I just caught Centurion on amazon prime. Jesus. That is an outstanding movie.q. Just outstanding.
Fassbender wrecks shit. Does he just own every role he's in? He's quickly moving up my list of favorite actors.
I'm always a bit of a sucker for roman flicks but this one was excellent.
I expected
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him to end up with the witch. While I'm on it, the witch was a very nice plot tool.
But I didn't expect
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everyone else to die. My god. When the dude pushed the spear through himself to kill that other bastard after rippling the arrow from his back and stabbing that bitch in the eye with it? Awesome.
I almost stood up and cheered when Fassbender killed the crazy bitch. Excellent.
I missed
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what happened with the dude he choked out at the end. Did he just figure out he killed the black guy? Surely there was seething else I missed.
Has anyone happened to see A Field in England, 89% on rottentomatoes, and the director says he was influenced by Primer to make a film free of exposition and explanation, leaving the viewer to figure out the world as the film goes along.
Also compared in spirit to Valhalla Rising. And the director is current director of Dr. Who.
Basically, in a time of limited scientific knowledge, in the course of an English civil war, a group searches for an unspecified treasure. Only they get nourishment from what appears to be [from our perspective] magic mushrooms and the lines of inspiration, superstition, hallucination, intoxication and magic intersect.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Has anyone happened to see A Field in England, 89% on rottentomatoes, and the director says he was influenced by Primer to make a film free of exposition and explanation, leaving the viewer to figure out the world as the film goes along.
Also compared in spirit to Valhalla Rising. And the director is current director of Dr. Who.
Basically, in a time of limited scientific knowledge, in the course of an English civil war, a group searches for an unspecified treasure. Only they get nourishment from what appears to be [from our perspective] magic mushrooms and the lines of inspiration, superstition, hallucination, intoxication and magic intersect.
Intriguing.
Be in a weird mood alone, hungover on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, with two hours to kill, profit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Does that mean you've seen it and recommend, or that you are intrigued and are guessing on what would be the optimum experience?
Guessing at optimum viewing pleasure only. [Reply]
Originally Posted by underEJ:
Posted this last week in the Hannibal thread, but I would highly recommend The Hunt. It looks like it will be at the Tivoli in KC (listed as coming soon.) If you need a break from the summer explosions, and don't get me wrong, I really enjoy big sci fi and action movies too, be sure to catch Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt. He gives a really extraordinary performance.
It is about a false accusation in a small Danish town and how an innocent man who believes that the truth cannot help but come out is nearly destroyed by the rest of the towns actions. Well worth the subtitles, and there are breaks of English in it.
