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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: Atiba Applebum on April 05, 2024, 06:40:51 PM
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The other thread is pretty broad, so I wanted to make a thread for all the new releases (and hopefully encourage people to go to theaters). I think I’ll also try posting the notable releases coming out each month
4/5
Monkey Man
First Omen
4/12
Civil War
4/19
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (dir. Guy Ritchie)
Abigail
Sasquatch Sunset
4/26
Challengers
Boy Kills World
Humane (dir David Cronenberg’s daughter)
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Saw Monkey Man (Dev Patel’s directorial debut), which has been touted as “John Wick in Mumbai”. Thought it was great and fairly subdued stylistically so the John Wick thing didn’t really land with me, but I kinda liked how it was doing its own thing and not trying to call attention to itself with flashiness. Also, loved the anti-Modi message
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Femme is worth your time.
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Anyone see Late Night with the Devil yet? Hope to see it soon
Also, go see Dune 2 while you still can
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I too am looking forward to Civil War
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Anyone see Late Night with the Devil yet? Hope to see it soon
Also, go see Dune 2 while you still can
Agreed on Dune 2
I’m not a big horror guy so I’m waiting til it’s on Shudder in a few weeks. I’ll give horro a try if the word of mouth is significant enough like Talk to Me.
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Anyone see Late Night with the Devil yet? Hope to see it soon
Also, go see Dune 2 while you still can
Late Night was great, last 10 minutes: “What the shit?!?”
In a Violent Nature looks good; A24 Friday the 13th
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Wow!! Dune 2 was out of this world. Could not recommend this enough. Even if you weren’t feeling part 1, part 2 is outstanding.
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Wow!! Dune 2 was out of this world. Could not recommend this enough. Even if you weren’t feeling part 1, part 2 is outstanding.
I’ve heard the opposite, most recently from my friend yestersay when we went to see it, but for me I had exactly the same feeling at the end of the second as I did for the first ”I wish I could continue watching the next one right now” :D
I can see that some aspects of the plot might not appeal to everyone but I guess that comes from the source material. To me the audio/visuals are exquisite and there’s something appealing/intriguing about how absolute (for lack of a better word?) the characters lives are. Like almost makes me want to get back into the military… :o
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It's funny, because I have heard multiple people say that, while they know Dune 2 is objectively a better film, they still prefer the first one.
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It's funny, because I have heard multiple people say that, while they know Dune 2 is objectively a better film, they still prefer the first one.
It's like some preferring Fellowship of the Ring where others like Return of the King more. The world building and first introduction to everything can just hit the spot
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It's funny, because I have heard multiple people say that, while they know Dune 2 is objectively a better film, they still prefer the first one.
It's like some preferring Fellowship of the Ring where others like Return of the King more. The world building and first introduction to everything can just hit the spot
Yup. And this is Act 2 (seemingly) so it’s without a final resolution. Dune 2 felt like it needed like 15-20 min more
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Civil War was good! Will leave it at that to not color opinions bc I know people will see it regardless
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It's funny, because I have heard multiple people say that, while they know Dune 2 is objectively a better film, they still prefer the first one.
It's like some preferring Fellowship of the Ring where others like Return of the King more. The world building and first introduction to everything can just hit the spot
Yup. And this is Act 2 (seemingly) so it’s without a final resolution. Dune 2 felt like it needed like 15-20 min more
Totally would've enjoyed another hour even haha. But yeah the 3rd film is actually a new separate book Dune The Messiah so it's likely going to pick up pretty far down the future. I haven't read the book but supposedly there's a huge holy war but the book doesn't go into detail much it more so just acknowledges it happened and then carries forward from there. Hoping Denis gives us some sick in-space battle scenes at least to start the next one.
Glad to hear some praise on Civil War too, a friend really wants to see it so I'll probably join next week
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Let me tell ya, I fucking loved Challengers. Very much not “Devils Threeway: The Film”. More Bull Durhamy than some seamy gen y sex movie like it’s being marketed
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civil war was underwhelming and kinda sucked
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civil war was underwhelming and kinda sucked
Not enough men getting hit in the groin by a football?
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civil war was underwhelming and kinda sucked
Not enough men getting hit in the groin by a football?
i may be braindead so im not entirely sure what you're referencing... but yes, more dudes getting nut-shotted by a couple sports balls would've definitely made it more entertaining
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civil war was underwhelming and kinda sucked
Not enough men getting hit in the groin by a football?
The Simpsons
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Civil War was good! Will leave it at that to not color opinions bc I know people will see it regardless
Excited to see it this weekend!
Release times might be slightly different because i’m in Australia but there is so much good stuff to see atm. Watched The Holdovers, Poor Things, All Us Strangers, Late Night with the Devil, Dune 2 and Anatomy of a Fall all back-to-back weekends.
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Boy Kills World is violent and funny, but in retrospect, probably would have been fine seeing it at home later on
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - interesting enough, but like a lot of non-gangster Guy Ritchie, feels like it’s missing some oomph
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civil war was totally dumb, but i enjoyed it. needed like 20 more minutes of the jesse plemmons character.
late night with the devil sucked, can’t believe the hype that one got
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civil war was totally dumb, but i enjoyed it. needed like 20 more minutes of the jesse plemmons character.
late night with the devil sucked, can’t believe the hype that one got
I need 20 more minutes of Cailee Spaeny in those jeans
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civil war was totally dumb, but i enjoyed it. needed like 20 more minutes of the jesse plemmons character.
late night with the devil sucked, can’t believe the hype that one got
i mean yeah, obviously
i didn’t include it as to not sound crass but that was the highlight for me
omw to go watch priscilla brb
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civil war was totally dumb, but i enjoyed it. needed like 20 more minutes of the jesse plemmons character.
late night with the devil sucked, can’t believe the hype that one got
Agreed on Late Night with the Devil. Did a couple of fast forwards to see when the point was coming
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Maybe Civil War was an expectations issue for some, but I saw it as Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse now type of film and it worked for me
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anyone else see The Beast? Stars Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, directed by Bertrand Bonello who I don't know at all. One of the most interesting movie experiences I've had in a long while. Just a bizarre mind melter with incredible suspense building moments and ultimately left me wondering what the fuck to really think about it. Overall I loved the experience and if you like weird stuff almost teetering into Mulholand Drive kinda storytelling, I'd highly recommend it and definitely go in blind. Reading any plot description will set the wrong idea so skip that. Lea Seydoux is reason enough to go.
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anyone else see The Beast? Stars Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, directed by Bertrand Bonello who I don't know at all. One of the most interesting movie experiences I've had in a long while. Just a bizarre mind melter with incredible suspense building moments and ultimately left me wondering what the fuck to really think about it. Overall I loved the experience and if you like weird stuff almost teetering into Mulholand Drive kinda storytelling, I'd highly recommend it and definitely go in blind. Reading any plot description will set the wrong idea so skip that. Lea Seydoux is reason enough to go.
Haven’t seen it listed at my movie theater, but I’ll check it out when it does. Are you based in the US?
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anyone else see The Beast? Stars Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, directed by Bertrand Bonello who I don't know at all. One of the most interesting movie experiences I've had in a long while. Just a bizarre mind melter with incredible suspense building moments and ultimately left me wondering what the fuck to really think about it. Overall I loved the experience and if you like weird stuff almost teetering into Mulholand Drive kinda storytelling, I'd highly recommend it and definitely go in blind. Reading any plot description will set the wrong idea so skip that. Lea Seydoux is reason enough to go.
Haven’t seen it listed at my movie theater, but I’ll check it out when it does. Are you based in the US?
Yeah it just happened to show up at a little independent theater by me. Hopefully it gets a wider release soon too
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civil war was underwhelming and kinda sucked
Saw Civil War last night and thought it was awesome. Not getting what everyone’s criticism of it is.
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MAY CALENDAR
5/3
Fall Guy
I Saw the TV Glow (LA/NY)
5/10
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
5/17
Back to Black
If
The Strangers Chapter 1
I Saw the TV Glow (wide)
5/24
Mad Max: Furiosa
Garfield
5/31
Robot Dreams
In A Violent Nature
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Fall Guy was like a classic 90s/00s action movie with stars. Fun story, real stunts, good actors, fate world not at stake
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Furiosa was great. More of a narrative than Fury Road but still a great time. I rewatched Fury Road before and Idont think it’d hurt to do it if you don’t remember some of the specifics in that
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Money is tight but I do want to see "Furiosa"