Marcus Flemmings

Marcus Flemmings

video essays on film analysis, screenwriting and filmmaking!


when a director time travels

when a director time travels

Love Lives Bleeding review

Love Lives Bleeding review

Who did it best?

Who did it best?

Monkey Man Review

Monkey Man Review

This is NOT good

This is NOT good

Stop watching movies!

Stop watching movies!

What is true EVIL?

What is true EVIL?

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  • @Black.Sabbath
    @Black.Sabbath36 минут бұрын

    You don’t sound that black

  • @maynardwayward12
    @maynardwayward122 сағат бұрын

    I really don't know how anyone can beat it to Nymphomaniac or The Idiots

  • @tj2375
    @tj23752 сағат бұрын

    You have to see Twister, its the most amazing film. A tremendous ensemble: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, and many more, all amazing performances, great script, great direction, great photography, great visual effects that can still hold, great pacing. It's an improbable masterwork of entertainment but it's a masterwork.

  • @thirst-to-be-awaken
    @thirst-to-be-awaken3 сағат бұрын

    marcus we get it ur a fapper

  • @SagnikBakshi0325
    @SagnikBakshi03253 сағат бұрын

    OK basement dweller!

  • @willienelsongonzalez4609
    @willienelsongonzalez46093 сағат бұрын

    I’m ok that porn isn’t classed as cinema and that cinema isn’t classed as porn ….. but we live in some crazy times and anything can happen, I mean heck a corrupt businessman and game show host became President …..

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet47603 сағат бұрын

    "Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thoughts, that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thoughts. Hmm... Sounds like... every commercial on television, doesn't it? You know, when I see those two twins on that Doublemint commercial? I'm not thinking of gum. I am thinking of chewing, so maybe that's the connection they're trying to make." Bill Hicks

  • @thetrison
    @thetrison3 сағат бұрын

    As demonstrated by Louis B. Mayer during the spectacular long take in Mank (2020): Movies have to make you FEEL in here (points to the head), here (pounds the chest), and here (grabs the crotch). So, yes, porn is cinema. Now, give all the Jack Horners of the world their Oscars! 😆

  • @mariafernandaparedes975
    @mariafernandaparedes9753 сағат бұрын

    omg, I watched Coca Sarli movies on Sunday afternoons on open television at the tender age of 6 years old😂😂

  • @zakuraiyadesu
    @zakuraiyadesu3 сағат бұрын

    Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

  • @WhyteNoize859
    @WhyteNoize8593 сағат бұрын

    Brilliant, informative, and perfectly landed with the Chris Pratt "come back" joke. 👍👈

  • @BrofessorDOOM
    @BrofessorDOOM4 сағат бұрын

    Yes

  • @SagnikBakshi0325
    @SagnikBakshi03257 сағат бұрын

    Couldn't join! Saturday night 9pm to 12am IST isn't a good time for me! 😭😭😭😭

  • @That_oneguy_mane
    @That_oneguy_mane8 сағат бұрын

    Max and furiosa each have different fighting styles, furiosa is patient and in a sense is clever about how to fight, always being the first one the first one to pick up an item to help her, while max is trying to play heavy offense, but is limited by the chains and make does with what he can while maintaining the attempt at offense

  • @raregaming8069
    @raregaming80698 сағат бұрын

    Phew! Great livestream!!

  • @TtOpusNil-ql7qi
    @TtOpusNil-ql7qi13 сағат бұрын

    The Bulitt is also GOAT at its realism man. Old times.

  • @concept5631
    @concept563114 сағат бұрын

    Is that what Rebel Moon actually looks like? No wonder why it failed.

  • @WalamiFijilot
    @WalamiFijilot15 сағат бұрын

    nux is really a warboy, wake up from unconsiousness knows what going on in seconds and act accordingly

  • @ThisPodKillsFacist
    @ThisPodKillsFacist22 сағат бұрын

    I really loved challengers to be honest

  • @chavezchavo
    @chavezchavoКүн бұрын

    Snyder has come to excessively rely on slow-mo effects in his movies.

  • @blob9184
    @blob9184Күн бұрын

    I quite liked this movie, but the ending just didn't work for me

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    The ending was VERY obvious and pointless...I think he didn't know how to end the film! Thanks for the comment :)

  • @PhilipVeinstein
    @PhilipVeinsteinКүн бұрын

    I really enjoyed the movie while watching it a few months ago, but now after your video it made me look at the script at a different light and notice stuff that make no sense that haven't paid attention to when I watched it. It makes me want to give the movie another watch, but your analysis makes great sense, and with some little changes it could've been a lot more powerful in its message. Great video man! I enjoy your channel quite a lot since I discovered it a week ago and you deserve way more subscribers

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Big love Philip means alot! Honestly! Join my new channel - www.youtube.com/@cinemaisdying videos on there soon too!

  • @TurinInquisitor
    @TurinInquisitorКүн бұрын

    great voice man good analysis

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Massive love for this comment! Also please join my new channel www.youtube.com/@cinemaisdying videos on there soon too!

  • @nealm6764
    @nealm6764Күн бұрын

    Blah, blah, blah, just admit you love ultra-violence on screen and be done with it. Don't act like it makes you sophisticated.

  • @optimascrime5235
    @optimascrime5235Күн бұрын

    Whilst it wasn't perfect, there were so many scenes that not only made me feel uncomfortable and think about the world we're living in but everything from the cinematography to the soundtrack was all very we'll done....Not to metion it was a film that had some quotable lines which is something you don't get very often at least in my opinion

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Massive love for this comment! Also please join my new channel www.youtube.com/@cinemaisdying videos on there soon too!

  • @frankalfieri1677
    @frankalfieri1677Күн бұрын

    Aware you're on record about not liking Garland but thoughts on Dredd?

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    I do like Dredd :) but he didn't technically direct the whole thing...and it's a The Raid knockout. Having said that, I enjoyed it!

  • @matthewkeegan666
    @matthewkeegan666Күн бұрын

    I really enjoyed this movie.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Me too!

  • @JuanGonzalez-ku5hm
    @JuanGonzalez-ku5hm2 күн бұрын

    i can watch fury road on repeat and not get bored, truly spectacular. I haven't watched rebel moon and i wont watch it ever, Zac Snyder would have to pay me the wasted time for it to be even worth it.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Hhahahha! Harsh...but I understand the sentiment :) thanks for the comment!

  • @thetrison
    @thetrison2 күн бұрын

    Funny. My friend loved Civil War, I didn't. I loved Fall Guy, he thought it was okay. Yet, I'm the pretentious one with films and an education in politics, and he couldn't care less about artsy stuff cuz he's into comfort movies.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Oh dear! You two need to switch your tastes!

  • @matthewlynch9331
    @matthewlynch93312 күн бұрын

    I saw it yesterday and while it was very pretty, IMO it wasted the premise and it did not do a good job making me care about the main characters.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    I kind of agree, I cared about only 1 character - the rest just ticked boxes!

  • @SagnikBakshi0325
    @SagnikBakshi03252 күн бұрын

    What's the message in QT's Pulp Fiction?? 🤔🤣

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    PAHAHHAHA, you troll Sagnik!

  • @AxTechs
    @AxTechs2 күн бұрын

    I really loved watching this film, I hate how it looks, the cinematography is straight ass and some of the characters are underdeveloped, but it’s a really really really fun film

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    VERY fun - but, lacking a bit of depth for sure!

  • @WhyteNoize859
    @WhyteNoize8592 күн бұрын

    My takeaway from this movie was that we need more movies with Jesse Plemons.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    All movies with JESSE!

  • @davidkhan1626
    @davidkhan16262 күн бұрын

    Hey Marcus, we all know Hollywood is dying a painful death but how is the art house/independent film circuit? Are you seeing any drop off there?

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmings2 күн бұрын

    Why hello there sir! Indie movies are a little more tricky - as studios have hijacked indie movies. SO its hard to tell which is an indie and which isn't - but the industry itself (real indies) are growing. Problem is over saturation - because anyone can make an indie movie now :)

  • @davidkhan1626
    @davidkhan16262 күн бұрын

    @@MarcusFlemmings For sure over saturation is a problem with all media in general! Music, video games and film! Definitely the technology has levelled the playing field in video quality and with AI growing in popularity there no limits to someones ability make a good looking piece of work, but I don’t think the actual craft is there anymore.

  • @Menti83
    @Menti832 күн бұрын

    I had the same thoughts, the movie was solid, but the mediocre and overused CGI is not good for the imersion, in Fury Road they only used CGI where it was absolutely necessary i guess, lets ignore some cheesy 3d effects here and there haha - In Furiosa they used it for EVERYTHING, just simple scenes like characters leaving on a bike / vehicle (always looked fake as f***) aerial shots from a crowd of vehicles that drive along where you could tell every single vehicles is CGI, a lot of scenes just looked fake in general, you could tell the lighting was off and it was filmed in a studio / greenscreen instead of the real world, i guess the usual cinematographer who worked for/with George Miller was not onboard this time - And you could tell, Fury Road was grittier, just looked so much better overall.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    So glad you pointed out the bike scenes - they are woeful - especially the earlier ones with the mother. Awful! Thanks for the comment! Stick around!

  • @22carmoon
    @22carmoon2 күн бұрын

    100% agree with you, this is exactly what I thought once I finished watching it. Thrilling film, shallow moral. There also wasn't really anything unique about this being set in the US. They could have had the exact same premise but in another country and still call it 'Civil War' aside from tweaking a few lines to fit said country.

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Love your second point! Agreed - could have been set anywhere!

  • @blurgle9185
    @blurgle91852 күн бұрын

    I know. I think it's a goddamned masterpiece. The way they shot the movie was so beautiful and evocative (sorry for pretentious word use), and the story... I love it. There were times I felt scenes were so unrealistic, especially at the end, but that was the initial blow... then you digest it, and the movie brilliant paces itself so that you get that time to process, and it just fits perfectly. I've never liked anything Kirsten Dunst ever has done (except Interview with the vampire) but her face, those eyes, her person fitted this role so well. She is *incredible.* But every actor were brilliant. Not one second went by where I wasn't competely transfixed with the movie. Garland and his team outdid themselves with this one. On your comment about the message... I think, as I believe I've stated before, you are putting on your critical glasses as a critic and sort of miss the point (excuse dumb phrasing). The message about the horrors of war is enough here. What makes this movie brilliant is that the violence is horrifying. That is the message and it is a message that requires great writing and great film-making to achieve and I think Garland and his team does this uniquely well. They also show people die in such ways we can really feel empathy for them - they're just not dying in the background. Instead we see in slow motion a guy trapped behind a pillar, scared for his life, trying to get to safety. There's a guy who takes pot shots from a tower, we don't even really know if he's on team A or B, or any of them. And the scene with Plemons... yeah, we know that guy exists and is just hoping for the culture war to escalate to that level. What he shows us an America that we actually recognize and he juxtaposes it masterly with war in a way no other film has achieved in my opinion. We can also recognize the damage of sensationalist journalism and war, how it desensitizes them, but also us. The young journalist who snaps that last picture encapsules that human behaviour hauntingly well. When the battles are over and the dust settles, what remains is regret and sorrow for the inhumanity we committed and experienced. The message needs repeating. Garland gets the message across. *Yup, that'll do.*

  • @MarcusFlemmings
    @MarcusFlemmingsКүн бұрын

    Excellent points...love the deep Interview with a Vampire cut you gave there. What a film...maybe better than this film! You just made me want to watch that instead.