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I heard they embargoed reviews, never a good sign.

Which makes one wonder why they do advance screenings if they won't allow anyone to talk about it.

ANyone know when this is hitting 'FLix?

"A couple weeks"

Saw it, was quite good.

Leisher wrote: Netflix just grabbed it and will begin streaming it a few weeks after it hits theaters tomorrow.

I skipped it in the theater because of this statement, and it didn't happen.

I've been lied to.

Oh, it hit Netflix back in Feb/March, just not in the U.S.

Damn lies.

There should be a new category called "Sci-Fi Drama" to cover films like Contact, Annihilation, Interstellar, etc. The ones that lack humor, action, and are filled with symbolism and ambiguity. The ones that get love from critics and movie snobs, but after you watch it, you're not sure it was any good or not.

This is a very pretty film with good acting. However, even if you like it, it's not a film you'll ever watch again.

It's sooooo fucking slow. Additionally, there's a lot of fluff. Tons of scenes that just don't need to be in the film.

It kept my attention and I was moderately entertained, but I don't think I liked it.

ditto

This was one of those films where it takes a couple of days to really decide if you liked it or not. Director was heavily influenced by Stanley Kubrick, it seems. I think Portman's hotness is dropping faster than it should with age. Not sure what it is, but I think she's getting plain.

Vince wrote: Not sure what it is, but I think she's getting plain.

Plain can be fine. Attitude is everything.

She dropped below acceptable on the attractiveness scale when she slept with Sean Penn.

Cakedaddy wrote: She dropped below acceptable on the attractiveness scale when she slept with Sean Penn.

Ewwwwwwww

Vince wrote: I think Portman's hotness is dropping faster than it should with age. Not sure what it is, but I think she's getting plain.

She married some dancer, squirted out a kid or two, and she keeps herself so thin that she seems to lack... vitality.

She was also way less funny in her recent gangsta rap sequel.

Cakedaddy wrote: She dropped below acceptable on the attractiveness scale when she slept with Sean Penn.

That's fucking gross. Instant turnoff.

Leisher wrote: Plain can be fine. Attitude is everything.

True. She's getting plain enough that her lack of proper attitude is a detriment.

I wasn't aware of the Sean Penn thing either.

Pitch meeting: "What if The Thing except all women, less gory, more angst, and the alien breaks out at the end."

Read that The Shimmer is symbolic of cheating in your marriage. It rewrites the DNA of your entire life.

Anyone read the book? What did the rest of the world think when the Shimmer was growing in North Carolina?

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:00 pm Read that The Shimmer is symbolic of cheating in your marriage. It rewrites the DNA of your entire life.

Anyone read the book? What did the rest of the world think when the Shimmer was growing in North Carolina?

I think it was classified and controlled, as a big swathe of it was a "keep-out dangerous contaminated area" and they didn't have to worry about visitors too much. IIRC most of the books were set within the the Southern Reach facilities that border area X. Since nobody really knows about it - when the facility is basically replaced by the alien and it runs amuck - that's it - were toast completed.

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