The Trees, The Ents....chatchienJanuary 26 2016, 20:04:45 UTC
I’m still on my quest for a true scary film.
What did you think of It Follows? I thought that it did scary better than most films that I've seen recently. Except for the swimming pool sequence, it could have been better.
The film is more of a psychological, paranoia filled thriller that remembers occasionally, “Oh, yeah-we have to do something with this environment.”
It doesn't sound like a very Japanese or Japanese influenced film. The Shinto religion is all about the spirits that surround human kind. Forests and nature spots always have a shrine and offerings to the spirits that live there. Part of the sublime weirdness of a Miyazaki animated film is his reverence to the Shinto themes in regard to nature and inanimate objects. What is odder and spookier and yet more compelling than those skull faced clicking spirits in the forests of Princess Mononoke? They are almost like mutated crickets.
Re: The Trees, The Ents....dawnybeeJanuary 27 2016, 06:05:56 UTC
What did you think of It Follows? I thought that it did scary better than most films that I've seen recently. Except for the swimming pool sequence, it could have been better.
I lost interest really quickly and by the swimming pool sequence, yeah, I was done. I finished it but I didn't enjoy it. But I think I'm looking for something truly terrifying and I haven't found that beyond elements of the first "Insidious" which had a sea change in the final act and wasn't scary anymore. Just like the tv movie "IT".
It doesn't sound like a very Japanese or Japanese influenced film. The Shinto religion is all about the spirits that surround human kind. Forests and nature spots always have a shrine and offerings to the spirits that live there. Part of the sublime weirdness of a Miyazaki animated film is his reverence to the Shinto themes in regard to nature and inanimate objects. What is odder and spookier and yet more compelling than those skull faced clicking spirits in the forests of Princess Mononoke? They are almost like mutated crickets
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My friend's complaint re the Revenant was not being able to understand a word out of Tom Hardy. He's got a lovely voice! Why the mumbling?
Having read a synopsis of the real life Revenant story, rather wish they'd stuck to the facts and especially to the "oh well, then" ending because it's so much more unpredictable.
Leo just told Inarritu, “Lukas Haas and I are a combo” because Haas is in the film and likely didn’t have to do anything but grow a beard because he’s Leo’s BFF I want a biopic of THAT relationship.
Aw bless, Tommy working hard, selling this horrible film. It's so lovely to see him out & about again. Still smiling from the Buzzfeed interview.
My friend's complaint re the Revenant was not being able to understand a word out of Tom Hardy. He's got a lovely voice! Why the mumbling?
Everyone says he mumbles in his film. I have special Tom Hardy hearing like how Shaggy and the gang can understand Scooby Doo so I can discern what those grunts and garbled mumblings mean.
I want a biopic of THAT relationship.
"He's Not Heavy, He's My BFF" starring Leonardo DiCaprio as himself and Tobey Maguire as Lukas Haas.
Aw bless, Tommy working hard, selling this horrible film.
When the interviewer asked him what was his favorite Nicholas Sparks film or was it, book, I had to bolt. I applaud him for answering that with a straight face.
It's so lovely to see him out & about again. Still smiling from the Buzzfeed interview.
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What did you think of It Follows? I thought that it did scary better than most films that I've seen recently. Except for the swimming pool sequence, it could have been better.
The film is more of a psychological, paranoia filled thriller that remembers occasionally, “Oh, yeah-we have to do something with this environment.”
It doesn't sound like a very Japanese or Japanese influenced film. The Shinto religion is all about the spirits that surround human kind. Forests and nature spots always have a shrine and offerings to the spirits that live there. Part of the sublime weirdness of a Miyazaki animated film is his reverence to the Shinto themes in regard to nature and inanimate objects. What is odder and spookier and yet more compelling than those skull faced clicking spirits in the forests of Princess Mononoke? They are almost like mutated crickets.
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I lost interest really quickly and by the swimming pool sequence, yeah, I was done. I finished it but I didn't enjoy it. But I think I'm looking for something truly terrifying and I haven't found that beyond elements of the first "Insidious" which had a sea change in the final act and wasn't scary anymore. Just like the tv movie "IT".
It doesn't sound like a very Japanese or Japanese influenced film. The Shinto religion is all about the spirits that surround human kind. Forests and nature spots always have a shrine and offerings to the spirits that live there. Part of the sublime weirdness of a Miyazaki animated film is his reverence to the Shinto themes in regard to nature and inanimate objects. What is odder and spookier and yet more compelling than those skull faced clicking spirits in the forests of Princess Mononoke? They are almost like mutated crickets ( ... )
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Having read a synopsis of the real life Revenant story, rather wish they'd stuck to the facts and especially to the "oh well, then" ending because it's so much more unpredictable.
Leo just told Inarritu, “Lukas Haas and I are a combo” because Haas is in the film and likely didn’t have to do anything but grow a beard because he’s Leo’s BFF
I want a biopic of THAT relationship.
Aw bless, Tommy working hard, selling this horrible film. It's so lovely to see him out & about again. Still smiling from the Buzzfeed interview.
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Everyone says he mumbles in his film. I have special Tom Hardy hearing like how Shaggy and the gang can understand Scooby Doo so I can discern what those grunts and garbled mumblings mean.
I want a biopic of THAT relationship.
"He's Not Heavy, He's My BFF" starring Leonardo DiCaprio as himself and Tobey Maguire as Lukas Haas.
Aw bless, Tommy working hard, selling this horrible film.
When the interviewer asked him what was his favorite Nicholas Sparks film or was it, book, I had to bolt. I applaud him for answering that with a straight face.
It's so lovely to see him out & about again. Still smiling from the Buzzfeed interview.
Tom the burgeoning media darling!
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