I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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Gris - Oct 02, 2017 4:09:50 am PDT #1024 of 3463
Hey. New board.

Why do people cast Sam Worthingon in things?

I was about to be very upset, then I realized that I misread this is as Sam WATERSTON, and now I'm okay.


Dana - Oct 02, 2017 4:38:35 am PDT #1025 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I totally get Sam Waterston. He is non-bland and talented, neither of which seem to apply to Worthington.


Jessica - Oct 02, 2017 11:15:20 am PDT #1026 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Nobody except film critics are going to the theater to see Darren Aronofsky's Mother! but the discussion *around* the film has been so sustained (it's mostly my fault to following so much of Film Twitter) that I kinda feel like I should watch it to see what the fuck it's all about. But what I've read so far about the film made it sound soooo unpleasant, ugh. The only other Aronofsky I've seen is Black Swan, which I quite enjoyed for what it was (high camp disguised in fine arts feathers).

I saw it (admittedly, in the company of the film critic I married, who saw it first at TIFF), and I am very glad I made the effort to see it in a theater, surrounded by other people who also paid to have this experience.

It's actually very similar to Black Swan in tone, I think. Maybe. I can't tell if Aronofsky actually has a sense of humor, or if his extreme earnestness just comes across that way. This movie is VERY COMMITTED TO ITS GOALS, WHATEVER THOSE ARE.

The only other film I can think of to compare it to is Synedoche, NY, which I *loved*. Where that movie is very thinky, this movie is very feely. It feels its feels at you SO HARD. And sometimes there are METAPHORICAL FEELS and sometimes they are VERY LITERAL FEELS. And sometimes I don't think he knows the difference! Whee!

In conclusion, I both side-eye and admire this movie in about equal proportions, and would like more people to go see it so we can talk about whether it's a brilliant and intricate allegory, or a hot mess of an allegory.


Vonnie K - Oct 03, 2017 11:28:37 am PDT #1027 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I did end up seeing mother! late last week. It is as bonkers as reported, and I'm still not sure how I feel about last half hour, where crazypants stuff happens that probably drove people to walk out. The thing is, none of the characters register as characters. They are symbols and archetypes and are deliberately pictured in broad strokes, so even when horrible stuff was happening, it didn't invoke much of an emotional response in me (or maybe I am just an unfeeling bitch). It *was* fun to think about multiple possible interpretations and meanings of the film afterward, both obvious and not so obvious. I did get a sick laugh out of the whole Creator/Muse take on the allegory and the fact that Lawrence started dating Aronofsky right after filming this. The mind boggles.

While the ending made me go "...um," I quite enjoyed the first half of the film, especially the performance by Michelle Pfeiffer, whose deliciously snide presence was much missed when she was not on screen. I'm just glad to see her back on my movie screen, period (and looking forward to seeing more of her in Murder on Orient Express.)


Dana - Oct 04, 2017 6:33:45 am PDT #1028 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

WOO HOO Mako Mori in Pacific Rim 2.

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Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2017 8:34:09 am PDT #1029 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'd like to see Mother! in the theater. Maybe tonight.

I am 100% here for PacRim2 and happy to see Mako Mori is in it.

great female-led horror films

Descent!


Tom Scola - Oct 06, 2017 10:47:29 am PDT #1030 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Pacific Rim 2 trailer.


JZ - Oct 06, 2017 9:26:10 pm PDT #1031 of 3463
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Just got back from Blade Runner 2049, and still sorting through it. The one thing that surfaces first is DAMN, that was a lot of incredible, gutting performances from women I've never or barely seen before. (The men are great too; it's really an embarrassment of riches). The second thing is that I so badly want ita here to dissect the punching and fighting scenes (of both of which there are many) I can't even say.


Vonnie K - Oct 09, 2017 11:23:00 am PDT #1032 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

The new Idris Elba/Kate Winslet movie The Mountain Between Us, which is marketed as a gritty survival drama after an airplane crash (trailer), has a hilarious secondary ad re. the fate of the dog briefly seen in the first trailer. Because the marketing fokks are canny about what upsets people in movies: [link]

I saw the movie in TIFF. It's preposterous (especially the ending) and is basically a Hallmark Channel movie with A list actors and decent production values rather than a gritty survivalist drama, but hey, I sometimes enjoy cornball Hallmark romances. Idris takes his shirt off at some point during the movie in case that's relevant.


Jesse - Oct 09, 2017 11:46:46 am PDT #1033 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I'd rather see a Hallmark movie with Winslet and Elba than, say, The Grey.