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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 29, 2024 12:25:36 GMT
Tekkonkinkreet (2006) - A fantastically imagined City of God riff with a strong ensemble of characters that jettisons it all to focus on one core relationship at the end and gets overly sentimental and small. Still really good stuff on the whole. 7/10
Barbie (2023) - In which Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be Andrew Tate's #1 fan 2/10
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - The mystery narrative itself is driven by piles of coincidence to keep it going and is never actually a mystery at all - it's just Diane Keaton being nosy - and the dialogue is Woody Allen at his most Woody Allen. It's all pretty mediocre without being hateful in the one direction or exciting in the other. 5/10
Horror in the High Desert (2021) - Props to this movie for committing to the cable TV documentary approach so completely: it really does convince as a crappy doc of a real killing. On the other hand, it so thoroughly convinces as a crappy doc of a real killing that it bored my tits off, as those always do. 3/10
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) - The funniest, most charming Ichi adventure yet. Several laugh out loud moments with this sweet goofball of a yakuza make this the most entertaining in the series. And then... the movie turns into something else entirely. The finale sequence turns Zatoichi into a slasher villain. There is no big fight against groups of enemies or a duel against a skilled opponent in this one: there are instead loads of thugs pissing their pants because Zatoichi is hunting them in the dark and murdering them like Batman crossed with Michael Myers. He effortlessly mows down the bad guys because he is painted in this film's climax as a supernatural monster with nothing on its mind but furious hatred. It's the first time the series has melded strong writing (Ichi's motivation) with strong action sequences (the Oldboy-esque hallway fight, the terrifying image of Zatoichi holding a candle stub on his sword blade as he mercilessly hunts down and taunts his enemies). Every movie before this had one or the other. Have I made it clear I liked this one? Because I reeeeeally like this one. This is the first time the series 100% clicked with me. 8/10
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 29, 2024 13:11:16 GMT
2 first time watches: Door (1988) - Part tension filled home invasion film........part, uh, everything else: creepy rape fantasy (extended), part social critique, part tranference of evil, part schlocky slo-mo exploitation...........3.6 on Letterboxd.....that's too high...... Challengers (2024) - Highly entertaining and watchable time killer....but it's too long......but still in 2024 that's enough to make it fncking Jules and Jim ![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-04/challengers-mc-240425-04-0c4101.jpg)
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 29, 2024 14:12:13 GMT
Abigail (2024) Death Becomes Her (1992) Panic in the Streets (1950) Draft Day (2014) Anyone But You (2023) Challengers (2024) X (2022)
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 29, 2024 14:28:35 GMT
Zoolander M*A*S*H Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (re-watch)
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Post by bigmilko on Apr 29, 2024 15:14:32 GMT
RW Hook (1991) - 4/10: First time seeing this since I was like 7, and I have zero emotions towards it. It really only works today if you've got nostalgic feelings for it
RW Jurassic Park (1993) - 10/10: Not an ounce of fat on this thing. Rock-fucking-Solid
Fallout (2024) - 8/10: Although I havent played the games (but I get the general whats-its about the world) Its a ton of funand Im glad the internet is finally getting behind the idea of Walton Goggins
The Brood (1979) - 6/10: Samantha Egger was great, but her or her monster kids arent in the movie enough for me to really enjoy it as much as the few other Cronenberg's I've seen
Racing with the Moon (1984) - 8/10: The movie opens with Sean Penn, and someone immediately got vocally worried we were watching I Am Sam and that changed the whole context of the movie. Still a cute budding romance of a movie otherwise
What's Up, Doc? (1972) - 9/10: Great hijinks and shenanigans going on here, hilarious movie
Cheatin' (2014) - 7/10: Really well animated and unique 70 minute feature from Bill Plympton, Solid watch
RW Hundreds of Beavers (2024) - 10/10: Great stoned watch, even if the beavers kinda freak me out
Schindler's List (1993) - 9/10: Masterful and some of the best Black and White cinematography I've seen in a minute
RW Fargo (1996) - 10/10: pretty good, I think
RW Eraserhead (1977) - 8/10: That Mr. X guy in the beginning of the movie might be the funniest guy ever, overall a pretty funny movie too
RW The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 4/10: yeesh, I watched it last night and gave no reaction to much of what happens, but I was very excited to see Peter Stormare
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Apr 29, 2024 17:57:59 GMT
I'm afraid, I didn't see that much.
Hello I Must Be Going - 6 / 10
Basic - 4 / 10
The Fall Guy - 7.5 / 10
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 29, 2024 18:43:49 GMT
Last 2 weeks
Infernal Affairs - Just solid is my thought. But this story was never interesting enough to inspire 2 films and a remake. 7/10
Galaxy Quest - It's 1999, so that's automatic points - but the story overall was kinda weak. But points for the impact it made to the pop culture year '99.... that really was the best year ever, and this just makes you think..... well damn, why is it the best year ever. because of things like this this this this this this... and now this. 7/10
The Incredibles - I thought it was major Pixar, but now I just think it's just mid-tier Pixar. The island segment was fairly disinteresting. The end sequence was nice and probably should've been longer. The first segment about the anti-superhero law should've been explored more too. 7.5/10
Poor Things - Went over it a few times already, less said about it the better. 3.5/10
Mongol - Liked in it '07. Just a mild epic now. 7/10
Challengers - Really fun, with lots of pop culture elements. I've heard some weird takes about some of the elements already, which is an indication it's better than what people are thinking. Could use a rewatch already and it's only been 4 days since I saw it. 7.5/10
The Holdovers - Good, not great. It's really not Sideways, but props to Payne for at least trying to recapture the days of 2004.... I know that was a career changing year in his life. 7.5/10
Frankenstein ('31) - Good, but felt kinda like an intro-logue. I still don't have a movie of 1931 (the only year where I don't have that) where I rate above 7.5 - tho I'm trying to rewatch M and..... maybe City Lights . 7.5/10
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Apr 29, 2024 23:01:27 GMT
Short Cuts (1993) 8/10. Thoughts shared in the "MVP of Short Cuts (1993)" thread. The Age of Innocence (1993). 7.5/10. I liked this, but why was Winona the one getting all the accolades when she had perhaps the most uninteresting character and Michelle Pfeiffer was right there, giving one of her best performances?
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Post by hilderic on Apr 29, 2024 23:05:37 GMT
Magnificent Sinner Paths in the Night Irma la Douce The Robe Fric-Frac
There's something profoundly weird about the fact that Robert Siodmak (born in Dresden) directed Curd Jürgens (born in Munich) and Romy Schneider (born in Vienna) in a French movie.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2024 23:11:35 GMT
The Age of Innocence (1993). 7.5/10. I liked this, but why was Winona the one getting all the accolades when she had perhaps the most uninteresting character and Michelle Pfeiffer was right there, giving one of her best performances? I know but I think/hope in future viewings the beauty of her work will reveal itself to you... May always looks and sounds the softest person in the room but she's actually the one who manages to get what she wants "the most" out of the three of 'em by the end. and Marat/Sade was a hardboiled good time, psychoboi Stett.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Apr 29, 2024 23:46:36 GMT
The Age of Innocence (1993). 7.5/10. I liked this, but why was Winona the one getting all the accolades when she had perhaps the most uninteresting character and Michelle Pfeiffer was right there, giving one of her best performances? I know but I think/hope in future viewings the beauty of her work will reveal itself to you... May always looks and sounds the softest person in the room but she's actually the one who manages to get what she wants "the most" out of the three of 'em by the end. and Marat/Sade was a hardboiled good time, psychoboi Stett. True, and I do think she does a very good job with what she's given, but can't help feeling that Pfeiffer and Day-Lewis are the ones doing the heavier lifting, and they got unnoticed when the awards season came. Day-Lewis, I can understand why, as he had another great, showier performance that same year, but no Pfeiffer rubs me the wrong way. Do you think Channing and Winger (whose performances I haven't seen) deserved it more than her?
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Post by JangoB on Apr 30, 2024 2:02:39 GMT
Boom - Speaking of movies that are more fun to discuss than to actually watch... John Waters hyped it up way too much for me, for it is mostly just pretty dull. Some high camp, sure, but you really have to wait for it. And I'm not entirely sure it's worth it. Joseph Losey? More like Joseph Lousy. The Swarm - A disaster movie in every sense of the word... but some of it is weirdly enjoyable. Did it have to bee 2.5 hours long, though? And lol at the Costume Design nomination. I was confused as to why the fuck this Paul Zastupnevich guy received 3 Oscar nods for doing the costumes for Irwin Allen films but it turns out he was also Allen's assistant. I wonder how much his boss paid for those nominations Bunny Lake Is Missing - A solid thriller in which Otto Preminger really wants to be Alfred Hitchcock, only with a much more active camera. Seriously, Preminger's crane seems to always be on the move. Which is fun as the film gains a certain urgent energy due to it. All in all it's a decent mystery. Evil Does Not Exist - Part contemplative nature movie, part Drive My Car, part captivating and difficult arthouse fare... I really dug it. Great aftertaste this one has. Valentino - Not the best representative of Ken Russell's terrific 1970s run but still pretty good. And just completely fantastic from a design standpoint. At first I thought it was a bit restrained for Russell but rest assured, the madness does eventually kick in. The Teahouse of the August Moon - Not a great movie (like, at all) but a great chance to see Brando do something almost fully irreverent, including a lot of physical comedy. And yes, he does it in yellowface but what can you do - different times, different rules ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/MZ2eSp2yC2LljdVTLpdl.gif) And who cares, the best performance in the film belongs to Glenn Ford anyway. The Tin Star - A delightful surprise. I thought this was considered a minor Anthony Mann entry but I found it damn terrific. Very lean and very engaging. Henry Fonda rocks. New Life - I suppose fans of low budget thriller/horror stuff will find things to appreciate about this one... but I'm not one of them so it wasn't really my cup of tea. Tommy - REWATCH. There were times during this watch when I felt this was possibly the craziest movie ever, and I mean that as a great compliment. It's almost Russell's masterpiece, the last 15 minutes or so being the only thing that prevents it from becoming one. I mean, they're good but not as awesome as the rest of it. Aguirre, the Wrath of God - REWATCH. Excellento. Don't necessarily see a masterpiece here but it's certainly terrific. The "boat in the tree" scene is where it's all really at, that's some near-transcendent shit the rest of the film doesn't quite reach. But it's always hovering somewhere around. Monkey Man - Kudos to Patel for taking a big swing for the fences with his directorial debut but I'd be lying if I said that I found the result entirely successful. It's just too damn serious for its own good, so much so that at a certain point it becomes a bit tiresome. Maybe that's just me but I kinda like to have fun when I'm watching an action flick. Not a lot of fun here, I'm afraid. The movie wants to sit on two chairs at the same time - the heavy-handedness chair and the exploitation chair - but its ass never really settles into a comfortable position. That said, Patel handles the B-level material with enough verve and aplomb to make me look forward to what he's gonna do next. Irish Wish - I want to support Lindsay Lohan as much as the next guy but these horrible Netflix romcoms ain't it. This doesn't even pretend to be a real film, so much so that there's almost a contempt for the medium in how lazily it's put together. And Lohan isn't very good either... Give her a normal movie, please. The only thing to be gained from this is a drinking game - drain your glass every time you see a drone shot of Irish landscapes and try to survive until the end credits. Maybe the Irish are the only ones who'll be able to, tbh. Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver - Everyone started dumping on it the second it was released because of how bad the first one was... but I don't think that's entirely fair. I don't know how this isn't an improvement over #1 - if that one was two hours of stumbling around random locations collecting boring team members, this one is basically 25 minutes of slow motion wheat harvesting followed by a whole bunch of action. Which is certainly an upgrade in my book. I still wouldn't call it a good movie but at least I was kinda entertained by its video game-like shoot'em-up-blow'em-up chaos.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 30, 2024 4:08:50 GMT
Barbie (2023) - In which Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be Andrew Tate's #1 fan 2/10 Shocked you didn't give it a 1 tbh
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 30, 2024 4:25:23 GMT
Barbie (2023) - In which Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be Andrew Tate's #1 fan 2/10 Shocked you didn't give it a 1 tbh Ryan Gosling works his ass off to make this movie better than the script. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/KAUR26Rad8w62aSMorQH.gif) I think Gerwig's failure is too fascinating to totally hate - she seems to have so much compassion for the Kens to the point that she sabotages the actual screechy speech by Ferrara, which makes me wonder what the movie would have been like if Ken was the protagonist instead. I am beginning to like it more and more as I look back on it. It's a failure of a narrative without any cohesive worldbuilding, sure. It's politically schizophrenic, totally. The self-actualization themes for Barbie herself are shoehorned in through the use of Granny the Plot Device, granted. But the fact that Gerwig failed so *impressively* makes me happy I watched it - it's a big event of a screw-up, one that isn't dull once it actually picks up. I think it would be cool to discuss this movie with her too, as she seems like the kind of person that could defend her decisions and converse with a critical view of the movie even if somebody hates it. I could be wrong on that, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2024 7:53:18 GMT
I know but I think/hope in future viewings the beauty of her work will reveal itself to you... May always looks and sounds the softest person in the room but she's actually the one who manages to get what she wants "the most" out of the three of 'em by the end. and Marat/Sade was a hardboiled good time, psychoboi Stett. True, and I do think she does a very good job with what she's given, but can't help feeling that Pfeiffer and Day-Lewis are the ones doing the heavier lifting, and they got unnoticed when the awards season came. Day-Lewis, I can understand why, as he had another great, showier performance that same year, but no Pfeiffer rubs me the wrong way. Do you think Channing and Winger (whose performances I haven't seen) deserved it more than her? NS Channing but it's a no for Winger.
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