Crimson Peak
The Cell
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Age of Innocence
Sin City
The Artist
Down With Love
I know there are more, but I'm not caffeinated enough yet. ( knew I forgot an obvious one.)
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
'Safe'
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Amy - Aug 07, 2019 4:30:46 am PDT #2199 of 3461
Because books.
Tom Scola - Aug 07, 2019 4:33:10 am PDT #2200 of 3461
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Jessica - Aug 07, 2019 4:42:34 am PDT #2201 of 3461
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
relatively satisfying as these things go.
I was dissappointed by The Kitchen. It felt very over-worked - weird cuts all over the place, TERRIBLE sound editing, bizarre jumps in the plot that felt like they just forgot to tell some parts? Also, and this might be spoilery, I wanted everything to be harder. The three leads talked CONSTANTLY about their struggles and how difficult it was to be a woman in this environment, but in general, it looked like they mostly got everything they wanted just by asking for it? The money-counting montage happens like fifteen minutes in! They keep almost having consequences but then it winds up working out! It was shot like a gritty dark gangster movie but written with sitcom-level stakes.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2019 4:53:06 am PDT #2202 of 3461
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Visually striking:
- Any Tim Burton movie
- Any Baz Luhrman movie
- Any Guillermo del Toro movie
- Any Wes Anderson movie
Amy - Aug 07, 2019 5:08:19 am PDT #2203 of 3461
Because books.
The Fifth Element
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 07, 2019 6:02:20 am PDT #2204 of 3461
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Visually striking films:
- Amélie
- What Dreams May Come
- Alien
- Legend
- The Cell
- 300 (despite my loathing of Zack Snyder, I must admit he has a great eye for visuals)
Steph L. - Aug 07, 2019 8:20:17 am PDT #2205 of 3461
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm loving reading all of these!
sj - Aug 07, 2019 10:21:43 am PDT #2206 of 3461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Only Lovers Left Alive
Sweeney Todd
Gris - Aug 09, 2019 3:24:54 pm PDT #2207 of 3461
Hey. New board.
Some that haven't been named unless I missed them though I agree with lots that have.
-Bad Movies, still striking-
Avatar
-Good or at least okay Movies-
Parts of Titanic
Spirited Away
Inception (is this striking or some other adjective?)
P.M. Marc - Aug 10, 2019 6:06:52 pm PDT #2208 of 3461
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I said this on Facebook, too, but I'll say it anywhere: Snowpiercer is the single most visually astonishing movie I have ever seen. As I said there, I wanted something that could stop me from blinking so that I didn't miss a single frame.
Older-but-striking: Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Brazil...
I may have a type.