maegul
@maegul@lemmy.ml
A little bit of neuroscience and a little bit of computing
- Comment on Apple TV+ Comedy 'Mythic Quest' Canceled 3 days ago:
Of all the shows recommended to me, this one was the most confusing from the trailers … it just did not seem good. I even watched other trailers of comedy shows to test my perception.
Was I wrong?
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure I understand you.
If this is a US politics thing … I’m not USian.
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 4 weeks ago:
I’m genuinely curious to see how it goes!
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 4 weeks ago:
Lucky you to have enjoy Lost Highway for the first time!
In a cinema no less!
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
Yep agreed. On the English language thing, I suspected but don’t know enough about him and haven’t seen enough of his films to be confident enough to claim it. But it certainly seemed to me that the writing-directing-editing just was not landing at all. I think my problem is that I picked up on it fairly early on in the film and couldn’t stop it from distracting me from the films positives.
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 4 weeks ago:
Mickey 17 (I posted about it already, suffice it to say it’s flaws bugged me to the point of ruining the film despite me wanting to enjoy it)
Mulholland Drive (re-watch) -
I watched Lost Highway for the first time recently (both Lynch films) and wanted to compare. It made me appreciate both actually. MD is surprisingly brisk and varied and well paced in a way that sneakily draws you into a Lynch film without you really noticing or feeling it until the end … such that it’s “success” makes a lot of sense. But LH’s more gritty and disturbing atmosphere was appreciated by comparison too.
For someone seeing them for the first time, seeing them back to back could be quite cool I suspect.
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
It’s a tragedy how expensive it was though. They’ll never give him this budget again.
Yea this is partly why I posted, the “meta” story around the film is interesting (and sad) I think.
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
Interesting comparison. I think Mickey 17 is trying to be something different from Moon, with some overlapping themes. I’d say it’s more Starship Troopers and fifth element with moon-like themes.
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think I’m a raging IMDb reviewer.
As I said in another comment:
As for a summary of “reasons”, I’d say it was thin on meaning and loud and discombobulated in its direction, dialogue, pacing and plotting beyond my threshold of enjoyment or even tolerance.
Beyond that, the review I linked captures my thoughts well.
In short I think it crossed a threshold for me that’s likely different for many (thus the mix of up and down votes here).
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
Objective was quoted to signal that it’s a loaded term.
I mentioned a number of other things besides not liking it and linked to a review that mirrored my thoughts well.
I like plenty of films (Bong’s included).
As for a summary of “reasons”, I’d say it was thin on meaning and loud and discombobulated in its direction, dialogue, pacing and plotting beyond my threshold of enjoyment or even tolerance.
- Comment on Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it) 4 weeks ago:
Yea that’s an interesting perspective (and obviously I’d recommend staying away from the film, I think it’d only frustrate you).
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- Comment on Amazon has already made a Bond film – it cost $300m and is unwatchable 1 month ago:
Yea, also it was an established show and from what I could tell they kept a lot of the production staff at least at the high levels. All they had to do was keep things as they were as it was clearly working well.
- Comment on Amazon has already made a Bond film – it cost $300m and is unwatchable 1 month ago:
Whether you like them or not, I’ve gotten a pretty clear impression that Amazon is a bit of a hack of a studio. There’s always a clear sense of something essential missing.
- Comment on Albanese in trouble as polling shows Dutton most likely to be next PM 1 month ago:
Yea, a genuinely interesting take on Trump’s win was that single term Govts are the new normal.
As to why, that’s likely a whole discussion, but some hand wavy accelerationism shit show captures the energy sufficiently I’d say.
I’m not following international politics, but I’ve recently heard of the situation in Germany, and that seems on track to follow the same trend.
- Comment on Star Trek TNG Theme but the theme is coming from the Enterprise-D 🤣 2 months ago:
That works way too fucking well I’m in stitches!
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 2 months ago:
The Lighthouse (Eggers). Fucking great! I expected more of a horror thing going in, which kinda ruined a bit, so I had to rewatch it again to get into the vibe more. And yea, love that film and will definitely watch it again at some point. What a second entry after The Witch from Eggers!
- Comment on Australian hospital manager calls junior doctors ‘a workforce of clinical marshmellows’ in email stuff-up 2 months ago:
Oh no … a generation that’s waking up to the rubbish that is work culture … what ever can we do about it? Ironic from the health industry too, where over work is likely a serious cause of health issues.
Since I’ve been forced back to the office, my health has dropped due to less time for exercise and food prep and worse ergonomics (because we’re not one size fits all)
- Comment on David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78 2 months ago:
Season 2, episodes 9 to the last two or so, IIRC.
The magic was definitely gone, but if you know ahead of time that patch kinda has its charm as a mid season spin off.
- Comment on David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78 2 months ago:
Hits me pretty hard TBH. No other celebrity/artist death has like this for me.
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
I wish i could put a finger on what the movie was missing.
Yep. That’s the thing … It’s hard to work out, but I think there’s something missing from Eggers. Like he needs to work with a few great writers just learn some master craftsperson skills.
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
Interesting! I haven’t seen Murnau’s, but Herzog’s and Coppola’s (if that counts). Interestingly, I don’t remember much of Herzog’s at all apart from enjoying Kinski.
Which forces me to wonder if it isn’t that great a story, or at least not worth remaking. I’m not convinced that the whole “he’s coming” thing, after having literally been in his castle for a whole sequence, really works. I think in the three tellings of the story I’ve seen (including Eggers’), I’ve probably felt a let down from that structure.
- Comment on What is your favorite Robin Williams role? 3 months ago:
Good Will Hunting comes to mind as one that hasn’t already been mentioned.
As one of his non comedic roles, I’d say he kills it and kinda steals the show.
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
Let me know what you think of it!
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
Sometimes it slipped a little into a parody of the original
Yea, there was definitely a ridiculousness to the tone at times. I read one critic say that they thought they could hear Eggers laughing in joy behind the camera.
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Just saw Nosferatu (2024, dir Eggers) 3 months ago:
It certainly is effective! Interesting that you found the castle sequence to drag! For me it captured a heightened but still realistic/grounded horror feeling very well. Like I could imagine being in that situation and just believing that you’re having bad dreams when really you’re in a demonic lair, with that realisation haunting you in the periphery of your mind.
“Feeling” long is a good way of capturing what I’m saying I think. Thanks! The way I put it to someone else was that it lost its momentum too easily and readily and too often. To the point where it feels like a once over in the writing or editing could probably elevate the whole film.
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- Comment on After a disastrous opening, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim heads to digital on Dec 27th 3 months ago:
Sad to hear. Though it always felt like a hard sell TBH, just a bit niche for todays cinema world.
- Comment on Trams are expensive here 6 months ago:
Oh yea, I hear you.
What your point does though is open up the discussion about whether enforcement makes financial sense in isolation. And once you open that door, the whole becomes uncomfortable for a lot of people who are stuck in a simple black-and-white justice mentality, where “do what you’re supposed, pay what they charge, or be punished” is all there is to making the world work well. You know, “law and order” types.
You’re trying to talk about incentives. For many though that’s a very dangerous slippery slope. So I’m trying to get a head of that and wonder if the end of that slippery slop is actually a demonstrably good thing.