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Huntn said:
Except the venue made it too dark with city lights around us and lousy window mounted speakers. We were there for one reason, an infant sleeping in the back seat. 🙂 It took me a while after that to appreciate the value of the story. Bottom line, an overly dark atmosphere tends to be a negative for myself to work though or maybe not.

These days, while I appreciate the exploration of the human condition though the perspective of Roy Batty, I prefer Bladerunner 2049 as the better presented story though Deckard, K, Joshi, Morton, Joi, and Neander Wallace. Ironically it was not what I expected either at first. And while I won’t hold my breath, it opened the door for a replicant rebellion, which as compared to what came before it, this could be difficult to accomplish and keep the audience happy, and by no means is any such story assured.
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Blade Runner is a tale of transgressing darkness into Light. Rachel was the source, Roy gives it up at the end. Think on it, this why 2049 fits so well....

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halledise said:
a most strange movie.
one wonders what the point of making such a hoity-toity film is.
oh, i get it - Oscars for the weirdest.
should win a gong or 2 there … 🧐
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I just saw Poor Things and it was significantly stranger. I really enjoyed the film and a very different role for Emma Stone. Be forewarned, significant amount of sexual content and nudity. A film I will be thinking about for a long time but it’s very weird. Sort of a different take on Frankenstein but with out any horror but a lot more weird, humor, sexuality, steam punk, romance and weird (yes I mentioned weird a lot for this movie)

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Chuckeee said:
Sorry just saw Poor Things and it was significantly stranger. I really enjoyed the film and a very different role for Emma Stone. Be forewarned, significant amount of sexual content and nudity. A film I will be thinking about for a long time but it’s very weird. Sort of a different take on Frankenstein but with out any horror but a lot more weird, humor, sexuality, steam punk, romance and weird (yes a mention weird a lot for this movie)

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anything with mark ruffalo in it and i switch off immediately
 
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Chuckeee said:
Sorry just saw Poor Things and it was significantly stranger. I really enjoyed the film and a very different role for Emma Stone. Be forewarned, significant amount of sexual content and nudity. A film I will be thinking about for a long time but it’s very weird. Sort of a different take on Frankenstein but with out any horror but a lot more weird, humor, sexuality, steam punk, romance and weird (yes a mention weird a lot for this movie)

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I really want to see it.
 
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Queen6 said:
Blade Runner is a tale of transgressing darkness into Light. Rachel was the source, Roy gives it up at the end. Think on it, this why 2049 fits so well....

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I accept your point, but really don’t need to think on it, was just describing why technical issues initially interfered with my appreciation of the story as presented. But as a rule perpetually dark stories are something I do not prefer. :)

Roy Batty with the perspective of a human manufactured or not, just wants what humans want, but he runs out of time to Deckard’s benefit.
 
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Chuckeee said:
Sorry just saw Poor Things and it was significantly stranger. I really enjoyed the film and a very different role for Emma Stone. Be forewarned, significant amount of sexual content and nudity. A film I will be thinking about for a long time but it’s very weird. Sort of a different take on Frankenstein but with out any horror but a lot more weird, humor, sexuality, steam punk, romance and weird (yes a mention weird a lot for this movie)

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Wow, I think I should watch this one.

I like surrealist and weird movies. Actually, I still have to watch Jodorovski’s The Holy Mountain (1973).

Movies like Beyond the Black Rainbow, or some of the Lanthimos movies such as The Killing of a Sacred Deer are among my favorites. I’m open to suggestions.
 
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Oh, wait. I just read that it actually is the new Lanthimos movie!
I thought it was a strange movie from a novel director, but now…
Oh my god, now I just have to watch it.
 
Watched the first half of The Hunger Game: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

I like the story, but other than Peter Dinkledge and Viola Davis, the acting is bad. Almost like the casting director from Star Wars is now doing THG.
 
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Herdfan said:
Watched the first half of The Hunger Game: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

I like the story, but other than Peter Dinkledge and Viola Davis, the acting is bad. Almost like the casting director from Star Wars is now doing THG.
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I saw it a few days ago, it felt a bit long, so I watched it in two phases as well, thanks to its structure.
I concur, the acting is not the best, and the character Viola Davis plays is one of the best.

I didn't like it as a Hunger Games movie. I mean, within that referent frame, I still prefer the movies from Katniss. The original saga was, at least for me, more entertaining, developed a bit more the characters (without miracles) and was a bit more deep and enticing.

Yeah, the fact that it is a prequel maybe gives a different and more interesting view of this universe, but even that, in my opinion, could have been used in a much better way, giving us more than a shallow view at the Panem of the early post-war era. Although maybe those limitations came from the book itself.

But, other than that, it is pretty entertaining to watch during an afternoon.
 
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wvuwhat said:
In the past 3 days I have watched:

Christmas Vacation (x2)
Vegas Vacation
Die Hard
Elf
Jingle All the Way
Santa Claus
Bad Santa (x2)

Try as I may, I am still not in the Christmas Spirit. And, all of these are good.
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The best and likely one of the least known Christmas movies is The Family Man.
 
Harry Haller said:
David Lynch's Rabbits.

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I watched it some time ago, and the experience is truly unsettling. This strange feeling of… something is wrong here.

And finally, that common feeling from most of Linch’s work, that you’re missing something, or just don’t understand anything.

I feel like I’m posting too frequently on this thread now… but I still have impressions to share about the following movies, which are on my playlist now: Carpenter’s The Fly and its sequel. The Holy Mountain. And a secret movie I will reveal on time.
 
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