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After reading back & for, I realized this thread is about a single movie: new World.

Have not seen, or even heard about this film, but I think American should more often look also for film not made in Hollywood. There are some very good movies, & also, how movies are done outside Hollywood.

The British have their own style & humor, (Just compare Classic British romantic comedy like Love:actually & Notting hill, with the typical Hollywood romantic comedy like friends with Benefit), French, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Bollywood etc all have their distinct style.
 
Still crazy they didn't put up Grind Date for free, which was a great album. Glad I took advantage of it though, I had only their singles from Stakes is High and AOI.

Yay was starting to think I was the only one on this forum with taste lol. Yeah Grind Date was awesome, hopefully they release a new single soon Get Away was so dope.
 
So domestically, the movie isn't doing too hot. So far, only $30 million and was beaten to a pulp by the LEGO movie. Now, it's international take is nearly at $70 million, meaning that this movie has broken even with the film's budget and unless the movie takes a huge dive, the film will continue to profit I think.
 
Should made some moeny back from DVD, steaming TV. But I heard studio normally get 50% of the share from the movie only. But I am not an expert by any means but I do wish it make money.
 
Suggestion for the next movie: The Fountain. I have seen it several times and still do not get it. I think it would make an excellent discussion topic. Plus, I wouldn't mind watching it again :)
 
Suggestion for the next movie: The Fountain. I have seen it several times and still do not get it. I think it would make an excellent discussion topic. Plus, I wouldn't mind watching it again :)

I second The Fountain. Awesome film, we have to do it ... some day. As for March, Plainview seems to have something else in mind... and possibly in me too.
 
I do find that scene really WEAK. The intention must be to explain why Chung saved Jasung when he knew he was a cop, but by that time I was like ugh not another flashback. Flashbacks in this movie are weak. I usually don't like them and in this movie it just hurts the pace. Maybe it's just me, but I think flashback is a cheat. People rely on flashback because they cannot convey characters in the given timeline, especially so in this film.
I liked the scene but I do think it was tacked on. I think it was tacked on as a precursor to a possible prequel? I'm not sure about Korean cinema but are they used to after credit scenes? If not, maybe this was their attempt at doing something like that but before the credits?
 
I liked the scene but I do think it was tacked on. I think it was tacked on as a precursor to a possible prequel? I'm not sure about Korean cinema but are they used to after credit scenes? If not, maybe this was their attempt at doing something like that but before the credits?

Franchise is something that Hollywood does well and only Hollywood does, I found that scene to be quite uncommon for Korean cinema. But with talks about possible trilogy, the director might have had prequel in mind. Bearing what people liked about the film in mind (relationships between Jasung and Chung), if there is the next one, it will be a prequel rather than sequel.
 
Franchise is something that Hollywood does well and only Hollywood does, I found that scene to be quite uncommon for Korean cinema. But with talks about possible trilogy, the director might have had prequel in mind. Bearing what people liked about the film in mind (relationships between Jasung and Chung), if there is the next one, it will be a prequel rather than sequel.
I'm definitely most interested in their relationship. That was the best part of the movie.
 
I'm definitely most interested in their relationship. That was the best part of the movie.

Homosexual connotations aside, why Chung spared Jasung is a solid mystery. I would prefer not to get a clear answer through prequel though. Like I don't want to be explained about Space Jockeys in Prometheus.
 
Homosexual connotations aside, why Chung spared Jasung is a solid mystery. I would prefer not to get a clear answer through prequel though. Like I don't want to be explained about Space Jockeys in Prometheus.
I don't want it to be one specific moment where Chung became indebted to Jasung. A building friendship, or love, as the backdrop to the rising through the ranks would be awesome.

On an aside, It's been about a year since I've watched Memories of Murder. I need to see it again. Then Mother.

And where the f#ck is my Snowpiercer?

Woohooooo!!!!!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Chris-Evans-Snowpiercer-Have-Trimmed-Its-U-Release-41555.html

If you have been paying attention to German media today (and if you haven’t, why the hell not?), you already know that Bong Joon-ho’s anticipated Snowpiercer began screening for critics at the Berlin International Film Festival. And while European audiences get their first look at the latest from the controversial director of The Host and Mother, U.S. audiences get a bit of good news about the version that they are eventually going to get to see back in the States.

Bong’s film is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in a world that’s about to plunge into an ice age thanks to decisions human made which have drastically screwed with nature’s balance. Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Ko Asung star in the story of the last remaining human survivors riding on the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. As one might expect would happen in such a unique scenario, classes begin to divide, creating tension and chaos in a claustrophic location that can’t handle such stress.

There has been additional stress tied to the post-production of the film, though. The director and Harvey Weinstein – who will distribute the film via The Weinstein Company – disagreed over the length and pace of the final cut. Bong submitted a cut that ran roughly 2 and a half hours. Weinstein wanted it trimmed for U.S. consumption. American fans of Bong’s previous films were furious, demanding to see the director’s complete vision. Today, they have won out.

Deadline reports that the dispute between Bong and Weistein "has been resolved," and that the uncut version of Snowpiercer will open in the U.S. after all. Instead of the film getting a wide release as planned however – a move made possible no doubt to the presence of the bankable Evans in a non-Marvel role – it will receive a platform release. "I am told the picture is not being dumped," Mike Fleming writes for the site, which is the best news Bong’s fans could have hoped for at this stage.

Meanwhile, several U.S. critics were able to see the uncut Snowpiercer in Berlin, but only Alex Billington of First Showing has posted a reaction, stating:

Cannot wait for rest of the world to experience Snowpiercer. Uncut. There's nothing that should be pulled out, it's near perfection as is.

— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) February 7, 2014

He must not know about the conflict resolution happening back here in the States. So, celebrate, film fans. We won a significant battle today. Support Snowpiercer when it reaches a theater near you, and producers might think twice about asking directors to go back and trim the work they want their viewers to see.​
 
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I don't want it to be one specific moment where Chung became indebted to Jasung. A building friendship, or love, as the backdrop to the rising through the ranks would be awesome.

On an aside, It's been about a year since I've watched Memories of Murder. I need to see it again. Then Mother.

And where the f#ck is my Snowpiercer?

Woohooooo!!!!!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Chris-Evans-Snowpiercer-Have-Trimmed-Its-U-Release-41555.html

If you have been paying attention to German media today (and if you haven’t, why the hell not?), you already know that Bong Joon-ho’s anticipated Snowpiercer began screening for critics at the Berlin International Film Festival. And while European audiences get their first look at the latest from the controversial director of The Host and Mother, U.S. audiences get a bit of good news about the version that they are eventually going to get to see back in the States.

Bong’s film is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in a world that’s about to plunge into an ice age thanks to decisions human made which have drastically screwed with nature’s balance. Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Ko Asung star in the story of the last remaining human survivors riding on the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. As one might expect would happen in such a unique scenario, classes begin to divide, creating tension and chaos in a claustrophic location that can’t handle such stress.

There has been additional stress tied to the post-production of the film, though. The director and Harvey Weinstein – who will distribute the film via The Weinstein Company – disagreed over the length and pace of the final cut. Bong submitted a cut that ran roughly 2 and a half hours. Weinstein wanted it trimmed for U.S. consumption. American fans of Bong’s previous films were furious, demanding to see the director’s complete vision. Today, they have won out.

Deadline reports that the dispute between Bong and Weistein "has been resolved," and that the uncut version of Snowpiercer will open in the U.S. after all. Instead of the film getting a wide release as planned however – a move made possible no doubt to the presence of the bankable Evans in a non-Marvel role – it will receive a platform release. "I am told the picture is not being dumped," Mike Fleming writes for the site, which is the best news Bong’s fans could have hoped for at this stage.

Meanwhile, several U.S. critics were able to see the uncut Snowpiercer in Berlin, but only Alex Billington of First Showing has posted a reaction, stating:

Cannot wait for rest of the world to experience Snowpiercer. Uncut. There's nothing that should be pulled out, it's near perfection as is.

— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) February 7, 2014

He must not know about the conflict resolution happening back here in the States. So, celebrate, film fans. We won a significant battle today. Support Snowpiercer when it reaches a theater near you, and producers might think twice about asking directors to go back and trim the work they want their viewers to see.​

Geez, f***ing Weinstein trying to derail a film for no reason yet again. Fortunately the film already got its budget back, I guess that is why they settled with uncut and limited. Wouldn't say the movie is perfect, but it is like Apocalypse Now except that it's post-apocalyptic. Those who enjoyed Bong's previous films will definitely enjoy it.
 
(got the thread idea from Reddit.)


I'm not a big painting, fresco type guy. I respect them, but not as much as greek/roman (who where great at making copies) sculptures and the work it took to bring them to life.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
- Michelangelo

Laocoön and His Sons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laocoön_and_His_Sons


Laocoön was a Trojan priest of Poseidon who was killed with both his sons after attempting to expose the ruse of theTrojan Horse by striking it with a spear. Alternatively he was killed for having had sex with his wife in the temple of Poseidon, or simply making a sacrifice in the temple with his wife present.[11] In the second version, the snakes were sent by Poseidon[12] and in the first by Poseidon and Athena, or Apollo, and the deaths were interpreted by the Trojans as proof that the horse was a sacred object. The two versions have rather different morals: Laocoön was either punished for doing wrong, or for being right.[13]

(I've only every been taught the first version.)


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Material - marble
Dimensions - height 208 cm; width 163; depth 112
Location - Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Pliny attributes the work, then in the palace of Emperor Titus, to three Greek sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus, but does not give a date or patron.

Just imagine what it looked like in it's day, in all it's glory. Carved from one solid piece, amazing. I have another "most favorite" statue, but I'll post it later if the thread gains traction.
 
Hard to pin down one... but I love surrealism.

One of my favorite painters is Rene Magritte and this example is called The Pleasure Principle:

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I also like some of the art style of Alex Grey, especially as it influences TOOL music videos.

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I REALLY dig that "The Pleasure Principle" man, fantastic. The second piece is a little too busy for my taste, but awesome, the transparent body is incredible.
 
I REALLY dig that "The Pleasure Principle" man, fantastic. The second piece is a little too busy for my taste, but awesome, the transparent body is incredible.

I think the artist Alex Grey actually attended Harvard medical school and studied anatomy first hand. He's definitely more contemporary with a more illustrative style.

You can see his influence in the TOOL video Parabola. I'm not posting the Video in the thread, but it's worth looking up.
 
Bev Doolittle

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And Ernie Barns's Sugar Shack. This one is the only piece of art that's not created by me hanging on my wall in my house. I wish I had some Doolittle prints.

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Geez, f***ing Weinstein trying to derail a film for no reason yet again. Fortunately the film already got its budget back, I guess that is why they settled with uncut and limited. Wouldn't say the movie is perfect, but it is like Apocalypse Now except that it's post-apocalyptic. Those who enjoyed Bong's previous films will definitely enjoy it.

i liked mother and the host (yet to see memories) and thought snowpiercers was poor. the themes were forced to an overbearing extent and there was no [good] humour to relive it. it's an action movie more than anything, and i think a cut version would leave the film better off.
 
i liked mother and the host (yet to see memories) and thought snowpiercers was poor. the themes were forced to an overbearing extent and there was no [good] humour to relive it. it's an action movie more than anything, and i think a cut version would leave the film better off.

Snowpiercer is far from perfect. It's very inconsistent, hence comparison to Apocalypse Now. I kinda know where you think the movie can be cut, for there are parts that severely drag the film, and apparently Weinstein wanted to cut those dragging sequences. But I'm not sure if the movie will work with it, when the movie's purpose is to show the apocalyptic world to the audience. That said I keep hearing that Snowpiercer had an overbearing theme, but IMO that term is more for The Host than Snowpiercer. Characters here are too over-the-top and extreme to be taken seriously. Main conflict of the movie is clearly a class conflict, but that's where the direct link to real world stops. I see it as a great genre film that asks a very abstract question.

BTW where and when did you watch the film?
 
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Looking forward to it. I enjoyed it, even the weaker seasons.

Hopefully they have learned form their mistakes and taken pointers from Arrow.
 
Wonder how much of the cast is going to be new characters and how much of the original cast is going to return?