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Flowbruary Wall of shame:

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Divius · Mar 1, 2017

Watched 32 movies in February

TOP 5 NEW VIEWINGS OF FEBRUARY
5. Sunset Song
4. Shock Corridor
3. Forushande AKA The Salesman
2. Porco Rosso
1. Nocturnal Animals

MOST VALUABLE REWATCHES
Carrie
When Harry Met Sally...
The Wolverine

WORST NEW VIEWINGS OF FEBRUARY
Passengers
The Conqueror

Count Dookkake · Mar 1, 2017

I hope it doesn't take 8 years of the Trump presidency for people to appreciate the humor and prescience of Human Centipede 3.

Burbeting · Mar 1, 2017

Manchester by the Sea

Even if Casey Affleck is a prick, I can't deny that this performance was Oscar-worthy. He really sold the movie and the main character he was portraying.

I enjoyed that the movie was slow, and very much rooted in reality. Sometimes stories don't get neatly tied up, everything resolved. Sometimes characters don't get development during a time span of two weeks. But everyone interacted like adults. Like real human beings, not caricatures.

It wasn't as good as Moonlight and La La Land, but very powerful, none the less.

AngmarsKing701 · Mar 1, 2017

Watched 12 movies in February

Watched 10 New Movies; Top 5:
1. La La Land
2. The Accountant
3. Finding Dory
4. The Wailing
5. The Lego Movie

Rewatched Groundhog Day on Groundhog's Day. Rewatched Guardians of the Galaxy to be prepped for the sequel, which is looking great.

Worst watched movie of Feb: Jeruzalem

Zousi · Mar 1, 2017

Watched 30 movies in February. Top-5:

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Sing Street
3. Above Dark Waters
4. T2 Trainspotting
5. Calvary

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Infernostew · Mar 1, 2017

Top 7 new watches in February:

1. Red Beard
2. Angst
3. Eating Raoul
4. The Salesman
5. Nashville
6. Get Out
7. The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Best rewatch:
Possession

Toothless · Mar 1, 2017

Toothless said:
Get Out is genre filmmaking at its finest. Wickedly terrifying for most of its runtime, Peele's debut is accomplished in its tension and detailed twisted world that feels all too real at points. The script is remarkably tight, using every minute to its full advantage. Missing even thirty seconds of this film for a quick bathroom would be a huge disservice to how it expertly builds the lore and atmosphere subtly and constantly. It's also quite funny, but not overtly so, allowing the audience to really buy into the reality of the somewhat ridiculous situations.

Kaluuya continues his excellent body of work as our lead, giving a nuanced portrayal of a role that could easily come off as a blank slate. The entire cast really is excellent, with every character getting a few memorable moments. Howery in particular is fantastic in a comic relief role that allows him to punctuate some of the film's best moments. Abels' score is appropriately off-kilter, serving the film's more mundane elements well and its lesser ones fantastically.

The most important element though is what Get Out is saying about our world today. Modern mainstream horror has sadly avoided making statements for the sake of cheap thrills. Get Out has those thrills, but they certainly aren't cheap. This film has a bite to it that's rarely seen in this genre nowadays. Peele is loudly proclaiming the horror inherent in racism in any form through this film. It's fitting that its final moment of dread comes from something unrelated to the more unrealistic aspects of the story. Get Out is a stunning debut and one of the best horror films in years, leaving one with a lot to ponder about a variety of social topics. Perhaps most importantly, it is the rare Hollywood release that simply must be seen to be believed.

Top 5 of February:

1. True Grit
2. Get Out
3. Jackie
4. Green Room
5. Elle

Ainsz · Mar 1, 2017

I posted my top 10 films I watched in February last thread but didn't bother with the introductory questionnaire seeing as it was towards the end of the thread. So here goes.. Hey I'm Ainsz:

1. What's your favorite Movie?
Scarface (1983)

2. Who's your favorite director?
Coen Brothers

3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks, Michael Caine, Joanna Lumley.

4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Crime, Action, Thriller, Drama

5. What's your favorite performance in film?
Al Pacino as Tony Montana.

Them's some tough questions. I'm sure if I ever went back to them a few of the answers would change..

SeanC · Mar 1, 2017

Top 5 New Watches of Feb:

1: The Lone Wolf and Club series - Just wonderfully pulpy samurai action (though I liked 2/ 3 the most and found the 4th one pretty not so great)
2: Lady Snowblood - Beautifully shot and paced.
3: Moonlight - A solid Best Picture. Wonderfully character driven and haunting in a lot of ways.
4: John Wick Chapter 2 - Knows what it is and has a blast with it.

I actually think that's it for new watches last month, did a lot of rewatches of movies and Lone Wolf was 6 flicks so I did alright.

Blader · Mar 1, 2017

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
I started February with a doc about Paul Newman's racing career and ended it with a doc on McQueen's passion for racing. It's a pretty interesting juxtaposition: whereas Newman seemed to be a more grounded guy and looked at racing as just the most fun hobby/career he had, McQueen seemed a bit more existentially flailing and saw racing as the thing that gave him the most meaning (his opportunities to derive spiritual satisfaction out of acting and moviemaking seemed more few and far between). The fact that it may have contributed to his death is a real kicker on top of it all.

Anyway. It's an interesting doc in its own right, drawing on a ton of apparently once-lost behind-the-scenes footage of McQueen's Le Mans film and some audio recordings of McQueen speaking from Mexico where he was receiving treatment for the cancer that would shortly kill him. The production on Le Mans looked a complete clusterfuck, yet now I'm really intrigued to watch the movie itself despite its middling reception. From the anecdotes, you get the sense that McQueen was a real lonely guy -- seemingly of his own design -- and it's a shame his passion project was wrapped up in such a crazed, disastrous production. Hell of a story, at least.
7/10

Top 5 New Watches of February
1. Sing Street
2. 13th
3. I Am Not Your Negro
4. Hacksaw Ridge
5. Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

AngmarsKing701 · Mar 1, 2017

I don't think I've done this yet, though I started posting in Movie-GAF a few months ago.

1. What's your favorite Movie?
The Princess Bride (1987)

2. Who's your favorite director?
James Cameron

3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
Tom Cruise, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen

4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Action, Thriller

5. What's your favorite performance in film?
Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings & Hobbit movies

Mollymauk · Mar 1, 2017

A Day With the Boys

I saw this on FilmStruck, but it's also available on youtube. It's an 18 minute short film directed by the character actor Clu Gulager. The less you know about it going into it the better. It's fascinating.

It was an inspiration for director David Gordon Green when he made George Washington.

David Gordon Green on A Day with the Boys

Edit: This was my top watch for February

daydream · Mar 1, 2017

top new watches of february:

1. zodiac
2. la chinoise
3. edge of seventeen
4. dick tracy
5. golden exits

big ander · Mar 1, 2017

Most of my top new watches would be 2016 catch-up, and since I've already added my list to the pile here are top new non-2016 watches:

1) Friday Night
2) Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told
3) Hoop Dreams
4) John Wick: Chapter Two
5) Comrades: Almost a Love Story

Valuable rewatches: Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day, Trust, Videodrome, Broadcast News

TheFlow · Mar 1, 2017

44 movies in February

Top 5

The Killer

Get out

John Wick 2

Stray Dog

American Honey

edit: lol at that wall of shame title

Pachimari · Mar 1, 2017

Watched 1 movie in February:

1. Arrival

In comparison I watched 23 movies in January.

dcassell · Mar 1, 2017

Hi all, new to the thread, and want to start posting/discussing here. Not enough people in my life who get into movies. Figured I'd answer the questions!
Off the top of my head:

1. What's your favorite Movie?
Whiplash (2014), at the moment

2. Who's your favorite director?
Martin Scorsese

3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Michael B Jordan, Emma Stone

4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Musicals, crime films, dramas

5. What's your favorite performance in film?
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction. Not the most refined performance, but man it's one of the most badass I've seen in a movie. His sequence is iconic.

TheFlow · Mar 1, 2017

dcassell said:
Hi all, new to the thread, and want to start posting/discussing here. Not enough people in my life who get into movies. Figured I'd answer the questions!
Off the top of my head:

1. What's your favorite Movie?
Whiplash (2014), at the moment

2. Who's your favorite director?
Martin Scorsese

3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Michael B Jordan, Emma Stone

4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Musicals, crime films, dramas

5. What's your favorite performance in film?
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction. Not the most refined performance, but man it's one of the most badass I've seen in a movie. His sequence is iconic.

you are going to fit in just fine.

Vault Dweller 111 · Mar 1, 2017

Top 10 of February:
1. On the Waterfront
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Rear Window
4. John Wick 2
5. Children on Men
7. Vertigo
8. Psycho
9. North by Northwest
10. Kiki's Delivery Service

Best rewatches:
1. Spirited Away
2. Arrival
3. Whisper of the Heart

Cipher Peon · Mar 1, 2017

I just watched Seven Samurai and Green Room, both films which I enjoyed quite a great amount!

I liked Seven Samurai a great deal more than Rashomon, mostly because of its scale and the fact that it's much more bombastic than the latter's low key affair. It does take an eternity to get going, but it's never really boring and the extended siege sequence at the end is great even if the bandits are really really really dumb.

Also Kurosawa's weird portrayal of women continues in full force. "Back in the days" were some weird times.

As for Green Room, I thought it was simple and well directed. I saw Blue Ruin and enjoyed it a lot, but my opinion of it decreased over time because it didn't leave an impact at all. But Green Room is my kind of movie, punk rock aesthetic with crazy antics in an ultra gory thriller fighting Nazis. I did read in an interview that the director didn't indulge in the violence as much as he could have and that made me sad because the violence, if used sparingly, punches like a rocket. Great stuff.

Also, I just wished they cooled it with the use of euphemisms and stating things to other character who doesn't need an explanation. I get it was supposed to be alienating but there were a few scenes where I had no idea what was going on besides VIOLENCE, which is good enough I suppose.

Either way, I enjoyed both films quite a lot

I'm planning on watching Logan with a small number of friends (we're keeping it rather quiet this time around so we're not inviting too many people) on Saturday, just to have the entirety of Friday to enjoy the Switch hehehehehe

Ridley327 · Mar 1, 2017

Top 5 new watches for February, no particular order:
-The Love Witch
-Cameraperson
-The Handmaiden
-Tower
-I Am Not Your Negro

Most valuable rewatch: Network

Not mean enough to be memorable: The Greasy Strangler

Tentatively, I will be working through the rest of my Criterion backlog for a while (yes, I still have some), but it'll be nice to get back to something without a major theme.

Divius · Mar 1, 2017

Quite the top 10 you've got there, Vault Dweller 111. Pff.

Vault Dweller 111 · Mar 1, 2017

Divius said:
Quite the top 10 you've got there, Vault Dweller 111. Pff.

I'm catching up on the classics. Still a loooong way to go.

hiredhand · Mar 1, 2017

Watched 32 movies in February

TOP 10 NEW VIEWINGS OF FEBRUARY
1. Vredens dag aka Day of Wrath (Dreyer, 1943)
2. Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016)
3. Taxi (Panahi, 2015)
4. Hardcore (Schrader, 1979)
5. Elle (Verhoeven, 2016)
6. Silence (Scorsese, 2016)
7. A fost sau n-a fost? aka 12:08 East of Bucharest (Porumboiu, 2006)
8.Shock Corridor (Fuller, 1963)
9. The LEGO Batman Movie (McKay, 2017)
10. Neruda (Larrain, 2016)

WORST 5 NEW VIEWINGS OF FEBRUARY
1. Biggles (Hough, 1986)
2. Ruotsalainen hetki aka The Swedish Moment (Björkman, Haapkylä, Kaskinen, Knihtilä, Korpela & Lwoff, 2014)
3. Die Farbe aka The Color Out of Space (Vu, 2010)
4. Shooter (Fuqua, 2007)
5. Lion (Davis, 2016)

Blader · Mar 1, 2017

Cipher Peon said:
Also Kurosawa's weird portrayal of women continues in full force. "Back in the days" were some weird times.

Don't hold your breath for any kind of progressive feminist Kurosawa film.

And for that matter, be forewarned -- assuming you get around to it -- that The Hidden Fortress features perhaps the all-time worst performance by an actress, ever.

thenexus6 · Mar 1, 2017

My Feb

I Am Your Father
The Accountant
Rashomon
John Wick
John Wick Chapter Two
Ghostbusters
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Commando
It Follows

Bold are re watches. I am going to hit it hard this month. With Kurosawa's birthday end of March I want to watch lots of his i've never seen before.

dcassell · Mar 1, 2017

TheFlow said:
you are going to fit in just fine.

I can't get enough of that movie. Definitely feel pretty connected to it, since the plot is a lot of what I went through when I was a music major in college. The screaming, chair throwing, insults, and self-doubt in that film aren't too far from the truth at a lot of institutes. And man, that final sequence.

Last night I watched Goodfellas for the first time. Probably the only Scorsese movie I haven't seen, and one of those films that was a "you will never be allowed to see that" thing when I was growing up. This movie does a good job of adding humanity to people who are downright despicable, creating some really memorable characters in the process. Camera work in this was great as well. Pretty sure most have seen that Copa Cabana shot a couple times, but man there's some brilliant shots here that were probably the height of style when this came out. Very good movie, though I don't think I would rank it above Godfather.

Only thing that bugged me was Ray Liotta's makeup. Most other characters looked natural, but Liotta seemed to have this heavy eyeliner and ultra-defined cheeks that gave him this odd marionette look for a lot of the movie. Maybe it's just the unique shape of his face, but it took a bit to get used to when most other cast members didn't share the look.

I'll definitely watch again. I feel like I would have worshipped this movie when I was 16.

Peco · Mar 1, 2017

Top 5 of February:

1. Sunny
2. Memories of Murder
3. Straight Time
4. The Wailing
5. Melvin and Howard

Bought Coppola's The Cotton Club on dvd for 2,30 today, hopefully it's worth more than that.

Cipher Peon · Mar 1, 2017

Blader said:
Don't hold your breath for any kind of progressive feminist Kurosawa film.

And for that matter, be forewarned -- assuming you get around to it -- that The Hidden Fortress features perhaps the all-time worst performance by an actress, ever.

I'm not expecting it or even holding it against his work much. It's just really really interesting.

Icolin · Mar 1, 2017

Cipher Peon said:
I'm not expecting it or even holding it against his work much. It's just really really interesting.

Watch RAN next. One of the top 5 80s films for sure.

Rhomega Beta · Mar 1, 2017

Top 5 of February:

1. La La Land
2. The LEGO Batman Movie
3. The World's End
4. Edge of Tomorrow
5. The Artist

AngmarsKing701 · Mar 2, 2017

TheFlow said:
you are going to fit in just fine.

I haven't seen Whiplash yet but I seem to have fit in fine.

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darkwing-buck · Mar 2, 2017

Vertigo (1958)

Been on a Hitchcock kick lately saw Rope (1948) then Rear Window (1954). Vertigo is quite simply, a masterpiece in thrillers and mysteries. Great twist and had me on the edge of my seat by the end of it. I truly wish James Stewart and Hitchcock collabed more as this is one of Stewarts. Also the score is absolutely stunning.

old · Mar 2, 2017

Get out
Great movie. Loved the "race relations" angle. Loved everything about it. It had funny moments but never forced them. The laughs were natural and earned. The directing expertly drew me in and creeped the hell out of me at times. Eagerly looking forward to Peele's next work.

The Great Wall
Decent action movie. Rather germane but enjoyed the Chinese culture angle on an otherwise predictable script. Liked that it wasn't another "white savior" resolution.

The Founder
Loved it. Really shows what kind of person (morally and ethically) it takes to build that kind of empire. Toes must be stepped on, if it were.

Hidden Figures
Another damn good movie. Inspiring but also sombering in making us acknowledge the racist bullshit they faced. I can't believe I had never heard of these amazing women before.

omgkitty · Mar 2, 2017

Vault Dweller 111 said:
5. Children on Men

This is just wrong.

AngmarsKing701 · Mar 2, 2017

This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - this was just added to Netflix and I realized that despite absolutely loving Reiner's The Princess Bride (it's my favorite movie), I hadn't watched this yet. So I fired this up. Very funny. Christopher Guest is a riot. Michael McKean (Lenny from Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley!) is great. Cameos by Dana Carvey and Billy Crystal as mime waiters. This is like the opposite movie of Sing Street, where it's amusing as hell as the band sort of disintegrates into absurdist levels of humor.

4 / 5

Ozzy Onya A2Z · Mar 2, 2017

Watched Neon Demon last night, well that was something alright. A visually compelling movie with a solid tone throughout where the meandering pace and bite-sized story was enjoyable but falls short overall. A few memorable scenes and lines are executed very well with an ending that capped the film off perfectly. Overall I would recommend a single watch through and wouldn't replay a second time around though.

EDIT:

1. What's your favorite Movie?
Changes with my mood, from Cool Hand Luke to 2001. I'm a diverse snowflake I guess.

2. Who's your favorite director?
Flip a coin between Mann or Cameron.

3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
Oldman, Spacey, Ruffalo, Theron, Foster, Green

4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Sci-Fi, Heist, Thriller

5. What's your favorite performance in film?
Ledger as the Joker

darkwing-buck · Mar 2, 2017

Ozzy Onya A2Z said:
Watched Neon Demon last night, well that was something alright. A visually compelling movie with a solid tone throughout where the meandering pace and bite-sized story was enjoyable but falls short overall. A few memorable scenes and lines are executed very well with an ending that capped the film off perfectly. Overall I would recommend a single watch through and wouldn't replay a second time around though.

Is it worth watching for the music? I generally like Drive just for the soundtrack alone.

TheFlow · Mar 2, 2017

darkwing-buck said:
Is it worth watching for the music? I generally like Drive just for the soundtrack alone.

Yea. If you liked drive you will kinda like this one.

Ridley327 · Mar 2, 2017

I'll try to write something more detailed about it by the end of the week, but in the interest of expediency and me not wanting to go to bed too late tonight, the ranks of the Miami Vice cult can now count up one more.

Ozzy Onya A2Z · Mar 2, 2017

darkwing-buck said:
Is it worth watching for the music? I generally like Drive just for the soundtrack alone.

In a word, yes. It's an audio/visual feast really.

omgkitty · Mar 2, 2017

This is TheFlow's monthly reminder to slow down.

TheFlow · Mar 2, 2017

omgkitty said:
This is TheFlow's monthly reminder to slow down.

Person who watches the most also post the most. Shocker

Puck Beaverton · Mar 2, 2017

Ridley327 said:
I'll try to write something more detailed about it by the end of the week, but in the interest of expediency and me not wanting to go to bed too late tonight, the ranks of the Miami Vice cult can now count up one more.

you are on the right side of history

Fancy Clown · Mar 2, 2017

In keeping with my action binge, I rewatched Predator to close out February last night:

While nowhere near as good as his follow up Die Hard, McTiernan makes a fun machismo fueled take on the alien slasher that Alien pioneered. It's hugely quotable and the jungle makes for an atmospheric setting, the Predator's tricks feel a little rusty compared to the Terminators and Xenomorphs of the cinematic world. It's not until the third act when the film allows Schwarzenegger to embrace his primal nature and confront the monster mono a mono sans goofy looking cloaking device that the movie really takes off.

Top 5 new watches of February:
1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
2. Hard Boiled
3. The Ghost Writer
4. John Wick: Chapter 2
5. To Catch a Thief

Best rewatch:
Aliens/Terminator 2

Net_Wrecker · Mar 2, 2017

Ridley327 said:
I'll try to write something more detailed about it by the end of the week, but in the interest of expediency and me not wanting to go to bed too late tonight, the ranks of the Miami Vice cult can now count up one more.

omgkitty · Mar 2, 2017

Net_Wrecker said:

Alright you fuckers, I just bought Miami Vice. I've only seen 3 Mann films - Thief, which is fanfuckingtastic, Collateral which is pretty great, and Public Enemy, which I found to be one of the most boring movies I've ever seen (this was pre-woke film fan omgkitty).

Ridley327 · Mar 2, 2017

Net_Wrecker said:

One thing I'll say is how much I loved how they handled the relationship between Sonny and Rico. They've both been doing this shit for way too long, but the implied history that they share makes it really easy to believe that they can talk business while still knowing that they have each others back. That moment there is about as explicit as the respect and friendship that they share gets in the entire film, and it manages to speak volumes.

Vault Dweller 111 · Mar 2, 2017

omgkitty said:
This is just wrong.

High? Low?

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