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Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
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that's a great watch.Grave of the Fireflies (198- IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- Mar 30, 2007
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a lot of space movies from Hollywood recently
- Jul 2, 2001
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Don't understand all these Space movies. I've typically been okay and enjoyed that genre, but what has sparked this trend? I thought this was the movie with Jennifer Lawrence.
- Apr 23, 2014
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Man yes!My girl has me watching it with her after Westworld and it's actually solid. Robert's delivery with everything he says
- Mar 30, 2007
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Dont even seem like they are really trying to sell that movie that well other than showing some familiar faces
Bend_The_Knee
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Recommend me a few stop motion films.
Seen Nightmare Before Christmas 100 times already.
Seen Nightmare Before Christmas 100 times already.
- Oct 31, 2009
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Fellas, I just finished American Beauty and all I got to say is that is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I am no film critic, but even I saw at the end the commentary the movie was making about repression and feeling trapped. Kevin Spacey is a monster of an actor and played the role so well I damn near cried when the Colonel shot him
- Apr 3, 2014
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The new Shout Factory Collector's Edition blu ray of this movie is fire. Looks way better than ever before. Amazing movie.
- Jul 2, 2001
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One of those movies that you don't understand the hype around until you actually see it. It's been quite some time since I've watched, I'm glad to hear it's holding up well over time.
calibeebee
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Coraline: the best stop motion visuals I've ever seen.
Paranorman: Same company that made coraline. Great story, great adult humor mixed in. Reminds me of classic Pixar titles.
James and the Giant Peach: a little older. A little more kid friendly. Still a classic worth watching. Stop motion blended in with live action. Some say Tim Burton made the whole movie and gave away the Directing credit to the other dude.
Mary and Max: one of the top 200 films ever made. A1 animation. A real tearjerker of a story.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox: from the same director as royal tenenbaums, grand Budapest hotel, moonrise kingdom, the life aquatic, etc. won 2 oscars. Funny as hell. Very peculiar. TONS of great actors, clooney, Bill Murray, etc. one of my favorite movies of all time.
This is all I can think of off the top of my head. Kubo and the Two Strings I've heard is better than all of them, but I haven't seen it yet.
darthska
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- Apr 30, 2004
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Can someone please interpret the last still frame of The Cabin in the Woods for me?
Actually, the very last shot and the 10 minutes prior.
And also everything before that, beginning with the beginning.
Saw it when it first came out in theaters, then again last night. Jesus H. Christ, I just...
Actually, the very last shot and the 10 minutes prior.
And also everything before that, beginning with the beginning.
Saw it when it first came out in theaters, then again last night. Jesus H. Christ, I just...
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What didn't you get? The part with the hand?
Talking about from the merman part?
Love that movie
calibeebee
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Cabin in the woods one of the best horror movies of the 2000's. Top 5 no doubt
- Nov 24, 2009
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It was definitely interesting and different. I like when a movie changes it up. Not sure if I liked the movie that much though. Need to watch it again.
darthska
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Yeah, the hand. Was that one of the gods arising?
Are we all just here because some Cabin in the Woods continues to offer sacrifices that please the gods chilling beneath the cabin?
Are we all just here because some Cabin in the Woods continues to offer sacrifices that please the gods chilling beneath the cabin?
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Inferno 4.5/8
The puzzles weren't interesting. The characters were throw away. Way too much going on. I have forgotten everything about Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons though so that might have been a factor to why I just didn't care about anyone in this movie.
Seeing The Handmaiden or Deepwater Horizon today. Hyped.
The puzzles weren't interesting. The characters were throw away. Way too much going on. I have forgotten everything about Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons though so that might have been a factor to why I just didn't care about anyone in this movie.
Seeing The Handmaiden or Deepwater Horizon today. Hyped.
- Aug 23, 2004
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https://thenickelscreen.com/2012/04/18/the-cabin-in-the-woods-explained-its-a-giant-metaphor/
The basic premise for this movie is the most clichéd of all premises. Five friends (the jock, the dumb blonde, the stoner, the “virgin,” and the intelligent dude) decide to take an RV to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway, but they don’t expect the horrors that await them. What horrors, you wonder? Well that depends on what object they pick up in the mysterious basement.
This isn’t your average horror movie. You see, imprisoned beneath the earth are the old gods, the demons that used to walk the land, bringing death and destruction. The only thing that keeps them trapped are the ritual sacrifices that we provide. But sheep’s blood and virgins tossed into volcanoes don’t cut it anymore. The gods have grown bored by such things and demand not only the sacrifice, but also a show.
That’s where the secret underground operations center comes in. An advanced and elaborate facility, it is up to the many technicians to create the ultimate performance. They must lure unsuspecting youths out to a cabin in the woods, then pump in the proper pheromones to cause them to make bad choices, and, finally, they must unleash the monsters that will murder said youths a graphic display of violence. If successful, the blood of the fallen 20-somethings will drain into the sacrifice chamber, the old gods will be appeased, and life, as we know it, will continue.
Throughout this film, we flash back and forth between the stereotypical horror movie plot and the facility. The dramatic irony involved in these jumps makes the whole movie fun. Sure, those poor kids are being gruesomely murdered by a family of zombies, but everyone at the facility is so desensitized that they’re getting a kick out of it, even betting on which monsters will slaughter everyone this round.
Gotta bring a cooler to the horrible, graphic, slaughter.
What makes this movie so wonderfully amazingly super fantastic is the metaphor. Don’t you get it? The old gods, that’s us! We used to be satisfied by simple plotlines (girl in a volcano), by a song and a dance, but no longer. We have developed discerning tastes, desensitized by decades of cinema. We watch horror movie after horror movie titillated by the death scenes.
The workers in the facility are the moviemakers. They know they have to appease the old gods, i.e. their audience, and if they fail, their world ends. If their movie isn’t entertaining enough, it will flop, and the old gods will write nasty reviews and complain about it on the internet, and the people in the facility will lose their jobs, which to them is equivalent to losing their lives. When they bet on which monster will kill them all this time, they’re wondering what new horror will rake in the most cash. And they’re just like us, to some degree. They get excited when they hear about a new plotline. When the creepy old men zoom in on the couple about to have sex, when they root for the girl to take off her clothes, that’s every male member of the audience secretly hoping for a shot of some boobies.
Best way to see boobs? One-way mirror, of course!
The poor kids in the cabin? Their plotline is the actual movie. It’s standard. It’s cliché. The actors go through the motions that the moviemakers force them to. Writers plan out a film. Those are the workers in the facility who build the cabin, who place the evil objects in the basement. Directors are the people in the facility who run the show in real time, summoning monsters, releasing pheromones, and collapsing tunnels. I mean, the head of the facility was even called “The Director.” The kids in the cabin are the actors. They have no free will, but are puppets on strings, tugged this way and that by the script and the director and everything that’s been set in motion. They perform for our entertainment.
Watching this movie is a life-changing experience. Not only is it entertaining, but it explains every other movie. Any time you ever noticed an inconsistency or witnessed a character making a stupid decision and thought “why on earth would they split up?” you now know the explanation. This movie fixes every problem in every film. We can assume that there was a facility controlling the actions of every character in anything we’ve ever seen, and because of that, we can’t fault the characters for their actions.
This is how you used to feel after watching a character decide to go down into the basement alone, but no longer!
And there was a facility in all those movies, wasn’t there? A director, a writer, trying to solve some problem with the story. Sometimes they do a good job. Sometimes we’re appeased. Other times they make The Last Airbender.
The Cabin in the Woods is primarily a comedy, mostly because it’s constantly poking fun at these conventions. When beautiful man Chris Hemsworth says they should stick together and defend themselves, the facility pumps in some stupidity in gaseous form and he changes his plan. When they’re trapped by a giant chasm and someone says, “What are we supposed to do? Jump?!” you get that classic movie moment. Hemsworth hears the word jump and gains a flash of inspiration. He pulls the motorcycle off the back of the RV and gives an inspiring speech. He’ll come back for them. He’ll come back with an army and save everyone. It’s a scene you’ve witnessed time and again, but this time it’s hilarious because the movie is pointing out the trope.
And even though I’ve already given plenty away, let me just say without ruining it that this movie has an absolutely amazing climax. I did not see it coming, and when it did, I was unthinkably happy.
The Cabin in the Woods is the epitome of meta cinema. The movie itself contains three separate layers, 4th walls within 4th walls, and once you understand the metaphor, even deeper layers are created. In just the same way that Dollhouse was a commentary on television, this is a commentary on film. It’s a lot like Inception, really, but instead of dream architects being sci-fi moviemakers, members of the facility are horror moviemakers.
The point of all this is that The Cabin in the Woods is a brilliant film. Anyone who loves movies must see it, especially if you’re a horror buff. In fact, I’m gonna go see it again right now.
This isn’t your average horror movie. You see, imprisoned beneath the earth are the old gods, the demons that used to walk the land, bringing death and destruction. The only thing that keeps them trapped are the ritual sacrifices that we provide. But sheep’s blood and virgins tossed into volcanoes don’t cut it anymore. The gods have grown bored by such things and demand not only the sacrifice, but also a show.
That’s where the secret underground operations center comes in. An advanced and elaborate facility, it is up to the many technicians to create the ultimate performance. They must lure unsuspecting youths out to a cabin in the woods, then pump in the proper pheromones to cause them to make bad choices, and, finally, they must unleash the monsters that will murder said youths a graphic display of violence. If successful, the blood of the fallen 20-somethings will drain into the sacrifice chamber, the old gods will be appeased, and life, as we know it, will continue.
Throughout this film, we flash back and forth between the stereotypical horror movie plot and the facility. The dramatic irony involved in these jumps makes the whole movie fun. Sure, those poor kids are being gruesomely murdered by a family of zombies, but everyone at the facility is so desensitized that they’re getting a kick out of it, even betting on which monsters will slaughter everyone this round.
Gotta bring a cooler to the horrible, graphic, slaughter.
What makes this movie so wonderfully amazingly super fantastic is the metaphor. Don’t you get it? The old gods, that’s us! We used to be satisfied by simple plotlines (girl in a volcano), by a song and a dance, but no longer. We have developed discerning tastes, desensitized by decades of cinema. We watch horror movie after horror movie titillated by the death scenes.
The workers in the facility are the moviemakers. They know they have to appease the old gods, i.e. their audience, and if they fail, their world ends. If their movie isn’t entertaining enough, it will flop, and the old gods will write nasty reviews and complain about it on the internet, and the people in the facility will lose their jobs, which to them is equivalent to losing their lives. When they bet on which monster will kill them all this time, they’re wondering what new horror will rake in the most cash. And they’re just like us, to some degree. They get excited when they hear about a new plotline. When the creepy old men zoom in on the couple about to have sex, when they root for the girl to take off her clothes, that’s every male member of the audience secretly hoping for a shot of some boobies.
Best way to see boobs? One-way mirror, of course!
The poor kids in the cabin? Their plotline is the actual movie. It’s standard. It’s cliché. The actors go through the motions that the moviemakers force them to. Writers plan out a film. Those are the workers in the facility who build the cabin, who place the evil objects in the basement. Directors are the people in the facility who run the show in real time, summoning monsters, releasing pheromones, and collapsing tunnels. I mean, the head of the facility was even called “The Director.” The kids in the cabin are the actors. They have no free will, but are puppets on strings, tugged this way and that by the script and the director and everything that’s been set in motion. They perform for our entertainment.
Watching this movie is a life-changing experience. Not only is it entertaining, but it explains every other movie. Any time you ever noticed an inconsistency or witnessed a character making a stupid decision and thought “why on earth would they split up?” you now know the explanation. This movie fixes every problem in every film. We can assume that there was a facility controlling the actions of every character in anything we’ve ever seen, and because of that, we can’t fault the characters for their actions.
This is how you used to feel after watching a character decide to go down into the basement alone, but no longer!
And there was a facility in all those movies, wasn’t there? A director, a writer, trying to solve some problem with the story. Sometimes they do a good job. Sometimes we’re appeased. Other times they make The Last Airbender.
The Cabin in the Woods is primarily a comedy, mostly because it’s constantly poking fun at these conventions. When beautiful man Chris Hemsworth says they should stick together and defend themselves, the facility pumps in some stupidity in gaseous form and he changes his plan. When they’re trapped by a giant chasm and someone says, “What are we supposed to do? Jump?!” you get that classic movie moment. Hemsworth hears the word jump and gains a flash of inspiration. He pulls the motorcycle off the back of the RV and gives an inspiring speech. He’ll come back for them. He’ll come back with an army and save everyone. It’s a scene you’ve witnessed time and again, but this time it’s hilarious because the movie is pointing out the trope.
And even though I’ve already given plenty away, let me just say without ruining it that this movie has an absolutely amazing climax. I did not see it coming, and when it did, I was unthinkably happy.
The Cabin in the Woods is the epitome of meta cinema. The movie itself contains three separate layers, 4th walls within 4th walls, and once you understand the metaphor, even deeper layers are created. In just the same way that Dollhouse was a commentary on television, this is a commentary on film. It’s a lot like Inception, really, but instead of dream architects being sci-fi moviemakers, members of the facility are horror moviemakers.
The point of all this is that The Cabin in the Woods is a brilliant film. Anyone who loves movies must see it, especially if you’re a horror buff. In fact, I’m gonna go see it again right now.
- Jul 2, 2001
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Love writeups like that about movies. There's quite a few YouTubers who dive into film at a deeper level. Gives such a fresh perspective on things you never noticed that have always been right in front of you.
- Jan 17, 2009
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Peep Handmaiden
Great write-up.
Bend_The_Knee
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Ready for Christmas movie season 
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