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Post by stinkypete on Apr 8, 2020 11:04:05 GMT -8
Koyaanisqatsi - No narration, just footage of various things happening, meant to show the connection of all nature, and to contrast the world that created us with the world that we created. The title is a Hopi word meaning "life out of balance." It's a perfect contemplation for what made the world so fertile for pandemics. One of the scenes is a rocket blasting off in very slow motion. It really helps to sink in the contrast between what's happening there in a few seconds after seeing a ton of canyons and hoodoos. There's sped up footage of a food court at a mall, and there's a long shot of flying over this field of flowers, and you just wonder when the hell it's going to end, how much contiguous land is just this flower monoculture. The scale is incredible.
Look Who's Back (2015) - Based on a novel of the same name. Adolf Hitler, the main character and narrator, is magically zapped into the future and discovers to his surprise that Germany lost the war but wasn't wiped out by the people that he believed responsible for all of Germany's woes. A desperate TV producer finds him, thinking he's just a good actor who never breaks character and carries him around to produce a reality show. Basically they get him on the air for ratings and people love it, and he becomes very popular. I think some of the scenes they do for the reality show are candid. He goes into one of the white national splinter party's office and just trash talks them, calling them weaklings with no serious identity. They also show someone going up to scold them for going around looking like Hitler like it's all well and good for someone to say he's Hitler and to see people participate and treat him kindly. But that's one person out of so many more who like playing a part, knowing what gesture to do, it excites them. I think the plausibility of the reactions depicted in the movie is worth chewing over.
Encounters at the End of the World (2007) - Werner Herzog goes to Antarcitca so you can see what it's like to live there. It's a grind, to be sure. To go from the main base out to a camp, they have to get training in how to stick together and rescue someone from the outhouse during a blizzard. The most incredible part of the documentary is the sound that a certain bubbling effect makes with a certain echo condition. It really sounds like it was made by a synthesizer, or a spaceship. But it's just interactions of ice, air, and water.
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Post by Evan on Apr 9, 2020 6:16:06 GMT -8
Resolution: Creeping horror movie kept afloat by a hilarious captive crackhead.
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Post by Farrell on Apr 9, 2020 13:08:39 GMT -8
Not a movie, but The Witcher series on Netflix is really good.
Toss a coin to your witcher oh valley of plenty.
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Post by Evan on Apr 12, 2020 16:32:47 GMT -8
Just watched "The Platform" on Netflix. If you like biting metaphor told through the lens of horror, this is my top recommendation from 2019
We've also been watching Amazon's Tales from the Loop as a family, but you really have to pay attention to the age rating for each individual episode, they change. When it's rated okay for kids it's the most cerebral sci fi for a family audience I've seen in a while.
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Post by stinkypete on Apr 13, 2020 10:05:14 GMT -8
I've been re-watching Community. I was astounded how much of the best stuff is in the first season
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Post by Evan on Apr 13, 2020 10:55:14 GMT -8
I'm watching Community for the first time ever. The boys and I love Abed.
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Post by stinkypete on Apr 13, 2020 11:48:27 GMT -8
Oh that's beautiful, he runs a D&D game at one point, he makes the show stop-motion animated for Christmas, and re-enacts tons of movies
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Post by Evan on Apr 14, 2020 3:03:51 GMT -8
If you like 5-star-rated Julia Roberts family movies and crying for 2 straight hours, my family quite enjoyed Wonder on Amazob.
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Post by Buzzfly on Apr 14, 2020 11:09:58 GMT -8
Florida Project is the last movie I saw and it was incredible
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Post by bsketchy on Apr 14, 2020 12:50:10 GMT -8
Extinction on Netflix is a decent alien invasion thriller with a twist.
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Post by bsketchy on Apr 14, 2020 12:54:38 GMT -8
We've also been watching Amazon's Tales from the Loop... I started that, realized it required full attention, and put it on hold until I can devote the necessary time to it. |
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Post by Neutrino Esquire on Apr 14, 2020 14:49:58 GMT -8
I've been watching Gotham on Netflix. It kinda fits the theme of this season of Mildville.
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Post by Super Sarah on Apr 15, 2020 2:43:56 GMT -8
I know a couple people who are watching all of the Marvel movies in chronological order during the quarantine. It’s a good time to watch all the really long movies or trilogies or all of Star Wars.
Has anyone seen Passengers with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt? I think the story is really interesting.
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Post by bsketchy on Apr 15, 2020 5:02:04 GMT -8
Has anyone seen Passengers with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt? I think the story is really interesting. Yeah! Good stuff. Jumping to a completely separate genre, I watched Overlord last night. I liked it just fine, but it reminded me of how good 1917 was. If you can stream 1917, do it. |
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Post by merlotbrougham on Apr 15, 2020 7:51:50 GMT -8
One of my friends is doing "Movies that take place within a single day"
Any recommendations? I realize you can play fast with the rules but I was not counting something like "For Love of the Game", which takes place during the course of a baseball game but is primarily flashbacks. I don't know I'd actually recommend that piece of cinematic bait and switch anyway. The movie is tolerable to me because I am a Tigers fan and Kevin Costner's character plays for them in the movie. Other than that, it's a dull romantic drama thinly disguised as a baseball movie.
Recommendations I came up with:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
12 Angry Men
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Post by Evan on Apr 15, 2020 8:10:09 GMT -8
One of my friends is doing "Movies that take place within a single day" Any recommendations? I realize you can play fast with the rules but I was not counting something like "For Love of the Game", which takes place during the course of a baseball game but is primarily flashbacks. I don't know I'd actually recommend that piece of cinematic bait and switch anyway. The movie is tolerable to me because I am a Tigers fan and Kevin Costner's character plays for them in the movie. Other than that, it's a dull romantic drama thinly disguised as a baseball movie. Recommendations I came up with: Ferris Bueller's Day Off It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 12 Angry Men Die Hard High Noon Dog Day Afternoon Watch Die Hard again Dazed & Confused Taking of Pellham 1 2 3 Escape from NY Training Day Clerks Watch Die Hard again Breakfast Club Warriors The Thing Predator Rambo First Blood Casablanca Dr. Stranglelove |
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Post by Mike Lenin on Apr 15, 2020 8:21:05 GMT -8
I'm watching Community for the first time ever. The boys and I love Abed. Loved the first season of community!! I have like 4 of them on dvd that I'll post up to my website soon. Have had a few Pierce Hawthornes in my classes |
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Post by Mac Murdock on Apr 15, 2020 8:45:21 GMT -8
I'm watching Community for the first time ever. The boys and I love Abed. Loved the first season of community!! I have like 4 of them on dvd that I'll post up to my website soon. Have had a few Pierce Hawthornes in my classes I've been watching a lot of community...Troy ftw |
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Post by bsketchy on Apr 15, 2020 10:05:09 GMT -8
One of my friends is doing "Movies that take place within a single day" Any recommendations? I realize you can play fast with the rules but I was not counting something like "For Love of the Game", which takes place during the course of a baseball game but is primarily flashbacks. I don't know I'd actually recommend that piece of cinematic bait and switch anyway. The movie is tolerable to me because I am a Tigers fan and Kevin Costner's character plays for them in the movie. Other than that, it's a dull romantic drama thinly disguised as a baseball movie. Recommendations I came up with: Ferris Bueller's Day Off It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 12 Angry Men The aforementioned 1917 Superbad (Edit: the final scene takes place the next day. my bad.) does Edge of Tomorrow count? That's basically one day, right? Airplane! (actually watched this one with my son this morning) |
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Post by Mike Lenin on Apr 15, 2020 11:13:01 GMT -8
One of my friends is doing "Movies that take place within a single day" Any recommendations? I realize you can play fast with the rules but I was not counting something like "For Love of the Game", which takes place during the course of a baseball game but is primarily flashbacks. I don't know I'd actually recommend that piece of cinematic bait and switch anyway. The movie is tolerable to me because I am a Tigers fan and Kevin Costner's character plays for them in the movie. Other than that, it's a dull romantic drama thinly disguised as a baseball movie. Recommendations I came up with: Ferris Bueller's Day Off It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 12 Angry Men Clue! |
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