Arfguy
Arfguy t1_jdxo3p5 wrote
Californiaaaaaa....CALIFORNIAAAAAAAA!!!
Wait. What am I singing? Counting Crows?
Arfguy t1_jdtikn8 wrote
Reply to comment by CoconutDust in Thoughts on Annihilation? by kczbrekker
I couldn't disagree more.
Arfguy t1_jdtijez wrote
Reply to comment by smalltalkbigwalk in Thoughts on Annihilation? by kczbrekker
LOL...well done on figuring it out. I had to have someone explain it to me. 🤣
Arfguy t1_jdtebbj wrote
Reply to Thoughts on Annihilation? by kczbrekker
When my friend told me that Annihilation was about cancer, a lot of it made sense.
Arfguy t1_jdpfauv wrote
Not a musical fan, but I absolutely love La La Land.
Arfguy t1_jde4kvk wrote
Reply to I recently saw Blade Runner (1982) and really did not get the appeal. Why is this movie so iconic? by Joseph_Santos_Cruzz
I think the look and feel of the movie and the settings is what really drives a lot of the love.
As a narrative, I found it to be really messy and unfocused. I love the look of it and there's definitely a great base to tell a compelling story, but I didn't find it to be at all compelling.
It's like Exodus: Gods and Kings, also by Ridley Scott. I watched that movie and man, is it terrible. Looks absolutely phenomenal, but WTF was the point? I don't fucking know and I don't think even Ridley Scott knew after finishing.
As an aside: I feel like the first season of Battlestar Galactica does a lot of what I think Blade Runner was trying to do.
Arfguy t1_j6lguwm wrote
Reply to comment by PastMiddleAge in The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge
Yeah...looking back on it, Hanks was on a roll. He made some amazing movies in the 90s and had collaborated with Robert Zemeckis a couple of times and I think I just blurred Forrest Gump and Cast Away.
Arfguy t1_j6lgb5f wrote
Reply to comment by PastMiddleAge in The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge
Damn. You're right. It did come out in 2000.
Arfguy t1_j6lfdcs wrote
I love this movie. It's just that good. I actually do consider it extremely underrated. Of all the movies Tom Hanks gets credit for (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, etc), I don't think a lot of people consider this movie to be one of the bests of the 90s.
The 90s produced some of the greatest movies ever made, IMO. No one will ever say that Cast Away is as good as...say Shawshank Redemption. I will. I will say Cast Away is just as good as Shawshank Redemption.
Arfguy t1_j6e59vu wrote
Reply to comment by Blacklax10 in What are some great examples of horror movies hiding things in the background? by chazinabox
True...this one was more subtle than a lot of the others, IMO.
Arfguy t1_j6bb6kc wrote
Reply to comment by MissingLink101 in What are some great examples of horror movies hiding things in the background? by chazinabox
That's the one.
Arfguy t1_j6ba90w wrote
Reply to What are some great examples of horror movies hiding things in the background? by chazinabox
There was a scene in Andy Muschetti's IT Chapter One where Ben is in the library and Pennywise is clearly watching him, but the presence of Pennywise is so subtle, I think a lot of viewers missed it.
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Reply to So I watched my first ever Tarantino movie: Inglourious Basterds. It's one glorious bastard. by Comic_Book_Reader
I mostly don't care for Tarantino movies, but I love this movie.
It is one glorious basterd!
Arfguy t1_j6age6v wrote
Reply to What’s your favourite film that you’ve literally only ever seen once or twice? by BeneficialPraline801
Most of the movies I've really loved, I've seen at least 5 times.
I'll go with: L'Our AKA The Bear (1988). Haven't been able to find a good copy anywhere.
Arfguy t1_j61vgcs wrote
Reply to Science movies have gotten stale, nothing but tortured lone geniuses. The 90's was where an unreasonably hot scientist has a personal subplot while their main problem is doing the actual science thing, those were way more fun! by FranticPonE
The Fantastic Four are nothing but hot scientists doing cool shit. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer would have words with thee.
Arfguy t1_iy773dl wrote
Transformers by Michael Bay. From "Arrival to Earth", to "No Sacrifice, No Victory" to "The All-Spark" there are so many classic tracks, that the movie went from a pretty cool sci-fi action movie to one of the most enjoyable movie going experiences ever.
EDIT: forgot to credit Steve Jablonsky...the genius behind Sentinel Prime from Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Arfguy t1_iy75uop wrote
F4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Arfguy t1_iy6by5z wrote
Reply to What's your favorite example of an actor who completely disappeared in their character with the least amount of makeup or visual effects? by mikebalsaricci
A friend once told me that Leo won for The Revenant, but should have won for Calvin Candy in Django Unchained. I never thought I wanted to see Leo die a horrible, horrible death until his portrayal.
I am personally very used to Ryan Gosling as the cool guy, but Gosling does goofy and fidgety pretty well in roles like La La Land & The Nice Guys.
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Reply to How accurate was The Social Network by dothingsunevercould
I personally look at it as pure fiction. I can't say what I felt at the time, but speaking in the here and now: it does not inform my opinions on Zuckerberg.
The movie is a masterpiece, IMO. The pacing is absolutely breakneck and impeccable, the acting is downright fantastic, the music is just immensely intoxicating and the story is captivating and compelling.
If I had to pick a movie that I deem to be perfect, it would be The Social Network. I just wouldn't consider it to be an accurate telling of the real-life events. While I am certain some, if not a lot, of what happened in the movie may have happened in real life, I would rather watch a documentary for the most accurate accounts of real-life events. Everything else...is dramatization for maximum engagement.