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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

well I'll always give Ridley a shot
 
Good director but do we need another Biblical epic...?


For better or worse, the bible is the daddyo of nearly all subsequent Western storytelling. If the movie somehow can reflect that, only with a personal and enticing take on it, then why not?
Ridley Scott has made a lot of great movies - granted some more successful than others, but even when he's way off base (Robin Hood and 1992: Conquest Of Paradise instantly spring to mind), he's still interesting and highly capable in the ever illusive art of 'suspense'. I do not remember ever having seen a truly bad Ridley Scott flick.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jim Garten Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2014 at 09:47
If you look back at the 1950s/1960s, the Bible was a rich source of material for film adaptations, resulting in some of Hollywood's classic movies & eventually in Python's iconic p*** take of the whole genre.

If modern directors can follow in this tradition, then fair play to them, but they have to tread the fine line between the technicolor over-clean look of old-school Hollywood epics whose set-pieces took grandeur to a new level & the modern penchant for gritty realism which seem incomplete without a graphic battle scene.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dean Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2014 at 10:33
Ermm if you've ever seen the 192? version of Noah's Ark ... it was all a bit too realistic back then. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Toaster Mantis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2014 at 13:58
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

So do you feel the need to have seen the bulk of a filmmaker's work before analyzing a particular film?



Not quite, but I often like to "go through" a specific filmmaker's work in order to have some kind of context to place each film in as well as familiarize myself with their signature style or where their specific set of thematic concerns come from and evolve over their career. Well, mostly if it's with directors who have a very recognizeable way of filmmaking.
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On the subject of Darren Aronofsky's movie about Noah, which I haven't seen, I wonder how much of the things that come across as strange to viewers with a Christian cultural backgrounds are the result of Aronofsky's perspective being informed by Jewish esotericism. Some of those apocryphal Hebrew religious texts can get pretty damn strange especially if you're a goy. Wasn't that the main subject matter of Pi?
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Finally watched One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.  Great, though sad, film.  Found the climax rather contrived, though.  Don't know if that was dictated by the way the book was originally written.  But a guy resourceful enough to figure out how to escape suddenly deciding to give a big party to the other inmates and thus botching his own plan came across as far fetched to me.  Other than that, thought it was exceedingly well made.
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Firestorm  (2013)

Well-shot but draggy Hong Kong action about criminals and cops shooting up the streets.   Written & directed by Alan Yuen
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Light comedy from Woody Allen shot in London as an aging millionaire and failing writer try to survive their own separate but intersecting crises.   Familiar but satisfying with a good British/American cast (including Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin) who seem to relish performing even garden-variety work by the legendary filmmaker.   Nothing remarkable but not Allen's worst.
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The Calling

Fargo-like Canadian Gothic has Susan Sarandon an alcoholic small town sheriff tasked by a bizarre Biblically themed serial killer.   Often too reminiscent of a Cohen Bros. story but missing the subtleties and complexities they bring.   The film does eventually come together, though, and takes its own shape as a decent murder mystery.




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Flowers Of War

Set during the occupation by the Japanese of Nanking in 1937, Christian Bale plays an alcoholic chancer forced by circumstance then his concience to help a group of convent school students. Apparently based on true events, it's an overlooked, very well made film.

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Not as good as the first one but still way better than the second, which I don't remember a second of. The time travel fish out of water stuff is handled a lot better than I had expected, mostly because how good Josh Brolin is as a younger incarnation of Tommy Lee Jones' character.
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Deliver Us from Evil

B-list horror/mystery very loosely "based on actual accounts" of a NYC cop who investigated a string of what appear to have been ritual killings and demonic possessions.   Uninspired and fairly crappy.

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Sounds like it might have been inspired by the Son of Sam case. Theories persist in that case that the culprit David Berkowitz had accomplices, or involved in a larger conspiracy but the evidence for that is inconclusive. (can't find the article about them right now)
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^ maybe in part, but it's from the memoirs of Ralph Sarchie (Beware the Night)

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M (1931).

Now that is a film with true intelligence value to it. With a solid story like that Fritz Lang could really give many legendary directors a run for their money. A guy kills children, and now the cops and  the criminals are after him. The film revolves mostly around human motives. Nearly every second of it is engaging. See it for yourself.


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Anything Else

In a reinterpretation of past work, Woody Allen samples Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, et al., and casts Jason Biggs as his young alter ego hopelessly in love with a troubled woman.   Though far from his freshest offering, the movie is filled with classic Woody and is surprisingly buoyant and entertaining.

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Carnival of Souls (1962)

Although the ending was quite predictable, the movie itself is very stylish, both visually and sound-wise. Highly recommended for any fans of suspense or classic horror.

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

M (1931).

Now that is a film with true intelligence value to it. With a solid story like that Fritz Lang could really give many legendary directors a run for their money. A guy kills children, and now the cops and  the criminals are after him. The film revolves mostly around human motives. Nearly every second of it is engaging. See it for yourself.

And also it stars Peter Lorre, my all-time favourite actor Wink
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dayvenkirq Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2014 at 02:11
^ Yeah, I remember you doing a poll on his work.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2014 at 10:13
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Sounds like it might have been inspired by the Son of Sam case. Theories persist in that case that the culprit David Berkowitz had accomplices, or involved in a larger conspiracy but the evidence for that is inconclusive. (can't find the article about them right now)
 
I remember reading several pieces on that case years ago and several people tried to make a connection to a weird cult called the 'Process Church' that even had a connection (I think..) to Charles Manson.
This article doesn't mention Son of Sam though.
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love Lorre, just watched him in the Big Sleep Maltese Falcon






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