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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 04:00:44 PM
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by Alex - Today at 03:18:14 PMQuote from: Dr. Whom on Today at 02:31:55 PMHarvest (2024)
After Minions and Monsters, I thought it was time for something more artsy, so I picked this one. Apparently the novel it was based on, got to the shortlist of the Booker Prize in 2013, and I am willing to believe that it s more interesting than the movie. However I haven't been as baffled by what a movie is wanting to say (if anything) since Barbie. It keeps making points and then undercutting them, while leaving much unnecessarily unexplained.
A small Scottish village, barely scraping together an existence, comes in the possession of a new landlord, who wants to turn the people out and give the ground over to sheep for wool production.
According to Wikipedia set in the early modern period with the transition of feudalism to capitalism, yet the material culture is that of the mid 19thC. The henchmen wear bowler hats, for one thing.
It has some interesting points to make, but the whole thing is painfully slow. This is one of those movies where people do mundane things (like lighting a pipe) in realtime for no good reason. Most shots are twice as long as they could be. It takes about an hour before the main problem of the movie (ie the arrival of the new landlord) happens. Even then there is no narrative tension. The two main protagonists do not take any action and simply let things happen. The main character does call out people on their inaction, although he himself does not act and seems to think action is futile. I can see why the director made this choice, but it doesn't make the movie any easier to sit through. It is hard to care for any of these people.
So, some good ideas, wonderfully filmed (at times it feels like you're in a painting by Ford Maddox Brown), but ultimately too boring to recommend
Sounds like he'd have been better framing it as a modern representation of the Highland Clearances.
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Weird News Stories / Re: The hero we all need.
Last post by Alex - Today at 03:15:00 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on Today at 08:07:05 AMSurely Farage chose Clacton because he thought that was the best chance for him to win. If he can't win there, it has to be the end of him, right?
His term as an MP so far has been most notable for him spending as little time in Clacton as possible and certainly not representing the people who voted for him. When he does, he is bringing things that are against the working people he claims to represent and yet he still has people who support him. Sound familiar?
It would be very interesting to see what would happen should he lose to a comedy candidate (and I am not sure what the man behind Count Binface would do in that situation. Would he turn down the job or take it and do his best?).
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 02:31:55 PMHarvest (2024)
After Minions and Monsters, I thought it was time for something more artsy, so I picked this one. Apparently the novel it was based on, got to the shortlist of the Booker Prize in 2013, and I am willing to believe that it s more interesting than the movie. However I haven't been as baffled by what a movie is wanting to say (if anything) since Barbie. It keeps making points and then undercutting them, while leaving much unnecessarily unexplained.
A small Scottish village, barely scraping together an existence, comes in the possession of a new landlord, who wants to turn the people out and give the ground over to sheep for wool production.
According to Wikipedia set in the early modern period with the transition of feudalism to capitalism, yet the material culture is that of the mid 19thC. The henchmen wear bowler hats, for one thing.
It has some interesting points to make, but the whole thing is painfully slow. This is one of those movies where people do mundane things (like lighting a pipe) in realtime for no good reason. Most shots are twice as long as they could be. It takes about an hour before the main problem of the movie (ie the arrival of the new landlord) happens. Even then there is no narrative tension. The two main protagonists do not take any action and simply let things happen. The main character does call out people on their inaction, although he himself does not act and seems to think action is futile. I can see why the director made this choice, but it doesn't make the movie any easier to sit through. It is hard to care for any of these people.
So, some good ideas, wonderfully filmed (at times it feels like you're in a painting by Ford Maddox Brown), but ultimately too boring to recommend
After Minions and Monsters, I thought it was time for something more artsy, so I picked this one. Apparently the novel it was based on, got to the shortlist of the Booker Prize in 2013, and I am willing to believe that it s more interesting than the movie. However I haven't been as baffled by what a movie is wanting to say (if anything) since Barbie. It keeps making points and then undercutting them, while leaving much unnecessarily unexplained.
A small Scottish village, barely scraping together an existence, comes in the possession of a new landlord, who wants to turn the people out and give the ground over to sheep for wool production.
According to Wikipedia set in the early modern period with the transition of feudalism to capitalism, yet the material culture is that of the mid 19thC. The henchmen wear bowler hats, for one thing.
It has some interesting points to make, but the whole thing is painfully slow. This is one of those movies where people do mundane things (like lighting a pipe) in realtime for no good reason. Most shots are twice as long as they could be. It takes about an hour before the main problem of the movie (ie the arrival of the new landlord) happens. Even then there is no narrative tension. The two main protagonists do not take any action and simply let things happen. The main character does call out people on their inaction, although he himself does not act and seems to think action is futile. I can see why the director made this choice, but it doesn't make the movie any easier to sit through. It is hard to care for any of these people.
So, some good ideas, wonderfully filmed (at times it feels like you're in a painting by Ford Maddox Brown), but ultimately too boring to recommend
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:34:55 PM
I've probably posted this before, but it remains one of the greatest paintings ever made.
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Weird News Stories / Re: The hero we all need.
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 12:31:43 PMQuote from: Trevor on Today at 02:03:54 AMQuote from: Dr. Whom on Today at 12:56:05 AMQuote from: LilCerberus on July 11, 2026, 10:11:37 PM^Kinda gives me echoes of Bucket Head from Gremloids.....^
He started out as Lord Buckethead, until he got stopped by copyright, so he created Binface instead.
Did KFC sue him or.... 😅
no, Todd Durham, the creator of Hyperspace aka Gremloids, which had the character originally. He relented later, but by then Lord Binface had moved on, and this led to a Lord Buckethead vs Count Binface face off in 2019 in what can only be called the Battle of the Receptacles.
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 12:25:09 PM36. The Favourite (2018)
Ostensibly set in 1705, although with a lot of creative anachronisms
Ostensibly set in 1705, although with a lot of creative anachronisms
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 10:05:08 AM
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