Very beautiful
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Chronic_Johnson — 6 years ago(February 09, 2020 02:50 AM)
I guess I'll have to get to it, then.
Was Valhalla Rising worth watching? I've been aware of that movie ever since 2014 but still haven't watched it. It was going to be my intro to Refn, but I ended up watching Only God Forgives last night. -
Loki — 6 years ago(February 09, 2020 02:53 AM)
OMG I LOVED
VALHALLA RISING
!!!! It's slow, but HOLY SHIT Mads Mikkelsen OWNED that movie and didn't speak a ****ing word. WELL worth it. But you have to be in the mood for something slow and ****ed up.
Mandy
is also slow and ****ed up, but it's a different thing.
Wait. Is
Only God Forgives
your first Refn? If so…MY APOLOGIES!!! It's probably his worst. -
Chronic_Johnson — 6 years ago(February 09, 2020 03:04 AM)
Yes, well that was probably my mistake. I don't think the narrative was all that hard to follow, and I didn't mind it being slow. I just didn't care for the plot or the characters.
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Loki — 6 years ago(February 09, 2020 03:10 AM)
Yeah me neither. I LOVE Refn, but you're right. Not enough "I give a **** about this". It was just a bit of eye candy and he's better than that. Valhalla Rising was quite something though. "One Eye" and all that. I can understand it not being for everyone though. I'd say Refn's easiest to connect with would be something like the
Pusher
trilogy or
Drive
.
Pusher
is not slow. It's probably one of the few of his that isn't. But it's also Denmark sleeze. Very good stuff. -
Chronic_Johnson — 6 years ago(February 09, 2020 03:16 AM)
Drive seemed to pickup a bit more mainstream popularity, if I recall correctly. But with Bladerunner 2049 (which I actually liked) and Only God Forgives, I think I've seen enough of Ryan Gosling acting pensive.
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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 28, 2025 07:18 AM)
A few months ago I fell asleep on a movie. The player kept going playing movies i guess were related to what I was watching. When I woke up it was in the middle of Mandy. And I was like WHAT THE FCUK? THIS IS MANDY? WHY DIDN'T I WATCH THIS A LONG TIME AGO?
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI -
Loki — 5 months ago(October 28, 2025 11:23 AM)
I hope you watch it from the beginning when you get a chance, if you haven't already. I think it's Nic Cage's best, and that surreal, psychedelic style is gorgeous and distinctive of that director's work. I think Mandy is his best so far. He also chooses a certain style of acting in his movies, so the trippiness is a whole package, not just visually or story-wise.
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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 28, 2025 06:09 PM)
I agree the role was meant for Nick's type of over the top dramatic psychopath style he is very skilled at doing. Another actor whose great at playing psychopaths is Jack Nicholas.
No I didn't go back to watch the movie from the beginning. Maybe I will one of these days. I think I saw enough of the film. I'm satisfied with it.
Benjamin Loeb cinematography isn't gorgeous in my opinion because I'm not that twisted in the head. If you like intense, bloody, horror movies that involve revenge and some characters being dismembered amd the entire religious cult overtones, then yeah, you should love Mandy and watch it repeatedly.
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI
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