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EADD Film Recommendations v5 - TBC

Watched Love - Not bad space isolation type film - dragged a bit, but i guess that goes with the territory - bit 'arty'; not much of a spoiler to say it gets a bit weird later on. Some (eg my female co-watchers) will find it boring but i quite liked it. (i actually preferred it to interstellar the way it only implied stuff, but i'm probably weird (don't take that as a recommendation of this as much as a 'meh' for interstellar (though most people i know IRL loved interstellar so i definitely am weird)

Then watched Hereafter. Film interweaving three stories linked to life after death - including Matt Damon as a psychic (whenever he appears on screen in anything i automatically say 'Matt Damon' in the retard voice from team america). Also a pair of british twin boys with a boozy mum, and a french reporter who has a NDE. The characters were all well drawn and the directing/filming was good looking (clint eastwood) - the opening sequence was excellent. Quite watchable though maybe petered out later. The subject matter might piss you off if you're a boring atheist (non-boring atheists who can suspend their beliefs for a bit should be fine) - the 'science' what there is of it, is well dubious, but it isn't too in your face about it. My female co-watchers (22 and 67) both much preferred this one (even with me shouting 'Matt Damon' every 3 minutes (they'd joined in by the end)).

Finally Mindscape (or Anna) - A troubled bloke who can remote view into people's memories and works for a company who solves crimes and that (i should get a job doing synopses ;)). Gets a job looking into a young girl's mind and gets more than he bargained for... Mark Strong as troubled bloke; Brian Cox as his boss. Quite good and watchable, though a bit cliched and obvious in places.

(oh btw Felix, that wasn't a deliberate pm blank, just an effective one - i'll get back to you :))
 
(whenever he appears on screen in anything i automatically say 'Matt Damon' in the retard voice from team america).

(oh btw Felix, that wasn't a deliberate pm blank, just an effective one - i'll get back to you :))

Hah, I still think that in my head whenever I see him. :D

(and no worries)
 
Went to see Blade Runner on the big screen last night, absolutely blew me away. I've seen it a number of times but never in the cinema, and it was visually astonishing. Always thought of it as a good film but never a masterpiece until now. Also it's scary that I can so clearly remember its last theatrical run... Which was actually eight years ago :/.
 
^^ yeah I saw the last 're-release at an imax about 4yrs ago, it was mind blowing. Hoping this one is released on imax too.

I agree it's definitely a masterpiece; it has to be one of the most important artworks of the 20th C , just on the basis of its influence - pretty much every dystopian sci-fi film since it has been influenced by its aesthetic in some way.
 
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Watched Interstellar a couple of nights ago.
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I literally cannot understand or empathise with someone who watched that film and came to this conclusion.
this movie certainly provokes strong opinions.

i saw it on the amc imax in san francisco. my friend and i ate pot and that peaked about 1 hour into the movie which was perfect.

overall, i was disappointed. i agree that there are some scenes in the movie which are truly beautiful, visually and emotionally. they're exploring some interesting concepts and themes but, for me, the dialog was frequently cheesy and some of the exposition was incredibly heavy-handed. less could have been so much more.

i generally like matthew mcconaughey but his acting in this was poorly nuanced and, again, cheesy.

nolan's surely a talented film maker but, here, i feel he was trying way too hard to manufacture an epic - as opposed to just making a great film - and it fell short.

alasdair
 
I felt it had a bit of the buzz lightyears about it but was awed and entertained.
 
this movie certainly provokes strong opinions.

i saw it on the amc imax in san francisco. my friend and i ate pot and that peaked about 1 hour into the movie which was perfect.

overall, i was disappointed. i agree that there are some scenes in the movie which are truly beautiful, visually and emotionally. they're exploring some interesting concepts and themes but, for me, the dialog was frequently cheesy and some of the exposition was incredibly heavy-handed. less could have been so much more.

i generally like matthew mcconaughey but his acting in this was poorly nuanced and, again, cheesy.

nolan's surely a talented film maker but, here, i feel he was trying way too hard to manufacture an epic - as opposed to just making a great film - and it fell short.

alasdair

Hah. You watched it at the IMAX while stoned. We watched a hi-def version of it at home on a 40" TV, on a light dose of MXE. :D

I think it's one of those films where set & setting comes into play (if you're a druggie). I disagree that the exposition was heavy-handed, but agree that some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy, especially towards the end.

I thought McConaughey was perfect. What can I say? I was in the mood to open my heart to the film and embrace it. That's what MXE does. ;)

I'm sure I'll watch it again someday, straight and stony faced, with a more critical eye. But when I watched it for the first time, it was rather good. ;)
 
^^ yeah I saw the last 're-release at an imax about 4yrs ago, it was mind blowing. Hoping this one is released on imax too.

I agree it's definitely a masterpiece; it has to be one of the most important artworks of the 20th C , just on the basis of its influence - pretty much every dystopian sci-fi film since it has been influenced by its aesthetic in some way.

Yeah I guess you're right about its influence. Even the mighty Star Wars kind of ripped it off for Coruscant in the prequels. Speaking of highly influential sci-fi films, have you / has anyone seen "Stalker" by Tarkovsky? It's a Soviet-era Russian philosophical sci-fi. Watching it now, it was really ahead of its time in pioneering the sort of grey, bleak, drab wasteland of the near future which has become pretty standard (think "Children of Men" or "The Road), plus it's just a brilliant film.
 
Hah. You watched it at the IMAX while stoned. We watched a hi-def version of it at home on a 40" TV, on a light dose of MXE. :D

I think it's one of those films where set & setting comes into play (if you're a druggie). I disagree that the exposition was heavy-handed, but agree that some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy, especially towards the end.

I thought McConaughey was perfect. What can I say? I was in the mood to open my heart to the film and embrace it. That's what MXE does. ;)

I'm sure I'll watch it again someday, straight and stony faced, with a more critical eye. But when I watched it for the first time, it was rather good. ;)

The scene at the end where he figures out (SPOILER) how to communicate with her - that is the most accurate representation of being in an M-hole that has ever been committed to celluloid... Floating around in a void, answering to a higher species, visiting and reliving past memories, thinking hard to figure out meaning from it all... Only this time his sitter was TARS - his only connection to the world he left behind.
 
The scene at the end where he figures out (SPOILER) how to communicate with her - that is the most accurate representation of being in an M-hole that has ever been committed to celluloid... Floating around in a void, answering to a higher species, visiting and reliving past memories, thinking hard to figure out meaning from it all... Only this time his sitter was TARS - his only connection to the world he left behind.

Kate and I said exactly the same thing! :)
 
The scene at the end where he figures out (SPOILER) how to communicate with her - that is the most accurate representation of being in an M-hole that has ever been committed to celluloid... Floating around in a void, answering to a higher species, visiting and reliving past memories, thinking hard to figure out meaning from it all... Only this time his sitter was TARS - his only connection to the world he left behind.

Agreed, absolutely spot on. As soon as i saw that it made me think of an m-hole
 
Barbarella with Jane Fonda... Classic psychedelic erotica ( and she gets her tits oot fer the ladz, and shags Duran Duran)

Edit: been reading the divided opinions about 'interstellar' - not seen it myself, but 'Gravity' springs to mind which was visually stunning but such a boring plotline I didn't even bother watching the end...
 
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I did enjoy interstellar and i liked the end section - it just didn't tweak my sci-fi buttons quite enough overall to justify the hype i'd heard - but as i said i'm a scifi (book) snob and have read so many and better variations on this theme (i won't bore you with the nerdy details that niggled with me) - still a watchable film. I can relate to what you said felix about mxe opening your heart to films (or basically making you an easy audience) - in fact most of the good reviews i give on here probably involve mxe ;) - a good 'sense of wonder' enhancer (i did have some while i watched interstellar (naturally), but my scifi snobbishness counteracted it)
 
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