MovieChat Forums > tph890 > Replies
tph890's Replies
Have you ever seen him live? Sometimes the energy in the room is part of the appeal.
That’s cool! As valid a theory as any.
I always thought of The Thing as some kind of super-intelligent massive organism with the ability to divide itself into multiple parts but with a hive mind, and The Thing that lands on Earth is just a piece of the original host organism, like a scout of sorts.
I always assumed it was Midori.
Such an awful tasting liquor straight up, but I guess it was considered high class at the time and a proper send off.
If you want to watch a great dream movie, check out “Mulholland Drive” by David Lynch. And if you like that, go ahead and check out “Lost Highway”.
Wes Craven created an awesome dream atmosphere in his “Nightmare on Elm Street” as well.
Those suggestions aside, I really enjoy Inception, but it is more of a caper film than a dream film. The story was definitely inspired by the experience of ‘lucid dreaming’, but this doesn’t really qualify as a “dream movie”, per se. The dreams are just a plot device, and the story is more fantasy than an attempt at recreating actual dreams.
It worked for me, too. And your post title is an incredibly accurate description for the film.
I was pleasantly surprised by the ride. The filmmakers found a decent balance between the bleak and the absurd. The meta level actually made it easier to digest, in my opinion, though I didn’t expect the story to go that route.
All in all, it was a very good dark comedy.
The first film is definitely special and worth a watch, in my humble opinion. I really enjoy both films and would love to see how the trilogy ends.
Yes.
Everything does have to be a metaphor.
Even your post is a metaphor.
And so is mine.
Great post!
That scene has always stuck with me too. The atmosphere of the dingy theater, the hopefulness and awe in Willis’ character, Stowe’s reassurances, all of the elements of that scene create such a haunting vibe. And it leaves the viewer with a nice bit of philosophy, something for the brain to chew on.
I think that this version of Satan is a serious prick who hates humanity, so it makes sense that he/it would jubilantly denigrate any positive aspects of the human experience.
He is just evil, and whatnot, and he hates love because love is indeed a great thing.
His crime was more than just killing his wife. He was also an alcoholic, probably psychologically abusive, who neglected his mentally unstable wife. In Andrew’s mind, this was an unforgivable lapse which resulted in the deaths of his children. He blames himself for all of it because in retrospect he believes that he could have prevented it, and this is what splits his psyche in two: the good man searching for justice, and the monster who destroys lives.
This is an awesome thought experiment, but please take pity on my choices—this is a very impulsive list:
Al Pacino - Matt Damon
Robert De Niro - Ben Affleck
Val Kilmer - Shia LaBeouf
John Voight - Christian Bale
Tom Sizemore - Ethan Suplee
Danny Trejo - Michael Pena
Diane Venora (Pacino’s wife) - Eva Mendez
Amy Brenneman (DeNiro’s woman) - Vera Farmiga
Ashley Judd - Elizabeth Olsen
Ted Levine - Michael Shannon
William Fichtner - David Harbour
Natalie Portman - Isabela Merced
Waingro - Paul Dano
I don’t know who could direct it properly, but this is a cast I wouldn’t mind watching.
I caught it at the end of the second season, got hooked, and am currently enthralled by the third season. I have also recommended it to friends. Loving it, and hopefully it’s fanbase will grow even more in time.
Yeah, barely haha
For me, she will always be Patrick Bateman’s secretary (who is in love with him).
Agreed. The score is iconic.
On the contrary, his brain was the most prominent aspect of his performance.
That’s a cool interpretation.
I also enjoy this movie, but it is very flawed.
The pacing is odd.
Not enough character development.
A plot only cohesive to an end vision rather than realistic human behavior (means to an end).
But there are a lot of philosophical nuggets in there.
The score provides a wonderful atmosphere, and makes this one of the great ‘background noise’ movies out there, but also it doesn’t hurt to watch it, which is cool.
Not a fan of the CGI xenomorph, but that can be overlooked if one uses their imagination. Some shots of the xenomorph were pretty awesome, but I definitely prefer the practical version of the originals.
Basically it’s pretty good, but as a viewer you have to bring a lot of your own desire and knowledge to the table in order to enjoy it.
I give it a 6.5 out of 10.
This line comes back to me any time I am experiencing a particularly unpleasant bowel movement. Because, yes, I wish there was some asshole out there who could just wipe my ass for me. But then again, of course I wouldn’t actually want that, because my asshole is my business, and I am not nearly as entitled as mr. Costello.
So basically it’s just an insult based in anger and frustration at constantly being hounded by people Costello sees as ‘beneath’ him. Pun somewhat intended.
Both.
By the end of the film it is revealed that, through contact and communication with the aliens, the protagonist (Amy Adams) has gained a new perspective of time, that her consciousness has actually been altered, and the film is told in the same fashion. We, the audience, jump through time the same way she does, forwards and back, at times knowing and not knowing what is to come. Or maybe I should say it’s the narrative that jumps, and we are tagging along for the ride.
This is a film that rewards every rewatch.