Movies
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@SKT I didn't realise the backstory of the original silent movie. Fascinating stuff. A re-telling of Stoker's Dracula with changed names, but Stoker's estate sued them and apparently all copies were burnt - but not all!
Movie then became a bit of an iconic moment in cinematic history in terms of art direction etc
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@mclaincausey A few days late but...I liked some parts of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, I think Catherine O'Hara was funny and played her character well. I was disappointed how Winona Ryder's character was portrayed as a pathetic loser basically that makes poor choices. She was so much cooler in the first film. The ending was super weird too. I did enjoy how Michael Keaton played his role though, he had me laughing a few times.
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Yeah agreed. The script is what ruined it, not the acting or practical effects or sets or any of that. The script is what made Lydia lame (though to some extent it make sense to be lam-er as one ages) and the script is what made that clumsy, forced ending to a bunch of convoluted storylines.
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Related tangent… have you guys ever seen photos of Winona standing with her husband like at premiere or award show? I definitely get an abusive husband vibe off him. He’s always very prominent in photos and she seems like she’s shrinking. Also, he shouldn’t be in all those photos. No one cares about him. He should be in the background letting her do her thing. Obviously they’re just photos but check some of them out and tell me what you think. I’d be interested to know if I’m alone here. I could just be projecting my hatred for anyone married to her that’s not me… or Johnny Depp. She is true Gen X royalty.
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@Matt I had to look him up. Fashion designer who owns a brand called Loomstate. He looks to have a large head in the pictures I saw so perhaps overshadowing her in photos is unintentional.
She dated Page Hamilton. Not that it’s any of my business but I heartily approve that one at least.
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@GraemeE - sad news indeed. In my mind he was the last true artist of american movie industry. I recommend “room to dream” his biography that was written by Lynch himself and then by people around him about same events and same period of his career. Very funny and heartwarming. He seemed like a nice person and great artist.
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Quick hit on Nosferatu. Saw it last week and I have to admit I left feeling a little disappointed. Eggers has a talent for visuals there is no doubt and some of the shots were absolutely beautiful. Lily-Rose Depp’s performance stood out and there were some “uneasy” feeling moments. Maybe I’m too familiar with the story but it never got truly scary or “unnerving” for me. And I will admit bias that I compare all Vampire villains to Gary Oldman’s performance in Bram Stoker’s Dracula so Skarsgard’s Count Orlok felt really flat. Still enjoyed it but maybe had expectations that were too high
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I remember seeing the 2nd-3rd Star Wars, Indiana Jones, War Games, Back to the Future, and Teen Wolf in the cinema. Those will always be special.
I also remember seeing Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction in the cinema a little later in life… same result.
I can barely be bothered to go to a movie these days and think I and we as a culture have lost something with the regression of movie theaters. We now have more content available at home than we ever could have imagined and I spend most of my viewing time trying to find something I want to watch. Interesting how things have evolved. It would sound great on paper but I feel like it’s a step back.
Perhaps it’s misguided nostalgia.
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@mclaincausey I recently discovered a fairly new arts cinema in Cologne. Decided together with the wife we need to go there regularly. It's definitely an experience I missed.
