Moviethread II: The Watchening

costel · Joined: 30 Aug 2010 Location: Omsk,Florida

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I'm intrigued.
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

I found this great tumblr, but the dude who runs it doesn't tag his films caps. I emailed him to identify some I was curious about, but he didn't respond :(

So alas, I turn to the impossible task of asking if anyone of you can identify them. I'm going to go mad because of this.

Isfet · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: A New York

I saw "Enter the Void" this past Friday.

holy shit

evnvnv · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:20 am

i saw 'kuroneko' the other night and it was amazing. i don't know if this is the sort of thing that is showing in theaters in other places but if for some reason you are near the nuart theater in los angeles soon you should probably see it

the plot and stuff is kind of boring but if you are a fan of things that look and sound amazing you should see it
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Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

"Why isn't Green Lantern black?"

This is a pretty great switch on the usual sort of racial outcry you're more liable to spot when it comes to casting.
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remote · Joined: 11 Dec 2006

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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

I need to see Vampire's Kiss.

elvis.shrugged · Joined: 17 Apr 2007

It's really funny.

That clip compilation is fantastic.
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Lynchburg · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Location: Thereabouts

In which film does Cage fight girls, and is it the perfect excuse to watch The Wicker Man?
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

A new holiday classic.

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

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rabite gets whacked! · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Great, can he avoid turning it into a sub-par genre flick?
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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

Become the heir to Verhoeven you were meant to be.
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

PAUL VERHOEVEN IS THE HEIR TO DOUGLAS SIRK.

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cassievania · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:20 am

I saw Enter The Void with my brother.

We were the only people in the theater too.
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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

Portland is not an important market antitype duh
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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

man what if we place equivalent priority re: the seeing of this film and we totally see each other at fox tower but don't actually recognize one another

and what do I tell CoSo if I really like it I mean

(Seems like Portland usually gets the second week of the end-of-year almost-prestige awards-bait slow rollouts anyway)
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

lots of portland peeps itt

Tim · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Silver Spring, MD

I also watched Enter the Void on IFC On Demand today. It seemed to go on all day too.

Knowing what I know about Gaspar Noe's movies I expected it to be kind of revolting ('cause that seems to be what Noe is good at), but the only thing I could say is that the music and constant flashing lights were trying to make me sick I guess. Other than that there were sex scenes and a pretty neat vagina-cam at the end.

A lot of it was great though. I loved the first-person Bioshock-o-vision (they even had a shot where the guy looks directly at the mirror), and a lot of the cuts and flybys were really impressive CG-wise.

It also has what now are my favorite opening credits ever. The designer in me likes the insane typography!

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Vikram Ray · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

The opening credits were easily the best part. The rest of the movie was boring adolescent pseudoprofundity.

shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

Maybe if you had watched it with you sister.
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Tulpa · Joined: 31 Jul 2008

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boring adolescent pseudoprofundity
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Vikram Ray · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Did you know that your brain releases dmt when you die so like death is like the ultimate trip

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

vikram ray is uncomfortable with death
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Vikram Ray · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Only because I don't have a hot sister to float around and ogle after

Tim · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Silver Spring, MD

Tim · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Silver Spring, MD

In other news, Black Swan was super intense. Loved it. And holy shit the hangnail.
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

have to wait 2 weeks to see it ;_;

Ronnoc · Joined: 26 Feb 2010

Yeah, bugger limited releases. I have this weekend off, but I work next weekend so I probably won't get to see it until the middle of the week after next :(

parker · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:04 am

The extended cut of The Town has quite a few different scenes. There's one with ben affleck just sitting around at home watching Heat. There's more stuff from the book but the ending is still the same.
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This Machine Kills Fascis · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:08 pm

Black Swan

Body Horror

Crying Girl Behind Me: "I hate this movie."

Mirrors

Freudian doubling

More mirrors

Natalie Portman looking scared

Overbearing sound

Overbearing mother

"My Sweet Princess"

So-so acting

Shaky Cam

Wrestler but with ballerinas and horror cliches

Mediocre short story plot

Orchestral stings

People laughing at inappropriate times to let off tension
(Or maybe they just thought that guy had a funny accent)

Most CGI of any Aronofsky movie

"Psychological" "Thriller"

"Erotic" "Tension"

"Edge of Your Seat"

The missing link between "Single White Female" and "Persona"

Nice reinvention of dancing shots

Visceral

By the end all pretensions have been stripped away

Tim · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Silver Spring, MD

Oh God the Body Horror. Some of those scenes were High Octane Nightmare Fuel for me.
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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

What just happened

Pro-Apocalyptic · Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: San Francisco

I just got back from seeing Black Swan. I was really just at a loss for words for like 45 minutes afterwords. I definitely loved it, but I don't think I ever want to see it again.

I'd offer some pithy critique about the story and the use of horror cinematography tropes, but, honestly, I like it less the more I try to analyze it- and I don't think that's any fault of the film.

Body horror plus high art is a win any day in my book.

Oh, and if the portrayal of ballet culture is accurate (I don't know if it is, I lived with a ballerina for like a year and she was very laid-back and pleasant), then my ill-conceived prejudices against the medium were dead on.

evnvnv · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:08 am

body horror is high art :(
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Pro-Apocalyptic · Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: San Francisco

Baseballkappe · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: France

Please guys don't tempt me into watching another Aronofsky film :(