The Last Movie You Saw?

[Phuel]

^^^ Oh no, I didn’t mean it that way, Mullet (not that there’s anything wrong with an open-realtionship between consenting adults…). Just that some women— no matter how supportive they may be with gay/bi men, wouldn’t likely be open to get involved in a relationship with men who are openly bi, fluid etc… Most women would likely not be just fine and dandy if their man’s ex was a man…

About Timothee’s girl: I thought she knew… But you’re probably right— she thought their breakup had to do with the two of them, and didn’t know about Armie. The actress that plays her is gorgeous (kind of like a very young Kate Bush), as was the one who played the unsuspecting beard of the main character in Beach Rats.

This film has a similar tone and laid-back vibe as Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty; that time is as much of a character in the story.

( I had no idea Armie is only 31… he’s younger than me. I always thought he may be in his late-30s, early-40s.)

 

[MulletProof]

^ my Armie Hammer revelation was the Armie Hammer-Hammer Museum one. I was like, wait, a Hammer.. from LA.. DUH.

I did get it your previous comment a little wrong .. but doesn't another gender just double the competitiveness? I don't know.. anyway, I just watched the movie and hugged my overstuffed chipotle burrito in tears and then wiped them off and felt relived I'm not that person staring at the fireplace anymore, hm, yay..

 

[Phuel]

^^^ ... Or, you could look at it as of all these beautiful people-- both women and men, he chose to be with me...

Oh God-- that last scene with him looking into the fire, right after he whispered into the phone to Armie by his own name... That is how time controls your very spirit and soul, and it's never going to not hurt until time passes.

 

[cestmagique]

I did get it your previous comment a little wrong .. but doesn't another gender just double the competitiveness?

That and the fear that a partner's ultimate preference is for same-sex partners, and that you can't provide physically what the other gender has but I like your philosophy, Phuel

I rewatched Lady Bird earlier. It's so vivid yet ephemeral, it feels like you're flipping through people's memory banks. Scene after scene that's ordinary, poignant, fleeting... the more I think about it, the more I find it incredibly well made.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^^^ They were lugging around Walkman… did that not perk up your ears to it being the 80s…??? LOL (Beach Rats is supreme. I had posted that it's in the trifecta alongside Larry Clark's Kids and Gus Van Sant's Elephant.)

fashionista: Armie's character was very real to me… There are more straightish men out there that are more fluid with their sexuality when the right person shows up in their life (like me... LOL)… Doesn’t necessary make them gay, or bi. I wonder if some straight women— no matter how liberal they may convince themselves to be, are more prone to recoil when faced with the reality that their man may be more open-minded than they appear to be when it comes to being attracted o another man. It’s like they’re all good and absolutely supportive when it comes men being bi, coming out etc, when are a tad (a lot) more hesitant when it’s their man. And that’s the opposite of the women in this story: The girl that Timothee’s character has thing with, was understanding and wanted to remain close with him.

For that, I liked Armie's character so much more. The kid was fine— and absolutely overrated for his performance (of which I’m sure he’ll receive a nomination for come Oscar-time), but he’s clearly gay so there’s nothing more that’s interesting about him in terms of where he may go in his life. Armie’s that guys who is getting married to a woman— and may end up meeting another man (like me… haha...) who will change his mind… again.

I don't disagree that his character was representing something real, I get that ... what I mean is, his character wasn't believable to me. He never let me forget he was acting. When he says 'Call me by your name, and I'll call you by mine,' he says it like he's uttering the most important line in the movie, not like he's in bed talking. (And much more of the same. He walks into a room like he's entering a set.) Timothee OTOH was unfailingly natural. He really knocked my socks off. I'd watched an interview and was expecting that same ingenue in the movie, and he was completely different.

A couple of the men in my life have been shall we say fluid, but as you mention, cestmagique, one of them was definitely all about men for the long term. I'm sure there are some people who are truly fluid, but in my observation, most who are attracted to everyone have a preference as to the gender of their partner (e.g., Tom Ford). I've been accused of being too serious, but in the world according to me, it's a feature So yes, I don't want to be with someone who views my gender as just for fun.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I read about a documentary named The Cove (2009). Anybody saw it? It seems disturbing.

 

[Phuel]

Yes— I agree with your assessment of Armie’s acting abilities, fashionista. Maybe it’s just such a good, relatable story, set in such a sleepy and dreamy “somewhere in Northern Italy” context that his Oliver's… aloofness, doesn’t bother me. That his character is that guy we’ve all had given our time to stands out so well is enough of a reason to forgive his shortcomings as an actor of limited range (Oliver may as well be the same guy that he plays in Nocturnal Animals)...

(And I’m glad Mullet isn’t staring into fires, crying her heart out for him anymore LOL)

 

[MulletProof]

^ oh my god, he IS the same character of Nocturnal Animals (maybe he really does not have any acting skills and is just being himself coping the best he can with these fictional storylines). And if NA is the sequel, please let me be Jake.. moves on from staring at the fire only to send a creepy (and totally unnecessary) violent book to that old flame 20 years later.

Unrelated but if anyone ever went through the excruciating 1.5 hrs of Dogtooth (aka most disturbing, f*cked up movie I have ever seen).. hope you're following the Turpin family case.

 

[Flyest]

Dangal (2016)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)

 

[Deleted member 141523]

Oh my, I was tempted to watch Dogtooth, but yeah, I read that is very shocking (and pointless). The most disturbing movie I ever saw was Gummo. I was 11, and I couldn't sleep for a week after that. That people is so f#cked up, for real. And the other one is Bully, by Larry Clark.

 

[Flyest]

Oh my, I was tempted to watch Dogtooth, but yeah, I read that is very shocking (and pointless). The most disturbing movie I ever saw was Gummo. I was 11, and I couldn't sleep for a week after that. That people is so f#cked up, for real. And the other one is Bully, by Larry Clark.

Haha if you think that's f*ucked up, watch Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I refuse to watch that one Disturbing as a bad f#ck. Also I don't want to see The Human Centipede, Hostel or any SAW movie.

 

[fashionista-ta]

The most disturbing movie I ever saw was The Paperboy. I try to avoid movies I think will be disturbing, and I lost sleep over that one like you did ...

 

[jexxica]

The Snowman. So dull and disappointing...

 

[xoxoadore]

Atomic Blonde and wow, it was so hot from start to finish!

 

[MulletProof]

The Human Centipede, Hostel or any SAW movie.

that IS pointless garbage.. Dogtooth is not like that, there isn't really any violence so to speak or "ghost whose head splits in half as blood comes out of his eye" nonsense.. I don't watch that (I don't watch horror/violence/aliens attack junk in general), it doesn't even get to scare me a little, I'm mostly concerned such projects get funded lol. Dogtooth has some commentary on governments, authority, the natural curiosity of humans to question and pursue 'happiness' and individuality even when they're wired to understand a place as the safest there is.. it's so interesting but it's the subtle pace what made it so difficult to watch and then to forget. It's brilliantly done, but painful to get through..

 

[Deleted member 141523]

You convinced me. I saw in youtube a scene from that movie with one of the kids cutting a cat with a scissor Anyway, I will watch it!

 

[Phuel]

^ oh my god, he IS the same character of Nocturnal Animals (maybe he really does not have any acting skills and is just being himself coping the best he can with these fictional storylines). And if NA is the sequel, please let me be Jake.. moves on from staring at the fire only to send a creepy (and totally unnecessary) violent book to that old flame 20 years later.

Unrelated but if anyone ever went through the excruciating 1.5 hrs of Dogtooth (aka most disturbing, f*cked up movie I have ever seen).. hope you're following the Turpin family case.

Jake’s character’s revenge in Nocturnal Animals is definitely a result of staring into the fire for far far far too long… (nervously) LOL…

My sole physical attraction to Nocturnal Animals is simply Aaron. That scene right after the outhouse confrontation (that includes showing wiping), when he’s handcuffed in the car— if you look carefully at his fingernails, you can clearly make out that under his fingernails are not at all clean, that there’s dark matters stuck in there... Right after the outhouse scene wiping… And still he remains so impossibly attractive to me…

Have you experienced... Irreversible?

(BTW, Mrs Turpin uncannily resembles Alexandra Shulman.)

 

[eleventhchild]

Wonder and I recommend it to anyone who likes Drama/Family-Oriented movies. It's soo good and inspiring.

*not ashamed to mention I cried several times while watching it in the cinema

 

[vetements]

Don’t judge!
But I watched insidious - one of the worst movies I have watched in a long, long time. Avoid it.