Oh, I've actually seen the original Wicker Man! Not the remake. I do still think about it sometimes, so I'm glad I saw it but I don't know that I have anything to say about it.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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-t - Oct 14, 2021 12:20:36 pm PDT #3038 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Oct 14, 2021 1:11:27 pm PDT #3039 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I kind of remember seeing The Wicker Man years ago, but don't have much to say about it. However, in holiday movies, I got the DVD on sale and watched Anna and the Apocalypse ... and now I'm earwormed with one of the songs.
megan walker - Oct 14, 2021 1:24:58 pm PDT #3040 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Anna and the Apocalypse is so much fun.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2021 2:21:41 pm PDT #3041 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relatedly, my friend Kier-la Janisse, has directed a documentary about Folk Horror (a genre in which The Wicker Man is a core, originating text) which has been sweeping up awards at film festivals all year: [link]
Here's the trailer: [link]
amyparker - Oct 14, 2021 4:21:22 pm PDT #3042 of 3424
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
[grabs link, runs off to share] [digs through CD bin looking for The Wicker Man soundtrack, I know it's in here somewhere]
Toddson - Oct 15, 2021 5:46:38 am PDT #3043 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I know it's in here somewhere
The story of my life.
Calli - Oct 17, 2021 4:19:09 pm PDT #3044 of 3424
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I liked the original Wicker Man. Christopher Lee was pretty delicious in it.
-t - Oct 21, 2021 6:36:10 pm PDT #3045 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, Dune. I'm very pleased
Laura - Oct 22, 2021 4:32:26 am PDT #3046 of 3424
Our wings are not tired.
Good to hear. I want Dune to be pleasing.
Jessica - Oct 22, 2021 6:28:58 am PDT #3047 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Ultimately I think it was too mainstream a movie for how deeply weird the source material is?
(I think Dune adaptations either need to be this-was-written-in-the-60s-probably-while-on-drugs bonkers or lean a lot harder into the political allegory in order to be satisfying. Either I want to see what the director thinks a Guild Navigator looks like* or I want to be hit over the head with how the word "Arrakis" sounds an awful lot like the word "Iraq." And this movie just gave me, like, the plot of the book with the sexism and politics toned down in a pretty half-assed way.)
(I also am concerned that Chalomet will not be able to pull off Paul 2.0 in the sequel. At the point this movie ends, Paul's journey is mostly following his mom around while people say "Are you absolutely sure this naive teenager with the gorgeous eyelashes is the Messiah? Like...really?" but almost as soon as the next movie begins he's going to need to start giving off "I am destined to rule the universe" vibes. )
*And it's not like Villeneuve is new to showing audiences mysterious creatures who live in tanks and can see through time and space so WHAT THE HELL DIRECTOR OF ARRIVAL WHERE IS MY GUILD NAVIGATOR.