What Was The Last Film You Saw? - Off Topic - FM24/25 Update

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Anyone else watching Sharknado right now?

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07 Aug 2013 20:33:57

I watched Wolverine on the weekend, pretty decent for a superhero movie.

Until the giant fucking robot cyborg thing came.

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By allforone | Permalink | On 07 August 2013 - 21:33 PM

I watched Wolverine on the weekend, pretty decent for a superhero movie.

I was disappointed in it really. I've been a big fan of this new Marvel wave but that just didn't quite fit

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08 Aug 2013 12:50:02

Scarlett Johansson as the voice of an operating system hmm....

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08 Aug 2013 12:56:29

That looks interesting...

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08 Aug 2013 13:22:30

I kinda liked God Only Forgives. Certainly a lot more dreamy and slow than Drive but I liked the weird relationship between Gosling and his mother, and the policeman character was so interesting. All the Greek tragedy/religious thematic strings were all really fascinating but ultimately I'm not totally convinced it all works.

The sleeze of Bangkok and the way it's captured plus the awesome soundscape kept me interested; wether I strictly enjoyed it though is another question.

I'm definitely enjoying thinking about it more now than when I actually watched it. It's pretty cool that Refn would follow-up his most successful 'hit' with something so distinctly his vision.

Other than that go see Frances Ha, because, you know, Noel Baumbach and that.

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By The Platypus | Permalink | On 04 August 2013 - 16:34 PM

Could be very interesting.

YES I want to see this so bad. Has a cool Eternal Sunshine vibe that I'm totally game for. Interested to see how Ben Stiller does as director too. I know as an actor he's not been confined to comedy but it's kinda a departure for him as a filmmaker.

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08 Aug 2013 13:25:39

By Abbott | Permalink | On 08 August 2013 - 14:22 PM

I kinda liked God Only Forgives. Certainly a lot more dreamy and slow than Drive but I liked the weird relationship between Gosling and his mother, and the policeman character was so interesting. All the Greek tragedy/religious thematic strings were all really fascinating but ultimately I'm not totally convinced it all works.

The sleeze of Bangkok and the way it's captured plus the awesome soundscape kept me interested; wether I strictly enjoyed it though is another question.

I'm definitely enjoying thinking about it more now than when I actually watched it. It's pretty cool that Refn would follow-up his most successful 'hit' with something so distinctly his vision.

Other than that go see Frances Ha, because, you know, Noel Baumbach and that.

Well after Bronson he did Valhalla Rising, so it wasn't unexpected.

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08 Aug 2013 14:09:31

It's a classic Refn move. He did Fear X after Pusher and Bleeder as well. Also Pusher 3 was a lot more slowburning than 1 and 2.

Anyway, the year is sort of shaping up. We've got Jonze, Coens, Scorsese, O. Russell, Von Trier all coming out this second half of the year.

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By Eric Portapotty | Permalink | On 08 August 2013 - 14:50 PM

Scarlett Johansson as the voice of an operating system hmm....

That looks like it'll be really, really weird.

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By The Platypus | Permalink | On 08 August 2013 - 15:09 PM

It's a classic Refn move. He did Fear X after Pusher and Bleeder as well. Also Pusher 3 was a lot more slowburning than 1 and 2.

Anyway, the year is sort of shaping up. We've got Jonze, Coens, Scorsese, O. Russell, Von Trier all coming out this second half of the year.

Another Steve McQueen + Fassbender film as well, really looking forward to it.

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08 Aug 2013 14:28:40

Ahhh fucking hell, forgot about 12 Years a Slave. Yeah, that will no doubt be brilliant.

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08 Aug 2013 14:57:25

Finally got round to watching Django Unchained. Good film. Was laughing my ass off.

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08 Aug 2013 15:12:26

By Eric Portapotty | Permalink | On 08 August 2013 - 13:50 PM

Scarlett Johansson as the voice of an operating system hmm....

At 1:16 on that trailer, who is she as it is killing me trying to remember.

NM. Amy Adams

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08 Aug 2013 15:37:51

By The Platypus | Permalink | On 04 August 2013 - 16:34 PM

Could be very interesting.

Only wanna watch this for Kristen Wiig

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08 Aug 2013 21:39:12

How is Blue Jasmine, if anyone seen it?

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15 Aug 2013 20:15:09

Only God Forgives.

Quite terrible. Refn needs to put out a film that has character progression and an actually story again.

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15 Aug 2013 20:21:59

By Franck | On 02 January 1970 - 03:26 AM

Only God Forgives.

Quite terrible. Refn needs to put out a film that has character progression and an actually story again.

Make it sound like he didn't just do that a couple of years ago.

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15 Aug 2013 20:26:46

By The Platypus | On 02 January 1970 - 03:26 AM

Make it sound like he didn't just do that a couple of years ago.

I hope you're not referring to Drive when you're saying that.

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15 Aug 2013 20:31:00

I am.

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15 Aug 2013 21:02:10

Drive is a very simplistic film in terms of story, the brilliance of that film was in how it used music, colours, contrast and general style to tell it, scale that away and you've got a pretty forgettable film about a half-mute criminal.

My general thought on Only God Forgives is that Refn saw the success of Drive and thought "Hey, I managed to pull off a film with the Driver as the protagonist off, I wonder if I could do the same with a film where every character is a silent stooge just like him?".

Refn is a genius with the purely visual side of cinema, it's a shame that he seems to be forgetting the human side of it, especially when his earlier work with the Pusher films dealt with that side so well. If he could put together the stylistic brilliance from Drive with the humanity of a film like Pusher 2 we could get an all-time classic.

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15 Aug 2013 21:06:51

It's called Bleeder.

A film like Drive doesn't work if you don't manage to handle the human aspect of it, then you end up with a film like Only God Forgives.
You care about the characters, and The Driver does evolve. You may go on about a simplistic story, but a film like Dog Day Afternoon has an incredibly simple story as well. It's about how you handle it.