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Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 3:30 pm**

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 12:25 pm
A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:05 am
GuyLaCroix wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:54 pm Watching Eureka with Gene Hackman. Was not prepared for this.
I bet. How is he?
That's one of those movies you watch so you can name drop it to your friend that watches and knows movies.

I think Hackman was doing his best to ham but he seems incapable of delivering a crap performance. Delightfully unhinged.

Kill my joke why don't you....

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 4:26 pm**

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 3:30 pm
GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 12:25 pm
A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:05 am

I bet. How is he?
That's one of those movies you watch so you can name drop it to your friend that watches and knows movies.

I think Hackman was doing his best to ham but he seems incapable of delivering a crap performance. Delightfully unhinged.
Kill my joke why don't you....

OH. Let me see...

He was incendiary! Absolutely cooking!

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:14 pm**

bigc wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:35 pm I made it to 50 without ever seeing The Godfather.

Watched it last night with a buddy who was visibly upset that I haven't seen it.

Really fantastic movie.

I remember seeing this for the first time in my early twenties, a new print. To be honest, I kinda wanted to dislike it, since I was tired of America gangster movies then, and the whole cult of machismo surrounding them. But it turned out to be very good, maybe not the best movie of all time, but good enough to be well rated, yeah. Haven't seen it since, but I did re-watch The Conversation a few months back, and it still holds up.

Megalopolis, though . . . the more I've read about it (not having seen it yet), the less I think I'm gonna like it. Muddled "messterpieces" by auteurs tend to grate as I get older. Have seen too many of them.

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:20 pm**

DaveA wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:14 pm
bigc wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:35 pm I made it to 50 without ever seeing The Godfather.

Watched it last night with a buddy who was visibly upset that I haven't seen it.

Really fantastic movie.
I remember seeing this for the first time in my early twenties, a new print. To be honest, I kinda wanted to dislike it, since I was tired of America gangster movies then, and the whole cult of machismo surrounding them. But it turned out to be very good, maybe not the best movie of all time, but good enough to be well rated, yeah. Haven't seen it since, but I did re-watch The Conversation a few months back, and it still holds up.

Megalopolis, though . . . the more I've read about it (not having seen it yet), the less I think I'm gonna like it. Muddled "messterpieces" by auteurs tend to grate as I get older. Have seen too many of them.

Megalopolis was absolute fucking DOGSHIT. I went with a friend and we were laughing a lot through the film.

Utterly fucking terrible film. Some legit fucked up scenes in it, too.

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:39 pm**

Yeah, I dunno, have to be in a very specific frame of mind in order to sit through something like that ^^^. That it's 138 minutes isn't helping matters!

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:36 am**

Alien Romulus.

Awful.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:05 am**

andyman wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:36 am Long Day's Journey into Night - a 2018 Chinese film that starts off as a beautifully shot, confounding Noir, then halfway through flips to a 1 hour long single shot take dream sequence that draws on the unfinished threads of the first half to reflect on memory and dreams.

Kind of amazing. Don't watch it if you want a traditional noir.

I reckon this will underwhelm, but I do fancy giving it a go. Thanks for the rec.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:45 am**

DaveA wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:14 pm
bigc wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:35 pm I made it to 50 without ever seeing The Godfather.

Watched it last night with a buddy who was visibly upset that I haven't seen it.

Really fantastic movie.
I remember seeing this for the first time in my early twenties, a new print. To be honest, I kinda wanted to dislike it, since I was tired of America gangster movies then, and the whole cult of machismo surrounding them. But it turned out to be very good, maybe not the best movie of all time, but good enough to be well rated, yeah. Haven't seen it since, but I did re-watch The Conversation a few months back, and it still holds up.

Megalopolis, though . . . the more I've read about it (not having seen it yet), the less I think I'm gonna like it. Muddled "messterpieces" by auteurs tend to grate as I get older. Have seen too many of them.

You don't have to go that far, Godfather III is already a shit sandwich. I also take exception to II being some kind of pinnacle. It's just okay - and there is a gaping whole where Brando is meant to be.

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:44 pm**

zircona1 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:03 pm
Krev wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:10 am Has anyone seen The Substance yet? I feel like the hype, walkouts, etc. are going to lead to disappointment. I hope I'm wrong.
Yeah, I saw it this weekend. It is nuts. Reminded me a lot of Cronenberg's The Fly and Requiem For A Dream. It is not subtle and not for the squeamish - teeth are pulled, backs are split open, faces smashed, and lots of needles are used, most in extreme close up. It was hard to watch at times. It gets crazy by the end, one scene had me laughing out loud. It is hard to forget, though, and the performances are solid. If you're ok with all of that, I'd recommend it.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 2:25 pmIt's an experience. It's not a great film. I'm glad I saw it, and won't ever have need to see it again.

Good times. Sad times. I enjoyed it and though the third act is indeed chaotic and met expectations I've seen some worse fucked shit in other movies. Desensitization stinks.

kmc wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 4:30 pm I watched Azrael and I liked it.

It was aight. At least we got to see the baby unlike in that stuck-up Immaculate. Both left me with questions!

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 11:24 pm**

David Mamet would probably love Azrael.

I enjoyed the batshit last 30 minutes of The Substance, but they didn't seem congruous with the Very Obvious Thesis of the first 90.

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