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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 11, 2017 16:01:50 GMT
Live by Night (2016) -- Why did nobody like this? It's a bit unfocused, sure, but any story on this scope is bound to be. The characters are sympathetic, the moral dilemmas are powerful, and I practically came over all those nice suits and hats. Affleck's worst film, to be sure, but the guy has a marvelous track record. 7/10Terror in Resonance (TV show) -- A lousy suspense anime that I only finished because my sister wanted to watch it. Bland characters, stupid plot, and by god that ending was offensive. 3/10War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) -- Not my review, but this guy states everything that I feel about the movie: letterboxd.com/thejoshl/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes/ 5/10Toni Erdmann (2016) -- I've taken shits with more artistic merit. There's not one laugh to be had in this bloated tale of an obnoxious father setting out to ruin his daughter's life. To be fair, it's already ruined, but having this asshole show up is just turning up the heat in hell. 1/10Fences (2016) -- Denzel Washington the actor delivers some of his best work here. Denzel Washington the director screws it all up. The problem is that the paragraphs upon paragraphs of monologues and rapid fire arguments work on stage (you're talking directly to the audience, creating a rapport with them), but don't work on film. The camera keeps some of that... energy? I don't know, it keeps the spark of a great play away. And Washington is so intent on filming every word, all three billion of them, that it becomes an overload of information. There's a lot to like here, but it needed to slow down, take a breath, and not rely solely on the actors getting through 3 hours of dialogue in 2 hours. 6/10Inglourious Basterds (2009 rewatch) -- Dammit, Brad Pitt's Italian is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. 10/10The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) -- Fred MacMurray is a jackass for 90 minutes, but gets the girl when he proves that he's more obnoxious and criminal than the rest of the cast full of obnoxious criminals. 5/10
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Post by stephen on Dec 11, 2017 16:04:21 GMT
It's my Director win and I will defend it to the death. I don't for the life of me get why people didn't like it.
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 11, 2017 16:14:13 GMT
It's my Director win and I will defend it to the death. I don't for the life of me get why people didn't like it. If there was some obvious flaw, sure. But there isn't. Every point of it is well made, my one complaint (and it is a fairly large one) being that its scope is SO WIDE and SO GRAND that the smaller, personal moments get lost in the shuffle. |
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Post by stephen on Dec 11, 2017 16:16:08 GMT
It's my Director win and I will defend it to the death. I don't for the life of me get why people didn't like it. If there was some obvious flaw, sure. But there isn't. Every point of it is well made, my one complaint (and it is a fairly large one) being that its scope is SO WIDE and SO GRAND that the smaller, personal moments get lost in the shuffle. I suppose I can agree with that, but my God, it's such an immersive experience and I'm a sucker for a good period gangster flick. |
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Post by Sharbs on Dec 11, 2017 16:45:51 GMT
T2 Trainspotting (2017) - 7/10
Columbus (2017) - 6.5/10
American Assassin (2017) - 6/10
Personal Shopper (2017) - 8/10
The Handmaiden [re-watch] (2016) - 9/10
The Disaster Artist (2017) - 8.5/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [re-watch] (2006) - 6.5/10
The Circle (2017) - 6.5/10
The Discovery (2017) - 7.5/10
Last Flag Flying (2017) - 8/10
Leon Morin, Priest (1961) - 8/10
Bob le Flambeur (1956) - 8.5/10
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) - 7/10
Marty (1955) - 9/10
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - 7/10
Lady Macbeth (2017) - 7.5/10
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Post by Pavan on Dec 11, 2017 17:19:01 GMT
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)- 5/10
Wanted (2008)- 5.5/10
Mudbound (2017)- 7/10
American Made (2017)- 7/10
Mother! (2017)- 7.5/10
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 17:56:42 GMT
Female Trouble- 7/10
Desperate Living- 7/10
Thor: Ragnarok- 5/10
L'Argent- 7.5/10
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne- 6/10
A Gentle Woman- 5/10
Five Easy Pieces- 7.5/10
Pink Flamingos- 9.5/10
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 11, 2017 19:57:51 GMT
Beginners - 8 / 10
Hanna - 6.5 / 10
Home Alone - Saw this on the big screen for the first time at a local college. Was very fun. - 8 / 10
Lady Bird - 8.5 / 10
Run Silent Run Deep - 7.5 / 10
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Post by Film Socialism on Dec 11, 2017 20:03:37 GMT
like nothing, a garrel and a sternberg i didn't like much, the only thing i loved was Crank of all things
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Post by notacrook on Dec 11, 2017 20:49:22 GMT
Henry V and Othello - 7.5/10 (both for school)
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Post by mhynson27 on Dec 12, 2017 3:06:25 GMT
In the Loop
Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace (re-watch)
Winter's Bone
Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones (re-watch)
Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (re-watch)
Star Wars (re-watch)
The Empire Strikes Back (re-watch)
Return of the Jedi (re-watch)
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 12, 2017 4:31:34 GMT
In the Loop Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace (re-watch) Winter's Bone Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones (re-watch) Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (re-watch) Star Wars (re-watch) The Empire Strikes Back (re-watch) Return of the Jedi (re-watch) Oh, I pity you. Having to sit through Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen in the same week. And now you're gonna have to deal with Rey and Finn, the dead fishface twins. You are a braver man than I, sir. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Dec 12, 2017 4:55:21 GMT
In the Loop Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace (re-watch) Winter's Bone Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones (re-watch) Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (re-watch) Star Wars (re-watch) The Empire Strikes Back (re-watch) Return of the Jedi (re-watch) Oh, I pity you. Having to sit through Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen in the same week. And now you're gonna have to deal with Rey and Finn, the dead fishface twins. You are a braver man than I, sir. Haha, it was pretty difficult at times but luckily for me I like both Bodega and Ridley, so the pain for me ends. |
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Post by Nikan on Dec 12, 2017 13:01:44 GMT
Practical Magic (1998) - Would've not known about it if it wasn't someone's avatar here. Kidman was pretty as expected, but this was boring. A mixture of warm sisterhood, witchcraft, romance, exorcism and Elvis should not be boring. Lost Horizon (1937) - I found the last 20something minutes of this kinda odd... Robert's in love with his utopia almost the entire film, suddenly has doubts about it and leaves with his brother and his new-found lover (a conclusion I typically expected the entire time) but then it turns out that the brothers have made a huge mistake, George dies, Robert loses his memory (that...was a bleak turn of events, and makes a proper ending.) but Robert goes on a quest to find the Utopia again and... he does find it. Um, what kind of a lesson has he learned in this time? what 'I' suppose to get from this? Did the director think that was too dark of an ending and changed it at the last minute? but Capra was perhaps the most celebrated director of his era (mainly the 30s) so this was typically (of his) well-acted and well-made. Cache (2005) - Mmmm. Talk about quiet, simple yet challenging film making. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - Just beautiful to look at (as are all of Ghibli films), but I lost the connection to it's ambitious story halfway through. Miyazaki's Interstellar?
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