Film Flam

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And for this post, whenever I click on updated topics I'm going to see this trainwreck of a thread.

Is it ruining your life yet? Since this thread started I haven't been able to work, my sweetheart got sick, his friend died, my house lost $115,000 in equity, and my ex is suing me. 

[Nast]

WHENEVER YOU READ THIS THREAD, MILLIONS CHILDREN GET HIT BY A LEUKEMIA-BUS.

[Eater of Clowns]

And for this post, whenever I click on updated topics I'm going to see this trainwreck of a thread.

Is it ruining your life yet? Since this thread started I haven't been able to work, my sweetheart got sick, his friend died, my house lost $115,000 in equity, and my ex is suing me. 

It's true.  My girlfriend and I have been fighting since I posted here, and the fact that I haven't had an erection since that post can only lead me to believe I'm impotent.  Not having pooped since then means I might be constipated as well.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And for this post, whenever I click on updated topics I'm going to see this trainwreck of a thread.

Is it ruining your life yet? Since this thread started I haven't been able to work, my sweetheart got sick, his friend died, my house lost $115,000 in equity, and my ex is suing me. 

It's true.  My girlfriend and I have been fighting since I posted here, and the fact that I haven't had an erection since that post can only lead me to believe I'm impotent.  Not having pooped since then means I might be constipated as well.

Almost certainly!

[Triple Zero]

THIS THREAD CAUSED ME TO LOSE FOLLOWERS. TWEET ME BACK.

[rong]

i always figured requiem for a dream (and spun) were updated versions of reefer madness. i.e. updated government propaganda films. 

that's a conspiracy, right?

lol dick in a light socket.

[Captain Utopia]

i always figured requiem for a dream (and spun) were updated versions of reefer madness. i.e. updated government propaganda films. 

that's a conspiracy, right?

lol dick in a light socket.

I think so. I'd say any coincidence is from lazily using existing cultural drug hysteria for maximum emotional impact.

[Dimocritus]

I hear Daron Aronofsky is doing the new Robo-Cop.

I think that might be kind of cool.

Knowing his track record, I'd have to agree.

Nah, his next movie is an adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, where he drowns them in buckets one by one while reading selected Ann Rand quotes.

God I hate that miserable motherfucker.

The fountain isn't miserable at all. I love that film. Sure the subject matter is death but its actually quite upbeat about it.

I have only seen Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler - if indeed he has created a film without pathologically seeking out and amplifying every emotionally traumatizing moment possible - I still have no motivation to give him another chance.

Umm, can't deal with a little emotion, or do just not like it when a movie makes you notice you have them? He's a great frikkin' director.

Don't try to bait me Dimo, for I am a master baiter, and you'll just end up getting the short end of the stick in any toss up we have. Unless you succeed, and I seem to recall a photo somewhere suggesting that might likely.

Watch those films again, every scene is the most contrived and wrung out after school special melodrama played for maximum impact by someone who just wants to make their audience suffer. There is a certain beauty and craftsmanship to the way he portrays his psychosis, but there is no point to it, no dramatic validation. It's just cynical manipulation of an audience too stupid to realise that just because something makes you feel cold and empty, that doesn't make it art. Fuck him. He's the cinematic equivalent of Coldplay. (based upon the two films of his I've seen)

Oh yeah, here's that photo:

Go watch the fountain and/or Pi. Pi is very similar to Requiem, but without the drugs. See if your opinion changes after that. If not, stay away from movies. They all want to manipulate your emotions. At least Aranofsky, as you put it, does it with a certain "beauty and craftsmanship," which is more than what you can expect from a lot of the other Hollywood drivel.

And here's a photo:

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

you thought the fountain was GOOD?
i thought it was epic lameness and really boring

[Captain Utopia]

Go watch the fountain and/or Pi. Pi is very similar to Requiem, but without the drugs. See if your opinion changes after that. If not, stay away from movies. They all want to manipulate your emotions. At least Aranofsky, as you put it, does it with a certain "beauty and craftsmanship," which is more than what you can expect from a lot of the other Hollywood drivel.

Your challenge Dimo, is to find a form of entertainment which doesn't seek to manipulate emotions.

I don't need a happy ending, but I will object if something is contrived purely to profit from making the audience to feel like shit. I will object if miserable wankers try to browbeat an appreciation of said shit under the masquerade of art.

And here's a photo:

Nicely done.

[Messier Undertree]

It doesn't matter how many years I spend on the internet, pictures of cats will always be funny.

[Triple Zero]

After watching Pi for the third time I decided it was crap.

first I watched it because Aphex Twin and Autechre were on the soundtrack but I'm not sure even one of them was actually featured in the movie, the tracks weren't new, and the rest of the tracks aren't really that brilliant either (except maybe one).

The digits that are supposed to be of Pi in the opening screen are only accurate up to the 14th digit or so, after that it's random numbers (no I didn't notice that either, I read it on IMDB and then checked for myself). The QBLH references are rather shoddy and so was the stuff about chaos theory and the stock market, and at some point he's being scooby chased by rabbis over a 216 (6x6x6! but they dont mention that) digit number and then he trepanizes himself or something, the end.

[Z³]

After watching Pi for the third time I decided it was crap.

first I watched it because Aphex Twin and Autechre were on the soundtrack but I'm not sure even one of them was actually featured in the movie, the tracks weren't new, and the rest of the tracks aren't really that brilliant either (except maybe one).

The digits that are supposed to be of Pi in the opening screen are only accurate up to the 14th digit or so, after that it's random numbers (no I didn't notice that either, I read it on IMDB and then checked for myself). The QBLH references are rather shoddy and so was the stuff about chaos theory and the stock market, and at some point he's being scooby chased by rabbis over a 216 (6x6x6! but they dont mention that) digit number and then he trepanizes himself or something, the end.

pi is like a cross between Eraserhead and Tetsuo:the Ironman. Actually, there seriously are elements of that movie where the Shinya Tsukamoto influence comes on pretty thick, but I like that movie none the less.

[Faust]

Go watch the fountain and/or Pi. Pi is very similar to Requiem, but without the drugs. See if your opinion changes after that. If not, stay away from movies. They all want to manipulate your emotions. At least Aranofsky, as you put it, does it with a certain "beauty and craftsmanship," which is more than what you can expect from a lot of the other Hollywood drivel.

Your challenge Dimo, is to find a form of entertainment which doesn't seek to manipulate emotions.

I don't need a happy ending, but I will object if something is contrived purely to profit from making the audience to feel like shit. I will object if miserable wankers try to browbeat an appreciation of said shit under the masquerade of art.

And here's a photo:

Nicely done.

The aspects of a movie I watch out for are to see if I can spot the intent the director had for a film, how well it was constructed and if the director manages to remove his presence from the film and create a sense of immersions.

RFAD did indeed show the gradual distruction of several peoples lives, but I think you are wrong in assuming the unhappy ending was to evoke upset in the viewer. It was established it wasn't some shitty shock ending (I watched grifters the other week and the ending is at odds with the film).
I didn't get the feel of it as a deliberate attack, it was an expected and elegant cap stone to the rest of the film.
It has far more glaring flaws (specifically in the mothers stream) that you can pick at but the ending kept with the seasonal theme of the film. Of course I am incapable of compassion on most levels or sympathy for the characters and was dissecting the ending while watching it, so maybe I missed it as a assault, labouring to extract some emotion from me.

[Dimocritus]

Your challenge Dimo, is to find a form of entertainment which doesn't seek to manipulate emotions.

Card games. But that's not what this topic is about.

On topic, and a bit repetitive, but has any one here watched Bob Roberts?