Ugh. Another tough one.
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I pray Colin will pick up easier candidates for upcoming elections.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: The Legendary Shark on 27 May, 2021, 10:14:15 AM
Most people I know, sadly including my mother, believe every word they hear. "Don't be daft, Mark, they're not allowed to lie."
Makes me weep.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 26 May, 2021, 05:01:18 PM
Just read the wiki summary and that sounds amazing - I love those old portmanteau films but if I've ever seen this one, it was many years ago. The ventriloquist bit is the only section that sounds familiar, but I may be mixing it up with other spooky-ventriloquist films (wasn't Anthony Hopkins in one?)
Quote from: Professor Bear on 25 May, 2021, 08:46:40 PM
ZACK SNYDER: Here is a film I have made, and it is about the inevitable failure of capitalism and why concentration camps are bad.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Typical Snyder. So right wing.
That Zack Snyder's ARMY OF THE DEAD is an anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist work is apparently irrelevant to the living torment that is social media commentary, for Snyder is a right-wing hack and that is the only lens through which his work is allowed to be evaluated. A Sean Spicer cameo is highlighted as proof that the film is right-wing, but Spicer's cameo actually sees him schooled by an African-American woman for failing to acknowledge racial profiling and America's jailing of political dissidents. Within minutes of this, we see life in America's concentration camps as a living Hell in which people can "disappear" at the whim of guards who use their authority to hide their raping not just detainees, but also those who enter the camp as medical volunteers. The camps full of people deemed less than human and a threat to American security, treated like they're diseased, all of them seemingly Latino, all confined behind a massive wall - I don't know who needs to hear this in relation to a Zack Snyder movie but this is not subtle stuff, it is not hard to miss, and none of this is my "hot take", this is the actual text of the film story.
There's a whole sub-plot in this movie where an alpha-male character is struggling to communicate with his daughter, and Snyder devotes long, seemingly aimless minutes to a father and daughter failing to express themselves adequately to each other and they cut the conversation short thinking they have time to work this through. They've left this conversation in a bad place, but they'll sort it out later. There's time.
I can think of... another interpretation of this part of the story which was written by Zack Snyder that doesn't involve his right wing politics, but Zack Snyder is right wing, so it's probably just about how he doesn't understand women probably.
There's an axiom in left-wing thinking that goes "we can sooner see the end of the world than accept the end of capitalism", and in recent years this has been born out to be true because capitalists are literally burning the planet to death, but if you want to see a fun examination of this notion played out with a zombie tiger, this movie has your back. I really enjoyed its silly mix of heist and zombie tropes and while I did feel the running time once or twice, it's got plenty going on to keep you occupied. It starts with a just-married woman declaring "I love life WOO" and if you know where that's going - and you definately do - but can keep watching anyway, you won't have any problems with this.
Quote from: Link Prime on 25 May, 2021, 09:47:41 AMQuote from: milstar on 24 May, 2021, 10:30:58 PMI'd have to go with Batman Arkham, but Asylum. I find it the least pretentious in the series. Tbh, there are not many superhero games out there, so that may work a bit in the Knight's favor.The core Arkham games are still the gold standard. The first set the tone, the second arguably the best, and the third a satisfying conclusion (including a personal top ten gaming moment - driving the defeated and indignant Riddler to the GCPD lock-up).
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 24 May, 2021, 07:04:17 PM
But it's not as good as Arkham Night, which as far as superhero video games go is the... Ultimate.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 24 May, 2021, 06:22:38 PM
On the other hand, the (original) DC of Blade Runner removed the voice over, which was a studio-applied over-explanation that spoiled the atmosphere of the theatrical cut.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 24 May, 2021, 03:47:12 PMQuote from: milstar on 24 May, 2021, 12:39:46 PM
I am glad that there is someone who disliked self-indulgent, pretentious Donnie Darko.
Impossible as it is to rebut such a cogent argument, I must confess that your silver tongue has swayed me to your way of of thinking. Tell me now, if you would deem to stoop, your thoughts on the subtle ouvre of Milius?
Quote from: pictsy on 24 May, 2021, 02:11:32 PM
Death Race 2050
The wikipedia page gives the impression that this is a sequel to Death Race 2000. It's not. It's a remake/reboot. It's kinda fun. Death Race 2000 is dumb as a bag of bricks. It's satire lacks subtlety or nuance, it looks and is cheap and it's incredibly daft. Death Race 2050 is all those things as well. I wouldn't watch the two films back to back, but I'd probably watch 2050 over Death Race. And Death Race has Jason Stathom in it! To be fair, 2050 has Malcolm McDowell claiming another pay cheque, so it's tough competition. What I'm trying to say is I enjoyed the film and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought it. Very much like when I first watched Death Race 2000 last year.