The Film Thread---Movies you recently watched

[Popegina]

I’m looking forward to watching Midsommar, but I’m afraid it’s gonna be like The Wicker Man or Rosemary’s Baby where it’s 90 minutes of essentially nothing, and then 10 minutes of craziness. I’m sure that was bananas back in the day, but it’s been done so much already. Is that how Midsommar is, or does it actually have intrigue throughout?

[Azathoth Shrugged]

Originally Posted by Popegina

I?m looking forward to watching Midsommar, but I?m afraid it?s gonna be like The Wicker Man or Rosemary?s Baby where it?s 90 minutes of essentially nothing, and then 10 minutes of craziness. I?m sure that was bananas back in the day, but it?s been done so much already. Is that how Midsommar is, or does it actually have intrigue throughout?

It's not like that at all. The pacing is very good throughout and the tension starts ramping up pretty early.

[(((OdiumNostrum]

Excited to see Midsommar, but I am even more stoked to see The Lighthouse (new Eggers). I have heard only praises for it so far from the Cannes crowd.

[alteredstate]

Midsommar was ill /review

[Oleg]

Originally Posted by Popegina

I?m looking forward to watching Midsommar, but I?m afraid it?s gonna be like The Wicker Man or Rosemary?s Baby where it?s 90 minutes of essentially nothing, and then 10 minutes of craziness. I?m sure that was bananas back in the day, but it?s been done so much already. Is that how Midsommar is, or does it actually have intrigue throughout?

There are a decent amount of things happening throughout the movie, but the whole thing lacks intrigue. Every character's actions can be expected from the moment we learn who they are.

What bothers me the most is that there isn't much that sets this apart from any past horror movie where a group of college kids go visit a place they think is "cool", things turn out to be "bad", and then:

 

most of them die, one of them is assimilated, one of them was "bad" all along.

I don't know, maybe I'd like it more if they went deeper into the history/lore behind the commune, instead of just showing us close-ups of certain drawings on the wall, that were then so obviously carried out in the movie (like the sacrifice, the pube cup for the suitable male, etc)

[Lichtbringer]

“Hereditary” had some moments that genuinely disturbed me, kinda hard for a movie to achieve that these days. Main actress is incredible. The ending was fucking hilarious! Overall amazing film. Stoked to check out this new one for sure.

[Gangrene]

Every character's actions can be expected from the moment we learn who they are.

welcome to human race

[ApenguinInBondage]

Just watched The Holy Mountain(1973) for the first time. No idea how I had never heard of it. Already an all-time favorite, maybe my favorite visuals ever. 10/10

The Favourite(2018) 9/10

[DrippingInsanity]

Originally Posted by ApenguinInBondage

Just watched The Holy Mountain(1973) for the first time. No idea how I had never heard of it. Already an all-time favorite, maybe my favorite visuals ever. 10/10

Jodorowsky rules!

[(((OdiumNostrum]

Originally Posted by ApenguinInBondage

Just watched The Holy Mountain(1973) for the first time. No idea how I had never heard of it. Already an all-time favorite, maybe my favorite visuals ever. 10/10

If you haven't already, you should try Parajanov as well, The Color of Pomegranates and his others.

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People are probably aware of it, but Dragged Across Concrete hasn't been mentioned before, new Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99), gritty, bleak and brutal, anti-PC, long but I enjoyed every minute of it, Gibson, the bad boy of Hollywood, is a perfect anti-hero. Definitely recommended.



Another atmospheric slow burner, the Vanishing. Straight forward plot enriched by strong performances, a ton of tension and bleak surroundings, probably not worthy of repeated watches, but worthy of the first one.



The Golem - It caught my attention because of its The Witch-vibes, but the whole thing was quite underwhelming. Still probably a decent watch if you are longing for some historic rural indie horror with satisfying visuals but lacking in the plot department.

[The Duff]

Not in a million years would I have thought bone tomahawk and cell block 99 were created by the same person.

[cry0fth3carr0ts]

Have any of you checked out The House That Jack Built?

I personally loved it. Lars had to go a little over-the-top at the end with the pretentiousness, but it was still great. The whole scene that ended with the rainfall was just glorious black humor.

[Lichtbringer]

Thought the ending was the best part of the movie. Was just absolutely incredible visually.

[(((OdiumNostrum]

For sure, one of my favorites of the last year, classical Lars. I was actually expecting more self-indulgence as many people were pointing out those (for some people boring and pretentious) architectural segments, but I didn't mind them at all. If anyone plans to watch it, go for the directors cut of it as it contains more scenes of graphic violence than the theater version.


There is this upcoming German flick that quite a few people drew parallels to when mentioning The House That Jack Built, cant wait to see it, it looks bonkers.

[Popegina]

Love his delivery

[(((OdiumNostrum]

[Honky Reduction]

Originally Posted by (((OdiumNostrum

Now that looks amazing!

[(((OdiumNostrum]

Yep, the hype is real, trailer for an indie horror trending on Youtube haha...

[(((OdiumNostrum]

Just finished this and holy moly its gruesome. Now I get it why the whole snobbish PC movie reviewing crowd got all upset over it haha. The dude is like Jack (The House That Jack Built) but with an IQ of 70 and a raging boner ov hatred for women. And I had no idea its depicting an actual RL serial killer, bonkers.

[ShadowHunter]

new Godzilla:
solid action movie. the "family drama" parts are utter shit, but there's enough monster action to make it worth a watch if you want something to let your brain relax and see shit getting destroyed. a very solid 6/10

latest Jurassic World:
one of the worst movies i've seen in my life. there's nothing even remotely decent, let alone good in this piece of shit. 0/10

[Gangrene]

I convinced my girl to watch Hereditary with me based on you guys and my best friend saying it was good. It was mediocre and forgettable but still miles better than fucking Brightburn. 6/10

The Big Sick 7/10

[Lichtbringer]

Forgettable? There were scenes in that movie I’m not sure I’ll be able to forget and I can’t say that about many movies.

[Gangrene]

What stood out to me was how unfazed and "ah shit, here we go again" the dad was throughout the movie. Imagine being married to that crazy woman for years

 

just to end up being exposed to decapitated bodies, occult shit, and be burned alive because of her insane ass. The shit beta men do for tall blondes

[Lichtbringer]

“Triple Frontier” was surprisingly good. Credits were a real nice touch!