The Picture House – A Cinema Thread

delighted to see theres a sequel to the cartoonishly violent ‘Sisu’ coming out just in time for Christmas. One for fans of the latter Mad Max films. Properly cinematic.

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You make a valid point there… or even just visiting movies for the first time!

So many classics I’ve never got round to watching and I’m 52 this year-mainly because I got sick of people telling me ‘how great they were’ it actually makes me not want to bother

Of course totally contrary and childish- the list of films I’ve never seen includes:

Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
The majority of the classic Hitchcock movies bar Psycho
Not one David Lynch film
Etc

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I just hope the dog survives

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Absolutely, but no Nazis. They should have given Jamari Telander, its director, the Frankenstein remake. And Predator, and John Wick for good measure.

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I thought it was hilarious - very bad and very good at the same time

exactly, walked that fine line and did it really well.

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Went to see the Move Ya Body thing. Really good. Very familiar with the wider, general story obviously but really interesting to see it from Vince Lawrence perspective. His tale about being one of the few Black folks present at the Disco Demolition event was particularly sad, and his comments at the end about how he and Jesse and the other Chicago originators should really have ended up as house music version of a Motown or Def Jam dynasty were really interesting

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If you watch nothing else on this list (and I can do without ever seeing Raging Bull, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, or Apocalypse Now ever again myself) I’d recommend Taxi Driver - the music alone is immense - and David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (absolutely beautiful film in so many ways). :pray:

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Watching the 5hr Scorcese doc on Apple & thinking - what would I actually want to watch again?

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Oh wait- I have seen that a bunch of times haha -only one of his I have seen though.

(The Elephant Man)

Great, great film.

This book is worth a read as well:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-true-history-of-the-elephant-man/peter-ford/michael-howell/9780749005160

I’ll have a go at Taxi Driver despite the endless recommendations!

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I can watch Taxi Driver endlessly, Goodfellas I’ll watch every few years, but that’s it really.

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Sorry (not sorry) but I’m actually looking forward to this. It will likely be a big ole turd like most sequels are:

Not very highbrow I know.

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At least you get to look at Anne Hathaway for a couple of hours :heart_eyes:

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This and ‘Death Becomes Her’; two of my guilty pleasures!

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Me too actually!

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Talking of sequels. Toy Story 5! and June 19th is my birthday too

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Obligatory “they should of stopped at Toy Story 3” comment :joy:

That just reminded me of this classic LOL (TS3 spoilers :slight_smile: )

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The thing that gets me is they could have given it a better title. I hate it when they just put a 2 at the end of it and call it a day…

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The Devil Still Wears Prada.

The Devil Wears Prada, Again.

The Devil Wears Prada : Fashionably Late.

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 : The Revenge

This Time It’s Personal

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