Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier 2016)
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Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier 2016)
caught a screening of the new movie by jeremy sauliner tonight. probably the best movie I have seen all year (or at least my fave)
i was a huge fan of blue ruin. if you liked that movie.. you will definitely like this as well. all of the suspense with probably twice as much violence
without spoiling any of the plot.. i will just say that it's about nazi punks in oregon. i don't think it gets a wider release until next year and i'll definitely watch it again in the theatre. anton yelchin and patrick stewart were both great. the music was good, the pacing was good, the violence was amazing
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Oh shit I didn't know he made another one thanks for the heads up
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Trailer popped up
Twitch loved it
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Twitch loved it
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new red band trailer is AWESOME
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Blue Ruin was the best movie I saw last year. I'm CYSED for this.
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new trailer, highlighting Stewart
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Liked it but surprisingly didn't love it, def not as much as Blue Ruin. The story and directions are good, the acting is good, but still it felt a little off to me. I think it's a mix misplaced expectations on my part and actual missteps by Saulnier.
I feel like the implication that this is some kind of orgy of violence that stands in contrast to Blue Ruin's restraint, which has been pretty prominent in promotion and reviews, is misleading. There are some gory bits here but not THAT much, and there isn't really any momentum to the action or catharsis derived from it. Saulnier is much more concerned with creating tension than releasing it, so you have this really great build up of setting and characters and concept ... but when it comes time for the shotguns and the face-eating dogs he handles it in a proficient but not very viscerally satisfying way. The movie is really more about establishing characters and mis-en-scene - the kinda douchey but likeable punk band, the oddly personable cadre of nazis, the extremely well detailed venue/setting full of really great specific references to dynamics of various punk scenes. The action is not quite an afterthought, but it def was not the main attraction for me. And if you adjust for that, the movie is a good time.
found a review that sums it up nicely and more eloquently than I did (spoilers)
I feel like the implication that this is some kind of orgy of violence that stands in contrast to Blue Ruin's restraint, which has been pretty prominent in promotion and reviews, is misleading. There are some gory bits here but not THAT much, and there isn't really any momentum to the action or catharsis derived from it. Saulnier is much more concerned with creating tension than releasing it, so you have this really great build up of setting and characters and concept ... but when it comes time for the shotguns and the face-eating dogs he handles it in a proficient but not very viscerally satisfying way. The movie is really more about establishing characters and mis-en-scene - the kinda douchey but likeable punk band, the oddly personable cadre of nazis, the extremely well detailed venue/setting full of really great specific references to dynamics of various punk scenes. The action is not quite an afterthought, but it def was not the main attraction for me. And if you adjust for that, the movie is a good time.
found a review that sums it up nicely and more eloquently than I did (spoilers)
http://www.steadybloggin.com - some of these are my thoughts yo
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My mans damien loved it...I wanna see it.
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I may see movies of the same caliber this year but I doubt I'll see a better movie this year. AMAZINGGGGG
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I agree with all of this. It starts well with a simple but interesting premise, but definitely loses its way once the violence starts happening. The band members go from terrified to barely remarking when their good friends are killed. Having seen Blue Ruin and Green Room I have a really difficult time with the way Saulnier's "everyman" characters become weapons specialist He-men halfway through his films head shotting people. Yeltsin's character would have gone into shock and passed out after having his hand almost cut off, but instead he just gets a tape job, shaves his head, and suddenly can't be stopped.drizzle wrote:Liked it but surprisingly didn't love it, def not as much as Blue Ruin. The story and directions are good, the acting is good, but still it felt a little off to me. I think it's a mix misplaced expectations on my part and actual missteps by Saulnier.
I feel like the implication that this is some kind of orgy of violence that stands in contrast to Blue Ruin's restraint, which has been pretty prominent in promotion and reviews, is misleading. There are some gory bits here but not THAT much, and there isn't really any momentum to the action or catharsis derived from it. Saulnier is much more concerned with creating tension than releasing it, so you have this really great build up of setting and characters and concept ... but when it comes time for the shotguns and the face-eating dogs he handles it in a proficient but not very viscerally satisfying way. The movie is really more about establishing characters and mis-en-scene - the kinda douchey but likeable punk band, the oddly personable cadre of nazis, the extremely well detailed venue/setting full of really great specific references to dynamics of various punk scenes. The action is not quite an afterthought, but it def was not the main attraction for me. And if you adjust for that, the movie is a good time.
found a review that sums it up nicely and more eloquently than I did (spoilers)
It also makes no sense the way the skinheads just leave them alone in the room with nobody watching the hallway, the strategy is cringe inducing. Definitely agree that Patrick Stewart was just about wasted, he really could have been utilized a lot better here as he just about jumped off the screen. I also enjoyed that all the Nazis aren't just evil bigots, there are some guys you find yourself kind of liking. They had a great ubermensch nazi they introduce with the original murder that they do absolutely nothing with later on which made no sense. The turncoat skinhead subplot felt forced and extremely convenient too. I'm not mad I saw it, his films are definitely shot well, I just don't really enjoy what he's trying to do. There was a really good film in here somewhere.
5 outta 10
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Good, but not great.
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I agree with what drizzle and Jamrage posted. Still excited to see what the director does next and if he ends up perfecting how to use his pet themes to create a truly great movie - most of it is already there and he just needs to make it work for the full 90 minutes.
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