SubJeff on 6/1/2019 at 01:47
Aquaman.
Great stuff. Glad it was as, err, aqua focused as it was. Only wish I'd seen it at iMAX. The music from the trailer wasn't apparent enough, which was a shame.
Tocky on 6/1/2019 at 03:44
Just saw Wonder Woman. Not sure why I didn't see it earlier. It was very emotionally manipulative. Okay goddammit, I teared up. Fuck you.
SubJeff on 9/1/2019 at 21:39
I liked Wonder woman until the final fight, which I thought was lame.
I really, really like Man of Steel. I don't get the hate people have for it. WW was good (up to the end) and Aquaman was great.
It's Ben Ffffing Affffleck.
The DC films he's in are the weak ones. Oh, and that Cyborg effort. Ack. But Affleck, on paper, looks like an okay choice for Batman. But I rewatched Batman Begins the other day and Bale was sooooo right for it. Heck, I'd rather old Michael Keaton do it than Affleck again.
froghawk on 9/1/2019 at 21:46
Man of Steel was 3/4 terrible CG fight scenes. It felt like watching Zack Snyder play with toys rather than actually watching a movie, plus the characterization of Superman sucked for the fans.
SubJeff on 10/1/2019 at 23:07
Quote Posted by froghawk
Man of Steel was 3/4 terrible CG fight scenes.
But it just isn't and maths and time can show you this. It's far from it.
Sulphur on 11/1/2019 at 07:45
Eh, Man of Steel had bigger problems than CGI. It was dark and characterless, and didn't even have the joy of the Richard Donner films' wry humour or Singer's misguided reverence for them. It's very Zack Snyder, and the problem with Zack Snyder is that his signature dour/OTT approach works across a very narrow range of things, which may or may not have been 300 and parts of Watchmen.
froghawk on 11/1/2019 at 17:03
300 was dreadful. Snyder is just awful all around, and so is Miller.
And sure, MoS may not have literally been mostly fighting, but it sure felt that way.
qolelis on 11/1/2019 at 18:08
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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.
I agree it was partly and definitely flawed. A movie as slow as this might have to be longer (to allow for things to develop more), or not try to be more than it is. With that said, the parts I liked was good enough for me to enjoy the movie as a whole -- and even call it a new favourite of mine (I rewatch it for the visuals, soundtrack, and the overall tone, not for the story (although for the most part I liked how it was told) or character development, which I think was lacking a lot). I realize it might be odd to turn a blind eye like that, but maybe I'm just a "half-full" kind of guy, focusing on the part of the glass that contains something instead of the part that is empty. I'm conflicted, though; might just be that the movie is riding on the success of other movies that it reminds me of, and maybe I just allowed myself to be distracted by that. At the same time, I don't want to let that stop me from enjoying what I thought was done brilliantly.
Could you recommend similar movies that you think succeeds where this one fails?
I haven't seen
Mandy yet, but that one is on my list of movies I want to see. I also want to rewatch
A Space Odyssey now.
N'Al on 11/1/2019 at 23:23
Once Upon a Time in the West is still one of the best goddamn films ever made.
froghawk on 11/1/2019 at 23:45
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Could you recommend similar movies that you think succeeds where this one fails?
Any late Refn film except Neon Demon. Don't listen to the critics on Only God Forgives - it's actually brilliant.
Upstream Color. Shane Carruth wrote, directed, produced, scored, and played the lead character in the film, and it's fantastic.
Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void is in a similar visual vein and certainly more substantial than Black Rainbow, but I find it unwatchable for the Von Trier esque childish pessimism. Nonetheless, it certainly stirred a stronger reaction in me.
Under the Skin was interesting.