Last Film You Watched

[longers]

11:20pm tonight, film4

My second favourite film ever that, only rate Memento higher

 

[Rita_Poon]

My second favourite film ever that, only rate Memento higher

I do find Memento odd.

 

[Nymzee]

Operation Fortune, hmmmm

 

[coollino]

My second favourite film ever that, only rate Memento higher

I'm surprised you think Memento is better, but it probably is the best Nolan film

 

[Daz1878]

My favourite Lynch is actually a singular episode of the modern Twin Peaks:

Probably the greatest hour of TV in many years (not that I watch much TV...). I watched the 4K disc of this last year, but now might have to watch it again.

It always sticks in my mind that, at one point during this episode, my wife said, "what is wrong with this man?". And she had already seen the likes of Inland Empire, Mulholland Dr., Lost Highway, etc.

 

[Goat]

Operation Fortune, hmmmm

Its certainly a film of all time.

 

[dholliday]

Operation Fortune, hmmmm

Outrageous Fortune...chick-flick that guys can dig.

I'm surprised you think Memento is better, but it probably is the best Nolan film

Prestige I enjoyed the most, Inception is his other good one. Tho' Nolan films always leave me feeling cold & detached from them. The rest of his just didn't do anything for me, except a couple of compelling Batman villains in Joker & Bane (in otherwise tedious movies). Not seen Dunkirk yet.

Interstellar & Tenet are so crushingly-disappointing, such a waste of the grand ambition within them.

Probably the greatest hour of TV in many years (not that I watch much TV...). I watched the 4K disc of this last year, but now might have to watch it again.

Nice! I've got the original Twin Peaks on DVD, and The Return on Bluray. I agree Ep8 is arguably the greatest episode of telly ever*. It features two big favourite musics too: Penderecki and those beautiful synths during The Giant's ascension.

*Tho' Black Mirror's Bandersnatch is another bet. Or The Constant from Lost.

It always sticks in my mind that, at one point during this episode, my wife said, "what is wrong with this man?".

interesting...what does she mean?

 

[coollino]

Good luck... David Lynch is "a few crayons short of a full box", if you know what I mean.

That's thing with him though, he isn't really like that. I'm a massive fan of his and he seems quite levelled in day to day life

 

[Daz1878]

interesting...what does she mean?

Ep8 is relatively coherent, for a weird Lynch. Tho' maybe you do need a solid Twin Peaks background to maximise coherence.

I think it was just the point when

Spoiler

the frog/insect hybrid climbed down the girl's throat

that really got to her.

And while it is a fairly creepy moment, it'll always be that image in Inland Empire that freaks me out the most, as far as Lynch's stuff goes. The first time I experienced that on a big screen was utterly terrifying.

 

[coollino]

Outrageous Fortune...chick-flick that guys can dig.



Prestige I enjoyed the most, Inception is his other good one. Tho' Nolan films always leave me feeling cold & detached from them. The rest of his just didn't do anything for me, except a couple of compelling Batman villains in Joker & Bane (in otherwise tedious movies). Not seen Dunkirk yet.

Interstellar & Tenet are so crushingly-disappointing, such a waste of the grand ambition within them.



Nice! I've got the original Twin Peaks on DVD, and The Return on Bluray. I agree Ep8 is arguably the greatest episode of telly ever*. It features two big favourite musics too: Penderecki and those beautiful synths during The Giant's ascension.

*Tho' Black Mirror's Bandersnatch is another bet. Or The Constant from Lost.





interesting...what does she mean?

I agree, I think Nolan is very over-rated, his budgets are wild

 

[dholliday]

I think it was just the point when

Spoiler

the frog/insect hybrid climbed down the girl's throat

that really got to her.

Yeah, even Twin Peaks-überfans argue about what that represented.

I think some of the

Spoiler

Bob/Laura-imagery (their faces in those transport bubbles)

was too on-the-nose...untypically for him.

I tend to connect the Bomb's destructive nature with inviting a realm of evil-intention into our reality. Symbolised by the charcoal-stained woodmen, led by that floating entity which spews out malevolent beings into our world. Philosophically Lynch is saying if we prove ourselves capable of developing such massive destructive power, then we are capable of any and all horrors. In his fantastic fiction, these horrors come manifest in various forms, like Bob, Bad Coop etc.

The bug crawling I have to side with your wife...no idea what's going on there lol

And while it is a fairly creepy moment, it'll always be that image in Inland Empire that freaks me out the most, as far as Lynch's stuff goes. The first time I experienced that on a big screen was utterly terrifying.

Thanks for not being specific...there's still three Lynch films I haven't seen yet: Elephant Man, Lost Highway and Inland Empire.

I agree, I think Nolan is very over-rated, his budgets are wild

I wish Paul Thomas Anderson would get his finger out of his arthouse-arse and make a Interstellar/Tenet type movie...could be amazing.

 

[coollino]

Yeah, even Twin Peaks-überfans argue about what that represented.

I think some of the

Spoiler

Bob/Laura-imagery (their faces in those transport bubbles)

was too on-the-nose...untypically for him.

I tend to connect the Bomb's destructive nature with inviting a realm of evil-intention into our reality. Symbolised by the charcoal-stained woodmen, led by that floating entity which spews out malevolent beings into our world. Philosophically Lynch is saying if we prove ourselves capable of developing such massive destructive power, then we are capable of any and all horrors. In his fantastic fiction, these horrors come manifest in various forms, like Bob, Bad Coop etc.

The bug crawling I have to side with your wife...no idea what's going on there lol


Thanks for not being specific...there's still three Lynch films I haven't seen yet: Elephant Man, Lost Highway and Inland Empire.


I wish Paul Thomas Anderson would get his finger out of his arthouse-arse and make a Interstellar/Tenet type movie...could be amazing.

he probably would be he was offered the budget, but he never has been

 

[Tommy Chong]

I agree, I think Nolan is very over-rated, his budgets are wild

And he tries too hard to over convolute his plots. Like Tenet. You needed a freakin’ road map to follow that plot! Sometimes simpler is better.

Yeah, even Twin Peaks-überfans argue about what that represented.

I think some of the

Spoiler

Bob/Laura-imagery (their faces in those transport bubbles)

was too on-the-nose...untypically for him.

I tend to connect the Bomb's destructive nature with inviting a realm of evil-intention into our reality. Symbolised by the charcoal-stained woodmen, led by that floating entity which spews out malevolent beings into our world. Philosophically Lynch is saying if we prove ourselves capable of developing such massive destructive power, then we are capable of any and all horrors. In his fantastic fiction, these horrors come manifest in various forms, like Bob, Bad Coop etc.

The bug crawling I have to side with your wife...no idea what's going on there lol


Thanks for not being specific...there's still three Lynch films I haven't seen yet: Elephant Man, Lost Highway and Inland Empire.


I wish Paul Thomas Anderson would get his finger out of his arthouse-arse and make a Interstellar/Tenet type movie...could be amazing.

Or, and just hear me out…
Imagine if Wes Anderson remade Interstellar! Now wouldn’t that be something different?!
I’d watch it.

 

[Prevenger17]

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Infinity Pool.

As always, you know your’re going to get something different with David Cronenberg and this is no different.

Set at an exclusive Island resort, but in a country run
by a brutal dictatorship, a group of wealthy tourists, get involved in all kinds of weird murder and mayhem.

Set in the present day, but somehow feels like it’s done in the 70’s.

Brutal, gory and some it is downright weird.

One for Cronenberg fans.

Didn't even know this was a think. My penis trembles

 

[ste d' indica]

Finally got round to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood last night. I'm not a huge fan of Tarantino although I think Jackie Brown is an absolute masterpiece, but I always enjoy his films even while concious of their shortcomings and his frequent overindulgence and repetition. This was the first one I just instinctively thought - nah. Shame really, some very solid performances, great cinematography and the attention to detail is impressive. And I think there's a good film in there about masculine obsolescence in the movie business, its just this isn't it. Nearly 3 hours was 'kin ridiculous.