avecigrec
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If only there was a common fault we could point to here
Late-stage capitalism?
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Late-stage capitalism?
Melt Face Molly Drop
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Definitely the bugsIf only there was a common fault we could point to here
TenderLovingKillerĀ®
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I get using some CGI, I know working with animal actors is difficult and filming in the Amazon is much harder and costly than in a giant soundstage in LA but it's Disney, I think they coulda ponied a bit of dough. Movies like LOTR used lots of CGI but they also filmed in New Zealand and used real animals. a little CGI goes a long way especially when the natural world is the settingIf only there was a common fault we could point to here
TenderLovingKillerĀ®
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Disney/Marvel/Star Wars is kind of synonymous with late stage capitalism.
kvetcha
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CGI isnāt cheap! I donāt think itās lack of money so much as lack of time, will, or effort.
Hemotep
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I love underwater stuff too. That horribly acted James Cameron produced underwater cave movie that he backed right after Avatar (just looked it up and it's called Sanctum) was shot entirely in 3D for theaters so I went and saw that. Totally worth it for the underwater cave scenes even though the acting was God awful. I have fears of being trapped in small underground spaces, so I literally had to take off my glasses and remind myself I was in a theater a couple times during it. (Mind you, the edibles I ate before going might have impacted that)Yeah I canāt explain really. Similar to the first, I just wanted to be impressed? I wanted to see what the big deal is? I guess I saw it as maybe the opportunity to live up to the hype of the original. Also, this is going to sound dumb, but I love looking at water in film. I have seen some of those nature underwater documentaries in our local IMAX theater and always enjoyed them. I know this isnāt real water, but it seemed like a cool thing to see on a giant screen and if I was going to ever see it I would just rather go all out and see it on an IMAX screen than at home.
My love of water stuff is also why my wife and I love to go to the aquarium by you. It's funny, we haven't gone to the one in Atlanta yet, but have been about five times to the Chattanooga one.
Bennnnn
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Hot take maybe, but the Chattanooga Aquarium is way better than the Atlanta one. The one here just feels more immersive to walk through.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
and thereās Clumpieās on the other side of the river
The Denmarkian Wonder
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I ended up liking it a bit more than I expected. I feel like they should have picked someone else other than The Rock. Emily Blunt was great (as always)
Jesse Plemons was funny. At times he sounded like Werner Herzog with that accent.
The zombie conquistadors definitely had a Davy Jones and his crew vibe.
Definitely effort. Not a lot of thought had been put into the action scenes and having
The Rock play a Spaniard with a perfect American accent even though heās been stuck in the Amazons for 400 years and just not have him speak during the flashback scenes because The Rock no habla espanol seemed a bit lazy to me.
avecigrec
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This truth hurts, but you're not wrong.
EvanBenner
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Most of my end of year horror catch-up has been fine ā not much worth posting about. Today finally brought about a more-than-worthy mention.
While 2022 has been filled to the brim with solid movies, I've been hoping to find anything that even nears the orbit of EEAAO in terms of gripping quality. The closest I'd come so far was the Macedonian folk/witch film You Won't Be Alone. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Today's watch may have finally knocked that into third position among my favorites of the year, however.
The Long Walk is a slow burn Laotian horror from director Mattie Do that began circulating festivals in 2019 and finally saw wider release early this year. It's currently streamable on Shudder and Tubi.
An old, troubled recluse discovers the ghost of a woman who has accompanied him since having died along the nearby roadside during his childhood can transport him back in time before his mother's painful, prolonged death by illness admitted largely by the neglect of his father. He begins to test his sway over history to quell his lifelong grief, but at what cost?
The Long Walk is meticulous in the unraveling of its haunting fable, allowing its viewers to realize the consequences and implications along the way to surprising effect.
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While 2022 has been filled to the brim with solid movies, I've been hoping to find anything that even nears the orbit of EEAAO in terms of gripping quality. The closest I'd come so far was the Macedonian folk/witch film You Won't Be Alone. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Today's watch may have finally knocked that into third position among my favorites of the year, however.
The Long Walk is a slow burn Laotian horror from director Mattie Do that began circulating festivals in 2019 and finally saw wider release early this year. It's currently streamable on Shudder and Tubi.
An old, troubled recluse discovers the ghost of a woman who has accompanied him since having died along the nearby roadside during his childhood can transport him back in time before his mother's painful, prolonged death by illness admitted largely by the neglect of his father. He begins to test his sway over history to quell his lifelong grief, but at what cost?
The Long Walk is meticulous in the unraveling of its haunting fable, allowing its viewers to realize the consequences and implications along the way to surprising effect.
The Long Walk (2019)
An old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother's painful death.
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The Denmarkian Wonder
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One of my all-time favorite films and probably my favorite comedy.
Well it looks like my kids want to see this, so it might be on my holiday break calendar.
Bennnnn
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Wow Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a pretty impressive, surprising movie. Sure, we know the gist of the story. But his version does a lot of stuff differently, for the better. Itās so much darker than I thought itād be, and itās great because of that. Plus the styleā¦just wonderful. Itās definitely not a childrenās movie, and Iād be curious to see if parents put this on for their kids at which point would they maybe back out. Anyway, itās nice to have a gorgeous looking stop motion animation film that isnāt catering towards a young audience.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
3D is a must.
EvanBenner
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Just got back from The Menu. Super fun. As someone who loves Chef's Table and has dined at at least one fancy dinner place and isn't above taking the piss out of that, I had a lot of fun with the movie. The script has a lot of quotable lines.
LeSamourai
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I read the book in Italian class back in college, and it was definitely weirder and darker than the Disney version. I'm hoping to watch this one in the next few days.