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- Thread starter Gorn
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Cool.
Yes, as it happens I notice I'm sitting next to the DVD of Spring.
I enjoyed their more recent movie "Something In The Dirt", which had a silly running gag that kept making me chuckle.
" Synchronic" was a bold attempt a splurging a bigger budget on their brand of sci-fi ; I wouldn't say it was entirely successful, but it certainly had its moments, and it's been long enough that I'm intrigued to see it again.
They've had a really positive impact as producers : I particularly liked "After Midnight" and "She Dies Tomorrow" . I also quite liked "Man Finds Tape" once it got going - though it felt like the writer-directors were too much in awe of, and inspired by Justin & Aaron (a little like Poltergeist feels more like a Spielberg movie, than a Hooper movie).
It occurs to me that if you like smart sci-fi / horror, low budget independent movies, you'll probably enjoy :
Primer (self-funded, written, directed by, and starring Shane Carruth - a computer scientist, with a sideline in building PCI cards in his garage, and absolutely no training, or previous history in film / media - shooting on 16mm film, at weekends, edited, and special effects done on his laptop, and composed / performed his own score).
Upstream Color (less charming than Primer, but way more of a headf**#).
I Origins (the first 15 minutes are a bit of a struggle, as it feels like an overwrought 90's indie romance movie, but it takes a sharp turn for the interesting - make sure you keep watching through the end credits).
Another Earth (another offering from Mike Cahill, and Brit Marling - more straightforward than I Origins, but a worthwhile poetic melodrama / sci-fi thought experiment).
Banshee Chapter (I only saw this once, when it came out. Seemed like it was even lower budget than the original Paranormal Activity, but there's something genuinely unsettling, and disorienting about this movie - a palpable sense of dread, because you know more is coming, but you have no idea what you're really dealing with, and it just felt like cosmic horror in the sense that you're getting lead deeper, and deeper into a danger you can't fully comprehend).
Triangle (Melissa George on a boat that's dead in the water - I went in with low expectations, thanks to Death Ship [great poster, terrible movie], and was basically expecting a dumb horror movie - I was pleasantly surprised by how this turned out. That said, it had a bigger budget than all the previously mentioned movies combined... 12 times over).
This is the funniest poopie they've done since Michael Bolton. For your mental health please watch this:
Hey, thanks for this. This is my jam and will be checking these out. I'm pretty sure I've seen Another Earth/Synchronic (you mentioned above), maybe Triangle edit: yep, seen it). The rest sound awesome!
In the Grey. A Guy Ritchie movie. It's okay. One of his weaker movies. It's short enough and fast paced enough to be moderately entertaining. Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavil play the roles of handsome quippy man one and two with guns. Eiza Gonzalez plays hot girl. She doesn't have guns. Minimal shaky cam. A story that's cohesive enough to make some sense. I have no idea why it's called In The Grey. The grey area? Every character is a criminal and amoral. There's no grey area.
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Currently watching No Country For Old Men. Never seen it, but I heard it's fantastic. I'm 50/50 for Coen Brothers films, so we'll see. I generally seem to prefer their lighter fare.
My second favorite movie after True Romance. You might want to watch it again. And again.
Yep, that's true.
Watched Spring last night (2nd time viewing). Man, I'd forgotten how good that movie is. A love story handled so well in a horror film.
Synchronic is cued up, probably watch tomorrow morning. Something in the Dirt is only available for pay, so have to hold off.
I've seen Primer and Triangle a couple of times. Thoroughly enjoyable. Copied/pasted your remaining titles for future use. I've been hit or miss on viewing for awhile, so it's nice to have a focus to look forward to.
A couple of what I think are well done offerings...
Aniara (2018) - Swedish/Danish film, subtitled. A luxury spacecraft taking thousands on a 3 week trip to Mars gets knocked off course. How do the passengers handle weeks, years, decades on a one-way trip? Well done, rather bleak.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) - Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, both vampires, have been in love with each other for centuries. I really enjoyed this take on vampires, especially since I don't care for vampire stuff. Dug the music.
The Long Walk (2019) Laotian with subtitles - melancholic ghost story that flips between past, present, future, with a touch of afterlife concerning a young boy, an old man, a corpse, a ghost.
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I’m torn on the finale. I was expecting more, but it had its moments.
Another Britbox miniseries- “A Confession “- six parts, been through four. Martin Freeman with another cast of unknowns- at least to me- a dramatization of a true story. IMDB 7.6- unsure of the ending. Two episodes remaining. FWIW, Im not necessarily enamored with Britcrime as a genre, it’s just they do it so well, and they are available. Im a recent fan of Martin Freeman. It’s easy to relate to his portrayals without any real personal connection. The surrounding cast is credible- the antagonist, a creepy Malcolm McDowell lookalike is convincingly odious, and this far, the protagonist, Martin Freeman’s character, whilst under attack is the person you want to be if you could.
Watching Season 2 of Traitors UK. I'm kind of jumping around the different versions, but I do know one thing...the versions with ordinary people are much more entertaining than the pseudo-celebrity versions. I never need to see another member of the Housewives ever again.
l'm sure this is posted earlier in this thread, but I just gave it a watch and it was worth the time
I've not watched any, but the U.K. celebrity series was extremely highly regarded (I think there's actually a second celebrity series in progress as we speak, which looked to have some interesting personalities in it, like Hanna Fry).
I don't know how well U.K. celebrities will translate overseas - but I guess you could effectively view it as an "ordinary people" series.
With those caveats in place, one show I would recommend (if it's available outside the U.K.) is both series of "Last One Laughing" on Amazon Prime - they basically stick a bunch of comedians in a room, and if they laugh they get kicked out.
Sorry! I should know better than to just post a link without explanation.
As I also see a similar empty media embeds for content blocked here in the USA
We Want The Funk
A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s
