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I watched the Kermode review and he referenced King of Comedy about ten times so perhaps I should find and watch that first so I’ll understand Joker better when I get around to it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But as the thread's about films, yeah I'd recommend it too, it's Kubrick ffs. For those who haven't seen it, they may be surprised that it's not really that shocking, and it was Kubrick himself who banned it's availability in the UK.
I feel it's dated (like a lot of 70's films set in the future, Westworld, Soylent Green, Rollerball) and the use of moog adds to that.
But as film making goes it's a couple of hours of raucous fun, mindless violence and it merits multiple viewings. Ultimately though, it should be iconic, but I'm not sure if that may be simply because it's reputation precedes it.
I heard many years ago that what made it shocking was the use of particular pieces of music during violent events.
Tony99. I didn't know it was a book first. I will get hold of a copy of it and read it first. Thanks for the recommendation!
Likely that the book was overshadowed by the film,.
I watched Eyes Wide Shut by mistake (Withnail reference) and though I had never wanted to watch it could not stop doing just that.
Films I really enjoyed with George Clooney 'Syriana' and 'Michael Clayton.'
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
This prompted the thought that humans have had a very sketchy relationship with technology that acts in an autonomous way. And a lot of sci-fi movies and books represent this fear (justified or not), and how the relationship with tech often depends on which side of it you fall. Such as in Minority Report , Total Recall or Blade Runner.
I recently re-read 'The Chrysalids' by John Wyndham (1955). I first read this when I was around 13. It is SOOOOOOOOO relevant today. Race relations, disabilities, differences, acceptance and religious intolerance, tolerance, genocide, trust, norms, distrust, understanding, lack of understanding, fear and how religion will fill any space it can in order to spread a web of ideas and gain purchase on society and the minds of those within.
By the way I had to look up all those dates I am a tit really - just saying.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
The matrix is great, the 2nd and 3rd are mixed but the overall concept is brilliant and the final message that the humans and technology are entirely dependent on each other is pretty sobering.
Bone Tomahawk: average. Not as violent or shocking as I'd been led to believe, and it dragged a bit in the middle. The end is crap. There is one scene that did make me wince, but that was about it.
6/10
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
Just got home from seeing Joker.
Very, very good. Best film I've seen in ages.