Yup. Pretty much looks terrible. It also feels like the Venom character translates really poorly when put into a realistic looking setting. That big, cartoony grin. Now if it had been a cartoon instead...

Hardy was very good in Locke, so I know he's not without ability.

Trying to get back to watching movies regularly. This evening, I chose "The Sea of Trees".
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Had an interesting premise about a man who travels to Aokigahara Forest to commit suicide.

Turned out to be a really bad movie. Then I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes and realized it's at 11%

Then I check it at IMDB, realize it's Gus Van Sant, then check his filmography. This guy has never made a decent movie. Not one I have seen anyway. This is a shame, since I wanted to watch "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot" when it opens in movie theaters, but now, realizing that it is also by Van Sant... I'm thinking I better not.

Seems like a schmaltz fest just from the description.

Drugstore Cowboy is a phenomenal Van Sant film if you haven't seen that. Looking at his filmography, Good Will Hunting is decent I guess.

I tend to not even read the synopsis on the back of a movie. I skim it at best, since I like to just go by "intuition" and hope for something interesting. Pretty damn bad choice I made with this one.

You have no idea how accurate your assumptions about this movie are: epic schmaltz overload.

Haven't watched Drugstore Cowboy, so maybe he'll get that one chance. Seems he's been losing his way over the years.

I just watched Irreversible and I guess it was okay. Kinda whatever and the violence is over hyped. This New French Extremity movement needs to redeem itself after watching this and Martyrs and Calvaire. Pretty lackluster.

Irreversible is overrated as all hell but Martyrs is amazing, what didn’t you like about it?

Also **** that Donkey Kong gif Ori posted mystifies me every time I open this thread now. What a weird ass tv show lol

Irreversible had a creative idea going for it, but I just didn't think it was that good in practice. Another movie from the same director, Enter The Void, was a lot more interesting to watch for me, but still wouldn't exactly say that I outright liked it.
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Over hyped? Couldn't disagree more. Those are two of the most violent, brutal, and viscous scenes I've ever watched.