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@NightHaunter

Je viens de revoir Under The Silver Lake de David Robert Mitchell et vraiment, je trouve ce film prodigieux sur ce qu'il dit de notre société, du complotisme, du sectarisme, du voyeurisme et de la tristesse des jeunes générations. ⤵️

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Une séquence me marque particulièrement : celle de Sam et son pote qui lancent un drone-caméra. Une version plus moderne et intrusive que les jumelles employées par Sam depuis le début du film. Tandis que son ami explique la paranoïa moderne par excellente : être suivi/espionné⤵️

On y voit une jeune femme s'installer face caméra par une fenêtre et se déshabiller devant le drone. En réalité, ce n'est pas ce déshabillage qui déstabilise mais le fait qu'elle se mette à pleurer devant nous, spectateur-voyeur. ⤵️

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Matt Neglia

@NextBestPicture

WEEKLY POLL RESULTS (Week Of 7/17/22): “Which Is Your Favorite Film With Aliens?”nextbestpicture.com/the-polls.html #NBPpolls #NopeMovie #NopeFilm #SciFi #Movies #Film #Cinema #Streaming #FilmTwitter

Here are your top 20 results (Thread):

20. 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
Dir. Dan Trachtenberg
(87 Votes) nextbestpicture.com/10-cloverfield…

19. AVATAR
Dir. James Cameron
(99 Votes)

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@HappyWarriorP

@FDRLST

‘Baymax!’ Is Just A Bunch Of Patronizing Public Service Announcements😴

Woke as it is brain-dead
‘Baymax!’ has all the subtlety of a low B-episode of Captain Planet & storytelling as deep as an evaporated puddle 🫧
thefederalist.com/2022/07/11/bay… @FDRLST #baymax #disney #mcu #marvel #rt

Disney doesn't seem to know its audience & lets progressive platitudes blind itself to releasing expensive shows that are only so-so

W/ some the wokeness turns them off immediately, but there isnt a lot here for progressives either
thefederalist.com/2022/07/11/bay… #tv #film #filmtwitter

For example, the infamous shopping scene in Baymax! it doesn't make much sense

An all-knowing robot needs help from a bunch of Grown men. In the feminine hygiene aisle

Discussing their favorite brand of tampons, as we all know men are wont to do…🙄

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https://twitter.com/filmobjective/status/1534717931854118912

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Oof. The writing in Obi-Wan Kenobi has passed the point of leniency.

In Part IV (spoilers), they kill a rebel to kidnap Leia and probe her mind for the base, while letting Obi-Wan escape to lure him into saving her... and let him go.

Let's talk about that a second:

https://twitter.com/filmobjective/status/1534717931854118912

Even discounting that a force mind probe makes A New Hope moot, this show isn't keeping track of anything. People teleport all over, they talk in crowded rooms and the writers "decide" that no one can hear them. They overlook obvious alternatives (probing the mind of the pilot).

The end of Part III is an example. How did Obi-Wan escape if Vader didn't want him to? Why would he want him to escape if he DIDN'T want him to get away on the base?

Absolutely nothing about that exchange makes sense. The writers are obsessed w/ writing their own escape hatches.

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Regardless of anything else, Obi-Wan Kenobi has an astonishing lack of attention to the logic of its action.

People teleport constantly for convenience, bad guys "lose" good guys even though they're RIGHT THERE, Leia outruns adults constantly. It's so distracting.

As an example of the exact opposite, Part 3 of Clone Wars (2003) is an immaculately attentive presentation of space and POV. The action never loses the audience for a SECOND.

Obi-Wan's creators seriously need to take notes. You couldn't pass a film class w/ what they're doing.

You know "out of sight, out of mind?" This is "out of frame, out of mind." Like that roof chase in Part 2. HOW did Reva lose them? The director just snapped their fingers and teleported everyone to the next scene w/ no connecting visual logic.

It's aggressively incoherent.

KMS78

@kmstx78

@Letterboxd

#FilmTwitter: Go to @Letterboxd, search decades by popularity & share top entry you haven’t seen per decade.

Me:

20s: Metropolis
30s: Gone w/ Wind
40s: Rope
50s: Ikiru
60s: Harakiri
70s: Holy Mountain
80s: Kiki’s Delivery Service
90s: Perfect Blue
00s: Oldboy
10s: Infinity War

This thread has made two things abundantly clear:

- lots of film buffs have never seen Bicycle Thieves

- there are actual people who have taken the trouble of creating a Letterboxd account, yet have never seen The Wizard of Oz

Reposting my list — with popularity rankings for each:

20s: Metropolis - (1)
30s: Gone w/ Wind - (4)
40s: Rope - (4)
50s: Ikiru - (15)
60s: Harakiri (19)
70s: Holy Mountain (41!)
80s: Kiki’s Delivery Service (21)
90s: Perfect Blue (33!)
00s: Oldboy (48!)
10s: Infinity War (13)

Peter Pischke-Friendly Neighborhood Journo

@HappyWarriorP

i get why some people feel differently

there's a scene early in the 2nd act of the film where Chavez claims that most universes give free food,

some people use this as evidence of wokery,

what they're missing is Raimi excoriiates her social justice claim,

immediately after its shown she's wrong & making assertions based on her short lived experience

a rebuttal on wokeness, not a confirmation
effectively showing her naivety
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #DoctorStrange2

That's how Dr Strange 2 operates,

whether its the cameo characters, or Dr Strange or Wanda,

characters make claims & Raimi shows how these characters are wrong in their ideas & philosophy

Not a confirmation of them,
this isn't woke, this is Anti-Woke

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Peter Pischke-Friendly Neighborhood Journo

@HappyWarriorP

you guys are going to hate me for this

@FDRLST

My latest review for the @FDRLST 🥳

Sam Raimi’s ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is An Anti-Woke Masterstroke🤯

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the best MCU film since ‘Endgame.’🪄🧙‍♂️
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #mcu #doctorstrange #drstrange #DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is the latest entry in the MCU & a direct sequel to the 2016 original.

However, Strange 2 is its own thing continuing the themes from the Disney Plus shows “WandaVision” and “What-If.”
#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness #mcu #movie

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Nguyên Lê 🎞🍥

@nle318

I might regret for not being able to hold them in any longer, but here are some thoughts on the Licorice Pizza Asian accent scene because both sides are getting out of control, no matter the nature of the arguments presented 🧵 [1/6] #FilmTwitter

Jerry Frick’s behavior is insulting. Not nice. The direction & writing (*hopefully intention as well) depict that *even if it’s faint AF* (or subjected to some manipulation in the now widely shared clip).

BUT this doesn’t mean it’s not problem-free. Focus now. Keep reading.

1st problem: Frick’s stupid act adds NOTHING to the story, or at most negligible. Regardless, it’s just era window-dressing.

So you said “my parents/grans used to speak like that to minorities.” Thx for sharing so proudly (?), still film doesn’t need this to make it feel real.

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Alden Diaz 🎙

@ThatAldenDiaz

https://twitter.com/juliacmarchese/status/1490743431416541184

A NEW HOPE. It has it all. Everything from the “I want song,” to the various tones for different kinds of music, to perfect character introductions, to duet opportunities, to a rousing finale. It’s begging to be a #musical. #filmtwitter

https://twitter.com/juliacmarchese/status/1490743431416541184

These could all be songs - ACT ONE:

• “Escape (Hunt for the Plans)” - Leia, Threepio, R2, & Vader
• “Doomed in the Desert” - Threepio & R2
• We give a small tease of “Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi” - Leia
• “Binary Sunset” - Luke
• “The Same As Your Father” - Obi-Wan

• “Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi” - Leia
• “Technological Terror” - Tarkin, Vader, Imperial leadership
• “Scum & Villainy” - Luke, Obi, Cantina patrons
• “A Fast Ship (Over My Dead Body)” - Han, Chewie, Greedo, Cantina patrons
• “Fire When Ready (Leia’s Lament)” - Tarkin & Leia

Tim Noakes

@TimNoakes

Anton Furst was a cinematic visionary.

Thirty years ago today, the production designer tragically took his own life at the age of 47.

He’s one of my greatest influences, so I thought I’d write a brief history about him alongside some photos, drawings, and interview excerpts.

His production design for Tim Burton's Gotham City made an early and indelible impact on me.

"It was as if hell had erupted through the pavements and kept growing."
– Anton Furst

As a 10-year-old sitting in a suburban cinema, #Batman89 was my first introduction to the dark beauty of gothic, futurist, and brutalist architecture. Gotham was scarier than the Joker, more mysterious than Bruce Wayne, and more beguiling than Vicki Vale. I wanted to live there.

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Polanski’s Bitter Moon (1992).

I rarely say this. But this is a demeaning film. Its POV is sexist in a way that makes everyone worthless. It's SO cynical. It has the rare dishonor of being a film I hate thematically far more than the actors and visuals deserve.

The reason is not just its execution, which prioritizes cheesy narration to sell every small emotional detail, falsely excusing the visuals from being as creative as they could be. That just makes it boring.

What makes it truly vile is its completely unempathetic worldview.

Movies that lack empathy for men are not uncommon but rarely are they this ambitious. Every male drive and desire is shown as evil in Bitter Moon, utterly condemnable. Even the capacity to love is portrayed as WEAKNESS. A man's desire to kill himself is portrayed as inevitable.

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Glass (2019)
W/ its nice presentation, it's just so painful that the crucially flawed element is the script's dramatic priorities.

All I would do is rewrite the film to include a full character thread for David, including his relationship w/ his powers and his son.

https://twitter.com/terryjgeo/status/1411000211711856653

Instead of him just vanishing from the entire 2nd act and waking up after a literal nap for the ending, I would include him!

I love the idea of the Clover Organization being beaten by a normal guy, not because of his strength, but his normalness.

And I know M. Night craved subversion. But David does NOT seem like he's been doing this for 20 years. He and his son are shown to be PITIFULLY disorganized and unambitious if you think about it.

Their last scene together is in the hardware store! It's so painfully underwritten.

https://twitter.com/filmobjective/status/1409604138317537280

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a 2001 CBM made 10 years late. Expectations in 2011 were COMPLETELY different. Does this mean the film is “underrated?”

It’s respectably loony. Cage expresses it facially to a level of enjoyment that prevents it from being boring.

https://twitter.com/filmobjective/status/1409604138317537280

But it sidesteps its ability to be, even on its own terms, a "good movie."

Its problems are in conventions. The henchman villain is dramatically inert. The girl has no energy at all, not dramatic, not romantic, nothing. She really should have had crazy charisma.

They set it up that anything Ghost Rider "rides" transforms in his image …

so the natural punchline would have been a ridiculous sex scene, Cage screaming on fire as she transforms into a hardcore demon queen. Something WAY over-excessively, memorably, nonsensically perverse.

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https://twitter.com/SpaceMonkey907/status/1410052366078935041

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Snow White is still one of the best animated films. It not only forged feature animation but recaptured the particular dark optimism of the European fables.

I think the scene where Snow White wakes up in bed is still THE most important scene in animation history.

https://twitter.com/SpaceMonkey907/status/1410052366078935041

Why that one?
What we have to remember about animation is that it was not SELF-EVIDENT that it would stylize characters based on their personality. It could have been used (for someone less artistic, it would have been) simply to turn realistic people into animated forms.

Instead, however, Disney used animation to translate essential characteristics of personality into physical traits, which defined the art of animation forever.

When Snow White wakes up in bed, she names the dwarfs by SIGHT based on the artistic process of drawing them.