>there are people who exist who think this is a genuinely good movie
I had heard about this "cult classic" for years and avoided it because it looked cheap and badly acted, but I finally watched it yesterday, and it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
The film's fuzzy look and cheesy music made it feel like I was watching Cinemax softcore porn, but without the nudity.
It actually makes the The Room seem competently made by comparison.
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your opinion has no influence over the quality of the movie
it's great and, and yes, it's cult classic
Reddit go away.
Yes Man from Earth is the ultimate pleb detector.
It's for people like who feel "smart" after watching it without realising how fucking atrocious it is.
It's like a bad cheesy B movie from the 90s. The only redeeming factor is the intriguing backstory, literally every other film element is utter dogshit.
From the mexican telenovela like acting, generic stock soundtrack, no character development, no actual dialogue just a long exposition Q&A throughout, constant boring back to back camerawork, no use of the one room, no creative lighting, a side love story pulled out of the ass, most cliche character traits, literally everything. I had to look up twice that it actually was from 2007, not early 90s.
This shit shouldn't even be a movie, it should be a book or a play. Or given to some other director because Richard Schenkman doesn't even know what a director is.
Just look at any other movie in his profile, everything is a meme (pic related)
And don't tell me they had no budget, 200 000$ is not small budget for this kind of movie. There are far superior movies with half the budget of that.
This movie has no artistic value whatsoever. It is just an excuse to make money from the script.
You will never see a renowned director admire this movie because there is nothing to admire except the concept.
Just try to compare this movie to let's say 12 Angry Men, both set in one room. The difference is almost laughable.
I will shill this hate forever, fucking schenkmanshit
I liked it.
>I had to look up twice that it actually was from 2007, not early 90s.
I actually watched this on cable years ago and I immediately assumed I was watching a film from 1995 or something. I was shocked when I learned years later that it was made in 2007.
I couldn't stop laughing after the skeptical fat guy turned out to be his son he abandoned and he was so shocked he had a heart attack and then jesus didn't even really seem to give a shit lmfao
Remember when right before the fat guy dies, he says "I'm c-c-cold!" and the immortal guy says:
>"Chilly willy, always cold!"
I had to rewind to make sure I heard that correctly. I couldn't believe it.
It was the 12 angry men of our generation.
it was an interesting idea executed horribly
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>made it feel like I was watching Cinemax softcore porn
The director started his career doing exactly that.
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It was kinda OK until they pulled out the fedoras.
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OP is a faggot, as usual.
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>yfw in the sequel there's a scene where they ask about pregnancy and birth and all the complications that came with it in ancient times
>conversation inevitably moves onto sex
>John leans back in his chair and pauses with a slight smirk
>leans in
>extreme close up
>"I INVENTED THE SUCC"
>John starts spazzing out
>face like pic related
>he's cumming and farting everywhere
>gusts of wind blow the windows in
>he truly was a Man From Earth™
Didn't laugh
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fuzzy look helps mask flaws. Movies have become unbearably shit since blue ray.
you fucking dildo.
I liked it. I also like all the tryhard's butthurt in this thread.
They're doing a remake with Wil Smith as the lead.
Gonna call it "The Man From Earf".
lmao
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just incase someone with two working braincells stumbled into this thread, check out "the traveling salesman" similar dialogue driven film and requires thought from the viewer, something that seems absent from most Cred Forums posters
Do you really think man from Earth requires any thought?
It's loved by the most stupid I know in real life.
the most stupid people i know in real life all love chocolate ... i guess that means it has no value.
also the machinations of being immortal (therefor having a huge advantage in experience alone) yet still having to conform to the tribal values around you is undeniably fascinating and thought provoking (well for anyone who understood the story of the cave painter at Lez aziz, wasnt about some guy getting curb stomped)
>also the machinations of being immortal (therefor having a huge advantage in experience alone) yet still having to conform to the tribal values around you is undeniably fascinating
Watch pic related then, best part of the movie was what you just described. I know i just spoiled it but only a little, the fact that mc is immortal wasn't a big twist anyway.
>also the machinations of being immortal (therefor having a huge advantage in experience alone) yet still having to conform to the tribal values around you is undeniably fascinating and thought provoking
But that's just like that in the movie, doesn't necessarily mean it would ever be like that.
I like the fact that he didn't invent anything and only started a cult which led to milions of people dying.
I'm a sucker for one-location movies and cozy movies, and this is the first film that manages to be both. On top of that it's a great power-fantasy executed perfectly (the best way to indulge in a power-fantasy is to let it be narrated to you, not to watch it unfold, that partially kills the appeal).
The way it was handled reminded me of the comfy stories told at the fireplace. It's a perfect movie for those feelings alone, it's just a shame that idiots like OP had retarded expectations and now try to feel smarter just because they didn't like it.
cheers user, havent seen it ... looking it up now (>what 4chat Cred Forums is supposed to be about)
It's a great movie
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donnyst had us stream this turd in the old #Cred Forumsshows chat
how did they get the perfect patina of a film from 1995?
>doesn't necessarily mean it would ever be like that
errr yah it is ....... social groups always discriminate in some form or other and NEVER in my experience is that discrimination in favour of those who are most competent
Just don't watch traiers for it, it has those kind of trailers that shows the whole film with spoilers and everything.
>Buddha was Jesus
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It's an interesting premise executed somewhat decently, with great attention to practical considerations about the concept of immortality, but that whole Jesus twist was just stupid.
why?
Jupp. It's the most cliched thing you can do with a story like that. My brother guessed that twist when I told him the synopsis.
Because anyone with even the slightest knowledge of theology would find it to be prepostreous. Any reason at all for including something like that is if the writer is the most retarded braindead hippie there is. It's like filming a movie about a woman and making a point of having her hit a man in the groin for no reason other than your politics. It's automatic disqualification from being a good movie.
i liked the story, but yea, the actors are mostly horrible. the jesus part was really fucking lame too. that was so corny.
I agree. It's the only thing I can't forgive the movie for, even though I like it a lot. Of all the things he could've done with it.
can you give me an example, a "slightest knowledge of theology" if you wish, why this concept wont work?
Because the first half of the movie is spent establishing that despite all his experience, John is just a regular dude and not a superhuman, which is a more interesting characterization than "lol, my wisdom can't be taught because humans are brainless fundies".
but its explained in the movie how there was actually nothing magical about Jesus, so John is still portraited as a "regular dude"
>dude lmao religion is like... a product of human stupidity because people can't understand regular human decency that's how cool I am I didn't want any of that evil crusading and violence why can't we just get along I'm so smart
I see you haven't really understood the movie
and thats okay, but you need to stop posting about it
>It's not a bad movie it's just 2d4u
The point isn't the magic, it's that John explicitly says that he's one man in one place and can't actually influence things all that much. He's not a superscientist because he can't keep up with everything, he's not superwise or all-knowing (he doesn't even know just how invulnerable he is), he can suffer, feels loneliness, etc...
Having him be secretly one of the most influential person in the history of the world undermines that point. And the idea that "Jesus' teachings have been misinterpreted" is as old as Christianity itself, it's old hat and sophomoric at this point.
It's a big coincidence, I'll give you that, but in no way impossible.
Think of it this way: for all the time he has been alive, he has to have been at least one famous person from our history.
And in any way, the Jesus bit is a small part of the movie. You can't disregard the whole movie just because it.
I like the movie, cheese and all, it's that part that I find stupid and too long. It's trading valuable screentime and interesting characterization about how even a thousand year old guy still doesn't have all the answers for something that I find cheap.
>you will never be that 50 year old guy with a leather jacket fucking his 18 year old student
and that bitch was so hot in that movie, it's weird she hasn't appeared in anything else
>check out "the traveling salesman"
which one?