Boozer said:Honestly, Matanic is usually just a pretentious jerk—he really rubbed me the wrong way when he was on Open. The guy makes a couple of movies and suddenly thinks he’s the smartest man in the room. 🙂
I'm with you on this one. 🙏
Even if his films aren't bad, as a person? He's just unpleasant—way too full of himself. 🙂
Boozer said:The movie is actually great. Definitely better than the crap we produce here.
Man, you sound just like this one friend of mine—always trashing American movies, but when you ask him which ones he’s actually seen, he can't name a single one. 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄
Just because our film industry is lacking in short bursts doesn't mean there aren't some gems to be found. 👎
silentmason15 said:I watched the movie, but I'm a little lost. I was expecting an ending where the damn psycho actually gets caught—but instead, it's just a total wash. It turns out nobody gets busted for the murders, even though in the actual true story, they definitely know who did it. The ending wasn't the clearest for me. Honestly, movies like this always get my blood boiling—like when she took him out with the sniper shot and he just fell. Why didn't she just go for the throat with a knife? The tension was there, sure, but man, I was frustrated because I knew if she didn't finish him, they were all screwed. I didn't really expect her to kill the blonde, though; taking her out with a sniper shot was pretty unexpected. I guess the whole movie is surprisingly unpredictable, which was a nice little surprise.
Well, it's basically a dark ride, the whole premise relies on the idea that someone can just kill you in broad daylight without anyone seeing a thing—and then they just vanish, leaving no trace behind.
Oh, and one more thing: it doesn't try to pull any sudden, cheap twists like they did in High Tension 👏 The movie just flows perfectly from start to finish 🙏
Finally got around to watching this one. I’ve heard so much hype about it that I just had to see it for myself. Honestly? It’s a masterpiece. 🙏
The setup is pretty simple: three young people head out to the American desert to check out some crater near Wolf Creek. Naturally, their car breaks down mid-trip. And of course, some stranger shows up offering a hand. Of course, that friendly stranger turns out to be a total psycho. We've seen this trope a million times before, but the execution here is fantastic. The director doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or over-the-top gore to terrify you—instead, they just force you to step right into those characters' shoes. A lot of it is shot handheld, which isn't usually my thing, but here it works perfectly. There were moments where I actually felt sick to my stomach because of one constant, looming factor: even if you manage to run, you're still miles from anywhere. You're still screwed. Not to mention how much of the violence happens in broad daylight. The characters are just... stuck. No way out.
The cinematographer did an incredible job. You're caught in this loop of feeling nauseous while simultaneously being mesmerized by what's on screen. Truly fascinating. 🙏
A little fun fact: the movie is actually based on a real-life serial killer—get this—John (Robert Mark) Mike!
Grant, the Church does plenty of stupid stuff—but what really fascinates me is how, among the ultra-preachy, self-righteous types on these forums, tolerance toward the Church and tolerance toward everything else seem to be inversely proportional. It’s honestly bizarre. Everyone who’s been making a mess of things here turns out to be these huge humanitarians and "tolerant" souls on other topics—so much so that you can't even keep up. Yeah, right.🙄 They'll make a massive scene over anything the Church says or does, yet they turn a blind eye when others act the exact same way. It's fine if you see a Catholic gathering in a public square, I guess, but why am I constantly having to deal with Hare Krishnas sitting in groups of 500 on the grass, banging drums and trying to hand me their vegetarian cookies? Seriously? I'm a meat eater.🙂
Ethan Howard45 said:If I were ever a directing professor, I’d probably torture my students by making them study PT Anderson—starting with "Boogie Nights," because the direction there is just incredible. He managed to pull off an absolute masterpiece while staying firmly within the mainstream... then there's how he handles the narrative flow and those parallel storylines; it's brilliant. The way he introduces characters is unlike anything else—honestly, I haven't seen a character introduction done that well in American cinema in at least 30 years. It’s a lesson many directors need to learn, not just here in the States, but in Hollywood too.
The sound design used to define—or redefine—characters is another huge part of what makes PT a master... blah blah blah, you get the idea, the guy's a genius...
but maybe we should save him for later once we hit the 1940s. 🙂))
I'm with you, though I'd swap out Boogie Nights for Magnolia.🙏 🙏 🙏
Basta said:Some random vandals set fire to the scaffolding set up in Oakland for a movie shoot—and managed to wreck some minor local monuments while they were at it. 😵 👎
We might be a small group, but we can certainly be jerks. 🙂
