The 2017 Film DiScussion Thread

Aye, very justifiably so as well

I think some of this is to do with the guy he’s based on who received death threats for his lack of action… but you make a good point all the same

What was the verdict on Hounds of Love in the end then? MIGHT go see it at a festival tomorrow:

  • Tough, but worth the watch
  • Torture porn m8, don’t bother

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you’'ll have seen it many times before if you’ve seen any other similar films.

Might be worth going though to see if you get something out of it, a lot of people seem to think it does something slightly new and fresh (it doesn’t)

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The Shape of Water looks brilliant

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mother!

Gonna need to sit on this a while longer to decide what I thought of it. I have a nagging suspicion that it may have been terrible but I can’t get my thoughts straight. It was certainly well made and seemed to achieve what it set out to.

When the screening ended yesterday the audience burst in to laughter. Think it was half humour and half relief.

There’s going to be a lot of discussion on this one. Might need it’s own thread.

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Point A:

Probably not needed yeah considering we’d already had that detective earlier in the film saying he’d file murder charges against Krauss for shooting the black guy

Point B:

I didn’t read it that way but I think that’s more a function of the oblique approach Bigelow/Boal take to their films. I personally like that, but it does mean people read stuff very differently, so some claim they’re endorsing torture in Zero Dark Thirty or criticising Dismukes in Detroit for doing nothing. I think the film more clearly positions blame on the army/police guys who decided to let Krauss run riot

Can’t believe it was made by a major studio- would love to know how it was pitched. I like Aronofsky but don’t really understand how he’s managed to get some of his films made.

Like you, I’m not entirely sure what I thought. Didn’t understand what he was getting at with some of it (unless there were random scenes thrown in just for the sake of it, which is hard to believe), although, as what I guess was an attempt at a multi-layered allegory, it was pretty heavy handed. Possibly would benefit from a second viewing but I’m not sitting through it again anytime soon.

Sort of intrigued by mother but dont think aronofsky deserves another chance after the fountain tbh, think it’s one of the worst films i’ve seen.

If you didn’t like the fountain, this is not the film for you.

Did anyone like it?

There were things about it I didn’t dislike…

High praise :smile:

Lol, not exactly going to make anyone’s top, 10 I guess.

Delighted so many reviewers loved mother- hard to imagine their consensus is going to be shared by the public.

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I’m a little surprised that critics liked it, I have to say - it really was very heavy handed, not nearly as ‘meaningful’ as it seemed to think it was, and the more I think about the possible ‘message(s)’ the more annoyed I get. In fact, to the point, where I’d rather not even think about what it was supposed to be about!

It was effective in a certain way - I haven’t been that angry at a film for a while (first on behalf of JLaw’s character, then about the film, and then even more so at the end!)

did you like black swan/the wrestler?

from my understanding mother! is basically this:

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Yep, I think that’ll be a fairly standard reaction :wink: Would like to understand more about the thinking behind specific scenes and tropes What was the deal with her medication for example, but wouldn’t really want to have to sit through it again.

didn’t see either, was still reeling from the fountain tbh

you should rectify that dude, they are both great films

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