Happy Hour (2015 film) Puns

(Re-posting in this sub since an automod deleted it in r/japan. Hopefully this community can help me out better!)

I know this was 6 years ago, but the experience was so odd that it really stuck with me. (Also, this may have been 2014 - I’m trying my best with limited knowledge.)

It started when my friend and I went to one of the larger malls in Osaka. (I don’t remember the mall’s name as my most recent Japan experience was teaching in Kochi.) We were waiting in an outdoor area within the mall for our other friends to arrive, and a smiling woman approached us. She asked us the general questions foreigners get (why are you in Japan? Do you like it here? Etc.)

After chatting for a bit, the woman asked us if we liked movies. We said yes, and she proceeded to pull two movie tickets out of her bag and offered them to us. (We asked for two more for our other friends, not yet knowing what kind of movie this was.) She said that it was an amazing movie involving space and aliens and transformation, and that was basically all my friend and I understood. We thanked her and she went on her way before standing in another random spot to give out tickets.

So a couple weeks pass and the night of the big showing arrives. My three friends and I go to the theater where the movie is being shown, and there is practically nobody there. We thought it was going to be a premiere event with a line, but all we found were a few Japanese viewers spread about the screening room. The movie begins, and my friends and I try to grasp what’s happening. This is all I remember:

The movie surrounds a group of friends in a school. All of them are pretty distinct, but the main character has brown hair and a generic protagonist face. The animation was jumpy and low-budget, and even without subtitles I could tell that the writing was stilted. It also leaned on tons of cheesy CG towards the end.

Anyway, the friend group in the movie eventually begins to discuss aliens, and it was at this point that my limited Japanese comprehension went completely out the window. Take this next part with a grain of salt, but I think the group finds out that aliens are coming to Earth and that humanity needs to be saved. There are a lot of arguments between the main cast about these aliens, but eventually the protagonist has a lightbulb moment when he realizes that he has the ability to wield “cosmic power” on his own. (Once again, I was very confused so it’s hard to remember the plot.)

What I DO remember, cle

The poster for the film Tomorrowland.

Having studied the occult in media for quite some time, this film surprised me with its large extent of codes. All the key scenes are cut and merged together into five videos below for the breakdown.

https://reddit.com/link/o2asju/video/7mt4dcrunw571/player

In the opening scene, we are introduced to Frank, who is one of the three leading protagonists in the film. In this particular shot, we are technically seeing the future Frank from after the conclusion of the film - as the entire story is being told from a past tense because it has "already happened."

Next we see a countdown clock, with the Code 923 being cleverly inserted as the beginning of the countdown. The emphasis is on this number, as 923 represents the 9/11/2001 WTC attacks.

This is realized here: (9) 9, (1+1) 2, (2+0+0+1) 3.

The 9/11/2001 Twin Tower and Pentagon attacks were one of the most coded and predictively programmed events in world history. It was an utterly successful mass ritual to the End of the World, making it the ultimate harbinger and the great terminal omen.

The countdown shown here in the film's opening scene is therefore a direct signal to the End of the World, which also turns out to be the plot of the entire film. Frank states that when the countdown ended, "everything went to Hell," because the world actually ended - and went to Hell.

The attention is switched to the other protagonist named Casey, and we see her as a little girl pointing out stars. The first one she mentions is Sirius, which is very important. Sirius is the Dog Star, and is the brightest star in the night sky. Bluntly, the Dog represents the Mithraic Antichrist, as the dog is an aide of Mithras in the Tauroctony taking down God, and the Dog constellation containing Sirius comes up behind Orion which represents the Messiah and God.

We are then suddenly viewing a Nuclear Blast on a brick wall, representing the End of the World.

https://reddit.com/link/o2asju/video/fydrw1jwnw571/player

Next, we see Casey head off to a shop named "Blast from the Past," hinting at the Nuclear connection and rockets. She goes there to find answers for a Tomorrowland "T" pin she found early in the film. When she touches the pin, it briefly takes her to the future, where she sees a prosperous New World Order, and wishes to find out more abo

For shits and giggles. He was decent 2014 and prior so we're not counting those movies. On that note, I thought Mubarakan was pretty good. Nothing cinematic but it was tolerable.

(not counting) 2014 and prior: Ishaqzaade, Aurangzeb, Gunday, 2 States, Finding Fanny

2015+: Tevar, Ki & Ka, Half Girlfriend, Mubarakan, Namaste England, India's Most Wanted, Panipat, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, Sardar Ka Grandson

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So he asked me to leave.

I could write volumes on improving The Hobbit, as could most people who've watched the movie, I suspect.

In general, the acting is more than competent (Bilbo is one of my favorite hobbits and I even like the characterization of Thorin). I like the concepts behind much of the set design, though I think Lord of the Rings had a much better, less cartoonish look. I think it's imperative that it be set in the same universe as Lord of the Rings.

But the biggest problem with the movie is that it tried too hard to be Lord of the Rings, while ending up much more convoluted and intolerable.

While I think most people who watch it are aware of this problem, I rarely see anyone propose the radical solution of actually going back to the source material, discerning Tolkien's tone and intent, and building a film from the ground up to match THAT. In other words, I rarely see anyone say this should be...well...a children's film.

---The Books--- Part of what makes The Hobbit such a compelling book is that it is a classic, epic poem in novel form, written for children. There are shades of Beowulf and even The Odyssey, with virtually no Iliad. It's funny, mysterious, tense, solemn, and most of all full of wonder, concealing the scale of the world surrounding the narrow events of Bilbo's journey. Poetry and song spilled off the pages, but they tended to be limited to the plight of the dwarves or the experiences of Bilbo himself. It also managed, in its simplicity, to drive some very basic morals home with poignant grace. The dangers of greed, the merits of adventure, of leaving your comfort zone, the difficult decisions a true friend makes--The Hobbit never missed a beat or stopped to preach to its audience, the solid narrative just carried us through this old-fashioned epic for all ages.

It was simple enough for children, but immersive enough that any adult could read it and get just as much from it. It was a clear labor of love that Tolkien penned in part for his own children, which is why it never talks down to its reader, trivializes its own content, or overdelivers on violence, war, and misery.

Starting with The Hobbit and following it up with Lord of the Rings is also an experience, and one I really enjoyed having when I first read the books in eighth grade. The ring was a magic trinket, like an item I could pick up in a Zelda game, and while it was incredibly useful, only the title of the sequel trilogy hinted at its importance. I had trouble putti

Jeg har: Orkanen! En gedigen orkan truer bygda og bønder, og en eller annen idiot som er ekspert på dette må stanse den.

Years ago, I watched some films in my history class on the holocaust, and there’s one that I just can’t remember the title of. I think all of the scenes I am about to describe are from the same movie, but I could be mixing a few together.

I would have watched the movie around 2015, but I believe it was significantly older than that. I’m almost certain the movie was in color. I definitely watched it in English, but it could have been dubbed. I watched it in the USA and it was probably rated PG-13. The main character was a woman.

There are a few scenes of many women together in their sleeping quarters. However, there is one scene in particular in which there is only one woman inside, sitting on a bench or “bed”. She was shown to be pregnant earlier in the film, but here she is holding her newborn baby in her arms and smiling. Suddenly, guards burst into the room and wrestle the baby from her as she cries out and fights against them. I believe they take both of them out of the room, presumably to be killed.

There is a very short scene, possibly only a shot or two, where dozens of people are lined up in rows outside. They are standing in the hot sun as guards observe them, unable to move lest they get shot. Having no strength left, one woman falls down, face-first, dead, and still no one moves a muscle.

There is another scene in which the main character is doing work in the camp near some train tracks. I believe she is shoveling something when she sees a train approaching. It’s clear she is debating whether or not to throw herself onto the tracks. She decides not to, and the train passes harmlessly by.

At the very end of the film, the main character is called into some sort of office. There, a man is sitting behind a desk. He asks her to confirm her name, has her sign a piece of paper falsely confirming that she was not tortured, and frees her. I believe the final shot of the film is of her walking through the gates of the camp, finally free.

If you have any questions or would like clarification on something, please ask! I will be sure to answer everyone to the best of my ability!

I love this subgenre and constantly scour the internet for these types of films so I can hopefully come across a new favorite 'Fatal Attraction' styled film, but this one wasn't it.

It’s extremely cliche and generic, everything you think will happen does. The pacing is also pretty rushed and uneven. So is Noah’s obsession. It feels so unearned. The performances are relatively fine (sometimes awkward) and the script is really plain and the dialogue is mostly awkward and simple. This movie also really lacks any scares, atmosphere and tension. Everything about this film felt so forced and contrived so when moments come up that should be intense, they're flat as hell and feel manufactured. It’s a fairly dull movie that can’t really offer any cheap genre thrills even during vicious fight scenes, dead body reveals and the movie's villian getting killed at the end. These moments could of been delivered much better but were all so stale, safe and forgettable.

Overall, it’s definitely not great and on top of being pretty bad, it’s not really entertaining either. It's not even "so bad it's good" Just a poorly written movie that’s not fun to watch at all.

Also, two things that made me laugh. Noah gives JLO a “first edition” of the 'Iliad'. An ancient Greek poem that was written in the 8th CENTURY that he bought for her for a dollar at a garage sale. I mean I assume it was a first edition reprint (Is that a thing? It better be cause the other option is crazy!)

JLO and her husband are separated because he cheated on her but their son still likes him and wants to spend time with him. After one conversation with Noah where Noah says how shitty it is that his dad cheated on his mom, he makes a complete 180 and is like "Fuck you dad! You don't know anything about me!" and storms out. This being one of the super contrived moments of Noah trying to isolate people in her life, which could of been done so much better

As everyone else, I am also a big fan of Asian movies but due to time constraint I get little time to watch them. My favourite Asian movies are Hero(Jet Li), A House of Flying Daggers, The Raid, Parasite (obviously).

I would request if anyone please recommend any brilliant Asian movie similar to the ones I have mentioned above or any thriller, Suspense or Action genre 2015 onwards?

Thanks

I saw this somewhere between 2013-2015 late at night but can't remember the title for the life of me. Not sure what country, but the plot sounds like it would've been from Japan.

It was about a man and his cat who transformed into a woman with a collar/vial that had to collect bodily fluids from him to become human permanently (a bartender explains the spell), but he starts dating his coworker, so she leaves, resets as a cat and has no memory of being human. The man then realises his mistake and is left alone.

I've been getting very emotional these last days about a girl I'm dating now. I'm pedestalizing her too much and now it's hurting my feelings, but not today.

Today I feel good, after maybe 6 hours of long work in my own business, I feel worthy of good things. And I just wanted to reassure this with you, guys.

It’s technically a 2015 release but you’ve watched a few 2015 movies recently so I’m assuming that some films which got festival releases in 2015 and wide releases in ‘16 are eligible for the list. (This post feels grammatically incorrect somehow so i’ll just assume you get what im saying)