Franklyn - very difficult to describe this without giving the entire plot away.
When I first saw this, I though it would be an original superhero movie- it is and it isn’t. It’s about four characters whose storylines gradually interweave. Each character has an alternate persona (one of whom appears to be a masked crimefighter in an Orwellian future), but the fantasy gradually falls away to reveal how the seemingly unrelated characters are linked.
I didn’t understand this at all the first time I saw it, but on the second viewing I realized it was an exploration of dual identities. Very, very good effort by a first-time director.
[quote]roybot wrote:
Franklyn - very difficult to describe this without giving the entire plot away.
When I first saw this, I though it would be an original superhero movie- it is and it isn’t. It’s about four characters whose storylines gradually interweave. Each character has an alternate persona (one of whom appears to be a masked crimefighter in an Orwellian future), but the fantasy gradually falls away to reveal how the seemingly unrelated characters are linked.
I didn’t understand this at all the first time I saw it, but on the second viewing I realized it was an exploration of dual identities. Very, very good effort by a first-time director.[/quote]
seems interesting, downloading it and will give my feedback later.
[quote]roybot wrote:
Franklyn - very difficult to describe this without giving the entire plot away.
When I first saw this, I though it would be an original superhero movie- it is and it isn’t. It’s about four characters whose storylines gradually interweave. Each character has an alternate persona (one of whom appears to be a masked crimefighter in an Orwellian future), but the fantasy gradually falls away to reveal how the seemingly unrelated characters are linked.
I didn’t understand this at all the first time I saw it, but on the second viewing I realized it was an exploration of dual identities. Very, very good effort by a first-time director.[/quote]
seems interesting, downloading it and will give my feedback later.[/quote]
The crimefighter character’s arc is the easiest to follow because he’s the furthest removed from reality (hint). The others are more subtle and less visual so are harder to follow - you’ll have to follow the backstories closely as one characters alter-ego may be seen by another character (hint). That’s why I didn’t fully understand it until the second viewing…
Trust me it does make sense, though.
Who’d have thought Ryan Phillipe was a black belt in Taekwondo?
Yeah, a spoof on horror movies that tramples all over the slasher genre should have sucked…but this shit was funny as hell to me. They actually made one with a plot.
Probably the weirdest film I’ve ever seen. Extremely entertaining because every second you’re wondering where the hell it’s going.
Three odd-ball adult brothers live in the house they grew up in, yet the dynamic between them is nowhere near normal. I don’t want to give anything away, but the plot reaches a point where you just know something heavy and dreadful is going to happen. Clocking in at only 80 minutes, it’s just enough to wrap up in a tidy and funny tale.
Man, this film was so much fun! Ryan Reynolds plays a husband/father whose whole life gets twisted around at the simple action of his wife’s setting the clock 10 minutes ahead.
I did not expect this to go as it did. Any of you dads out there will totally dig this. Poignant and funny.
Not sure if it has been mentioned? But, ‘Wonder Boy’ was a damn good movie. Kid kinda has a ‘Batman’ situation happen to him, except he doesnt turn into a superhero, and is not loaded rich and different twists. But, I give it 2 thumbs up
Yeah, a spoof on horror movies that tramples all over the slasher genre should have sucked…but this shit was funny as hell to me. They actually made one with a plot.
Yeah, a spoof on horror movies that tramples all over the slasher genre should have sucked…but this shit was funny as hell to me. They actually made one with a plot.
Plus, she’s in it.[/quote]
Has anyone watched this yet?[/quote]
Yea saw this back when it came out and thought it was hilarious too. Overall a great ‘tipping hat’ to the horror genre. Much, MUCH, better than certain other spoof horrors.
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The scene where they’re trying to explain to the cop that that the kids were all crazy and killing themselves was simply genius.
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Yeah, a spoof on horror movies that tramples all over the slasher genre should have sucked…but this shit was funny as hell to me. They actually made one with a plot.
Plus, she’s in it.[/quote]
Has anyone watched this yet?[/quote]
Yea saw this back when it came out and thought it was hilarious too. Overall a great ‘tipping hat’ to the horror genre. Much, MUCH, better than certain other spoof horrors.
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The scene where they’re trying to explain to the cop that that the kids were all crazy and killing themselves was simply genius.
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Had this in mind to post when I entered the thread but seems X beat me to it.
It strikes me as kind of a reverse horror movie if that makes any sense, absolutely awesome.
Unthinkable - Michael Sheen (Lucian in the Underworld movies) plays an American Muslim who confesses to hiding three nukes in major cities across the U.S. If the bombs detonate, millions will die, so a professional ‘interrogator’ (a great complex character played by Samuel L. Jackson) is called in to extract the locations of the devices using any means at his disposal.
The actual plot is wafer-thin. What makes this movie so interesting is how they play out the slow and methodical torture of a man who might not even have done what he confesses to -it’s just that his claims carry just enough weight that they can’t take the risk that he’s bluffing.
Personal ethics and the greater good collide, and the answers aren’t as easy nor the moral standpoints as fixed as they seem. Far better than the trailer indicates:
[quote]roybot wrote:
Unthinkable - Michael Sheen (Lucian in the Underworld movies) plays an American Muslim who confesses to hiding three nukes in major cities across the U.S. If the bombs detonate, millions will die, so a professional ‘interrogator’ (a great complex character played by Samuel L. Jackson) is called in to extract the locations of the devices using any means at his disposal.
The actual plot is wafer-thin. What makes this movie so interesting is how they play out the slow and methodical torture of a man who might not even have done what he confesses to -it’s just that his claims carry just enough weight that they can’t take the risk that he’s bluffing.
Personal ethics and the greater good collide, and the answers aren’t as easy nor the moral standpoints as fixed as they seem. Far better than the trailer indicates:
[quote]roybot wrote:
Unthinkable - Michael Sheen (Lucian in the Underworld movies) plays an American Muslim who confesses to hiding three nukes in major cities across the U.S. If the bombs detonate, millions will die, so a professional ‘interrogator’ (a great complex character played by Samuel L. Jackson) is called in to extract the locations of the devices using any means at his disposal.
The actual plot is wafer-thin. What makes this movie so interesting is how they play out the slow and methodical torture of a man who might not even have done what he confesses to -it’s just that his claims carry just enough weight that they can’t take the risk that he’s bluffing.
Personal ethics and the greater good collide, and the answers aren’t as easy nor the moral standpoints as fixed as they seem. Far better than the trailer indicates:
