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Post by stabcaesar on Sept 11, 2022 13:15:47 GMT
The Ghost and Mrs Muir - Quite lovely. Gene Tierney was so good at playing a much older woman. It wasn’t just the makeup and wardrobe, her body language, demeanour and voice really became a much older in later part of the film (and in Heaven Can Wait as well).
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 11, 2022 22:01:54 GMT
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Even better than the first tbh.
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Post by isabelaolive on Sept 11, 2022 23:28:09 GMT
Das Boot (1981)
I was bored this Sunday and none of the countless movies I have already downloaded seemed interesting to me, so I looked up some action/adventure movies on piracy sites and decided to watch 'Das Boot'. I confess that I was afraid because I had downloaded the 3h30 version and very long movies are not my type. But I thought it was excellent, the performances are good but the biggest highlight is the direction. I think the only live action movie I've ever seen before this one that takes place at the bottom of the ocean was Disney's 1950s version of '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea', so I was pretty impressed with the action scenes. Curious that the director of this film has a very mediocre filmography
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 11, 2022 23:33:34 GMT
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Even better than the first tbh. The hype is real
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Post by stabcaesar on Sept 12, 2022 17:18:16 GMT
Imitation of Life (1959) - Too overstuffed with plots to fully develop all of its characters, which is a pity because I feel like the film would've been a masterpiece if it'd been streamlined or if it'd had more run time to fully realise all of them. The melodrama between Steve, Susie and Lora in particular was just laughable (and the actress playing Susie was mournfully terrible). Juanita Moore's part on the other hand is very good, as is some of Lana Turner's. I must say Douglas Sirk had incredible eyes for his male stars, though. He definitely knew what kind of hunky specimen (Rock Hudson and John Gavin) his target audience wanted to see on the screen. But I guess the downside to this is that Lana Turner looked like John Gavin's mom when they were both supposed to be in their 40s in the film. Sorry hunny but half-assed grey temples on John Gavin's head and a pair of fake glasses ain't gonna age him ... especially when Lana Turner had to wear that hideous wig the whole time.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 13, 2022 14:07:11 GMT
Nope (re-watch)
First time in IMAX. Works so well in the format.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Sept 13, 2022 20:13:22 GMT
Oh honeys, The Artist's Wife doesn't have a great rating on IMDb (It didn't get a proper release due to Covid) but I really liked this movie. Bruce Dern plays Richard an old artist beginning his decline into Alzheimer's disease, Lena Olin plays Clare his long suffering wife trying to hold the pieces together of their life as things begin to get ugly and destructive. His decline is her ascent as she starts to paint again, after having given up an early career as an artist. Olin plays Clare with great panache and a lot of honesty, even at almost 70, and clearly botox free (like most European actresses) she still remains very beautiful. Deals with themes of old age, the loss of identity, love, hope, etc. 7/10
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 13, 2022 22:30:45 GMT
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Such a frustrating movie. In that, some sections bored me to tears, but a lot of it was amazing. Still trying to figure out exactly where I stand with this one.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 14, 2022 0:38:21 GMT
The Dry (2020)Oh HELL yes! This doesn't do anything new, it follows all of the standard tropes of the detective drama as formulaically as possible... and it is entrancing. Eric Bana is back and better than ever as a city slicker detective returning to his outback hometown for the funeral of a childhood friend. A childhood friend who seems to have murdered his wife and son before turning the gun on himself. Naturally, the movie is drenched in the past, as any story of this sort will be. What makes it special is (a.) Eric Bana, (b.) Eric Bana, (c.) a meditative, slow-burn, understated delivery of a narrative seen in every other detective story ever, and (d.) Eric Bana. This is some of the finest casting I've ever seen. He plays perfectly within the style of the film: quiet, contemplative, pensive. Nothing showy or extravagant, just a portrait of a professional who is battered down and weary and can never allow himself to hurt for the friend that has, by every indication, performed a monstrous act. Anthony Who won an Oscar for The Father again?
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 14, 2022 1:26:56 GMT
The Menu
Final girl Anya is best Anya.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 14, 2022 1:35:02 GMT
Pearl
Didn't like it as much as X, but good Lord, Mia Goth is a fucking star.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 14, 2022 1:39:19 GMT
The Son
Such a step down from The Father, but it got me well enough.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 14, 2022 1:43:52 GMT
Empire of Light
Felt like it was trying to fit in a bit too much, but the flaws in the script are made up for by literally everything else.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 14, 2022 19:02:10 GMT
2015 Scavenger Hunt #1.1
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014) (Director: Junichi Mori) "There's a frog in your stomach." The Korean film Little Forest was a slice of pure heaven. Imagine my delight when I discovered that it was actually a remake of two Japanese movies! ANOTHER CHANCE TO GO BACK TO LITTLE FOREST!!!! And yeah, this first part is just as wonderful as the movie I fell in love with. Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) is a young woman on a farm in the dead end of nowhere, farming and preparing food. That is literally over 90% of the movie. She farms, she makes dishes with her crop (the movie is divided into chapters by each dish she prepares), and she eats. Even compared to the remake, there is nothing going on here. The most tension that ever arises is wondering if the jam she's preparing is gonna turn out well. There's no romance story or money problems and only a couple of scenes that aren't about food prep. But you know what? I was on the edge of my seat at the reveal of how the jam turned out. I loved soaking into this world and its unassuming conflicts. Ichiko's sense of self-worth is tied to what she can personally accomplish (she HATES having to rely on other people), and the seeds for further character development along these lines are sown here, but this first part isn't interested in payoffs. It just likes showing food porn and nice people. So yeah, of course I love it. Side note: Fans of the Korean version may want to know that this is NOT a vegan film. We see animals getting butchered and eaten here.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 15, 2022 14:50:00 GMT
Triangle of Sadness (re-watch)
Yep, still my #1.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 15, 2022 21:13:51 GMT
Causeway
Pretty good. Great to see natural JLaw back.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 16, 2022 17:53:58 GMT
Decision to Leave
Liked it well enough, but felt like it could have used 20 or so minutes cut.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 17, 2022 1:49:49 GMT
No Time to Die (2021) - Couldn't find the thread for this As the one guy that thinks Spectre is kind of awesome, I am so very disappointed in this. Spectre was a ghost story: it was tied into the past in every frame and every action. This is just throwing a kid at the screen and bringing back Felix Leiter and calling it a day. It's so literal, so straightforward. For all of its flaws, Spectre worked as a nightmare of Bond wading through all of his worst moments to try to build a future. This sticks Madeleine on a train and has Bond do the opening to Skyfall all over again, until he's dragged out of retirement just like in Skyfall and then Madeleine is shoehorned back into the story after they took such care to blast her ass into orbit, making me wonder why they took such a roundabout route of making the two break up and reunite. After that, it is simple, basic Bond formula BUT WITH A CHILD NOW!!! Other problems: - FOXDIE is stupid but at least it worked in the silly Metal Gear Solid games, and it doesn't here. Remember the good old days of Craig's era, when the villains just wanted money and weren't trying to destroy the world? Sure, destroying the world is classic Bond formula, but it doesn't fit in the dour Craig movies. - There's always a bigger fish. Quantum was cool. And then Spectre came and they're secretly behind Quantum! And now there's another SUPER SECRET ORGANIZATION BEHIND SPECTRE!!!! - Rami Malek is ruinous. What the hell were they even attempting with this guy. I don't think I've ever seen him act before. Was he this bad in Bohemian Rhapsody? - Why even bring back Blofeld if you're just gonna do this to him - The beautiful cinematography that made Spectre sing is nowhere to be found here, and that is a big part of why this feels so literal and bland, compared to the dreamscape I loved so in the last installment. Good points: - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas - Ana de Armas
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Sept 17, 2022 3:43:53 GMT
Good points: - Ana de Armas This is the case with every movie she's in.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 18, 2022 1:58:11 GMT
2015 Scavenger Hunt #1.2
Little Forest: Winter/Spring (Director: Junichi Mori) "The slight sense of guilt is part of the flavor." Part 2 of Little Forest! It is, of course, custom made for me and I love it. Ichiko is adrift. She left home for the big city, and now she's back, but not really. She's in a halfway state, uncertain if this is the life she wants. She only came back because things weren't working out, not because she wanted to do this. She is afraid to commit to this life: she feels like an impostor, like she's not good enough to really be part of Little Forest. She calls herself "lazy" when she sees the more experienced residents doing their jobs. Deep inside, she thinks that maybe she really is a city person. Or at least, that there's a part of herself there that she hasn't accepted. This fear of not knowing if she is really cut out for this is what drives the Winter/Spring narrative. Eschewing any sort of romance or other dramatic events, the story just allows Ichiko to farm and cook and farm and farm and farm and cook and shovel and cook and farm and farm and farm and think. Think about who she is and what she wants out of life. It's a quiet story told with grace. I love it.
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 18, 2022 2:56:41 GMT
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Idk how to grade this. I liked Vol. 1 better but if the 2 movies are being counted as 1 should I average out the rating for each volume and give both that same grade? Beats me. Vol. 1 was a 9, this feels like more of an 8 or a high 7. I also gotta figure out how I’m gonna slot this into my best of decade/all time lists. Am I putting both volumes next to each other or splitting them up? Idk ig I’ll sleep on that for a while and figure it out
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 18, 2022 4:15:50 GMT
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Idk how to grade this. I liked Vol. 1 better but if the 2 movies are being counted as 1 should I average out the rating for each volume and give both that same grade? Beats me. Vol. 1 was a 9, this feels like more of an 8 or a high 7. I also gotta figure out how I’m gonna slot this into my best of decade/all time lists. Am I putting both volumes next to each other or splitting them up? Idk ig I’ll sleep on that for a while and figure it out Not that you asked, but I have them split.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 18, 2022 18:52:06 GMT
Women Talking
Sooo good, but the fuck was that cinematography/colour grading???
Buckley MVP
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 18, 2022 19:07:43 GMT
The Banshees of Inisherin
Fecking hell, this was brilliant.
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Post by JangoB on Sept 18, 2022 19:14:52 GMT
Women Talking Sooo good, but the fuck was that cinematography/colour grading??? Buckley MVP I've seen many a person mention the visually flawed nature of the film - what exactly is the deal there? Is it basically ugly digital with all the color drawn out? Or does the movie actually have a look but just a dark and unpleasant one? (I understand that I'll see that for myself when the trailer comes out but I'd like to know your opinion )
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