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Post by jakesully on Feb 18, 2021 21:09:48 GMT
Children of Men (re watch) Got to give this a perfect 10/10 due to Cuaron's direction and the acting in this. Total thrill ride with long tracking shots/ takes. I forgot how brilliant this was ! 10/10 ![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x3LJjKqx6B8/WgYked8rRCI/AAAAAAAAgNQ/0h-TcOdfgBAfJd-RMIS6LLe2qweO_jbEgCLcBGAs/s1600/children-of-men.gif)
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 18, 2021 21:52:11 GMT
Heat (1963) 7/10 - For anyone interested in Kyrgyzstanian agriculture, look no further! This was the graduate film from Larisa Shepitko (The Ascent) about a graduate who's assigned a job at a remote farming camp, under the "rule" of its strict, old-guard boss. Reminded me of Olmi's Time Stood Still (1959) in its remoteness and generational competition as well as Malick's Days of Heaven in its Wyeth reference and some similar plot points too. Only 75m or so, it's a slow but assured and well made movie, with great and poetic use of location and visuals.... Shepitko died too soon (41yo) but she was a talent, and badass..... “The heat on set was genuinely severe: Shepitko fainted from heat exhaustion several times, and eventually became so ill she had to direct from a stretcher carried around set.”
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 19, 2021 7:47:09 GMT
You're Next - appreciate that it didn't go the tongue-in-cheek route because it was amazing as is. Really had my heart pumping at points even when I could tell where the scenario was going to lead to (the second reveal and the final kill), I was still gripped by it. Sometimes the site I use does come through in the clutch.
And now I'm onto The School... which has no wikipedia page and that means... well, you know...
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Post by jakesully on Feb 19, 2021 17:31:15 GMT
The Gentlemen - (re watch) definitely a slick / well made Guy Ritchie film. 8/10
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 19, 2021 19:25:41 GMT
The School - Basically Australian Children of the Corn. Not bad. Not scary... but also not bad.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 19, 2021 19:26:51 GMT
Terminator GenisysRe-watch. Why would you ever subject yourself to watch this more than once?
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 19, 2021 20:20:37 GMT
Terminator GenisysRe-watch. Why would you ever subject yourself to watch this more than once? It was on TV and decided to do so. I mean, it wasn't that bad. It was just mediocre. I kinda liked it a bit better than Dark Fate tbh.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 19, 2021 21:43:53 GMT
Zero Dark Thirty. I forgot how great this was.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 19, 2021 23:53:33 GMT
Zero Dark Thirty. I forgot how great this was. Best film of the 2010's... and Bigelow was horribly robbed of a nod!
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 20, 2021 11:47:32 GMT
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Rewatch
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Post by jakesully on Feb 20, 2021 15:24:11 GMT
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordRewatch Nice man! I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. IMO It is such a great film that unfortunately bombed at the box office . Just glad Casey at least got an Oscar nom out of it. Also I wish Pitt was nominated over Clooney or Tommy Lee.
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Post by stabcaesar on Feb 20, 2021 17:57:40 GMT
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - This is a play, not a film. Not a bad play per se, but definitely not a very good film. It's like Fences, just with a slightly stronger ensemble. 6/10 is pretty generous.
The Personal History of David Copperfield - Ticks every box in my book. Terrific cast (esp. Laurie and Swinton), hilarious screenplay, mesmerising score, beautiful cinematography, marvelous production design, and incredible costumes. The ending felt a bit rushed, though. 8/10.
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 20, 2021 18:41:32 GMT
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordRewatch Nice man! I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. IMO It is such a great film that unfortunately bombed at the box office . Just glad Casey at least got an Oscar nom out of it. Also I wish Pitt was nominated over Clooney or Tommy Lee. I hadn't seen it since 2007 and my thoughts are just the same: One of the very best westerns post-2000!! All three leads were fantastic, the atmosphere and the photography are just amazing. My only complaint was (and still is) the long duration of the movie. I think it could have been less rough around the edges and more sharp with a bit of "trimming".
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 21, 2021 1:24:00 GMT
Paris by Night (1988) 7/10. David Hare's writing-directing followup to Wetherby (1985) - both revolve around the mystery of a death but in different ways, as this foregrounds its political outlook and functions more as a Hitchcockian thriller (Hare used the Vertigo score as temp music during early screenings). Rampling is fascinating and kinda great here - shoutout @tyler. She plays a conservative MP and reminded me of Blanchett's Phyllis Schlafly a bit.... How she struggles to break from her instinct to lie, especially to herself, Rampling will slide ahead in dialogue scenes and then completely and suddenly reverse herself as if malfunctioning. It's a sexy, smart perf of a woman pretending not to break while she is. And Hare gives us those close-ups of her we clearly want and deserve! It's on Prime in an okay VHS scan. W/ Michael Gambon in the cast playing her sodden husband. Slight flaws with the pace of the movie and the whole affair subplot that isn't very believable.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 21, 2021 1:53:46 GMT
Flora & Ulysses. I really can’t wait until my son is 9 or 10 and I can watch T2 with him.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 21, 2021 15:16:43 GMT
Before I Wake - good acting, bad scares. Honestly not worth the time.
A Nightmare on Elm Street - first time in probably 20 years and it really... doesn't hold up. I definitely remember liking this a whole lot more when I was a youngling.
The Haunting in Connecticut - this film has probably the most egregious usage of music cue-to-scare ever. It's... meh.
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Post by stephen on Feb 21, 2021 15:25:11 GMT
A Nightmare on Elm Street - first time in probably 20 years and it really... doesn't hold up. I definitely remember liking this a whole lot more when I was a youngling. It's, uh, kind of bad. Some inventive shots and Englund are the only reason to revisit it, but honestly, I never got the love for this film.
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Post by cheesecake on Feb 21, 2021 15:41:11 GMT
I watched The Cable Guy last night for the first time since 2000 or so... and I had completely forgotten that Midnight Express bit. That movie is a lot, but it has its moments.
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 21, 2021 15:51:35 GMT
I watched The Cable Guy last night for the first time since 2000 or so... and I had completely forgotten that Midnight Express bit. That movie is a lot, but it has its moments. I saw Cable Guy only once, back in 1996 or 97. Hadn't seen Midnight Express back then, of course. So... No. I remember no Midnight Express homage Tbh, I remember absolutely nothing from The Cable Guy.
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Post by cheesecake on Feb 21, 2021 15:59:39 GMT
I watched The Cable Guy last night for the first time since 2000 or so... and I had completely forgotten that Midnight Express bit. That movie is a lot, but it has its moments. I saw Cable Guy only once, back in 1996 or 97. Hadn't seen Midnight Express back then, of course. So... No. I remember no Midnight Express homage Tbh, I remember absolutely nothing from The Cable Guy. Totally fair. I only remembered the (still great) Medieval Times scenes. Man, Ben Stiller has an interesting filmography. Haha.
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Post by thomasjerome on Feb 21, 2021 16:09:23 GMT
I saw Cable Guy only once, back in 1996 or 97. Hadn't seen Midnight Express back then, of course. So... No. I remember no Midnight Express homage Tbh, I remember absolutely nothing from The Cable Guy. Totally fair. I only remembered the (still great) Medieval Times scenes. Man, Ben Stiller has an interesting filmography. Haha. I unashamedly love "The Cable Guy" and Carrey probably makes my-line up that year. Hard to pick a favourite scene but that Midnight Express bit is certainly hilarious. I actually always found it bit fascinating that Ben Stiller has made "Reality Bites", "Tropic Thunder" AND "Escape at Dannemora". He's certainly unpredictable/surprising filmmaker.
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Post by jakesully on Feb 21, 2021 16:35:14 GMT
City of Ghosts (re watch) Haven't seen this one in forever (and forgot I owned it on dvd) This only has a 6/10 rating on IMDB but I would say Matt Dillion knocked it out of the park with his direction/acting. Really liked this one a lot.
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 21, 2021 16:37:32 GMT
I saw Cable Guy only once, back in 1996 or 97. Hadn't seen Midnight Express back then, of course. So... No. I remember no Midnight Express homage Tbh, I remember absolutely nothing from The Cable Guy. Totally fair. I only remembered the (still great) Medieval Times scenes. Man, Ben Stiller has an interesting filmography. Haha. I just looked it up and remembered. Yes, it was a funny scene but I never made the connection until now!!
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Post by stabcaesar on Feb 21, 2021 16:58:20 GMT
I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Extremely uneven. Parts of it were brilliant (e.g. the dancing sequence, the mock play in the end etc.), but most of it were a chore to get through. The Gena Rowlands debate in particular was egregiously masturbatory and stupid. 5-6/10 probably.
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Post by Longtallsally on Feb 21, 2021 21:33:17 GMT
La Séparation (1994) - 8/10
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