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Synopsis
Months after the sudden disappearance of everyone's most irritating relatives , newly minted Christian Rayford Steele attempts to convert his millennial daughter Chloe to the Christian faith. Meanwhile, Chloe's boyfriend Cameron "Buck" Williams , the host of cable television's most obnoxious opinion program, stumbles across evidence that the elite is lying about the covid rapture numbers.
Soon Buck discovers a plot to exploit everyone's fear and anxiety to establish a one world government, one world currency, and universal social credit system, all under the control of incredibly uncharismatic Antichrist Nicolae "Jetty" Carpathia.
Review
It's hard to explain what makes something look like a "real movie," but this looks like a real movie. The shots are well composed and the color grading feels cinematic without looking artificial. The interiors are gloomy and lived in, while the streets capture a sense of urban blight and despair. Everything feels like a run-down shithole. Finally Detroit's filmmaking tax credit is paying off.
The script also makes major improvements to the novel. The book's biggest flaw was failing to connect the Antichrist plot to the Rapture plot--in the book, the one world government emerges simply because that's the kind of thing those people do. The movie, meanwhile, draws the obvious connection of authoritarians seizing power in a crisis.
The down side of this is that the whole thing is obviously an extremely hamfisted covid metaphor rushed through production during the coofdemic. And because fundamentalists don't understand subtext, covid gets mentioned by name multiple times so you'll be sure to connect the dots. Aside from the name drops it's just a general pileup of every current rightoid grievance with a loose coat of Bible prophecy paint.
The government fakes additional rapture-like disappearances and tells non-essential workers to stay home (?).
All of the stats about the vanishings come through a single company called "Dominator Analytics"
All media outlets, social media, and payment processing systems are owned by the same globalist billionaire who wants to take over the world
The protagonist googles "Bible prophecy" and all the videos have been removed for violating the "terms of service." Then he gets his account suspended for unspecified violations (yes jannies got called out in a rapture movie)
Anyone who catches onto all of this gets the treatment.
Actual dialogue
"It's like, everybody knows there was a second wave, but nobody's actually seen it happen."
"Welcome to a new reality. A Great Reset."
"I think these new vanishing counts that we now proudly display on every broadcast are probably fake."
"The Rapture wasn't debunked. Someone on TV told you it was debunked and you believed them."
[Of the Antichrist] "I haven't seen anything like this since Obama."
Miscellaneous
They didn't have the rights to the UN logo (?) so they made their own version with the map at the wrong projection
The whole thing is narrated by a lispy black guy who's still delivering exposition well past the one hour mark
This is in the Left Behind (2014) continuity, not the Left Behind: The Movie (2000) continuity. Note that both series recast between every movie. Nic Cage was too expensive so they got church basement DVD actor Kevin Sorbo to be Rayford Steele instead.
Somebody vandalized a church by scrawling "SCIENCE!!!!" on the wall
The filmmakers either forgot or retconned that literally all children canonically vanished. The world should have freaked out a lot harder; instead they act like this was maaaybe 3x as bad as covid
One character is killed by a car bomb (with flashing lights, which is just sitting in the back seat of the car that the protagonists were just riding in and they didn't notice) that goes off only after the other characters have already left the car
The movie ends with the Antichrist shooting people gangsta style
One scene after characters discuss the importance of faith even in times of doubt, they dig up the dead grandma's coffin to prove that her body vanished and the rapture was real
Overall this is still an objective improvement over both previous LB adaptations. However, nothing will top the fever dream charm of the classic 80's budget rapture movies. IMO this kind of movie actually gets worse when you do it well. You lose the clumsy earnestness and are left with smugness. !christians
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Yes, it has been 1 week since the last thread. Don't question me.
What have you kinosseurs been watching? How was it? Tell us!
Movies:
Wonka (2023) - Saw this one with my mom. It's a really cute family movie! Admittedly there are some deeply Marxist messages, but nothing more than intersecting the convergence of religion, commerce, and police state to protect capital and subjugate workers. Honestly didn't expect to like it, but I couldn't stop smiling. Twinky Tim is really great in this.
Chinatown (1974) - Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown . A classic noir starring (arguably) the best actor of all time, Jack Nicholson. Why did I wait this long to watch it? I though it had Chinese people and avoided it.
THX 1138 (1971) - George Lucas movie which came out 6 years before Soy Wars. Experimental and esoteric scifi (corpopunk?) dystopian movie about drugged sexless humans working in robot factories, slowly regaining humanity. I see what it was going for. Sci-fi bros can't stop jerking off over this, but it was ok. Maybe if you never read book and were in a dorm room in 1997-2009 and this hit your brain, you'd feel like you took a redpill idk.
Dream Scenario (2023) - Nicholas Cage in an A24 movie about a boring evolutionary psychology professor who suddenly starts appearing in people's dreams. He becomes a viral sensation and his life pays the toll. Story explores the theme of regular people stumbling into viral relevancy and the toll it takes on their lives, even when they have pretty much done nothing wrong. Decent laughs and Nic Cage makes a coom face.
Napoleon (2023) - Goddarn this movie was some garbage lmao. Only saving grace was Vanessa Kirby mogging the planet. Napoleon simps so hard he destroys the continent for she . Also wildly historically inaccurate.
Dave Chapelle: The Dreamer (2023) - This one was decently funny. His last special, Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021) where he just ranted about s. Funny blowback, but unfunny show. This new one was actually pretty funny. Unfortunately he ended it with a really gay like 10 minute stool speech about chasing your dreams.
TV:
True Detective: Night Country - LOL
Reacher - (spoilers, but this show is r-slurred so who cares) Basically his Le Special Investigators Unit did like 3 months on a case 11 years ago and they immediately became family??? Frick this was a mid season. Go back to a small cast and beating up goons in small towns.
The Terror - Just started this one. In episode one, the guys who play Brutus and Julius Caesar in Rome are in a scene where someone talks about "Crossing the Rubicon" Show is pretty good though, will stick with it.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - With news that the new season will also be the last, I am in determined to catch up in time. Just started season 6 when the black family moves in. Already funnier than like all of season 5.
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What do people think? Generic slop? Well-crafted gorefest? I've seen the first one and am half way through the second.
@KatserKitty1987 (RIP) said in an old thread:
The first one was overly long and exceedingly tiring. The sets were all lit like a play and the gore is a level or extreme to where it wraps around to not being distributing. It's a shame as the killer is actually pretty cool and interesting it's just that nothing else is.
I think the clown is cool, I like his mischievous smile. The women he kills are always pretty 1D and I'm sad when I see their boobs because I want to see them but not covered in blood while they're screaming.
- FourthCarvedPumpkin : I'm not clicking on anything that has CP in the title and it's marked as NSFW
- GeorgeFloydSoulLeftHimNah : Carp clickbait
- coned : i will not open this thread. no one cares about carp post rankings and analysis.
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Child's Play film rankings:
1. Bride of Chucky (THE BEST)
2. Seed of Chucky (AMAZING)
3. Childs Play (stellar)
4. Cult of Chucky (excellent)
5. Curse of Chucky (very good and I want to frick the crippled chick)
6. Childs Play 2 (solid)
7. Childs Play 3 (decent)
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Everyone talks about how CGI was "so much better back then" while mainly using only one example.
— Matthew Donald (@MatthewDonald64) October 30, 2024
No, CGI wasn't better back then. Davy Jones was just exceptionally good. You just don't remember all the crap that got released back then too. https://t.co/ZWXoQJRUGz
MODOK is actually very technically impressive, like the skin textures and metal arms and everything. It's the design itself people found iffy. Watch Corrider Crew's video on it.
— Matthew Donald (@MatthewDonald64) October 31, 2024
Actually, Marvel movies are peak CGI you pleb
And of course he starts grifting as soon as he gets a shred of attention
Wow, this blew up. Uhhhh, check out my books and podcasts? They have dinosaurs and lasers and steampunk alt histories and such. You'll probably like them a bit. https://t.co/6sywKpgt7q
— Matthew Donald (@MatthewDonald64) October 31, 2024
Wowzers!
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🗳️ 𝕏 2024 Election Cartoon 😂 Watch NOW!! 👀
— The New Norm Show (@XNewNorm) October 31, 2024
🇺🇸 Make America Funny Again! 🇺🇸
Featuring @larryelder, @XAVIAERD of @PragerU and animated:@realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @JoeRogan @TheOfficerTatum 🐶 DOGE Dog! 🚀 Rockets! 🚀 Putin & a DEI Drag Queen!🤡
REPOST THIS VIDEO + you can win… pic.twitter.com/dHbvYXZOhC
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First trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘PRESENCE’, a horror movie shot from the perspective of a supernatural entity
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 31, 2024
In theaters on January 24. pic.twitter.com/KdcDoKh80Q
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Quentin Tarantino loved ‘JOKER 2’ & says that Todd Phillips is the Joker.
— Quentin Tarantino Universe (@TarantinoWorld) October 29, 2024
"I really, really liked it, really. A lot. [Todd Phillips] says ‘fuck you’ to movie audiences, ‘fuck you to Hollywood.’ He’s saying ‘fuck you’ to owners of any stock at DC and WB.” pic.twitter.com/VNW8xsj3ra
- HailVictory1776 : Why isn't movieblob on bluesky with the rest of his authoritarian commies
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also more JK Chudrama: https://kiwifarms.st/threads/rowling-derangement-syndrome.144468/page-429#post-19620820
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So what's everyone been watching this week? !kino discuss
As for me I'm partial to Pawn Stars marathons on YouTube
@Mummyvann please pin
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Hippies: que es más importante el arte o la vida 😭😭😭
— ElBuni (@therealbuni) April 19, 2024
El dueño del museo: no me rompa los huevos pibe pic.twitter.com/n6ZYspYfUg
It's some Spanish tv showFine Arts. It seems to be on Disney + pic.twitter.com/UPQnBWK09C
— Juan Carlos (@_J_u_a_n_K_) October 26, 2024
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Holy shit i personally was only aware of HALF of this list, because ive since forgotten the other half.
Even other normies call out her utterly staggering ineptitude and toxic reputation at this point
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!kino !ringbearers what are your prospects for season 3?