Noah is definitely Aronofsky's most entertaining movie
― Number None, Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
Well, going by my own rule, I guess I have to see it
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/noah_2014
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
intriguing cast and i honestly don't hate any of his movies (seen all but Noah)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
I am developing a thesis that the 60-80% range on rotten tomatoes is where the most interesting movies tend to end up and this is sitting nicely in that range
Does this prove or disprove your thesis? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghostbusters_2016
― MarkoP, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Aronofsky's shitty track record as a filmmaker is more off-putting to me than anything else tbh.
Pi and Black Swan were really good. The Wrestler is a bit run-of-the-mill plotwise but Mickey Rourke makes it. Requiem is a bit shit alright.
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
Does this prove or disprove your thesis?
It certainly doesn't help, though winnowing it to "top critics" takes it down to 60 which puts it right on the edge.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
I loved The Wrestler and Black Swan but everything is garbage. Mildly excited to see this.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
s/everything/everything else
I forgot about the Wrestler, that might be my favorite. which is to say I thought it was "pretty good" instead of garbage.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
The Wrestler was pretty much a movie by some other director. Not literally, but may as well have been.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
his movies have been pretty diverse! Beyond most of them indulging in one form of aesthetic excess or another it's tough for me to locate a common thread.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
beyond "obsession", I guess, which is 99% of movies really
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
as someone who thought black swan was hilarious i should probably be into this
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yv6L4DunPDE/maxresdefault.jpg
http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/The-Fountain/images/The-Fountain-363.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_OSaJE2rqxU/maxresdefault.jpg
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
Admittedly, I've not read or heard interviews with the guy for at least seven years, but surely Pi, Requiem, Wrestler and Black Swan are all half-decent films? He sure had his misfirings but I don't know where the hate comes from.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
so...beards? more seriously I could see a case for squinting at the divine as a thread, but only in a few of 'em xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
lol The Fountain
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
Filed under misfirings :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
heaven help me but I like The Fountain
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
tbh if we polled his movies I have no idea what would win
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
I found Pi and Requiem actively irritating, the Wrestler endearing if slight, and Black Swan I think I started to watch once but fell asleep
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
I should see that, I do like Winaynay
er Wino Forever
Pi actively irritating, really? Did you watch it around the time when it came out, or way later and maybe his image influenced it? I find nothing irritating about Pi. It can not be for you, sure, but that's something else.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
I saw it when it came out. The ending, which the whole film is a furious buildup to, was a copout.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
Idk it sucked me in Eraserhead-like, and by the time the ending came I already had my fair share of enjoyment
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 14 September 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
The new one apparently does not have a score, which is a genuine surprise.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
I thought you said it was scoring in the 60-80% range
― Number None, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
musical score
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
I know :(
― Number None, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
:/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
anyone got any other jokes that need mansplaining
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
Why did the Aronofsky cross the road? Because he's a fucking pile of shit and would have congealed into a big amorphous lump of turd if he had crossed via the sewer?
― calzino, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
I like Pi a lot, and Black Swan was good - Noah was pretty silly but that was as much because I couldnt take Rusty seriously in the role.
I'm already hackles-up about this one though, because of THIS (which is not Aronofskys fault):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-08/mother21-director-darren-aronofsky-apologies-over-newtown-mural/8885476
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
oh fuck lol
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
I know right? I mean WHO PAINTS OVER A MURAL WITH ANOTHER MURAL. What the shit.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
mural gate reminding me that theres a mural of stormzy in dublin for no reason
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/an-amazing-stormzy-mural-has-popped-up-in-dublin-and-the-rapper-is-delighted-35576589.html
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
i hardly know her
― 龜, Friday, 15 September 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
The audience at my screening was laughing at the end. I think they were expecting a horror movie, not a trippy creation myth with a couple of jump scares. I heard a lot of muttering coming out.
I had an okay time. I kind of wish it had gone more extreme. There are a few gross and brutal moments, but I never felt really uncomfortable. Kind of how I remember Black Swan being. I was mainly impressed at the crowded kaleidoscopic sequences where it felt like every cut was adding something new.
― jmm, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
I liked Noah.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
jmm your experience was very close to mine. I liked the movie and admired its moxie but didn't love it
otoh having seen it, I find this take bizarre
Let's not pander to Aronofsky with the 'But what does it all mean?!' articles. I've got an interpretation: Aronofsky is a vile misogynist— Another Gaze (@anothergaze) September 16, 2017
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
choice quote from audience member on the way out: "I was expecting a normal movie, not...that"
also, this has joined the CinemaScore "F" club along with Solaris, the Box and a few others. They'd make a good poll, actually.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
at a minimum, from the AO Scott review it seems like this will actively upset a large number of 'plexgoers, plus a nutty Polanski rip can't be all bad.
(I think I know too much already tho)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
oh also that excellent CinemaScore result
ordinary fuckin' people, I hate em
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
it's incredible to me that William Friedkin's Bug is also on that very short list cause I thought of it a couple of times during my screening
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
I don't expect to ever see it so I spoiled myself on the plot/ending. In terms of that aspect alone and realizing film is not text: sounds pretty fucking boring.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
also, this has joined the CinemaScore "F" club along with Solaris, the Box and a few others
aw man i love both of those movies
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
It is many things but "boring" is not in contention. xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Whatever floats yer boat.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
read the spoilers and this sounds like the Hugh Jackman one with the floating crystal and monkeys
― 龜, Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Xpost haha. Yeah.
― nathom, Sunday, 3 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
also Pfeiffer and Wiig brought some lols. (The former: "Wow, you really love him. God help you.")
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 March 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
lol when i watched this film it was during a sleepless slow onset of fever for something that I was hospitalised for days later and I still thought it seemed clumsy and empty.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 3 March 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
I was really hard on this movie when it came out & thinking back on it, pretty sure I still hate most of it, but there are some hilarious moments (Wiig shooting people execution style especially).
― flappy bird, Monday, 4 March 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
Rewatched it to see if it compared to what it feels like to be alive these last three months and, voila! Masterpiece.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Monday, 22 June 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
have been planning on watching this for the last three years! will get around to it soon
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
maybe should see Black Swan again, I reacted negatively to it at the time and think my experience with it contributed to my reluctance to see mother!
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
I'm never sure about my past film opinions, especially when a decade or more has gone by. Pi and Requiem were interesting at the time, but that was a different era in my life and I can hardly remember them now.
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
I have always been pro mother! !!!
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 22 June 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link
Someday. Not soon, not at home. But someday.
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 June 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
I thought this was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Like, Lady In The Water-levels of bad.
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 22 June 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
it was so bad it made me angry, but have already complained about it upthread.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 22 June 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
Admittedly my default w films maudit is to love tgdm
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 22 June 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
I thought this was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Like, Lady In The Water-levels of bad.― Paul Ponzi, Monday, June 22, 2020 5:34 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
it was so bad it made me angry, but have already complained about it upthread.― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, June 22, 2020 5:38 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ditto--but the idea that it has pandemic resonances has me intrigued.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 June 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
lol i watched this film when i had a fever and it was still unconvincing
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
i admire this film's dedication to being really annoying
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
imo aronofsky packed all of his good ideas into the fountain
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
finally saw it, it made sense (as has been mentioned) as a story about our treatment of earth
“He is God, she/the house = Mother Earth, babby = Jesus, etc. Environmentalist movie with biblical underpinnings.― circa1916, Wednesday, October 31, 2018”
...is the essence imo.
I didn't hate it, don't think I will ever want to watch it again though
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 July 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
^^ My exact reaction to every Aronofsky movie I've seen lol
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Monday, 13 July 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
she was hot (joke about darren aronofsky's mother!)
― carin' (map), Monday, 13 July 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link