I wanna know why no one likes Only God Forgives? 41% on rottentomatoes, 37% user reviews...like, what happened here.
I've watch OGF twice before even looking at reviews. I just assumed it was rightfully lauded and universally celebrated. People are complaining in reviews about...relatable characters? I thought it was obvious that the movie was intended to be understood largely metaphorically. These aren't characters so much as they are concepts with arms and legs, and we get to watch them bounce off of each other.
It's funny, because I thought the invincible extralegal thai supercop who looks like someone's depressed uncle and wields a magically appearing machete made that point too clearly. I guess not!
Let The Right One In. It's a good film but there's a LOT missing. Characters, plots, relationships. Even timelines are messed around with. I know adaptations often have to cut things but there's a bunch of important events that are either glossed over or not in the film. I'd say watch the film first, then read the book.
Let Me In. There was a lot of snobbery when this was released. People said it was only made because Americans are too dumb and lazy to read subtitles. TBF it came out very quickly after Let The Right One In, and if you didn't know the source material it would be easy to view it as a lazy cash grab. But it isn't. In fact, I'd say it does a few things better than the first. The character building is better. Bullying is a major part of the book and this goes into that a lot deeper. The relationship between Abby and her helper is more fleshed out. There's also a couple of smart twists and little updates in there. There are still major plot points, characters and things missing. It's understandable why there's certain areas neither film wanted to touch. I remember reading one part and thinking, fucking hell that's a bit strong. This kind of goes near it but does a good job of providing an alternative. I'd recommend watching Let The Right One, reading the book, then watching this.
(03-07-2026, 01:16 AM)DavidCroquet wrote: I wanna know why no one likes Only God Forgives? 41% on rottentomatoes, 37% user reviews...like, what happened here.
I've watch OGF twice before even looking at reviews. I just assumed it was rightfully lauded and universally celebrated. People are complaining in reviews about...relatable characters? I thought it was obvious that the movie was intended to be understood largely metaphorically. These aren't characters so much as they are concepts with arms and legs, and we get to watch them bounce off of each other.
It's funny, because I thought the invincible extralegal thai supercop who looks like someone's depressed uncle and wields a magically appearing machete made that point too clearly. I guess not!
Many people watched The Neon Demon and didn't recognize it's a faerie tale, or at least meant to be understood metaphorically. It's reality but recontextualized.
(03-18-2026, 09:53 AM)Nintex wrote:
carpenter trashing close encounters, robert altman and the substance. calling rob zombie a piece of shit 
Watched the Peaky Blinders thing. Good stuff but only if you watched the show because it's just a 2 hour episode.
No one did it like Cannon films
Looks like he lost because he was SAG: https://m.openjurist.org/872/f2d/429/maxwell-v-cannon-films-inc
Though it also looks like I could have just checked the replies because someone posted a news story about it.
Also this:
I thought 28 years later: the bone temple would be the only time I'd hear an Iron Maiden song in a horror movie.
Put on Dario Argento's Phenomena today. It has Flash of the blade playing over an action scene.
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Send Help. Fun. It doesn’t feel like a Raimi movie until it starts ramping up and then it definitely does.
I enjoyed Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice, ostensibly a time travel movie with comic mob elements. It's dumb fun, with a surprisingly nuanced pair of performances by Vince Vaughn.
Also watched Julia Louis-Dreyfuss in Tuesday, a magical realism drama centered on a dying girl's relationship with her mom, and Death personified as a parrot. It was fantastic. Will watch again.
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