#247, or #506 since I started counting, leaving now to go see 2020's "Druk," which in English is called "Another Round."
It's a movie about excessive alcohol consumption, which I don't typically care for, and I probably wouldn't just put it on at home without a reason? But if it's playing at the cinema...
#272, or #531 since I started counting, I'm about to get to a run of these where I've actually heard of a bunch of them, but not just yet, it's 1938 Best Picture nominee "Test Pilot," with Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy.
Okay, so, I'm not super into this exact kind of sci-fi. I don't really care what happens Prince Snies Gesundecles on the planet Zog or whatever anything is called.
And "Dune" (2021) does not really move the needle on that opinion.
But: It's a good enough movie that it's probably the least annoyed I've ever been by it?
🏜️ "Dune" (2021)
I'd say the main difference -- besides obvious surface stuff -- between this and the 1984 "Dune" is where I felt like Lynch cared about Paul's story and not the world so much, Villeneuve clearly cares a lot about both Paul *and* the world.
Even if *I* can't picture what anyone in this world does on their downtime, the people making the movie probably can.
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@Alexis Jeez, 1938. This made me wonder about the oldest movie I've seen, which is probably Dr. Strangelove. 1964! Also makes me realize Doctor Who is just slightly older.
What's the oldest you've seen, you think?
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@The_T I mean, I watched everything on Letterboxd from the 1870s and 1880s I could find one afternoon, so, uhhhh, 1874's "Passage de Venus," technically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowU9vKZzJs
The oldest thing that I'd actually call a narrative fiction film then is "La Voyage dans la Lune," from 1902. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8
If it has to be feature length: Oldest drama (and first Best Picture nominee), "7th Heaven," 1927, oldest comedy, Chaplin's "The Circus," 1928.
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@Alexis oh god, I'm pretty sure I remember "La Voyage dans la Lune" being mentioned in one of my classes (I'm... not sure what the class was about?) as being the first narrative film, wasn't it?
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@Alexis (this class was well over 6 years ago)
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@The_T It's the first narrative film worth mentioning, basically? Before Voyage it's all documentary snippets and relatively basic fiction like this, the film equivalent of a gag strip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMfGiuL2Z0
In the metaphor where that's a gag strip, "Le Voyage dans la Lune" is, uhh, the first comic book.
re: ✈️ "Test Pilot" (1938)
@The_T > the film equivalent of a gag strip
that's just a Vine
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@Alexis this is a movie that gets better around the 5th rewatching. it’s pretty invariably terrible those first 4 go rounds.
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@Alexis david lynch has bot yet made it past 4; he will likely die hating it
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@zens I'm typically pretty forgiving, but no, I can totally see why David Lynch specifically hates this specific movie he made.
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@Alexis there is a #releaseTheLynchCut movement.
lynch is 💯 not game
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@zens Yeah, I don't think this is salvageable.
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@Alexis some think it’s an unfilmable book. i guess we’ll find out soon
⏳ "Dune" (1984), reference to dental procedure
@zens Literally 24 hours from now I'll already know.
⏳ "Dune" (1984)
@Alexis Well, *that* is faithful to the novel.
⏳ "Dune" (1984)
@Alexis Picard vs Coop is a striking mental image.
⏳ "Dune" (1984)
@melivia I imagine it might've been pretty cool to see if it wasn't entirely covered by blurry rectangles!
Oh, I see, this one's here because it does impressive plane stuff, like how one year there were like three that were nominated for doing impressive boat stuff.