god, Kill List was so bad
― Number None, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Brilliant film.
― DavidM, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
sure, for an incoherent mish-mash that hides its lack of a proper script behind some bullshit attempt at being enigmatic
― Number None, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'm guessing you've confused Chopper (which is a much better film) with Bronson, contenderizer)?
lol yeah, and VH was supposed to be VR.
wonder if anyone else sees something quasi-fascist in chopper, valhalla rising, and drive. a romanticized, even eroticized celebration of "natural" and violent masculine stoicism in opposition to the hypocrisy of corrupt civilization. the image of the primeval male: inarticulate, simple, steadfast and morally untainted, his alienation proving his purity. VR and drive double down on this by emphasizing man-boy relationships, adding a heroic sentimentality to the mix.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
have you confused chopper again?
― caek, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
guilty. someone made the comparison upthread, and the wires apparently got crossed in my head. there are lots of wires, btw, most of them uninsulated.
anyway, the thing to do is to read the preceding post as written, but mentally substitute the word "bronson" for the word "chopper". for example: wonder if anyone else sees something quasi-fascist in bronson, valhalla rising, and drive.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
i think its a stretch to fit chopper into that schema, the movie is pretty skeptical of c. read in a lot of ways
valhalla rising and bronson are both in the interestin-but-flawed category for me. i think they're both kinda boring tbh. bronson's a great perf in search of a great movie. VR should be right in my wheelhouse since its about building cairns and also how odin is the one true god, but again, eh, maybe i shouldve seen it in the theater. some of the images are really striking
― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
oh heh missed that you meant bronson
are bronson and chopper the same film?
― caek, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
choppers a lot better imo
― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
depends who you ask
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Chopper > Bronson iirc
― Simon H., Monday, 30 January 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
it's like this movie was produced in the eighties. Kinda like action films, sexy stuff. One critic called them European. I thought they were shit.
― Sébastien, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
^ line from chopper, fyi
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
i would've liked the chopper but it was so obviously derivative of the driver.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
i really liked this, ridiculous and sublimeall that slow tension violently punctuated, oof
and the soundtrack was great too
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Don't sell it short, there's a lot of Thief & To Live & Die in L.A. in this, too
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
I may rewatch this tonight when I get back from a hockey game, in the dark, sipping scotch if I am in the mood
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
btw I have no idea (well, some idea) why they didn't use the superior movie poster art for the cover of the home release. The DVD/BIu-Ray cover is dumb.
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
this was also fulfilling in its LA-ness, yeah, and also made me want to drive (montreal does not make me want to drive)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
but does it make you want to Drive
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
yesi mean no
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
hey girl
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
hahaa it took me a good 20 minutes into the film to stop mentally inserting 'hey girl' into every one of gosling's gestures. if he'd actually had any dialogue in those 20 minutes, i'm not sure i would've made it through.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
it was a good lesson for me about too much internet
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
so this director's other movies are nothing less than fucking violent, eh
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
just watched the first 19 minutes of Valhalla Rising and am not sure i can stomach the rest
do it!
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
aaaaagh
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
maybe if i was with someone but it is all too much to watch it alone
and i am the queen of watching movies alone!
come on over
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
srsly wld watch from anxiety-ridding hot tub
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
proud that i really hv no idea what the 'hey girl' thing is
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
hot tub really needs a tv
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
never thought when I saw Gosling play a Jewish neo-Nazi in his first (and only good) starring role that he'd wind up as the male A.Jolie.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
so armond
― encarta it (Gukbe), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mean Al Jolson btw
(who obv made more good movies)
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
for a movie in wide-open landscapes it can be pretty tense at times!
― valleys of your mind (mh), Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
^ assume this refers to valhalla rising? cuz a lot of drive takes place in claustrophobic interiors.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
yes, valhalla rising
― valleys of your mind (mh), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
i did not watch more of it. maybe another time... in another hot tub...
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
if it helps, the most violentest bits are at the beginning and the end. and some in the middle, but less.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol everyone is getting so good at ignoring morbs
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 12 February 2012 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
i think that means an obama re-election landslide
― mehkarl (buzza), Sunday, 12 February 2012 07:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeh, cuz if we understood the morbosphere, we'd vote for romney as a big FUCK U to 2 decades of fascist dem collusion
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 February 2012 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure
I think u need a morbsema
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
flattered, but...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2011-09/16/gq-watches-ryan-gosling-watch-from-drive-film-movie
― De La Soil (admrl), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
There's nothing like driving in LA, btw. It's so sexy, so fun, so edgy and now. This movie really captured it. It was social realism for us Angelenos.
― De La Soil (admrl), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link