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Post by DaleCooper on Feb 15, 2021 0:00:50 GMT
Never Let Me Go (re-watch)
It's a very emotionally resonant film which resonates on many different levels for me. Carey Mulligan is wonderfully nuanced and quietly devestating in the lead (should have won the Oscar for my money). The cinematography is stunning as is Rachel Portman's soundtrack. The final shot is as powerful as it is beautiful(again, Carey is just amazing), and leaves the film on a reflective note. It has some flaws, but I cannot be bothered to talk about them as I just like it so much. 8/10
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 15, 2021 5:01:43 GMT
50 First Dates
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Post by LaraQ on Feb 15, 2021 12:28:06 GMT
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar."Seagull on tyre can you hear my prayer?".Loved this.8/10.
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Post by stabcaesar on Feb 15, 2021 14:47:42 GMT
Never Rarely Sometimes Always - There were moments of brilliance (e.g. the famous "never rarely sometimes always" sequence and the insinuation that Autumn's stepfather raped her ), and the two actresses were good, but the characters and the script just weren't interesting enough for me to invest in. By all account it was a discount 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days. 6.5/10.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 15, 2021 19:16:15 GMT
Mostly Martha (2001) 7/10, rewatch. Completely unplanned Val day watch, I swear ![:uhoh:](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/c8bbBnLz3a98Jzy_29H2.gif) - Sergio Castellitto gives a perf of great romantic ease, he's dubbed over in German but doesn't matter, his movement and eyes can control the space of scenes and I woulda thought of Pacino already but add how much the movie is like Frankie and Johnny (w/ a dash of Baby Boom) and voila, what a recipe.
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 15, 2021 19:52:29 GMT
Sleepless in Seattle
re-watch
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Post by Longtallsally on Feb 15, 2021 20:08:28 GMT
Romeo + Juliet - 10/10
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 15, 2021 20:31:10 GMT
Saw two new horror films in the same night that I... actually liked *GASP*.
Pyewacket - so simple and so effective. I do wish they took a little more time with that last act because it felt far too rushed in comparison to everything else that preceded it. Great ending, though.
V.F.W. - EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS! This is how you do homages/throw backs. You basically have Escape from New York and Night of the Living Dead's baby as this film. This movie was the most fun I had in a long ass time. "I used to carry around pockets full of toothpicks..."
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 16, 2021 5:02:54 GMT
Dead Pigs
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Post by jakesully on Feb 16, 2021 8:54:54 GMT
Watchmen - (re watch) Say what you want about Zack Snyder and his uneven filmography/direction but this film (imo) shits all over most of the MCU films. Snyder directed the shit out of this and it shows. 8.5/10
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 16, 2021 14:21:01 GMT
Pan's Labyrinth
Re-watch. Always a masterpiece!!
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Post by jakesully on Feb 16, 2021 19:56:54 GMT
Children of Men (re watch) - Got to be one of the most intense / draining films I've ever seen. Glad I own it! And imo its probably the best film of 2006
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 16, 2021 19:58:10 GMT
The Dark and the Wicked - ehhhhhh. Well made and well acted but after the second vision, it isn't even remotely scary.
Synchronic - cool premise and I loved the style but the story and the characters were definitely the weak points. Also, was not scary.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 16, 2021 20:21:13 GMT
Castle Keep (1969) Interesting that this shot in Serbia bc it actually reminded me of Emir Kusturica with its clutter and surrealism. Props to the young, gutsy Sydney Pollack - canning a beloved genre into something pointedly removed and European-styled, a la Resnais or something - he hired some top shelf French talent (Henri Decaë, Michel Legrand). He also casts Al Freeman Jr as the narrator and probable co-lead (this after Poitier/Slender Thread and Ossie/Scalphunters - his first movies), but it seems maybe the studio swayed to give Burt Lancaster more of the focus and to the film's detriment bc the Lancaster/Patrick O'Neal stuff is a bore. Freeman is very good in his scenes - alert, thoughtful - it's his story so it shouldn't feel like it isn't. There's also Scott Wilson in the cast and a ragged Bruce Dern leading acapella deserters. But I don't need more than Peter Falk baking cookies to make me happy and there's that too. It gets by on its visuals, some of that cast, and the occasionally clever dialogue. Idk what to rate it though bc it doesn't work on the whole... 6.5ish
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 17, 2021 5:26:56 GMT
Coming to America
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 17, 2021 8:02:05 GMT
They Live Inside Us - trash. No 100 minute film should feel like I just sat through all 3 Hobbit movies where I only watched all the shit that was there to be padded in. Lead actor was GOAT tier worst of all time for a film where the entire last hour has him in every single frame. I don't think I've been more bored by a horror film than this.. and that's saying a lot.
I swear a good 90% of reaction shots in this film were the guy opening his eyes as wide as possible and opening his mouth slightly.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 17, 2021 23:28:35 GMT
The Day - hey, you want to watch a movie that's like The Road but sucks hard? Then this is the movie for you!
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Feb 17, 2021 23:33:30 GMT
theycallmemrfish how the fuck do you pick the movies you watch? Whatever you're doing, stop it.
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Post by stephen on Feb 17, 2021 23:46:37 GMT
theycallmemrfish how the fuck do you pick the movies you watch? Whatever you're doing, stop it. Not gonna lie, I immediately Googled these two movies I've never heard of before expecting that the posters would have scantily clad women in them, because that's the only thing that would make sense. But nope.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 17, 2021 23:58:38 GMT
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Post by JangoB on Feb 18, 2021 0:06:59 GMT
What the heck is up with the low ratings of Brian De Palma's Passion? Can they be attributed to more modern audiences not really being familiar with what De Palma does? Because it was a lot of fun! Sure, it's a minor one, but a delight nonetheless. All the trademarks are in: pulpiness, silliness, fakeouts, POV shots, split screen. Pino Donaggio is ripping off everyone from Morricone to Jon Brion and his "Magnolia" score, José Luis Alcaine is lighting the thing for maximum style, and Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace are joyfully diving into the whole thing like champs. Not a great movie but thoroughly entertaining indeed.
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 18, 2021 4:25:20 GMT
Splash
Stupid CGI hair.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 18, 2021 5:05:02 GMT
Run. Pretty fantastic little pharmaceutical horror thriller. Just a quick, lean and mean light PG-13 little Misery spinoff with Sarah Paulson as a deranged mother armed with dubious prescriptions. I had fun. ![https://www.tyla.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=648,quality=70,format=jpeg,fit=pad,dpr=1/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-images.tyla.com%2Fs3%2Fcontent%2Fb8d53aa15f9268d0bdc7d922f840d74a.png](https://www.tyla.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=648,quality=70,format=jpeg,fit=pad,dpr=1/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-images.tyla.com%2Fs3%2Fcontent%2Fb8d53aa15f9268d0bdc7d922f840d74a.png)
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 18, 2021 9:45:45 GMT
Marrowbone - I am so sick and tired of this reveal trope. It completely ruins the movie. Shame since the talent involved.
Amulet - I hit "You're Next" on my hulu and it played this... I really wish it hadn't... I've unclogged toilets that were more suspenseful than this (and yes, that's a good 10 minutes of the film unclogging a toilet). This one even had a high 60's on RT.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Feb 18, 2021 10:12:33 GMT
Les Femmes du 6e étage (2010) - Rewatch 8/10Oh honeys, I rewatched this recently after seeing the Fabrice Luchini episode on Call My Agent. This is charming, delightful romantic comedy about a bored, married, middle aged, Parisian bourgeois banker who falls in love with his immigrant Spanish maid and willingly enters their world. The maids all live on the 6th floor of his apartment building. It's such a warm, gorgeous, fun, feel good movie. A charming French gem. Merveilleux! Si, C'est bon!
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