TV/Movies Megathread

[The Brain]

Fast asleep?

[Syt]

I watched The Green Knight recently. It is definitely a very particular and special film, super artsy with symbolism up the wazoo, and extremely atmospheric with some really gorgeous cinematography. Some sections at the beginning and middle of the film felt like they didn't advance things much, there's very little dialogue throughout the film, and half of it feels that it is being whispered rather than spoken. The last half hour of the film or so might have only 2 or 3 sentences spoken, 5 tops. Definitely the kind of film that you need to be in the proper frame of mind to watch to truly enjoy it.

I feel like you could almost replace "The Green Knight" with "2001 - A Space Odyssey" in this description.

[The Larch]

Is that frame of mind stoned?

I was thinking mostly about being focused and aware of the kind of film you're going to watch, not just watching it casually . Watching it stoned must be a very different experience, don't know if enjoyable or not, as some of the imaginery is a bit weird.  So many decapitations!

Fast asleep?

I actually watched it late at night and by the end was rather sleepy, so the ending was a bit of a blur and had to watch it again the next day.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Watched the first two episodes of "only murders in the building".  It was good.  Hope the rest will be good as well.

[Liep]

So Dune is really good.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The book, the Lynch one, the Sci Fi one, or the new one? Didn't know it was out yet.

[Liep]

The book, the Lynch one, the Sci Fi one, or the new one? Didn't know it was out yet.

New one, premiered yesterday here.

[Jacob]

There's a new Danish Film out today about Margrete the First of Denmark. I hope it gets a wider release so I can watch here. It should, at least, appeal to all Crusader Kings fans.

Margrete united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the Kalmar Union. She had one son, Oluf, who died from the plague young. To ensure stability she adopted Eric of Pommern as her son. Eric is about to marry Princess Philippa of England, securing alliances and stability.

But then a man appears, claiming to be her son Oluf... and maybe he is. She never saw him dead, however. Does the man speak the truth? Is he an imposter? Accepting his claim is a threat to everything she's built (already Norway recognizes him as her heir), but what if it's true? What sort of mother would she be?

Trailer (in Danish, no English subtitles so potentially uninteresting to folks here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdFl6GacTI

Looks a bit dark to me, but otherwise good on historical details (which I like). Initial reviews suggest it's good.

[Syt]

That reminds me, the mini series Maximilian, about the early years of Maximilian I is on Disney+.

Trailer with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/IUsPfTB0bSQ

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Wes Anderson has a new film coming out, The French Dispatch, which seems peak Wes Anderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvc115GGCSM

Buttt..... Soundtracking it is...Jarvis Cocker channeling the whole 60s French pop vibes of that brief period when the country was cool

mh, that might be something to keep an eye on.

[Tonitrus]

That reminds me, the mini series Maximilian, about the early years of Maximilian I is on Disney+.

Trailer with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/IUsPfTB0bSQ

What language was the original that they dubbed over with German?  Or are Germans just terrible at synching up/dubbing in audio in post-production?

[Syt]

It was filmed in French and German, I think.

[The Brain]

When is Knull coming btw? Many Swedes look forward to it.

[Savonarola]

The Punisher: War Zone (2008)

In the United Kingdom (as well as the United States and Canada) there was a Gothic Revival movement in the 19th century.  The buildings of this era don't really look Gothic, the architects (usually) took the ornamentation of the Gothic era and over-applied them a riot of Gothicness, rather than an homage to the age.

In a similar sense this film is an 80s action film revival; it has all the gore, emotionally stunted hero, gunfire and minimal dialogue of an 80s action film but taken too far.  The gore, in particular, is way too gruesome for what was available in the 80s.  That being said the film is a wonderful guilty pleasure; any film which has the hero hanging upside down from a chandelier while firing fully automatic weapons in each hand at Mafia wives is okay with me.

I was surprised to learn that this film was directed by a woman (Lexi Alexander); not so much because of the gore, but because the largest women roles in the film is a damsel in distress and her daughter and both roles have hardly any screen time.  There weren't edgelords or incels back in those days, so I don't know if this film would have been okay with them.

[Duque de Bragança]

At the very least it is better than Travolta's Punisher. Quite a punishment to watch that one. 

Weapons in each hand? I see John Woo continued to inspire people well into the 2000s.