Last Film You Saw

#501

I never ended up going to the movies. Ah well.

I did, however, most recently watch “Demolition Man” again. I still enjoy it to this day, but I do have a small gripe that has nothing to do with the actual contents of the movie. Anyway, in the future, instead of “handfuls of wadded paper”, they use three seashells in the bathrooms. How the “three seashells” work is never explained in the movie, leaving their function ambiguous as a joke.

In an interview, Stallone explained how the three seashells were supposed to work and I am very much not sold on the idea. The idea is that [COLOR=’#151515’]you use two shells to grab the excrement like chopsticks and pull it out, using the third shell to scrap any remnants away. This seems to not match up with the sterile cleanliness that is portrayed by Cocteau’s futurescape.

I have a better idea (sorry, Mr. Stallone!): [COLOR=’#151515’]The three seashells don’t actually come off the shelf without dismantling it. They are buttons. After you’re done, you press the first shell down and an arm extends into the bowl, and a sudsy wash sprays the area. The second shell pressed sprays the area with a rinse. The third shell blowdries the area. Wash, rinse, dry. This idea is far more in line with the cleanliness and automated nature of Cocteau’s future.

And I’m probably thinking about this way too much.

#502

he probably just got sick of peopel asking

#503

Saw Insidious Ch 2, and to my surprise it wasn’t bad. Was interesting and suspenseful on one hand, but a lot of the jump scares fell pretty flat on the other.

At least it did build suspense, and the second half/conclusion was weird but better than the first one’s last half that lacked any kind of subtlety

#504

Speaking of jump scares, I hate the “hand-on-shoulder” type of jump scare that is prevalent in horror/thriller movies. The character is alone, looking for the evil being (killer, ghost, alien, whatever) and is scared witless. The music is crescendo-ing and just as you think the monster or whatever is going to attack, someone puts their hand on the character’s shoulder, taps them on the back, or otherwise makes it known that they’re there by touching the person. This is always punctuated by a dramatic sting from the string section and the character screaming causing the person to scream.

This always struck me as being very unrealistic. Let’s look at it from the point of view of the person putting their hand on the character’s shoulder. Do you creep up on the character and make your presence known to the person by putting their hand on their shoulder? Or do you vocally announce your presence before manhandling them?

And then there’s CAT! type of jumpscare.

#505

Well, it depends on the situation. I’ve myself used the hand on shoulder, but doing it when it’s quieter than water is just stupid.

…And as I said on last page, mirror scares. Those jump scares bores me.

#506

Gravity. Good movie, but all I could think during the scene where she cries is that tears don’t work that way in space.

#507

Dead Space: Downfall.

Pretty cool movie. I’m genuinely surprised, though, that it had some subtle nods to the plot of Dead Space 3. I always thought they were just making it up as they went along.

#508

I just finished watching “The Cabin in the Woods”. Like 5 minutes ago.

Probably one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. If you haven’t seen it yet and you don’t mind the slasher-genre, I recommend it.

#509

ye its rly gud

#510

Just watched Dredd last night

Holy fuck that was great, felt like a classic action movie, but with amazing effects (And a surprising amount of really well done gore)

#511

actually, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDMrncAy4U

#512

Pacific Rim.

I want 2 gigs of internet traffic and 2 hours of life back. Can’t believe Del Toro penned that shite. Even ron pearlman was lame

#513

WHAT.

What the heck are you talking about?

#514

Del Toro knew exactly what he was doing and what he was going for with that movie. It’s not guaranteed to appeal to everyone. The story and the science were admittedly tenuous at best, even the acting wasn’t always that great (mainly in Charlie Hunnam’s case, he seemed to deliver a number of lines with strange inflections, like he didn’t really know what he was saying), so I can understand why it puts a lot of people off. But it was worth it to me for not only the incredible action scenes but also for the interactions of diverse, well-developed characters, and for its promotion of more respectable values than we get to see in the vast majority of summer action blockbusters.

For instance, the character of Mako Mori is outstanding in a number of ways - she’s as capable managing a jaeger restoration program just as she is killing kaiju with a jaeger, she actually has her own desires and motivations that don’t revolve around a love interest, and is never sexualized for fanservice with some stupid undressing scene (I’m looking at you, Star Trek: Into Darkness). Even the white-bread action guy is interesting - Raleigh is much more emotionally intelligent and upstanding than a lot of “heroes” we get in the gritty angsty action movies so popular nowadays. Plus the themes of family and strength through unity are refreshing to see in a movie like this. Also, given that it was an obvious homage to mecha anime, among other things, I was glad there was not any kind of “AT-Field” or “Lambda driver” type stuff present in the film; I have never cared for that strange trope of technology powered by your emotions or beliefs or whatever. It always just makes me think of that guy in the Simpsons who has a car powered by his own sense of self-satisfaction.

Anyway as you can obviously tell I am quite a fan of this movie.

#515

Gravity was excellent. It’s really the best 3D I’ve seen in a movie. It didn’t feel bad to watch like most other 3D movies I’ve seen. Was pretty sad too.

#516

I felt the 3D and the cinematography were top-notch (as with most Alfonso Cuarón films, that guy’s a genius), but the script was pretty cheesy and Sandra Bullock didn’t have the acting chops to save it. Clooney was really good, though.

#517

I watched The Room.

It was interesting.

#518

Cloud Atlas - What the fuck was that? Maybe I will come up with something a bit more poetic in the morning, but really. What the fuck did I just watch?

#519

I loved it.

#520

I was really excited for it but still haven’t watched it.

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