Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

[sigbowls]

lost in bangkok. funny movie

[leyenda]

i need to see more tarskovsly Sacrifice left me shocked, bit depressed tbh but not a bad thing

Check out The Mirror if you've not seen it, my fav of his that I've seen.

i really have to see it. i saw the scene of the mirror in a mark cousin documentary and was blown by the quality of the shot

That the Story of Film documentary? That was great, went and got the book version written by him afterwards too.

yes!!! is amazing, didnt know there was a book too

Definitely recommend the book too then, more of the same but in more detail. Went through reading the book and watching the shorts as I went. Watching all the feature length ones would have taken years.

I used to really rate Fincher but I'd argue he is a bad director now tbh

I still think his best is probably The Game but I'm a sucker for noir/crime stuff. In general I still think he's got a pretty good style but usually doesn't choose to make films that are good. Fight Club is a good example of his nice direction but the source material doesn't hold up that well to lots of repeat watches which I did when I was a teenager. Give him a Kaufman script and he'd probably knock it out the park.

[hubb]

yeah the game is great but I think It's just you me and my dad that thinks that ..

[AxeD]

I enjoyed Fight Club more I think.

His version of Dragon Tattoo is generally not seen as worse or better than the original.
I have only seen the latter so I can't really comment.
Haven't seen Social Network, but with so many positive critic reviews it can't be that bad surely
The subject doesn't really interests me though.

[hubb]

His version of Dragon Tattoo is generally not seen as worse or better than the original.

Haven't seen Social Network, but with so many positive critic reviews it can't be that bad surely

way to sheep up a conversation

[AxeD]

I hope I'm correctly understanding that comment.
I don't value popular opinion as such. It's just that the critics I usually read were generally positive towards The Social Network. You could reply the same way to people just hating every box office hit.

This thread is mostly just people randomly saying what they watched without any valuable discussion
going on anyway

[Liam92]

Off to see Gone Girl tonight, hope it's good!

[jrkhnds]

yeah been thinking about that. will probably watch it tonight, so we can share experiences.

[hubb]

But to be fair, it's more that it shows that he can't pick a script that hasn't already asserted itself in some other way in the public domain.

Fair enuff to pick a book that is of the times, like fight club was. It had some valuable critique on consumer society and seven had bits of that aswell. + they where sort of weird and original...

The social network seems like a commercial for facebook.
There's no way to make a film like that, that would present a genuine critique in that context. So what he does is try to make it a historical film, where for example there's suddenly exaggerated twin villains to make it a bit more interesting.
But it seems childish to just represent the winning side, because it will make it a less risky film and more edible. Drama is cheap.
It's basicly Fincher or the script writer, bowing down to or being so infatuated with the idea of some kid having so much money (and therefor power) that it loses all the critique or relevance. It becomes a sportsfilm. The same thing goes on in house of cards, where it's only the excersion of power that interests them, it's not a political show at all. They just try to impress us with how a very unrealistic guy does a few power moves. So the focus is on some actor that people already like.
They've even made the wife into Cruella deVille so there's no chance you'd be sympathising with her so the Spacey bumlicking can continue uninterrupted. And the chicks are hot and in the shows context, attracted to the same thing as the director, so they try to have our viewer dicks agree with that direction. pffft.

[hubb]

I hope I'm correctly understanding that comment.
I don't value popular opinion as such.

This thread is mostly just people randomly saying what they watched without any valuable discussion
going on anyway

you say that and then you still cling on to what the majority does

sorry man Im late for work

im not having a go - it just interests me and I think im right tbh..

[AxeD]

I don't cling on to anything. I'm not sure what you are basing that on.
I value critic reviews and now it's escalating into a discussion about my taste in films. If I were so hard for popular opinion I had already seen The Social Network.

I also take your explanation of why you don't like it into consideration. Mainly because I had exactly the
same interpretation of House of Cards.

You could well be right, although I'm not sure about what. Either I'm a sheep, which is think can easily be disproven simply by the films that I watch. Or that The Social Network sucks.. I haven't seen it yet.

[Lye_Form]

critics are often full of shit tho, a large amount of them are fedoras.

I go to press screenings a lot and there are usually a number of actual fedoras in the audience.

[DiegoSapiens]

Exactly^

[Jizz]

The Social Network was average imo. Really all i can think of saying because nothing from that movie has stuck with me

The Game was just ridiculous

[AxeD]

Very true, that's why I only read reviews by people who I know will provide
me with a valuable perspective.
My theory is that it's better than wading through all the shit to find a few gems. It can be useful
information if you use it right.

This might create the false image that I'm not watching any films with bad reviews or that I want to
see my opinion validated by others.

[hubb]

I don't cling on to anything. I'm not sure what you are basing that on.
I value critic reviews and now it's escalating into a discussion about my taste in films. If I were so hard for popular opinion I had already seen The Social Network.

I also take your explanation of why you don't like it into consideration. Mainly because I had exactly the
same interpretation of House of Cards.

You could well be right, although I'm not sure about what. Either I'm a sheep, which is think can easily be disproven simply by the films that I watch. Or that The Social Network sucks.. I haven't seen it yet.

Oh sorry m8, I didn't mean it like that at all. Just that in an argumentative sence, you actually used popularity as an angle, you know.
I'm not talking about your taste or behaviour.
And no I wouldn't even put it like that.. I dont think Fincher sucks, because he has made great films, it's more that he plays into all the shit instead of attacking it like in fightclub.

This might create the false image that I'm not watching any films with bad reviews or that I want to
see my opinion validated by others.

No, no ofcourse not. I can't on one hand argue for critical thinking and then forget about it the next second ..

Another thing is critics, they obviously end up mirroring the zeitgeist that the films put out to be able to stay in the job. It's a mutually dependant parasitic relationship in every sence. But the main reason for me being arrogant towards critics and not respecting them, is that with the films that do come out we can see they aren't doing their job or have somewhat lost authority, because every single film can not have a happy end if their critique actually weighs something. And I know it still does, because people generally tend to stay away in defining numbers from films that get bad critique. So in that way it actually falls back on the critics.

[Johnlenham]

Just wow. Fucking insane but amazing. I dont even know how to describe it. Just everything about it just...yeah. fuck.
Im laughing at teh start then by the end im fking crying? First film in ages and ages that ive been blown away by.

[hubb]

Lucy

[magma]

Just overheard in the office:

"I tried to watch City of God over the weekend, but it's got all those bloody subtitles."

[ezza]

lol even i managed to read those