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afternoon delight
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Fright Night
Just finished watching Babes in Arms (1939). It's a musical with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, had to watch it for my course on 1939.
Overall pretty entertaining I think. Certainly played into the idea of Hollywood/movies being the big up and coming thing. I'm still amazed at some of the voices actors could produce at the time at such a young age.
Overall pretty entertaining I think. Certainly played into the idea of Hollywood/movies being the big up and coming thing. I'm still amazed at some of the voices actors could produce at the time at such a young age.
AcridMeat said:
Althoug Babes in Arms was directed by Busby Berkeley, it actually feels less of a Busby Berkeley musical then his earlier movies where he was "only" the choreographer. I hope you're going to see either 42nd Street, The Gold Diggers of 33 or Footlight Parade, too. Those movies have astonishing visuals.
roosters93
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I rented Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans the other day and it was pretty great. My only previous experience with Werner Herzog was Rescue Dawn which I didn't think was that special, but I remembered Bad Lieutenant having a cool trailer so I was looking forward to it.
My favourite moments were the iguanas and interrogating the old ladies. Nicholas Cage was great and it was weird seeing Stifler's Mom in a serious role.
It was very interesting.
My favourite moments were the iguanas and interrogating the old ladies. Nicholas Cage was great and it was weird seeing Stifler's Mom in a serious role.
It was very interesting.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
Great review of one of Woody's most under appreciated works. Where are at in completing his filmography? I can suggest what to watch next. Have you seen Sweet and Lowdown yet? Easily his best 90s work (even though I might think Deconstructing Harry might get better than when I saw it when I saw it a decade plus ago).
WorriedCitizen
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Yeef said:
It's a good movie and it has that quirky Herzog feel to it. As a fan you are missing out on something.
afternoon delight
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Bird with the Crystal Plumage - Argento's first, or one of them. Giallo with some decent twists and surprisingly decent acting.
Expendable.
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Quite brutal. It's low-budget but very effective. Takes all the tropes of a Hughes film and turns them into a sadistic horror flick. Recommended.
Finally watched Oldboy late last night.
It was gruesome, shocking, and violent. Also, it was awesome.
I knew the big reveal ahead of time, unfortunately, but even with that spoiled I feel watching the movie again would be rewarding. The arc of Oh Dae-Su is so complex and twisted, and his ending is even more elaborate. I still cant even tell, was his ending good, or did it only continue the life of ignorance that he was already leading? Im going to love reading up on this film.
The color palette was very nice. It was key towards giving that overall gritty feel.
Choi Min-sik was amazing. His acting was superb. Woo-jins actor was also great, but Mi-dos was so-so.
The action sequences were choreographed very well. That hallway scene was so good. It was realistic and packed a wallop.
Editing was magnificent. Through jump and match cuts, the film is simultaneously trippy and completely understandable.
All in all, I can see why the film is so highly regarded. I dont know if its one of my favorites, but it is a marvelous movie.
It was gruesome, shocking, and violent. Also, it was awesome.
I knew the big reveal ahead of time, unfortunately, but even with that spoiled I feel watching the movie again would be rewarding. The arc of Oh Dae-Su is so complex and twisted, and his ending is even more elaborate. I still cant even tell, was his ending good, or did it only continue the life of ignorance that he was already leading? Im going to love reading up on this film.
The color palette was very nice. It was key towards giving that overall gritty feel.
Choi Min-sik was amazing. His acting was superb. Woo-jins actor was also great, but Mi-dos was so-so.
The action sequences were choreographed very well. That hallway scene was so good. It was realistic and packed a wallop.
Editing was magnificent. Through jump and match cuts, the film is simultaneously trippy and completely understandable.
All in all, I can see why the film is so highly regarded. I dont know if its one of my favorites, but it is a marvelous movie.
afternoon delight
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Anyone else see Oldboy as a Greek tragedy? Seems to fit a few of them. And it only makes me enjoy it more.
ChoklitReign
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I thought Oldboy was confusing. I have never been able to understand the plot of any Korean movie. They have very strange pacing and are heavy on symbolism. No thanks.
I saw Taken again. Still entertaining but falls short of greatness.
Why did the bad guys have to be arab and french? Why did we have to have (extremely poor) car chase scenes? There are so many moments when Liam Neeson communicates everything with his look that it's really jarring when the characters ruin the moment by explaining it to us. Of course, at the end, his daughter goes back to his exwife and her husband who did nothing, leaving our poor sad hero back to his life of sacrifice.
I keep thinking, someone like Rodriguez, or whoever did Bourne, would have done so much more with this script and cast...
Why did the bad guys have to be arab and french? Why did we have to have (extremely poor) car chase scenes? There are so many moments when Liam Neeson communicates everything with his look that it's really jarring when the characters ruin the moment by explaining it to us. Of course, at the end, his daughter goes back to his exwife and her husband who did nothing, leaving our poor sad hero back to his life of sacrifice.
I keep thinking, someone like Rodriguez, or whoever did Bourne, would have done so much more with this script and cast...
Easystride
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Recently watched Stray Dog. Not my favorite Kurosawa film, but it was a great movie. Mifune looked badass in the movie.
Damn, Stray Dog is my absolute favorite Kurosawa, followed by Ikuru and then Derzu Uzala. Thanks for posting the pic, been many years since I've seen it.Easystride said:Recently watched Stray Dog. Not my favorite Kurosawa film, but it was a great movie. Mifune looked badass in the movie.
ChubbyHuggs
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Salazar said:
I have yet to see this, is it out in the U.S?
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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AlternativeUlster said:
I've seen Annie Hall, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Stardust Memories. I think I want to catch up on all of his golden age stuff before I hit 90's and later, but we'll see; Netflix has a whole bunch of them streaming now, so I'd guess that either Interior or Husbands and Wives or Radio Days will be coming up soon.
ChubbyHuggs
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Salazar said:
I'll look around for it, sadly it'll probably just go on my waiting list for all the movies I need to get.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
Well, Husbands and Wives is '92 but I know what you mean. I actually forgot it came out in the 90s too. :lol. All 3 are pretty great. You will obviously see his love for Bergman in Interiors though.
MMaRsu
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sefskillz said:
During the scene where Malik is driving with Lattrache, and he puts a gun to Malik's face, asking what a arab is doing working for a corsican, and he then says "I had a friend in that jail who never made it out, his name was Reyeb, do you know anything about that??" Malik then predicts they hit a deer and they do, but after that he says I did kill Reyeb. Why did Lattrache not shoot him right there if that was his friend? Seemed so damn odd to me.
Double bill last night:
Children of Men
It's got an 8.1 on IMdb :lol
Got lent this by a friend yesterday who recommended it to me. Sorry, can't see it. Don't see what's so great about it.
Highlights of the movie for me, being Michael Caine, and more importantly, his house. Looks like my kind of pad in the countryside.
5/10
Rescue Dawn
It just happended to be on the TV after watching Children of Men. Hmmph, it's a Werner Herzog film. I can take them or leave them... (Aguirre is hilarious, but Even Drawfs Started Small? :lol )Didn't rate this one much at all. Pretty average.
4/10
Children of Men
It's got an 8.1 on IMdb :lol
Got lent this by a friend yesterday who recommended it to me. Sorry, can't see it. Don't see what's so great about it.
Highlights of the movie for me, being Michael Caine, and more importantly, his house. Looks like my kind of pad in the countryside.
5/10
Rescue Dawn
It just happended to be on the TV after watching Children of Men. Hmmph, it's a Werner Herzog film. I can take them or leave them... (Aguirre is hilarious, but Even Drawfs Started Small? :lol )Didn't rate this one much at all. Pretty average.
4/10
Expendable.
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RustyO said:
Whoa there, that's my #1 of the past decade. You weren't completely wrapped up in the idea or the action scenes at the very least?
Expendable. said:
Fair enough. We all march to the beat of a different drum. What can I say? It didn't blow me away.
Expendable. said:
No. The idea didn't really grab me.
I guess the action scenes were ok.
In retrospect, I think I managed to attain a certain level of frustration whilst watching it, that removed me from being able to embrace the movie.
big ander said:
I was probably being kind to Rescue Dawn by giving it a 4. Consider it a low 4 :lol
Never said it wasn't good. It was just passable for me. I can see the appeal, or why some people may like it, it just didn't work for me.
big ander said:
The hive mind loves Children of Men?
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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RustyO said:
Sure does. I think it's pretty good (it would be slightly lower than that, but the border collies raise it up a notch), but not nearly as good as others here think.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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RustyO said:
Aguirre is... hilarious? Methinks you simply miss the point of Herzog pretty much completely. Your ratings for both movies are shitty, but that point about Aguirre stuck in my craw quite fully.
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ChoklitReign said:
I think the problem is having to read subtitles and the difficulties in pinning a foreign voice to each face (they all sound the same to me). I often lose track of otherwise straightforward plots simply because there is so much reading to take in. It doesn't help when you sometimes have to re-read a line a couple of times for it to make sense, because then you miss what just happened on screen.
GurgleBot20
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I watched two Buster Keaton movies: The General and Sherlock Jr. They are both great fun. And Buster Keaton must have been one crazy badass to pull off all those stunts on his own :lol
Nappuccino
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RustyO said:
What? its a damn great movie.
roosters93
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I NEED SCISSORS said:
Really?
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