What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

You should check out the book. It's quite different and one of the best sci-fi books ever. Although I'm not sure how much it looses in translation.

Oof.

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I've watched precisely 2 Tarkovsky movies and that's all I will bother with. There's having patient pacing and taking the time to set a mood, and then there's just straight up wasting my time.

Rational af. What did you see? I think that Ivan's Childhood is his most "accessible".

grindy · 08-18-2018, 12:00 PM

Thx. Fixed.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Rational af. What did you see? I think that Ivan's Childhood is his most "accessible".

His movies bore the **** out of me. That trumps whatever else he might have to offer.

I watched Stalker and Solaris. At least his version of Solaris was better than the one with Clooney.

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 12:07 PM

Straight up eye candy though, it's like jacking off my corneas. You should check out Ivan's Childhood.

Andrei Rublev is the only film of his that I felt was drawn out.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 12:09 PM

So in Solaris, you didn't find the 10 minute bit with stock footage of cars driving on a freeway to be drawn out?

Are you some sort of monk? I'm patient, but not that patient.

grindy · 08-18-2018, 12:10 PM

Bela Tarr though.

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 12:12 PM

It's not that hard to watch things that are visually captivating imo. The car scene is an interesting sort of intermission/breather in the movie but is by and large unnecessary. That said I still think it looks nice. I put Stalker several notches higher than Solaris. I think it's his best alongside The Mirror.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-18-2018, 12:17 PM

It's been over 10 years since I watched Stalker. From what I can remember, there was one particular scene that I liked. The three (?) men sit near some water and talk. One of them is floating on his back in the water or laying in very shallow water. Super foggy memory, but I remember that scene as being the one moment in the movie where I was feeling hopeful it would get better.

**Frownland** · 08-18-2018, 12:21 PM

The pub scene is my fave though it's been a few years for me as well. The visual transition from the earlier scene is very blunt and it's literally dank as ****.

Frames for days

Contrarian1 · 08-18-2018, 01:42 PM

It's definitely worth checking out, like I said the first 40 minutes or so had great pacing and then everything just seemed to slow to a crawl, and watching a slow paced movie at night is not a great idea, I had to stop it and watch the rest the next day because I couldn't keep my eyes open. As previously said it is very visually stimulating though.

I've never seen Solaris or any of his other movies so I didn't know what to expect, I'm open to checking out solaris.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Straight up eye candy though, it's like jacking off my corneas. You should check out Ivan's Childhood. Andrei Rublev is the only film of his that I felt was drawn out. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Bela Tarr though. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

08-18-2018, 12:12 PM	#21947 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It's not that hard to watch things that are visually captivating imo. The car scene is an interesting sort of intermission/breather in the movie but is by and large unnecessary. That said I still think it looks nice. I put Stalker several notches higher than Solaris. I think it's his best alongside The Mirror. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-18-2018, 12:21 PM	#21949 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The pub scene is my fave though it's been a few years for me as well. The visual transition from the earlier scene is very blunt and it's literally dank as ***. Frames for days __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

08-18-2018, 12:09 PM	#21945 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	So in Solaris, you didn't find the 10 minute bit with stock footage of cars driving on a freeway to be drawn out? Are you some sort of monk? I'm patient, but not that patient.

08-18-2018, 12:17 PM	#21948 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	It's been over 10 years since I watched Stalker. From what I can remember, there was one particular scene that I liked. The three (?) men sit near some water and talk. One of them is floating on his back in the water or laying in very shallow water. Super foggy memory, but I remember that scene as being the one moment in the movie where I was feeling hopeful it would get better.

08-18-2018, 01:42 PM	#21950 (permalink)
Contrarian1 Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 57	It's definitely worth checking out, like I said the first 40 minutes or so had great pacing and then everything just seemed to slow to a crawl, and watching a slow paced movie at night is not a great idea, I had to stop it and watch the rest the next day because I couldn't keep my eyes open. As previously said it is very visually stimulating though. I've never seen Solaris or any of his other movies so I didn't know what to expect, I'm open to checking out solaris. __________________ "New member of the year" -OccultHawk Last edited by Contrarian1; 08-18-2018 at 01:54 PM.