How good is it?
How good is it?
Nolan Thomas
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Jeremiah Long
One of cronenberg's best
Leo Ross
Cronenberg's best, along with Eastern Promises. It's great.
Easton Anderson
Its great, same with eastern promises
Owen Diaz
I felt that when he stabbed the dude in the foot.
Jacob Ross
Unironically one of my favorite movies. Probably the best one set in my home state, too, which adds to the appeal for me.
I'd put Cronenberg's second best as The Fly, although EP is really good too
Justin Russell
Not very good
Cronenberg has stumbled severely as an artist in the 21st century
Cosmopolis was alright but the rest meanders between complete drivel and just sort of okay
History of Violence has effective violence but the framing of the story and characters is so silly that it may as well be on the same tier as Logan
Colton Anderson
I remember liking the sex scene on the stairs when I was a kid
Luke Perez
For me it's every time ed harris says "joey" and the end when joey massacres a house full of gangsters
Isaac Mitchell
the best movie set in indiana is breaking away, faggot, this is indisputable
Ryder Smith
Good if you like history and violence
Brayden Lee
>Cronenberg
I miss this lil nigga's film making like you wouldn't believe.
Jose Morris
I don't understand why they felt the need to show Viggo Mortensen as the Terminator in the last 20 minutes. It turns the movie into a big cartoon. All we need to know is that he was a good hitman in the past and that he abandoned "Richie" (aka big money) by starting a new life.
Jace Mitchell
Ignore this pleb
Gabriel Rogers
You just have to be quicker than the other guy and joey was already a known legend
Ian Young
Once you get past le ebin edgy characters and violence, which is no longer anywhere near as grotesque, inventive or shocking as he used to be, Cronenberg's 21st century films are severely lacking in any good characters, plots or narratives
ExistenZ was his last inventive movie that also tackled its subject matter in a cool way
Cosmopolis is hypnotic in parts but its such a harangue in terms of its dialogue, without much visual heft
He even had a Q interview several years back where he all but confirmed he no longer believes in the power of images but rather "a face talking" being the true "essence of cinema"
John Taylor
>that rough sex scene on the stairs
UNNNNNNFFFFFF
Samuel Richardson
Eisenbuurhuurduurrg is fucking annoying in this as he is in almost everything but TSN.
Zachary Long
>the framing of the story and characters is so silly
It's pulpy. But a lot of what makes the movie stick is how well it threads the needle between pulp and family drama. It gives everything an unusual sense of tension that wouldn't work without that contrast.
>Cronenberg has stumbled severely as an artist in the 21st century.
He hasn't been as productive. But let's not forget that in the 20th he gave us shit like Scanners and Shivers.
Cameron Nguyen
this
Benjamin Baker
Isn't it based on a comic? Of course it's pulpy
Gabriel Murphy
It doesn't elevate the source material in any way or make it more believable (not "realistic")
It's a kids movie in essence
Adrian Adams
Cronenberg didn't even know it was based on a comic until the script was basically completed.
Anthony Gonzalez
I recall fapping to the sex scene that occurred on the stairs all the time when I was younger. Softcore sex scenes are so much better than porn.
Jason Russell
>or make it more believable
Then you definitely haven't read it.
Julian Lee
the movie and its characters are completely unbelievable
Brody Bennett
It's not actually Eisenberg, he just looks like him
Thomas Russell
>For me it's every time ed harris says "joey"
Tyler Allen
The film constitutes a thought-provoking allegory about the difference between the state of nature and the civil state; in this sense it is thematically similar to Fight Club in that it explores the changes that character undergoes when their sense of safety and security is eroded.
The actual scenes are not insincere but lack a sense of reality - the acting and script seem very contrived. A bit like watching a filmic B-grade drama. On this count I really struggle to understand the critical acclaim this film has received. The power of the themes and the overall allegory simply don't justify how fake the whole thing feels.
Jose Jenkins
>fake
>a film
>expecting realism
>from a fake thing
is this what happens when an idiot collects things from other smart people then repeats it without understanding any of it? cuz damn
Tyler Torres
Great story and acting wise but it honestly feels really dated, like a tv movie. Also the violence is cartoonish and silly. Example:
Eli Wilson
That's not so bad really, good enough for a drama
David Myers
Everyone in this film looks like they need to wash their hair.
Mason Lopez
Snapping a guys neck like that is utterly ridiculous. The rest of the scene is passable but that just goes way over the line into nonsense.
Samuel Anderson
Not really he really twists him up. I'm a trained martial artist and it didn't even take me out of the my immersion. If you sit there replaying it more than once or twice ya it starts to seem odder and odder but in the movie, half a second, boom bam bop, moving on, it's okay
Benjamin Powell
Never tried it but looks pretty easy
Henry Green
>Q
John Brown
Are you trained in snapping people's necks?
Bentley Davis
based on what?