Bronson counts, IMO

brilliant comparison!

That's the better way of putting it! Aronofsky *had* some benefit of the doubt and really pooched it, to your exact point.

Soderbergh is such an experimentalist at heart that it seems incredibly obvious to me that he'd play around with any new tool that arises. To expect otherwise is to not really understand what drives him. If he doesn't receive benefit of the doubt on AI then no one ever will.

That people are acting like what he said is akin to the Russo Bros and not, say, Radu Jude says a lot about how kneejerk the responses about AI have become.

Verhoeven wept (pervertedly, somehow)

Replace Hammett with Ken Liu's Dandelion Dynasty series and you just described my afternoon.

That mindset (OP, not you) would preclude OBAA from getting made. No ending and massively reworked during filming is hardly some master plan.

Donated! My wife and I recently watched Chain Reactions and yours was her favorite perspective. She also loved 1000 Women and started reading Cinema Coven.

She's autistic and has done a lot of therapeutic work through horror. Thanks for being a light for her.

Ah. My next guess.

I adore both of his collections. Which story? The titular story?

I read some dark as fuck Hungarian cosmic horror as a comfort read this week. Those sorts of things are supposed to change with age.

Incredible piece. My buddy's pre-teen son is obsessed with Godzilla. I sent him the link!

Underrated aspect of
the Columbus movies, the man hired a perfect crew. John Seale setting the look, Williams score, the production design: all top notch and set the series up to succeed.

The show, seemingly, cannot say the same.

Tbh, a little weird that I went with Carruth over the better comp: Gaiman. Fuck that guy forever.

I walked away from Shane Carruth's filmography when I learned what an asshole he is. Those movies were waaaaaay more important to me than Potter ever could be.

All this special pleading in the name of not having to mature is wild.

Exactly! LOTR has always been something I've respected more than enjoyed (I do enjoy it though) but even if its not for me, I'm super happy one of the best public figures is getting to live out a dream.

Been waiting to buy HB until this one.

Hoo boy do I feel this in my (increasingly creaky) bones.

Storaro when he was in GOAT mode!

I recently read this and the sequel and liked both a lot.

It's like if George Clooney won an Oscar for From Dusk Till Dawn Dawn (not comparing them qualitatively).

Seeing what the director of Sirat looked like was pretty rattling.

Already mentally preparing myself for Greenwood to be overlooked again.

I watched that movie with low expectations and high off my ass and still hated it. Laughed maybe once.

The recent release of Whole Bloody Affair was really enlightening. Went from top tier to me to me wondering if I like it at all.

Great stuff mixed into the most noxious and indulgent worldview hits different at 40.

I think you're right. Nolan's another example where people know the format matters. The passion and excitement of the creators absolutely gets conveyed.

"Hey, this tech is a huge pain in the ass but it's worth it!" vs "The studio pre-vizzed the whole movie and we shot that."

Modern SFX have kind of become the technology so advanced that it seems like magic, so their technical break downs of the craft is amazing but yeah, the narrow focus and outsider-ness is limiting at times.

Movie Magic - Hudsucker Proxy, Saboteur, Time Cop YouTube video by Midnight Munchies

I was watching Movie Magic as an 11 year old. Bring that back!

I think what you're talking about is a big part of the appeal that Corridor Crew has too.

youtu.be/Kgj4meytuXw?...