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[Straker]

Originally Posted by Sculpt

Any one know of any more recent films that are confirmed mumblecore?

I believe he features in most of the Harry Potter flicks, think he's some kind of wizard dude.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by Straker

I believe he features in most of the Harry Potter flicks, think he's some kind of wizard dude.

[Straker]

Originally Posted by Sculpt

Made me laugh.....

OK, I guess you want a serious answer though.

Funny Ha Ha
The Puffy Chair
Baghead
LOL
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Tiny Furniture
Computer Chess

I kind've hate the term "mumblecore" if I'm honest, but it is what it is. I would recommend checking out The Puffy Chair (The Duplass Brothers are a great example of mumblecore) and anything with Greta Gerwig.

Wiki link to a more extensive list of mumblecore (just saying it makes me gag); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore

[ChronoGrl]

Yeah, I absolutely hated the term when I first heard it but now I use it all the time as it turns out I really like a lot of films in the genre.

The Wikipedia article is fairly comprehensive, but here are my personal favorites:

The Puffy Chair
Humpday
Tiny Furniture
Frances Ha
Drinking Buddies


True Adolescents and Safety Not Guaranteed aren't listed in the Wikipedia article but they have a similar feel to them (as well as Mark Duplass), so I'd lump them in. I adored both of those movies.

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon and Computer Chess are both on Netflix Instant now; I haven't watched them yet but want to check them out. I also need to see Funny Ha Ha. Hanna Takes the Stairs was good, but I prefer some of the other titles more.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

True Adolescents and Safety Not Guaranteed aren't listed in the Wikipedia article but they have a similar feel to them (as well as Mark Duplass), so I'd lump them in. I adored both of those movies.

Got True Adolescents sitting there to watch will give it a day in court on my days off.

Safety Not Guaranteed was great. One of the few comedies I've bothered to watch a couple of times but I dug how different it was.

Hated Drinking Buddies tho... only got 20 minutes in and found the characters to annoying to continue on

[ChronoGrl]

But...
But...

OLIVIA WILDE.



:shocked:

[Giganticface]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

For Mumblecore fans, Drinking Buddies is available on Netflix.

Also, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane is available. I liked this movie with the exception of the end. Amber Heard is stunning.

Sweet, I've been wanting to see Drinking Buddies. That must be a new addition because I've searched for it on Netflix recently.

A few more mumblecore films that are on Netflix that I haven't yet seen:

Medicine for Melancholy
Red Flag
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Off Hours (heard it's not great though)


A couple mumblecore films I've watched recently on Netflix that were not bad:

The Lie (directed by and starring Joshua Leonard, "Josh" from Blair Witch)
Nobody Walks (stars John Krasinski from The Office)


A few I've watched recently, not on Netflix:

The GoodTimesKid -- pretty unique style for mumblecore, not much mumbling.

A few Joe Swanberg films, who IMO is the most purist of the mumblecore directors, and a bit disturbing in a kinda creepy guy way. He's acted in a few mumblegore films (which tend not to be pure mumblecore, but related in one way or another) - V/H/S, A Horrible Way to Die, You're Next.

Alexander the Last - features Jess Weixler from "Teeth", explores themes of jealousy and the blurring of fiction and reality for actors.

Silver Bullets - similar in theme to Alexander, but darker and more art house. Psychologically tense and unnerving at times. Not really a horror film / mumblegore, as it's sometimes classified as. It's drama.

Uncle Kent - this one was the most affecting to me, really awkward and believable. You don't know whether to love or hate the guy, and the fact that you might relate to him somehow is a bit depressing, but the reason the film is so good.

[Straker]

Originally Posted by Giganticface

A couple mumblecore films I've watched recently on Netflix that were not bad:

Nobody Walks (stars John Krasinski from The Office)

I watched Nobody Walks a few weeks back, outside of some solid acting performances especially from Thirlby and DeWitt I wasn't too impressed. Starts out promising and looks good but it all falls a bit flat. You're probably right though, its not bad really, I just thought it could've been better.

[Giganticface]

Originally Posted by Straker

I watched Nobody Walks a few weeks back, outside of some solid acting performances especially from Thirlby and DeWitt I wasn't too impressed. Starts out promising and looks good but it all falls a bit flat. You're probably right though, its not bad really, I just thought it could've been better.

I agree. It starts out promising but didn't do much with it. I liked the video production scenes though, especially the one with the synth. The Lie, I think has a more interesting situational setup -- borderline pretty darn good -- but I thought the ending was a little meh.

[urgeok2]

are you guys watching Nexflix on your computers, or on smart TVs, or TVs VIA a gaming system ?