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chris_d_cole said:
Finally saw Parasite last night. I enjoyed it, but unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have if I hadn’t been sitting next to a group of three guys who were READING EVERY THIRD SUBTITLE OUT LOUD AND LAUGHING AT EVERY LINE. :mad::mad::mad:

It completely took me out of the movie. This was the last possible showing I could see in my city too, so fingers crossed it’s nominated for best picture and gets rereleased ahead of the Oscars so I can see it again.
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Yikes, unfortunate way to experience one of Bong Joon-ho's best films. My audience was really well behaved, which is rare for my city. I often find bad audiences who can't keep up with a tonally complex film just assume the whole thing is a slapstick comedy.

Anyhow whatever good karma I had to make Parasite go smooth was negated at my screening of Jojo Rabbit in which (actual spoilers below)

A group of college kids behind me were laughing and texting each other the whole movie. They got to screaming laughter level right during the the scene where we see Scarlet Johansson's character has been hanged, completely ruining the moment for everyone.
 
zombie.modernist said:
Yikes, unfortunate way to experience one of Bong Joon-ho's best films. My audience was really well behaved, which is rare for my city. I often find bad audiences who can't keep up with a tonally complex film just assume the whole thing is a slapstick comedy.

Anyhow whatever good karma I had to make Parasite go smooth was negated at my screening of Jojo Rabbit in which (actual spoilers below)

A group of college kids behind me were laughing and texting each other the whole movie. They got to screaming laughter level right during the the scene where we see Scarlet Johansson's character has been hanged, completely ruining the moment for everyone.
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Oops, shouldn't have clicked that.
 
Bsdmr2 said:
Have just watched Stand By Me. I’ve absolutely no clue how this has passed me by for so long, but it was brilliant so I’m really glad we opted to put that on this evening.
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gaporter said:
I just watched The Dead Don't Die. Was it supposed to be bad?
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I think so 100%. Jarmusch is just seeing how far he can push the whole deadpan thing, and casting famous people thing. Overall I thought it was interesting but really not too good, thanks to the execution being way sloppier than he usually does. I also take a bit of an issue with the whole deconstructing the zombie genre, because it seems to dismiss the fact that the early Romero films were already subversive as hell.
 
zombie.modernist said:
I think so 100%. Jarmusch is just seeing how far he can push the whole deadpan thing, and casting famous people thing. Overall I thought it was interesting but really not too good, thanks to the execution being way sloppier than he usually does. I also take a bit of an issue with the whole deconstructing the zombie genre, because it seems to dismiss the fact that the early Romero films were already subversive as hell.
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Ahhh that makes senses. My original post was a little mean but I was honestly just confused because the entire movie felt like a joke I wasn't in on. I'm not very familiar with Jarmusch outside of knowing his name so I probably just wasn't prepared for his style going in.
 
gaporter said:
Ahhh that makes senses. My original post was a little mean but I was honestly just confused because the entire movie felt like a joke I wasn't in on. I'm not very familiar with Jarmusch outside of knowing his name so I probably just wasn't prepared for his style going in.
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No, I'm with you, I think it wasn't very good, no matter how you slice it or what his intent was lol. I just think the intent was for it to be a "non-movie", but that didn't make for his most compelling work. At least it's memorable.

I'd check out Dead Man or Ghost Dog if you'd like to see much better Jarmusch genre takes.
 
Watched John Sayles' Matewan last night for the first time in over a decade. While its leftist stance almost borders on cartoonish, the movie is so well acted, beautifully shot and full of local color that it remains a powerful and memorable experience. I'm glad Criterion finally gave it a decent release.
 
I went in wanting to love Dead Don't Die and expected being dead panned to death but this was somehow more boring yet wackier and dumber (not in a fun way) than I could have ever imagined.

*Note that I stopped watching it after 30-40 mins so maybe it gets better?
 
zombie.modernist said:
No, I'm with you, I think it wasn't very good, no matter how you slice it or what his intent was lol. I just think the intent was for it to be a "non-movie", but that didn't make for his most compelling work. At least it's memorable.

I'd check out Dead Man or Ghost Dog if you'd like to see much better Jarmusch genre takes.
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Ah, I saw Dead Man a few years ago and remember enjoying it decently; I'd forgotten he did that. That one definitely seemed like more of an actual movie and less of a deadpan practical joke, lol.

swamp jazz box set said:
I went in wanting to love Dead Don't Die and expected being dead panned to death but this was somehow more boring yet wackier and dumber (not in a fun way) than I could have ever imagined.

*Note that I stopped watching it after 30-40 mins so maybe it gets better?
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The movie never got any better for me personally. After reading other posts in here, I'm willing to chalk it up to my taste just not meshing much with Jarmusch's style, but I just found it way too dry and uninteresting. I liked a few things. Tom Waits was fun as always, but he could narrate paint drying and find a way to make it compelling. I liked Tilda Swinton doing a goofy over-the-top accent but again that might just be me liking Tilda Swinton anyway. Adam Driver got a few laughs just because of how little of a shit he seemed to give through the entire movie. But the moments where I found it somewhat intriguing were too few and far in between to justify sitting through the whole thing. It's just not for me, I guess.
 
chris_d_cole said:
Finally saw Parasite last night. I enjoyed it, but unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have if I hadn’t been sitting next to a group of three guys who were READING EVERY THIRD SUBTITLE OUT LOUD AND LAUGHING AT EVERY LINE. :mad::mad::mad:

It completely took me out of the movie. This was the last possible showing I could see in my city too, so fingers crossed it’s nominated for best picture and gets rereleased ahead of the Oscars so I can see it again.
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Assholes in a theater can absolutely ruin the entire experience. I went and saw Lighthouse last weekend, and the entire time these three drunk assholes behind us kept making jokes about how "weird" and "stupid" the movie was. I get that it's DEFINITELY not a movie for everyone and there are some jarring scenes, but I don't get how anyone finds enjoyment in spending $13 and 2 hours watching a movie just to go "Haha broooo this movie is fucking lame" "Dude what the fuuuck is this movie" "This is such shit" the whole time.
 
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