The Crimson Universe
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I never watched Da Vinci Code. What's it about? Do i need to have a basic knowledge of Christianity to understand its content?
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I never watched Da Vinci Code. What's it about? Do i need to have a basic knowledge of Christianity to understand its content?
One movie that was quite popular (and some even consider it their favorite) was Blade Runner, yet I was always kind of "meh" about it. I liked it; I didn't think it was a bad film. But I guess I just didn't appreciate it on the same level as many other people I knew did.
I never watched Da Vinci Code. What's it about? Do i need to have a basic knowledge of Christianity to understand its content?
It proposes that Jesus was married and the blood line has been traced to a living descendant, a young woman, and protected by the cult within the church, imagine Opus Dei. You probably also never watched the sequel, 'Angels and Demons' also by Brown and Thom Hanks, but more of a sci-fi.
Why?
Forrest Gump shows that the people that the frenetic society calls "slow" are actually good-hearted and most of the times smarter than the alleged intelligent people who claim to be the smartest ones.
Why?
Forrest Gump shows that the people that the frenetic society calls "slow" are actually good-hearted and most of the times smarter than the alleged intelligent people who claim to be the smartest ones.
And that didn't improve the film in any way. It was simply unbelievable and i believe showed "slow" people in a bad light.
one of my faves, too (warrior, not Gump)
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Blair Witch, Starship Troopers...hard to say which is the worst.
I dunno, the scene with Robert Shaw describing the shark attacks among the Indianapolis survivors was pretty terrifying...I saw Jaws the first time at a Drive-in theater on Cape Cod...that was the scene that did it for me...
I never watched Da Vinci Code. What's it about? Do i need to have a basic knowledge of Christianity to understand its content?
No, well maybe a little, but an understanding of the ridiculous helps.
familiarity with conspiracy theories might help...
exchemist
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I really hated “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. I felt that not only did it have no plot but that it was an attack on rationality.
I’m less sure about one I loved but nobody else did. Perhaps “Local Hero” was thought silly or pointless by some people. To me it was a distillation of memories of childhood in Scotland - and Mark Knopfler’s music evoked it perfectly.
What was wrong with it? I've been considering some movies to branch off horror more, and Crash is one I've been looking at. I might look elsewhere if it sounds uninteresting, though.
*Decides not to show Rival the screenplay for Jaws the musical*
- I really disliked Midsommar and the Witch, both of which are highly rated horror movies whether by critics or fans. Ditto for the Omen and the Blair Witch Project.
- In my opinion, Ringu and its American remake, the Ring, are boring and barely scary at all. There are many horror movies that are far less popular that I like a lot more.
- I've never watched a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and I'm not interested in doing so.
- I found Get Out okay but not nearly as amazing as many people rate it to be. I also find Jordan Peele's social and racial commentary in that movie, while based on very real and genuine grounds, a bit too heavy-handed, almost like an act of spoon-feeding the audience said commentary.
On the flip side:
- I love Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Yes, the plot and most of the human characters are cheesy and poor, but the CGI, music, and monster action are amazing--and at the end of the day, those are the main things I look for in a Godzilla movie.
- I found the 2006 movie adaptation of Silent Hill absolutely beautiful, especially the music and the faithfulness to the source material. The atmosphere felt genuinely nightmarish, too.
- The entire (original/Japanese) Ju-On franchise is my favorite horror franchise of all time. The Grudge is popular among horror fans, but not the earlier Ju-On: The Curse and Ju-On: The Curse 2, both of which I really liked as well.
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Truth be told, I share many of your opinions listed here lol
Except I’m an MCU fan lol
A couple more:
- While I appreciate the production values of most movies in the Conjuring universe, I strongly dislike their glorification of Ed and Lorraine Warren, two known frauds. Ed Warren reportedly even made up some of the stories attributed to "paranormal experiences."
- I found the Exorcism of Emily Rose a conspicuous piece of fanatic Christian propaganda that put a morally and intellectually bankrupt spin on the tragedy of Anneliese Michel's death.
- While I appreciate the production values of most movies in the Conjuring universe, I strongly dislike their glorification of Ed and Lorraine Warren, two known frauds. Ed Warren reportedly even made up some of the stories attributed to "paranormal experiences."
- I found the Exorcism of Emily Rose a conspicuous piece of fanatic Christian propaganda that put a morally and intellectually bankrupt spin on the tragedy of Anneliese Michel's death.