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Also, just to throw my hat into the ring on the Wes Anderson talk real quick, while there's a decent chunk of his filmography I haven't gotten to yet, I've really enjoyed everything I've seen from him. Plus we desperately need directors with strong visions and styles in this current wasteland of endless "content."

I think I've at least watched everything he's done post-Fantastic Mr. Fox (which is probably my personal favorite), but before that I think I've only seen Tenenbaums. I loved Moonrise Kingdom and The French Dispatch, and Isle of Dogs was a really dark yet really sweet movie. I need a refresher on The Grand Budapest Hotel, though I remember liking it too.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Need to catch up on some Wes. Haven't seen anything of his since Grand Budapest, which is my favorite.

As for back-catalog, haven't seen Darjeeling Limited or Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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kvetcha said:
Darjeeling and Isle of Dogs are my only gaps, but I enjoy all of his movies I've seen to varying degrees. Grand Budapest and Moonrise Kingdom are masterpieces, imo.
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YaY. My people!! Grand Budapest is my favorite of his movies.
 
Late to the game but I caught Spider-Verse last night. It felt perfectly comic-book-y and I’m impressed how these movies manage to balance love for the character with a sense of humor over how silly and out-of-hand some of these spin-offs can get. And they bake it into the story and world-building; it’s way impressive.

I was surprised how little (relatively) of the movie involved the council of spiders men. I didn’t mind the cliffhanger; maybe that was because I was braced for it, but I felt like it cleanly set up stakes and story for the next movie while resolving the action. It felt somewhere between Empire Strikes Back and Matrix Reloaded (which imo got a lot of unfair flak for its cliffhanger).
 
Bull Shannon said:
Late to the game but I caught Spider-Verse last night. It felt perfectly comic-book-y and I’m impressed how these movies manage to balance love for the character with a sense of humor over how silly and out-of-hand some of these spin-offs can get. And they bake it into the story and world-building; it’s way impressive.
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I mentioned this on Letterboxd, but my favorite off-hand joke in the movie is an undisguised Morbius burn: "A vampire good guy? I'd pay good money to see that."
 
Pretty in Pink. Oldest is facing a similar situation with a boy who is a friend but won't take the hint and a guy who she likes a lot more. We thought it would be something she could relate to. Next we're planning to watch Some Kind of Wonderful, which I thought might be the most underrated John Hughes film.
 
zomgbear said:
Watched Evil Dead Rise as it popped onto Max.
Thought it was really good - interesting that they took it away from the cabin/forest setting but understood why they needed to step away from that.

Didn't blow me away like the Evil Dead reboot but still I think it did well.
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Did it lean into the comedy like Army of Darkness/Ash vs Evil Dead? It's been awhile since I saw a trailer, but I remember it looking more straight forward horror?

I never saw the 2013 reboot/reimagining but do they all lean to the horror like the '81 original?

Honestly, I like the addition of comedy in later installments/tv series because it was done so well.
 
Diaper a Jazz Baby Here said:
Did it lean into the comedy like Army of Darkness/Ash vs Evil Dead? It's been awhile since I saw a trailer, but I remember it looking more straight forward horror?

I never saw the 2013 reboot/reimagining but do they all lean to the horror like the '81 original?

Honestly, I like the addition of comedy in later installments/tv series because it was done so well.
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I would say that it doesn't lean into comedy much like the show or Army of Darkness. There are bits that are funny but both 2013 and Rise are more straight forward horror but I would say that if you liked the originals for practical effects / the lore & story- there's a lot of this in both.
I thought the 2013 did the original justice b/c the vibe and lore of the original is still really much intact but it's "turnt up" quite a bit. Some of it is pretty over the top but not as slapstick as the original.
Rise is much more traditional horror - has some cool homages from the original and other horror as well. I think both are worth a watch if you like horror in general.
 
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