Lets try this experiment
Start watching Dredd (2012) at 7pm, Central Time, USA (as precisely as you can) ... and come here for live posts as you watch!
This is ~14 hours from the time of this post
Lets try this experiment
Start watching Dredd (2012) at 7pm, Central European Summer Time (as precisely as you can) ... and come here for live posts as you watch!
This is ~7 hours from the time of this post
Top films (with equal votes) are:
The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend, with the express purpose of eating themselves to death.
A David Lynch film. I've not seen his 90s films but always meant to. After hearing of his illness, I figure now is as good a time as any
Released in 1989, this is an early-ish Peter Jackson movie (yes, the LOTR guy).
It's a lurid and disturbing backstage comedy of a troupe similar to The Muppet Show.
I watched it with one friend in the mid 90s who, when it ended, stood, turned to me, and said "It is possible to go too far" before leaving the room.
But please see the voting post for the full list of films nominated, you may find something new and interesting there).
If I were forced to break the tie I'd select Lynch's Lost Highway just because it's likely confirmed recently we'll never see a new Lynch film and it feels appropriate to revisit one of his works that many of us have probably not seen.
But having a "popular winner" is antithetical to the spirit of this club, instead these are all likely worth watching!
Please watch as you wish, provide any tips on where to find these films if you can, and discuss how you found the films in the community!
Compared to the "popcorn theatre" I don't think it makes as much sense to have any live watch sessions, in part because getting more niche films can be trickier but also because I'm the kind of person that likes to watch niche films when I'm in the mood. But maybe that's just me! Let me know if you have any thoughts/feedback!
Dredd (2012) is our winning film this month (see voting post here).
Please treat this as discussion thread for the film ... or if you like, write up your own posts about it in the community!
Also, if you have any tips on where to get it, please feel free to share (I'll probably add them to the top post).
Personally, I've seen this one a few times, I even saw it on my birthday the year it came out as a present to myself!
And if you don't know, it was written by Alex Garland (and partly directed by him too) ... right before he did Ex Machina and Annihilation, and of course the same person behind Civil War. But sadly, it didn't perform well at the box office, though it probably should have ... very well done lower budget action IMO.
As with last month, I'll put up "live watch" threads here, scheduled for 7pm Sunday, 1st July, in
It's still a bit of an experiment, so do please check in if you can or provide any feedback on the whole live watch thing.
The basic idea is to start the film at 7pm as well as you can and casually chat, while avoiding the hassle of any synchronized stream. For which Lemmy's "chat" view now works (since v 19.3 or 19.5)
That being said, if anyone else would like to run a synchronized live stream, please go ahead and advertise in this community!
only one real honourable mention this time, and it is truly a classic film too IMO:
Sneakers
Yea … probably more hyped for this than I ever was for rings of power.
La Grande Bouffe (1973) wikipedia
The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend, with the express purpose of eating themselves to death.
Meet the Feebles (wikipedia)
Released in 1989, this is an early-ish Peter Jackson movie (yes, the LOTR guy).
It's a lurid and disturbing backstage comedy of a troupe similar to The Muppet Show.
I watched it with one friend in the mid 90s who, when it ended, stood, turned to me, and said "It is possible to go too far" before leaving the room.
Upvote the film you'd like to watch the most in the comments below!
Nominations are in for August's Fedi Film Club - Fringe Threatre (see nominations post here).
This was a bit of an experiment and it was very cool to see all of these suggestions! Plenty of films I don't know anything about!
Given that fringe (or arthouse or whatever) films have a different feel and aren't as conducive to a popularity vote and an online live watch session, I say we play this by ear. At the least I'm happy to treat this as a running list of recommendations which those of us that are interested can work through, discussing as we go, and at the most we work through it together with a live watch session.
Either way ... please vote if you like and share any thoughts or further suggestions you have about these films.
Each one in is a separate comment below, which you can upvote.
And, for clarity, they're also in the list below, in alphabetical order.
If you have any handy tips on the best way to get a hold of any of these, please share! Note though that the high seas in general are likely are well known option.
And of course, the main point of all this is to crowd-source human curated film recommendations. I'll definitely want to watch more than one of these and encourage the same!
EDIT: As for watching together at the end of the month:
Dredd (2012)
"One of my favorite action movies"
Sneakers
A ‘hacking’ movie that holds up brilliantly despite outdated technology. Excellent cast, characters, story, and pacing IMO.
Upvote the film you'd like to watch the most in the comments below!
Nominations are in for August's Fedi Film Club - Popcorn Threatre (see nominations post here).
Not too many nominations this time (just 3 ... did people find the name "popcorn threatre" offensive of confusing?)
But it's a nice trio of films ... Honestly, I would enjoy watching them all on a nice Saturday marathon!
Each one in is a separate comment below, which you can upvote.
And, for clarity, they're also in the list below, in alphabetical order.
If you have any handy tips on the best way to get a hold of any of these, please share! Note though that the high seas in general are likely are well known option.
And of course, the main point of all this is to crowd-source human curated film recommendations. I'll definitely want to watch more than one of these and encourage the same!
EDIT: As for watching together at the end of the month:
Yea I realised a while ago that time just stopped passing for me around 2018 ... everything's just a blur since then.
Thanks so much for the suggestions! I was worried no one would be into this "fringe" idea!!
Thanks for the suggestion! I was worried no one would be into this "fringe" idea!!
Please nominate a film for August's "Fedi Film Club"!
This is the "Fringe Theater" ... for weird, niche films, unknown classics and pioneering statements. If you've got more "popcorn" or popular films in mind, you should check out the "Popcorn Theater" post.
Anything that either you'd like to watch or would recommend to the community!
Please make sure it's more than roughly two years old so that it will (hopefully) be available somewhere.
And if possible, provide a quick description for why you'd like to watch or why you suggest it.
Please nominate a film for August's "Fedi Film Club"!
This is the "Popcorn Theater" ... for fun, popular films, box office hits and blockbusters. If you've got more "fringe" films in mind, you should check out the "Fringe Theater" post.
Anything that either you'd like to watch or would recommend to the community!
Please make sure it's more than roughly two years old so that it will (hopefully) be available somewhere.
And if possible, provide a quick description for why you'd like to watch or why you suggest it.
It appears to be on Disney+ AFAICT (I'm not subscribed).
and lacks subtitles.
This I suspect is an underappreciated aspect of the dynamics at the moment. More broadly, it's about the personalisation of the watching experience. Screen size, seating/lying position, noise and brightness, subtitles and their language, audio configuration (where you can optimise your home set up to help with dialogue clarity or "epicness")
Furiosa
Maybe controversial, depending on who you talk to I suppose. It's no Fury Road, at all. But it's in the same world and it's a good film. I'd imagine following with Fury Road directly after works quite well as a pairing
You have my axe on this one! I saw it twice in the cinema when it came out.
While there are few things to find disappointing about covenant, for it was the attempt to put Prometheus aside and give the fans the Xeno they always want.