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Best geek movies throughout history.
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Old Dark House" (1932)
“The Old Dark House” is a 1932 comedy-horror film directed by James Whale and well, it is a pretty hilarious series of events that eventually leads to two people fighting about why one of the guys isn’t allowed to set the house on fire. I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t too into this film when it started because it seemed just a bit typical and cliché with all its rain, darkness and people screaming at each other in the middle of the road. However, when you watch the events of the film unfold, there is a huge reason as to why it is raining so incredibly badly to the point of being flooded and the characters not actually being able to get around. The music also fits within this atmosphere of being something tense, something that is building up to a climax. I think that the way in which the music is used to build climax actually goes along with the sound of the lightning. But then again, it would make more sense if we had silence before the lightning striking rather than people talking or music.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Handmaiden" (2016)
“The Handmaiden” is one of the most genre-blending films of this century and honestly, when I first started watching it I didn’t really have high expectations - which is also why I didn’t watch it when it came out. I thought it was yet another Korean Romantic Thriller, but when I finally watched it I was proved entirely wrong. By the second act, it becomes more and more clear that the storyline is more about secrecy, privacy and trust. I was initially confused by the entire storyline and the film was quite long in comparison to what I normally watch. The film requires you to pay extra attention to the story and the way in which it is covered. At the point where they are standing outside the mental asylum, the film goes back on itself entirely and shows how trust and trustworthiness in terms of deception and how people behave in front of other people are actually not what they seem. One thing you can actually make really clear about this film is that whatever you think the ending is going to be, that just is not it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Netflix's 'Rebecca' A Handsome Failure
The Netflix remake of the 1940 classic, Rebecca, suffers the fatal flaw of being unable to justify its own existence. Why was this made? What did the filmmakers want to say by remaking a movie that was already a timeless classic that still feels vital and alive today, minus some anachronistic sexism. Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Lily James and Arme Hammer, this version of Rebecca loses much of what makes the original so special.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Anti-Heroes
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "mother!" (2017)
Review This is a film that is done in classic Aronofsky style. It has the cult-like violence and mindsets, the celebrity worship syndrome, the madness and the paranoia that we would more commonly associate with the Stanley Kubrick vibe. Darren Aronofsky is like Kubrick crossed with Polanski, and Polanski without all the controversy and illegality. This film reminded me greatly of Rosemary’s Baby and the way it is film from this facial expression and body language paranoia point of view would probably make you feel the same way if you were to watch them side by side.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
12 Angry Men (1957)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
The Blow-Away Immersion that is ‘The 40-Year-Old Version’
I love it when I’m watching a movie at home, and it grabs me to the point where I start doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the middle of the film. I’ve yelled at the screen, I’ve gotten up and paced around, I’ve even punched pillows out of frustration. But never have I while watching a film, in addition to ALL of those things, ROLLED AROUND on the FREAKING FLOOR.
By MovieBabble5 years ago in Geeks
Aaron Sorkin on the Challenges of Casting The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin's new movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 premieres on Netflix on Friday, October 16th. Recently Aaron Sorkin spoke to members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association about the The Trial of the Chicago 7 and in that interview I had the chance to ask Aaron Sorkin about the challenges of casting the movie which is led by Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman Jeremy Strong as Jerry Rubin and Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden, left wing, ant-war activists, who were put on trial following the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention which went down in infamy as massive riots roiled the streets of Chicago before Hubert Humphrey was chosen as the next Democratic nominee for president to face off against Richard Nixon.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Seventh Seal" (1957)
“The Seventh Seal” (1957) is a film I have watched a number of times over the years. I have also seen it imitated in other films like “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey”. But, there is nothing like the dialogue of the original. It is dramatic, it is exaggerated to a great degree and it knows where it stands. One of the great things about this film that I have always loved over the times I have watched it is the characterisation of Death. Death has always been an interesting character to me in many forms. I grew up reading the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett, to the point that when he died I was at work and had a bit of a breakdown in the staff room. I also loved “The Seventh Seal” because it was always what I thought of death, not in appearance but instead in action and speech. There was not something dark, but something almost inviting about him. Something where he is trying to make you comfortable with being taken away with him and Block just doesn’t accept that.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Symbolism
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
