never change, Armond
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
this thread is going to kill my dreams like the Community thread did, isn't it. Just tell me now, it's cool
I don't want this movie to suck ;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
"unstoppable", "true romance" and "crimson tide" are all pretty well regarded, both by critics and fans. not much else of note though. he's made quite a few tough-guy action thrillers, and that kind of genre consistency appeals to "reappraising" auteurist types.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Last Boy Scout is a better brainless POS than True Romance.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
what i really want to know is what do dr morbius and shakey think about this movie
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
I think.... they love it
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
Tomorrow, Imax, South Bank, industry screening. I've never been to the Imax before; apparently I should go "as high up and as far back as possible". That sounds rude, sorry.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Tony Scott is very highly regarded in mirrors/feathers/gunfire spheres
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
imax? That's like seeing it in 4D!
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
IT'S LIKE GOING TO SPACE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I should probably get my optic nerves rewired or something - I'm not sure I have the visual bandwidth for this.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
I need to get a space helmet and breathing apparatus
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
oops not I = u need to
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
"not as imaginative as Alien" is p damning from my chair
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:18 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Is that the chair from which you think "Alien" is a boring, overrated snoozefest?
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
I mean just let us know which side you're playing here so we know exactly how much to ignore you.
Morbius in his chair
http://images.wikia.com/headhuntersholosuite/images/e/e9/Space_Jockey_001.jpg
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Part of the reason the Tony Scott movies of the 2000s are disliked by many—and intensely loved by others—is the total lack of "big" gestures in his current approach to directing. These movies consist entirely of small moments, off-the-cuff images, strung together into something massive yet lacking an "obvious" grand design. No big plans, just hidden smiles. This makes Scott a harder sell than similarly-concerned directors like Michael Mann, who anchors his intuitive moments to grand ones, or Claire Denis, who presents them as the directorial gestures that they are. The party line on Scott is that he's an "empty stylist," a man who makes "technically accomplished" and therefore insubstantial films with too much editing. On the one hand, I probably wouldn't be here defending Scott if his movies consisted of shots that ran for minutes instead of seconds; on the other hand, I wouldn't think they were worth defending if that were true.You've probably figured this one out: I don't intend to brush off Scott's style, nor am I going to defend it as candy, as sugary, calorie-free style, as "pure color" or "style-for-the-sake-of-style-get-over-it-and-have-some-fun-why-don't-you." Scott's recent films are beautiful, but beauty is not a question of surfaces (contrary to the old saying, it's "prettiness" that's merely skin-deep). I am here to defend the substance and morality of Scott's recent films, and a defense of the recent Scott is, at its core, a defense of his editing: the jitters, the saccades, the 250 BPM intercutting, crashing and burning that are integral to the hidden-in-plain-view heart of Scott.
You've probably figured this one out: I don't intend to brush off Scott's style, nor am I going to defend it as candy, as sugary, calorie-free style, as "pure color" or "style-for-the-sake-of-style-get-over-it-and-have-some-fun-why-don't-you." Scott's recent films are beautiful, but beauty is not a question of surfaces (contrary to the old saying, it's "prettiness" that's merely skin-deep). I am here to defend the substance and morality of Scott's recent films, and a defense of the recent Scott is, at its core, a defense of his editing: the jitters, the saccades, the 250 BPM intercutting, crashing and burning that are integral to the hidden-in-plain-view heart of Scott.
http://soundsimages.blogspot.com/2010/12/scotts-metaphysical-romances-pt-1.html
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
first time a Scott has been contrasted w/ C Denis?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'll be honest and say her work isn't the first that comes to mind when watching Domino.
My problem with most of Ridley's work since his career resurrection is his insistence on trying to recapture the corny glories of Gladiator. A Good Year aside - easily one of the worst movies of the last decade, despite it's train-wreck watchability - I think the bigger efforts have had good elements to them, but crowd-pleasing over-sentimentality always gets in the way. Robin Hood is awful, but mostly because of how much he gets right and then squanders it time and time again with a terrible screenplay and absolutely no understanding of how to match the visuals with the hokey, focus-grouped story. Early reviews of this are disappointing, but if you're not chock full of trepidation going into a Ridley Scott film at this point, you're probably a deranged optimist. I'm just hoping the film embraces the grimness and doesn't have a bunch of (wonderfully costumed) kids on ponies charging onto a battlefield.
I'll rep for the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven though.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
"Matchstick Men" an underrated Ridley detour, featuring one of the last times Nic Cage acted, along with "Lord of War."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
I always forget about that one. It was solid from what I remember.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
oh dear, it's kind of a shrug
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
thank you, genuine lols at this
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
and i might as well say, considering it cost 1 trillion dollars this was the most poorly planned and executed scientific mission of all time
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
damnit not only are my expectations rapidly plummeting, i'm now feeling bad about dragging along my flatmate who only saw alien a couple of months ago.
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
i'd recommend seeing it in 2D as well. Things get pretty murky
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
How do you think it would hold up for an 8-year-old boy?
― how's life, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
There's some pretty disgusting imagery. I wouldn't recommend it
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, disgusting isn't really the issue. I'm more concerned about it's ability to hold his attention. He's been sorta stoked for it following the trailer.
― how's life, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
well it's not exactly a thrill a minute. It feels a bit aimless at times actually
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmmm...doesn't sound promising.
― how's life, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
Bah. Aliens is idle for long stretches, and that movie is awesome. We as a collective culture need to work on our attention spans, people!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
this isn't Aliens dude. Far from it
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
He liked Aliens, from what I hear (watched it with his mother - lol), but even when it's slow, it's pretty compelling.
― how's life, Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/08946-prometheus-ridley-scott-review <- "Then there's the penis problem."
― DG, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
"So disembodied has the fervour become from the brilliantly original, stylish and adorably camp 1979 flick that the gods themselves couldn't forge a spectacle gaudy enough deep in the womb of Mordor, or wherever it is nerds think babies come from, to meet these expectations. "
Didn't need to read past this to know this is not a writer whose opinions I am interested in hearing.
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
wtf
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't make it very far into Alien but nothing about that movie reads as "adorably camp" unless 70s hairdos send you into an uncontrollable tizzy
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
and he can git tae fuck with that Mordor taunting
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
also waiting til the last paragraph to say 'there is much to praise about the movie' and then do a big handwavy oh the cast the visuals etc
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
thing is, most of the positive reviews seem to basically be oh the cast the visuals stretched out over a number of paragraphs
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
well if this stinks then I may have to put Ridley in the same column as John Carpenter; love you to death thank you but your services are no longer required
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
taking an 8yo to this movie seems insane imho
when I saw the Avengers in the theater recently they showed the trailer for this ahead of it and it made the younger kids in front of me burst into horrified tears
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Like I said, he's seen Aliens. We've watched a few R-rated flicks together. I do a pretty good job screening out stuff I'd be uncomfortable with him seeing.
― how's life, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
But has he seen Alien?
The 2nd one I would have been much more comfortable at a younger age. Big scary screeching monsters get blown the fuck up with awesome guns.
― Dreaming in Infrared (kingfish), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
In related news, Aliens: Colonial Marines got pushed back again til next February.
Apparently they're making a Wii U version, which will finally give you a reason to have that second screen, I guess.
― Dreaming in Infrared (kingfish), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Alien was a horror film. AlienS was a boom boom action film.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
Prometheus is ?
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
TBA
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
that was a statement, not a question
― Number None, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link