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On 3/18/2020 at 12:08 AM, brian trageskin said:

doctor sleep - utter shite

If this didn’t have McGregor in it could be dropped on Netflix and cause no ripple whatsoever. 

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1 hour ago, iococoi said:

good stuff

f.i.

 

One of his books contains one of the most horrible wanking scenes I’ve ever read, and I’ve read A LOT.

the Gallows Pole is the title should you be interested. 

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Strangely it's called Hullet (the hole) on Netflix here, I'll check it out. I liked Cube, this looks like something in the same vein.

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2 minutes ago, Gocab said:

I liked Cube, this looks like something in the same vein.

The basic premise, maybe, but this is much more brutal and bloody.

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this was kinda meh- basically

 an abusive husband develops a suit to become invisible so he can continue abusing his wife. he wanted to abuse her that bad. then there is a twist- but it pretty much amounts to what i said.

i don't get how some people supposedly enjoyed this

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I watched the first six Star Trek movies with a friend who either hadn't seen them before / since they were in theaters. Largely, my feelings are unchanged about them (I still like the ones I like, and hate V with every fiber of my being). But watching the "Genesis Trilogy" all in one go gave me a greater appreciation for Search for Spock, which I always seemed to doze off during. Anyway, from best to worst:

1. The Voyage Home

2. The Undiscovered Country

3. The Wrath of Khan

4. The Search for Spock

5. The Motion Picture

6. The Final Frontier

I made the executive decision to skip Generations so we started First Contact, and then he admitted he'd never seen the Borg episodes. So I put on The Best of Both Worlds instead, because obviously.

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The Platform was ok! Nice premise, but it doesn't go anywhere very interesting imo.

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hadn't seen this in years and decided to revisit it whilst in self-quarantine. this is a fantastically heady film that constantly see-saws betwix philosophical questions on the meaning of life (and death), the consequence of space travel/isolation from loved ones and what intelligent extraterrestrial life would actually be like. would we even understand it? one scientist claims man kind is better off with a mirror than looking for alien life-

and this seems to be foreshadowed in the constant frustration in trying to understand why the ocean planet keeps sending visitors from the scientists past- then creating islands. it might be a form of communication- but considering there are still questions man does not understand of himself- he is unable to confidently understand an intelligence that communicates through memories.

one of the scientist says asking questions like what is the meaning of death or how can only explain love should be saved until someone is at the end of their life. "you'll be happier without worrying about such cursed questions"


but kelvin replies "you never know when you'll die. asking those questions reminds one that they're alive"

 

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53 minutes ago, Gocab said:

The Platform was ok! Nice premise, but it doesn't go anywhere very interesting imo.

A bit convoluted, yes. Tried to do too much.

I got a bit of a 1970s pretentious comic book vibe from it (think the dystopian material in Heavy Metal magazine and such). Cool, but a bit dated.

Still ... I was entertained.

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47 minutes ago, Nebraska said:

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hadn't seen this in years and decided to revisit it whilst in self-quarantine. this is a fantastically heady film that constantly see-saws betwix philosophical questions on the meaning of life (and death), the consequence of space travel/isolation from loved ones and what intelligent extraterrestrial life would actually be like. would we even understand it? one scientist claims man kind is better off with a mirror than looking for alien life-

and this seems to be foreshadowed in the constant frustration in trying to understand why the ocean planet keeps sending visitors from the scientists past- then creating islands. it might be a form of communication- but considering there are still questions man does not understand of himself- he is unable to confidently understand an intelligence that communicates through memories.

one of the scientist says asking questions like what is the meaning of death or how can only explain love should be saved until someone is at the end of their life. "you'll be happier without worrying about such cursed questions"


but kelvin replies "you never know when you'll die. asking those questions reminds one that they're alive"

 

the car scene, just one of many dribbles (in a good way)

 

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4 hours ago, Nebraska said:

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this was kinda meh-

basically an abusive husband develops a suit to become invisible so he can continue abusing his wife. he wanted to abuse her that bad. then there is a twist- but it pretty much amounts to what i said.

i don't get how some people supposedly enjoyed this

That’s a real dick move revealing a major twist in the first sentence. This film is very good, perhaps stick to reviewing porn. 

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Regarding Solyaris, I've always found the film visually impressive (it's Tarkovsky, that goes without saying). With that said, I have a lot of issues with the "sci-fi" aspects of the film:

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Tarkovsky is so obviously biased against towards the natural environment he feels he knows vs. the unknown of human technology and scientific exploration he feels he doesn't. This is emphasized via-the film's mise-en-scene.

Between the most languid moments being the nature shots of the first act, the importance of Kris's relationship with his father (no matter how fleeting). To the moments in space where he shows the closest approximation of love (Hari), or stopping people who are obsessed with an unknown to gaze into a Brueghel painting (with Bach on the score, no less). 

Contrast that with the constant neurosis of nearly every human shown in this film. And the implication that this neurosis is sourced from scientific and technological progress:  The driving scene underscored with the claustrophobic electronic noises. The abrasive scientists Kris encounters on the ship. The ship itself being a wasteland of sorts.

While there's certainly elements which counter what I've just said, this film feels like a tract against technology. Which tends to be a running theme in Tarkovsky's films. Not surprised Stanislaw Lem hated this.

Still worth a watch.

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I think Tarkovsky makes it quite clear that there are more aspects to the human domain than technology and its advance. And that all those domain should be pursued with the same vigour as the technology.
The analogy with his relationship with his father works as a narrative vehicle for this: what good is your success in life when you can't share it (live it) with your closest ones? Ergo: what good are we to ourselves and our environment as a species if we propagate only one aspect of life and completely ignore other?
Rather than saying Tarkovsky is against technology, one should rather say he's against technology being the sole measure of advancement as a species.

And I completely agree with that.

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