8
14
15
>>69123423
Dead ringers got me laid
9
I dislike Cronenberg.
>>69123423
6
Is existenz any good?
>>69124525
It's fun
>>69123423
>A History of Violence
5/10
>eXistenZ
6/10
>Videodrome
7.5-10
What next?
>>69124755
Naked Lunch
>>69124755
Scanners and The Brood
>>69123423
I was really surprised when Eastern Promises finished and it was directed by Cronenberg. I always assumed he just did surrealist/horror movies. I'm going to check out everything he's done, since I've never been let down.
>>69124755
2 rights, 1 wrong
Pretty good, I suppose
>>69123423
All but those first two and Fast Company
>>69124755
The Fly, obviously, only then Naked Lunch and the rest.
>>69123423
All of it.
>>69123423
Easier to tell you which ones I haven't seen
Stero
Fast Company
Madame Butterfly
Spider
Eastern Promises
Dangerous Methos
Cosmopolis
>>69125004
Eastern Promises is shit
When it's so easy to do a research on Russian mafia getting literally everything wrong is unforgivable.
Dangerous Methods - the no breast chick is very annoying in the first half. Almost unbearable.
>>69124943
Good to hear, those are the two most interesting to me. Then Cosmopolis and Maps to the Stars? Supposedly they're less accessible but often considered to be his best, or "final form" movies
>>69123423
Scanners, Fly, Existenz
>>69125303
>Supposedly they're less accessible but often considered to be his best, or "final form" movies
By who? Everybody pretty much thinks that he's past his prime and just going through the motions in those two.
>>69123423
6
Am I the only guy who loves cosmopolis?
>>69125356
Well, uh, by this board mainly. People often parallel MD and Inland Empire to Lynch and those two to Cronenberg as being basically what the director has been building towards their whole career.
>>69125356
By people on the patrician spectrum, I suppose and hope. Cosmopolis and Maps To The Stars are very much the works of a mature filmmaker, and clearly at the top of Cronenberg's filmography.
>>69125409
you got memed on son
>>69125460
'no'
>>69125438
>>69125460
Which one is itI have an idea, maybe I'll watch them anyways and form my own opinions
BEST: Naked Lunch
WORST: Shivers
FAVORITE: Videodrome
OVERRATED: The Fly (Still quite good though)
UNDERRATED: Dead Ringers
>>69125523
That's a great idea. But it shouldn't be hard to know who's right and who's wrong.
>>69123423
10, it was enough to realise Cronenberg is a complete hack.
>>69124304
You had sex with her after she fell asleep?
>>69125303
Maps to the Stars is very accessible, but it's not a "fun" movie like his other ones. Never saw Cosmopolis. Probably should. With all the bad reviews sounds like fun.
>I always wondered what goes on at those Masters of Horror dinners...
It's at the Hamburger Hamlet, and we have these strange visitors -- people who aren't horror but want to be. Oh, it's fun though. Now, David Cronenberg used to be horror, but now he considers himself an artist, so he's a little bit above us, which was shocking to me. Because David and I used to be friends in the old days, and now, I don't know. I'm a little low class for him. It's really weird. So I quickly made an exit. "I don't want to bother you. Sorry!" I was like, "Hey David, how you doin'?" Wow, you're kidding me. You take yourself really seriously.
>>69125696
I liked it, lot of good scenes and Pattinson isn't a bad crazy robot
But I'm not gonna recommend it
Man I really didn't like Scanners at all. Love The Fly, eXistenZ, Videodrome and History of Violence though.
>>69124525
>Is existenz any good?
No
BEST: Videodrome
WORST: Shivers
FAVORITE: Maps to the Stars
OVERRATED: The Brood
UNDERRATED: Crash
![Dead Ringers[14-23-28].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NLwC3W7.jpg "Dead Ringers[14-23-28].jpg")
>>69123423
Videodrome and The Fly: must have been 12 when I caught them randomly on TV, I remember being mesmerized by Videdrome's weirdness but it went over my head, should rewatch them properly
Existenz: was a bit older, I'll always remember the weird organic VR plugs and gun made out of bones
History of Violence and Eastern Promises when they came out
Dead Ringers: saw it last month, loved everything about it
I'm downloading The Brood, is it a good starting point to get into his early horror? or should I just skip to Crash to get more of the stuff I loved in Dead Ringers?
John Carpenter:
> I haven’t gone in a long time [to a Masters of Horror dinner. I went to the first few and it was a lot of fun. [...] Then, it sort of became something else. I think the night that got me — David Cronenberg showed up. And he’s an old friend of mine. And unfortunately, he takes himself so seriously these days... He’s an artist now. And literally, he was holding court in the middle of the room, so I came over to talk to him. And he didn’t look at me. And I thought, this is enough of this, forget it, goodbye. And I walked out, I thought, I don’t need this anymore. And you know, fine, Eli Roth with his Hollywood hair... Darren Aronofsky, secretly I think hates horror films… Let the geniuses go. Let them go — let them be geniuses. I’ll stay home.
Why do autists love to repost the Carpenter dinner story?
>>69126952
Because it says a lot about his decline and nature of his filmography
>>69123423
12, and not all of them good.
>>69126981
Carpenter's, I suppose?
>>69124525
Don't listen to anyone else, it's great.
Also, JJL is awesome in it.
>>69123423
All of them. I'm a man who loves his Cronenberg.
Enjoy /tv/: A useless guide to David Cronenbergers
The starter pack or I'm new to this Canadian:
The Fly: Depressing drama posing as a sci-fi movie
Videodrome: Porn is bad, also get ready for brain tumors!
Dead Ringers: Welcome to drama-berg! Still fascinating as always but less goop
I like these wonderful diamonds of Kino give me MORE!:
The Dead Zone: A comfy Cronenberg for once? Nice mix of sci-fi/drama. Really shows off King's ability to write Americana/small towns.
The Brood: Divorce isn't fun, oh yeah and those kids are spooky. Good horror!
Naked Lunch: Makes about as much sense as William S. Burroughs' writing. Which is perfect! H.P. Lovecraft biopic when David?
Does he have anything more subtle and mature?
Spider: The most depressing episode of Mr. Bean.
Eastern Promises: Naked mobsters wrestling? Sign me up!
History of Violence: The film that made Cronenberg get kinda cocky and stop being fun. Still a great movie!
Yeah that was fun... But can a get a little of both worlds again?:
Scanners: X-Men meets Philip K Dick meets The Conversation. Pretty good!
Crash: Chuck Palahniuk really wishes he could write something this dirty and compelling. Brings a new meaning to Little red corvette baby you're much too fast.
M Butterfly: Where is the monsters? Where is the goo? Ohhh... Wait this all really happened? WHAT?! Sweet Jesus! Underrated, dat acting.
So where did this Canadian come from?:
Crimes of the future: 2deep4you
Stero: Lil David's first movie! Good job kid-o. Still better than anything by Kevin Smith.
They Cam From Within: Do you have a fear of STDs like I do? Well this one is still pretty icky.
Rabid: Best vampire/dick/armpit movie ever. And only vampire/dick/armpit movie I've seen.
What else is there? I just can't get enough!:
Existenz: Best of Cronenberg volume 1!
Dangerous Method: Remember M. Butterfly? Well here is more Oscar-bate but this time it's not as exciting.
>>69128031
I'm not quite sure if this is a shitpost
>>69128031
Part 2:
>>69123423
I must see it all:
Maps to The Stars: A fun new comedy from the the laugh riot that brought us Spider and Dead Ringers!
Cosmopolis: Limo riding, lots and lots of limo riding. Kind of a mess. Oh spoiler he gets a haircut.
I guess you can watch it, I mean why the hell not?:
Fast Company: CARS CARS CARS CARS DAVID LOVES CARS VROOM!
>>69123423
The Fly, Videodrome and existenz
It's ok but I don't feel the need to watch another of his movies.
>>69123423
17, all except stereo, crimes of the future, fast company and maps to the stars.
>>69123423
6
The Fly, Videodrome, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis
Wasn't sure what to make of Cosmopolis but the other 5 were great, I should really go watch more of his stuff.
>>69124755
>>A History of Violence
>5/10
I guess everyone's entitled to their own opinion...
>>69130264
You shouldn't let people free on this gay premise of >all le opinions are worth and acceptable. They aren't. That nigga is a pleb and I'll be saying it to him.
>>69124755
You're a pleb
>>69123423
Eight. Is Map To The Stars any good or dreck like Cosmopolis?
>>69130557
Considering that you're already wrong, it's better you don't watch MTTS
>>69130557
Maps to the Stars is great. None of the same issues that people usually find with Cosmopolis imo.
only 6, videodrome is my favorite of those
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If i didn't like Scanners is it worth watching his earlier movies?
>>69123423
Shit, I am sure I've seen more but can only remember Naked Lunch, Fly and (some) Existenz.
>>69124525
Weird as all shit AFAIR.
antiviral by cronenberg jr is worth checking out if you like early cronenberg
