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Post by wilcinema on Apr 2, 2021 15:08:01 GMT
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1974)
Ok, I have to say something about this one. The Hourglass Sanatorium is considered one of the greatest surrealist masterpieces of world cinema, and I can see why it is: it has the flow of a dark dream through time and space, and a very personal one, because it is the protagonist's backwards-and-onwards journey through his memories and the memories of his country. I also don't think I've seen many films more technically accomplished than this one: the set design and decoration is DIVINE; the costumes are great; the cinematography is stunning. There were many instances where I would freeze one frame just to look at the details, because everything is so rich. My big, big problem with this movie is that I really wanted to watch it with complete abandon but I just couldn't. I guess I could put it this way: if this had been a silent movie, I would have had enjoyed it more. The dialogues often took me out of it, because they were either too obvious or too obscure. As far as surrealism goes, I have a closer affinity to Un Chien Andalou or Inland Empire, movies that center on a sensory experience, and where I felt I was watching my own dream/nightmare. I think it will still make my 1970s poll ballot, but overall I admire The Hourglass Sanatorium more than I can say I love it. That said, it deserves a watch!
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Post by themoviesinner on Apr 2, 2021 15:44:45 GMT
wilcinema The Hourglass Sanatorium is one of my all time favorite films and I think very few films have managed to depict dreams and memories as effectively as this. Glad you watched it and glad you liked it. I totally understand your reservations (I had them myself when I first watched it as well), but it is a film that gets better and better the more you dwell on it and, I assure you, it's not a film you will easily forget.
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Post by wilcinema on Apr 2, 2021 15:58:28 GMT
wilcinema The Hourglass Sanatorium is one of my all time favorite films and I think very few films have managed to depict dreams and memories as effectively as this. Glad you watched it and glad you liked it. I totally understand your reservations (I had them myself when I first watched it as well), but it is a film that gets better and better the more you dwell on it and, I assure you, it's not a film you will easily forget. I'm pretty sure I will revisit it before the poll deadline, because I want to see if something has changed
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 2, 2021 23:16:06 GMT
Relic - I was really into this. Great mood and atmosphere and two good leading performances... but what the fuck was that ending? I mean, I get it but there's no shot in hell those characters make that decision AND THEN STAY. I would have been all, "peace out bitch I'm heading to McDonald's!" Probably should have said Maccas there.
Cargo - I liked this a lot. I appreciated the whole humanity is just savagery and self preservation. Got a little too sappy at the end there but I guess with all the stuff that happened prior I'll allow it. Freeman was absolute ACES here. He really needs a big high-profile role in an awards player.
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 2, 2021 23:22:42 GMT
Relic - I was really into this. Great mood and atmosphere and two good leading performances... but what the fuck was that ending? I mean, I get it but there's no shot in hell those characters make that decision AND THEN STAY. I would have been all, "peace out bitch I'm heading to McDonald's!" Probably should have said Maccas there. Cargo - I liked this a lot. I appreciated the whole humanity is just savagery and self preservation. Got a little too sappy at the end there but I guess with all the stuff that happened prior I'll allow it. Freeman was absolute ACES here. He really needs a big high-profile role in an awards player. Ayyyyy
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 3, 2021 0:07:18 GMT
"Bodom" (2014) - 6.5-less than 7 / 10 .......on Youtube NOT the 2016 film with the same title/similar premise......this is a Hungarian film - short movie - 65 minutes!Great idea for a horror - about the real life murders at Lake Bodom Finland - in 1960 (that's where the metal band gets that name!) and a young couple who goes to make a documentary about it. The movie is very formulaic found footage with the most annoying couple ever....... but then pivots to a great ending - like The Blackcoat's Daughter does - the end is sensational but the film doesn't really earn that ending or even justify it as an ending rather than being the midpoint plot twist (the same mistake as Unbreakable made).........and in this case it steals the very concept from a very famous non-horror movie too. It's like a clever student film that replicates the enigma of the real life murders in a way - maybe too clever.....
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Post by MsMovieStar on Apr 3, 2021 7:48:23 GMT
Oh honeys, Latin Lover (2015) 6/10 - This Italian comedy felt like it was trying to be Almodovaresque but didn't quite make it... But it is still a lot of fun. Firstly let me say two words: Virna Lisi. Yes she's in it, this was her last movie, along with the irresistible Francesco Scianna, who plays the deceased Latin Lover, who all the ex-wives & their daughters have come to pay homage to in a public celebration. There are some really top notch Spanish actors (must have been a co-production) the effortlessly elegant, Marisa Parades, Lluis Homar, Candela Peña, and Jordi Mollà (all ex Almodovar); Valeria Bruni Tedeschi & Angela Finocchiaro. A couple of over-the-top plot twists is really made this an enjoyable experience.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 3, 2021 19:07:31 GMT
The Collection - Once you get past the absolutely fucking absurd first 15 minutes or so (seriously I was about to turn this shit off that's how bonkers it was) it turns into a decent-ish Saw-lite horror. Nowhere as good as the first and that's mostly because I think the makers wanted to turn what happened in the first to 11... but this had a fucking great ending. So it has that going for it, which is nice.
Mayhem - Zombieland (the first, not the horrible sequel) meets Dredd. Absolute blast of a movie! Plus, you know, Samara Weaving... ya know.
Await Further Instruction - This movie beats you over the head with its themes right out of the gate... which is whatever a lot of movies do that especially in horror... but when I spend a good chunk of the film rolling my eyes at not only that but also what the characters are doing, you know you're going to have a bad time. Which is sad, because the movie had some really great things working for it and a good, tense atmosphere. I just can't give it a recommendation.
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Post by stephen on Apr 3, 2021 19:15:35 GMT
Mayhem - Zombieland (the first, not the horrible sequel) meets Dredd. Absolute blast of a movie! Plus, you know, Samara Weaving... ya know. You've seen Ready or Not, right?
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 3, 2021 19:22:48 GMT
Mayhem - Zombieland (the first, not the horrible sequel) meets Dredd. Absolute blast of a movie! Plus, you know, Samara Weaving... ya know. You've seen Ready or Not, right? I have not.
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Post by stephen on Apr 3, 2021 19:23:52 GMT
You've seen Ready or Not, right? I have not. That movie was designed in a lab for you.
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 3, 2021 19:55:50 GMT
Retribution (2006) Up to 6/10. Starts good..... I liked the industrial wasteland spaces, and some of the procedural details. There's an early twist that invites second-guessing which is fun for a while but the obvious remains just that, and most of the reveals make the kaidan mystery pretty laughable. Kiyoshi Kurosawa mainly just plucks from his best horrors - Pulse, Séance, Cure. Except, well, those shadow-figured scares almost always freak me out.
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 4, 2021 0:29:38 GMT
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1962) 7.5/10 ` This is a light, bittersweet Georgian gem about a boy graduating and deciding whether to leave his loving little village... the grandma character is hilarious and reminded me of Youn Yuh-Jung in Minari. Shot with a smooth and photographic eye.... with a farming coming of age like the second act of The Sun in a Net, with some of the joyous desolation of Kusturica and the general neorealism of De Sica but with simple storybook moralizing. Wonderful tho and feels like a small classic of its country.
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Post by Barbie on Apr 4, 2021 2:13:00 GMT
Promising Young Woman - 6/10
ETA: I meant Pieces of a Woman, not Promising Young Woman lol
The acting especially from Vanessa Kirby was really good, and she deserved her Oscar nomination. But I thought the movie fell apart in the last third of the movie especially during the court proceeding. It felt like a Lifetime movie. What made this movie strong was the acting from the cast.
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 4, 2021 2:45:48 GMT
Promising Young Woman - 6/10 The acting especially from Vanessa Kirby was really good, and she deserved her Oscar nomination. But I thought the movie fell apart in the last third of the movie especially during the court proceeding. It felt like a Lifetime movie. What made this movie strong was the acting from the cast. visible confusion
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Post by Barbie on Apr 4, 2021 2:46:43 GMT
Promising Young Woman - 6/10 The acting especially from Vanessa Kirby was really good, and she deserved her Oscar nomination. But I thought the movie fell apart in the last third of the movie especially during the court proceeding. It felt like a Lifetime movie. What made this movie strong was the acting from the cast. visible confusion What's confusing?
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 4, 2021 2:52:45 GMT
What's confusing? You've mixed up Pieces of a Woman and Promising Young Woman.
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Post by Barbie on Apr 4, 2021 2:54:56 GMT
What's confusing? You've mixed up Pieces of a Woman and Promising Young Woman. OMG I did! I'll edit it. Thanks for catching that
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 4, 2021 5:21:08 GMT
You've mixed up Pieces of a Woman and Promising Young Woman. OMG I did! I'll edit it. Thanks for catching that All g
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 4, 2021 5:51:46 GMT
just finished The Nest. It's fine. Doesn't quite stick the landing. Not sure if it wants to be a domestic drama about middle class malaise or a psychological thriller because it toys with both but doesn't fully commit to either. I was fully onboard for the first two thirds but it starts to peter out in the last 30 minutes when it should be crescendoing and it barely crosses the finish line. Law is really good (I don't think he's ever been better?) and Coon was fantastic. the cinematography is quite nice. Foreboding rich brown hues cloaked in shadows. Shot by Son of Saul DP Mátyás Erdély.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 4, 2021 7:32:49 GMT
The House of the Witch - Predictable as hell... practically from the first reveal that the teens see the house is haunted, you know where this will go. If maybe you had some real characters in the movie instead of stock teen ____, it might have been okay. Wasn't horrible at least.
Assimilate - Decent Invasion of the Body Snatchers clone. Obviously no new ground broken here but at least the film stuck with it to the very end. The lead guy definitely has some chops too, I'm sure we'll be seeing him again at some point.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 4, 2021 21:15:16 GMT
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) - a mess of a movie that doesn't really know what it wants to be (had no idea Dušan Makavejev directed this at first) but features a memorable turn from Eric Roberts in a role that would be a perfect fit for Matthew McConaughey now. Also, Greta Scacchi is ridiculously sexy in this:
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Post by Barbie on Apr 5, 2021 6:23:43 GMT
Re-watch of Margin Call and Money Monster (which wasn't as bad as people made it out to be)
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Post by wilcinema on Apr 5, 2021 8:01:48 GMT
Sleepers: F-cking hell, what an awful turd.
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Post by Pavan on Apr 5, 2021 17:57:45 GMT
Nomadland (2020)-
A beautiful and bittersweet film about nomadic lifestyle. Great understated performance from Frances McDormand. Stunning cinematography too. I went in expecting more but i liked what i saw- 7.5/10
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