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Old 2011.10.17, 02:32 PM   #241
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Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
Just got out of a screening of Melancholia.

The first half is very slow, but the second half is extremely powerful. Not for everyone, but that ending is so breathtaking.

Recommended if you have patience/like Lars Von Trier
its sitting on Comcast Demand in HD right now. I really want to see it but I kind of want to wait it out and see if it will end up screening somewhere around here. Sometimes movies like that are better suited for the cinema. what do you think?

I saw the Thing this weekend. I'm a big fan of Carpenter's original (well, technically that too was a remake) and my feelings for this aren't quite clear. I applaud their designs and overall pacing and atmosphere. It definitely felt very European. I laud the studio's interference with character development, focus on rushing through the opening to get to the creature, and insistence on hampering all the practical work with extra CGI. I'm sure it would have looked AMAZING with just the puppetry but the CGI made it feel oddly dated....The Thing still holds up to this day due to the practical effects...its sad that film companies don't trust in their filmmakers and think they can read the audience...time and time again it FAILS. but it is still highly recommended, just because it is utterly unlike most of the other horror movies to come out this year...I applaud it for trying something new and different amongst all this slasher porn remake bullshit.
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