The Movie Thread

[Iceni]

I've read the political motives' date=' but still, has this been the way to show it that your country is fucked by the government? I think their are other ways around, so it really don't justify the stuff you see imo .[/quote'] And this is why, ladies and gentlemen, when you want to know about the state of affairs in a country, you ask a political scientist (for example, somebody majoring in international politics with a concentration in foreign policy and policy processes ) and not an artist.

[Natassja]

What is A Serbian Film about?

[Frostaudn]

And this is why' date=' ladies and gentlemen, when you want to know about the state of affairs in a country, you ask a political scientist (for example, somebody majoring in international politics with a concentration in foreign policy and policy processes ) and not an artist.[/quote'] I'm so glad we have you here...

[True Belief]

The Movie Thread

What is A Serbian Film about?

It's about a retired pornstar who gets tricked into making a movie he thinks is legit but it ends up involving necrophilia and and worse acts. Very graphic and highly offensive. Check it out at IMDB. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[True Belief]

The Movie Thread On a brighter note..... Watched "Birdman" on the plane a little while back. Loved it. Kinda had a Black Swan vibe going on.... Performances were great. Highly recommend it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Natassja]

On a brighter note..... Watched "Birdman" on the plane a little while back. Loved it. Kinda had a Black Swan vibe going on.... Performances were great. Highly recommend it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haha! I watched Birdman the other night and though the exact same thing, it does feel like Black Swan doesn't it! It's not the same director though I don't think..really clever film..nice ending

[FatherAlabaster]

I'd be interested in watching Birdman. I've heard good things from everyone. I know I've said it before, but I just can't handle the brutal horror films. Campy gore and some classic horror, or thrillers like Hitchcock, I'm ok with. Absolutely can't watch stuff that revels in torture, murder, and especially rape. I walked in on a friend watching a scene from Hostel about seven years ago, and I can still hear the girl screaming. Ugh. No thanks.

[Natassja]

Yeh Birdman is good. I didn't like the Hostel films, I felt so sorry for the girl and her eye. Some scenes just stay with you like in Martyrs with the woman in the bath with the helmet, awful.

[Iceni]

Absolutely can't watch stuff that revels in torture' date=' murder, and especially rape.[/quote'] I'm the same way about the latter in particular. I'm definitely squeamish about gore, my dad's just bored by it. It's cruelty that really gets under his skin.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I loathe the excessive gore and torture for torture's sake seen in modern horror films. Well executed horror is an artform. Films like Saw however are just an excuse for directors to act out their perverted fantasies.

[Iceni]

I loathe the excessive gore and torture for torture's sake seen in modern horror films. Well executed horror is an artform. Films like Saw however are just an excuse for directors to act out their perverted fantasies.

People have called it juvenile and I think they might be right, though not quite in the condemnatory disdainful context in which the word is typically employed. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the folks are at heart just thinking about how the human body can be destroyed and enjoying the mess, rather than specifically getting off on it. That's not going to stop me from disliking it (and decrying films that celebrate sadism, which would actually be bad), but I'm not quite in a rush to indict them for a moral evil. I don't know, I could well be wrong.

[RelentlessOblivion]

There's plenty of truly horrific moments throughout The Silence Of The Lambs and Red Dragon as well but in that context there's space between the brutality of each killing filled with drama, tension, and the terrifying Anthony Hopkins.

[Natassja]

I love Manhunter, though Red Dragon was a good re-make, great book. Silence of the Lambs is a great film.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Such great books and one of the rare occassions in which the film is faithful to it's source material and encompasses the atmosphere of those books perfectly. Hopkins seemed to play Lecter a little too naturally don't you think...

[Natassja]

Haha yeh Hopkins is a wonderful actor.."Ready when you are Sgt. Pembury":) It's a hard choice for me between Cox and Hopkins as Hannibal, as I really love Brian Cox but Hopkins captured the role magnificently. The ending of Silence of the Lambs is brilliant too

[FatherAlabaster]

He had the same vibe going near the end of "Titus", when he was preparing to feed Tamora the meat pie he made from her sons' bodies. Creepy yet hilarious. That's still one of my favorite movies ever, highly recommended if you like Shakespeare.

[Natassja]

I haven't seen Titus yet though read good things. Must get round to it.. I recently watched Eyes Wide Shut again, I really like this film although it got some crap thrown at it. I find it fascinating...

[RelentlessOblivion]

Haha yeh Hopkins is a wonderful actor.."Ready when you are Sgt. Pembury":) It's a hard choice for me between Cox and Hopkins as Hannibal, as I really love Brian Cox but Hopkins captured the role magnificently. The ending of Silence of the Lambs is brilliant too

'A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver...with some fava beans and a nice chianti'

[BlutAusNerd]

I haven't seen Titus yet though read good things. Must get round to it.. I recently watched Eyes Wide Shut again, I really like this film although it got some crap thrown at it. I find it fascinating...

Stanley Kubrick was one of the directors of all time, you'll hear no complaints from me.

[Natassja]

Stanley Kubrick was one of the directors of all time' date=' you'll hear no complaints from me.[/quote'] I know.. there's just something about his films. He was awesome.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yes Hopkins is at his terrific and terrifying best in Titus. Truly a man born to the role of intelligent psychopath.

[Iceni]

I liked Mark Strong in Sherlock Holmes as the cult leader, but I think he outplayed the role. It was a bit like how Werner Herzog played a crime lord in Jack Reacher and generally gave the impression that he should have been playing someone who posed a much bigger threat - either a more powerful mob boss, or just Emperor Palpatine, whichever.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I suppose with some actors their presence alone is enough to create this notion that their role, particularly if it is a minor or cameo, should be greater. Still others come with the preconcieved notion that they are a villain and so being cast in any other role, particularly one which is more family oriented, never feels right. Anthony Hopkins is a prime example: Once you've seen him in Titus, Silence Of The Lambs, and films of that ilk it is extremely difficult to accept him playing the chief protagonist in something like The World's Fastest Indian. Jack Nicholson had/has the same problem actually he can really only play batshit crazy.

[Natassja]

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.." Robert DeNiro is a brilliant actor. I love him in Cape Fear 1991 and he is so funny in Meet the Parents, I love that film it's great! Goodfellas is an awesome film too. I don't think I have seen DeNiro in anything bad to be honest.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Now that I think about it Al Pacino and Robert Downey Jnr seem to only play the same roles over and over again as well: Pacino the violent gangster and Downey the arrogant, self-indulgent, morally bankrupt type.