Board 8 > B8 Movie Club Topic 1 - subtitle

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Finally finished In Bruge and Thoroughbreds!

In Bruge: 8/10

I'm not super thoughtful and deep/have a hard time finding the theme and symbolism so have no idea how people got to the heaven/hell aspect. But that's something I'm used to. Overall I enjoyed it. Seeing Ray feel bad and how sad he was made me do a 180 on how I felt about him. Ken was great, I loved him. The movie got 10x better when Harry came into the picture. Him and Ken talking at the table and at the bell tower was definitely my favorite part(s)

Thoroughbreds 9/10

The camera work was amazing. I loved all the close up and plain shots that the movie had. It worked so well. The music accompanying it did an amazing job setting the atmosphere. All of the actors did phenomenal with their more emotionless/straight faced shots. Anton Yelchin was superb, and it makes me sad that this is his final film. Also, again I like the idea where there is no real comeuppance for the main character. Though I never quite understood why she wanted to kill Mark.

I'm planning to watch Lost in Translation tonight or tomorrow, but you know how that goes.

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ViolentAbacus posted...

how people got to the heaven/hell aspect

there's a scene where they're looking at a painting and talk about Purgatory as well as other religious references and then you can look at the attitude of the two main characters towards the city for the heaven/hell aspect

Lost in Translation

what's that opening shot about?

i have this marked as last watched in 2010 and yeah it's kind of hard to say things about it. i recall when i first watched it, it left me a little confused (still liked it) and i think a part of me put off rewatching this for a while because i was hoping for this grand revelation the next time i did. well that didn't really happen but there's kind of a personal shame the film evokes in me hence the difficulty.

But the city still comes out looking amazing, it still has one of my favorite usages of music with My Bloody Valentine, and that initial commercial filming scene with the interpreter is great. as someone whose first exposure to Bill Murray was OSMOSIS JONES i can see the subtle aspects of his performance this time around and it's great. Scarlett Johansson is good too. kind of mindblowing she was 17 when she shot this.

one "new" thing this time was honestly was how distracted i got by how much of the l/r thing kept being brought up

i had it at an 8 and that's going to stay. probably a lighter 8 though.

hello @jcgamer107 it is your turn to recommend this week.

kateee posted...

what's that opening shot about?

I read it's some kind of critique on the male gaze.

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Posting to remind myself to watch it soon.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

I read it's some kind of critique on the male gaze.

i searched up some takes on it and i can see it i guess

also read another take on it with underwear analysis where it reflects her emotional/physical state

so in the ending where Bob whispers something to Charlotte, i read that there later emerged a clip with the audio turned up just enough to make out what he is actually saying to her. the funny thing is that even in this instance where it's phrased like "WHAT HE SAID FINALLY REVEALED" there's like THREE different takes on what he said because it's not perfectly clear lol

but yeah i do agree with other takes that it's kind of missing the point to try to figure out what he said

as stated beforeeeee

kateee posted...

Tentative deadlines going forward:

Nominate movies (if your turn that week) By: Thursday of that week, 8:00 P.M. EST/5:00 P.M. PST
Vote By: Friday of that week, 8:00 P.M. EST/5:00 P.M. PST

I will typically send a reminder to whoever's turn it is that week on Wednesday but you can also check the order in the spreadsheet (second sheet).

So if JC doesn't make it, how does it work?

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hey @Aecioo can you clarify which movies you've seen for the 50% requirement if you're still interested in recommending a movie? you might have to rec a week early if jc doesn't make it

if requirements not met, not interested, or no response then it just goes to next person which is @ViolentAbacus

so yeh all i can say is BE PREPAREDDDDDD

prepared for what
the death of the king
why is he sick
no fool we're going to kill him

Probably goes to ViolentAbacus next.

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Well, I am definitely prepared!

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Yeah I've fallen off this topic so I respectfully skip my turn until I can catch back up. I just don't have the time right now and I'm currently watching other stuff first before I get to this topic. I'll try and get there eventually, just a lot of stuff has been chosen that I've already seen and I'm choosing to see stuff I haven't over rewatching stuff

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Also now that I said that I realize the hypocrisy in that I was going to veer hard and choose comedies that I love but haven't rewatched in awhile >.>

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rewatching it isn't a requirement if you've already seen it before.

if you do want to hold off, i can move you to the bottom of the first rotation so we don't have to check in every week and other people can prepare beforehand.

otherwise i would have just moved you to the bottom of the list.

OK:

Five Easy Pieces
45 Years
Midsommar (Director's Cut)
Amadeus
The Graduate

Also I will watch & rate Lost in Translation soon, to keep my % up

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Vote for any and all movies you would be interested in seeing for the next week (~Feb. 5th, NA). The movie with the most overall votes wins. You may rank your votes from most preferred to least (do not rank movies you would not vote for) so I don't have to @ you back in case of a tie. If you do not intend to vote and are fine with whatever wins, please reply with "No Vote" so there is as little of a waiting period as possible. If you list multiple movies in your vote but you are not ranking them, please include "Not Ranked" along with your vote (I will assume they are ranked otherwise). Please vote by Friday, Feb. 5th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST

Five Easy Pieces (1970)
45 Years (2015)
Midsommar [Director's Cut] (2019)
Amadeus (1984)
The Graduate (1967)

@Aecioo
@Camden
@ChichiriMuyo
@CoolCly
@iiicon
@Johnbobb
@Raka_Putra
@Seginustemple
@Snake5555555555
@Suprak_the_Stud

@SwiftyDC
@tyder21
@ViolentAbacus
@Xeybozn

Five Easy Pieces
Midsommar (Director's Cut)
45 Years
Amadeus

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@Mythiot

i took you off the list for now because you haven't been responding. speak now or forever hold your peace!!!11

Oh and this is the tiebreak system now if still tied after rankings:

1. Any unranked (specifically stated) votes will have rankings applied if it will break the tie.
2. If that is not possible or it is still tied after that, nominator will have the tiebreak vote.

I think the Graduate is the only one available for streaming so put me down as a yes for that one and a no for the others.

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did kanopy not end up working for you?

Oh I forgot kanopy!

If any of those are on kanopy you can add them to my list as well.

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45 Years is on Amazon Prime, and I thought the Midsommar director's cut was as well but I could be wrong

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Kanopy has Midsommar, but not the director's cut version (which doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere).
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I spose Midommar

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Hey, some older movies this week. I've been debating using my week to only nominate movies pre-1980, though I'm not sure how well that would work out. I feel like that's going to put people like Suprak out in the cold as there's going to be far few streaming options amongst the older movies.

45 Years
Five Easy Pieces
Amadeus
The Graduate

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It's totally fine. I plan on nominating nothing but films on Netflix or Hulu when it is my turn, which I'm sure will be less than ideal for some people. Just the nature of these sorts of things and I wouldn't want people catering their choices towards me!

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The Graduate
Five Easy Pieces

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Five Easy Pieces

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45 Years
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amazon prime does have two versions of Midsommar but one is the 4K UHD version. they're both the same length.

i would argue that it's better to watch the theatrical cut rather than no version at all. But I will mark it differently depending on which version you watch because it was specified in this case if it wins.

and yeah if you want to use your week to nominate Kung Fu Panda 1/2/3 or Paranormal Activity 1/2/3/4 be my guest

just know that there's a chance people might choose to take that week off lol

i can't speak for anyone else but i will personally attempt to watch everything that wins except gross-out shit like Human Centipede

Yeah my thinking was that most people have seen the theatrical version, and the director's cut really changes the way you look at some things I think

Xeybozn posted...

Kanopy has Midsommar, but not the director's cut version (which doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere).

It's maybe on Apple TV, I'm reading mixed reports lol

kateee posted...

i haven't seen anything he's in

I just realized this means that you haven't seen Hereditary, which I recommend fixing


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i don't mean to imply Kung Fu Panda is bad btw

it's just the one that came to mind lol

yeah i rarely watch horror stuff so it wasn't on my radar

kateee posted...

i love going in with those kinds of expectations and then finding out i was completely wrong. wish i could remember which movies i had that for because i've definitely had that in the past

oh i fucking thought of one.

i thought Eraserhead was about a serial killer for the longest time

I'm going to get around to Lost in Translation yet. I thought for sure that once I was done watching Alice in Borderland last week I'd have plenty of time to watch the next movie without a television series taking up the majority of my desired screen-staring time, but I've now fallen down a Taskmaster hole and that thing is apparently on season 11 or something.

kateee posted...

i can't speak for anyone else but i will personally attempt to watch everything that wins except gross-out shit like Human Centipede

The only things off the top of my head I would probably pass on even though I haven't seen would be things like A Serbian Film or Salo.

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Camden posted...

A Serbian Film or Salo

I've seen Human Centipede but I would probably draw the line there yeah

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I would watch literally anything. You want to nominate Salo, Guinea Pig films, or August Underground, be my guest!

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Though I guess that means new French extremity films like Martyrs, Frontier(s) or Inside would be out then :(

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kateee posted...

i don't mean to imply Kung Fu Panda is bad btw

it's just the one that came to mind lol

damn right

3 is kind of bad but 1 is incredible and 2 is pretty good

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i didn't finish Martyrs actually

like the stuff that happened wasn't the entire reason, but it was a part of it. it was mostly because i got tired of it though and my mood at the time

i don't really remember Kung Fu Panda 2 even though i have it marked as watched. 1 was fine though yeah

another movie i was completely off about because i had only seen the title and one image - We Need to Talk About Kevin

I love how Kung Fu Panda is part of the conversation at the same time as the rest of these movies.

None of the movies mentioned are things I'd pass on for not wanting to see the content. Parents letting me watch horror movies from as young as I can remember to over two decades of mostly the worst the internet has to offer has pretty much desensitized me to just about everything, so there's no shock or curiosity towards what these movies can do or get away with now. And after you take that away I struggle to find a reason to want to watch them as I don't think I'd enjoy them through any other lens.

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I relented and Googled this a couple of this week's titles to see what I want to vote for.

45 Years (2015)
The Graduate (1967)
Midsommar [Director's Cut] (2019)

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Camden posted...

I love how Kung Fu Panda is part of the conversation at the same time as the rest of these movies.

None of the movies mentioned are things I'd pass on for not wanting to see the content. Parents letting me watch horror movies from as young as I can remember to over two decades of mostly the worst the internet has to offer has pretty much desensitized me to just about everything, so there's no shock or curiosity towards what these movies can do or get away with now. And after you take that away I struggle to find a reason to want to watch them as I don't think I'd enjoy them through any other lens.

Yeah this is pretty much me too. My mom is probably a bigger horror fan than I am, so I was raised on horror movies, and she is always the one introducing me to the more intense stuff!

I do think the extreme French films have a lot of depth to them, they're more than just blood and gore to me.

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