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Neglify said:

This particular verbose post is quite an informative analysis.

 Agreed.

thejediknighthusezni said:

        I've searched the web and YouTube for good discussions of KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE. About all I could find were official trailers, conventional reviews, and a little obvious shillery.

        I've already given my review in my lastest post in the thread.

        I'm just curious to read what others thought of it.

        Anybody?

       

 This post was coherent (although not without your usual formatting nonsense).  Are you running a fever?

Body Double (1984) - If Dressed to Kill is De Palma's Psycho, then this is both his Vertigo and his Rear Window. Sleazy as hell, but very enjoyable. Craig Wasson looks like a cross between Jeff Bridges (in his younger years) and Bill Maher. I'd take this over his crime dramas any day of the week. Plus, it has Frankie Goes To Hollywood in it. Bonus points for that. 4.25 out of 5.

Looper (2012)

This was really great, as long as you don't get too tied up in the time travel issues.  One thing I couldn't figure out, and I'm sure I'll feel dumb once someone explains it, is why The Rainmaker was closing all the loops.

ElectricTriangle said:

TV's Frink said:

Looper (2012)

This was really great, as long as you don't get too tied up in the time travel issues.  One thing I couldn't figure out, and I'm sure I'll feel dumb once someone explains it, is why The Rainmaker was closing all the loops.

 I assumed that it was because he knew his mother was killed by a Looper and wanted revenge.

 But how is that revenge?  When the loop is closed, the younger one gets a big payday and all his buddies celebrate with him.

JEDIT:  How did you spoilerize that?

Neglify said:

TV's Frink said:

Looper (2012)

One thing I couldn't figure out, and I'm sure I'll feel dumb once someone explains it, is why The Rainmaker was closing all the loops.

So that there would be a movie.

 Makes as much sense as anything I could come up with.

TV's Frink said:

JEDIT:  How did you spoilerize that?

Yes -- tell us this most sought-after secret! 

KILROY WAS HERE

By Jove! It works! (In my case, though, only with dark gray, not black.)

Eh, too much work. ;-)

Lazy Frink was lazy. =P

North by Northwest (1959) - Pretty good. Becomes rather tiresome when it hits its third act, but overall it's fairly enjoyable. No Vertigo or Psycho, but meh. 3.5 out of 5.

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - Truly terrible child actors aside, this one's also decent. Kind of strange though for Hitchcock to tell us right from the start there's something "off" about Charlie. Remove that opening scene, and it would've been a much more effective mystery thriller. As it is, it's quite flawed scriptwise, but Joseph Cotten's performance and the suspense building make it worth seeing. 3.35 out of 5.

Dead Ringers (1988) - Dull, to be quite honest. I don't care about the characters, I don't care about the love story, I don't care about the plot...I just don't care. I love me some Cronenberg, but it wasn't as disturbing as something like Videodrome nor as emotional as A History of Violence. It's kind of in the middle between his body horror stuff and his more recent, "less nasty" dramas, which is to its detriment, I think. Jeremy Irons is good and there's nothing that bad about the film, but it's not very engaging. 2.6 out of 5.

Crash (1996) - No. No, no, no. No. No, no. No. Just, no. No. Nooooooo. Little more than Cronenberg directed fetish porn. Big nope. 1.4 out of 5.

Interstellar (2014)

I have no words for how awesome this movie is.  The visuals are breathtaking, the story almost had me in tears at one point.  It has flaws, it has problems, and I don't even care.  5 stars out of 5.

Frozen clouds and mile high tidal waves in a 3 foot deep ocean are the most obvious issues, since the relativistic physics are largely beyond most people's full grasp and were actually handled pretty well from my limited understanding and research following my viewing.  Definitely a touching movie.

I must say that I find it interesting how many atheists enjoy the movie, when the movie itself makes such a case for love breaking barriers imposed by cold, precise, exacting physics.  To me, if one can buy the hope of such a premise, one can buy the hope of a Being whose very purpose is based on love which, according to Interstellar, can surpass our knowledge of physics.  I don't want to get into any religious debates over this, but it's just a bit of food for thought.

darth_ender said:

I must say that I find it interesting how many atheists enjoy the movie, when the movie itself makes such a case for love breaking barriers imposed by cold, precise, exacting physics.

I wonder if a love-powered hyperdrive ever made it into a children's show or movie ... 

Atheists can love... and it's a movie not something to base your life around.

Still though, I found it to be extremely emotional and touching.

The things we do for our kids...

Home (2015)

Ugh.  I laughed a few times, but overall it was pretty terrible and seemed to go on forever.  The only good thing was that it was my first time seeing it.  My wife, who is obviously a saint, has now seen it three times.

Mulholland Drive (2001) - ?. ?, ? ? ? ?. ?: ? ?. ? ?! ? ? ? ? ?? ?, ?. ? out of ?. 

Rope (1948) - Short but sweet film from Hitchcock. Great performances, great direction. Half of the cuts are expertly hidden, half are pretty obvious, but considering the film only had around 10 cuts, I think it's quite a daring film for its time. The experimental editing mostly paid off. 4.2 out of 5.

Obsession (1976) - Have you ever watched Vertigo and thought to yourself: man, that twist really needs more incest and convoluted nonsense. Well, you're in luck, because Brian De Palma's Obsession does just that! Seriously though, that twist was so stupid. Of all Brian De Palma's Hitchcock homages / rip-offs I've seen so far, this is by far the weakest, if mostly because of that ridiculous coincidence of a twist. The acting is not that bad and neither is the direction, even if De Palma's style is a bit more downplayed than usual. That twist just ruins it for me. 2.9 out of 5.