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Zombie said:
After seeing the Witch, I'll watch anything Robert Eggers makes. A24 is just killing the horror game, we're in kind of a new golden age for horror movies right now.

I'm especially interested in this because it seems to have a weird fiction Lovecraftian vibe.
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I really like the look of it. Ive been watching a lot of black & white movies on TCM lately. So to see one of the best directors working today do a B&W movie really excites me. Also the setting looks perfect for a movie lile this. And its being released just in time for halloween. Hyped!
 
prodigy said:
I really like the look of it. Ive been watching a lot of black & white movies on TCM lately. So to see one of the best directors working today do a B&W movie really excites me. Also the setting looks perfect for a movie lile this. And its being released just in time for halloween. Hyped!
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Its cool that he's working with a studio that allowed him to make a black and white film. I remember when Frank Darabont adapted The Mist (which is a great little B movie) he wanted to film it in black and white but the studio said no.
 
prodigy said:
I really like the look of it. Ive been watching a lot of black & white movies on TCM lately. So to see one of the best directors working today do a B&W movie really excites me. Also the setting looks perfect for a movie lile this. And its being released just in time for halloween. Hyped!
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TMC?
 
Saw Hollywood. I have mixed thoughts on it. Loved the cinematography and paying homage to late 60’s/70’s tv and movies and Hollywood in general. The vibe in it was very good. DiCaprio and Pitt were excellent. Loved the Hollywood vibe with the camera from behind Pitt while he was driving through the Hills or side views of him. Honestly, he just looked hot and was cool as **** in general. But here is my list of issues...spoilers...beware...
1) Pacino—stuck out like a sore thumb. Should’ve been someone else.
2) Playboy mansion scene—no boobs? Really? Didn’t feel accurate of the environment.
3) Flashback of boat scene. QT chose the name of Natalie for Pitt’s wife. Not cool.
4) Dialogue in car with Family at one point seemed too casual and insensitive given the fact that the murders actually happened. Iirc the one girl talked about the Family embracing the Hollywood violence in which they were raised by killing these rich hollywoodites who thrust the violence in their faces via the screen. It seemed both hypocritical of QT (given the fictional violence that ensued and his history of violence in film) and inappropriate in tone...and yes I know the ppl who committed the acts were ****ed up, very possibly on drugs and such. The lines were just delivered too casually and felt wrong.
5) Climax. Part with Pitt bashing in head of girl was gratuitous, even for QT.
6) Part where someone mentioned Tate having an affinity for smaller looking males...I think the phrase “12 year olds” might have been used...I’m curious what QT was thinking here given Polanski’s history and the recent Hollywood issues. Couldn’t tell if it was just a factually accurate line or a commentary by QT.

Overall there was much I loved about the movie. It was his fairly tale of sorts. But I take issue with reimagining real, ****ed up events, as intimate as this. So far as Tate herself goes, I thought it at least painted her in a very positive light and he at least didn’t show the horror that was that murder scene. Quite frankly though, I wish he would’ve just cut out (no pun intended) about 20-30 minutes of some of the slower (and less necessary) parts and added in the fact that the former homeowner shot down a record deal for Manson which to me was Manson’s whole impetus for having the murders carried out...that, the Wilsons/Beach Boys should’ve been added in...and the ending should’ve been accurate...for me...show the two crime scenes take place...That’s a 3 hour movie...but I guess he wanted to pay homage to the fantasy that is Hollywood...that Hollywood allows us to feel and live...at the expense of murders that actually happened.
 
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Wes Mantooth said:
TMC?
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So it's Turner Classic Movies. I know I want to say TMC too. They do cool stuff like Noir Alley on Saturday nights. The best part is it's commercial free.

So I watched Jordan Peele's Us. Honestly kind of mixed on it. Peele does the dark humor well as you'd expect and he's a pretty smart director who ties in things together pretty well. It certainly made me think about it afterwards. But while I was watching it there was a point to where I was like questioning is this all this movie is going to be? It turned out more than that but than there is some exposition that made me really question the logic of the whole thing. It's well done, creepy, bizarre, great performances, but logically it's hard to believe. IMO it would have benefited if it was more vague, but they probably decided it wouldn't test well with general audiences.
 
prodigy said:
So it's Turner Classic Movies. I know I want to say TMC too. They do cool stuff like Noir Alley on Saturday nights. The best part is it's commercial free.

So I watched Jordan Peele's Us. Honestly kind of mixed on it. Peele does the dark humor well as you'd expect and he's a pretty smart director who ties in things together pretty well. It certainly made me think about it afterwards. But while I was watching it there was a point to where I was like questioning is this all this movie is going to be? It turned out more than that but than there is some exposition that made me really question the logic of the whole thing. It's well done, creepy, bizarre, great performances, but logically it's hard to believe. IMO it would have benefited if it was more vague, but they probably decided it wouldn't test well with general audiences.
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I didn't like it much

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