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- Thread starter Gorn
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The first few episodes were too cheesy for a lack of a better word. Midway through was somewhat disjointed? And then the over the top battle with vecna and the creature was just too much. It had lost the simple heart and magic of the prior seasons in my opinion.
I had read the book years ago. Did not know they had made a movie out of it. The movie was good. I would recommend. If you are not familiar with the book or movie, it is pretty crazy and gets dark.
The book was written in the 70's and the director went with a 70's feel. It looks and feels like something 70's British. I could easily see Alex and his Droogies living in the same town as the High Rise.
I remember seeing that at the cinema, and thinking they'd cast the perfect Lemmy, in Luke Evans - but thus far no Motörhead biopic.
Funny you should mention Clockwork Orange: I thought the poster for Highrise bore more than a passing resemblance to Kubrick's movie.
FYI Clockwork Orange was filmed in a real location - Thamesmead. It was a 1960's modernist social housing development, and features prominently in the T.V. series Misfits (which was sort of like the U.K. response to that T.V. show Heroes, though it was more anti-Heroes, and pretty funny). It's also the location in the music video for "Come To Daddy" by Aphex Twin - which is terrifying enough to ensure nobody is tempted to visit the location, in the popular trend of "Set-Jetting").
All the locations in Highrise are sets, or miniatures, so unfortunately that piece of architecture doesn't actually exist.
Been meaning to watch this one since I've liked some of the director's other movies. He also did Kill List, which was insane.
...and Meg 2: The Trench, which was an unlikely choice.
I sort of feel his output is a bit patchy, but always interesting : I highly recommend his first film, Down Terrace.
I'd also point you in the direction of A Field in England, Sightseers, and In the Earth (which was the first film I was aware of being made, and released during the height of the pandemic, that actually seemed to use the pandemic as a metaphor).
Watched the last half of "Deadpool & Wolverine."
The pairing worked. The movie? IMO, it was a Marvel movie with an abundance of blood and cussing. It was as if the filmmakers said to themselves, "We get to make an R-rated movie? Really?! Then let's go all out!!!" To be clear, I wasn't offended by the violence or the language, but a lot of it seemed gratuitous, and some was sexually graphic to an unnecessary degree. It seemed forced to me.
The movie certainly had its moments, though, and I do want to watch the whole thing.
EDIT: I haven't seen "Deadpool" 1 or 2.
The pairing worked. The movie? IMO, it was a Marvel movie with an abundance of blood and cussing. It was as if the filmmakers said to themselves, "We get to make an R-rated movie? Really?! Then let's go all out!!!" To be clear, I wasn't offended by the violence or the language, but a lot of it seemed gratuitous, and some was sexually graphic to an unnecessary degree. It seemed forced to me.
The movie certainly had its moments, though, and I do want to watch the whole thing.
EDIT: I haven't seen "Deadpool" 1 or 2.
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If you watch the first two, which also have a lot of gratuitous sax and violins
, the tone and content of "Deadpool & Wolverine" (which I just watched for the 2nd time the other day) will make sense to you. If you take them for what they are, they're fun movies.
We watched episode one last night. It was kind of "A knight's tale" with a little Westeros type kitsch.
