What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 12:17 PM

It's been over 10 years since I watched Stalker. From what I can remember, there was one particular scene that I liked. The three (?) men sit near some water and talk. One of them is floating on his back in the water or laying in very shallow water. Super foggy memory, but I remember that scene as being the one moment in the movie where I was feeling hopeful it would get better.

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 12:21 PM

The pub scene is my fave though it's been a few years for me as well. The visual transition from the earlier scene is very blunt and it's literally dank as ****.

Frames for days

Contrarian1 · 08-18-2018, 01:42 PM

It's definitely worth checking out, like I said the first 40 minutes or so had great pacing and then everything just seemed to slow to a crawl, and watching a slow paced movie at night is not a great idea, I had to stop it and watch the rest the next day because I couldn't keep my eyes open. As previously said it is very visually stimulating though.

I've never seen Solaris or any of his other movies so I didn't know what to expect, I'm open to checking out solaris.

Justthefacts · 08-18-2018, 05:18 PM

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A Most Violent Year

All of the lead roles were serviceable but some of the smaller roles were great, especially Julian and some of the older mobsters. I liked how this film unfolded the motives behind everyone's actions by shrouding them at first. I thought the climax of the film was great but the last few minutes were so on the nose that I wish they had left those plot points open ended instead.

One of the best films this decade. Aside from Inside LLewyn Davis, this is Oscar Isaac's best performance. I always appreciated that he was just a guy trying to play it straight laced while everyone around him was corrupt as fuck. The marketing for the film played it off as Isaac being some brooding mafia guy when in reality that wasn't the case.

The blood mixing with the oil in the end is pretty telling stuff.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 06:06 PM

I liked A Most Violent year a lot in some ways, but I remember feeling pretty let down. I'm not sure why, but I felt like it didn't quite make it to the finish line without losing something along the way.

There were some really good scenes.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 06:09 PM

Watched The Thin Red Line this evening. Phew. Long ass movie and during the final third, it felt like an endurance test. I managed not to fall asleep, but I think Terence Malick has a way of making his whispered, slow motion voice overs feel corny as hell. You could parody some of his attempts at being poetic and no one would know it from the real thing.

Much better than Tree of Life, but still not a movie I'd like to rewatch.

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 06:18 PM

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One of the best films this decade. Aside from Inside LLewyn Davis, this is Oscar Isaac's best performance. I always appreciated that he was just a guy trying to play it straight laced while everyone around him was corrupt as fuck. The marketing for the film played it off as Isaac being some brooding mafia guy when in reality that wasn't the case.

The blood mixing with the oil in the end is pretty telling stuff.

I definitely wouldn't go that far. I thought that he did well with the role but it came off as a bit stale at points. I give the film a 3.5/5 because I think it didn't reach its full potential.

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I liked A Most Violent year a lot in some ways, but I remember feeling pretty let down. I'm not sure why, but I felt like it didn't quite make it to the finish line without losing something along the way.

There were some really good scenes.

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~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 06:29 PM

I can't remember the details so well anymore. I think the parts with Julian were the strongest of the film. I have to admit I thought Isaac was perhaps a bit robotic at times.

adidasss · 08-18-2018, 07:09 PM

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It's not that hard to watch things that are visually captivating imo. The car scene is an interesting sort of intermission/breather in the movie but is by and large unnecessary. That said I still think it looks nice. I put Stalker several notches higher than Solaris. I think it's his best alongside The Mirror.

Interesting. I agree that Ivan's childhood is probably his most linear film (and therefore least "tarkovsky-like"), everything after that starts to become more abstract. I did dig some parts of The mirror though, on a purely visceral level, didn't understand a thing about it. Same for most of his other movies, but he was such an original author you can't help but be captivated by his imagery. Maybe when I'm a bit older and smarter I'll give them all another try...

Justthefacts · 08-19-2018, 03:30 PM

Does anyone have stimulus Tuesday where they live? $5 films? It's a Godsend, gonna check out Blackkklansman soon. Nothing but good things I'm hearing.

08-18-2018, 12:21 PM	#21952 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	The pub scene is my fave though it's been a few years for me as well. The visual transition from the earlier scene is very blunt and it's literally dank as ***. Frames for days __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

08-18-2018, 01:42 PM	#21953 (permalink)
Contrarian1 Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 57	It's definitely worth checking out, like I said the first 40 minutes or so had great pacing and then everything just seemed to slow to a crawl, and watching a slow paced movie at night is not a great idea, I had to stop it and watch the rest the next day because I couldn't keep my eyes open. As previously said it is very visually stimulating though. I've never seen Solaris or any of his other movies so I didn't know what to expect, I'm open to checking out solaris. __________________ "New member of the year" -OccultHawk Last edited by Contrarian1; 08-18-2018 at 01:54 PM.

08-18-2018, 12:17 PM	#21951 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	It's been over 10 years since I watched Stalker. From what I can remember, there was one particular scene that I liked. The three (?) men sit near some water and talk. One of them is floating on his back in the water or laying in very shallow water. Super foggy memory, but I remember that scene as being the one moment in the movie where I was feeling hopeful it would get better.

08-18-2018, 06:06 PM	#21955 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I liked A Most Violent year a lot in some ways, but I remember feeling pretty let down. I'm not sure why, but I felt like it didn't quite make it to the finish line without losing something along the way. There were some really good scenes.

08-18-2018, 06:09 PM	#21956 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Watched The Thin Red Line this evening. Phew. Long ass movie and during the final third, it felt like an endurance test. I managed not to fall asleep, but I think Terence Malick has a way of making his whispered, slow motion voice overs feel corny as hell. You could parody some of his attempts at being poetic and no one would know it from the real thing. Much better than Tree of Life, but still not a movie I'd like to rewatch.

08-18-2018, 06:29 PM	#21958 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I can't remember the details so well anymore. I think the parts with Julian were the strongest of the film. I have to admit I thought Isaac was perhaps a bit robotic at times.