I saw Barry Lyndon on a plane travelling from Brisbane to Vancouver, and to my surprise I remember enjoying it. Maybe it was the circumstances - being able to play and pause of my choosing, having some inflight-drinks to enjoy, and basically looking for any distraction from a 14 hour flight, but it worked for me. I could see myself - well, not hating it, but getting a little tired and bored in a cinema.
But I think Full Metal Jacket or Dr. Strangelove are far better Kubrick films. Things actually happen.
My partner and I have started a ritual called Dinner vs Movie for basically this reason! We like all the same tv, many of the same books etc but we’ve always had different taste in film. So once a week one of us chooses a movie and the other chooses dinner and then we swap the next week. It means we’re both watching stuff that’s not “our thing” and sometimes we end up loving it and sometimes…very much not.
This piece resonated with me quite a bit. I'm not trying to watch the classics honestly, but I am trying to expand a bit my taste in movies and sometimes I end up watching some old stuff (the last one I watched was Fitzcarraldo for example). Also I suck at watching movies because I often don't understand them if they are not very explicit and clear, thankfully I'm not always alone when I watch them so at the end my friends explain the thing to me; and yet even when I'm alone it's fun to try to get it on my own, being focused for a couple hours... Sometimes it leaves me wih a really nice feeling.
PS: speaking of difficult games, I've seen this youtube essay about Void Stranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lRev4qQLyw it's divided in four sections with increasing levels of spoilers, so if you're interested you can just watch the beginning. I'm sharing because it seems insanely hard and an experience, so I figure you could like it. (I haven't played it, I won't play it because I like easy games, but the video was still worth it for me)
PPS: would follow your letterboxd if it existed/were public
I enjoyed this article, in particular your introduction to the "Git Gud" phrase. I posted a link in a company wide chat, and said it was worth a read, and that maybe we should think of using "Git Gud" as a phrase on some of our internal swag.
Imagine my distress (well not exactly distress obviously, but let's say disappointment), when a colleague replied
"I love darks souls and souls style games. I have completed all three, skipped demon souls, finished both elden ring and bloodborne, and I've 100%ed sekiro (all games done by the same studio). I mention this to say I have no problems with extreme punishing levels of difficulty and persevering through it. Having said that, the community that created this phrase is well known for its toxicity and gatekeeping. It says something when a part of the already toxic gaming community is singled out as being toxic."
I saw Barry Lyndon on a plane travelling from Brisbane to Vancouver, and to my surprise I remember enjoying it. Maybe it was the circumstances - being able to play and pause of my choosing, having some inflight-drinks to enjoy, and basically looking for any distraction from a 14 hour flight, but it worked for me. I could see myself - well, not hating it, but getting a little tired and bored in a cinema.
But I think Full Metal Jacket or Dr. Strangelove are far better Kubrick films. Things actually happen.
My partner and I have started a ritual called Dinner vs Movie for basically this reason! We like all the same tv, many of the same books etc but we’ve always had different taste in film. So once a week one of us chooses a movie and the other chooses dinner and then we swap the next week. It means we’re both watching stuff that’s not “our thing” and sometimes we end up loving it and sometimes…very much not.
omg I love this so much
Damn you and your "prove your not a robot " link. That's another evening I'm not getting back!
This piece resonated with me quite a bit. I'm not trying to watch the classics honestly, but I am trying to expand a bit my taste in movies and sometimes I end up watching some old stuff (the last one I watched was Fitzcarraldo for example). Also I suck at watching movies because I often don't understand them if they are not very explicit and clear, thankfully I'm not always alone when I watch them so at the end my friends explain the thing to me; and yet even when I'm alone it's fun to try to get it on my own, being focused for a couple hours... Sometimes it leaves me wih a really nice feeling.
PS: speaking of difficult games, I've seen this youtube essay about Void Stranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lRev4qQLyw it's divided in four sections with increasing levels of spoilers, so if you're interested you can just watch the beginning. I'm sharing because it seems insanely hard and an experience, so I figure you could like it. (I haven't played it, I won't play it because I like easy games, but the video was still worth it for me)
PPS: would follow your letterboxd if it existed/were public
I enjoyed this article, in particular your introduction to the "Git Gud" phrase. I posted a link in a company wide chat, and said it was worth a read, and that maybe we should think of using "Git Gud" as a phrase on some of our internal swag.
Imagine my distress (well not exactly distress obviously, but let's say disappointment), when a colleague replied
"I love darks souls and souls style games. I have completed all three, skipped demon souls, finished both elden ring and bloodborne, and I've 100%ed sekiro (all games done by the same studio). I mention this to say I have no problems with extreme punishing levels of difficulty and persevering through it. Having said that, the community that created this phrase is well known for its toxicity and gatekeeping. It says something when a part of the already toxic gaming community is singled out as being toxic."
The company you keep
hah! and gosh yes I wouldn't want the hardcore Soulslike community as my fellow travellers, I think git gud has travelled far beyond them now...