The Northman

[Clinamenic]

Anyone will have noticed how long films are nowadays, which again I take to be a streaming thing. Long, ponderous movies that you can pause halfway to have a dump and (subsequently) get snacks from the kitchen.

I'd actually like to see some more films have actual intermissions, like The Hateful Eight did. I saw that one in 70mm.

 

[linebaugh]

I'd actually like to see some more films have actual intermissions, like The Hateful Eight did. I saw that one in 70mm.

when I watched 2001 in highschool I confused the intermission as part of the high art aesthetic and I spent the entirety staring at the black screen trying my hardest to get immersed

 

[Clinamenic]

when I watched 2001 in highschool I confused the intermission as part of the high art aesthetic and I spent the entirety staring at the black screen trying my hardest to get immersed

Have you seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail? It has a good, ironic intermission right in the middle of a nominally dramatic scene.

 

[version]

– but streaming now looks like it might be in trouble, what with the decline of Netflix.

Apparently HBO Max is really good.

 

[version]

version says he hates this film, what does that say about him

It's one of the slowest films I've ever seen, and not in a cool way like Stalker or The Passenger. It's just tedious and drags on forever.

 

[sus]

The Northman's been a proper 'Twitter discourse' film, like Licorice Pizza was. Bunch of people arguing about whether it's white supremacist, whether its poor box office showing means Marvel's finally killed cinema.

Seeing shit like this makes me grateful for my filter bubble

 

[sus]

I thought Green Knight was quite good, and enjoyed Valhalla Rising up to the point I fell asleep. But agree with Corpsey about the A24 look starting to feel predictable.

 

[linebaugh]

Not sure I agree. I think theres an a24 look that became a point of reference with those Ari aster and similar horror films but looking at its filmography now Id say theres quite a bit of variance in the visual palate- maybe those films arent so immediately identified as a24 though

 

[version]

It's funny to see A24, a distribution company, having its own fandom. They have a subreddit and everything.

 

[Clinamenic]

I admit I'm something of an A20whore. You could probably build a case study around me, scrambling up a pool of A24 and non-A24 film trailers, and randomly attaching the A24 intro animation before half of them, and I'd probably show a bias distillable down to that mere association.

 

[Clinamenic]

Witnessing the A24 animation has the psychological effect of predisposing me to favor whatever follows.

 

[linebaugh]

I dont know if Im an a24 whore but there was a point not too long ago where I realized the majority of every new movie that I liked in the last few years was an a24 flick. I dont see many movies though

 

[linebaugh]

as long as theres an effort by them to avoid monotony I think its a good thing

 

[yyaldrin]

i thought the northman was just another marvel movie like the aquaman and afroman

 

[sus]

You know what I get a big dopamine hit off. That HBO white noise buzzing that opens all their shows.

 

[Clinamenic]

You know what I get a big dopamine hit off. That HBO white noise buzzing that opens all their shows.

Especially when it immediately precedes the opening credits of Entourage.

 

[WashYourHands]

Especially when it immediately precedes the opening credits of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

 

[WashYourHands]

Hype is the killer. Be sweet to be surprised by a film for once which is where suspicions fall on Viking tales. Does anyone remember the Centurion or The Eagle and countless other Romanesque filler? Not really

Period pieces have to embed you into a foreign, extinct world (and fast) which is why I’m relieved no-one’s had a hard run at Blood Meridian

 

[linebaugh]

after seeing this I think eggers could do blood meridian.

 

[sus]

who plays The Judge