Cinema and Movie Thread: coming 2 a theater near u

[BruceVC]

10 hours ago, majestic said:

Heretic (2024)

The only question left is does he dream me, or am I dreaming him?

Do Mormons have magic underwear? Are adult movies a tool of the Lord? Is Jar Jar Binks a prophet of Christ? Is Judaism related to The Landlord's Game, and if so, does that make Bob Ross the face of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints? How many similarities make plagiarism? Why does great responsibility come with great power? Was Voltaire the first Spiderman? Does someone really need to know what they're talking about, or is it enough to be confident about it? What does that have to do with Hugh Grant looking like an aging Jeffrey Dahmer? Can NPCs be resurrected? Can they go off-script? And lastly... is the pie a lie?

Well, pull up a chair, get your trusty Monopoly game box and strive to control the board.

If these questions didn't pique your interest, then I can't really help you. However, if you ever found yourself wanting to watch a horror film with a fantastically delightful and affable Hugh Grant that doesn't need jump scares to evoke a feeling of terror and dread, then you should give this a spin. Don't let the premise of "two young women walk into the house of an older man, and something's awry" let you be turned off for lack of originality, it is only the film's final act where it becomes somewhat rote (with or without following the red herring).

The performances of the actors make the film, and they smoothe over the (minor, but present) problems, and the return to standard horror form in the film's final parts.

I really enjoyed it, its hard to think of Hugh Grant in a diabolical role but he did a good job

The movie raised lots of religious and existential questions in an interesting way. I did assume it would be more supernatural but its well worth watching

I watched this captivating movie last week 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_(2024_film)

Its based on a true story about a white nationalist group that operated in the US in the 1980s and Jude Law is brilliant as usual

@Gfted1 and @rjshae

You should enjoy this movie 

 

 

 

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[LadyCrimson]

I guess that black cat animated movie, Flow, won the Golden Globe for best animation, beating Pixar/Disney etc. Now I must see it, and it's for rent on Prime now.
I'll report back.

[LadyCrimson]

Flow - that was quite impressive. Visual poetry, sometimes quirky/funny, sometimes touching, sometimes haunting/mystifying. No (human) dialogue, no conventional "plot" or explanations/answers, just follow some creatures as they navigate a happening in their world. The animals behave mostly like animals, outside of an ability to figure out how/why to use a boat rudder and perhaps a touch of "human-like" emotion reactions/awareness here and there. Or animal-like mixed with human-like, up for interpretation. I adored the cat of course but all the animals were fantastically done/animated and became characters I cared about on some level. It's like watching an animated short you find fantastic, where you're wishing it was not a short, and in this case, it isn't.

 I could have some nitpicks (I always have those) but not worth quibbling. For visual poetry type animation, I'd give it an 8.8/10.

There's a very very brief after-credits bit, easy to miss on streaming with them tossing up "WATCH NEXT" menus so you have to hit the "watch credits" to get there. >.>  It doesn't give answers either just a little coda for people to make folks wonder what the meaning is.