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Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 01:15 PM

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Dunkirk (2017)

Watched this last night on the small screen...my TV. Well it's small compared to an IMAX screen where Christopher Nolan's latest film Dunkirk is best seen. No denying that this is a strongly visual film that captures the vastness of the Dunkirk evacuation on a grand scale.

That screen shot above was one of my favorite scenes. Just prior to that image was an ultra wide angle shot that looked down the long beach at Dunkirk where many 1000's of British soldiers laid ducking for cover on the exposed beach...in the distances there's a German bomber dropping bombs on the hapless men. The bombs were so far away that the solider in the foreground appears safely removed from the explosions, and yet we can see these little specks of men in the background being vaporized by the bombs...It's all so impersonal, and it's all so far away as to show how random dying in war really is.

There's many well staged scenes like that, showing great depth of physical dimension that then relays the vastness of the Dunkirk evacuation. The film is so visual that someone has done a fan edit and turned Dunkirk into a very effective B&W silent film, complete with title cards.

Like I said, on the big screen this must be impressive. But the film's visual strength and the director's choice of not getting up close and personal with the characters, makes for an unemotionally engaging film. I did appreciate it for the visual scope and I applaud the director for thinking outside of the box, but I can tell the movie won't be staying with me.

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Dani8

12-29-17, 02:23 PM

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Dunkirk (2017)

Seeing that this weekend.

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 02:33 PM

Seeing that this weekend.At the theater?

Dani8

12-29-17, 02:40 PM

At the theater?

Yes. In need of more aircon, although it's raining today so up to Mr D

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 02:41 PM

Yes. In need of more aircon, although it's raining today so up to Mr D I don't know if you read my review, but the big screen is the way to see Dunkirk. Enjoy!:)

Dani8

12-29-17, 02:42 PM

I don't know if you read my review, but the big screen is the way to see Dunkirk. Enjoy!:)
yep I read and enjoyed as usual. Thanks, CR

Saunch

12-29-17, 02:43 PM

I’m pretty curious to know what Nolan does next. Dunkirk feels like a recognition of peaking. It’s super streamlined in narrative, all spectacle.

resopamenic

12-29-17, 04:27 PM

The face of another (1966)

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feel like to re rate rebuild evangelion. feel just hype it days ago
Evangelion 1.0 - 3.5/5
Evangelion 2.0 - 4/5
Evangelion 3.0 - 3/5

approximately :

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 - ???

HashtagBrownies

12-29-17, 04:57 PM

Black Mirror: USS Callister, 2017 5
Bloody hell, every episode of this show is a masterpiece.

cat_sidhe

12-29-17, 05:05 PM

Black Mirror: USS Callister, 2017 5
Bloody hell, every episode of this show is a masterpiece.

I love Black Mirror.

Ms. M

12-29-17, 05:32 PM

Die Hard 4.0
2.5
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It was worth of watching for Bruce:)

Saunch

12-29-17, 05:34 PM

Balding John McClane is the only good McClane...

... or Bruce Willis, for that matter (Looper aside).

Ms. M

12-29-17, 05:36 PM

Big eyes
3.5

I would never say it was made by Burton.
Christopher Waltz create absolutely outstanding part.39717

Ms. M

12-29-17, 05:40 PM

Assassins creed
3.5
Decent. Very decent.39718

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 05:46 PM

Big eyes
rating_3_5

I would never say it was made by Burton.
Christopher Waltz create absolutely outstanding part.https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=39717I agree, and agree and agree:) With everything you said. Love that film!

Larry

12-29-17, 05:46 PM

Hanna (2011)

Wow, great action film! If the majority here aren’t familiar with this I’d have to call it a hidden gem. Quick synopsis: Hanna an “unusual” but likeable young woman, raised in isolation, trained as an assassin embarks upon a mission of revenge. That’s all you need to know. Interesting characters, great pace and action. Very watachable and talk about empowering female leads done well. None of that Marry Sue Disney Star Wars nonsense. Hanna is both vulnerable, dangerous and feminine. My only gripe was the story in the last 3rd got a little hard to follow although maybe I just missed/ misheard some dialogue. Recommended.

3.8/5

I can’t give it that 4 but for an action film and action film lovers it’s a great watch.

Saunch

12-29-17, 05:48 PM

Disney married Sue?

Ms. M

12-29-17, 05:52 PM

I agree, and agree and agree:) With everything you said. Love that film!
The only thing is I would prefer it was more like Burton:)
The pictures of main character are like Burtons. Im not surprised that he found this story. I supose its because he like this kind of art.

Larry

12-29-17, 05:53 PM

Disney married Sue?

Rey from TFA is a Mary Sue.

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 05:54 PM

The only thing is I would prefer it was more like Burton:)
The pictures of main character are like Burtons. Im not surprised that he found this story. I supose its because he like this kind of art.When I was a little kid I had a print of one of those big eye paintings hanging on my wall. It was creepy:eek:

Saunch

12-29-17, 05:57 PM

Rey from TFA is a Mary Sue.

I thought she was from Jakku. Jakkuan?

Larry

12-29-17, 05:59 PM

I thought she was from Jakku. Jakkuan?

Yea she is but her mothers from sue and father from Mary.

Captain Steel

12-29-17, 06:00 PM

Seven Pounds (2008)

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I know Will Smith doesn't get a lot of love on this site, but this movie from almost a decade ago was pretty moving.
It's the kind of movie that contains a substantial amount of mystery, so I can't say much in detail without engaging in spoilers and the less known about it going in makes for a better experience, which was mine since I knew absolutely nothing about it before viewing.
But, it's kind of like a different take on the concept of the Magnificent Obsession (and for those not familiar, you'll have to look it up).

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Most of the film is intrigue built upon intrigue and it's that wanting to find out what's really going on which holds the viewer.
There is a palpable amount of sadness in this film so bring the tissues, but what I liked about it is that all the loose ends come together and all the questions are answered by the end.

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Saunch

12-29-17, 06:00 PM

Wouldn’t that make her a Sue Mary?

Saunch

12-29-17, 06:04 PM

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

Quite the good bit of fun. Very relaxed and soothing, actually. Set design game is real.

6.5/10

Is it just me or is Lesley-Anne Down a dead-ringer for Margot Robbie? Or, well, it’s the other way around, isn’t it?

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Larry

12-29-17, 06:12 PM

Wouldn’t that make her a Sue Mary?

No....you should know this ffs. As she’s on Jakku, the planets names are in reverse alphabetical order.

Saunch

12-29-17, 06:14 PM

Planets? Omg, is her dad Kurt Russell from Guardians of the Galaxy?

Larry

12-29-17, 06:17 PM

Planets? Omg, is her dad Kurt Russell from Guardians of the Galaxy?

They call him Russell Kurt.

Saunch

12-29-17, 06:17 PM

I call him... Captain Ron.

neiba

12-29-17, 07:57 PM

Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)

Finally something new!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know yet what to think about this, but I am almost certain this is the movie of the year!
Loved the acting from JLaw and Bardem but the premise is just brilliant!!! The alegory starts revealing itself bit by bit still it becomes painfully obvious at the end! Aronofsky proves why he's one of the best directors of today!

4.5 -

TokeZa

12-29-17, 08:06 PM

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I Vitelloni (1953) by Federico Fellini 3.5+

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La Strada (1954) by Federico Fellini 5

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La Terra trema: Episodio del mare (1948) by Luchino Visconti 4+

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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) by Roberto Rossellini 3.5

My social worker and neo-marxist heart adored these Italian neorealist films.

FromBeyond

12-29-17, 09:02 PM

American Made

I forgive Tom Cruise slightly for The Mummy

3.5

Dani8

12-29-17, 10:00 PM

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I, Tonya. A bit of a weird style for a biopic and I can only think they didnt know exactly what to do with it. I was travelling when this was all happening so I dont recall a lot of the news about it, and it seemed to be overshadowed by some insane mother of a cheerleader who threw acid on the face of her daughter's rival. Yeah great stuff with sport. Margot was exceptional as Tonya, and so was Allison Janney who played her utter sewer rat of a mother. What a tragic fall from grace. Great music for those who remember the era, and excellent editing from real Margot face to cgi Margot face. I couldnt pick it.

Good movie but as I said, a bit weird in style, like it just doesnt know what it wants to be. That's the best way I can explain it.

Spaghetti

12-29-17, 10:04 PM

The Greatest Showman

It was pretty eh. The story was super generic and cliched. It honestly should have just focused on building the circus and the conflict with the critic character. All the relationships seemed super underdeveloped because the pacing was a really rushed, but still managed to feel slow and boring. I feel it just needed to be more focused.
The musical numbers ranged from eh to good, but I feel like it sounded overproduced. The whole line about it being "a celebration of humanity" did not run with the rest of the narrative. The "message" felt forced and insincere. 2/5

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 10:07 PM

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I, Tony. A bit of a weird style for a biopic and I can only think they didnt know exactly what to do with it. I was travelling when this was all happening so I dont recall a lot of the news about it, and it seemed to be overshadowed by some insane mother of a cheerleader who threw acid on the face of her daughter's rival. Yeah great stuff with sport. Margot was exceptional as Tonya, and so was Allison Janney who played her utter sewer rat of a mother. What a tragic fall from grace. Great music for those who remember the era, and excellent editing from real Margot face to cgi Margot face. I couldnt pick it.

Good movie but as I said, a bit weird in style, like it just doesnt know what it wants to be. That's the best way I can explain it. I, Tonya (2017 (http://www.imdb.com/year/2017/?ref_=tt_ov_inf)) hadn't heard of that one, but I remember the whole strange Olympic event. I'll have to see that one.

Dani8

12-29-17, 10:15 PM

hadn't heard of that one, but I remember the whole strange Olympic event. I'll have to see that one.

Very strange event indeed. Let me know what you think. Not sure if I'd race to a rewtch but it will stay with me for a bit.

Citizen Rules

12-29-17, 10:20 PM

Very strange event indeed. Let me know what you think. Not sure if I'd race to a rewtch but it will stay with me for a bit.It will be awhile until Netflix/DVD.com releases the DVD. I swear I had to wait forever to see Dunkirk. But yeah I will post about it here in this thread. Thanks for mentioning the movie, I find lots of neat films in this thread.

Rhys

12-29-17, 10:21 PM

Titanic (1953)

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3.5

Dani8

12-29-17, 10:24 PM

It will be awhile until Netflix/DVD.com releases the DVD. I swear I had to wait forever to see Dunkirk. But yeah I will post about it here in this thread. Thanks for mentioning the movie, I find lots of neat films in this thread.

It's an american movie. Getting quite a bit of promotion here at the moment. Ignore anything you see calling it a comedy - I didnt find it remotely resembling comedy genre. That happened with Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as well. Definitely not a comedy.

Exalted Mr. Hole

12-29-17, 10:56 PM

I saw this on Thursday (the day it was released) and I was sorely disappointed. It was trying to do too much and was all over the place with the social commentary. It was if the movie was trying to fit in every single liberal criticism of the world in a single movie. Also, the entire point of the protagonist seemed to be to suffer at the hands of women. If he could be incredibly long-suffering at the hands of women, then he was a "good man" and, thus, was finally worthy of acceptance and/or love (even though it meant giving up everything including his future, his dreams and even his life). The movie also wasted some amazingly incredible talent in small parts and off-beat roles.

The only good thing that I can say about the movie is that there was an unusually clear distinction between the acts: Act I - the normal world, Act II - Leisureland and Act III -
Norway.

I expected one of the angry people that Damon runs into at the bar before he's shrunk to go on an angry stomping spree and they didn't have to show it that might have been too much like a Gidzilla or Attack of the 50ft woman film, just have the aftermath on the news.

MovieGal

12-30-17, 01:47 AM

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
(2017, Jake Kasdan)
3/5

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As many know here I'm not a fan of comedies. The only reason I watched this was for Dwayne Johnson. I find him entertaining. I don't find Kevin Hart funny at all. Karen Gillan was fairly decent as was Jack Black.

I guess Dwayne and Kevin are good friends because they were in "Central Intelligence" together and that movie, no it was not funny. I hated how they made Dwayne seem "slow" to put it nicely.

I found it funny how two famous actors, Colin Hanks and Tim Matheson, were in it as well but not mentioned anywhere in the credits.

It has a few laughs but it was ok to me... would I watch it again? only with a friend who liked that kind of comedy.

Dani8

12-30-17, 02:00 AM

[CENTER]Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
(2017, Jake Kasdan)
3/5

The first trailer I saw looked fun then I saw a second where it looked like a computer game and it turned me off. Not actually sure in retrospect if it was a trailer or a fan tribute.

MovieGal

12-30-17, 02:02 AM

The first trailer I saw looked fun then I saw a second where it looked like a computer game and it turned me off. Not actually sure in retrospect if it was a trailer or a fan tribute.

I'm hoping to go to the cinema every day this weekend if I can..

I wonder what Cinemark is playing for Classic Series this Sunday.

Dani8

12-30-17, 02:41 AM

I'm hoping to go to the cinema every day this weekend if I can..

I wonder what Cinemark is playing for Classic Series this Sunday.

? I think you might have responded to the wrong person, MG.

doubledenim

12-30-17, 05:27 AM

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I, Tony. A bit of a weird style for a biopic and I can only think they didnt know exactly what to do with it. I was travelling when this was all happening so I dont recall a lot of the news about it, and it seemed to be overshadowed by some insane mother of a cheerleader who threw acid on the face of her daughter's rival. Yeah great stuff with sport. Margot was exceptional as Tonya, and so was Allison Janney who played her utter sewer rat of a mother. What a tragic fall from grace. Great music for those who remember the era, and excellent editing from real Margot face to cgi Margot face. I couldnt pick it.

Good movie but as I said, a bit weird in style, like it just doesnt know what it wants to be. That's the best way I can explain it.

I have seen people throwing a Goodfellas comparison around on this one. Partly due to the music, gritty style in bits and the *spoiler* 4th wall destruction.

I don't think this hasn't gotten any run in the U.S. yet. The release date was Dec 8th, but it hasn't poppled up at the indiecine or chain theaters.

p.e.

My investigation has revealed this is going to be here on Jan 12.

Iroquois

12-30-17, 08:54 AM

Kingsman: The Golden Circle - 2.5

how have I watched this more than once

Ms. M

12-30-17, 10:07 AM

When I was a little kid I had a print of one of those big eye paintings hanging on my wall. It was creepy:eek:
When I saw those picture I thought they were very sad. You're right, it could be creepy for a child.

Chypmunk

12-30-17, 11:17 AM

Appointment With Death (Michael Winner, 1988) 2.5+
Lesser Christie tale meets lesser presentation for dinner; Poirot opts for ham

The Stolen Jools aka The Slippery Pearls (William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman & Russell Mack, 1931) 2.5+
Star-studded comedy short for charitable purposes

neiba

12-30-17, 04:07 PM

Get Out (2017)

So, I'm watching the most acclaimed movies of 2017 and this came my way. I didn't know anything about it except that this is allegedly an Oscar Contender.

I can't point anything wrong about it, except that I was expecting a way more intense climax, but I can't say anything extraordinary about it either. It's a solid thriller with good perfomances that centers its motivations on racism, which in a way might seem cliche but it's presented in a very fresh way. But you can see where everything is going from the moment they get to the house and the one unexpected event that happens in the last scene ends up having a clichéed and weak ending.
It's a fun watch but I don't think it deserves to be among the Oscar nominees, unless all other movies are horrible.

3.5

Dani8

12-30-17, 04:11 PM

Ms. M

12-30-17, 04:19 PM

Kong

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3.5
John C. Reilly made great performance:)

Gideon58

12-30-17, 04:25 PM

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3

Ms. M

12-30-17, 04:27 PM

The mummy
2.5
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I thought the main part was performed by Tom Cruise... without make-up;) I have to admit he was pretty funny.
Really good special effects.

Werislavos

12-30-17, 04:28 PM

Bingo: The King of The Mornings 4/5
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Camo

12-30-17, 04:31 PM

[B]The Stolen Jools aka The Slippery Pearls (William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman & Russell Mack, 1931) 2.5]+
Star-studded comedy short for charitable purposes

I see from quoting it that it was supposed to be 2.5+.

I thought it was 0/5+ which cracked me up. Like there was this one part you were unsure of which may have promoted it to 0.5.

Ms. M

12-30-17, 04:37 PM

Spiderman Homecoming
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2
If I were teenager I would be delighted.
I appreciate the appearance of Marvels others characters.

Chypmunk

12-30-17, 04:42 PM

I see from quoting it that it was supposed to be 2.5+.

I thought it was 0/5+ which cracked me up. Like there was this one part you were unsure of which may have promoted it to 0.5.
Hahaha - thanks for pointing it out ..... have corrected it :D
Ive definitely given a 0.5 before but not sure about ever having awarded a 0+ ... I'll have to have a little look lol

edit: Nope, not yet lol

Ms. M

12-30-17, 04:49 PM

Mr Minio

12-30-17, 04:57 PM

It resembles opera - great spectacular, but I just don't like this kind of art.
1. It doesn't resemble opera.
2 .It sucks.

MovieGal

12-30-17, 04:59 PM

Ms. M

12-30-17, 05:05 PM

It resembles opera - great spectacular, but I just don't like this kind of art.
1. It doesn't resemble opera.
2 .It sucks.
1. It does.
2. It sucks.

Marco

12-30-17, 05:15 PM

3 billboards outside ebbing missouri (2017)
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A great watch. Meanders when you want it to meander, digs in when you want it to dig in. Great performances from all the cast...the tone was just perfect! Sam Rockwell better than I've seen him...gotta say I found this flawless so 5/5.

iank

12-30-17, 05:18 PM

Beauty and the beast
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2
It was never my fav fairytale and moreover characters were singing. I wasn't prepere for a musical.
It resembles opera - great spectacular, but I just don't like this kind of art.

It's nothing like opera, I don't usually like musicals... and it was the best film of the year by light years. :):)

Dani8

12-30-17, 05:22 PM

3 billboards outside ebbing missouri (2017)
Sam Rockwell better than I've seen him...gotta say I found this flawless so 5/5.

He's always fantastic. So is Frances.

We saw a screener at a friend's place recently but unfortunately it died halfway through. Gripping viewing so far and it died just as she

threw the molotov cocktails. I screamed NOOOO

Camo

12-30-17, 05:22 PM

It's nothing like opera, I don't usually like musicals... and it was the best film of the year by light years. :):)

How many films have you seen this year, Ian?

Camo

12-30-17, 05:28 PM

Get Out belongs to a new subgenre of horror. I think thats the point of the film. I wont talk about it here because I dont think its appropriate but hey I enjoyed it.

Think it's supposed to portray the response black people get from the average liberal "that are on their side", it's one of the most uncomfortable things i've seen thinking of it from that light which means it succeeded.

Also welcome back Moviegal. We were buds at one point but i don't think you liked me around the time you left.

matt72582

12-30-17, 05:30 PM

I think I'm the only person who hated "Get Out"

Camo

12-30-17, 05:41 PM

I think I'm the only person who hated "Get Out"

What did you hate about it?

It has not got a massive following here although that may be because it came out at the start of the year rather than Oscar Season.

Matt, i've spoken to you in PM's and stuff i've argued with you in the past too but at this point you must know i'm genuine. Mainstream recent stuff clearly annoys you so you don't seek stuff out from 1980, i don't agree with you on alot of your views but can assure you there's stuff made every year you'll love.

Remember, the majority of stuff you're watching and loving wouldn't have been known to the average person whenever it was made. It's not underground now but then it definitely was, the stuff you'd be into every year is underground and i'd be happy to give you some recs if you PM me. I haven't seen most of the films i'd be recommending but i have definitely identified a reason why 1980 is the cut off point for you.

iank

12-30-17, 05:45 PM

How many films have you seen this year, Ian?

Too many. :D

iank

12-30-17, 05:51 PM

When Eight Bells Toll. Anthony Hopkins gets to be James Bond, well almost, (not something you see every day) as a British agent on the trail of a conspiracy to hijack and plunder ships laden with gold billion in this early 70s British action-thriller based on a novel by Alastair Maclean. Hopkins is great, but the film never really manages to be anything other than just "okay", if perfectly watchable.

neiba

12-30-17, 05:52 PM

Get Out belongs to a new subgenre of horror. I think thats the point of the film. I wont talk about it here because I dont think its appropriate but hey I enjoyed it.

What's new about it? To me it looked quite typical! I enjoyed it too, but not as an Oscar contender!

Camo

12-30-17, 05:52 PM

Too many. :D

There has been some great films. I don't have a clue what you have and haven't watched which is why i asked.

I think your "everything is terrible now but was great then" narrative is terrifying, i hope i'm never that close minded.

Big fan of Citizen Rules who started here thinking the same but has eased up and found he likes some recent films a whole lot. Pretty sure that was because he actually gave them a chance :up:

neiba

12-30-17, 05:54 PM

Beauty and the beast
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It was never my fav fairytale and moreover characters were singing. I wasn't prepere for a musical.
It resembles opera - great spectacular, but I just don't like this kind of art.

Please don't say that!

Dani8

12-30-17, 05:54 PM

What's new about it? To me it looked quite typical! I enjoyed it too, but not as an Oscar contender!

I thought it was a psychological thriller. Nothing new about that. And I'm not sure why new genre if it was one would make it oscar worthy. Who knows what makes movies oscar worthy these days, though. How much campaign money is thrown at the panel, I thought.

Camo

12-30-17, 05:56 PM

What's new about it?

It's the first film i can think of at least that portrays the "i'm on your side" liberal in relation to the black experience.

I'm not a big fan but have you got an example of another film that does that?

Velvet

12-30-17, 05:58 PM

get out is too ham fisted

matt72582

12-30-17, 06:04 PM

What did you hate about it?

It has not got a massive following here although that may be because it came out at the start of the year rather than Oscar Season.

Matt, i've spoken to you in PM's and stuff i've argued with you in the past too but at this point you must know i'm genuine. Mainstream recent stuff clearly annoys you so you don't seek stuff out from 1980, i don't agree with you on alot of your views but can assure you there's stuff made every year you'll love.

Remember, the majority of stuff you're watching and loving wouldn't have been known to the average person whenever it was made. It's not underground now but then it definitely was, the stuff you'd be into every year is underground and i'd be happy to give you some recs if you PM me. I haven't seen most of the films i'd be recommending but i have definitely identified a reason why 1980 is the cut off point for you.

I explained it a few times around here, and don't wanna go over that again... I'm baffled why people like it, but I'd never ask. In fact, I rated the movie with "*** ***" because I saw it right after someone rated it highly, and didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Actually, if you see the movies I watch, you'll see many are made after 1980, but I do think the best period of movies are from the 30-70s, so I go with the probability... I'd say a majority of the movies I watch are movies mentioned here, and not that far out at all - there are plenty of people on here who probably think my tastes are mainstream.

A better question I have is the resistance, and not just here.. In my regular life, I always have people trying to recommend me "new" stuff.. I'm not going to deprive myself from anything, so I'm always intrigued when I'm asked.

Saunch

12-30-17, 06:05 PM

Get Out’s a surprisingly tight narrative, I found. Plus, Peele’s got a great handle on the horror genre and the techniques that frequent it.

matt72582

12-30-17, 06:13 PM

My answer is you seem extremely close minded to anything new. Music as well as film, you remind me of my dad...or maybe his dad...wait it was my dads dad.

Whoever it was i think you say this and that is whatever which annoys alot of us actually watching new stuff.

Maybe you're just insecure, I know you've asked this a few times publicly, and now you appear very insincere. My tastes shouldn't affect your life that much, or my 12-yr old cousin.

cricket

12-30-17, 06:15 PM

get out is too ham fisted

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/756585674459979776/B6DzMw1q_400x400.jpg

Velvet

12-30-17, 06:18 PM

music is fine but new films besides some are pretty bad

neiba

12-30-17, 06:26 PM

It's the first film i can think of at least that portrays the "i'm on your side" liberal in relation to the black experience.

I'm not a big fan but have you got an example of another film that does that?

Didn't Crash approached it also?

matt72582

12-30-17, 06:28 PM

Are you serious? Let's not start please. I assure you you are being absurdly defensive if you are bringing up past comments of mine but i'm ready to embarass you whenever you are..?

You've already embarrassed yourself...

matt72582

12-30-17, 06:30 PM

Matt7456 whatever his numbers are...like please hurry up mate...

Another breakdown?

Camo

12-30-17, 06:53 PM

I explained it a few times around here, and don't wanna go over that again... I'm baffled why people like it, but I'd never ask. In fact, I rated the movie with "*** ***" because I saw it right after someone rated it highly, and didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Actually, if you see the movies I watch, you'll see many are made after 1980, but I do think the best period of movies are from the 30-70s, so I go with the probability... I'd say a majority of the movies I watch are movies mentioned here, and not that far out at all - there are plenty of people on here who probably think my tastes are mainstream.

A better question I have is the resistance, and not just here.. In my regular life, I always have people trying to recommend me "new" stuff.. I'm not going to deprive myself from anything, so I'm always intrigued when I'm asked.

Maybe you're just insecure, I know you've asked this a few times publicly, and now you appear very insincere. My tastes shouldn't affect your life that much, or my 12-yr old cousin.

You've already embarrassed yourself...

Another breakdown?

Why was i? Why? :rotfl:

Big fan of any future developments.

Chypmunk

12-30-17, 06:53 PM

Precinct Seven Five aka The Seven Five (Tiller Russell, 2014) 3.5+
A real tale of cops and robbers

cat_sidhe

12-30-17, 07:12 PM

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLErI3q1pS0/WbmPb4UoMEI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/EyYiFWQ1JO0xDK9aXnGIbd5Xyz0nWrKWQCLcBGAs/s640/dunkerque.jpg

4+

Wasn't expecting a thriller.

Mr Minio

12-30-17, 07:23 PM

music is fine but new films besides some are pretty bad Watch more new movies, n00b.

Velvet

12-30-17, 08:42 PM

Watch more new movies, n00b.

well I have been exploring contemporary art films and they are really good. Its more the more well known films seem to be more artistically dead as of right now

neiba

12-30-17, 08:56 PM

Dani8

12-30-17, 09:38 PM

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Jesus, I wasn't expecting this! A great action flick that doesn't stop surprising by how much over the top it goes. The plot is interesting, the cinematography has some really interesting bits and the action scenes are really well done! It's stupid but it knows it's stupid and that has a lot of value! I had tons of fun!

4 -

LOL I really enjoyed that. I loved how his glasses stayed on - even underwater.

Captain Steel

12-30-17, 11:27 PM

I think I'm the only person who hated "Get Out"

I didn't hate it, but I thought it sucked quite badly.
Just everything was so predictable, scenarios were cliched, writing seemed lazy, plot holes were bigger than the plot & ending was horrible. It just seemed like a conglomeration of everything (except CGI) that makes movies so awful these days, yet that audiences, for some reason, want to fall over each other fawning about.
My sense is that some in the Smart-phone generation are just motivated to say this movie was good because it somehow puts them in some sort of PC cool camp, where, if you don't like this movie, then you must not be with the times (as opposed to simply being able to identify poor film making). I gave it credit for building a sense of intrigue and tension in the first half, but those good qualities don't mean much when they only culminate in a sense of disappointment and the feeling that somewhere near the end, the writers just gave up on any sense of logic or storytelling.

So, no, Matt, you're not the only one! :)
https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1824825#post1824825

Dani8

12-30-17, 11:33 PM

My sense is that some in the Smart-phone generation are just motivated to say this movie was good because it somehow puts them in some sort of PC cool camp, where, if you don't like this movie, then you must not be with the times (as opposed to simply being able to identify poor film making).

Why do people who like a movie you dont have to have some SJW agenda? Maybe they (myself included) just enjoyed watching it. If you didnt like it, you didnt like it. No judgement from me. We're all entitled to enjoy whatever we want, or not.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Captain Steel

12-30-17, 11:37 PM

Why do people who like a movie you dont have to have some SJW agenda? Maybe they (myself included) just enjoyed watching it. If you didnt like it, you didnt like it. No judgement from me. We're all entitled to enjoy whatever we want.

Because I want more exciting conversation on this site! ;)

But seriously, I didn't like it. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it (reasons why are contained in my review).

Dani8

12-30-17, 11:44 PM

Because I want more exciting conversation on this site! ;)

But seriously, I didn't like it. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it (reasons why are contained in my review).

I saw your review that you linked for CR and believe it or not, I agree with it. I've previously said I dont get all the hype about this movie and it's certainly not worthy of oscar talk IMO, but I liked Chris, the lead, and I thought Daniel did a great job with it. I also liked his chemistry with Rose. If I connect with a character I'm more likely to just kick back and enjoy the ride. I certainly wasnt sitting there thinking anything at all about it being some amazing sjw white knight of a movie. I leave that to the young weekend activists and couldnt care less. The same when I dont like movie or genre. They're just fun to wind up.

Captain Steel

12-30-17, 11:52 PM

I saw your review that you linked for CR and believe it or not, I agree with it. I've previously said I dont get all the hype about this movie and it's certainly not worthy of oscar talk IMO, but I liked Chris, the lead, and I thought Daniel did a great job with it. I also liked his chemistry with Rose. If I connect with a character I'm more likely to just kick back and enjoy the ride. I certainly wasnt sitting there thinking anything at all about it being some amazing sjw white knight of a movie. I leave that to the young weekend activists and couldnt care less. The same when I dont like movie or genre. They're just fun to wind up.

Yeah, I'm not saying the movie itself was sjw, just that it seems to have become fashionable to like it (and I get the feeling that some people feel they like it because they are SUPPOSED to like it, and others around them are saying if they don't like it then maybe they're a bit backwards - kind of like the bad guys in the movie).

What's interesting is to read the reviews on IMDB - it seems people are mostly in two camps: some who feel this movie "resonated" with some astounding message and groundbreaking filmmaking that's never been seen in horror before and others who identify it as dreck - just a pitiful attempt at at a horror film. It's fun to come across a film that has such polarized reviews.

Camo

12-31-17, 12:02 AM

Captain Steel

12-31-17, 12:09 AM

I don't particularly like Get Out: i have it 21 of the 31 2017 films i've watched - https://letterboxd.com/camarel/list/2017-1/

But i think it portrays something very well: the uncomfortable, i think it's something that makes people extra uncomfortable when they realize what it's about. I'd think you'd wholeheartedly support it Cap since its main beef is with insincere liberals: or that's what i got from it at least.

I don't really disagree with any of your points but i think having a big issue with this film or thinking someone enjoying it is being insincere, is weird.

I was attracted to the premise, I just think it was wasted because it wasn't handled as well as such a premise could have been. In the end, I found Guess Who's Coming to Dinner more uncomfortable due to its realistic scenarios, while I found Get Out to be silly and a haphazard attempt at doing a Twilight Zone story. I hate to say this, but the movie felt like it had been written by a thirteen-year-old.

Dani8

12-31-17, 12:10 AM

Yeah, I'm not saying the movie itself was sjw, just that it seems to have become fashionable to like it (and I get the feeling that some people feel they like it because they are SUPPOSED to like it, and others around them are saying if they don't like it then maybe they're a bit backwards - kind of like the bad guys in the movie).

What's interesting is to read the reviews on IMDB - it seems people are mostly in two camps: some who feel this movie "resonated" with some astounding message and groundbreaking filmmaking that's never been seen in horror before and others who identify it as dreck - just a pitiful attempt at at a horror film. It's fun to come across a film that has such polarized reviews.

I see that kind of thing constantly on social media nd I agree, it's boring kids in the sandpit carry on.. Faux academics who want to crap and carry on about how groundbreaking a film is and anyone who disagrees is a dullard kind of garbage. I havent seen it so much with this but really do wonder why some people are hyping it for oscar noms. I didnt see anything groundbreaking about it unless you want to call the sudden 'diversity' agenda groundbreaking. And I wouldnt even put it in horror genre. I'd stick it in psychological thriller. Fpr me it wasnt great and it wasnt bad but he was the standout.

Camo

12-31-17, 12:16 AM

I was attracted to the premise, I just think it was wasted because it wasn't handled as well as such a premise could have been. In the end, I found Guess Who's Coming to Dinner more uncomfortable due to its realistic scenarios, while I found Get Out to be silly and a haphazard attempt at doing a Twilight Zone story. I hate to say this, but the movie felt like it had been written by a thirteen-year-old.

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner is pretty good but despite the great cast the acting is shaky. Also it's more like a white redemption story: the white parents overcome their difficulties than anything related to black people so it doesn't make much sense comparing it to Get Out IMO. I guess the black person is recognized as a human at the end of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner but that was supposed to be law in 1865 not progress in whenever that came out.

As i said i'm not a big fan of Get Out either but i think saying it was written by a thirteen year old is a weak and lazy criticism, actually it's not even a criticism.

seanc

12-31-17, 12:19 AM

But i think it portrays something very well: the uncomfortable, i think it's something that makes people extra uncomfortable when they realize what it's about. I'd think you'd wholeheartedly support it Cap since its main beef is with insincere liberals: or that's what i got from it at least.

Agree with this. What I like so much about it is how brightly it shines a light on veiled racism. There is still a segment of our culture that thinks that racism has become rare because we stopped using the N word and we are cool with interracial relationships. The movie is very well written in it's look at race relations in our current culture.

Not a great movie for me, but a very good one that I give a 3.5. I definitely don't feel under any sort of obligation to do so.

Dani8

12-31-17, 12:23 AM

Agree with this. What I like so much about it is how brightly it shines a light on veiled racism. There is still a segment of our culture that thinks that racism has become rare because we stopped using the N word and we are cool with interracial relationships. The movie is very well written in it's look at race relations in our current culture.

Not a great movie for me, but a very good one that I give a 3.5. I definitely don't feel under any sort of obligation to do so.

Nicely summed up.

gbgoodies

12-31-17, 02:05 AM

Spiderman Homecoming
39767
2
If I were teenager I would be delighted.
I appreciate the appearance of Marvels others characters.

I just watched Spiderman Homecoming a few days ago, and I was also disappointed. I thought the movie had potential, but I hated the way they made Peter so reckless. Whatever happened to “With great power comes great responsibility"?

Chypmunk

12-31-17, 09:32 AM

Millie (John Francis Dillon, 1931) 3.5+
Exactly why the Hays Code should not have been adopted imo

Iroquois

12-31-17, 09:47 AM

World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts - 4

couldn't have asked for a better last movie watched in 2017

Siddon

12-31-17, 09:56 AM

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5a29ba4d/turbine/la-et-mn-chang-i-tonya-review-20171207

I, Tonya 5

Watch Margot Robbie f'n murdered this performance, this is one of those times when you look at someone and ....that's a movie star

MovieGal

12-31-17, 10:44 AM

On Get Out,

Jordan Peele said that "racial suppression" is the reason for making the film. He recalls it as being his own "fear".

See below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=2puQY-QMK7Y

Most dont like the ending but I feel it was the best way to end it.

SeeingisBelieving

12-31-17, 11:02 AM

Without a Clue (1988) – 4/10

Rey Skywalker

12-31-17, 11:18 AM

https://78.media.tumblr.com/1697f19703b13ffb7c3c4d5b312cc2c9/tumblr_owuq0bjcn31say5iqo4_r7_1280.jpg

The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

4

Chypmunk

12-31-17, 12:18 PM

Under Two Flags (Frank Lloyd, 1936) 3+
Cigarettes weren't always damaging to one's health

Ms. M

12-31-17, 01:04 PM

I just watched Spiderman Homecoming a few days ago, and I was also disappointed. I thought the movie had potential, but I hated the way they made Peter so reckless. Whatever happened to “With great power comes great responsibility"?
Thats true:laugh:

Ms. M

12-31-17, 01:10 PM

It's nothing like opera, I don't usually like musicals... and it was the best film of the year by light years. :):)
It's very like opera:) It was mine first connotation:sick:
Maybe it's because I watched it with Polish dubbing. Aweful. So it wasn't even close to the best movie of the year, IMO. Sorry:shrug:

Marco

12-31-17, 02:53 PM

He's always fantastic. So is Frances.

We saw a screener at a friend's place recently but unfortunately it died halfway through. Gripping viewing so far and it died just as she

threw the molotov cocktails. I screamed NOOOO

You need to see the rest, trust me Dani8 :)

Marco

12-31-17, 03:02 PM

I think I'm the only person who hated "Get Out"

No, it bored the t!ts off me. Not an active dislike just "hmmm".

neiba

12-31-17, 03:19 PM

Kissintel

12-31-17, 03:22 PM

From my perspective, Get Out can sweep this years awards on the merits of it being a good original movie with vision that doesn't pander or cater to everyone to sell tickets. In other words, I would rather Get Out get a nod than the myriad of "mediocre, but fun!" movies released this year.

Marco

12-31-17, 03:23 PM

Didn't Crash approached it also?

Hows about???

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ec/2f/60/ec2f6038f12fb133524ceda160d112aa.jpg

Dani8

12-31-17, 03:26 PM

You need to see the rest, trust me Dani8 :)

We saw it then rewatched it, Marco. Great movie. Frances definitely has to get the gold this year IMO.

MovieGal

12-31-17, 03:37 PM

Yeah, I think we can all agree that Get Out is not brilliant! I really really can't see the hype!

I mean, even considering what Camo said, the movie is not about covered racism, it's ultimately about a guy who is kidnapped by his psycho girlfriend's family and tries to escape. Racism just plays a secondary part on all this. It's like thousands of thrillers, some of them way better executed than this one. It's solid but not a big deal.

Go back and listen to the interview of Jordan Peele I posted

It is heavily about racism.

He wanted the killer who was a black man to be cheered at the end. It doesn't happen in most horror films.

Dani8

12-31-17, 03:57 PM

Go back and listen to the interview of Jordan Peele I posted

It is heavily about racism.

He wanted the killer who was a black man to be cheered at the end. It doesn't happen in most horror films.

I cheered. I rooted for the good guy all through it. And after the reveal I wanted all the bad white people DEAD. Would Peele really be surprised at my reaction? Sometimes I root for the baddies but not in this instance. They were filthy from the outset.

Captain Steel

12-31-17, 04:20 PM

This is why I recommended Surviving The Game (1994).

Now, I don't want to tout it too much because it's been so long since I've seen it that I really don't recall if it's a "good" movie or not. But one testament is that I still remember it. (It may have just been a guilty pleasure of mindless violence & action. Don't remember if the acting was any good, but it had a fun cast.)

It's got blatant racism, as a bunch of rich white racists hire a homeless black man as a wilderness guide so they can hunt him. It doesn't have any sci-fi / horror elements like Get Out, but is just a straight action thriller with a simple premise.
I remember rooting for Ice-T as an innocent victim who is in constant danger and ends up turning the tables on his pursuers, and I felt the joy of his exacting justice and taking revenge (similar to movies like The Naked Prey and Apocalypto.)

My point is, it's a movie with strong racist elements where the audience roots for the black man and takes joy in seeing the white racists get theirs.
And the cast of whites is pretty good too - among them, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, F. Murray Abraham & John C. McGinley.

Nestorio_Miklos

12-31-17, 04:29 PM

5
I love this movie. It always makes me to do something big in my life, to be passionate about something to fulfill. Of course I've seen this gem numerous times and will again. :)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjYyODExMDctZjgwYy00ZjQwLWI4OWYtOGFlYjA4ZjEzNmY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,67 8,1000_AL_.jpg

Chypmunk

12-31-17, 04:30 PM

Get Out

Maybe you folks discussing this movie in here without spoiler tags might want to take your conversation to a thread dedicated to that specific movie so those of us that haven't actually watched it yet don't get it completely spoiled for us before we do so.

Thanks in advance for a little consideration.

Gideon58

12-31-17, 05:02 PM

http://www.moviemem.com/images/pictures/store/one-sheet/ILOVEMELVIN1SHHR.jpg

2.5

Gideon58

12-31-17, 05:02 PM

Hows about???

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ec/2f/60/ec2f6038f12fb133524ceda160d112aa.jpg

Love this movie

Dani8

12-31-17, 05:43 PM

JoaoRodrigues

12-31-17, 06:11 PM

https://i.imgur.com/cSbQ68n.jpg

Defined what I think about today's liberty.

films246+1

12-31-17, 06:14 PM

Alien part 3.....terrible CGI.

Jon

matt72582

12-31-17, 07:07 PM

https://i.imgur.com/cSbQ68n.jpg

Defined what I think about today's liberty.

One of the best movies I saw this year!

JoaoRodrigues

12-31-17, 07:13 PM

More and more I start to see independent films. They have more content. Budgets are destroying cinematographic art. How did you find it?

-Joao

matt72582

12-31-17, 08:27 PM

More and more I start to see independent films. They have more content. Budgets are destroying cinematographic art. How did you find it?

-Joao

It was on the channel TCM -- it was Werner Herzog night.

cricket

01-01-18, 12:26 AM

Wind River (2017)

3.5+

https://www.moma.org/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTAvMjUvMWllbXI3ZDZxMl9XaW5kX1JpdmVyLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4 MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ/Wind-River.jpg?sha=9aed1492f99af17a

My wife and I really enjoyed this and it was as good as I ever could have hoped. It looks good, the acting is strong, and while it isn't fast paced, when the action comes it is worth the wait.

Pitski

01-01-18, 01:15 AM

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Jesus, I wasn't expecting this! A great action flick that doesn't stop surprising by how much over the top it goes. The plot is interesting, the cinematography has some really interesting bits and the action scenes are really well done! It's stupid but it knows it's stupid and that has a lot of value! I had tons of fun!

4 -
Yes it was a fun and refreshing ride from usual action flicks. I just watched the golden circle tonight and it continues with the cinematography, but I found the plot a bit ho hum.

Steve Freeling

01-01-18, 03:39 AM

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/j3IReXmeiEMmeLpZkH9etY44XKk.jpg
5
Yeah, so I ended up finishing this (from when Tess wakes up next to Jack in bed) on Pop (despite the fact that the Blu-ray's right there less than three feet away on the shelf) because of Mom flipping through the channels. I was actually surprised by how much was left intact, like when Katharine says "G--damn" and when Tess says "s--t" after she drops her stuff, especially considering it got by with a TV-PG. Anyway, it's still the same movie that consistently cracks my top five list and Happy New Year, guys. See ya in 2018.

Nestorio_Miklos

01-01-18, 05:23 AM

Wind River (2017)
4
I do like this movie. Very straight to the point and strong social comment
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUyMjU1OTUwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDg1NDQ2MjI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg

Rey Skywalker

01-01-18, 09:33 AM

https://78.media.tumblr.com/a6fba021707fdff16476d03cee6672c2/tumblr_owuq0bjcn31say5iqo5_r6_1280.jpg

Assasin's Creed (2016)

3

Marco

01-01-18, 10:53 AM

https://i.imgur.com/cSbQ68n.jpg

Defined what I think about today's liberty.

Saw this around 3 years ago, really touching.

JoaoRodrigues

01-01-18, 10:59 AM

https://i.imgur.com/DWs6Qph.jpg
by Paul Thomas Anderson

Waited for some time to watch one of the firsts Paul Thomas Anderson films.

When you see a Paul Thomas Anderson, you know is a Paul Thomas Anderson, even then. If you had the opportunity to watch this shortfilm in 1993 you could tell he was going to be known later on. He had a bad camera and a good brain, what else do you need?

-Joao

matt72582

01-01-18, 11:27 AM

Dave Chappelle - Equanimity - 8/10

Just came out yesterday. Not the best start, but it gets real good.

http://centerstagecomedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dave-Chappelle-Netflix-Special-Equanimity.jpg

matt72582

01-01-18, 12:57 PM

Dave Chappelle - The Bird Revelation - 8.5/10

Man, this was also great... A lot of it is about the sexual harassment.. The other half, was a great story. It's funny, clever, and truthful.

https://www.nflix.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/netflix-Dave-Chappelle-Equanimity-The-Bird-Revelation-bg-1.jpg

Marco

01-01-18, 01:35 PM

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

http://nevadasagebrush.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ksd-300x158.jpg

I liked this, besides reading about how obtuse the story was it was actually easy to understand. The stilted dialogue was actually quite funny in some parts (probably not intentional) and I thought this was a good deal better than "The Lobster". Pretty nifty too to see Alicia Silverstone in a small but important role. 4/5.

doubledenim

01-01-18, 01:42 PM

Nestorio_Miklos

01-01-18, 01:47 PM

Get Out (2017)
3.5
Wow, now this was very creepy and unsettling just like it supposed to be :). There's a strong message too. Decent thriller.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjUxMDQwNjcyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzcwMzc0MTI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg

Thursday Next

01-01-18, 01:51 PM

Lady Macbeth (2016)
3

The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
4

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
2.5

Joel

01-01-18, 01:52 PM

I've always wonder about Chappelle and how great he really is. Chappelle's show was special compared to his stand-up, which makes me wonder how much credit Neil Brennan should really get. There isn't really much from Chappelle's stand-up that ever sticks with me, other than "hey baby, watcha doing out here...".

I was in mild shock with his recent NF stand-up specials. It was bad. his jokes weren't funny (or even "jokes" for that matter) and he seemed half hearted the entire thing. His show was the ticket. Some of his older stand up was quality but that doesn't seem to be the same Dave up there, anymore...

Camo

01-01-18, 02:58 PM

A Bittersweet Life

https://i.imgur.com/ZqJQxl6.jpg

So glad i watched this again, i think it's one of my favourite films as i said the main guy being so fallible and how devastating it is makes it pretty incredible IMO. The thing that's devastating to me is Kim Sun-woo's role and what his death at the end was for. Kim Sun-woo at first is a generic muscle man for a powerful crime boss. He is given the task of essentially babysitting the bosses much younger girlfriend and is given orders to kill her and her love if his suspicions that she is having an affair are correct, he's clearly already a killer at this point and while killing a woman may be problematic it should be a routine task; he actually tries to get out of it and to me the reason seemed to be that it was beneath him rather than anything else. He then meets and falls for her, they spend a couple of days together then he confirms his bosses suspicions that she was having an affair. This was particularly devastating to him because he cares for her and i imagine was entertaining thoughts of being with her himself. His feelings for her stops him from carrying out his bosses orders and instead of killing them he tells both of them they can never see one another again. That's where Kim Sun-woo and Yoon Hee-soo's interactions ends which is partly whats devastating to me, i don't remember when that happens exactly, the film is two hours long i doubt that's anymore than 40 minutes in leaving us with the majority of the film. Now there's Yoon Hee-soo; there's no indication that she feels the same about Kim Sun-woo, it would actually be pretty weird if she did. They only spent one proper day together and regardless of the reasons for it he is the one that forbids her from seeing her lover something she is not happy with. Her reaction to that indicates that the person she is seeing isn't just a sexual partner but someone she cares about; likely loves. I mean the only other scenario here is Kim killing both of them, he's putting himself at great risk here and still she is seriously pissed at him and saddened by it. Now Yoon is obviously not dumb, she is musically talented and from their conversations doesn't come across like some bimbo. That's the thing from their conversations she is the more dynamic and in control one and i don't believe that's only supposed to be his feelings for her and her connection to his boss, i think she is alot smarter than him. She is most likely manipulating him, her goal is probably to get him to like her so he may let his guard down and she can continue having her affair. The thing is we see her purely from the persona she wants to portray to him and from his memories of her at the end, obviously compromised and sugarcoated memories because it's only one image we see of her (the one i used for my picture) in his memories one of her smiling at him with her violin, no mention of the animosity. Then i find it doubtful that she was forced into a relationship with his boss, i doubt it's supposed to be that he just decided she was his girlfriend and she was practically a slave. We don't find out her history so i think it's much more likely that she floated in his circles and the much more refined version of her we see is due to the wealth she has sought out from becoming his girlfriend; her being a good person is a conclusion he comes to and we watch rather than her ever being demonstratably good in the film. This all leads me to conclude that she was playing him, she thought (and was probably correct since it worked) that he was a dumb brute and she could easily lead him on and manipulate the situation as she pleased. There's no indications that he is smart in any way, street smart but that's not the same thing as generally intelligent or even competent, i don't believe he's an idiot but i do believe he could be played by a more intelligent person like her. Meaning our protagonist is a dumb, pathetic, sadsack and that once she is out of the picture we are watching him travel towards his death for absolutely nothing. Couple that with him being fallible like i said earlier; every fight he is in is really messy and he is terrible with guns, the whole thing is so different to any similar superhero mafia hitman/special agent film i've seen including those three other Korean ones i mentioned.

5

Ms. M

01-01-18, 03:09 PM

Greenberg
39830
3
I expected something more so Im a little bit disappointed, but if someone would ask me why, I wouldnt know the answer. Greta Gertwigs part was very bold.

Ms. M

01-01-18, 03:17 PM

39831
I couldnt finish this movie. I watched about one hour and I turned it off.
Great actors, interesting story and the movie which doesnt involve. I prefer early fertilness of Truffaut.

Dani8

01-01-18, 03:26 PM

Top Gun was on tv last night so we had a blast from the past. I didnt realise how tonguey those kiss scenes were back in 80s. So nice to see
super intelligent and accomplished teacher falling in love with her student within 24 hours and acting like her ovaries were going to burst at the mere sight of that arrogant ********. What an unlikable character. That movie isnt High Octane; it's High Testosterone

lol at the word police. Should be Richard Cranium.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/150cdc742f991ed4873751980c68e5a0/tenor.gif?itemid=3327619

Then more 80s

http://vixenvarsity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/beverly-hills-cop.gif

So so 80s, and he even throws in Ni99er which took me by surprise. I forgot that PC didnt take over until later.

Ms. M

01-01-18, 03:28 PM

The Dressmaker
39832
5
Pore trance. This is totally my kind of movie. Visual as a fairytale, weird characters and a lot of black humour.Hugo Weaving played excellent and with a big amount of humour.
Outstanding movie.

Ms. M

01-01-18, 03:38 PM

The Walk
39833
3.5+
Gordon-Lewitt was amazing in this. I like his french accent. I also like parts when he was explaining some scences stright to the camera. And of course big plus for special effects.

cat_sidhe

01-01-18, 04:16 PM

http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mayhem-poster-final.jpg

INSTANTLY recognised the hand of Zombi in the soundtrack. **** YAAAAAAAAS AND excellent use of Faith No More.

I love **** like this. 4 (probably more a 3 or so but I ended it feeling all exuberant and generous.)

Joel

01-01-18, 05:23 PM

Dani8

01-01-18, 05:30 PM

I like a closed mouth kiss. It's less germy and elegant, but the french kiss is the signal to let your other know that you wanna toss some serious salad...

BHC is a masterpiece!

LOL Definitely "Incoming" battle cry not required. I forgot the group of us who saw that at the movies laughed all the way home - yep they definitely had a roll in the hay because the open mouth kiss and tongue shots indicated everything back then.

And BHC is always great fun. I turned to Mr D and said I wondered what he did to earn his fall from grace. He was BIG here during that promotion, then suddenly about the time of BHC II or III the fickle audience had turned.

Joel

01-01-18, 05:32 PM

LOL Definitely "Incoming" battle cry not required. I forgot the group of us who saw that at the movies laughed all the way home - yep they definitely had a roll in the hay because the open mouth kiss and tongue shots indicated everything back then.

And BHC is always great fun. I turned to Mr D and said I wondered what he did to earn his fall from grace. He was BIG here during that promotion, then suddenly about the time of BHC II or III the fickle audience had turned.

He just started taking bad roles, I think. He came back very strong with the Nutty Prof films, but by then his audience had already turned their backs. Too bad.

Dani8

01-01-18, 05:42 PM

Stirchley

01-01-18, 05:48 PM

39851

Thought this was going to be very tiresome, but turned out to be a good movie. First time I’ve seen a Jodorowsky movie.

Gideon58

01-01-18, 06:02 PM

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3.5

Joel

01-01-18, 06:25 PM

He just started taking bad roles, I think. He came back very strong with the Nutty Prof films, but by then his audience had already turned their backs. Too bad.

I was/still am a big fan of The Golden Child. Vaguely recall a headline about him and his entourage allegedly getting up to hollywood wanker behaviour but cant recall if that dented his career.

I was just interested in the N word - I wonder how that would go down with the PC police these days, although Cracker is in Three Billboards and I havent seen the usual 'How come they can say it' carry on (yet). Cracker here means something completely different.

Yeah, cracker doesnt seem offensive to me as a white devil. What was done to black people was and is brutal and almost unforivable. Murphy saying the N word isnt socking. All the black comedy greats touched on the term and divided its potecy, with Cosby and Pryor renouncing its use or ever egaging it.

John Landis is wuoted as calling Murphy the “ pig of the world”, referring to his ego/behavior during the filming of Coming to Merica. I’m sure Eddie let his status go to his head for a period in time. No one’s perfect all the time.

Dani8

01-01-18, 06:36 PM

Yeah, cracker doesnt seem offensive to me as a white devil. What was done to black people was and is brutal and almost unforivable. Murphy saying the N word isnt socking. All the black comedy greats touched on the term and divided its potecy, with Cosby and Pryor renouncing its use or ever egaging it.

John Landis is wuoted as calling Murphy the “ pig of the world”, referring to his ego/behavior during the filming of Coming to Merica. I’m sure Eddie let his status go to his head for a period in time. No one’s perfect all the time.

Yeah I know, but hadnt even heard of cracker until people were carrying on about it when Django Unchained was screening and they were doing the whole 'why cant I be offended'.

I have no doubt that tonnes of them let it go to their heads. It's why it's so refreshing when some of those celebs seem down to earth. Apparently some guy met Margie Robbie in a big handyman store here over the xmas break. LOL. Good on her for being a DIY gal.

FromBeyond

01-01-18, 07:51 PM

I, TONYA

Based on irony-free,
Wildly contradictory,
Totally true interviews
With Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly

I really liked this, sad, funny epic story portraying real and flawed characters

4

Sky High

Without warning and with no say in the matter I found myself sitting down with others to watch sky high and kind of thought it was okay

3

HashtagBrownies

01-01-18, 08:41 PM

The Field: 1990
Original Dumbledore + moody teen Sean Bean + mad drunkard John Hurt =4

Dani8

01-01-18, 08:44 PM

[CENTER]Wind River (2017)

My wife and I really enjoyed this and it was as good as I ever could have hoped. It looks good, the acting is strong, and while it isn't fast paced, when the action comes it is worth the wait.

You're not wrong.
I really liked this as well. Pretty distressing social commentary, though.

Cynema De Bergerac

01-01-18, 09:19 PM

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3rd Watch Rating: 5

Showed this to my Mother earlier today, and her reaction really surprised me. She was balling during Stuhlbarg's speech and couldn't stop raving the film after it was over. I'm so happy. :D

Dirk120

01-01-18, 10:49 PM

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The Artist

Rewatch. Still Amazing. Hands down the best picture of 2011.

We need more genuine movies like this.

rating_4_5

dadgumblah

01-01-18, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by Joel
I like a closed mouth kiss. It's less germy and elegant, but the french kiss is the signal to let your other know that you wanna toss some serious salad...

:rotfl: Joel, I've never heard the phrase "toss some serious salad." It really struck me as funny. I used to read a "drive-in movie critic" named Joe-Bob Briggs who was talking about the movie Body Double (1984) where the protagonist is watching the woman through the telescope as she, ahem, touches herself. and Joe-Bob said he was watching her "stroke her groceries." :D Your phrase made me think of Joe-Bob's saying. So thanks for the laugh, whether it came from you or you quoted it. You don't have to tell me. I just wanted you to know that you made me laugh.

filmlitblogger

01-01-18, 11:45 PM

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Cynema De Bergerac

01-01-18, 11:49 PM

TheUsualSuspect

01-02-18, 12:14 AM

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Star_Wars_The_Last_Jedi.jpg/220px-Star_Wars_The_Last_Jedi.jpg

"I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character."
-Mark Hamill

3

films246+1

01-02-18, 12:18 AM

The Monuments Men >> 6.5/10
I love this film, nice cast.

Jon

Theophile

01-02-18, 01:48 AM

I saw "Darkest Hour" with my wife today. It was very good with both Gary Oldman (as Winston Churchill) and Ben Mendelsohn (as King George VI) turning in amazing performances.

Gary Oldman is the best actor or actress (he is an actor, but he is the best person inclusive of both genders) to have never won an Oscar. This is that performance and he should win the Oscar for it.

The movie goes to great pains to show Winston Churchill as being incredibly flawed (I understand that, in the past, movies may have glorified heroes or political figures too much, but I think that the trend to try to show that they had flaws as well went way too far in this movie - the first third of the film (as well as several parts of the rest) were spent on this) to the point of absurdity. Yes, we know that he was flawed, we live in a fallen world and we are all flawed, try to focus a little more on his accomplishments next time.

That being said, the movie was really good and the insane amount of time focusing on his flaws is the only reason that I cannot give the movie a perfect score. Otherwise, it is a 4 out of 5 and very, very worth seeing.

iank

01-02-18, 04:27 AM

Deadly Strangers. A stranded young woman accepts a lift from a stranger in an area where a psychotic patient has just escaped from a nearby asylum. Hayley Mills and Simon Ward star in this agreeably enjoyable mid 70s British thriller that stands up pretty well, though I did see the ending coming. ;)

JoaoRodrigues

01-02-18, 05:01 AM

https://i.imgur.com/0ZjAg1q.jpg?1

Ended up re-watching The Elephant Man, like I do once a year.

If I had a wish in this Universe, would be a button, a button which reset my remembrance about a movie. From that reality I could experience the same emotions from the first time I saw it.

There are movies, I wouldn't call it movies, is such a generic label, they are pieces of art, that's what I call to something which represent the human nature, the human emotions with such a precision.

I wouldn't dare to review this movie, because I know my hearth wouldn't let my brain write the text. This movie is so deep, is not just a movie someone decided to make to create emotional impact, in this movie you see human nature like almost no other I've ever experienced.

I could write all day about what I saw; my hands are shaking from thinking about this, my emotions are spilling.

-Joao

Ms. M

01-02-18, 05:51 AM

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0b/13/b0/0b13b0551cb6f42af20974673b94de46--bob-fosse-dance-routines.jpg
All that jazz
rating_2_5
Dancing with tears in my eyes...
Confession? I don't buy this.

this_is_the_ girl

01-02-18, 06:05 AM

http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/They-Live-by-Night-5.jpg
They Live by Night (1948, Nicholas Ray)
4

Cathy O'Donnell is quietly radiant in this tragically romantic "lovers on the run" story, and the cinematography and Nicholas Ray's direction (it was his debut btw) are excellent. That cheesy prologue wasn't a very good way to start the movie but it turned out quite solid overall.

Kissintel

01-02-18, 06:58 AM

Children of the Corn (1984) - Rating from my childhood: rating_4_5

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=39872

I feel like it would do the movie a disservice to rate it based on how I feel about it now, as this movie truly haunted me as a kid for a number of reasons. However, even then, there was an issue with pacing from the beginning to the midpoint that is a tough pill to swallow.

I'm not quite sure I would even recommend it to anyone today, but I would like to think that some of the feel of the movie still translates.

Oddly, I would love to see a remake of the material for a number of reasons and the best part is that it would be benefit greatly from a small budget.

Chypmunk

01-02-18, 08:25 AM

If I Were King (Frank Lloyd, 1938) 4
Parts are pure poetry and the humour royally entertaining

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 12:32 PM

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/452260/header.jpg?t=1504111933

Rewatched it while I was in the right mood, and it didn't strike me as OTT/musical-wthout-the-songs as it did when it came out.

Predictable as ****, but Cameron Diaz is gorgeous. Not as fine a piece of cáca milis as Brenda Gleeson though. (if anyone gets that pun, I'm YOURS! *swoons*)

4
(good looking movie)

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 12:36 PM

Not as fine a piece of cáca milis as Brenda Gleeson

STEADY, Cat, steadyyyy!!!! :lol:

Chypmunk

01-02-18, 12:39 PM

Boot Camp aka Punishment (Christian Duguay, 2008) 1.5+
Hard going and painful, quite fitting in a way I guess

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 12:52 PM

Boot Camp aka Punishment (Christian Duguay, 2008) 1.5+
Hard going and painful, quite fitting in a way I guess

Why, did you you wish Mila would uh...Kunis? :lol:

Chypmunk

01-02-18, 12:52 PM

In case anyone thinks cat has gone even more bananas than usual :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-tdaO2s9o
Brenda's make-up is absolutely superb in it :rotfl:

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 12:57 PM

In case anyone thinks cat has gone even more bananas than usual :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-tdaO2s9o
Brenda's make-up is absolutely superb in it :rotfl:

:lol:

My FAV short film. <3

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 01:20 PM

(actually Chypmunk, I think Fíorghael and Fluent Dysphasia top Cáca Milis in my esteem. I just get very exuberant every time I can make a cáca milis joke. Or a Mila Kunis joke. )

WorldFilmGeek

01-02-18, 01:23 PM

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/stratton.jpg?w=366&h=529

Stratton - Simon West, the director of Con Air and The Expendables 2, takes Duncan Falconer's novel character and with the author co-writing the script, brings the character of British SBS operative John Stratton to life. In the film, Stratton must find a rogue agent with a biochemical weapon with the help of US Special forces operative Hank Munro. Dominic Cooper does a pretty good job (replacing Henry Cavill) in the titular role with Austin Stowell as Munro.

I got to talk with Simon West (https://worldfilmgeek.com/2018/01/01/bringing-a-new-british-action-hero-an-interview-with-stratton-director-simon-west/) about the film and his intention was to bring in a new British action hero and I was surprised to learn that Dominic Cooper himself actually performed his own car stunts in the film. It's a pretty good solid action-drama and I would love to see more of this character on the screens.

Final Rating: A-

Chypmunk

01-02-18, 01:23 PM

(actually Chypmunk, I think Fíorghael and Fluent Dysphasia top Cáca Milis in my esteem. I just get very exuberant every time I can make a cáca milis joke. Or a Mila Kunis joke. )
Well, I'm certainly not gonna post the full Bord Scannán na hÉireann catalogue up here - people can find those themselves if they're interested :p

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 01:25 PM

Well, I'm certainly not gonna post the full Bord Scannán na hÉireann repertoire up here - people can find those themselves if they're interested :p

Ooooh CAN I????

http://media2.giphy.com/media/3otPoJGmV3d7FOrZUk/giphy.gif

I love Bord Scannán's ****. . <3

Dani8

01-02-18, 01:27 PM

I got to talk with Simon West (https://worldfilmgeek.com/2018/01/01/bringing-a-new-british-action-hero-an-interview-with-stratton-director-simon-west/) about the film and his intention was to bring in a new British action hero and I was surprised to learn that Dominic Cooper himself actually performed his own car stunts in the film. It's a pretty good solid action-drama and I would love to see more of this character on the screens.

Final Rating: A-

Well tht's pretty cool. Will have a read/
I really like Dominic West. Loved him in Devil's Double.

Marco

01-02-18, 02:18 PM

l'Humanité (1999)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Humanite.jpg/220px-Humanite.jpg

I had went right off Bruno Dumont after viewing Twenty Nine Palms having seen La vie de Jesus (brilliant) and Hors Satan (good-ish). This was a brilliant example of his film-making at its best. A low-key murder story set in a quiet North France town (Baileuil) that falls into the lap of lugubrious policeman Pharaon. It's pretty claustrophibic seeing him bumble around to get to answers but eminently watchable....Brunos back in my good books again :) 4/5.

FromBeyond

01-02-18, 05:19 PM

Good Time

4

Camo

01-02-18, 05:37 PM

Call Me By Your Name

https://i.imgur.com/7ToBRyk.jpg

Good film. Wasn't completely blown away like most but i think this would be a difficult thim to dislike. It was sweet, funny, well acted and filmed in gorgeous locations. Not sure how much it would work a second time but it did a good amount this time. Personally, i think Armie Pyle gave the better performance. This was Elio's coming of age tale, it was his first love, etc, everything was more important to him so i get why Timothée Chalamet is getting the more praise. He did a good job anyway and i liked his character. One thing i liked about this was sex was clearly a big part of the relationship and attraction. Too many gay romances in movies and tv i've seen shy away from this and make it purely about an emotional connection as if homosexuals aren't sexual people they are only interested in love; i could guess the reasons for that but there's no point going into it. Of course they fall in love so that's a big part of it but before they even like each other you see them checking each other out and reacting when they touch each other, Olivier actually mentions that he was trying to tell Elio he was sexually attracted to him when he touched him during the volleyball game that was clearly before they had developed feelings for each other. Romances that shy away from the sexual element never ring true to me (unless it's in a classic film where you couldn't overtly depict sexuality) so this worked alot. As well as that this was just a romance not a gay romance; by that i mean it didn't really matter that it was between two men. The forbidden element was more the age difference and the fact Oliver was Elio's dad's assistant, doubt this would have been any different if it was his daughter and then it didn't even go through the typical them getting caught plotline. His family seemed progressive and that they'd be fine with him being gay, and of course that was confirmed with his dad near the end in one of the most powerful scenes. Definitely didn't expect that from Arnold Rothstein :laugh: So yeah good film.

4

rauldc14

01-02-18, 05:50 PM

That will be my Moonlight this year. I have no intentions to see it, and that means it will win Best Picture :laugh:

Camo

01-02-18, 05:52 PM

That will be my Moonlight this year. I have no intentions to see it, and that means it will win Best Picture :laugh:

Is it the homosexuality since you mentioned Moonlight too?

It's a good film, think you'd like it. And it's not going to win Best Picture. Too much Italian and French (even though it's mostly in English) haha.

rauldc14

01-02-18, 06:01 PM

Is it the homosexuality since you mentioned Moonlight too?

It's a good film, think you'd like it. And it's not going to win Best Picture. Too much Italian and French (even though it's mostly in English) haha.

Let's not call it that. I've seen Brokeback Mountain after all. Just doesn't look like something I'd enjoy is what we will say.

Miss Vicky

01-02-18, 06:05 PM

I've seen Brokeback Mountain after all.

That was for a HOF though, wasn't it? I don't think that's something you would've watched on your own.

rauldc14

01-02-18, 06:07 PM

That was for a HOF though, wasn't it? I don't think that's something you would've watched on your own.

I believe you are correct, still I would have seen it eventually (maybe)

Thursday Next

01-02-18, 06:08 PM

Let's not call it that. I've seen Brokeback Mountain after all. Just doesn't look like something I'd enjoy is what we will say.

You only saw Brokeback Mountain after it got nominated in a hall of fame so you couldn't avoid it anymore. ...

Wait... isn't there an upcoming Best Picture hall of fame in which someone could nominate Moonlight? Hmm....

😁

rauldc14

01-02-18, 06:10 PM

Yeah they could do that. It would actually be pretty funny if that were to happen. Speaking of that, I may open the thread up Sunday if there's no objections.

Thursday Next

01-02-18, 06:15 PM

From the 6th Hall of Fame:

Oh no. You mean I have to watch Brokeback?!?!?

I can't believe it, but I did indeed just finish watching this film.
....was still much better than I thought I would like it.
3

So you see you might watch Moonlight and love it! ;)

Thursday Next

01-02-18, 06:17 PM

Yeah they could do that. It would actually be pretty funny if that were to happen. Speaking of that, I may open the thread up Sunday if there's no objections.

No objections from me. And I probably wouldn't be nominating Moonlight seeing as I haven't actually watched it either. Anyone else feel free...

Chypmunk

01-02-18, 06:54 PM

Blood And Bone (Ben Ramsay, 2009) 2.5
Not quite the pornographic horror the title might suggest

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 07:47 PM

https://pics.filmaffinity.com/geostorm-475853429-large.jpg

More like ****storm. 0.5

HashtagBrownies

01-02-18, 08:11 PM

39885

Unfortunately, this well done movie suffers from ‘categorised as psychological horror but the psychological horror doesn’t come into play until the last couple of minutes’ syndrome. The plot is very intriguing, the mystery constantly keeps you interested. The performances were good.

The ending is legitimately 10/10 material. The plot twist, holy s*it, is possibly the greatest I’ve ever seen. I didn’t catch onto it at all and it hit me like a f*cking rocket.

I adore the ambiguity of the ending. Also the end card is genius. Anyone who has seen the film NEEDS to follow the end card advice, otherwise, I’ll kill ya! ;)

The film’s either an extremely high 7 or an extremely low 8.

3.5+

Camo

01-02-18, 08:25 PM

the psychological horror doesn’t come into play until the last couple of minutes’

Huh? It's there from the moment they kill him. The body goes missing then they start getting super paranoid and there starts to be indications he's still alive seriously messing with Christina. It builds tension and paranoia from that moment; just because there's not scenes like the bathtub scare every five minutes doesn't mean it's not present. Everything before that is building towards that scene.

I actually did suspect the twist was coming but it was still very effective anyway as the tension was built up so well.

4.5- for me i think.

HashtagBrownies

01-02-18, 08:29 PM

Huh? It's there from the moment they kill him. The body goes missing then they start getting super paranoid and there starts to be indications he's still alive seriously messing with Christina. It builds tension and paranoia from that moment; just because there's not scenes like the bathtub scare every five minutes doesn't mean it's not present. Everything before that is building towards that scene.

That's more thriller kind of stuff than horror in my opinion.

Citizen Rules

01-02-18, 08:34 PM

Yeah they could do that. It would actually be pretty funny if that were to happen. Speaking of that, I may open the thread up Sunday if there's no objections.:up: I already have my Best Picture nom picked out:p

Camo

01-02-18, 08:34 PM

That's more thriller kind of stuff than horror.

That entirely depends on your own definition of horror as i don't think it has a concrete well agreed upon definition. For example Siddon counts stuff like Rear Window as horror, i don't but he's not alone there.

Plus that scene wouldn't have worked without all of the "thriller stuff in your words" both go hand in hand. If i thought all of that stuff as "thriller" then i'd call the whole thing a thriller because i don't think of it as separate.

From wiki:

"Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction that relies on mental, emotional and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle readers, viewers, or players."

I think that sounds like the stuff you mentioned.

HashtagBrownies

01-02-18, 08:38 PM

"Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction that relies on mental, emotional and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle readers, viewers, or players."

This is my own definition.

Psychological thriller is when the film makes you feel intense, edge-of-your-seat, anxious, worn-out. (Funny Games, Nocturnal Animals etc.)

Psychological horror is when the film makes me feel legitimately scared. (Wait Until Dark)

Camo

01-02-18, 08:41 PM

This is my own definition.

But:

that relies on mental, emotional and psychological states

Is Christine's Mental, Emotional and Psychological state not a major element in those scenes? The major element even. Think you differ with that definition there. No films scare me anymore; not since i was 11 or something so i couldn't fit being scared into my definition.

What about a film that doesn't scare you does that not count as horror? Are you scared of Scream? If not is that Horror?

HashtagBrownies

01-02-18, 08:47 PM

What about a film that doesn't scare you does that not count as horror? Are you scared of Scream? If not is that Horror?

I always thought a horror movie that doesn't scare me is still a horror.

You can't just say a comedy isn't a comedy because it didn't make you laugh.

Cynema De Bergerac

01-02-18, 08:49 PM

That will be my Moonlight this year. I have no intentions to see it, and that means it will win Best Picture :laugh:
Let's not call it that. I've seen Brokeback Mountain after all. Just doesn't look like something I'd enjoy is what we will say.
I believe you are correct, still I would have seen it eventually (maybe)

I smell a subconscious level of homophobia here. :yup:

Camo

01-02-18, 08:53 PM

I always thought a horror movie that doesn't scare me is still a horror.

You can't just say a comedy isn't a comedy because it didn't make you laugh.

Cool. The reason i asked was because your distinction between Psycological Thriller and Horror there seemed to be one makes you scared, was curious if it's the same for all Horror.

I don't separate the two because that part you call Psychological Horror wouldn't work without everything before it, that's all the set-up essentially. If that bath scene was just dropped in without any attempt to set up the tone, paranoia, etc of the film i don't think it would work for anyone.

Anyway it's just a difference in definition i guess. Glad you liked it.

Gideon58

01-02-18, 09:45 PM

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3

cat_sidhe

01-02-18, 09:53 PM

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4+

MovieGal

01-02-18, 11:18 PM

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4/5
Rewatch

matt72582

01-03-18, 12:03 AM

Seven Up - 10/10

Documentary that starts with these 7-yr old English children and follows them every 7 years. They are asked questions about this experiment, money, rich/poor, black people, etc etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LQZpiSfESE

Steve Freeling

01-03-18, 12:22 AM

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4.5

JoaoRodrigues

01-03-18, 05:07 AM

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This movie is hard to swallow, and even harder to digest.

I can't put this movie on the proper shelf, because I think it maybe belongs to many shelf's.

About the cast, I liked how Darren Aronofsky picked his actors.

Jennifer Lawrence was a good pick, she stumbled across an image of frightened, unsure young women and she transmitted the correct amount of suspense on almost every scene (I know many don't agree), he could have picked someone like Rooney Mara, but I don't think was the right actress for the job, because she have a strong personality, the actress on this movie had to be vulnerable with a very maternal side.

Javier Bardem was also very well chosen, he had to be someone with a very strong sense of charming masculinity with a characteristic on which he could either love you or harm you. Something like Stanley Kubrick did with Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

I have to re-watch this movie to formulate an opinion, i'm a bit on the clouds here, but I don't see any particular reason for the critics to attack this movie so firmly. Do movies have to be easily understandable? Or should they be made in a way the audience can interpreted at there own convenience? I can only see a Gothic-religious understanding about this movie, but that is an assumption, that might be what they want us to do.

-Joao

matt72582

01-03-18, 07:41 AM

14 Up - 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2fGlT7HWus

TheUsualSuspect

01-03-18, 08:14 AM

Rough Night

(Lucia Aniello)

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2

A group of friends get together for a bachelor party and hire a stripper. One of them accidentally kills the stripper and they try to cover it up. This is the plot to Very Bad Things. Now the plot to Rough Night. A group of friends get together for a bachelorette party and accidentally kill a stripper. Then they try to cover it up. Similar? Yes. The difference is one is extremely dark and the other plays into the popular comedy style of recent, which involves saying random things at inappropriate times and hoping it's funny.

Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jilian Bell, Ilana Grazer and Zoe Kravitz play our female leads, each with a typical distinctive trait that lets us know they are all different people. Johansson is hot, McKinnon is Austrailian, Bell is the ugly loser friend, Grazer is the lesbian and Kravitz is the uptight rich girl. Aside from those very superficial aspects to their characters, you'd never be able to tell them apart. Of course McKinnon gives the role something a bit extra to get some laughs. The fish out of water type character who is odd, it plays right into her roundhouse of quirky characters.

The moment the stripper shows up, the audience knows something is off. He's not exactly excited to be there and doesn't even look like a stripper in the first place. The film likes to think that it is clever enough to trick the audience, but it always seems to be one step behind us. With every attempt to hide the dead body, something comes up. They go to the garage and the door randomly opens. They go to beach and people randomly pop by. With every attempt, we know it won't go well for them. I guess the comedy is supposed to come in when they argue about the different ways to dispose of him, or their failed attempts at it? I'm not too sure because I wasn't laughing.

There is a side-plot that involves the "groom to be" at his bachelor party and it is the complete opposite of what one would expect. He and his friends are at a wine tasting party, very classy and well spoken. When a freaked out Johansson calls him after the stripper dies, it throws his night into a tailspin as he then freaks out over the possibility of her breaking it off with him. Distracting scenes that take away from the main story is how I would describe those. The film does indeed have a talent cast and they do their best with the generically unfunny material. If you do get any laughs, it's from these ladies trying to get something funny out of nothing. Insert unfunny pun about how I had a rough night watching this.

Chypmunk

01-03-18, 08:16 AM

Café Metropole (Edward H. Griffith, 1937) 3.5
Embezzlement, blackmail, subterfuge, roasted eagle and romance - a classic combination!

TheUsualSuspect

01-03-18, 08:49 AM

Bright

(David Ayer)

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3

From the director of Suicide Squad comes a film starring a guy from Suicide Squad and some minor characters also from Suicide Squad about a Suicide Squa....never mind.

David Ayer and Will Smith are back with Netflix's big tentpole film of the year, Bright. Ever wondered what life would be like if we lived alongside Orcs, Fairies and Elves? Bright isn't too concerned with it, but it does serve as an interesting background to a story about two cops, Smith and Edgerton, who find a magical weapon that is capable of epic destruction. A magic wand is found and people from all over the city are willing to kill to get it. Smith and Edgerton now must protect it from thugs, cops and the wands original owner, or the city will fall into chaos.

Bright was a hard sell for me for a few reasons. Max Landis, the obnoxious and egotistical screenwriter is one of them, the other was how serious would I be able to take this film? Seeing Orcs with football jerseys, gold chains, toques and hanging out in the streets with a pimp walk is something that would come out of a parody. Yet Bright is completely serious in every aspect of its story telling. The allegorical elements here hit you over the head numerous times to the point of concussion. Racism exists. We are racist. The Orcs in this film represent the African American and Latino communities, while the Elves represent the white collar American. Everyone else is just in between.

The backdrop to Bright is interesting and could have been better explored. I feel as if this were a television series, it would be ripe for mining. Yet we are stuck with a 118 minute long film that tries to cram way too much in. The break neck pace of the film doesn't help either. We are not really given too much time to take in this world and breathe. We are given glimpses of it in the beginning with fairies being attracted to a bug zapper and how Elves live a lavish lifestyle in the inner city section, but the rest of the film barely touches upon this world. This to me was the biggest mistake this film made. You create this otherworldly place and don't use it to your advantage.

Orcs are looked at as lower class citizens. They chose the "evil" side thousands of years ago, it was the losing side and they have been paying for it ever since. "Don't judge me based on the decision of my ancestors" one Orcs says to Smith. Again, all this world building that is barely touched upon, which leaves us with an unfulfilled feeling. They just throw you into this world with little to no explanation as to why it is the way it is. A quick history lesson at the beginning would have helped this movie immensely.

Think of Bright as Lord of the Rings meets End of Watch. It is without a doubt a fantasy fairy tale and the characters acknowledge this, asking if they are in a prophecy. I guess when a film deals with magic wands, you have to be a little self aware. Ayer's direction is focused on the action and he puts you in the thick of it with Smith and Edgerton. Two cops; one human and one Orc, who don't really like each other. Immediately you question their loyalty to one another and ask if they can survive the night together.

Smith plays his usual self, a wise cracking, smooth talking, hero. He doesn't really try to give his character any real depth. He hates his partner, doesn't trust him. That's about it. His partner is Edgerton, an Orc. He is without a doubt, the best thing about this movie. He plays the character with extreme pathos and we immediately side with him due to his circumstances. Everyone hates him. Humans hate him because he's an Orc. Orcs hate him because he's a cop. They feel like he's betrayed his kind. He's alone in this world.

Ayer brings the action and tension to Bright and the story feels very confined to one aspect. Protect the wand. Everyone comes after it, so it's two against the world. That world by the way, would have been interesting to explore...did I mention that yet? :)

Iroquois

01-03-18, 08:54 AM

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 3.5

not again

Rey Skywalker

01-03-18, 09:40 AM

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Key Largo (1948)

4

WorldFilmGeek

01-03-18, 10:29 AM

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Madtown (Charles Moore, 2017): Milo Ventimiglia gives a powerful performance as Denny Briggs, who starts off doing a one-time gig at a comedy club and the rest of the film is mostly flashbacks about him trying to start a new lease on life when he gets a job as a waiter at a family restaurant. The product of a terrible childhood, one that resulted in his older overprotective sister killing their parents after a major school incident, Denny finally has found a "family" he is happy with. That is, until his sister has been paroled after serving a twenty year sentence for the murders and she intends to control his life again.

The film is truly Ventimiglia's but there is powerful support by Rachel Melvin as potential love interest and co-worker Sarah, a one time aspiring music teacher who became a single mom and Amanda Aday (Meat Loaf's daughter) as Madison, Denny's overprotective sister who has returned to control his life.

This is one of those smooth-flowing, plot-twisting indie dramas that really is worth checking out.

Final Rating: A-

Marco

01-03-18, 11:31 AM

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Firstly, I haven't seen the original for around 10 years and was a liker but not all-round fanboy. This film I did think was better. In terms of mood and pace. Gosling carries the "K" character well and couldn't think of another actor that could give that hangdog personality with more verve. The story flows well (at times the effects are a bit "Gattaca"). It was a bit too long and with better editing could have been slightly more punchy. But I really liked it. 4.5/5

matt72582

01-03-18, 11:40 AM

21 Up - 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTCEydedhk

Dirk120

01-03-18, 12:01 PM

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The Disaster Artist

LOL I have not laughed this hard for a long time, this movie is hilarious! James Franco needs to be nominated by Oscar IMHO.

rating_4

Dirk120

01-03-18, 12:06 PM

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Lady Bird

Overall a pleasant movie, but I don't think Saoirse Ronan is going to win Oscar because of this role, though she should be nominated.

This movie is very similar to The Edge of Seventeen from last year, but not as good as The Perks of Being a Wallflower if you ask me.

Oh I almost forget to mention, Laurie Metcalf is pretty impressive as the mom. She definitely has a shot to win best supporting actress.

rating_4

Chypmunk

01-03-18, 02:39 PM

Gone With The Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor & Sam Wood, 1939) 3.5
Sadly just too often lapses into a gentle breeze rather than a proper wind for me

rauldc14

01-03-18, 02:42 PM

matt72582

01-03-18, 02:57 PM

28 Up - 10/10

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cat_sidhe

01-03-18, 03:56 PM

Think of Bright as Lord of the Rings meets End of Watch.

Can't I just End of Watch again? :lol:

(good review, makes it sound less Alien Nation-y, and MIGHT give it a try. Just really, really loathed Alien Nation. :D)

Dirk120

01-03-18, 04:43 PM

I'm not disagreeing with you about Ronan, but just curious who you think will win?

I haven't seen all of them, but so far it is:

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neiba

01-03-18, 05:16 PM

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (2017)

I had already seen In Bruges by this director and I liked it a lot so I was quite curious!
It's a wonderful movie, with great performances especially from Frances McDormand who will definitely get nominated for this.
The premise is quite fresh and the script is really really good! One of the best this year, if mother!, as it appears, doesn't make it to the nominations I'll be rooting for this one!

4 +

Gangland

01-03-18, 05:22 PM

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While I was in the Smokies, the only movie I got to watch was New Year's Evil (1980). It's an 80s slasher that seems to have been forgotten immediately upon its release, but has slowly gained a cult following. Despite the film not being that good (it lacks the merits or charm of such 80s horror films like Intruder (1989) or Chopping Mall (1986)), I plan to start a tradition of watching it ever New Year's Eve. The end is really one of the best parts of the film; the kills aren't too creative and the gimmick of the killer murdering at midnight on each time zone is kind of dumb.

Overall, it's worth a watch, but I can easily keep this to one viewing a year.

RATING: 1.5

neiba

01-03-18, 05:27 PM

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

A really nice sequel! Even if the style wasn't as surprising as the first one, the action scenes were even better, IMO, and the script is really really tight.
I loved the scene when Merlin dies. The tension is built perfectly and the song is great.
I hope this is not the last of this series!

4 -

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Guy Richie started his career with two of my favourite movies and even if he made only huge disasters ever since I still feel I own him a chance.
I liked the plot and the editing, and the script is solid though far away from movies like Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It was not with this that he came back to great filmmaking but it's not as bad as some of the stuff he made on a recent past.

3 +

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

The two leads, even if both are really good at this type of film did not have a lot of chemistry and the movie is at least 30 minutes too long. The action scenes are convincing enough but overall it's nothing extraordinary.

The blooper after the end credits is by far the funniest scene in the entire movie!

2.5 +

Chypmunk

01-03-18, 05:46 PM

The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer (Kevin Billington, 1970) 3+
A core element in the coursework for Modern Politics 101

Dani8

01-03-18, 05:51 PM

The blooper after the end credits is by far the funniest scene in the entire movie!

I didnt actually get why they used that blooper. Just seemed like more of Reynolds being Reynolds to me. I think I saw funnier ones on YT.

Bht88

01-03-18, 07:09 PM

For the love of Benji *1977

7 / 10

Camo

01-03-18, 07:10 PM

The Florida Project

https://i.imgur.com/ZzZli46.jpg

Man i loved this. Not sure what my white trash fixation has been the last couple of years with American Honey being my favourite of 2016, but yeah this was excellent. Despite the depressing and gritty story and setting this doesn't feel real at all, it's like a fantasy world; or an anti-fantasy world since i can't imagine this being anyones fantasy. Everything is rundown and delapidated yet it's all super colourful and vibrant and just gorgeous, it's great to look at and you really feel like it shouldn't be. It's like if The Land of Oz had a Ghetto. Everything about this is incredibly nasty; the people, the enviroment, the behaviour, the language; just everything, i understand why it's had a lot less praise than i expected. Haven't read any reviews of this but i'm almost positive "poverty porn" will be used as a criticism regularly and i get that, i think that's completely fair actually since this doesn't seem like a realistic depiction. Halley was nasty and vile, and she is still able to nonchalantly live the way she wants (she is poor but she just sits around drinking and smoking, she seems happy) which i'm sure brings up something else that will annoy people which i won't go into. She finds her kids awful behaviour pretty hilarious, she does kind of punish them at times but that's after laughing at whatever they've done then the punishment turns out to be super fun for them. Honestly i'm happy they didn't go for the down on her luck but with a heart of gold struggling mum. That is incredibly played out, the only actually bad or irresponsible mums in movies seems to be the villains, rarely do they present us with one as our main character. The kids are monsters, they are adorable and hilarious anyway. These are definitely not your typical naughty movie problem children, our introduction to them is them spitting on a car then running away and when confronted calling the owner a "fat whore" and every other name you could imagine before spitting on her child; who later becomes their friend of course. I do kind of adore their sense of adventure in this horrific situation though, they are always happy and having a great time creating fun out of nothing and frequently stuff they shouldn't be. That's definitely what kids do, i did it all the time as a kid so i kind of connected with that; i obviously wasn't anything like this though.

I love Dafoe's character. Just the idea of someone trying to maintain this place and keep its residents in line is insane to me, he's an American Hero in my eyes. He wasn't just some disinterested dude doing his job and not giving a crap. Halley is able to live comfortably (her idea of comfortable) because he likes and cares about her and the rest of the residents, he kind of does seem like he's part of the not real fantasy world i mentioned earlier because there's just no way someone would be this lenient and charitable. Even genuinely good people would eventually realize things are not going to change and it's probably best for the kids if they get out of this situation so they should stop enabling her. He jokes around with her and her kids even though he has ample reason to hate her. I find really bad for him throughout. One of the most powerful scenes to me was him confronting the paedophile he spotted hanging around. Most people would react like he did even if he hated the mother and her kids but he had a genuine rapport and fondness with them so it made that moment all the more powerful how protective he was of "his people". Another thing was it really showed this as a community and basically like the kids own world for the first time despite its faults which are numerous. We see the first serious reaction from Moonee at that looking shocked at Dafoe's anger and this was of course directed at an outsider, creating the feeling that this is their own world that is safe and content to them. Every time Moonee confronted reality was horrifying, another was the dude who was with her mother for reasons i can only guess walking in on her in the bath, such a stomach churning scene.

Now i was enjoying the hell out of this. My fear was that it'd turn into a proper drama, up to this point we had only been observing a real lifestyle that exists; a heavily stylized version of course but people do live similar to this. It kind of felt wrong that it may have a resolution with a good or bad outcome, just anything changing at all because it so often doesn't in real life and i liked that was what this was. But when it did enter into drama it was incredibly effective largely because of the "fantasy world" feeling i mentioned earlier. One character came to the realization that she didn't want her or her child living like this, that the other residents including the main kids and their mom who was her friend are a bad influence on her and her kid. It was just insane that someone looked beyond this world, it was almost like breaking the fourth wall to me that a character noticed this is not an ideal living situation. Crazier still it wasn't our main character. We watch Halley filming and cheering on a fight by a car and Ashley drags her kid inside when earlier she would have been there joining everyone else. This was a good thing of course but it kind of broke the movie because it turned every horrible thing we witnessed up to this point into something real. Up to that point Halley didn't really seem real, her behaviour wasn't difficult to watch up until that diner scene. The film ends exactly how you'd predict it would and that might be my one problem with it, although it's not entirely negative. Presumably Moonee is found and taken away by CPS, the closest thing to a happy ending we could get although it obviously isn't entirely as the foster care system absolutely doesn't ensure a good life. But at least it's a chance as Halley is not going to improve or change and neither is Moonee's upbringing. The actual ending was devastating though. Moonee again confronting reality in the most severe way up to this point, completing a trilogy of them with the two i mentioned earlier; her crying for the first time in the whole film, it was the first time we had saw her sad in any way and it felt like such a powerful release. Then the actual ending (which i'm guessing Swan was a fan of since it was apparently filmed guerilla style with an Iphone in Disneyland) returning us to the fantasy feeling i mentioned in the first half was just beautiful. Great film.

Anyway i loved this. It's not a pleasant film at all; although it is funny and oddly sweet at times. While bleak it's in a different way from usual, the characters are basically alright with their situation and they get by without much complaining or being miserable, the bleakness is in how accepting they are of it. I know some here are going to hate this but i don't care i thought it was great.

4.5