Film

[Caomhaoin]

Watched a bit of John Wick yesterday when I had the place to myself...Highly entertaining slaughter fest. Not for the thespians of course but most things aren't!

[Emphyrio]

Hugely enjoyable movies. Check out Nobody too. Very much in the same vein but still worth a watch.

[Ollkiller]

Hugely enjoyable movies. Check out Nobody too. Very much in the same vein but still worth a watch.

Found Nobody more enjoyable than the John Wick ones. Total leave your brain at the door stuff but Bob Odenkirk is brilliant in it.

[Emphyrio]

Nobody had more humour alright and the casting of Odenkirk was genius.

[open face surgery]

I'm on the last of the original Star Wars trilogy. Daft old carry on but it's enjoyable. I def saw them as a kid but none of it is familiar to me outside of watching the Seagulls! (Stop It Now) video.

[leatherface]

Well, the trailer for the new Matrix movie makes it look suitably atrocious.

The best thing about it is the inclusion of that Jefferson Airplane song, it works for some odd reason. The rest of it however?,  it looks like a mess just like the other two sequels before it and most likely about 3 hrs long to add insult to injury.

[John Kimble]

I've been watching a couple of this guy's interviews recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12f0ligwS5s

Terminator Dark Fate (which I haven't seen and most likely never will) is one garbage film that he highlights. I don't find his views particularly enlightening, but one term he uses when talking about things like reboots and franchises that really struck a chord with me is "malpractice." I now really think that's the best word to describe some of the things that Hollywood film makers do, and the examples from the most recent Star Wars trilogy and Terminator movies are perfect illustrations of it.

Good vid, watched a few others there and yes, while I don't think he's positing anything too revelatory, I find it hard to disagree with anything he says. That new Matrix is a case in point re bad sequels (another one of his vids), it's just more of the same really and I can't see this new one being anything more than a pointless rehash. I wasn't a massive fan of the first Matrix tbh, but at least it was different at the time until those godawful sequels were thrown into the mix.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Okay, place reserved for Dune later this afternoon.

"I must not believe the hype, hype is the movie killer..."

[Ollkiller]

Okay, place reserved for Dune later this afternoon.

"I must not believe the hype, hype is the movie killer..."

Not out here till the 21st October. Fuuuccckkkkk

[nukeabuse]

What's the deal with the varied releases for dune? I know films usually premiere on different dates between US and europe etc. But the release date list looks more like a tour poster. A new country each day for about two months.

[Necro Red]

Okay, place reserved for Dune later this afternoon.

"I must not believe the hype, hype is the movie killer..."

Not out here till the 21st October. Fuuuccckkkkk

looking forward to this now. I thought villenouve did a great job with the Blade Runner sequel. Music by Hans Zimmer also. Let's hope it is epic!

[nukeabuse]

I read a review of dune and their only gripe with the movie was that it felt like it was incomplete and the story wasnt rounded off nicely....

I feel like they missed the memo that it supposed to part 1 of the first book

[Carnage]

Watched one called Portal yesterday. Low budget sci fi/horror, 4 linked shorts set around 'doors' appearing around the earth with sinister implications for humanity. Think 2001's obelisks with a matte texture, but a bit more madness inducing. Not very good TBH, good concept but poorly fleshed out.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

No spoilers here:

I've seen the David Lynch/Alan Smithee/various fan cuts version of Dune roughly twenty times, so seeing Villeneuve's version yesterday was one of the strangest cinema experiences I've ever had. Imagine what it would be like to watch a remake, no matter how good, of The Empire Strikes Back, or any other epic you might know like the back of your hand.

Not saying Lynch's Dune is as good as The Empire Strikes Back; it is, in many senses, a disaster. But it is a striking movie, with a stellar cast of actors who all put a unique stamp on their respective characters. It has one of the most memorable soundtracks of all time, some of the most quotable and quoted lines of dialogue in sci-fi, and those scenes that work, well, they're David Lynch; cinema doesn't get much more striking than David Lynch when he's on target!

So, is Villeneuve's Dune good? I have no idea. I don't even have any idea how many viewings it would take for me to be able to answer that question in any way objectively. From big details to small, it's impossible for me to separate the two. I'd be interested in having the opinion of someone who has read the book but never seen Lynch's version. Or at least only seen it once, like a normal person.

[Ollkiller]

I read a review of dune and their only gripe with the movie was that it felt like it was incomplete and the story wasnt rounded off nicely....

I feel like they missed the memo that it supposed to part 1 of the first book

That reviewer should not quit their day job.