Kevin Bacon

I remember 2010 being a much better field than any since, though with 10 you also get stuff like Avatar and The Blind Side(!) that doesn't belong in there in the first place. But other interesting movies like D9, 127 Hours, and the like get in and make the race a bit more interesting even if people like us know it's down to like two movies and the less interesting choice will probably win--after all, The Social Network loss was pretty much the last time I bothered watching the Awards.

Man, The Americans and Saul stick out like sore thumbs on that list.

Please god no.

That last episode... FX isn't bullshitting with all those "best show on television" ads.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Yeah it's pretty much impossible to appreciate a movie that relies entirely on its atmosphere when a room full of dipshits is laughing the whole time. Even if you wouldn't have liked it either way, it sounds like the audience ruined the movie.

It's been an extremely long time since a movie truly scared me. As in, induced true fear in me. Possibly since I was a kid. It's a sensation I didn't re-discover up until the past year and a half or so, when I uncovered the spectacular world of indie horror games, with titles like Slender: The Eight Pages, Outlast, Paranormal, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, PT, and the Five Nights at Freddy's series doing something nothing else has: making me turn it off because I couldn't handle it. I've found that, as an adult, film doesn't possess that ability like it used to when I was younger, which is a weird feeling as a big fan of horror films. More recent movies like The Descent and 1408 managed a certain level of suspense, where Evil Dead or The Crazies remakes provided gory thrills--yet the real standout genre fare as of late has been the likes of The Cabin in the Woods and You're Next that subvert the genre entirely and in the process become clever, violent satire. I took all this into account going into It Follows, which I knew only a few things about: it has a 95% Tomatometer, it stars the lovely Maika Monroe (who you should know from The Guest and if you don't what are you doing watch The Guest already), it's got a bitchin' score, it's a legitimate horror film, and it's going to be a while before I can catch it on demand because it's only playing in a few cities. But, alas, due to popular demand, it's expanded to a wide release and just so happened to end up in my town tonight. So, I grabbed a friend and headed to the theater. There were only a few others in attendance, unsurprisingly, and the trailers were absolutely dreadful with ads for Unfriended and some ridiculous Nicolas Sparks bullriding movie. But then the movie followed, and it was time to see what exactly I was in for. Critics called the movie "terrifying", a claim I was dubious on myself because movies don't terrify me. Did this buck that trend? No. But holy shit, did it induce some anxiety. Without giving away any of the plot, once the plot gets set into motion about 20 minutes in, the movie becomes an unrelenting barrage of tension with very few jumpscares to break it. My friend noted that it was as if they took what made Halloween scary and stripped it down to its very core and ran with it. Whenever there isn't a direct threat onscreen, it's always with us in spirit, certainly lurking somewhere nearby, prone to pop up in any of the many long scenic shots at any given moment, and even if it doesn't, the loud, booming score will have you certain that it will. It goes without saying that director David Robert Mitchell is responsible for much of this, but equal props go to Disasterpiece for the intense retro synth-driven score and the cast--specifically Monroe, who once again nails it and could easily find herself becoming the next big "last girl" going forward or just as easily go in an entirely different direction; either way, her future is bright. There's a respectable chance that with its expansion this becomes a sleeper hit with all the hype in the world behind it, in which case you'll probably see it. Or it could fade away, in which case you should see it anyway because it's a totally unique and wonderfully made horror that you're pretty much certain to have never seen anything like. 9/10

Of course they wait until two seasons after I stopped watching to play motherfucking "Somewhat Damaged" in an episode. NIN in TV shows is not nearly a common enough occurrence. Producers need to take a hint from whoever's making Marvel's teaser trailers.

Well I suppose discussion of that will be limited to this thread since the BOD thread I made broke some sort of rule. It Follows is expanding to 1000+ theaters next weekend in light of that number.

Not sure what the hell show you were watching in place of the earlier seasons for Breaking Bad.

Really much looking forward to this quite a bit

Walton Goggins > All In a just world that man has like five Emmys. I can't wait to see him in a major role with Taran-fuckin'-tino.

Do you just post a random gif at the end of every post, regardless of context or the actual content of the gif?

There's no fucking way you're not involved with this show in some capacity. Jesus.

Sounds like Sony Vue with more availability and a much worse channel selection. I'm interested in Vue's price point, though, because 20 dollars a month is pretty damn competitive.

Best broadcast network? Sure, if mainly due to a lack of competition. Best channel? Not a chance, especially when there's that one that begins with an F and ends with an X hanging around.

what.

I'm tempted to make a list just to wash the suck of this one off my face, but I haven't seen a whole lot the past couple years (I watched everything in 9-10, and it's been a steady decline since).

Yeah it's a show that you can't really go wrong with at number one even if you have something different (The Wire, The Sopranos, The Shield, Deadwood) in that spot yourself. It's a perpetual top three choice.

Game of Thrones is great. But, top three of all-time? Ha, okay.

Starting?

That is some grade-A bullshit.

Aaaaaaand that'll be all for me.

If you only watch a few shows, how do you know that it should be higher?

Is what somebody who thinks the US Office is way better than the UK version would say. Sons is like if you took the first three seasons of The Shield, cranked up the pulpiness, machismo, and "edginess", and then had the quality fall off a cliff in seasons 4-7, leaving the show meandering around for its last few seasons before limping to the finish line.