The Neon Demon (2016)
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sepsism — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 03:30 PM)
I don't remember one line of dialog, I just remember the gnarly aftermath of some prostitute-killer dude's head getting caved in, dudes getting arms chopped off, mass shootings, dude getting spikes or needles or something rammed into him etc.
Symbolism? Dialog? Heavy handed? Huh? What? Me no understandy.
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simbob4000 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 03:24 AM)
You don't need to remember the lines, it's not like they're good lines, you only need to remember that they're laughably bad.
That stuff you're talking about though, that was really all that memorial, it was like less interesting Oldboy and Ichi the Killer because Refn has none of the flair and flamboyance of Park and Miike.
The symbolism isn't smart symbolism. You really in trouble if you no pick up on it in movie Only God Forgives. -
sepsism — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 09:13 AM)
You're not getting it simbo, I don't care in any way shape or form about dialog or symbolism (whether "attempted" well or poorly by the director or not) I care about people getting killed and mutilated and that's why I enjoyed Only God Forgives and not The Neon Demon.
Yes Ichi and Oldboy are two of my favorites as are Park and Miike as directors.
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simbob4000 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 03:51 PM)
Yes, but I'm saying the shít you're talking about in Only God Forgives is fûcking boring. The restaurant shootout sucks, the fight scene sucks, the needle thing is about the only thing that's done well but it also just makes me think I should be watching one of those two far better movies. You're talking about Only God Forgives like you see a bunch of stuff but The Neon Demon doesn't go there, Only God Forgives doesn't go there either, it probably doesn't go there even harder than Neon Demon. It's not like the shootouts in the movie are like some bloody Django Unchained shít where people explode with blood and lay screaming on the ground; they're pretty bloodless from what I remember of the movie.
Nobody should care about the dialogue or symbolism in the movie, they're both terrible and stupid. But they're also so terrible that they're what makes the movie amusing, because it's just so damn funny. -
jluis1984 — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 11:16 AM)
I liked it a lot, but I can see it's a flawed work with so much unfulfilled potential.
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