Thank you for your recommendation. I haven't watched that show, sounds interesting so I will put it on my list. Yes Koreans have strong film industry and they like violence and weird stuff, which suits my taste. Most recent hit from last year Squid Game was most watched Netflix show which again explores rich and poor.
I read about that but I also read it's violent? And I am that man who reads warnings on IMDb, because I’m not hugely at ease with too much violence. I’m squeamish! I look away after turning off the volume. Mainly though, if it’s gratuitous violence, which like nudity in films, it’s always gratuitous. I don’t mind the nudity, but with violence I kinda know what’s gonna happen, I don’t need to see blood spatter anywhere too, you know?
I'm with you, rather squeamish about violence, though I can take it if it's not too gratuitous and makes sense. (I can even take a Tarantino like Kill Bill, because it's so clever and funny. Though I do have to close my eyes sometimes. And plug my ears.) I didn't watch Squid Game. Too much? Maybe @don_fabio will tell us.
Yeah it depends on the violence. Torture is out for me. And there’s been a lot of TV shows based around the exploitation of young women, usually chained to a bed in a basement, skimpily clad, with a stocking in their mouth. A wholly unimaginative variant on this to have children kidnapped, or killed. I skip all that shite.
I acknowledge the fact that violence exists in society, and I love film as an art form, so I understand that it will go there sometimes, and often make us uncomfortable. Realistic violence with real-world reverberations is generally the most disturbing to me, even when it isn't the most explicit, because it really looks at the worst of human nature. But I'm generally willing to endure that, when it is in the service of art and a higher purpose. (Though I do sometimes look away and plug my ears.) We all draw our own lines. I remember reading a review of Gaspar Noé's "Irreversible," which opens with a 15 minute rape scene. While the film was very well reviewed, one, IMO, very responsible reviewer did warn, "you can't un-see that scene, and you should decide for yourselves about seeing the film." I decided against.
I think Squid Game will be too much for you in this case and also for @Kieran . But it has awesome music theme small piece which suits nicely the whole TV series, perhaps worth listening on yt, should not be violence there
Thanks for the heads-up. I may give one episode a look to know what its about...I would be watching at home, so I can always bail out.I think Squid Game will be too much for you in this case and also for @Kieran . But it has awesome music theme small piece which suits nicely the whole TV series, perhaps worth listening on yt, should not be violence there
It is funny that you thought of Irreversible, too. I'm remembering it back from when it came out, that review, and my decision not to see it. And you actually backed that reviewer up: you can't unsee it. And you say it leapt to the front of your memory, all these years later, as an example. By many reviews, it's not a gratuitous film, and it has artistic merit. (You tell me.) Maybe the word "harrowing" is apt here. And when combined with graphic violence, it will surely be too much for some, but I don't deny the work of an artist to confront those things, or even the choice of the artist/filmmaker to make the choice to use graphic violence. As I said, as viewers, we make choices, too. As to being "squeamish" about violence, (note correct spelling...if we're going to teach you a word, we have to teach you how to spell it...) I don't think of myself as being especially squeamish. I'm open to lots of different kinds of films, I am not against any genre, which I think I spoke about above, and will below.
I can deal with a theme that is upsetting, when intelligently handled. My sister-in-law, for example, though, who is very squeamish, rules certain things like Broadchurch out immediately, as she just can't even deal with the theme. Well, that's her choice, which I respect.
I've always found Mulholland Drive very mysterious. And all of them, really. He lives in his own weird fever dream. I love David Lynch, generally.
I used to wish that Tarantino would make more films like Jackie Brown, which I think was his most mature, but I get that he has a certain sensibility, and I accept it. He seems rather a stunted human being to me, but he's a pretty great filmmaker.
Here is a funny place where we diverge. I can't deal with the gore/slasher movies (mainly as they seem too stupid and pointless to me,) but I like a good psychological horror. I'm guessing you didn't like The Exorcist or Rosemary's Baby or Poltergeist?. Did you see Get Out! or Us? Loved those. There are a lot of great Japanese ones out there, and I have seen very few, and a spate of women-directed ones lately I want to check out.
Totally agree that Hollywood has given over particularly to the comic book franchise boringness. (Though Wonder Woman was one I liked, naturally.) But yes, I miss them supporting films for grown-ups. I hope we don't stop going to movie theaters, as it is a unique experience, but Hollywood seems to think we only go for the IMAX or shake-your-seat-o-vision, explosions and big effects. I'm still trying to make the argument that really complicated films are the ones that require our attention, and beautifully shot ones still warrant the big screen, but we'll see how that goes.
Maybe I've put it too simply by writing I do not like horror movies. I actually wanted to express that they can be disturbing to me and it's not that I don't like them I put that wrongly, but in fact I approach those movies with caution. I watched a good deal of horror movies and found many of them very good.
Yes, the CGI has ruined the film industry in a way. Many scenes shot in front of the green canvas and then all done by the computers to make it look real. Don't get me wrong, technology really improved and all looks so good on a screen now, but it is like you mentioned gets to the point when it is all about big effects and explosions. Add a little a bit of humor to it, usual story and there is the movie.
Those are the Japanese ones I haven't seen. Haven't seen The Conjuring. But I know the rest. (The Polansky one is the Tenant. The Apartment is different 60s film, also good, but not horror.) Suspiria is interestingly mentioned. I liked the Dario Argento one, but not the remake. Carrie has buckets of blood, and I did think it was good.
The original Alien, though, that is a great horror film.
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Japanese The Ring is an incredible film, great idea and very scary. I saw that in the Irish Film Center in temple bar, and didn’t know what to expect. When Sadako crawled out of the television, I couldn’t forget it for ages…
This is funny, because I had that same thing...I don't remember if posting here or talking to a friend. Discussing that there were rather a lot of b/w films last year and the one before. I said, or was going to say "Nightmare Alley," and had to remind myself it was made in color, since it's such a "noir." It actually looks great in b/w, from the article you linked. But since he's going back to revisit, I still think he should cut it down. It's too long and flabby, which isn't normally his way. And we both do agree on Parasite, that it should stay in color.
I re-watched Roma last night, it is one of my favorite films too of the last couple of years...
Roma was beautiful and powerful - and black and white really suited it, even though it would be sumptuous in colour. It was sumptuous in black and white. We also had Mank, which I enjoyed, and because it was a movie about making a movie, to an extent, being in black and white really focused my eye on the genius of those old great filmmakers, and films, which used light and shade to remarkable effect. There have been a good few black and white movies in the last few years and I hope this trend continues. I think it became too expensive to make black and whites for a while, but now the technology is better? You’d know this better than I.
