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(Rewatch) Yup, still as badass and engaging as it has ever been.
Have you already seen Last Days Of Disco?Metropolitan (1990) (Whit Stillman): Dryly humorous, peculiar, coming of age-esque satire of Manhattan elite. Laced with interesting dialogue and ridiculous arguments. Like a hang out movie with the rich kids you're supposed to hate.
"What Jane Austen novels have you read?"
"None. I don't read novels. I prefer good literary criticism. That way you get both the novelists' ideas as well as the critics' thinking. With fiction I can never forget that none of it really happened, that it's all just made up by the author. "
Jealous as fuck. May I ask where? Would love to see if it's playing in LA.What's up you movie loving fucks. I just saw In the Mood for Love in a movie theatre projected in 35mm....
Have you already seen Last Days Of Disco?
Nope. I will give it a watch soon!Have you seen Under The Shadow? That was the best horror film I saw last year.
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore (2017)
Streaming now on Netflix. Directorial debut for Macon Blair, veteran of Jeremy Saulnier films. This gets a bit cute at times, if you weren't tipped off by the title. It's a fun Coenesque romp with plenty of charm and violence.
I fucking loved the hell out of it!! Watched it twice already.
Have you already seen Last Days Of Disco?
Yup, Whit Stillman makes quite multi-layered comedy dramas. Same as you, I worked through his filmography after Damsels In Distress. He's taken over Terrence Malick in frequency of film releases XDI have now.
So back when when Stillman made his return with Damsels In Distress (2011), I watched it having been familiar his work but never actually seen them. I had a good time with it, and made a mental note to myself to take care of that blind spot. Fast forward 5 years, and the great Love & Friendship (2016) releases, I watch it, love it, and make that same note. Well over the last 2 days I finally took care of his 90s "trilogy." I already mentioned Metropolitan, but Barcelona (1994) and The Last Days of Disco (1998) are just as fun and strange. Just some really quirky movies filled with these tangent laden conversations that build to a point you're never sure will be a serious thought, or some commentary, or some kind of punchline, or some kind of self aware satire. Maybe all of those at the same time. Similarly, the pacing and "plot" reveals are off kilter and occur in this matter-of-fact way, just beneath all the character chatter, as they attempt to dissect and make sense of their lives. What a weirdly endearing universe of wry, uptight, sometimes bumbling socialites. I love it.
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Saw a trailer a while ago and decided on a whim to watch it when I noticed it on Netflix last night. I really liked it a lot, the movie had a ton of character and charm. The lead girl was pretty likable, but the movie really revolves around Elijah Wood. Definitely the highlight of the movie. The scene that really sold me on the movie was Elijah WoodHe played the likable weirdo perfectly.bursting into a house and whipping a throwing star into the wall.
My one complaint is the ending. I feel like they downplayed any sort of theme the movie was trying to get across by trying to (for lack of a better word) "shock" you. I would have had more of an epilogue than the quick ending they go with.
Edit: Also, the hacking scene with Elijah Wood was hilarious.
Jealous as fuck. May I ask where? Would love to see if it's playing in LA.
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Saw a trailer a while ago and decided on a whim to watch it when I noticed it on Netflix last night. I really liked it a lot, the movie had a ton of character and charm. The lead girl was pretty likable, but the movie really revolves around Elijah Wood. Definitely the highlight of the movie. The scene that really sold me on the movie was Elijah WoodHe played the likable weirdo perfectly.bursting into a house and whipping a throwing star into the wall.
My one complaint is the ending. I feel like they downplayed any sort of theme the movie was trying to get across by trying to (for lack of a better word) "shock" you. I would have had more of an epilogue than the quick ending they go with.
Edit: Also, the hacking scene with Elijah Wood was hilarious.
Manchester by the Sea
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it but ultimately didn't really care for it either. It is what amounts to what is just a long sulking sad sack of a movie. The nephew was pretty bad in it. Michelle Williams Oscar scene made me snicker. Affleck played himself just a little more dour and sad. How did he win an Oscar ?
This may be your opinion but it's wrong.Manchester by the Sea
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it but ultimately didn't really care for it either. It is what amounts to what is just a long sulking sad sack of a movie. The nephew was pretty bad in it. Michelle Williams Oscar scene made me snicker. Affleck played himself just a little more dour and sad. How did he win an Oscar ?
Manchester by the Sea
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it but ultimately didn't really care for it either. It is what amounts to what is just a long sulking sad sack of a movie. The nephew was pretty bad in it. Michelle Williams Oscar scene made me snicker. Affleck played himself just a little more dour and sad. How did he win an Oscar ?
Allied (2017)
I feel like Brad Pitt's acting skills have aged like moldy, fungal cheese. Is it me or is he only getting worse with each passing year? The days of Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys and Snatch seem so far away. What a distractingly fake performance, I couldn't buy a single thing he said, did or felt. Doesn't help that he has zero chemistry with Marion Cotillard.
So what's this thing about? Both leads meet as spies in France during WW2. They fall in loooooooooove and end up marrying each other. But plot twist, Cotillard is accused of being a secret German spy all along! Deeply uninteresting shenanigans ensue. Directed with exceeding dullness by Robert Zemeckis, from whom we see no sign of giving a shit.
Allied (2017)
I feel like Brad Pitt's acting skills have aged like moldy, fungal cheese. Is it me or is he only getting worse with each passing year? The days of Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys and Snatch seem so far away. What a distractingly fake performance, I couldn't buy a single thing he said, did or felt. Doesn't help that he has zero chemistry with Marion Cotillard.
So what's this thing about? Both leads meet as spies in France during WW2. They fall in loooooooooove and end up marrying each other. But plot twist, Cotillard is accused of being a secret German spy all along! Deeply uninteresting shenanigans ensue. Directed with exceeding dullness by Robert Zemeckis, from whom we see no sign of giving a shit.
Allied (2017)
I feel like Brad Pitt's acting skills have aged like moldy, fungal cheese. Is it me or is he only getting worse with each passing year? The days of Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys and Snatch seem so far away. What a distractingly fake performance, I couldn't buy a single thing he said, did or felt. Doesn't help that he has zero chemistry with Marion Cotillard.
Allied (2017)
I feel like Brad Pitt's acting skills have aged like moldy, fungal cheese. Is it me or is he only getting worse with each passing year? The days of Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys and Snatch seem so far away. What a distractingly fake performance, I couldn't buy a single thing he said, did or felt. Doesn't help that he has zero chemistry with Marion Cotillard.
So what's this thing about? Both leads meet as spies in France during WW2. They fall in loooooooooove and end up marrying each other. But plot twist, Cotillard is accused of being a secret German spy all along! Deeply uninteresting shenanigans ensue. Directed with exceeding dullness by Robert Zemeckis, from whom we see no sign of giving a shit.
Scust
This may be your opinion but it's wrong.
Tell that to Angie!
I created a letterboxd account, added a few blurbs I've been writing around here over the years. I don't "review" movies often so I only got a few there.
https://letterboxd.com/jett/
That #3 movie though. Follow PENDING.
I created a letterboxd account, added a few blurbs I've been writing around here over the years. I don't "review" movies often so I only got a few there.
https://letterboxd.com/jett/
aw snap
If you link me to your profile, sure thing.Can the op add me to the letterboxd list?
This is going to be hard month for movies. Just got horizon and then nier next week.
lol it was Oscar month. Give me a breakI feel like this is fake news. I feel like you're telling us "there's no way I'm gonna hit triple digits and be at the top of the wall of shame" only to blow it completely out of the water when we all relax.
I'M NOT BUYING IT, FLOW!!!
Admit it, you love being on the wall.lol it was Oscar month. Give me a break
I got ya famI created a letterboxd account, added a few blurbs I've been writing around here over the years. I don't "review" movies often so I only got a few there.
https://letterboxd.com/jett/
Seriously. Never seen this dude edit his posts to make 2 posts into 1.Admit it, you love being on the wall.
I am on mobile a lot. Like I am now.I got ya fam
Seriously. Never seen this dude edit his posts to make 2 posts into 1.
I am on mobile a lot. Like I am now.
Wow. All goodI'm just kidding. I also posted that with an edit from mobile.
A24 will release A Ghost Story on July 7. Get ready fam. It's a masterpiece.
Also, my first views from last month:
5) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
4) Ivan the Terrible, Part II
3) Cure
2) The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1) Day of Wrath
HMs: A Bittersweet Life, The Lost City of Z, Kedi, The Untamed, Get Out, Les Hautes Solitudes, John Wick Chapter 2, The Blind Swordsman.
For sure. https://letterboxd.com/overcast/ 👍🏻If you link me to your profile, sure thing.
A24 will release A Ghost Story on July 7. Get ready fam. It's a masterpiece.