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[grumbler]

I saw the trailer, and like you, learned nothing about the movie.  But Cel thinking Sheilbh would like it made me think it must be about why we have ugly architecture 

Yeah.  Maybe it's an attempt to answer the age-old question "why do our brains insist on denying what our eyes are telling them?"

[celedhring]

It must be about architecture.  The fact that you have no idea what the film is about gave me a clue.  My desire to see the movie is on par with yours.

The fact that Cel thought Sheilbh would be interested clued me in about the fact that the title referred to the architectural style (Sheilbh loves ugly architecture). That still tells me nada about the film.

Yeah, It's pretty much an experiential trailer that assumes people already know about the film. It's been making huge waves in film festivals.

This director's previous films are all incredibly niche and this is a 3h30 epic about a fictional Hungarian architect that emigrates to the US, so I guess they are narrowly targeting the film hipster crowd.

[Sheilbh]

I do hope Sheilbh is as hyped for The Brutalist as I am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7yU379Ur0

Yes I've been in the group chats getting excited (to general indifference). Very promising reviews too.

Also strongly dispute the slander that I like ugly architecture

[HVC]

I do hope Sheilbh is as hyped for The Brutalist as I am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7yU379Ur0

Yes I've been in the group chats getting excited (to general indifference). Very promising reviews too.

Also strongly dispute the slander that I like ugly architecture

Truth is the best defence to accusations of slander

[viper37]

It must be about architecture.  The fact that you have no idea what the film is about gave me a clue.  My desire to see the movie is on par with yours.

The fact that Cel thought Sheilbh would be interested clued me in about the fact that the title referred to the architectural style (Sheilbh loves ugly architecture). That still tells me nada about the film.

I was a bit joking, this is also what clued me, that it was about architecture.  It also does not raise any interest in me.  (sorry Sheilbh! ).

[viper37]

(to general indifference).

You don't say.

[viper37]

'John Wick' Directors Fought Financiers Over Keanu Reeves' Beard and 'Caught S—' for Not Shaving It; They Were Told 'He Needs to Be Clean-Shaven for International'


Also, the money people didn't want the dog to be shot.  They wanted an alternate ending where the dog was revealed to be still alive.  Lots of dead people = ok.  But don't touch the dog!

[garbon]

I do hope Sheilbh is as hyped for The Brutalist as I am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7yU379Ur0

Yes I've been in the group chats getting excited (to general indifference). Very promising reviews too.

Also strongly dispute the slander that I like ugly architecture

Truth is the best defence to accusations of slander

I wonder if the castle he grew up in was the Barbican Estate.

[HVC]

Looked that up. It's like a weird mixture of utilitarian ugliness mixed with wasted space.

[Gups]

Looked that up. It's like a weird mixture of utilitarian ugliness mixed with wasted space.

I don't like it but it is immensely popular and used to be (and may still be) the highest earners in the UK which is impressive as it was originally built as council housing. One of my partners lives there and I have to say the views are spectacular. The Barbican centre (theatre, cinema, concert venue etc) is very good as well.

[Josquius]

It's funny, as to look at photos of it there's huge vibes of "oh shit you don't want to be walking around there after dark" since it's one of the few examples of the type that actually went according to plan.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah - I think there's a couple of others. But it's a big example and the arts centre is very good - the public realm more generally is exceptional v the normal open grass with a threatening playground approach.

But I think that specifically gets to an issue I think Brutalism has. The good Brutalist buildings are often the ones that for one reason or another have been looked after - and I think people blame/associate a style with neglect, lack of care and upkeep which seems unfair.

Like every style there are good and bad examples. There's not really any type of building I always dislike.

[Savonarola]

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Three Million years ago an advanced civilization inhabited the continent of Lemuria.  Lemuria sank into the seas, but the people survived creating Seatopia!  But man, in his arrogance, unleashed atomic tests, opening fissures in the earth angering the people of Seatopia.  They summon Megalon to conquer the service with the help of a stolen robot JET JAGUAR!  Alas JET JAGUAR's creator regain control, and he is able to summon Godzilla as Megalon is ravaging a vacant field in Japan.  Fortunately the leader of Seatopia and the aliens of Space Hunter Nebula M are bros and they send Gigan to assist.  Jet Jaguar returns and wills himself to become a giant robot, but his adversaries prove too strong for him.  Just in the nick of time Godzilla arrives and an epic tag team begins.

Even by the standards of a Godzilla movie, this one is noticeably  low budget.  Megalon doesn't even destroy a city, they just slug it out in an open field.  The final battle does resemble a WWE bout and, at 30 minutes, takes far too long.

The films English dub became fodder for an episode for MST3K.  It is definitely one of the worst Godzilla movies that I've seen.

Edit:  Here is one of the finest scenes from the movie, defying all known laws of physics Godzilla delivers a flying kick:

[Darth Wagtaros]

Nothing can top Gozilla vs Destroyah.