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On April 11 2018 22:15 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I still have to watch JSA, why do you mention this in particular? I guess it was his breakout movie?
yeah, JSA is ok but its pretty generic and bland to be honest. It also lacks Park's usual surprises and trademark dark humour. I think he really comes into his own as a director starting with the Vengeance Trilogy onwards.
if you haven't seen it yet his contribution to the "Three Extremes" anthology film is definitely worth checking out. I think its called "Cut". The other two short films in the anthology by Fruit Chan and Takeshi Miike are also worth your time imo.
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So I'm reading Ready Player One (halfway through) and I'm considering if I should go to see the movie now or wait until I finish it and then go. There is the risk of me missing the movie, although I'm a fairly fast reader and I hope the movie should be on for some weeks considering its success.
Any opinion from other people who watched the movie, specially if you also read the book?
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On April 11 2018 23:04 Salteador Neo wrote:
So I'm reading Ready Player One (halfway through) and I'm considering if I should go to see the movie now or wait until I finish it and then go. There is the risk of me missing the movie, although I'm a fairly fast reader and I hope the movie should be on for some weeks considering its success.
Any opinion from other people who watched the movie, specially if you also read the book?
My friend told me (I havent read the book but I did see the movie) that the movie was different enough from the book (in mostly a good way) so that its worth reading the book after the movie and vice versa.
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Book and Movie are largely connected by premise and a few of the climactic moments, from what I've heard. And supposedly the Movie is much better for it.
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The movie is much better than the book. I wouldn't bother with the book.
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You were never really here
Our main character Joe, a veteran and ex fbi agent, who suffers from PTSD lives with his care-dependent mother. He works for rich people who need someone to do their dirty work. One day he gets a job where he has to rescue the abducted daughter of a new york state senator. While doing so he discovers a conspiracy.
This movie runs around 90 minutes but honestly it felt longer to me. Don't get me wrong, i have nothing against slow movies but the slow scenes in this one felt "pretentious" (i really dislike this word) and didn't work for me. In general i liked how the filmmaking makes us see the world through the eyes of our PTSD character, but it lingered too long in quite some scenes, especially because i didn't think that we got a lot of different angles, moreso the same idea over and over again.
Joaquin Phoenix is pretty good, without his acting i probably wouldn't have liked the movie at all, i still don't think it's really good but if you like the genre or premise you should give it a try and decide for yourself.
6-6.5/10
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The World of Kanako
Here we follow a former detective who gets called by his ex wife who tells him that their daughter has gone missing. Akihiro now does his research and discovers quite some secrets about his teen daughter. This is a very messed up movie, lot of broken characters, lots of violence and other things you wouldn't wanna see if you are lighthearted. The presentation is quite adventurous, with some very fast paced cuts at places or even some animation to portray feelings and moods. I think there are some problems plotwise, something asian revenge movies always have to deal with though.
The performances are good, the movie creates a lot of suspense and the narrative is quite cleverly done. Definitely a good movie you should check out.
7.5/10
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Phantom Thread
This movie is about a fashion designer, Reynolds Woodcock, who makes dresses for high society in the 1950s in London. One day he goes out to eat and gets interested in his waitress Alma. They go out and after a while she moves into his house and becomes his assistant and lover. It soon becomes clear that he is a man with very strict rituals and beliefs and Alma is also quite a stubborn woman so the clash is inevitable. Add to that Reynolds' sister who lives with him, also controlling parts of his life and you get quite the interesting scneario. All the performances are outstanding, Daniel Day-Lewis should have won the Oscar for this. The themes are wonderfully developed and while this movie is also quite the slow burn (as you might expect from a PTA movie) it's never boring and actually surprises with some quite hilarious scenes and moments. If you are already a PTA fan just go and see this one as soon as possible, if you don't know who PTA is start with any of his former movies (well start with boogie nights or magnolia honestly) and then watch the rest, this man is a genius.
9+/10
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On April 11 2018 23:04 Salteador Neo wrote:
So I'm reading Ready Player One (halfway through) and I'm considering if I should go to see the movie now or wait until I finish it and then go. There is the risk of me missing the movie, although I'm a fairly fast reader and I hope the movie should be on for some weeks considering its success.
Any opinion from other people who watched the movie, specially if you also read the book?
Both are garbage.
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The movie's alright if you go into it expecting a standard nerdy Hollywood movie.
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I mean RPO is literally "Nerdy Hollywood/Video Game Reference - The Movie", and expectations should be set accordingly.
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Not sure if where to post this, but R. Lee Ermey passed away.
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On April 16 2018 13:52 WolfintheSheep wrote:
I mean RPO is literally "Nerdy Hollywood/Video Game Reference - The Movie", and expectations should be set accordingly.
It recently came into my attention that it's all basically a ripoff of literally one episode of Nickelodeon cartoon Danny Phantom... Like nearly the entire plot (and this episode aired 6 years before the book was published).
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On April 16 2018 15:01 Manit0u wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2018 13:52 WolfintheSheep wrote:
I mean RPO is literally "Nerdy Hollywood/Video Game Reference - The Movie", and expectations should be set accordingly. It recently came into my attention that it's all basically a ripoff of literally one episode of Nickelodeon cartoon Danny Phantom... Like nearly the entire plot (and this episode aired 6 years before the book was published).
The entire plot is a riff on Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, but replace candy with 80s nerd shit and the hero gets to win/get the girl prize for being the biggest fanboy/knowing all the references. It is nostalgia put into a mixer and served as a cake made entirely of frosting.
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If RPO was released a year or two later it would have been torn to shreds in a gamergate world. But beacuse it came before that and delt with relatively safe pop culture references it gets a pass.
Its basically celebrating obsession and video game addiction. I don't like how much it relys on others work to succeed either.
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RPO got a lot of critical praise for being an entertaining book, but over time there was a second critique that focused on the how it sort of champions the worst aspects of any nerd culture. Forget video games. Just think of how the main character mocks people for not getting references or knowing all the minor details and think about how that would look if he was just a super music fan. He would be that asshole who only listens to bands you haven't heard of and will tell you how shallow your appreciation of music is. A person who loves music for the sole purpose of feeling superior. 2014 and beyond basically put the nail in the coffin of celebrating that not so great aspect of nerdom.
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RPO got critical praise as a book? What the fuck?
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I wish they made the Avatar Chronicles into movies instead of this. Conor Kostick actually managed to create more engaging post-apocalyptic sci-fi based on games and virtual reality (and it's still labeled as YA). And plot twists in there actually got me, unlike anything in RPO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_(Kostick_novel)
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i wish they made another movie in the style of Michael Clayton or Syriana
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On April 17 2018 08:10 WarSame wrote:
RPO got critical praise as a book? What the fuck?
It got praised as being fun, serving up the sweet nectar that is nostalgia and not painful to read. It is like the The Martian, which is a poorly written book that has a nice story.
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ah so poorly written books are not painful to read. so what's that make well-written books?
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I just didn't want to be mean. Some people like that book. I'm not one of those people.
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