I should see that, I do like Winaynay
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
er Wino Forever
Pi actively irritating, really? Did you watch it around the time when it came out, or way later and maybe his image influenced it? I find nothing irritating about Pi. It can not be for you, sure, but that's something else.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
I saw it when it came out. The ending, which the whole film is a furious buildup to, was a copout.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
Idk it sucked me in Eraserhead-like, and by the time the ending came I already had my fair share of enjoyment
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
The new one apparently does not have a score, which is a genuine surprise.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
I thought you said it was scoring in the 60-80% range
― Number None, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
musical score
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
I know :(
― Number None, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
:/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
anyone got any other jokes that need mansplaining
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
Why did the Aronofsky cross the road? Because he's a fucking pile of shit and would have congealed into a big amorphous lump of turd if he had crossed via the sewer?
― calzino, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
I like Pi a lot, and Black Swan was good - Noah was pretty silly but that was as much because I couldnt take Rusty seriously in the role.
I'm already hackles-up about this one though, because of THIS (which is not Aronofskys fault):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-08/mother21-director-darren-aronofsky-apologies-over-newtown-mural/8885476
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
oh fuck lol
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
I know right? I mean WHO PAINTS OVER A MURAL WITH ANOTHER MURAL. What the shit.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
mural gate reminding me that theres a mural of stormzy in dublin for no reason
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/an-amazing-stormzy-mural-has-popped-up-in-dublin-and-the-rapper-is-delighted-35576589.html
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
i hardly know her
― 龜, Friday, 15 September 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
The audience at my screening was laughing at the end. I think they were expecting a horror movie, not a trippy creation myth with a couple of jump scares. I heard a lot of muttering coming out.
I had an okay time. I kind of wish it had gone more extreme. There are a few gross and brutal moments, but I never felt really uncomfortable. Kind of how I remember Black Swan being. I was mainly impressed at the crowded kaleidoscopic sequences where it felt like every cut was adding something new.
― jmm, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
I liked Noah.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
jmm your experience was very close to mine. I liked the movie and admired its moxie but didn't love it
otoh having seen it, I find this take bizarre
Let's not pander to Aronofsky with the 'But what does it all mean?!' articles. I've got an interpretation: Aronofsky is a vile misogynist— Another Gaze (@anothergaze) September 16, 2017
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
choice quote from audience member on the way out: "I was expecting a normal movie, not...that"
also, this has joined the CinemaScore "F" club along with Solaris, the Box and a few others. They'd make a good poll, actually.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
at a minimum, from the AO Scott review it seems like this will actively upset a large number of 'plexgoers, plus a nutty Polanski rip can't be all bad.
(I think I know too much already tho)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
oh also that excellent CinemaScore result
ordinary fuckin' people, I hate em
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
it's incredible to me that William Friedkin's Bug is also on that very short list cause I thought of it a couple of times during my screening
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
I don't expect to ever see it so I spoiled myself on the plot/ending. In terms of that aspect alone and realizing film is not text: sounds pretty fucking boring.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
also, this has joined the CinemaScore "F" club along with Solaris, the Box and a few others
aw man i love both of those movies
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
It is many things but "boring" is not in contention. xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Whatever floats yer boat.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
read the spoilers and this sounds like the Hugh Jackman one with the floating crystal and monkeys
― 龜, Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
It weds the gonzo intensity of Black Swan with the grandiosity of The Fountain and (some of) the wanton cruelty of Requiem for a Dream.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
― 龜, Saturday, September 16, 2017 5:01 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I hated The Fountain but this was good. Definitely more Black Swan than that one. Feverish, intense and anxiety-inducing.
― The Marmadook (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
Especially if you hate crowds
― The Marmadook (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
This, more so than the 60-80% on RT bar mentioned upthread, is what truly gets my interest piqued.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Visually, sonically, & psychologically, this movie was very compelling. The claustrophobia of the house, the constant closeups on Jennifer Lawrence, the nightmarish feeling of being unable to communicate with those around you & losing control of your environment... the lighting & Gothic atmosphere of the house & all its dust & debris & unfinished mess, all great... otherwise I thought it was pretty fucking daft and thematically shallow. Another movie about creativity and how hard it is to be an artist? Hard pass. So arrogant & uninteresting, & what's frustrating is there are sub-themes & tangents in here - fan/artist relationship; artist as deity & the one-way adulation & love between fan & artist - that are far more interesting than dwelling on how hard it must be to be someone's muse. A CRYSTAL? You must be fucking kidding me. And fwiw I found the violence & verbal abuse to be way over the top, gratuitous, obvious, & misogynist. He's a good technical director, but he should not write his own scripts.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
A lot of the criticisms are the opposite of how I felt about it. I thought it was deeply feminist and Christian
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Another movie about creativity and how hard it is to be an artist? Hard pass.
If anything, I thought this movie took artists to task! But then I've already seen a host of interpretations I disagree completely with.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
It felt very much like "woe is me, i ruin relationships and hurt people because i must CREATE!"
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
Except that She had a very near-complete monopoly on the perspective of the movie (nearly half the movie is literally first-person!) as well as our empathy.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
*Mother, not She lol
"Mother" is not a person. This movie had the emotional depth & subtlety of a political cartoon. Aronofsky goes to extreme lengths and constructs this visually stunning allegory only to convey profoundly dull observations about creativity.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
Interestingly, I agree with most of what Rex Reed says here, even though I really like this movie!
http://observer.com/2017/09/darren-aronofsky-mother-worst-movie-of-the-year/
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
Polanski's Tree of Life
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Reed's review makes it sound like it's a disaster, albeit an absolutely must-see one.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
hahaha holy shit @ that Reed review
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
the funniest thing to me is that I left the film convinced that Mother represented God (or more literally "mother nature") - tending to all aspects of the home/world, far beyond any "homemaker" cliche - while Bardem represented humanity, with art standing in for human endeavor generally, but now I've seen at least one person suggest it's the reverse
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
This was terrible and boring for an hour, after which it turned terrible and interesting. The violence turned my stomach. I don't get liking movies that produce anxiety.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
I loved Michelle Pfeiffer though -- she looked great and was commandingly brittle.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
Lol @"We don't smoke in this house.""That's smart."
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
I didn't find it that bad aside from maybe the worst five seconds of the mob sequence, though I did just see Caniba a few days ago so my threshold is pretty high at the moment
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
also "Do you have any painkillers?"
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link