[quote=Mr Minio]Unpopular opinion: Anybody who's seen less than 5000 films (and in a less stringent version 2000 films) has very limited capabilities of film quality assessment because they've probably been exposed to way too many masterpieces due to the 'early cinephile selection bias'. This leads to underrating great films because you can only compare stuff to what you know. And what you know is (or at the very least should be!) some of the best cinema there is.[/quote]

[quote=FilmBuff][quote=Allaby]I've seen all three of Alex Garland's previous films and liked them all, so I am hopeful this one will be good too.[/quote]

This one might be the best of them all![/quote]

[quote=Allaby]Interesting.  I actually thought Men was strangely beautiful in a striking and bizarre way.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]Here's what I wrote after watching [i]Men[/i]:

[quote]Oh man. compared to Alex Garland, Jordan Peele is an auteur. I disliked Garland's two previous efforts. Ex Machina was a half-assed attempt at meaningful sci-fi, while Annihilation was Tarkovsky's Stalker for popcorn eaters. But those two films were somewhat watchable, acceptable, passable. Now, Men is something else. It's one of the most in-your-face predictable and obvious films I've seen. Also, it's just so ugly. It's been a while since I've seen a film as ugly as this one. There's not one aesthetic shot in the entire film, and those shots that aim to look good are just so off. I don't know what Garland's deal is, but his films just look so flat and uninteresting. Also, the only worthwhile little thing about the movie is the on-the-nose symbology of Gaia and whatnot. But these attempts at making Men partly a Folk Horror fail.[/quote][/quote]

[quote=Allaby][quote=Mr Minio]All of them.[/quote]

Can you be more specific about why you don't like Garland's films?[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]All of them.[/quote]

[quote=Allaby][quote=Mr Minio]Garland is worse than Nolan. Thanks for reminding me about this hack.[/quote]

In what ways is Garland a hack?[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio][quote=Death Proof][quote=Mr Minio][quote=Death Proof]I have to pee.[/quote] Let us know how it went.[/quote]

It's sterile and I like the taste.[/quote]
Urine isn't sterile. It contains bacteria and is bad for you. Also contains salt so won't quench your thirst as well. Utterly useless.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]Garland is worse than Nolan. Thanks for reminding me about this hack.[/quote]

[quote=Allaby]I've seen all three of Alex Garland's previous films and liked them all, so I am hopeful this one will be good too.[/quote]

[quote=Allaby][quote=John McClane]i'm thinking bout seeing that flick [i]Civil War[/i] this weekend.[/quote]

I might go see it too.[/quote]