Yeah, I guess if you want to discuss the lighting, this is the right place. Other than that, it's politics/economics.

And those discussions just never end well. If people want to go down that road about the movie it might be best to create a thread about the movie? :shrug:

Its not that I completely agree with every single aspect that chomsky spoke about, the fact remains, that this movie is quite enlightening and should be seen by all americans.

Post script: the lighting on the facial close ups, was superb (true story).

If your fan of Noam Chomskys work and a seeker of truth, see it.

I always love it when movies done on essentially no budget have good production values. It can be done, it just requires skill, creativity, and attention to detail.


Speaking of which, a buddy from LA made a hybrid horror/comedy flick, and it's pretty good. Check out "Bloodsucking Bastards" if you get a chance. Was on Showtime, not sure if it still is. Quite funny, very good production values, not particularly horrifying (but some good splatter).

Ben Hur Aye aye aye, where to start.

First the good. It's an epic with epic scenes. The movie is most famous for the chariot race and it was pretty damn good if you can ignore some of the alternating camera shots that would have the race order different every time. I shouldn't hate on this too much because the race was really cool with some awesome stunts. I particularly liked the color coordinated horse teams.

The acting was pretty over the top, especially from Heston. He won a best actor award but sheesh, it should have been best overactor.

The story was fine but it was just wasn't very coherently put together. It just didn't flow at all. Each scene seemed sort of disconnected from the others. Then there was this really weird Jesus subplot that never seemed part of the movie until the end when it became the entire movie.

I guess I just didn't really get it.

Tried to watch Trollhunter, decided it was completely fraudulent!

Also **** Noam Chomsky.

I really enjoyed Trollhunter.

He calls Nixon the last liberal New Deal President.

Had to go see Green Room again. There were some plot points and dialog I missed the first time, and I wanted to make sure it was as good as I thought.

This is a masterful, intricately plotted film. Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier, who did the impressive Blue Ruin two years ago, ratchets up the tension while constantly surprising his audience - in what is basically a genre film. Make no mistake - this is is a horror film. And there's gore to prove it - but the gore is impressively shown quickly and shockingly, and then panned away from. Props to the special FX make-up department, for some truly horrifying prosthetic work!

Saulnier out Peckinpah's Peckinpah at his best- and that's saying something. And unlike in the queasily manipulative and exploitative Straw Dogs, Saulnier never stoops to the obvious by putting his female characters in danger of rape. Iv'e often thought this to be a tired short-cut by lazy filmmakers.

The bad guys, led by Patrick Stewart and Macon Blair, are never one-dimensional, spooky baddies - they have motivation, doubt, and regret. And they try to control a situation that was not of their making.

My favorite performance is probably by delicate English flower Imogen Poots, who plays a mullet-haired punk chick who gets trapped in the green room of the title with our heroes, and then steadily becomes more and more badass as the movie progresses.

Green Room is my favorite film of the year so far - but it's not for everyone. It's been a long time since a grindhouse-style horror film has surprised and impressed me as much as this.

do you need to be a fan of the horror genre to enjoy it?

Hell no - my GF loved it. It's more suspense with moments of real horror that never feels unearned. some good black humor in it, too.

RAMMING SPEED

movie is amazing

its based on a book and has been adapted multiple times for the screen (Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ). crux of the story is that this man lives concurrently with Jesus Christ, encountering him a few times, and eventually converts to Christianity.

Phenomenal, thanks for the rec. Probably in the top 5 comedies I've seen in recent years. He's so deadpan; it's brilliant. No idea how he keeps a straight face.

Suspend belief,if you start to try to put yourself in this situation,it all falls apart.
If you can do that,it's not bad as a popcorn thriller.

Nothing about the plot setting story or genre for green screen appeals to me but still going to check it out.

Agree 100%. Scary ****.

Let me guess, he's an idiot and you know better?

Chompsky doesn't even want to make America great again like domer does!

Comedy may not be technically the correct word, but POG is drenched in satire.

I mean cmon three men are randomly chosen to die! This movie is dissing the army for their ridiculous decisions. I am not the only one that found this movie funny. This isn't as funny as Dr. Strangelove but it has a lot of things in common. I'll watch it again at some point but it is def. a black comedy for me.

I guess it's kind of semantics then maybe. It's meant to be anti-war for sure.

The executions are based on a true story.

Coincidentally, there is another adaptation/remake coming out this August:

Last movie I've seen is Captain America: Civil War. I couldn't concentrate because all my friend could talk about was how RDJ had plastic surgery. I didn't really care but I was too polite to say that. :/
Not my favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe movie but it's still better than some. It was too drama-ish for me.

Damn,

Now You See Me 2
The Conjuring 2
Warcraft

all out June 10.

Anyone ITT seen 3 movies at the theatres in the same day?

I went to school with the great great....great grandson of Lew Wallace, the Union general who wrote Ben-Hur. I forget how many greats, but a direct descendant.

It's a ****ing awesome movie, the main one I mean. I bet I've watched that 10 times if I've watched it once. The leper colony scene scared the **** outta me when I was a kid. So much more to it than the chariot race.

I've seen 6 during a film festival.

I saw Sing Street today. It's half of a great film. John Carney has no interest in any shred of reality. He merely wants to jerk off to what could have been. Carney uses nostalgia to cover up an otherwise empty film with nothing more to offer than Duran Duran on the soundtrack. The performances are very good, but so were the performances in The Help and that's a garbage movie.

I was enjoying the film until I realized it's a glossy masturbatory fantasy. No stakes, no consequences, and over reliance on nostalgia will be a home run to white people around the world.

The Help, garbage?

It might have a few gimmicky bits, perhaps even some cliches here and there, but I'm sure plenty of movies you do consider good are guilty of that as well.

You just admitted to the acting being good. The character development is good too. Not to mention all the characters are multi dimensional 'real,' people.

It's a story about the people and the time they are living in, and to that extent it does fine plot and story wise, and certainly moves at a reasonable pace.

If you don't feel it best picture nomination worthy, that's your prerogative. To call it garbage though, is just silly.