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Post by nanatod on Feb 1, 2021 18:35:40 GMT -6
Mass and The Brother Sparks sounds like an act that would have played the hideout a couple of yrs ago.
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Post by llamaoftime on Feb 2, 2021 19:22:56 GMT -6
I definitely meant The Sparks Brothers, which is the new documentary about the band Sparks by Edgar Wright. Unfortunately I'm an idiot and didn't read the "finish within four hours of starting" part of individual tickets, I was going off my app which said I had until the next morning to watch, and an hour in I had to pause then got distracted for quite a while, and didn't actually get to finish. The first hour was pretty good at least
Mass was fantastic. Definitely as hard to watch as you'd think from the subject matter, partly because all of the acting performances in this film are just so damn good. One of the best acted films I've seen in a while. It hit me super hard emotionally, but I do feel better for having watched it.
I was able to get a ticket for Together Together today which I really enjoyed too.
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Post by Tweet on Feb 2, 2021 19:33:45 GMT -6
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 2, 2021 19:34:10 GMT -6
I definitely meant The Sparks Brothers, which is the new documentary about the band Sparks by Edgar Wright. Unfortunately I'm an idiot and didn't read the "finish within four hours of starting" part of individual tickets, I was going off my app which said I had until the next morning to watch, and an hour in I had to pause then got distracted for quite a while, and didn't actually get to finish. The first hour was pretty good at least Mass was fantastic. Definitely as hard to watch as you'd think from the subject matter, partly because all of the acting performances in this film are just so damn good. One of the best acted films I've seen in a while. It hit me super hard emotionally, but I do feel better for having watched it. I was able to get a ticket for Together Together today which I really enjoyed too. I regret not getting a ticket for Mass, but I'm sure it'll get picked up and released sometime. I also enjoyed Together Together quite a bit. Just watched We're All Going To The World's Fair, which was bizarre, creepy and fascinating. Kind of a shame it lost the Next award to Cryptozoo, which I also liked, but not quite as much.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 2, 2021 19:37:11 GMT -6
Also, Flee just won World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize...you should def watch that tomorrow, as it was the best thing I saw at this fest.
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 2, 2021 20:16:05 GMT -6
I definitely meant The Sparks Brothers, which is the new documentary about the band Sparks by Edgar Wright. Unfortunately I'm an idiot and didn't read the "finish within four hours of starting" part of individual tickets, I was going off my app which said I had until the next morning to watch, and an hour in I had to pause then got distracted for quite a while, and didn't actually get to finish. The first hour was pretty good at least you should politely email them and explain what happened. decent chance they reopen your viewing, unless they can't because it's done screening or something.
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 2, 2021 20:29:30 GMT -6
Also, Flee just won World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize...you should def watch that tomorrow, as it was the best thing I saw at this fest. rocks that on the count of three is one of the only non-coda movies to win a us dramatic prize. idk that the screenplay was the strength of the movie but hey, why not.
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Post by llamaoftime on Feb 2, 2021 20:39:15 GMT -6
my for sure list for tomorrow is Coda, On the Count of Three, Flee, and Summer of Soul.
Beyond that I'm interested in Hive, Cryptozoo, Cusp, One for the Road, and Luzzu. Realistically I'll probably only get to 1 or 2 on this second list and ill probably pick depending what mood im in.
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 2, 2021 20:42:20 GMT -6
all light, everywhere looks super interesting to me.
edit: oh, and summer of soul is probably amazing.
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Post by ultravisitor on Feb 2, 2021 20:51:00 GMT -6
I don't even know where to start with how weird this movie is.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 2, 2021 20:59:53 GMT -6
my for sure list for tomorrow is Coda, On the Count of Three, Flee, and Summer of Soul. Beyond that I'm interested in Hive, Cryptozoo, Cusp, One for the Road, and Luzzu. Realistically I'll probably only get to 1 or 2 on this second list and ill probably pick depending what mood im in. It's funny that I don't think I saw a single press review for Hive and then it cleaned up on the World Cinema category
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Post by nanatod on Feb 2, 2021 22:02:39 GMT -6
adam -- stop tweeting, start suing
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Post by llamaoftime on Feb 4, 2021 9:51:34 GMT -6
Ok Sundance reviews
Coda- I really loved this one. Ive seen some criticism that it follows a lot of predictable tropes and I guess that's true but it has so much heart and I loved the characters so much that I didn't care. Great acting all around, the main family in it is fantastic. And also genuinely funny too. I really think it was my favorite of the fest
On the Count of Three- I didn't like this one as much as I wanted to but it was still good. Good chemistry between the leads, some good dialogue at points, and definitely a bit funny at times in a great dark comedy sort of way, but I didn't love the ending and felt in general they could have done more with this plot. As AVB mentioned I'd agree I was surprised it won for screenplay of all things, but I am glad it won something
Flee- This one was fantastic and I appreciate the suggestion for it. A hell of a story and I loved the style with doing the animation. Maybe it'd benefit a bit from a higher budget for smoother animation, but it certainly worked. This, Coda, and Mass were my three favorites of the fest
Cusp- this is such a raw and real look into the life of a couple teenage girls in a small Texas town. There's some genuinely kind of horrible things in here and it really shows how normalized some very awful things are in some smaller towns. The style was done perfectly and I think made it more powerful and captivating. These filmmakers are talented, this is apparently their first film and I'd be interested to see what happens next.
All Light, Everywhere- final one I watched. This one was certainly interesting and it's kind of thesis point is a really interesting one that I haven't heard argued much. I don't know that it went the full mile with it, and I think there's some artistic choices that kind of get in the way, but overall I liked it a lot and definitely gave me things to ponder. That thesis I believe is that all film is subjective, and so taking all body cam and surveillance footage as objective evidence is a dangerous thing to do.
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 4, 2021 14:25:21 GMT -6
new most anticipated movie
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Feb 5, 2021 8:27:53 GMT -6
as chilling as both funny games and cache (the only other two of haneke's ive seen)...really no other way to describe this than captivating and horrific. you know when you can tell you'll be thinking about a movie for days? yeah!
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Post by Kamera on Feb 7, 2021 11:20:25 GMT -6
Getting ready for the sequel.
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Post by thebosma on Feb 7, 2021 11:55:17 GMT -6
Truly, wow. Incredibly good, can't believe I put off this series/movie for so long solely because of the medium
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 12:55:16 GMT -6
also probably in my top 10 of all time!
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Post by sick2b on Feb 7, 2021 15:12:21 GMT -6
Has anyone seen yet Vinteberg's latest with Mikkelsen (Druk/Another round)?
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 7, 2021 15:19:06 GMT -6
Has anyone seen yet Vinteberg's latest with Mikkelsen (Druk/Another round)? yeah, it was quite good, I thought
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 15:31:15 GMT -6
So much better than I remember it being.
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Post by thebosma on Feb 7, 2021 15:42:32 GMT -6
Has anyone seen yet Vinteberg's latest with Mikkelsen (Druk/Another round)? Yes it rules
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 17:47:34 GMT -6
So much better than I remember it being. It's fine and my friend and I have grown to really love Hardy's characterization and mimic him a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 0:46:39 GMT -6
Saint Maud is a slow burn (despite being 84 minutes long) and is way quieter than you expect
BUT that slow burn totally pays off and makes for an amazing atmosphere through the whole film.
ultimately pretty damn stellar
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Post by ultravisitor on Feb 8, 2021 11:55:55 GMT -6
Oh hey. I have plans for VD: got a ticket for Minari.
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 8, 2021 17:33:17 GMT -6
saw that sundance said they had their highest attendance ever at 500,000 people, but then looked at their methodology and saw they count each film ticket sold/viewed as 2 people, assuming on average that a couple are watching a film together. made me think about this thread and how my 3 movies count me as 6 people. munk and lot, you probably each count as like 10 people based on what you said you watched.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 8, 2021 18:13:26 GMT -6
saw that sundance said they had their highest attendance ever at 500,000 people, but then looked at their methodology and saw they count each film ticket sold/viewed as 2 people, assuming on average that a couple are watching a film together. made me think about this thread and how my 3 movies count me as 6 people. munk and lot, you probably each count as like 10 people based on what you said you watched. They sent out a survey after the festival and one of the questions was about how many people you watched films with, so there may have been some statistical analysis going on there, or they just made a quick assumption. I would have counted as 28 people, while I was, at most, 3 people. I assume though that they are referring to attendance by views, instead of unique viewers. I watched 6 movies alone, 2 movies with one other person and 6 movies with two other people, which means I contributed, in reality, 28 views...so they were right...lol
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Post by thisismyname on Feb 8, 2021 19:08:00 GMT -6
saw that sundance said they had their highest attendance ever at 500,000 people, but then looked at their methodology and saw they count each film ticket sold/viewed as 2 people, assuming on average that a couple are watching a film together. made me think about this thread and how my 3 movies count me as 6 people. munk and lot, you probably each count as like 10 people based on what you said you watched. I'm just annoyed the two films I wanted to watch sold out prior to me getting a ticket............. for a webstream.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 8, 2021 19:28:23 GMT -6
saw that sundance said they had their highest attendance ever at 500,000 people, but then looked at their methodology and saw they count each film ticket sold/viewed as 2 people, assuming on average that a couple are watching a film together. made me think about this thread and how my 3 movies count me as 6 people. munk and lot, you probably each count as like 10 people based on what you said you watched. I'm just annoyed the two films I wanted to watch sold out prior to me getting a ticket............. for a webstream. which two?
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