One of my college professors had us watch that in class. It was an amusing couple of classes, to say the least. Your kids will either love you or curse your name for making them watch it.
'Course, now that I think about it, knowing you're a teacher they may be doing that anyway.
PS. Singing and dancing Ben Franklin is the best Ben Franklin.
What was the last movie you've seen?
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
You might say he is driving them to homicide.
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Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is David Leitch's solo directorial debut. Leitch spent most of his career as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, but he got the opportunity to co-direct a few scenes in the film John Wick. It should come as no surprise when I tell you that Atomic Blonde is a stylish action movie with fantastic fight scenes and impressive choreography.
Charlize Theron is a gorgeous leading lady who plays the stone-cold main character without losing the empathy of the audience. She's sexy when she wants to be and powerful when she needs to be. James McAvoy plays a reckless, loud, arrogant, yet charismatic counterpoint to Theron's cool, calm, controlled super-spy. Eddie Marsan exudes an air of desperation any time his character is on screen - whether he's speaking a line or not. John Goodman sets aside his standard paternal role to play a menacing, overbearing figure. Sofia Boutella plays a mysterious, alluring, but vulnerable character. Every actor played out their parts admirably with relatively little dialogue; even their breathing was on point.
The most immediately appreciable aspect of Atomic Blonde is the fight choreography. Every punch and kick is expertly timed and synchronized with the precision of a Russian ballet. This is what happens when you let a stunt coordinator direct a whole movie.
The fight choreography goes hand-in-hand with the sound design. It's not enough to say that this film has a 1980s synth-pop new wave sound track; we need to talk about how the sound design serves the fight scenes and the overall film. Every note, every beat, and every melody are synchronized with the fighting. The tempo of the music selection matches the tempo of the fight scenes and the revving engines in the car chases. Hat's off to the foley artists who designed the perfect sound effect for each car crash, battered jaw, broken bone, and bloody fist.
That impressive sound design and fight choreography complement the brilliant cinematography in Atomic Blonde. Let me tell you about one scene in particular: Near the end of the second act, the handicam (handheld, counter-balanced camera) follows Charlize Theron in a long, continuous shot. She fights her way up and down a building, killing KGB agents, dodging bullets, and kicking ass. The intimate camera gives the audience a sense of urgency in the violence. The handicam stays on Theron as she fights from one room to the next and continues to follow her as she escapes the building and hijacks a car. The same shot remains unbroken in the ensuing car chase scene. The audience feels planted in the passenger seat right next to Theron. The logistics of organizing all this action from all the different players in multiple locations into one unbroken shot boggles the mind.
Perhaps the most brilliant use of cinematography in Atomic Blonde is in the lighting. The palette of red, blue, and green light is used intentionally to paint a stylish image on screen. The filmmakers use these lights not just to please the eye, but also to convey mood, to hint at hidden subtext, and to supplant superfluous dialogue.
Speaking of dialogue, when the characters in Atomic Blonde speak, they tend to keep it brief. There's little need for exposition in this film after the introductory framing devise is established. Frankly, the plot isn't thick enough to require much exposition. Most of the plot is traditional spy movie formula. In fact, there are points in the third act when the filmmakers require the audience to be familiar with spy movie conventions to really understand where the plot is heading. Whether or not this is a problem depends on what the audience desires from viewing Atomic Blonde.
If you want a movie to tell an engrossing, original, dramatic story, then Atomic Blonde is not the film for you. If you want a movie to be a stylish audio-visual spectacle of art and violence, then Atomic Blonde will be one of your new favorites.
Atomic Blonde will be a future cult classic. I guarantee it!
Atomic Blonde is David Leitch's solo directorial debut. Leitch spent most of his career as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, but he got the opportunity to co-direct a few scenes in the film John Wick. It should come as no surprise when I tell you that Atomic Blonde is a stylish action movie with fantastic fight scenes and impressive choreography.
Charlize Theron is a gorgeous leading lady who plays the stone-cold main character without losing the empathy of the audience. She's sexy when she wants to be and powerful when she needs to be. James McAvoy plays a reckless, loud, arrogant, yet charismatic counterpoint to Theron's cool, calm, controlled super-spy. Eddie Marsan exudes an air of desperation any time his character is on screen - whether he's speaking a line or not. John Goodman sets aside his standard paternal role to play a menacing, overbearing figure. Sofia Boutella plays a mysterious, alluring, but vulnerable character. Every actor played out their parts admirably with relatively little dialogue; even their breathing was on point.
The most immediately appreciable aspect of Atomic Blonde is the fight choreography. Every punch and kick is expertly timed and synchronized with the precision of a Russian ballet. This is what happens when you let a stunt coordinator direct a whole movie.
The fight choreography goes hand-in-hand with the sound design. It's not enough to say that this film has a 1980s synth-pop new wave sound track; we need to talk about how the sound design serves the fight scenes and the overall film. Every note, every beat, and every melody are synchronized with the fighting. The tempo of the music selection matches the tempo of the fight scenes and the revving engines in the car chases. Hat's off to the foley artists who designed the perfect sound effect for each car crash, battered jaw, broken bone, and bloody fist.
That impressive sound design and fight choreography complement the brilliant cinematography in Atomic Blonde. Let me tell you about one scene in particular: Near the end of the second act, the handicam (handheld, counter-balanced camera) follows Charlize Theron in a long, continuous shot. She fights her way up and down a building, killing KGB agents, dodging bullets, and kicking ass. The intimate camera gives the audience a sense of urgency in the violence. The handicam stays on Theron as she fights from one room to the next and continues to follow her as she escapes the building and hijacks a car. The same shot remains unbroken in the ensuing car chase scene. The audience feels planted in the passenger seat right next to Theron. The logistics of organizing all this action from all the different players in multiple locations into one unbroken shot boggles the mind.
Perhaps the most brilliant use of cinematography in Atomic Blonde is in the lighting. The palette of red, blue, and green light is used intentionally to paint a stylish image on screen. The filmmakers use these lights not just to please the eye, but also to convey mood, to hint at hidden subtext, and to supplant superfluous dialogue.
Speaking of dialogue, when the characters in Atomic Blonde speak, they tend to keep it brief. There's little need for exposition in this film after the introductory framing devise is established. Frankly, the plot isn't thick enough to require much exposition. Most of the plot is traditional spy movie formula. In fact, there are points in the third act when the filmmakers require the audience to be familiar with spy movie conventions to really understand where the plot is heading. Whether or not this is a problem depends on what the audience desires from viewing Atomic Blonde.
If you want a movie to tell an engrossing, original, dramatic story, then Atomic Blonde is not the film for you. If you want a movie to be a stylish audio-visual spectacle of art and violence, then Atomic Blonde will be one of your new favorites.
Atomic Blonde will be a future cult classic. I guarantee it!
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
MrPopo wrote:You might say he is driving them to homicide.
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
What Happened To Monday - August 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Monday
A Netflix exclusive that came out recently, the movie really surprised me on the quality of the story and acting. Set in the future of a bleak over populated society allows only one child per family. One father (Willem Dafoe) protects his children in a unique way. If you have Netflix give it a watch! No DVD or BluRay announced, definitely worth buying to always have a copy on shelf.
I am impressed with the quality of the film; will search out other exclusive Netflix titles. Amazing how the once mail delivery rental Netflix grew to streaming and now major movie production company with many new movies coming out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Netflix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Monday
A Netflix exclusive that came out recently, the movie really surprised me on the quality of the story and acting. Set in the future of a bleak over populated society allows only one child per family. One father (Willem Dafoe) protects his children in a unique way. If you have Netflix give it a watch! No DVD or BluRay announced, definitely worth buying to always have a copy on shelf.
I am impressed with the quality of the film; will search out other exclusive Netflix titles. Amazing how the once mail delivery rental Netflix grew to streaming and now major movie production company with many new movies coming out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Netflix
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Continuing the old school sci-fi pulpy fun:
Logan's Run (1976) and Flash Gordon (1980) fit right in with Barbarella. Logan's Run is the more serious one and was awesome. Maybe a little bloated, but I have to give it points for its time. It has concepts and a scenario that's been done to death by this point, a self oppressed "perfect" human civilization enclosing itself in some dome world sealed off from the true outside world. My friend told me to watch this before I turned 30 coming up, since when you're 30 in this movie you go to some festival and die haha. So nobody was over 30 in this perfect world. The final stretch is a little weak but yeah, I still really enjoyed it. A very strange score from Jerry Goldsmith.
Flash Gordon is a weirder one, coming out after Star Wars and Alien... it fits more alongside the sci-fi camp of the 60/70's. I guess there's Flash Gordon stuff from the 1930's so that must be why. It leans into the camp in full force and was awesome for it. I heard a Star Wars cinematographer worked on this and it shows, a lot of it looks similar with the camera work and the main palace area was basically Cloud City. OST done by ... Queen? Yeah and it works. Great costume designs and just all around a good time if you're into campy cheese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-vU152-XAE
This all makes me want to try out Star Trek TOS again sometime. I tried watching some if it a few years ago but wasn't feeling it at all. I do hear the beginning is pretty rough but after awhile when the characters get in good groove it's better.
Logan's Run (1976) and Flash Gordon (1980) fit right in with Barbarella. Logan's Run is the more serious one and was awesome. Maybe a little bloated, but I have to give it points for its time. It has concepts and a scenario that's been done to death by this point, a self oppressed "perfect" human civilization enclosing itself in some dome world sealed off from the true outside world. My friend told me to watch this before I turned 30 coming up, since when you're 30 in this movie you go to some festival and die haha. So nobody was over 30 in this perfect world. The final stretch is a little weak but yeah, I still really enjoyed it. A very strange score from Jerry Goldsmith.
Flash Gordon is a weirder one, coming out after Star Wars and Alien... it fits more alongside the sci-fi camp of the 60/70's. I guess there's Flash Gordon stuff from the 1930's so that must be why. It leans into the camp in full force and was awesome for it. I heard a Star Wars cinematographer worked on this and it shows, a lot of it looks similar with the camera work and the main palace area was basically Cloud City. OST done by ... Queen? Yeah and it works. Great costume designs and just all around a good time if you're into campy cheese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-vU152-XAE
This all makes me want to try out Star Trek TOS again sometime. I tried watching some if it a few years ago but wasn't feeling it at all. I do hear the beginning is pretty rough but after awhile when the characters get in good groove it's better.
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Rewatched this recently:
Still funny. And apparently...
And had me a double feature a little while ago:
Both are great, and I can't wait to see Apocalypse and Logan. The former's next on my list from Netflix (not their streaming service).
But in all honesty, I really wish Marvel would get the X-Men and Fantastic Four rights back and incorporate them into the MCU. Deadpool, too, though IDK how that'd work. Maybe Deadpool would say something about different timelines. But despite being owned by Disney, I could see them releasing R-rated Marvel films, by virtue of Disney owning some studios that they can release them through. Though such companies probably don't exist anymore. I know they don't own Miramax anymore.
Still funny. And apparently...
And had me a double feature a little while ago:
Both are great, and I can't wait to see Apocalypse and Logan. The former's next on my list from Netflix (not their streaming service).
But in all honesty, I really wish Marvel would get the X-Men and Fantastic Four rights back and incorporate them into the MCU. Deadpool, too, though IDK how that'd work. Maybe Deadpool would say something about different timelines. But despite being owned by Disney, I could see them releasing R-rated Marvel films, by virtue of Disney owning some studios that they can release them through. Though such companies probably don't exist anymore. I know they don't own Miramax anymore.
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Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
Michi wrote:MrPopo wrote:You might say he is driving them to homicide.
WE MAY SEE MURDER YEEEEEEEEEET!
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strangenova wrote:Ack wrote:In the meantime, October is just around the corner...
I'm so ready. I bought a four pack of 80's horror movies yesterday, three of which I have never seen. The pack has Children of the Corn, Creepshow 2, House and Chud. I bought this mainly because I've wanted to see Chud forever, I've seen Children of the Corn before.
Ack what was that Lovecraft movie you recommended to me last year after I watched Re-Animator? I'm gonna order that on amazon so I can see it this year.
Edit: Found the post, it was From Beyond
1. I, too, am planning on watching CHUD this year. I believe it promises to be an...interesting time.
2. From Beyond is awesome. If you liked Re-Animator, I think you will like it.
3. Bride of Re-Animator is available on Prime, if you have it. It's not as good as the first one, but it promises more of the same.
*patiently waits for October to start*
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Can't wait to see Logan. Also, heard that the next X-Men film will be based on the Dark Phoenix Saga and will feature Lilandra from the comics, and NOT the Ultimate version where she's just a cult leader.
Still wish Disney would get the film rights from Fox, though.
Still an excellent '80s horror flick, though I can't stand the last story. I FUCKING HATE ROACHES!! I can deal with death and disembowelment (so long as it's not unsimulated like the animals that were killed in Cannibal Holocaust), but I just couldn't stand the sight of those fuckers.