Faults (2014) - Very well acted film, I never thought of Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a good actress but she and the lead were very compelling in their roles. Good first film is probably the way to describe the film, it's smartly scripted in it's character interactions and writes well to the tiny budget, the overall plot and ending didn't grab me.
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TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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The Gallows - 2/10 - found footage horror was already shite, and yet it got worse with this movie.
Self/less - 4 and a half/10 - theres a real good movie in here somewhere, but this ain't it. Action over exploring interesting concepts isn't always a good idea movie people.
True story - 5/10 - aside from the fact I dislike all three of the big actors in this (Hill, Franco, and Jones) this movie has no idea what it wants to be, and it kinda stumbles for it. Least its not as bad as the others.
So many bad movies recently. Gonna have to see ant-man again to make it better.
Self/less - 4 and a half/10 - theres a real good movie in here somewhere, but this ain't it. Action over exploring interesting concepts isn't always a good idea movie people.
True story - 5/10 - aside from the fact I dislike all three of the big actors in this (Hill, Franco, and Jones) this movie has no idea what it wants to be, and it kinda stumbles for it. Least its not as bad as the others.
So many bad movies recently. Gonna have to see ant-man again to make it better.
Fancy Clown
Member
The Killer: was a lot of fun. Basically an emotional/thematic retread of Bullet in the Head (or is it the other way around?) but without the political subtext and swapping head trauma for eye trauma. Still, it works to provide a surprisingly rich story for a an over the top stylized shoot-em up. And boy how things get shot up. While the sound mix is really weak, which hurts the action imo, the amount of destruction and gusto with the choreography and infinite ammo handguns with Sparks and blood and debris and shit flying everywhere makes every time a gun goes off into a spectacle.
User 479360
Banned
Do you work at a movie theatre, or review films? Or just go to the movies a lot? It seems like you're always seeing what's new.
I finished The Fugitive last night. It was pretty good.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Secret Fawful
Member
Ant-Man - It's weird how this is one of the best things to ever come out of the MCU. I really thought it was going to suck. I mad fun of it for months, and made fun of anyone I knew who thought it would be good. I spit directly in their faces, and kicked them in the balls, and laughed at their pain for DARING to say Ant-Man would be good.
Anyway.
The
I really wish the jokes were better-executed. Some of them weren't funny at all. The Russian guy was never funny. Luiz was the only friend of Scott's who had any character at all. The other two felt like rejects from a Home Alone sequel. Their roles felt absolutely meaningless. Luiz was awesome, though. His stories were a piece of filmmaking comedy genius visually, and I appreciated the comedy flair existing in this movie. I was worried it would be soulless. The three crooks won me over at the "Back it up" scene, though. The
felt like an outtake, and for that scene I didn't see Scott, but Paul Rudd. Darren Cross worked as a villain because he seemed oblivious to so much, and he was such an insecure loser. He wasn't a slick, smart, snarky, witty, or cool villain, he was an asshole with serious self-image issues, and that made him a great villain. He needed more scenes. The
reminded me of The Octopus in The Spirit, but actually well-done. It felt like they were supposed to be funnier, though.
The entire third act was easily the best third act in the MCU. I wasn't a big fan of Scott's ex and her cop boyfriend as characters either, but the final scene between that whole family was actually genuine. The rest of the time it felt like the family subplot Ben Stiller's character went through in the Night at the Museum movies, and that's not a compliment. His daughter was always genuine and awesome, and she made those scenes bearable.
And yes, the action scenes and the
were worth the price of admission. Very stylish and good-looking, and this movie needed that. I did see traces of Wright in there, and I felt he would have given it more punch, but it was competent. Well, actually, I didn't like the
So yeah, I really enjoyed it. I would actually watch it again, unlike Avengers 2.
I've said it before a million times, but this is the movie that convinced me that only John Woo could do a Cowboy Bebop movie justice in live-action. The Killer is absolutely incredible.
. if Wright made it. That stuff was Reed/McCay.
Anyway.
The
Hank and Janet flashback where they had to stop the nuke was legitimately one of the most heroic scenes I've ever seen in any superhero movie. It felt greater than anything I've yet seen in the MCU by itself. A husband and wife team, and the wife heroically sacrificing herself without hesitation to save the world, was just.....incredible. It really reminded me of the Incredibles, actually. That was easily my favorite scene.
I really wish the jokes were better-executed. Some of them weren't funny at all. The Russian guy was never funny. Luiz was the only friend of Scott's who had any character at all. The other two felt like rejects from a Home Alone sequel. Their roles felt absolutely meaningless. Luiz was awesome, though. His stories were a piece of filmmaking comedy genius visually, and I appreciated the comedy flair existing in this movie. I was worried it would be soulless. The three crooks won me over at the "Back it up" scene, though. The
kissing scene between Hope and Scott
lamb mad scientist scenes
The entire third act was easily the best third act in the MCU. I wasn't a big fan of Scott's ex and her cop boyfriend as characters either, but the final scene between that whole family was actually genuine. The rest of the time it felt like the family subplot Ben Stiller's character went through in the Night at the Museum movies, and that's not a compliment. His daughter was always genuine and awesome, and she made those scenes bearable.
And yes, the action scenes and the
subatomic realm
Falcon fight at all. It was poorly framed whenever the camera was on Falcon, and a fight scene in a grassy field in broad daylight around an empty compound is boring. They should have actually made an effort to show that there were more people there besides Falcon, not just had him talk into a communicator and call it a day. Everything around it was fine, though. When Scott went through the subatomic realm, the effects actually made my eyes wig out and I got a bit dizzy, which I thought was really cool, actually. I hope the optical illusions that they have in Doctor Strange cause me to keel over and vomit uncontrollably.
So yeah, I really enjoyed it. I would actually watch it again, unlike Avengers 2.
I've said it before a million times, but this is the movie that convinced me that only John Woo could do a Cowboy Bebop movie justice in live-action. The Killer is absolutely incredible.
It wouldn't have had the "I heard that" flashbacks or the
subatomic realm
Fancy Clown
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Since Barnes and Noble is having its yearly criterion sale I was thinking of picking up a few. Right now the top of my list is looking like:
-Blow Out (seen before on DVD)
-Eraserhead
-Days of Heaven
-In the Mood for Love (seen before on DVD)
-Persona
Any thoughts on the quality of those or recommendations of other good ones? Only criterion blu ray I own is Seven Samurai.
-Blow Out (seen before on DVD)
-Eraserhead
-Days of Heaven
-In the Mood for Love (seen before on DVD)
-Persona
Any thoughts on the quality of those or recommendations of other good ones? Only criterion blu ray I own is Seven Samurai.
I don't have ITMFL or Persona, but the other three are strikingly good, some of the best HD transfer work I've ever seen, reference quality I'd say
Secret Fawful
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Yasujiro Ozu films (Tokyo Story, Early Summer, Late Spring, An Autumn Afternoon)
Terry Gilliam films (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, The Fisher King)
Alfred Hitchcock films (Foreign Correspondent, Notorious, The Man Who Knew Too Much etc.)
Wes Anderson films (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic, etc.)
Charlie Chaplin films (The Great Dictator, Modern Times, The Gold Rush, etc.)
Jean-Pierre Melville films (Le cercle rouge, Le samourai, Le silence de la mer, etc.)
Kiss Me Deadly
M
Jigoku
Gojira
Off the top of my head.
Fancy Clown
Member
Awesome, thanks guys. Ooo Tokyo Story might be a good one to get, been meaning to see that for a while.
Slow West
A nice little Western. Fassbender and Mendelsohn doing their thing, which is always good. Lovely colors. Never heard of Caren Pistorious before, but she was great; hope she shows up in something else again soon. At times the movie felt a little like what if Wes Anderson made a western, which is fun to ponder.
Ant-Man
I liked it; thought it was a fun, funny movie. The first half is a little heavy on exposition and very mechanical-feeling plot/character beats, Evangeline Lilly is saddled with a pretty dour character, and Marvel wastes another great actor in a bad villain role. But Rudd and Michael Pena (and the daughter actress as well) are great, the fight sequences are among some of the best in the genre, a lot of the humor worked, and I appreciated the smaller-scale stakes of the climax.
A nice little Western. Fassbender and Mendelsohn doing their thing, which is always good. Lovely colors. Never heard of Caren Pistorious before, but she was great; hope she shows up in something else again soon. At times the movie felt a little like what if Wes Anderson made a western, which is fun to ponder.
Ant-Man
I liked it; thought it was a fun, funny movie. The first half is a little heavy on exposition and very mechanical-feeling plot/character beats, Evangeline Lilly is saddled with a pretty dour character, and Marvel wastes another great actor in a bad villain role. But Rudd and Michael Pena (and the daughter actress as well) are great, the fight sequences are among some of the best in the genre, a lot of the humor worked, and I appreciated the smaller-scale stakes of the climax.
Un Flic: 6/10. Clearly lesser Melville, but still better than most crime films. I'm sorry but I could not get over some of the atrocious effects shots and backgrounds, even for the time. At first I was like, oh ok that fake museum background is like an affectation. But then the model helicopter shows up and I'm like oh wow they were serious. And then the guy pulls out the Wile E. Coyote ACME magnet and it's all over.
What We Do In The Shadows: 7/10. Cute. LOL'd just once but was smiling the whole time.
The Tribe:
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 6/10. Exploitation isn't really my thing, they're basically bad movies that aren't necessary in a post-Redtube world but this one was pretty tolerable. Had no idea Clowes took the phrase "like a velvet glove cast in iron" from this, my mind melted for like a second when she said it but then I was well yeah obviously.
The Narrow Margin: 9/10. Fucking EXCELLENT. 71 minutes of non stop tension and some great twists.
What We Do In The Shadows: 7/10. Cute. LOL'd just once but was smiling the whole time.
The Tribe:
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 6/10. Exploitation isn't really my thing, they're basically bad movies that aren't necessary in a post-Redtube world but this one was pretty tolerable. Had no idea Clowes took the phrase "like a velvet glove cast in iron" from this, my mind melted for like a second when she said it but then I was well yeah obviously.
The Narrow Margin: 9/10. Fucking EXCELLENT. 71 minutes of non stop tension and some great twists.
Discotheque
Banned
Get the thin red line bluray. It's one of the best transfers I've ever seen. And one of malick's GOATs to boot
MidnightCowboy
Member
But Malick's GOAT is already on his list
Discotheque
Banned
Hell no. I think one of the three movies he made after his big break post-days of heaven is his GOAT
Usually the new world for me, sometimes thin red line or tree of life
I think I saw Wrath of Daimajin this evening, as the internet seems to be confused as to the titling of the series in the west (as well as Amazon Prime Video), but I feel pretty confident it's that one since I could tell that Kenji Misumi worked on this almost immediately. His trademark stylings from the Zatoichi series is in full effect in this film, with a lot of clean lines of perpendicular geometry in the world, as well as a patient hand in handling the dramatic content. While I can't put this one quite ahead of the original, which I felt was even stronger in the visual department in addition to treating the subject matter in a very respectful manner, it's an incredibly solid film all the same.
agreed...not entirely on Tree of Life, but New World is definitely top tier Malick. I have yawned only twice watching it
Ian McKellan delivers a fantastic performance in Mr. Holmes, and if you're remotely a fan of the famed detective, you'd probably enjoy the film. That said, it's seriously lacking in the technical department, as the film has lazy digital cinematography that makes everything look cheap and the score is surprisingly generic for Burwell. The mystery is alright, but overall, it's more of a mediation on growing old... which is fine, but not exactly what I wanted. Still I was happy I saw it.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Thin Red Line is his best and most complex, followed by Days of Heaven, which is leaner and more indelible. The New World is great, as well, but those two are Malick at his artistic peak, at opposite extremes.
Messofanego
Banned
Song of the Sea
Holy mackerel, this was a stunning movie. The brother/sister relationship got to me, as I was watching it in the cinema with my sis. The folklore has unique dressings with how the selkies, seals, and owls work and I can see the Ghibli comparisons (magic in nature, rural vs city, conflict more understandable and sad than pure cartoony evil). The giant stuff reminded of vikings. Love the message about emotions being a possibly negative but necessary part of humans. It was a bit heartbreaking. The art is breathtaking at times. Yeah, can see why it got the critical acclaim. The song is stuck in my head now.
This and Princess Kaguya are already some of my favourites of the year.
Oh and I finally know how to pronounce Saoirse.
Holy mackerel, this was a stunning movie. The brother/sister relationship got to me, as I was watching it in the cinema with my sis. The folklore has unique dressings with how the selkies, seals, and owls work and I can see the Ghibli comparisons (magic in nature, rural vs city, conflict more understandable and sad than pure cartoony evil). The giant stuff reminded of vikings. Love the message about emotions being a possibly negative but necessary part of humans. It was a bit heartbreaking. The art is breathtaking at times. Yeah, can see why it got the critical acclaim. The song is stuck in my head now.
This and Princess Kaguya are already some of my favourites of the year.
Oh and I finally know how to pronounce Saoirse.
True Savior
Member
Bugsy - Barry Levinson
Bugsy is not a bad movie. It's just a silly one. About Bugsy Siegel and his actions in Las Vegas. It's very Levinson in its tone. Never too serious albeit tackling somewhat serious characters/actions/situations. Which only ends up hurting drama and makes up for some awkward transitions. Beatty embraces it completely and chews the scenery in every single scene. Bugsy was a peculiar person, but here he's portrayed almost clownish . He's also kinda of a sociopath which makes him a tough character to follow (his relationship with women sorta tries to show his good side) Annette Bening ends up being the savior of this thing. From hysterical , to confident , manipulative to passive her Virginia Hill is the best thing of the movie.
I want to note how bad the oscars were since the dawn of time. Not because Bugsy was nominated for some awards , but because Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley got nominations for this. Kingsley does nothing. Absolutely nothing in the movie. He's just there. He spits a few lines in monotone . I'm not exaggerating.
I really enjoyed the first movie , which only made the other two massive disappointments. The Kyoto arc was terribly adapted.
I still kicking myself in the nuts for missing it. Only morning showings now, blah
Found this movie to be pretty lame, myself.Song of the Sea
Holy mackerel, this was a stunning movie. The brother/sister relationship got to me, as I was watching it in the cinema with my sis. The folklore has unique dressings with how the selkies, seals, and owls work and I can see the Ghibli comparisons (magic in nature, rural vs city, conflict more understandable and sad than pure cartoony evil). The giant stuff reminded of vikings. Love the message about emotions being a possibly negative but necessary part of humans. It was a bit heartbreaking. The art is breathtaking at times. Yeah, can see why it got the critical acclaim. The song is stuck in my head now.
This and Princess Kaguya are already some of my favourites of the year.
Oh and I finally know how to pronounce Saoirse.
I mean the story is whatever, you know, the usual stuff, but the visuals didn't really impress me at all, infact, i thought some parts looked sort of bad.
I know they were going for a very stylistic look, but it was very hit and miss, in my opinion, depending on the shot.
Maybe Secret of Kells was better, haven't seen that one.
SpaceHorror
Member
The Wrong Man - 3.5/5 - Henry Fonda is good as the wrong accused innocent, one of Hitchcock's favorite subjects. It's more crime drama than suspense, but Hitchcock's scenes of stacking the odds against Fonda are tense and disheartening. It's really well shot in black and white, with Hitchcock's staging and camera angles as impeccable as ever. Fonda's salvation didn't really work for me, but the
dissolve from his face to that of the actual culprit is brilliant. The ending shows that Fonda still lost quiet a bit, even though it ultimately ends a bit too cleanly as per what's expected of Hollywood in that era.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Finally saw Ex Machina, missed it in theaters. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I could say I wished they'd focused more on this or that, but for what it did choose to focus on it was really good. Dat ending too, lol, cold blooded. I'm glad though, I was going to be half disappointed half happy if it had had a "happy" ending. I'm glad it threw me for a little loop there.
Serpentine
Banned
Agree on the visual style in the first 20 minutes or so, but after that it either improved or grew on me. But yeah I thought the movie was pretty boring outside of that
TheKaeptain
Banned
Song of the Sea
Holy mackerel, this was a stunning movie. The brother/sister relationship got to me, as I was watching it in the cinema with my sis. The folklore has unique dressings with how the selkies, seals, and owls work and I can see the Ghibli comparisons (magic in nature, rural vs city, conflict more understandable and sad than pure cartoony evil). The giant stuff reminded of vikings. Love the message about emotions being a possibly negative but necessary part of humans. It was a bit heartbreaking. The art is breathtaking at times. Yeah, can see why it got the critical acclaim. The song is stuck in my head now.
This and Princess Kaguya are already some of my favourites of the year.
Oh and I finally know how to pronounce Saoirse.
Every movie should have a song sung by Lisa Hannigan in it.
MidnightCowboy
Member
Complete opposite for me. I thought it was beautiful from beginning to end. There was never a moment where I thought, "This looks bad."
User 479360
Banned
I watched Clooney's Solaris this morning. It was an interesting/good movie, but I didn't love it.
Ridley Scott's exodus. Very pretty to look at with some convincing cgi (alligator scene was wow) but that's about it. I thought guy who played ramses was good. Bale was ok. Story is pretty dumb with ramses exiling Moses over a rumor by the viceroy who is known to be a dishonest thief, doesn't make any sense at all. Some of the writing was insultingly bad. Overall nowhere near as bad as Robin hood *shivers*
Fancy Clown
Member
M: What a brilliant film. From the end of the opening sequence I was absolutely hooked. The film is alternatively horrifying, thrilling, sad, and hilarious, while throughout remaining absolutely beautiful. A babyf-aced Peter Lorre is fantastic in this, providing a really nuanced performance even when he is hardly seen for much of the movie. Like the film itself he can can be many things at any given time, sometimes all at once, proving a chilling and terrifically pathetic character at the center of an ineffectual bureaucracy.
The film is Fritz Lang's first sound picture, and it's quite easy to tell as there are long stretches of complete silence, with only a few sounds (usually dialogue) recorded in the mix. But this actually works to the film's advantage, as it makes the atmosphere even more eerie (along with the amazing photography), especially when the silence is interrupted by Peter Lorre's off kilter whistling, with the best use of In the Hall of the Mountain King ever.
Hoagmaster
Member
Nice to see others watching Song of the Sea. I saw it back in May and it instantly became one of my absolute favorite films.
More recently, I watched Terminator: Genisys. Maybe it was having muted expectations from the box office numbers and online reception, but I actually rather enjoyed it. Granted, it's not on the same level as the first two movies but I went with the direction they took the story.
The action was solid and some of the comedy got a laugh out of me.
I gave it 3.5 of 5 on Letterboxd.
More recently, I watched Terminator: Genisys. Maybe it was having muted expectations from the box office numbers and online reception, but I actually rather enjoyed it. Granted, it's not on the same level as the first two movies but I went with the direction they took the story.
It kind of pulls the Star Trek route of resetting the whole timeline.
There's definitely some stuff left ambiguous, which I suppose is to sequel bait. Mainly the mid-credits scene.
Icarus not a mod anymore?
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(rewatched) Perfect Blue, probably my second favorite from Satoshi Kon, though i'd have to rewatch Tokyo Godfathers.
It's an interesting contrast compared to Millenium Actress, where show business enriches the life of the protagonist tenfolds, whereas here, it strips away her identity, and everyone around her.
Cool editing and music, as usual.
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(rewatched) Perfect Blue, probably my second favorite from Satoshi Kon, though i'd have to rewatch Tokyo Godfathers.
It's an interesting contrast compared to Millenium Actress, where show business enriches the life of the protagonist tenfolds, whereas here, it strips away her identity, and everyone around her.
Cool editing and music, as usual.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
During Mortal Kombat X EVO time, popped in dat Black Stallion Criterion blu-ray. I already have the film on the old MGM release from last year, but this is one of the most beautiful films of all-time and I thought it would be worth the double dip.
Incredible transfer. The first half of the movie is like being inside a dream, man. Crazy what the film's trainers had to do to move the horse through so many complicated moves, combined with the docu-realism style of shooting and spontaneous feel.
Second half not as good as the first, all that Mickey Rooney jockey training stuff, but the horse racing(especially the sound design) is on point. And its still gorgeous, OMG. And I also really like the scenes of Alec trying to readjust to the real world with his mom.
Incredible transfer. The first half of the movie is like being inside a dream, man. Crazy what the film's trainers had to do to move the horse through so many complicated moves, combined with the docu-realism style of shooting and spontaneous feel.
Second half not as good as the first, all that Mickey Rooney jockey training stuff, but the horse racing(especially the sound design) is on point. And its still gorgeous, OMG. And I also really like the scenes of Alec trying to readjust to the real world with his mom.
came back from Ant-Man, had much fun. Movie's among Marvel's best. Humour is a bit cringey, this Paul Rudd has, like, the blandest white face ever, but it was thoroughly entertaining. Miniaturized hero made for some really fun set pieces
and to counterbalance, of course I found Monuments Men on Sky when i got back home. I thought Clooney was a smart guy, so either they had his arse at gunpoint via a Total Recall's sized driller ready to carve its way through his rectum or he's an idiot, because this was honestly one of the worst movies I've seen in the last fifteen years, an absolutely disgusting piece of jingoistic crap that senator McCarthy would have considered a bit much, a frankly insulting piece of propaganda that Roland Emmerich would have refused to direct. I was appalled at how bad it was, sheesh. Wasted cast, super godawfully irritating soundtrack, annoying script, terrible execution. yeeechhhh
and to counterbalance, of course I found Monuments Men on Sky when i got back home. I thought Clooney was a smart guy, so either they had his arse at gunpoint via a Total Recall's sized driller ready to carve its way through his rectum or he's an idiot, because this was honestly one of the worst movies I've seen in the last fifteen years, an absolutely disgusting piece of jingoistic crap that senator McCarthy would have considered a bit much, a frankly insulting piece of propaganda that Roland Emmerich would have refused to direct. I was appalled at how bad it was, sheesh. Wasted cast, super godawfully irritating soundtrack, annoying script, terrible execution. yeeechhhh
Ventilaator
Banned
The Last Five Years
What's the best way to find out about lesser known/obscure movies? Because this is a musical with Anna Kendrick about people being miserable, and I really like every part of that description. Would have probably seen this day 1 if I had any idea it existed.
What's the best way to find out about lesser known/obscure movies? Because this is a musical with Anna Kendrick about people being miserable, and I really like every part of that description. Would have probably seen this day 1 if I had any idea it existed.
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
Finally Watched Rocky as an adult last night... Aside From the kinda rapey adrienne scene that i find would not have made it through in midern day, it definitely kept me entertained. Not as good as i was expecting for some reason. A remake would be done so differently.
The Hunt for Red October (1990) - Solid thriller, well shot and edited, the characters are pretty uninteresting and nobody give much of a performance worth talking about but I wasn't bored for a second. The change from Russian to English dialogue was smart but kinda falls apart when new Russian characters are introduced like Stellan Skarsgård who takes you out of the movie because you question whether he's Russian or not,
and it falls apart when Jack and Ramius meet on the ship and begin to converse.
Trainwreck
Equal parts better than I thought it'd be from the trailer and exactly what I thought it'd be. Amy Schumer's shtick is just too too try-hard for me, and Judd Apatow seems to be veering further and further into Family Guy territory. But I liked it more than Funny People at least. And I didn't really mind Schumer for the most part, but thought that nearly everyone else in the movie was considerably funnier than her (the exceptions being Tilda Swinton and her work friend who were also too try-hard). That GAF thread about Trainwreck being the funniest movie in a decade did make me realize that this decade has been lacking really badly in good comedies though.
Also watched some good French New Wave stuff over the weekend:
Eyes Without a Face
Kinda creepy but a lot tamer than I thought it'd be. I still liked it though.
Vivre sa Vie
Anna Karina is really captivating, and I enjoyed the film as a whole (not as much as Breathless), though the inserted clip from The Passion of Joan of Arc nearly upstaged the whole thing. :lol I'm not normally big into silents but holy shit does that film look good.
Jules and Jim
The pacing is all over the pace and crams a lot into a little, but I think this is actually Truffaut's best film (of the ones I've seen at least). I wish more time was spent actually introducing Jules and Jim to each other, and then Catherine later, but all of the character-building work in the remaining 90 mins is really excellent. Much as I liked The 400 Blows, I think this surpasses it.
Equal parts better than I thought it'd be from the trailer and exactly what I thought it'd be. Amy Schumer's shtick is just too too try-hard for me, and Judd Apatow seems to be veering further and further into Family Guy territory. But I liked it more than Funny People at least. And I didn't really mind Schumer for the most part, but thought that nearly everyone else in the movie was considerably funnier than her (the exceptions being Tilda Swinton and her work friend who were also too try-hard). That GAF thread about Trainwreck being the funniest movie in a decade did make me realize that this decade has been lacking really badly in good comedies though.
Also watched some good French New Wave stuff over the weekend:
Eyes Without a Face
Kinda creepy but a lot tamer than I thought it'd be. I still liked it though.
Vivre sa Vie
Anna Karina is really captivating, and I enjoyed the film as a whole (not as much as Breathless), though the inserted clip from The Passion of Joan of Arc nearly upstaged the whole thing. :lol I'm not normally big into silents but holy shit does that film look good.
Jules and Jim
The pacing is all over the pace and crams a lot into a little, but I think this is actually Truffaut's best film (of the ones I've seen at least). I wish more time was spent actually introducing Jules and Jim to each other, and then Catherine later, but all of the character-building work in the remaining 90 mins is really excellent. Much as I liked The 400 Blows, I think this surpasses it.
hmm I thought movie was pretty clear about Skarsgard's appearance, they mention Tupolev has been sent to hunt Ramius and there he is...or maybe you meant because of the accent?
almodóvar's the skin i live in, might fulfil this desire. great companion piece to eyes and teshigahara's face of another.
Slow West - Not as good as it could have been. Lacked some character motivations, and the pacing was kind of all over the place. Story was interesting and so were some of the characters, but not interesting enough to keep your attention the entire way through. But it had good atmosphere and the cinematography was pretty. 6/10
Inside Out - Decent by Pixar standards. Funny when funny, sad when sad. Somewhat of a weak script held it back from being a great movie. The cuts back and forth between the brain and the girl's real life didn't help that much either, it seemed to lack some focus. But it was pretty consistently entertaining and imaginative, so there's that. 7/10
The Castle of Cagliostro - Fun start for a movie, but then gets a little slow, and then gets really entertaining in the last half. You can tell Miyazaki was still figuring things out as a director, but the parts that are great are really, really great. 9/10
Inside Out - Decent by Pixar standards. Funny when funny, sad when sad. Somewhat of a weak script held it back from being a great movie. The cuts back and forth between the brain and the girl's real life didn't help that much either, it seemed to lack some focus. But it was pretty consistently entertaining and imaginative, so there's that. 7/10
The Castle of Cagliostro - Fun start for a movie, but then gets a little slow, and then gets really entertaining in the last half. You can tell Miyazaki was still figuring things out as a director, but the parts that are great are really, really great. 9/10
Bullhead (2014) - An incredibly dark film and not in a thematic sense. Just take a look at this image:
I just hit Print Screen at a typical moment whilst watching this and yes there is meant to be a man in the centre of that shot. Just shocking cinematography. Even in daylight you could tell that the frames have been artificially dimmed for atmospheric reasons but when you can barely see anything for 90% of the film and have to deduce who is talking or what is happing through zooms and pans of the lens, i genuinely believe the director has went too far.
Take away that aspect and you are still left with a rather pallid and empty film about a man who was castrated as a child and who struggles to interact with women, all woven around a tacked-on mobster side-drama which was based on a real life event to presumably add gravitas to the central characters plight.
Bah, Bullhead just did not work for me. The Drop however is still excellent.
I just hit Print Screen at a typical moment whilst watching this and yes there is meant to be a man in the centre of that shot. Just shocking cinematography. Even in daylight you could tell that the frames have been artificially dimmed for atmospheric reasons but when you can barely see anything for 90% of the film and have to deduce who is talking or what is happing through zooms and pans of the lens, i genuinely believe the director has went too far.
Take away that aspect and you are still left with a rather pallid and empty film about a man who was castrated as a child and who struggles to interact with women, all woven around a tacked-on mobster side-drama which was based on a real life event to presumably add gravitas to the central characters plight.
Bah, Bullhead just did not work for me. The Drop however is still excellent.
Machspeed007
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Haunting and beautiful film, I've already re-watched it. Killer soundtrack as well.
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