Deexan
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Post by Deexan on May 20, 2017 6:58:22 GMT -5
Director: Bong Joon-Ho Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, An Seo Hyun Plot: For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja — a massive animal and an even bigger friend — at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when the family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja… while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home. Trailer:
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Post by Neverending on May 20, 2017 8:57:14 GMT -5
It got booed at Cannes. Bunch of meat eaters.
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Post by Deexan on May 20, 2017 9:30:48 GMT -5
It got booed twice, actually.
Once when the Netflix logo appeared on screen (yawn) and again when it was shown in the wrong aspect ratio.
After a restart fixed the latter issue (no word on if the Netflix logo got a second chorus of boos), it finished with a 4 minute ovation from the crowd.
Though they may also have been yelling Boo-urns. We may never know.
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Post by mikeyb on May 20, 2017 9:48:08 GMT -5
Why boo the netflix logo?
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Post by Deexan on May 20, 2017 10:49:48 GMT -5
Why boo the netflix logo? Something about streaming services killing cinema. Which is, of course, ludicrous. Amazon-financed films showing at Cannes got the same treatment...
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It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
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Post by thebtskink on May 20, 2017 10:55:44 GMT -5
A corporation gives me endless tasty bacon, and I'm supposed to root against them?
Also, after seeing this trailer, I can reaffirm that Margaret Cho is a fucking asshole.
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Post by Deexan on Jun 29, 2017 17:13:06 GMT -5
Out on Netflix today.
Just watched it and the two hours breezed by. Fun, quirky and sad in equal measure.
8/10
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