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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
I re-watched Fight Club, it has aged pretty well and I find it somewhat inspiring. I found it has a bit of a macho, edgy teenager energy that I don't like as much as when I was younger but it's not too bad. The message is also a bit muddy, I wish it was bit more explicitly pro-revolutionary, but there's room for interpretation, and I can see how releasing a movie that can inspire you to blow up financial institutions could be an issue xd
If you're into it, Fight Club: I Am Jack's Laryngitis is an edit that removes Norton's narration, leaving a lot of breathing room in scenes. I like it with the original subtitles so the narration is kind of in your own head.
You can see two samples in the video part. I think it works best if you're familiar with the film.
I actually recently watched Fight Club in April for its 25th anniversary. It was my first time watching it and as a dude in my 20s, the movie really did resonate with me a bit and I think it's aged decently well. The message of critiquing consumerism, toxic masculinity, and searching for your own identity is still something that remains relevant today.
I watched The Odyssey (2026) in 70mm IMAX on Monday. Got a 7:30am (!) ticket with a couple buddies, woke up early, drove an hour to our theater and watched it. I really enjoyed this movie. I mentioned this in the dedicated thread but overall it was a solid movie. I think the movie really benefits from watching it in the 70mm aspect ratio, there's a lot of detail that fills up the screen. The places they show in the movie feel incredibly vast and grand, which the aspect ratio also helps with. I do have some minor complaints but nothing crazy, overall a 9/10 I'd say.
Went and saw Evil Dead Burn. This is probably my least favorite evil dead, although it was still enjoyable enough. Great gore and effects for the most part, CGI finale excluded, and one particular moment involving a punctured eardrum is one of the gnarliest things to happen in one of these movies, not that you can really see it. Story and characters not so good, the domestic violence throughline didn't really add much in my opinion. Family were not that enjoyable to watch, and i think most of them were disappointing in deadite form as well. This had some funny moments, but I think an evil dead movie ought to be fun, and this wasn't very fun.
I watched Schrader's Master Gardener (2022), the third in the Man in a Room trilogy (First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021).)
It is by far the weakest of the three. The casting felt off... and I think I really wanted it to go way darker or something, but I'm not sure, but as a completionist, it had to be done. I really liked the other two.
Next up: The Lady from Shanghai (1947)