movies

[haltz]

Basterds is guilt free becaused it's a cartoonishly exaggerated revenge dream sequence. And also because, you know, down with Hitler.

[haltz]

The Big Short was really good.

I was looking at Adam McKay's IMDB page just now and found this

Coheed and Cambria Sing Justice Scalia's Dissenting Opinions (2015)
Short, Comedy | 26 June 2015 (USA)

Writers: Coheed and Cambria, Adam McKay (concept), 1 more credit »
Stars: Coheed and Cambria | See full cast and crew »

[lukethedrifter]

So... movies.

The Big Short was really good.

Agreed. Get it?

[thrill]

Basterds was relatively guilt-free fun.

That, to me, is a very strange characterization of the film. Basterds is about the hypocrisy of bloodlust and how arbitrarily the lines are drawn between just and unjust violence, and how propaganda distorts morality. The climax of the film has the audience of a movie premiere (which itself features scenes of violence against "our" side) being slaughtered in the aisles. It's essentially suggestive of a cinematic deathwish. The villain of the film is its smartest, most charismatic, most commanding character. The secondary protagonist and avatar of American-ness is a crude, vicious buffoon. The only truly decent lead is Shoshanna, who is un-coincidentally its most vulnerable character and the only one who acts independent of state loyalties. Its surface may be pure pulp with a wicked streak of humor, but it's all in service of a potent and cogent political outlook.

I agree. Which is why I think QT removed all pretenses of nationalism, heroism and propaganda in 8. It's like, for everyone who still doesn't get what I'm saying, see if you still like my characters when they're all complicated and without pretense in their violence.

[The Third Man]

Fair nuff.

[33anda3rd]

Which characters in Hateful 8 are complicated?

The black guy who fought for the union and has been killing whitey every time they tried to catch up with him?

The rebel general who slaughtered a bunch of blacks during the civil war?

The younger rebel who kept fighting for the south after the war?

The murderous posse members?

Those are pretty stock.They might not have much pretense but they're pretty stock and not terribly complicated.

[Jocephus]

i consider myself a fan of QTs but have to admit the few trailers i saw for this didn't do much for me. granted, i dont know the general plot and i like the actors he has but i dunno. maybe i'm getting older, maybe i should still give it a shot but it wasn't like "i have to see this!"

but im also a terrible movie viewer.

[Fat_Bulldog]

I made a friend watch "The Last Dragon" a couple of weeks ago.

I want to start dressing like "Sho Nuff."

[The Third Man]

QT trailers always suck too, is the thing. IB's trailer was terrible.

[Jocephus]

that may be true but i dont feel like that had an impact on me, personally. it seemed like another django or IB so my initial reaction was one of "im not rushing out to see this". but maybe it swayed me negatively.