On January 02 2013 00:11 corumjhaelen wrote: 4. Stalker 15. Solaris
I assume they're both Tarkovsky movies? Solaris was too much "form over matter" (still miles ahead of the new one with Clooney in it) but Stalker is top notch.
It's a pity that no one has so far successfully captured any of Lem's works
Yes. I think there's a lot of substance in Solaris too, but from what I understand (and what Tarkovski said in interviews) there is more Dostoievski than Lem in it, so I guess if you're a fan of Lem's work it's normal you feel that way. Personnally I haven't read Lem's Solaris, but I sure hope to do so one of these days.
On January 02 2013 00:11 corumjhaelen wrote: 4. Stalker 15. Solaris
I assume they're both Tarkovsky movies? Solaris was too much "form over matter" (still miles ahead of the new one with Clooney in it) but Stalker is top notch.
It's a pity that no one has so far successfully captured any of Lem's works
Yes. I think there's a lot of substance in Solaris too, but from what I understand (and what Tarkovski said in interviews) there is more Dostoievski than Lem in it, so I guess if you're a fan of Lem's work it's normal you feel that way. Personnally I haven't read Lem's Solaris, but I sure hope to do so one of these days.
I read it and liked it way better than the film, I'm not a big fan of the film of Solaris either, I thought it had too much just blankness in its excessive shot lengths, and it also only dwells on IMO one of the less interesting facets (or at best one of the many interesting facets) in the book. But I also didn't like it really before I had even read the book.
On January 02 2013 00:11 corumjhaelen wrote: 4. Stalker 15. Solaris
I assume they're both Tarkovsky movies? Solaris was too much "form over matter" (still miles ahead of the new one with Clooney in it) but Stalker is top notch.
It's a pity that no one has so far successfully captured any of Lem's works
The shame for me is that something like The Futurological Congress can't really be made into a movie now cause its ideas were done in inferior form in The Matrix and Inception basically and are now far from fresh in pop culture (I mean The Matrix was a great sci-fi movie itself, but the biting wit Lem had in that one is a lot cooler).
On January 02 2013 00:11 corumjhaelen wrote: 4. Stalker 15. Solaris
I assume they're both Tarkovsky movies? Solaris was too much "form over matter" (still miles ahead of the new one with Clooney in it) but Stalker is top notch.
It's a pity that no one has so far successfully captured any of Lem's works
Yes. I think there's a lot of substance in Solaris too, but from what I understand (and what Tarkovski said in interviews) there is more Dostoievski than Lem in it, so I guess if you're a fan of Lem's work it's normal you feel that way. Personnally I haven't read Lem's Solaris, but I sure hope to do so one of these days.
I read it and liked it way better than the film, I'm not a big fan of the film of Solaris either, I thought it had too much just blankness in its excessive shot lengths, and it also only dwells on IMO one of the less interesting facets (or at best one of the many interesting facets) in the book. But I also didn't like it really before I had even read the book.
On January 02 2013 00:11 corumjhaelen wrote: 4. Stalker 15. Solaris
I assume they're both Tarkovsky movies? Solaris was too much "form over matter" (still miles ahead of the new one with Clooney in it) but Stalker is top notch.
It's a pity that no one has so far successfully captured any of Lem's works
The shame for me is that something like The Futurological Congress can't really be made into a movie now cause its ideas were done in inferior form in The Matrix and Inception basically and are now far from fresh in pop culture (I mean The Matrix was a great sci-fi movie itself, but the biting wit Lem had in that one is a lot cooler).
I'd love it if someone would man up and turn entirety of Lem's Star Diaries into a movie series. It's way better than Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in my opinion.
Grave Encounter 2. It literally the worst horror movie I ever seem. The writers and director simply decided to make the first 40 minutes or so doing some halloween party, filming, interview and lot of nonsenses. Well if you guys wanted to watch this movie, try to skip the first 40 minutes especially if you seem Grave Encounter, you can skip another 15 minutes or so since it a revisit. Overall, It a really bad movie that is full of gags and they story is really slow-paced with really annoying characters. I don't think there will be a character that you will enjoyed throughout the whole movie.
Mindless, cheesy action comedy flick. Humour style is crude and dark. Lot's of swearing.
Great performance by Lou Diamond Phillips; just watch his facial expressions during some of the scenes, very enjoyable. Would anyone recommend any other movie with him?
Into The White, a good movie. Not a masterpiece, but I would recommend this flick. A story about a couple of german and british pilots during WW2 who crash and end up in the same place in the mountainside of Norway.
Also, Mulholland Drive... Dafuq is this movie? So now I "get it" because I read an explanation about the movie afterwards, but that doesn't make me feel any better about it. A memorable movie for sure, and time went by quite fast watching it due to the loomy atmosphere and because I had to try my best to make sense of what was going on. But one thing the movie wasn't, and that is enjoyable. At the end I couldn't help but have a "what the fuck?" sense of feeling and be pretty annoyed. I'm not looking for a what seems like a pointless riddle when watching a movie. 5/10.
Mindless, cheesy action comedy flick. Humour style is crude and dark. Lot's of swearing.
Great performance by Lou Diamond Phillips; just watch his facial expressions during some of the scenes, very enjoyable. Would anyone recommend any other movie with him?
Saw the Thing remake recently. I rate it an 8/10, thoroughly enjoyable. Very much in keeping with the original, if a little too close in some of the plot 'devices'. Still, an extremely gripping atmosphere which resonated through the whole film the same way it did in the original. Incidentally I give the original 10/10, one of the greatest 'atmosphere' films ever made.
More documentary than movie, this was... less entertaining than I expected. Johnny Knoxville's movie production co. is affiliated with this, and this doesn't live up to the 'fun' we've come to expect from Mr. Knoxville.
On January 03 2013 20:24 GolemMadness wrote: While the story was good, the locations and cinematography are really what make this movie. Definitely glad I saw this in theatre.
there's are theatre near you that plays classics like this? I'm pretty jealous.
On January 03 2013 20:24 GolemMadness wrote: While the story was good, the locations and cinematography are really what make this movie. Definitely glad I saw this in theatre.
there's are theatre near you that plays classics like this? I'm pretty jealous.
Yeah, in Vancouver there's the Pacific Cinematheque and Vancity Theatre. Lots of good stuff. :D
Some very good moments, but overall I just didn't find the story to be that interesting. I could kinda see where it was heading, and it didn't really diverge from that course at all. Oldboy remains the only truly great Chan Wook Park movie I've seen.
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