The Movie House - Part 11

Interesting so Dick Cheney ran all the back to back operations during Bush's run at the office?

McLewis wrote:Submitting Gary Oldman for consideration.

Yeah, I might be alone in the opinion of not liking him as an actor.
Think he's way too over the top in a bad way. But I can see his appeal.

He's certainly out there. And he's either great or horrible, but nothing inbetween, and that's a great feat for an actor.

El Gunner wrote:Interesting so Dick Cheney ran all the back to back operations during Bush's run at the office?

Yeah. Guy is a certified war criminal. Absolutely despicable human in every way.

DiCaprio is definitely up there.

M99 wrote:DiCaprio is definitely up there.

I'd put him more in the movie star tier of great actors.

Denzel, Brad Pitt, Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck etc.

But I do enjoy when he goes more different. He has been very straight manninsh in a lot of his roles, but looks like he's evolving. Also a hell of a resume already.

Freeza wrote:

El Gunner wrote:

Freeza wrote:Trying to watch Eighth Grade and have to pause every 2 minutes because the cringe is too strong.

It's worse than any torture porn I've ever seen. It's well made, but I don't like that kind of cringe.

for real?

I promised myself to stay away from teen movies because they cringe me out so much, but then when I see a movie with very good ratings and reviews I always try to reconsider (sometimes I end up liking in case of - Fault in My Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) Sometimes I stay hating it and facepalm myself for watching it.

It pays off in the end, but god damn is it a hard watch for the first hour. Not a repeat viewing

Difference EG is that it's not cringe because it just happens to be a movie about a teenager and there is love involved and yada yada you know the path that can head down.

It's cringe because it tries to be. It tries to paint the painfulness of being socially anxious and awkward during an awkward time in everyone's life, and during an era where phones and social media is actively changing the neurochemistry of up and coming teenagers.

It tries to paint this picture quite blatantly, but also humorously. I think the movie nails it in that respect.

It's absolutely cringey, but to me it was cringey in a funny way, and in a way that reminded me of how awkward I was at the same point. Luckily, smart phones were only just coming out at that time and social media was still relatively new except for Facebook.

Dunno if you've seen it but I would recommend.

What did you think of it Freeza? I loved it. Great debut for Bo Burnham, who I regard as one of the underrated comedians today. Has really come into his own, although sometimes misconstrued due to his earlier work (when he was a teenager...becoming famous on youtube)

Freeza wrote:

El Gunner wrote:Interesting so Dick Cheney ran all the back to back operations during Bush's run at the office?

Yeah. Guy is a certified war criminal. Absolutely despicable human in every way.

Damn.. I just fell into the rabbit hole on youtube.

"Dick Cheney, the conspirator behind 9/11."

CBarca wrote:

Freeza wrote:

El Gunner wrote:

for real?

I promised myself to stay away from teen movies because they cringe me out so much, but then when I see a movie with very good ratings and reviews I always try to reconsider (sometimes I end up liking in case of - Fault in My Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) Sometimes I stay hating it and facepalm myself for watching it.

It pays off in the end, but god damn is it a hard watch for the first hour. Not a repeat viewing

Difference EG is that it's not cringe because it just happens to be a movie about a teenager and there is love involved and yada yada you know the path that can head down.

It's cringe because it tries to be. It tries to paint the painfulness of being socially anxious and awkward during an awkward time in everyone's life, and during an era where phones and social media is actively changing the neurochemistry of up and coming teenagers.

It tries to paint this picture quite blatantly, but also humorously. I think the movie nails it in that respect.

It's absolutely cringey, but to me it was cringey in a funny way, and in a way that reminded me of how awkward I was at the same point. Luckily, smart phones were only just coming out at that time and social media was still relatively new except for Facebook.

Dunno if you've seen it but I would recommend.

What did you think of it Freeza? I loved it. Great debut for Bo Burnham, who I regard as one of the underrated comedians today. Has really come into his own, although sometimes misconstrued due to his earlier work (when he was a teenager...becoming famous on youtube)

I thought it was great. But I didn't find the cringe funny at all. I thought it was like watching a horror film mostly. It was just so real. Reminded me so much of my youth before i lost all that weight and didn't have a lot of friends.

Also the truth or dare scene was horrifying.

But everything came together during one of the last scenes where Josh Hamilton spoke to her. I was in tears like I've not been for a long time. The man should be nominated for an academy award. By far the best supporting performance I've seen this year.

Cape Fear. 1962 vs 1991?

RealGunner wrote:Cape Fear. 1962 vs 1991?

Only watched 1991.

Think it's De Niro's most underrated performance. It's really up there. Soooo good.

Hopefully I'll watch it this weekend.

Sadly have to download it.

RealGunner wrote:Hopefully I'll watch it this weekend.

Sadly have to download it.

One of the few films I've actually got.

Just watched a Danish film at work today about a Danish criminal family in Bodrum in Turkey. Had one of the worst rape scenes I've seen. It was explicit, and you saw her mouth get raped with a prostetic (most likely) dick.

That was horrible to watch. If anyone ever says women can't direct horrible scenes I'll show them that.

The Matrix

greatest film of all time?

The Greatest single frame in cinema history.

recently rewatched it. It really was a revolutionary film.

This is probably mine

Yours symbolises the distances created between the ones you love (or choose to share your life with) and believing in the family business, the dynasty, the legacy, the name over everything else.

Mines symbolises the choice of seeing everything as it really is with a freed mind or the choice of just labouring on with everything you've been told your whole life. Parallel universes of your own limited free-will choosing life gives you.

Cape Fear (1991)

De Niro... Elite performance.

Great film overall. The symbolisms were great. Also the character of Max Cady. Could never tell if he was a psychopath or a vigilante. Or both? or just mentally deranged.

8/10

Any good cinema films coming this month or early november?

There ought to be. It's that time of the year.
Watch out for Roma on Netflix as well, I'll check in a bit and let you know of more

RG have a look, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/browse/upcoming/
because I don't know what your taste is anymore these days

Thanks

From that list...possibly widows. But mate might push for fantastic scrubs and where to not give two shits about them part 2

Bodied sounds interesting.

Going to see First Man tonight, pretty excited

9/10 even though i don’t believe in the moon landing

Claire Foy will win an oscar.

Kaladin wrote:9/10 even though i don’t believe in the moon landing

Wat.