Wise Blood, 1979. Quirky religious stuff. Don't let the beginning turn you off.

"Wise Blood is an American 1979 drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. "

(July 11, 2018 at 10:09 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Wise Blood, 1979. Quirky religious stuff. Don't let the beginning turn you off.

"Wise Blood is an American 1979 drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. "

It's a film that intrigued me even when it was one of those increasingly rare films that only got released on VHS. It's been a while since I've seen it, but it's still a fascinatingly strange film (and still a remarkably faithful adaptation).

It inspired me to read Flannery O'Connor in High School, even more than Fr. Hannon's lessons on "A Good Man is Hard to Find." The school library even had some old editions of her work, including one published when she was still alive and hadn't yet published Everything that Rises Must Converge.

I think this was the edition, except, if memory serves, it was Turtlebacked:



The doodle is interesting, true enough to the letter of the text, but a bit too zany in style.

(July 10, 2018 at 12:54 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:

Dunkirk

I didn't enjoy Dunkirk at all. I enjoy reading about WWII and watching documentaries and movies about it but Dunkirk just didn't do it for me.

I recently saw a documentary on Treblinka which would make a fantastic movie.

I watched a documentary called Man Vs. Snake on Netflix the other night with was unexpectedly fun. It's bout a kid in like 1984 who was the first to ever get a billion points on the arcade game Nibbler, the first arcade game with the possibility of reaching a billion points and his quest 25 years later to win back his title.

(July 12, 2018 at 9:50 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(July 10, 2018 at 12:54 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:

Dunkirk

I didn't enjoy Dunkirk at all.  I enjoy reading about WWII and watching documentaries and movies about it but Dunkirk just didn't do it for me.

I recently saw a documentary on Treblinka which would make a fantastic movie.

I watched a documentary called Man Vs. Snake on Netflix the other night with was unexpectedly fun.  It's bout a kid in like 1984 who was the first to ever get a billion points on the arcade game Nibbler, the first arcade game with the possibility of reaching a billion points and his quest 25 years later to win back his title.

The majority of war movies aren't really good. The movie about Dunkirk didn't cut for me. The Operation Dynamo (the operational name for the evacuation) was much bigger and it had a greater significance for the commonwealth forces (and the French) than the movie depicts. 

One great movie is the Conspiracy, a movie about the Wansee Conference

Earlier this week I watched Big Hero 6. That was a pretty cool movie. It's kind of in the superhero genre but in a different way. Stan Lee's appearance was pretty funny. I found myself empathizing with the characters. The after-ending that came after the credits were over was hilarious. But ewww Fred and Fred's dad need some better self care. A lot of Disney's Pixar era movies are actually good. Thanks to my good friend Losty for the recommendation.


Today I watched the new version of Stephen Kings "IT" Way gorier and better effects than the original with way more mature subject matter. I was scared a little at points, but moreso I was almost choked up by the characters fucked up circumstances. It seemed a little creepy when Ray kissed Beverly. I mean the girl you like(who you are not in a relationship with) is in a trance with glazed eyes and is as far as you know totally incapable of letting you know if she's not into it. So yeah give her a big sloppy, wet kiss, and she's brought back to reality. Not creepy at all! But it was a good movie. Usually I'm not into horror, though.

The Outcasts

Quote:After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.

Clue and Murder by Death.  Pure concentrated craziness. 

Candy Jar

Quote:Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.

Veronica

Quote:Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates.

(July 23, 2018 at 9:13 pm)Kit Wrote: Veronica

Quote:Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates.

They make a movie out of that?

When I was at school we called that the weekend.

Of course, the evil supernatural force was my mother and her sisters...