Recently showed my child They Live and he absolutely loved it. One of my all time favorite films, so it was really nice to share something like that with him and have it catch on with him. He's been quoting some lines from it on and off since we watched it.
They Live? I'll look that one up.
You're in for a treat. Great film
I apologize for the very Reddit comment, but user name checks out.
I didn't want to recommend the perverts' guide to ideology because I felt it would've been too on the nose, and also because Zizek suuuuucks. But alas.
Oh God, you're meming, aren't you?
Zizek opens The Perverts' guide with an analysis of They Live, which is really interesting and introduces the concept of ideology that the film will use rather well. I would recommend watching it after watching They Live if you feel like it
Zizek sucks ass at this point, but his work on ideology is still unmatched in my opinion, and I chose the username after watching The Pervert's guide, and before Zizek kept having shitty take aster shitty take. I just can't be fucked with creating a new account.
Sounds good!
Took me forever to actually get around to watching it. Knew about only from meme's and pop culture references from over the last 20 years. I was actually expecting a much worse movie from the "Cracked dot com" style articles that I had read about it... its not a great movie by any stretch but its was a more solid watch than I was anticipating.
Nvm, you edited your comment.
Oh, man. I'd love to be able to watch it again for the first time. Enjoy!
thnx!
That's a great one.
Beau is Afraid. Funniest movie in decades, I finally feel seen, Aster done it again
Guess I'll watch that as well.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
i deeply regret watching that one lol
but i tend to have bad opinions
lol I know another friend that regretted watching it, but I personally liked it (but I knew that it wouldn't be for everyone, with good reason too).
it's my fault for continuing to watch ari aster movies 
Shame!
ari aster knows two things: family trauma and head trauma
Yeah Zone isn't about the banality of evil, it's about the mundanity of evil
Anything can be made mundane. Just ask a manager at some fancy party night club where the customers are having the time of their life every night but he’s just adding up receipts, ordering more product, and doing the other mundane things that running any business entails. Lol. That would also be a good movie i think. The mundanity of capitalism/bureaucracy/ etc.
Saw End of Evangelion in the theater, though I have seen it before years ago. It was something else in the theater though.
I watched May December on Netflix. I thought it was fine, and had some great performances, but it didn't amaze me.
Dune 2 was quite good.
I should watch Dune sometime.
Recommended?
Definitely watch Dune. it's like living in an alternate universe where Marvel movie didn't have such a huge influence on blockbusters. Which, even if you like marvel, you have to admit we're getting a lot of lately and a change of pace is good.
I detest Marvel movies.
So I guess I should watch this one then!
Poor Things. An interesting concept and I thought it was executed pretty well. It's a wildly uncomfortable ride for a while though.
I just watched this last night with my partner and wildly uncomfortable is the word for it. It is truly a movie made by Hollywood sickos. I really don't like the sexualization of children or Lolita themes.
Oh God, not sure how I feel about "uncomfortable" films, even if it's only uncomfortable for a while, mind you.
I saw American Fiction the day after the Oscars without having any idea it won one.
I liked it a lot, although it has issues. It's genuinely funny in places and sorrowful in others. It does a good job of bringing the act of writing to the screen, which is a very hard thing to do. Some of the satire is pretty spot on, but it's also based on a book from 20 years ago and can feel it in places. It does some not-unique but well executed fourth wall breaks which really tie into its general theme. The way it deals with some of the themes does sort of let the film off the hook for fence sitting on some themes though. The cast is bloody superb though and give great performances. It's pretty amazing looking considering it was made for no money (in movie terms) and in about four weeks or something.
I enjoyed that one. I thought it took a while setting up the story before getting to the premise but it was worth it.
Yeah, it seems like "Oscar-bait" but good "Oscar-bait." I may watch it.
Anatomy of a Fall. It stars the same German actress that played the commandant's wife.
Ah
Dune 2, I liked how they made some effort to follow the books. Most adaptations don’t make any.
Hopefully they use the time skip leading to Dune Messiah’s adaptation to undo some of the deviations that came near the end which could have major impact.
Highly recommend the books if you end up liking the movies, they explore lots of interesting themes.
Most adaptations don’t make any.
True dat...
Dune 2 was genuinely my favorite theater experience ever. I honestly can't stop thinking about it. I read the first book a while back so I was eager to see a new adaptation, and it blew me away.
Hell yeah! The scenes shot using infrared (if you know, you know. No spoilers for anyone else who sees this) were the first ones of that style I’ve seen and it blew me away. I was wondering how they did that until I read an interview that mentioned it.
That whole scene was incredible, and I appreciate that there's an in-universe reason for it too. It's all such a fun ride, it doesn't feel anywhere close to three hours for me. I'll be sad when it's out of theaters.
Gonin, Yakuza movie about finding companionship at the absolute lowest rung of society, then blowing the fuck out of some yakuza morons for pushing you too far and fucking your whole life up as a consequence.
Not a very cheery film but very stylish and cool, Beat Takeshi is in it.
I'll check it out!
I should warn that there's at least one scene of sexual assault in there, just so you know.
Thanks! Yeah, thanks for the CW (always important).
Dinner in America, fun if very vulgar punk rock movie.
Interesting...
Are you looking into it?
Yes.
I watched Dune 2. I may watch 3 more movies by the end of the year and one of those will be Dune 2 again. I just don't care much for movies in general, so seeing more than 2 in a year is honestly kind of shocking.
I watched Dune 2 and it is a well done adaptation of the original text, that I feel improves on it. I am currently more interested in Dungeon Meshi and Three Body Problem. Both really great!
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