Thirith on 31/12/2018 at 12:05
I’m surprised you found Phantom Thread serious; I thought there was definite darkly humorous streak to that one, especially in its third act. Shame you found it boring, but it’s definitely not the kind of film that would suit everyone.
And yes, Bone Tomahawk has one of the most fucked-up bits I’ve ever watched.
henke on 31/12/2018 at 13:41
Have you seen Zahler's follow-up to Bone Tomahawk, "Brawl In Cell Block 99"? It's actually even more fucked up, if you can believe it. I saw that first so I kinda felt I got off easy when Bone Tomahawk only implanted one new un-erasable nightmare-vision in my brain. :|
Sulphur on 1/1/2019 at 18:15
It's a pretty fragmented movie that doesn't quite pull its many potshots together, and it's not an organic story (part of the point and its ethos), but there's no 'parallel universe' to it. It's about unchecked corporate greed and takes a particularly dim view on corporates' treatment of bottom rung workers, hence the 'horse' twist as a metaphor. This is extremely unsubtle movie allegory, but sure, the art film wrapping on it is pretty marmite, as absurdism tends to be. It's not quite Beckett, but it's in the same school of thought.
Anyway, I thought it was a 6.5/10, an interesting failure. Also good to see Keith in a movie after killing it as Darius in Atlanta, which was one of the most interesting darkly comedic satires of the year.
Tocky on 2/1/2019 at 03:17
Quote Posted by henke
Watership DownRead it as a teen and found it amazing I could get caught up in the lives of rabbits. Always thought "tharn" should be a real word.
PigLick on 2/1/2019 at 13:43
I looked up that scene in Bone Tomahawk because I am a curious kinda guy. Well, fuck you very much.
henke on 2/1/2019 at 14:37
Don't say we didn't warn you!
Thirith on 2/1/2019 at 15:59
Would you recommend Brawl in Cell Block 99, henke? I don't mind violence in movies in general, but I don't need it, and I do mind films that veer into the sadistic. Bone Tomahawk had enough other things going for it, and by the time *that* scene arrived I didn't think it was merely gratuitous, but at the same time I wouldn't have minded if it hadn't been quite as horrific as if was.
henke on 3/1/2019 at 06:27
I liked it, tho it's pretty sadistic. I feel the same way about Zahler as about Lars Von Trier. Good movies, but so unpleasant you only wanna watch them once.
qolelis on 5/1/2019 at 13:10
I just watched Panos Cosmatos' Beyond the Black Rainbow. It's one of those movies I knew I had to watch when I first stumbled into it. I wasn't sure I wanted to watch it, but I'm glad I did. What I can say about it has already been said, so I won't say much other than that it had enough of an impact on me that I wanted to mention seeing it. I loved the visuals, the (relatively) slow pace, and Michael Rogers does a great job at being sinister, sometimes only by a slight shift of face. I wouldn't say the movie tries anything new, but what it does is competently done. For me, its real strength lies in the overall tone, and not so much in the storytelling, which felt more basic than the visuals might suggest, even if the exact details are a little obscure. Great movie to just sink into and slowly drift offshore by.
froghawk on 5/1/2019 at 15:20
Sorry to Bother You. Utterly brilliant. One of the best movies I've ever seen, period.
Bandersnatch was great. A bit of a novelty, but much more engaging than most of the prior season.
Gonna have to disagree with SubJeff on Shape of Water. I adored that movie to death.
I didn't much like Beyond the Black Rainbow. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing, but while the visuals were brilliant, everything else about it was quite lacking. Mandy was a big improvement.