As per the Meg thread, the trailer is now out for the Ben Wheatley directed sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG91B3hHyY4
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 22:54 (eleven months ago) link
Just watched High-Rise and really enjoyed it. Need to watch some more, I guess.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:01 (eleven months ago) link
finally someone else thinks it's good lol
i'm v glad that after tomb raider got canned, wheatley is still operating in the daft lower-budget action field now
― imago, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 09:05 (eleven months ago) link
ok maybe not that lower-budget
― imago, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 09:08 (eleven months ago) link
Lol what an odd career trajectory.
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2023 17:28 (eleven months ago) link
Pro tip= work back from High Rise not forwards
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:03 (eleven months ago) link
Heh, was thinking of going straight to Kill List.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:21 (eleven months ago) link
Do people actively dislike High-Rise or just think it’s worse than what preceded it?
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:23 (eleven months ago) link
High Rise is unfilmable but Wheatley had a good shot at it is how I see it.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:04 (eleven months ago) link
Wheatley was right to cast Hiddleston but even his blank charmlessness couldn't quite match what Ballard was reaching for.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:09 (eleven months ago) link
Years ago, I remember seeing a mock poster for Concrete Island with Christian Bale, but I don't think they even began filming
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:16 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty sure Concrete Island is similarly unfilmable. If it wasn't for Cronenberg's *Crash* I'd say all of Ballard is unfilmable. *Empire of the Sun* kind of doesn't count.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:20 (eleven months ago) link
There is even an ebook of High-Rise with Hiddelston as reader, to close the circle.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:28 (eleven months ago) link
Hiddleston
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:29 (eleven months ago) link
this from 2011... I remember looking forward to it
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3Vllqvqw8c/TpeH0zoEXyI/AAAAAAAAABc/oN4iR1XbreY/s1600/Concrete+Island+Teaser+Poster.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:42 (eleven months ago) link
if you found the right location you could shoot Concrete Island for cheap!
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:58 (eleven months ago) link
yeah.. i'm not sure it's 'unfilmable', but it would be like a play with a lot of traffic noise
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:01 (eleven months ago) link
agreed
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:19 (eleven months ago) link