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| TiggaTrigga wrote: | I don't believe you're focusing on movies right now, but if it's easy to answer this question at the moment, would you be up for it? I have a question about Terminator vs Terminator 2.
I don't understand why Terminator 1 is thought of more highly by you and Scaruffi than Terminator 2. Long story short, Terminator 2 felt more "deep" to me. |
Not really thinking about those right now but the first is a lot grittier, more tense, suspenseful, “horror”. 2nd is good, high quality action but just doesn’t have the same sense of desperation. It also isn’t as original and repeats the first in ways. It does add some themes (Arnold as father figure, as the good guy who also haunts from the first) but these aren’t handled in the most creative way (rather, high quality Hollywood treatment). Still well worth watching and I can understand those who feel it’s better. It’s probably a better spectacle.
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EXPLANATION: WHAT IS THIS LOG??? Go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...094#571094
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Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117
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Greatest Literature: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...617#691617
Best Comedy Films and Best Romantic and/or Sx Comedies: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...446#684446
Best Teen and/or Coming of Age Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...219#683219
Best Gangster and/or Hood Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...513#682513
Best Action/Adventure and (Action/Adventure) Thriller Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...108#674108
Best Editing/Structure in Film History: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...443#667443
Best Visuals (Color) / Best Visuals (Black and White): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...231#666231
Best Horror Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...102#656102
Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...323#650323
Best Animated Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...884#647884
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Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 1-29-2024 - 5-12-2024
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499) [Sculpture]
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
City of Lost Children - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1995)
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick (1964)
The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture] [aka, "Bandini Pietà" or "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"]
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Delicatessen - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1991)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
Top 10+ Albums/Movies/Visual Art for the Week(s) - Rated 2.8/10 to 6.7/10
Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve (2024)
FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick (1964) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
City of Lost Children - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1995) 7.1/10 to 7.3/10
Delicatessen - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1991) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimo (2023) Not Rated to 7.3/10 ... rating tentative, could be slightly higher/lower ... need to see again to be sure
NEWLY WATCHED FILMS - RATED:
Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve (2024) 5.5/10
TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2024)
Angkor Wat - Started by Suryavarman II; Completed by Jayavarman VII (circa 1122 - 1150; Note: there are various anomalies that may suggest an earlier date of construction -- perhaps even much earlier) [Architecture]
Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) [Architecture]
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
Golden Gate Bridge - Joseph Strauss - San Francisco, California (1937) [Architecture]
Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway - J.M.W. Turner (1844)
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1629 - 1676) (Building completed and opened 1626; various additions thereafter) [Architecture]
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- Posted: 05/01/2024 11:11
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Do you think there really is a Wagner-ian influence or resemblance in Foetus?
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- Posted: 05/04/2024 19:47
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| DommeDamian wrote: | | Thoughts on The Wigmaker In Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg? |
Would have to re-listen. I will try as soon as I can, but I've mostly been off on other things -- sorry, very little art, music, movies -- relative to the norm -- so far this year! My life has been extra-extra-swamped with other things since late last summer!
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| homelessking wrote: | | Do you think there really is a Wagner-ian influence or resemblance in Foetus? |
I'm not sure about "directly inspired by" but perhaps in its epic (almost "operatic") sense of drama and how unusually extended its development/progressions towards a climactic resolution are for its longer tracks, than most Rock music.
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- Posted: 05/18/2024 20:33
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EXPLANATION: WHAT IS THIS LOG??? Go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...094#571094
For my criteria page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503
To visit my Main lists, go here:
Greatest Classical Music Works: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Greatest Albums (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276
Greatest Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15558
Greatest Paintings: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15560
Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117
Various (in progress) genre lists, listed in order of how recently I've worked on them:
Greatest Literature: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...617#691617
Best Comedy Films and Best Romantic and/or Sx Comedies: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...446#684446
Best Teen and/or Coming of Age Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...219#683219
Best Gangster and/or Hood Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...513#682513
Best Action/Adventure and (Action/Adventure) Thriller Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...108#674108
Best Editing/Structure in Film History: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...443#667443
Best Visuals (Color) / Best Visuals (Black and White): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...231#666231
Best Horror Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...102#656102
Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...323#650323
Best Animated Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...884#647884
Best Comic Book/Superhero Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...189#646189
Bsold = Newly added
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Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 5-13-2024 - 5-26-2024
Alhambra - Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar; later additions overseen by Yusuf I and Muhammad V - Granada, Spain (initial structure: 1250; several alterations thereafter through the 1600s) [Architecture]
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499) [Sculpture]
Water Lilies (Orangerie Museum) - Claude Monet (1918)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Registan Square [Architecture]
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Milan Cathedral - Several Architects (Originally: 1386; several developments through 1965) [Architecture]
Top 10+ Albums/Movies/Visual Art for the Week(s) - Rated 2.8/10 to 6.7/10
Top 10+ SONGS/TRACKS for the Week(s)
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FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
Milan Cathedral - Several Architects (Originally: 1386; several developments through 1965) [Architecture] Not Rated to 8.0/10
Water Lilies (Orangerie Museum) - Claude Monet (1918) Not Rated to 7.7/10 ... Note: very tentative rating
NEWLY VIEWED PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RATED:
FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
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TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2024)
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Angkor Wat - Started by Suryavarman II; Completed by Jayavarman VII (circa 1122 - 1150; Note: there are various anomalies that may suggest an earlier date of construction -- perhaps even much earlier) [Architecture]
Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) [Architecture]
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
Golden Gate Bridge - Joseph Strauss - San Francisco, California (1937) [Architecture]
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499) [Sculpture]
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]
Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway - J.M.W. Turner (1844)
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1629 - 1676) (Building completed and opened 1626; various additions thereafter) [Architecture]
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
City of Lost Children - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1995)
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick (1964)
The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture] [aka, "Bandini Pietà" or "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"]
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Delicatessen - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1991)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
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Some brief analysis and points about Angkor Wat:
Largest religious structure in the world
Angkor Wat is a unique combination of the temple mountain (the standard design for the empire's state temples) and the later plan of concentric galleries, most of which were originally derived from religious beliefs of Hinduism. The construction of Angkor Wat suggests that there was a celestial significance with certain features of the temple. This is observed in the temple's east–west orientation, and lines of sight from terraces within the temple that show specific towers to be at the precise location of the solstice at sunrise. The Angkor Wat temple's main tower aligns with the morning sun of the spring equinox. The temple is a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods according to Hindu mythology: the central quincunx of towers symbolise the five peaks of the mountain, and the walls and moat symbolise the surrounding mountain ranges and ocean. Access to the upper areas of the temple was progressively more exclusive, with the laity being admitted only to the lowest level.
Unlike most Khmer temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west rather than the east. This has led scholars including Maurice Glaize and George Coedès to hypothesize that Suryavarman intended it to serve as his funerary temple. Further evidence for this view is provided by the bas-reliefs, which proceed in a counter-clockwise direction—prasavya in Hindu terminology—as this is the reverse of the normal order. Rituals take place in reverse order during Brahminic funeral services. (Wiki)
It is a masterpiece of (apparent) simplicity and harmony on an (extremely) grand scale that yet becomes increasingly complex and "cacophonous" (on an overwhelming scale) the closer one gets and the deeper one traverses or looks.
One one hand the main layout and overall design of it is not especially complex: very symmetrical, in increasing gradation through its squared echelons and perimeter/cornered and central towers.
Yet as one gets closer to these they overwhelm with their strange design, splitting and to the sides and re-forming in unusual geometric formations to reach their peaks. They also become increasingly "cacophonous" (while retaining, a now more "noisy" harmony, a bringing together of unusual complexity).
The corridors also, from the distance, apparently simply rectangular cooridors. Yet as one nears or goes through them, they are overtaken by endless false doors.
As well, the exterior of each section of this monumental work. At first, seemingly "simple" central or symmetrically located stairways lead one into and up to the next echelon. Yet even these are visually blurred, confused, merged, by walls that are also gradation or step-like "ledges"/"stairways".
Furthermore, in one of the most monumental artistic achievements in human history, virtually ever external surface is (or once was) sculpted or carved with designs or stories or characters or messages. So then again, from a distance these are "blocks" or "parts" of a structure. Up close they are intricate, overwhelming in their detail and symbology and complexity of message, literally covering the entire structure (or once did, many have been ruined by later attempts to change the meaning of the temple from "Hindu" to "Buddhist"; but many still remain left to express this).
Also, as one makes ones way through the whole structure (meaning from the same ground levels its originators were privy to) it is precisely structured so that each echelon is only discover-able (emerges to the eye) after the fact of traversing the last. So, again, the whole work unfolds in greater complexity and mystery precisely as one traverses it.
There is much more to be said, but these are some interesting expressive points about it that may not be obvious to the casual viewer so perhaps are helpful to get one into what makes it such a masterpiece (but I haven't even mentioned many of its anomalies and mysteries, or the moat or the complex agricultural system it seems to have powered in its day through the "electricity" of sunlight beaming down into it, or or or...).
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