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Post by Rubicon on Oct 2, 2023 20:58:04 GMT
Dawn of the Dead Remake (Netflix)
I'd watched the original film last week so thought I'd give this a try and it's a bit shit. It has very little to do with the original and is obviously trying to be an action film but it doesn't really do anything better than 28 Days Later did a couple of years before. Aside from Ving Rhames I can't remember any of the characters and the only really memorable bits are the zombaby and the laughable moment when they go to rescue the dog.
4/10
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Post by simple on Oct 2, 2023 21:21:57 GMT
I’d still put it down as my favourite/the best Zack Snyder film
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Post by Tomo on Oct 2, 2023 22:12:16 GMT
Mad God - 9/10
Extraordinary. Never seen anything like it. Crammed with imagination and absolutely bonkers. Like a film version of Little Nightmares mixed with A LOT of drugs.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 2, 2023 22:16:29 GMT
I’d still put it down as my favourite/the best Zack Snyder film I'd agree with that and the script being by James Gunn helps.
The intro scenes and then the titles with Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around" is a great start.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 3, 2023 2:17:22 GMT
Gunn and Snyder both do great 'sequences soundtracked to classic songs'.
Of course these days almost every trailer is pulling the same trick. I'm sure people did it before, but I feel like they popularized it.
That I like Snyder's Watchmen more than I probably should is 99% down to his Bob Dylan montage near the beginning. I'm a sucker for those kind of things.
PS/ See also the last episode of Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 for a good use of Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around".
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Post by rawshark on Oct 3, 2023 10:25:23 GMT
Didn’t Logan end with that as well?
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Post by kal on Oct 3, 2023 10:28:51 GMT
Gunn and Snyder both do great 'sequences soundtracked to classic songs'. Of course these days almost every trailer is pulling the same trick. I'm sure people did it before, but I feel like they popularized it. Maybe watch some Martin Scorsese films. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 3, 2023 10:47:47 GMT
And the Pulp Fiction soundtrack has sold 7m copies
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2023 10:50:40 GMT
All of Tarantino's films make the soundtrack an essential part. The Kill Bills were epic.
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 3, 2023 10:58:59 GMT
Red Rocket - 4/5
Rambling 70s inspired black comedy directed by Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project). Kind of a cross between Lolita and Five Easy Pieces. It follows on an aging pornstar who returns to his home town because he fucked it all up. Here he charms/cons his way back into his ex-wife's home and sets about grooming a 17 year old girl who he thinks will be the next big thing in porn and his ticket back to the big time.
It's creepy and breezy in equal measure, and Simon Rex, Bree Elrod and Suzanna Son are brilliant. I read it as a fantasy being told by an unreliable narrator, where the reality is much darker. As it is it's very tragic and funny, with lovely summery imagery set against a bleak industrial backdrop. Baker has a real gift for this stuff.
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Post by simple on Oct 3, 2023 11:10:06 GMT
Not seen any of his other stuff but I thought Tangerine was really good
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 3, 2023 11:16:23 GMT
All of Tarantino's films make the soundtrack an essential part. The Kill Bills were epic. You could maybe even argue that his ear for a tune will be his greatest legacy. Some of the songs in his movie are basically the language of cinema now. You hear certain songs and you know whats coming. Its pretty amazing, really. |
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Post by dmukgr🍺 on Oct 3, 2023 11:21:46 GMT
I play Meiko Kaji in the car a fair bit and people always go all Kill Bill when a certain song comes on.
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Post by rawshark on Oct 3, 2023 11:33:53 GMT
It is hard to believe there was a time when Little Green Bag wasn’t related to guys walking down a street in suits and sunglasses.
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Post by rawshark on Oct 3, 2023 11:35:49 GMT
Also I still refer to Ode to Joy as “Die Hard Music”
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2023 11:35:54 GMT
All of Tarantino's films make the soundtrack an essential part. The Kill Bills were epic. You could maybe even argue that his ear for a tune will be his greatest legacy. Some of the songs in his movie are basically the language of cinema now. You hear certain songs and you know whats coming. Its pretty amazing, really. Yep. What I love the most is the way he finds the right song for the right scene. Had never heard of some of them but are in regular rotation. I even went to see The 5,6,7,8s (although more through opportunity than anything else). |
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Post by Zyrr on Oct 3, 2023 12:05:40 GMT
Dawn of the Dead Remake (Netflix) I'd watched the original film last week so thought I'd give this a try and it's a bit shit. It has very little to do with the original and is obviously trying to be an action film but it doesn't really do anything better than 28 Days Later did a couple of years before. Aside from Ving Rhames I can't remember any of the characters and the only really memorable bits are the zombaby and the laughable moment when they go to rescue the dog. 4/10 I adore Romero's Dead trilogy (I just pretend everything he made from Land onwards doesn't exist) and Dawn definitely sits somewhere in my top 10 films. Snyder's 'remake' just trades on the name and manages to miss the point of the original film entirely. To be fair, the first half an hour or so is actually pretty good and builds the tension well, but after that it just descends into superficial edgelord comic book nonsense - which just about sums up Snyder's entire catalogue, really. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 3, 2023 12:48:18 GMT
I play Meiko Kaji in the car a fair bit and people always go all Kill Bill when a certain song comes on. I was listening to some Meiko Kaji one day when my wife came in and said 'why are you listening to this depressing rubbish. She's singing about cutting off all her hair and trying to kill herself.'
She was not a fan.
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Post by dmukgr🍺 on Oct 3, 2023 14:19:28 GMT
I play Meiko Kaji in the car a fair bit and people always go all Kill Bill when a certain song comes on. I was listening to some Meiko Kaji one day when my wife came in and said 'why are you listening to this depressing rubbish. She's singing about cutting off all her hair and trying to kill herself.'
She was not a fan.
See, my wife says the same about the english language stuff I listen to. |
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Post by loto on Oct 3, 2023 17:44:56 GMT
Zero Dark Thirty 9/10
The hunt for Usama bin Laden, starting with an arduous, dogged investigation by a CIA agent and closing with a raid on an unlikely property in Pakistan.
It’s a long film with a lot of ground to cover, a lot of context & background and some questionable tactics. The torture scenes are particularly graphic and difficult to watch. As an investigator, Jessica Chastain’s character, Maya is incredible and deserves the praise.
It’s occasionally confusing with a large cast of characters but the cast are very strong. It’s nearly 12 years old but hasn’t aged a day and the denouement is thrilling, shocking and ultimately poignant.
Highly recommended
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Post by kal on Oct 3, 2023 18:58:38 GMT
Yeah I find myself watching ZD30 fairly regularly despite its heavy subject matter. Just a very compelling well made film. Big fan.
Fun fact. The Jessica Chastain character is the same person the Claire Danes character in Homeland is based on.
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Post by geefe on Oct 3, 2023 20:26:07 GMT
Didn't they have to change that mid shooting because they actually found UBL?
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Post by cubby on Oct 3, 2023 20:53:31 GMT
Not quite mid shoot, but into preproduction they had to completely change it. It was supposed to be about the fruitless search for him.
Unlike how Morgan Spurlock did a whole film and book called "where in the world is Bin Laden?" that released not long before they got him, thereby rendering it all pointless.
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Post by askew on Oct 4, 2023 5:15:09 GMT
Also I still refer to Ode to Joy as “Die Hard Music” They used the Peggle soundtrack, yeah? |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 4, 2023 8:29:35 GMT
Clerks 2
I was sure I'd seen this, but on watching it none of it was familiar at all (other then the bits that are the same as Clerks 1 of course).
It went to places I wasn't really expecting it to go (kelly!) but it managed to make me lol quite a bit. Even the naughty bits.
On to Clerks 3 I guess.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 4, 2023 8:35:50 GMT
Clerks 3 is a very different film to the first sequel, I'd almost suggest leaving it for a while and coming back to it.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 4, 2023 8:46:39 GMT
I probably will, as I don't think I have access to it anywhere anyway.
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Post by RumMonkey on Oct 4, 2023 13:49:34 GMT
The Creator
Epic Sci-Fi that zips along with some great set-pieces. Really enjoyed it.
9/10
Also first trip to an Everyman and that was a lovely cinema experience. Really feels like a treat.
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Post by geefe on Oct 4, 2023 15:50:09 GMT
Clerks II is surprisingly good. Anyway...
Saw X/10
Have you seen a Saw film? Yes. It's like that. Mostly. It starts surprisingly well and actually holds back, being kind of a sombre mood piece.
Then the Saw stuff happens. Some people play a game and they're shit at it. Old man coughs. Shawnee Smith looks great for her age but shit for a prequel.
Not the worst one and perfectly fine for some afternoon shite.
4/10
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 4, 2023 16:03:10 GMT
After Spiral I can't face another Saw.
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