reminded of a criticism levied against Beasts of the Southern Wild in how it used a child's point of view to romanticize...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-10-18
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Mandy is a lot of fun once it stops trying be a real film.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-10-18
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The Color of Pomegranates 1969
★★★★ Watched 10 Oct, 2018

Parajanov visualizes the work of a medieval Armenian poet in which he uses symmetries as rhymes and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-09-18
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Goat 2016
★★★★ Watched 08 Oct, 2018

Andrew Neel uses the conditions of an actual, empathetic brotherhood to expose a hollow tradition of abuse. An all too accurate depiction of the emotionally...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-08-18
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Not the question to ask on the 12th installment...

Not the question to ask on the 12th installment lol
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-08-18
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Burning (2018) (Dir. Lee Chang-dong) 3
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A bit too muted and implicit for my taste but it is interesting to see a thriller done with such tact and nuance. It's a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-06-18
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In My Skin (2002) (Dir. Marina de Van) 4
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A film about economic anxieties whether they be the rapid pace of globalization or the increasingly precarious state of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-06-18
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Glad this is getting out there. Solid little...

Glad this is getting out there. Solid little picture. Excited to see what the director does next with some real resources.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-04-18
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Hold the Dark (2018) (Dir. Jeremy Saulnier) 4
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While I have enjoyed all of Saulnier's prior output, I was left wanting something hardier after the all too...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-03-18
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Hostile (2017) (Dir. Mathieu Tiru) 1
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The melodramatic half is insufferable with the cologne ad art gallery guy saving this wretch off of the streets and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-03-18
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I can be extremely interested in pieces of art I...

I can be extremely interested in pieces of art I hate :p Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10-03-18
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What Keeps You Alive (2018) (Dir. Colin Minihan) 3
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What a strange little film. There are literal (cat and mouse thriller) and allegorical sides (abusive...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-19-18
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Nocturama (2016) (Dir. Bertand Bonello) 4
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It doesn't articulate the drive of the militants very well, but it is a slick caper style mission accompanied by an odd...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-16-18
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Don't get me wrong, it's a very entertaining...

Don't get me wrong, it's a very entertaining movie, and Eastwood is no bum. It's just also clearly misguided as all hell.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-14-18
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I definitely think irony is required to...

I definitely think irony is required to appreciate Seagal's work, but not necessarily hate. He's obviously a terrible person based on all kinds of things outside of his acting, but in film its just...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-14-18
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I like it more. It doesn't pretend be a real...

I like it more. It doesn't pretend be a real movie. Hilarious how OP Steven Seagal is in that final showdown.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-14-18
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It depends what difficulty you gathered from it....

It depends what difficulty you gathered from it. Eastwood fails to tackle any systematic causes of crime in minority neighborhoods, ya know like poverty and the war on drugs. He seems to think racism...

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