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Old 08-29-2017, 12:41 PM   #20071 (permalink)
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I Saw the Devil

Aside from being one of the most twisted, evil, and sick flicks I've ever seen, it's also technically brilliant. Especially the cinematography.

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Old 08-29-2017, 01:10 PM   #20072 (permalink)
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What are you, some psychotic speed reader?
God, yeah. It takes me a least a second to go from one word in a sentence to another! Too fast, I know!
Anyway, like I say, there are spoiler tags there for a reason. And I repeat, dumbass.
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Old 08-29-2017, 01:15 PM   #20073 (permalink)
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There are much better smileys than these that are easy to use, dumbass.
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Old 08-29-2017, 01:34 PM   #20074 (permalink)
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the Passion of the Christ. Exactly two hours of Jim Caviezel groaning and pretending to bleed a lot. Surprisingly little story. Even most of the symbolism won't make a lick of sense if you haven't read the Bible or heard the stories. Satan is in the movie, for example, but his presence makes zero sense, changes nothing and means nothing if seen only inside the context of what the movie presents us with. As such, the movie is 100% preaching to the choir. You're not supposed to watch it if you don't already know the New Testament in and out. I'm not religious, but I still find theology interesting. This movie has nothing on Cecil B. Demille's Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments - two movies that I enjoyed very, very much. Those movies work outside the confines of an already devout Christian mind, Passion of the Christ does not.
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the Passion of the Christ. Exactly two hours of Jim Caviezel groaning and pretending to bleed a lot. Surprisingly little story. Even most of the symbolism won't make a lick of sense if you haven't read the Bible or heard the stories. Satan is in the movie, for example, but his presence makes zero sense, changes nothing and means nothing if seen only inside the context of what the movie presents us with. As such, the movie is 100% preaching to the choir. You're not supposed to watch it if you don't already know the New Testament in and out. I'm not religious, but I still find theology interesting. This movie has nothing on Cecil B. Demille's Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments - two movies that I enjoyed very, very much. Those movies work outside the confines of an already devout Christian mind, Passion of the Christ does not.
That's why it's so successful and "is the most inspiring thing ever made *touches self*."
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Torture Porn disguised as something significant.
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Torture Porn disguised as something significant.
And not in a good way either.
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And not in a good way either.
And then he followed up with Apocalypto, which easily could have done without 75% of the ultra graphic violence.

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And then he followed up with Apocalypto, which easily could have done without 75% of the ultra graphic violence.

Mel's a disturbed man deep down.
I never even watched it, it seemed too much like an imperialist's wet dream. I have no problem with graphic violence so long as it serves the plot.
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Apocalypto was very disappointing to me. There was so much opportunity to show something no movie (that I know of) has ever done before. I wanted to see this Incan society and how it works. Religious blooshed and societal structure, culture, etc. We get a few minutes of tease with a pretty fascinating pyramid set, then it becomes a generic chase movie set in the jungle that could easily have been transplanted to the streets of New York. Waste of an interesting setting.
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