I'm probably the only fan of Free Fire on here
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
I liked High Rise a lot. found the premise of Free Fire really offputting and never watched it.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
kinda not interested in anything he does without Amy Jump tbh
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
Couldn’t finish HNY. It all seemed so pointless.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
High Rise is pretty much a (metaphorical) vision of what the next two or three years of the UK could be and I think of it often
Free Fire was fun! As I keep saying, McDonagh but better (maybe)
― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
well, no one can stop you from saying it
― Number None, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
if i've only seen high rise, what do i watch next?
imo high rise had a mismatch with ballard's tone that kind of made it into an exercise of reproduction rather than a film with a statement
― mh, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
A Field in England is their best by miles
― Number None, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
I mean it is, but it's also arguably my favourite British film of the last....very long time
― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
definitely their best since sightseers imo
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
Kill List and High Rise also grand fare, Sightseers worth a watch, haven't seen the first one for some reason
― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
xpost I'll go with Kill List. I'll need to watch A Field in England again though. I just didnt get it tbh
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
my rankings would be:
A Field in EnglandKill ListHigh RiseSightseersDown Terrace
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
That feels right but I'd put High Rise second as...well, it was kind of made for me
― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
of those ive seen
kill listfield in englandsightseers
dont see free fire its rubbish
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
Another thing I like to say: if Wheatley/Jump protege Alice Lowe's Prevenge was added to that canon it'd be not far behind AFIE for me, it's sensationally good
― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
I do think A Field in England is so incredible and unique that it's miles ahead of the others, but that makes it sound like Kill List and High Rise are somehow also not great and they are
idg complaints about High Rise re: Ballard, felt like that was the best on-screen translation of Ballard's ouevre and milieu that anyone's gonna be able to pull off (similar to Jackson and the LOTR films).
also High Rise ending with the kid listening to the Fall's "Industrial Estate" was chefskiss.gif
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
not sure what it says about me tbh, but the cosy psychopath pair of down terrace and sightseers are the two where i really feel the vibe
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
i like his fun genre exercises like Free Fire and Down Terrace
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
xps shakey why the fuck would you say that why would anyone say something like that
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
triggered by jackson
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
the whetstone is over there if you need to grind yr axe
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
idg complaints about High Rise re: Ballard, felt like that was the best on-screen translation of Ballard's ouevre and milieu that anyone's gonna be able to pull off
This is how I feel, too. (had already cut off the Jackson remark tbph bcz fuck lotr) High Rise stayed with me for a long time after watching it, though perhaps I'm easily pleased by dystopia.
I need to see A Field in England, don't I?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
yeshttps://66.media.tumblr.com/91d8bc1be8fbb232c80329b53a496aaa/tumblr_on55vkCANE1qcs2v2o3_500.gif
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
Field in England is the only one I really remember AND the score is one of my favorites of the last ?? years
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
my complaint re: High Rise is that it's a direct translation of the novel and the things that work in prose, from the perspective of a very level Ballard-style narrator work well because there's a disconnect between the narrative voice and the lascivious and violent things that occur in many of his stories. not advocating that the events on screen should be completely over-the-top and x-rated, but I felt like there were only a few framing moments that were truly nasty. the point is that the audience should be wondering why the narrator isn't recoiling in horror and the perspective seemed a little blunted
― mh, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
I'll grant that there is a generally detached, inscrutable interiority to Ballard's style in general, and that doesn't seem like a natural fit for a medium like film. nonetheless, I thought Wheatley and Jump did a good job of casting a suitably blank cipher in the lead and generally portraying the gradual disintegration and degradation of the residents as a kind of comically horrible, slow, death-of-a-society.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
I mean, I liked it quite a bit! I just thought the approach could be a little different
― mh, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
at the very least it was way better than Cronenberg's "Crash"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
strong disagree
― mh, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
I think Crash got all the parts right that High Rise got wrong, and vice versa, if that makes any sense
― mh, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Crash is excellent. It got the dead-eyed Ballardian tone right
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Crash is a much better translation of the Ballardian aesthetic, imho - High Rise way too flamboyant and narrowly political (Ballard nothing if not a Shepperton troll who I can easily imagine being 'pro' Brexit for the lols and chaos).
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 11:00 (five years ago) link
you guys are crazy
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
well here is more crazy - based on five mins of High Rise I caught on TV I'm gonna go for Empire of the Sum as a better adaptation of Ballard too.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
five minutes
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
Meanwhile, you all hated High Rise but let's be real here: it's the original Brexit movie isn't it― imago, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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lol how is a film about the goings on in a high-rise building anything to do w/Brexit? Just relax you like it no need to map out a bunch of nothing to it.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
I've watched a lot of film the nose is pretty good at this point.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
Empire of the Sun is a great adaptation of Ballard except for the score, which totally ruins the film.
High Rise >> EotS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Crash
and I am a huge Cronenberg fan but ugh I felt embarrassed for the actors in Crash, the whole thing was painful to watch
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
Are you sure you watched the right Crash?
― I can't dérive fifty-feev (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah I don't get that AT ALL.
(Also the BFI book on it by Iain Sinclair is really good, probably one of the best things he's ever done)
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
guess what I don't like Dead Ringers either
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
here are all of Cronenberg's bad films btw:M. ButterflyCrashDead RingersSpiderCosmopolis
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
Maps to the Stars and Dangerous Method are worse than most of those (haven't seen M Butterfly)
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
never saw maps to the stars
Dangerous Method was v funny imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
no wait that's not true I did see Maps to the Stars, and while yes it was bad it had one redeeming shot/sequence so I gave it a pass
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
Οὖτις is a fast company stan
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
(said shot being Julianne Moore repeatedly smashing the viewer/camera in the face with an Oscar statue)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
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