Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[MovieGal]

Mandy
(2018)
4/5

I loved this film... especially the vengeance killings!

My favorite one was when Nick Cage wrapped the chain around the guy's neck and pulled him hard enough to land on the chainsaw.. blood just squirting from all directions..

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[Redwell]

Well, I liked it. Thin in parts but hey-ho. Its a view thing.

Don't get me wrong, it's a very entertaining movie, and Eastwood is no bum. It's just also clearly misguided as all hell.

[Thursday Next]

Goodbye Mr Chips (1939)

I thought this would probably be a bit dull. In actual fact I'd rented it before and couldn't be bothered to actually watch it. I don't know if I even would have appreciated it then, but by half way through I had tears in my eyes. Not due to the stuff that is actually aiming for sentimental, more at its portrait of shyness and loneliness. There are also amusing bits, like when Mr Chips catches two boys fighting and then chastises one for not putting his fists up high enough. Superb performances too. Very glad I watched it.

4

[Ms. M]

Miasto 44 [City 44 aka Warsaw 44] (Jan Komasa, 2014) rating_3_5
Not your routine WW II drama that's for sure
Ha! Good to see another Polish title here:)
You're right it's not routine war movie. It's very apparent that it was made by young generation (Komasa was born in 1981). There is no heroism in City 44, which is signature move of majority Polish war films.

BTW, do ou know Mary Komas - sister of Jan? She is singer more famous in UK than in Poland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHJz37OBeY

[Ms. M]

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4
How it happened, that I haven't seen it earlier, as it's classic?
Very good classic.

[Ms. M]

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Rewatch.
Vwryentertaining. And Bill Nighy wonderful as always.

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[Ms. M]

It depends what difficulty you gathered from it. Eastwood fails to tackle any systematic causes of crime in minority neighborhoods, ya know like poverty and the war on drugs. He seems to think racism is fine because white people also do it to each other (ya pollack, ya mick). The scariest thing about it is the film portraying a racist old man as a hero for not gunning down his neighbors. It gets to play the pacifist by passing the violence off on the state, the police who will return to the neighborhood and arrest everyone.

I'd say the most applicable lesson from Gran Tarino about the US is that white people are extremely good at rationalizing and downplaying bigotry. Also, old, white conservative men all have power fantasies about inflicting vigilante "justice" on colored people.
Firstly, good to see you, Redwell:)
Secondly, it's quite sad, what you wrote. I didn't think about it in this way. Thank you for pointed it out. It's very valuable remark:up:

[Chypmunk]

BTW, do you know Mary Komasa - sister of Jan? She is a singer more famous in the UK than in Poland.
I'm not, can't watch that vid at the moment as herself has charge of entertainment for most of today but will try to remember to give it an ear at some point.

[Innovation]

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Re-watch, been too long since I last watched all the Halloween movies so I'm setting out to refresh my memory before the new 2018 installment hits the big screens!

4

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Not as good as the first one, but still pretty decent...

3.5

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Such an epic movie. I honestly don't know how I managed to not see this until only this weekend...But so glad to have finally experienced it. Cruise is such a brilliant actor and he really gives everything he does 110%. Loved the futuristic concept and storyline.

4.5

[SeeingisBelieving]

Minority Report

Such an epic movie. I honestly don't know how I managed to not see this until only this weekend...But so glad to have finally experienced it. Cruise is such a brilliant actor and he really gives everything he does 110%. Loved the futuristic concept and storyline.

rating_4_5

I really liked it at the time too. I've since developed much more of an appreciation for Samantha Morton as well, seeing her in more recent films.

[cricket]

American Animals (2018)

3+

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I love my true crime movies, but I didn't think this true story was particularly interesting or exciting. Given that, I think the filmmakers did a great job maximizing what they could do with it. The way they intercut the movie with the real people talking about it, it reminded me of those true crime TV shows. Usually in these types of movies, the characters will at least have some charisma. These characters had none, but it works pretty well because we are shown that the real people have none either. They seem like a foursome of misfits and morons and that is exactly how they're portrayed, and the young cast does a terrific job. I thought if was a good movie that did extremely well with what they had to work with. Loved the Reservoir Dogs reference.

[doubledenim]

American Animals (2018)

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I love my true crime movies, but I didn't think this true story was particularly interesting or exciting. Given that, I think the filmmakers did a great job maximizing what they could do with it. The way they intercut the movie with the real people talking about it, it reminded me of those true crime TV shows. Usually in these types of movies, the characters will at least have some charisma. These characters had none, but it works pretty well because we are shown that the real people have none either. They seem like a foursome of misfits and morons and that is exactly how they're portrayed, and the young cast does a terrific job. I thought if was a good movie that did extremely well with what they had to work with. Loved the Reservoir Dogs reference.


Did they name each other after colors or was there a Madonna monologue? :)

[Marco]

Firstly, good to see you, Redwell:)
Secondly, it's quite sad, what you wrote. I didn't think about it in this way. Thank you for pointed it out. It's very valuable remark:up:

I do agree with you Redwell, if a film intends to portray a message or deliver an opinion it should not be done in such a narrow-minded, ham-fisted way.

[pahaK]

Somehow missed the continuation of Seagal debate.

It's weird how, like that video states, he's shown to be an "everyman" compared to the likes of musclebound stars like Schwarzenegger or Stallone yet he's still just as absurdly overpowered when you compare him to other everyman action performances like Bruce Willis in Die Hard (which is part of why Under Siege doesn't work for me because he never actually seems troubled by the situation).

I haven't watched the linked video but comparing Seagal's characters to the likes of Willis in Die Hard is in my opinion completely missing the point. Practically all of his characters are as far from "everyman" as possible, legends in the violence business closer John Wick than John McClane.

Also, I don't think his fighting is particularly impressive - maybe it's more realistic in that he's not doing kicks like Van Damme would but I just think "Seagal fighting" and just imagine him flailing his hands around like a marionette.

I've always been a fan of his cinematic Aikido. It's the locks and breaking of joints/bones that really set him apart. And while I don't focus that much on realism when it comes to movie fights I'd say Seagal's early films are at least little better on that regard than van Damme and other more acrobatic action stars (though even van Damme started to do some grappling later in his career).

I'm honestly not sure what to think of his striking ("flailing his hands around like a marionette"). It's kind of reminiscent of Wing Chun and obviously looks very different from the boxing based hand techniques most of the western actions stars use. It's never bothered me but I can understand why it seems weird to many.

I guess the only realism based annoyance in martial arts films for me is the use of knives. Like the Seagal vs Jones in Under Siege (which looks like some silly fencing) or practically any fight where only one of the guys has a knife (why is everyone always leading with the knife and if blocked just try overpower the defender). That sort of stuff really pisses me off.

[Marco]

Cosh Boy (1953)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/%22Cosh_Boy%22_%281953%29.jpg/220px-%22Cosh_Boy%22_%281953%29.jpg

Watched this out of idle curiosity, decent performances and I believe it was a "nasty" at the time. Storyline good enough so a decent 6/10...hasn't at all aged well (who has?) :)

[Marco]

The Leather Boys (1964)

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After hearing of the passing of Dudley Sutton I decided but to have a re-watch of this gem, the direction and acting is clunky but great. The references to homosexuality are brave if very implied rather than explicit. The live action scenes gives it a very "Hell Riders"-y feel. Strong 7.5/10.

[matt72582]

Bob Le Flambeur - 7.5/10
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Bob_le_flambeur.jpg

[BigBan]

Rampage
Rating: 10/10

[Citizen Rules]

Rumblefish
Been about 15 years since I saw this last but actually I found I connected with it better this time around, the last really strong film Coppola released for me. I'd say its rep for being overly serious is perhaps overstated as well, I mean yeah it has a lot of the trappings of an art film generally I think the atmosphere is more playful(helped by Copelands atypical score) within those bounds, very strong cast with Rourke at his 80's best and I don't think Matt DIllion has ever been as good as he is here.
9/10I was impressed with my one time viewing of Rumblefish, really has a unique style to it. And now that I've read about what Coppola was trying to achieve with that film, I bet my opinion would only go up even higher.

Goodbye Mr Chips (1939)
I thought this would probably be a bit dull. In actual fact I'd rented it before and couldn't be bothered to actually watch it. I don't know if I even would have appreciated it then, but by half way through I had tears in my eyes. Not due to the stuff that is actually aiming for sentimental, more at its portrait of shyness and loneliness. There are also amusing bits, like when Mr Chips catches two boys fighting and then chastises one for not putting his fists up high enough. Superb performances too. Very glad I watched it.
rating_4 I came very close to choosing Goodbye Mr Chips for the 1st 30s Hof.



Minority Report...Such an epic movie. I honestly don't know how I managed to not see this until only this weekend...But so glad to have finally experienced it. Cruise is such a brilliant actor and he really gives everything he does 110%. Loved the futuristic concept and storyline.

rating_4_5 Glad to see Cruise get some respect, I've seen a lot of his films and he's almost always good in them. Loved Minority Report, like you said what a great concept and story.

[Marco]

Hot Pursuit (1025).

Unfunny "comedy" with Reese Witherspoon. 2/10.

[cricket]

Show Boat (1936)

3.5

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I've had better luck with musicals from the 30's than any other decade. I thought I may like this anyway as the settings appeal to me, and I also like how it spans many years. This was an interesting movie regarding race. There's a startling musical number performed by a white woman while black audience members view from the back rows. It's also another movie in which blacks are shown to have menial jobs. On the other hand, one of the storylines deals with race, and I thought the message was anti-racist. Plus, Hattie McDaniel owns every second she's in the movie, like always, and I thought Paul Robeson singing Ol Man River was the best scene of the movie.

[MovieGal]

The Predator
2018
3/5

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In no way means is this a great film but an entertaining film with low expectations. Some scenes just didnt fit with the whole "Predator" movies series. My only wish.....

Is that the gift the first Predator brought to earth for mankind, to kill the more advanced DNA Predators, was a damn FACEHUGGER!!!

[mark f]

^ Agree with all that.cricket plus it's filled with expressionistic imagery by director James Whale (Frankenstein, The Invisible Man).

[cricket]

^ Agree with all that.cricket plus it's filled with expressionistic imagery by director James Whale (Frankenstein, The Invisible Man).

I didn't even realize the director. That's a talented guy to be able to do that kind of variety.

[Citizen Rules]

I need to see Show Boat.

[GulfportDoc]

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rating_4
How it happened, that I haven't seen it earlier, as it's classic?
Very good classic.
I don't know how many times this same trite subject has been used in films, but this particular one was pretty good because of the acting-- especially from the principles. As great as Hackman is, he pretty much failed with his accent as a former Mississippi sheriff..:) He and Willem Dafoe worked very well together. Hackman is very good at playing a mixed philosophical character. THAT part is pretty authentic..;)

~Doc

[Citizen Rules]

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House of Wax (1953) - IMDb


(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/)Getting in some early horror for October. This is a remake of 1933's Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024368/) I watched both and it was surprising just how similar the 1953 version was to the 1933 original. The big difference is this is full color, Warner Color to be exact and it was one of the first films to be in 3D and stereophonic sound. But the big draw will be the master of gentlemen macabre...Vincent Price. I can't help but like the mad waxer, even though he's stealing corpses and covering them in wax to display in his wax museum. Vincent has this kindly quality to him that no matter how evil of a character he plays, he's still likable! I felt sorry for him. Of course it's not nice to capture a beautiful young, live woman and try to coat her in 400 degree wax! Yikes.

I recommend watching the original Mystery of the Wax Museum, then House of Wax...if you still have a mind for waxy build up, I suppose you could watch a bunch of teens get bumped off in the 2005 remake House of Wax (2005) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397065/)to make it a triple horror play.

(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397065/)

[Fabulous]

Monkey Business (1952)

3

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[MoreOrLess]

I was impressed with my one time viewing of Rumblefish, really has a unique style to it. And now that I've read about what Coppola was trying to achieve with that film, I bet my opinion would only go up even higher.

What really comes to mind for me is the link with Leos Carax's Boy Meets Girl that came out a few months latter. Both great looking B&W films obviously looking back to an earlier era but Carax more towards Goddard and Coppola more towards early Brando and James Dean.

Quite different in the way they went down though I spose as Boy Meets Girl helped kickstart Cinema Du Look where as Rumblefish was another one of those semi lost films of the ET era like Blade Runner or The Thing, hopefully it experiences the kind of revival they have.

I remember actually watching Rumblefish the first time because Tarantino mentioned it in an interview as a favourite and honestly I think in some ways it does kind of feel similar to his work. Both taking a nominally artier concept and trying to make it accessible to a younger wider audience, albeit Coppola was more visually focused.

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★
A very good fantasy movie, an extended death scene, the voyage of life and death. Loved the atmosphere and the Neil Young soundtrack.

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★
Terrible, this film sucks. I'm not even talk about the acting 'cause I know it's a superhero movie. But what about the rest? Damn... And the dialogs?? :sick: This movie represents 'what's bad about cinema' in contemporary hollywood.

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★★
It was good opportunities from the beginning to end, all wasted! At least the film have some fun dialogue among the 'silly' characters.

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★★★★
Another hit by turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan! One of the best of our generation. The ending was outstanding.

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★
Another terrible movie. Laughable!! The cast sucks. That ending... :nope:
Lmao with that ending.

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★★★★
Another very good movie from R HoF!

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★★★★
A film about language and art, Antonioni made a very good job with symbolism!

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★★★★
Southwest (2011)
The best brazilian movie I've seen in years!
Can't wait for the new Eduardo Nunes film: 'Unicornio'! :):)

[the samoan lawyer]

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Paris is Burning (1990)


3+

[Iroquois]

Predators - 3

wonder if they ever got off that planet

[Rey Skywalker]

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

3.5

''These creatures were here before us, and if we’re not careful they’re going to be here after.''

[GulfportDoc]

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★★★★
A film about language and art, Antonioni made a very good job with symbolism!

One of my favorite films. It still holds up today. Antonioni was able to set a mood and a mysterious feel better than many others who have tried. There was minimal dialogue, which suited David Hemmings' ability to project feeling. I can still hear the leaves rustling in the breeze in the park...

~Doc

[Lil Rob]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

I am visiting the Warner Bros. Harry Potter tour tomorrow, so I literally binged all the movies in the space of a week. They’re long so it was pretty hard going. That said, I was genuinely impressed with the final chapter of the series and was pleasantly surprised by some of the twists and turns (I haven’t read the books) that the film had to offer. In my opinion it is the best of the franchise, but my only caveat would be that it would not have been as impactful if I hadn’t watch ALL the others.

5 out of 5 stars.

[Ultraviolence]

One of my favorite films. It still holds up today. Antonioni was able to set a mood and a mysterious feel better than many others who have tried. There was minimal dialogue, which suited David Hemmings' ability to project feeling. I can still hear the leaves rustling in the breeze in the park...

~Doc

That scenes was amazing! :eek:

[films246+1]

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.wvASDmokuZe6IJz-UXYGqwHaKt&w=136&h=197&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7


5.5/10

[Iroquois]

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem - 0.5

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem - rating_0_5

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Predator 2 was on, back-to-back with Predator recently and I was thinking to myself what a big mistake it was to have a Predator in the city. I haven't seen Predators all the way through but at least the makers realized that.

[MovieGal]

Ultraviolence , you aren't a comic book fan are you?

[Iroquois]

Predator 2 was on, back-to-back with Predator recently and I was thinking to myself what a big mistake it was to have a Predator in the city. I haven't seen Predators all the way through but at least the makers realized that.

I can still understand why they felt the need to mix things up by seeing how it handled in different settings, even if the results were...not so good. The issue with putting it back in the jungle is that it runs the risk of repeating the original (which Predators, while still reasonably enjoyable, did a lot for better and for worse).

[Ultraviolence]

@Ultraviolence (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=92258) , you aren't a comic book fan are you?

I am a big fan of comic books!!

[Ultraviolence]

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem - rating_0_5

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I admire you, sir, for having the courage to watch this movie twice!

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[Swan]

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem - 0.5

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Is that the avant-garde film where it's just a black screen the whole time?

[Iroquois]

I admire you, sir, for having the courage to watch this movie twice!

Just had to be sure.

Is that the avant-garde film where it's just a black screen the whole time?

I'm still amazed at how the DP also shot the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (and the rest of his filmography is...fairly eclectic, to say the least (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669050/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr8).

[Swan]

I'm still amazed at how the DP also shot the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (and the rest of his filmography is...fairly eclectic, to say the least (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669050/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr8).

Yeah. As far as the lighting goes, it could have been a directorial decision, like "let's make it darker so it's SCARIER!!!"

[Iroquois]

I think the problems with it go much deeper than the lighting to the point where I barely even notice the lighting (but I do notice it).

[Gangland]

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We gotta talk about the neon psychedelic, sync scored Mandy (2018). A total throwback to 80s horror/camp, the first hour of Mandy starts out a little slow. But just past the hour mark, Mandy releases the CAGE RAGE and then **** gets heavily real and turns into a beautifully shot gutter fest. Mandy got a theatrical release and a simultaneous VOD release, so if you can't/won't watch it theatrically, then it's for rent on both itunes and amazon.

Highly recommended, as well as Panos Cosmatos' earlier feature: Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010).

RAING:4.5

[Stirchley]

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Loved this though I am not a sci-fi fan. The 3 leads were brilliant. Might re-watch it.

[MovieGal]

I am a big fan of comic books!!

Just not of the movies...

I enjoy comics too and know that they can and tend to make adjustments on the movies but I still enjoy. I love X-Men cartoons but I know they aren't like the comic books on their storylines. Same as their movies. I think Disney will do better with their movies.

[Ultraviolence]

Just not of the movies...

I enjoy comics too and know that they can and tend to make adjustments on the movies but I still enjoy. I love X-Men cartoons but I know they aren't like the comic books on their storylines. Same as their movies. I think Disney will do better with their movies.

I don't care if the movies are like the comics, actually, I preffer they change everything. Infinity War is bad in my opinion, because it's incopetent as 'movie'!

I like the cartoon "X-Men Evolution", and there's nothing of the comics there. Also, I like superhero films, when they are good. I just don't think that seen a character that I love in a film (I love Spider-Man since I was a little kid), doesn't make the film good. X-Men 2 for example, is a very good superhero movie. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) it's also a good movie if I remember well (it's been ages since I last saw it).

The fact is: Avengers is pretty bad cinema, it's a CGI fest, nothing more.
Thanus was okay, but he wasn't "HUMAN" like much people say. Actually, he was pretty cliche. Different from the comics, yes, but that doesn't make him better!

[Stirchley]

48082

Expected nothing from this Danish movie, but it was actually very good. Fictionalized rendering of a true story many consider to be a war crime.

[cricket]

The Hurricane (1937)

2.5

https://thane62.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/fdabtwgtfcoifwckf4xp9zeyn5o.jpg

I was really looking forward to this John Ford movie because I liked the story. There's a good supporting cast, but I thought the lead couple was bland and lacked star power. It's pretty cool when the hurricane comes but it was disappointing overall. I thought it was ok.

[Ms. M]

I don't know how many times this same trite subject has been used in films, but this particular one was pretty good because of the acting-- especially from the principles. As great as Hackman is, he pretty much failed with his accent as a former Mississippi sheriff..:) He and Willem Dafoe worked very well together. Hackman is very good at playing a mixed philosophical character. THAT part is pretty authentic..;)

~Doc
The accent of Hackman couldn't bother me as I was watching the movie with lector - it was on TV:) But I don't think I would hear the difference anyway. Remember it's a foreign language movie for me:D


Maybe the subjecy was used many times in movies, but I was surprised with brutality of showing scenes.
I agree that Hackaman and Dafoe created good duo:)

[Ms. M]

http://opolskielamy.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kapelmistrze.jpgBandMasters 2016
3.5

Documentary movie about/with Polish folk bands. Few bands play their songs. It last about 40 minutes and it's like long music vide, but I like folk, so I enjoyed the movie.

[Marco]

Island of Death (1976)

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I seem to have accrued alot of snash on the hard disc. Had a go at this as a cheer-me-up after work on a Monday. It's pretty nasty in that it seems like they turned up with actors, a basic narrative and a desire to "shock". I'm not a connoisseur of this type of film but it just seemed crud with not even camp bonus points. The laddie getting on with a goat actually did make me chuckle (in its desperate attempts to shock) 1/10.

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Returner-japense-poster.jpg

Second viewing - 2
Snooze factor rating = Zzzz

Yet another film I loved when I first saw it and now think what a load of rubbish after a second watch...


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[MovieGal]

I don't care if the movies are like the comics, actually, I preffer they change everything. Infinity War is bad in my opinion, because it's incopetent as 'movie'!

I like the cartoon "X-Men Evolution", and there's nothing of the comics there. Also, I like superhero films, when they are good. I just don't think that seen a character that I love in a film (I love Spider-Man since I was a little kid), doesn't make the film good. X-Men 2 for example, is a very good superhero movie. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) it's also a good movie if I remember well (it's been ages since I last saw it).

The fact is: Avengers is pretty bad cinema, it's a CGI fest, nothing more.
Thanus was okay, but he wasn't "HUMAN" like much people say. Actually, he was pretty cliche. Different from the comics, yes, but that doesn't make him better!

When I went to see Avengers: Infinity War... I knew right off there was a part 2... apparently, many of the patrons of the cinema didn't know that it comes out May 3, 2019.. They were all upset and whining like little babies because how it left off.. you know that the thing is... Marvel/Disney did it that way to bring people back to the cinema for part 2... why end it on a positive note when you want more money? I saw Infinity War three times in the cinema... and many times since then but it's not my favorite.. out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe... Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is my favorite. I enjoyed all the other films but yeah I was happy to see GOTGV2 twice at the cinema...

[dadgumblah]

Somehow missed the continuation of Seagal debate.



I haven't watched the linked video but comparing Seagal's characters to the likes of Willis in Die Hard is in my opinion completely missing the point. Practically all of his characters are as far from "everyman" as possible, legends in the violence business closer John Wick than John McClane.



I've always been a fan of his cinematic Aikido. It's the locks and breaking of joints/bones that really set him apart. And while I don't focus that much on realism when it comes to movie fights I'd say Seagal's early films are at least little better on that regard than van Damme and other more acrobatic action stars (though even van Damme started to do some grappling later in his career).

I'm honestly not sure what to think of his striking ("flailing his hands around like a marionette"). It's kind of reminiscent of Wing Chun and obviously looks very different from the boxing based hand techniques most of the western actions stars use. It's never bothered me but I can understand why it seems weird to many.

I guess the only realism based annoyance in martial arts films for me is the use of knives. Like the Seagal vs Jones in Under Siege (which looks like some silly fencing) or practically any fight where only one of the guys has a knife (why is everyone always leading with the knife and if blocked just try overpower the defender). That sort of stuff really pisses me off.

Pretty much agree with what you've said about Seagal. And what you said about his methods looking like Wing Chun. I had a friend who studied Martial Arts and he said that what Seagal did mostly was Wing Chun style but he didn't say anything about Aikido. Seagal's method was particular in "joint-locking," that is, like it sounds, hitting people at their joints, say like wrists and elbows and turning them away from their natural angle. So I took him at his word. By the way, he loved Seagal. Every time I went to his house, I expected to see a candle-lit shrine to him. :)

This is pretty funny what John Leguizamo says about Seagal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsNBMdZhq4

[pahaK]

Pretty much agree with what you've said about Seagal. And what you said about his methods looking like Wing Chun. I had a friend who studied Martial Arts and he said that what Seagal did mostly was Wing Chun style but he didn't say anything about Aikido.

Weird he didn't mention anything about Aikido because that's where his background mostly is (or is supposed to be at least, I have the impression that large part of his claimed history is made up). Just rewatched Marked for Death and what he does there is definitely 90%+ Aikido. In that old films even his striking is mostly based on Aikido hand movements and looks little weird. I'd remember Wing Chun influences came little later (pretty sure The Glimmer Man has that stuff, don't remember if that's first).

Seagal's method was particular in "joint-locking," that is, like it sounds, hitting people at their joints, say like wrists and elbows and turning them away from their natural angle.

His joint attacks are basically Aikido (or Aiki-jujutsu) applied with lots of force by a big man. Especially in his early films many fights look like Aikido presentations without the victim "jumping" with his moves and getting his limbs destroyed instead. I really liked that style and it did set him apart from the usual Karate based martial arts stars.

[MovieGal]

Tumman Veden Päällä
(2013)
3.5/5

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xtvPi-fr6nE/maxresdefault.jpg

[films246+1]

EDIT


why do some pics post and others dont?


Jon

[cricket]

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

4

http://www.apaladewalsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Zangiku-monogatari.jpg

An adopted son is a crappy Kabuki actor but he's still in good shape due to his father's respected name. His brother, or whatever you'd call him as he's the dad's real son, has a baby and there's a wet nurse who helps out. Never heard of a wet nurse before outside of porn but she supports the crappy actor, and that starts rumors and conflict in the family, and then it goes from there. The guy wants to make it on his own and she continues to support him and then there's love and other ups and downs. The only thing I didn't get about the movie was the choices forced on people, but then I don't understand the culture. It's about 140 minutes long and slow, but I thought it was excellent. It's very moving and beautifully filmed. Great recommendation Camo.

[Ultraviolence]

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

rating_4

http://www.apaladewalsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Zangiku-monogatari.jpg

An adopted son is a crappy Kabuki actor but he's still in good shape due to his father's respected name. His brother, or whatever you'd call him as he's the dad's real son, has a baby and there's a wet nurse who helps out. Never heard of a wet nurse before outside of porn but she supports the crappy actor, and that starts rumors and conflict in the family, and then it goes from there. The guy wants to make it on his own and she continues to support him and then there's love and other ups and downs. The only thing I didn't get about the movie was the choices forced on people, but then I don't understand the culture. It's about 140 minutes long and slow, but I thought it was excellent. It's very moving and beautifully filmed. Great recommendation Camo.

Glad to see you liked Cricket, even if it wasn't me who recommended it to you! It's beautifully filmed, like you said. One of my favorite directors of all time.
That travelling ❤️

It is so sad that this is his first film in a trilogy about theater in the Meiji period, and the other two are lost for good... :(

[Ultraviolence]

Mandy: The Revenge of Castor Troy (2018) by Panos Cosmatos

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I watched 40 minutes of this film thinking that I was facing a cosmic horror/fantasy. Jesus Christ I didn't see that Grindhouse LSD coming!
The film has a interesting use of lights and colors, the soundtrack was also good. Castor "Nic Cage" Troy was funny!

The second half is bad for its own sake, but Panos lost himself during the carnage, the film stopped to be fun. The last funny scene was when Cage smelled that cocaine, lmao.

It's interesting how Cage goes through all 'stages of loss' in one scene with a bottle of vodka, by far my favorite scene. I didn't knew how to react watching that. The violence was bad, most of it was dark so I coudn't actually enjoy it, and damn, I liked that cartooning blood.

The film was interesting, with some fun moments and a funny performance by Nic, but I didn't like the grindhouse aspect of it.

★★ (Not enough animated boobs)

[the samoan lawyer]

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3626937.1536763826!/image/image.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj72O_WzcTdAhWI2qQKHSCICaYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Ffilm%2Fa-mother-brings-her-son-to-be-shot-it-s-still-grim-up-north-1.3626938&psig=AOvVaw0adC60BcoX3LuP-Kn0Ysn3&ust=1537361929608645)
A Mother Brings Her So To Be Shot (2017)


I'm probably being bias as it was a local documentary but I thought it was great. If you can get to see it then you really should give it a watch. Details the story of a punishment shooting in a local estate. Nice Q&A after with the director too.


4

[WorldFilmGeek]

Watched a few new films over the weekend


https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/redbad.jpg?w=441&h=627


Redbad (Roel Reine, 2018): Reine, known in the United States for direct-to-DVD sequels like The Marine 2, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, and others, tends to showcase his best in his native Netherlands. This is an 8th Century historical epic about the titular Frisian, who leads an alliance between his people and the Vikings against the Franks in what would be the Netherlands.
rating_4_5


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Final Score (Scott Mann, 2018): Throwback to 80's/early 90's action films with Dave Bautista as a PTSD-stricken war vet in London visiting the family of his fallen comrade who he treated as a brother and must rescue his kidnapped "niece" from Russian terrorists in West Ham Stadium. Pierce Brosnan has more of an extended cameo and Ray Stevenson made the most of his role without going OTT as the villain.
rating_3


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Bleach (Shinsuke Sato, 2018): Hollywood could seriously learn a thing or two from the Japanese about live-action adaptations of manga/anime. This is definitely high on the list of good ones thanks to great performances from stars Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, and pop star/actor MIYAVI.
rating_4


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Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017): I really wanted to like this Jackie Chan sci-fi film, but there was too much going on. Not that it wasn't a bad film, but I had to watch it twice to get the story as a whole. Show Lo, I think is trying to be the next Stephen Chow, but I did like Callan Mulvey as the villain. I think he should do more big bad guy roles, especially after seeing him in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Batman v. Superman. But the story was what kind of ruined what could have been a pretty good film.

rating_2_5

[Violetlvr]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
8.5/10

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/5150%2C_Rue_des_Ormes.jpg
5150 Elm's Way

2.5
Snooze factor rating = Zzz



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[HashtagBrownies]

Nice Q&A after with the director too.

Lemme guess, Light House Cinema?

[MovieGal]

Puhdistus
(2012)
3.5/5


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[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/f2d2378cbbb3151f2bc45cabb435d83a/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo1_r15_1280.jpg

To Catch a Thief (1955)

5

''For what it’s worth, I never stole from anybody who would go hungry.''

[dadgumblah]

Weird he didn't mention anything about Aikido because that's where his background mostly is (or is supposed to be at least, I have the impression that large part of his claimed history is made up). Just rewatched Marked for Death and what he does there is definitely 90%+ Aikido. In that old films even his striking is mostly based on Aikido hand movements and looks little weird. I'd remember Wing Chun influences came little later (pretty sure The Glimmer Man has that stuff, don't remember if that's first).



His joint attacks are basically Aikido (or Aiki-jujutsu) applied with lots of force by a big man. Especially in his early films many fights look like Aikido presentations without the victim "jumping" with his moves and getting his limbs destroyed instead. I really liked that style and it did set him apart from the usual Karate based martial arts stars.

Yeah, my friend never did mention Aikido. My friend was great at some martial art but to tell the truth he was a blowhard and whenever we had a meeting at our warehouse, he had just been practicing whatever martial art he knew and would show up to the meeting without his shirt and be flexing himself while all the women were snickering at him. But he really did know some sort of Kung-Fu or something. As for me, I don't really know one Martial Art from another, except that Chuck Norris did Karate, Bruce Lee did Kung-Fu (I thing he mixed a lot of styles), and I know that David Carradine supposedly did Tai Chi, and when he "fought" in movies, he would always hit close to the camera whereas some other actor like Norris would show his whole body doing the move.

That's all I know. Steve Seagal still runs like a sissy. :)

[McConnaughay]

I haven't really watched a lot of films lately this month. I moved into a new home and I've been working a lot more hours than usual, while trying to juggle time on writing, but my fiancee and I have been doing this new tradition we have of trying out different beers (I am almost 23, but I'd never tried alcohol before the move. I haven't gotten drunk or anything, but I've enjoyed how it helps me unwind. Point is, our apparent go-to has been the Jackass films. Of the three times we've drank, we have since watched Jackass 1-3, 2.5, and 3.5. I don't know how to rate them as films, but they're enjoyably stupid.

[Innovation]

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When you wake up at 1am and can't sleep...What are you gonna watch? An intense Liam Neeson action/thriller of course...Didn't even bother trying to go back to sleep after this. Just a good action flick as we've come to love from Liam Neeson in recent years. Enjoyed this.

4

[Chypmunk]

Zangiku monogatari [The Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums] (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939) 4
So much more than just a momentary inspiration for the Hellraiser franchise

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★

[Redwell]

Nocturama (2016) (Dir. Bertand Bonello) 4
https://i.imgur.com/KokDnac.jpg

It doesn't articulate the drive of the militants very well, but it is a slick caper style mission accompanied by an odd quiet in which the culture that birthed them is proven hollow and their entire beings meaningless.Setting the downtime in the shopping center is definitely commentary on consumer culture being ill equip to fulfill people in any meaningful way. These people are all just adrift, and winding up here is almost incidental. The lady on the bike articulates it perfectly with her fatalistic "it was always going to happen".

I generally prefer movies about political violence to actually engage with the geopolitics that fuel them, but this movie is more concerned with the vulnerable who fall prey to those mechanisms and how even when exercising power through destruction they are powerless to alter the grande circumstances in a meaningful way. You sympathize with the human element even if you can't sympathize with their obscured motivations. These people are just cogs in a machine.

[WorldFilmGeek]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/rad.jpg?w=209&h=300


4.0 - An underrated 80's sports drama directed by Smokey and the Bandit's Hal Needham to capitalize on the BMX trend. Showed this to my 8-year old daughter and she was blown away by the BMX stunts. The "bicycle dance" scene and the Helltrack race itself are highlights, plus it has one heck of a soundtrack.

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/A_Quiet_Place_film_poster.png

4
Snooze factor rating = Z


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3
Snooze factor rating = Z



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[doubledenim]

https://i.imgur.com/iyXiR4d.png
Mandy (2018)



(https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1951138#post1951138)

So, you've been trying to find a Carl Jung movie...




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[Stirchley]

You really should patent your snooze factor ratings. I can so relate.

[cricket]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

3.5+

https://unobtainium13.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-1939.jpg

There are parts of this movie that are incredible with scenes that are horrifying or creepy. I don't prefer when actors I like are in make-up or costume that makes them unrecognizable, but Charles Laughton as Hunch was great. It wasn't just expressions and speech, but his physical efforts were both surprising and riveting. Maureen O'Hara is a hot joy to watch and most of the supporting cast was also excellent. The movie looks phenomenal and it's a good story. What keeps it from becoming a real favorite for me is the tone. As dark as it was at times, there were other times it came off as lighthearted. It's a great movie nonetheless.

[spookiemoviemania]

FUNNY GAMES: (2007)

https://resizing.flixster.com/HjlfJFPeLGsbAGyXs2YBgucjtqc=/206x305/v1.bTsxMTYyMTYzNTtqOzE3OTA5OzEyMDA7NjAwOzgwMA

A scene-for-scene remake of director Michael Haneke's own, same-named 1997 Austrian film, "Funny Games" has more on its mind than startling displays of blood and terror. Yes yet another US purloin of a European film. Can Haneke please tell me why he called his film "funny games" as the terror these two young psychopaths wreak on their victims are neither funny nor games. This version lacks the cutting edge tension of the original so disappointed me somewhat.
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[SeeingisBelieving]

The Quiet Ones (2014) – 6/10

[Iroquois]

The Predator - 2.5

Shane Black cooked up a story and Fox dropped it in a meat grinder.

[FromBeyond]

The Minus Man
(1999)

Strange dream like movie about a serial killer (Owen Wilson) who poisons his victims, I found it a quite interesting study of a sociopath whom the director describes as "a cross between Psycho's Norman Bates, Melville's Billy Budd and Being There's Chauncey Gardner". idk who Billy Budd is but I can see the other two. .. Wilson is as benign here as you know him best, if you aren't paying attention you might think you are watching a gentle drama about a kind hearted drifter and that is perhaps what most disarming about this movie.. quite thought provoking but at times silly, by no means perfect but filled with ideas, I'm pleased I watched it.

"Once when I was young... I was laying in the grass, and a spider crawled in my ear... well, he crawled out again. Nobody home"

3.5+

[WorldFilmGeek]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/deathkiss.jpeg?w=411&h=617

3.5

15 years after his death, legendary action star Charles Bronson returns from the dea...just kidding! Actually the star of the film is Robert Kovacs, a Hungarian-born actor whose uncanny resemblance to the action legend led him to a film career thanks to indie filmmaker Rene Perez. Bottom line, if you liked or loved the Death Wish franchise, then you will dig this homage to that franchise, even with some OTT blood from the gunshots.

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/4d10f1d8dcf1387c0cef7d2617d6603f/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo2_r9_540.gif

La La Land (2016)

5

That last scene gets me every time :bawling:

[Fabulous]

The River (1951)

3.5

https://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/great-movie-the-river-le-fleuve-1951/hero_EB20060212REVIEWS08602120301AR.jpg

[McConnaughay]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/TheNunPoster.jpg
The Nun was slightly above-average horror fare. It didn't touch nearly the heights of The Conjuring's main-series, but it was a considerable improvement over Annabelle and a small uptick from Annabelle: Creation. The cinematography, visuals, and choice in music had a lot more of a "vision" to them than what could have been had this been a throwaway cash-in adaptation. That said, the narrative was weak and it did have a reliance on jump-scares throughout (even if I think it had one or two scenes in-particular that were, predictable, but cool). I did a 30-minute Podcast discussion with my fiancee about it, and I will sit-down and write out a fleshed out review, but, right now, I feel comfortable saying it's a 6 outta 10 film.

[matt72582]

Detective Story - 7.5/10
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Detective-Story-Poster.jpg

[WorldFilmGeek]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/beyondthesky.jpg?w=398&h=590


3.0 - A filmmaker's attempt to disprove the theory of alien abduction leads him to discover more than what he bargains for in the feature film directorial debut of Fulvio Sestito.


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4.0 - After a two-decade self-imposed exile from his South African shanty town, a man returns and finds his home no longer under apartheid, but something far worse within the walls. Hoping to live a peaceful life, he must face his demons. Good concept, nicely executed, especially the Western-styled finale. Great entry from South Africa.

[SeeingisBelieving]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/4d10f1d8dcf1387c0cef7d2617d6603f/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo2_r9_540.gif



It's alright for some :bashful:.

[Saunch]

I love La La Land.

https://youtu.be/UTT9doNS6VY

[SeeingisBelieving]

He's like Gotham 's Penguin there isn't he? I've never seen Spider-Man 3 all the way through but it continues to reveal fresh horrors.

[Ms. M]

It's a great scene:up: Peter Parker - evil version!

[edarsenal]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e8/9d/18/e89d1881231155883c2d8f587887dd53--howard-hughes-hells-angels.jpg

Hell's Angels (1930) 4.5 My final movie to watch before making my List for the 30s Countdown (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1896180#post1896180) and what a HELLUVA movie!
With the sultry Jean Harlowe intoxicating a pair of brothers (and anyone else she encounters) a chunk of this film centers around this. But the REAL film is the aerial combat and the grit of the action as well as some key scenes that made my jaw drop.

Some intriguing filming, such as the night flying was done in a blue monochrome and the party that the three leading characters are at was in color. Which I really did appreciate when viewing this.

And, should anyone be interested:
https://youtu.be/8DFFYHPbG9A

[Steve Freeling]

https://images4.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/184140_front.jpg
5
This one seems to only improve with repeated viewings. It's still relevant all these years after it first showed up. The film has much to say about hatred, all of it very much true and very much relevant in today's world. Hatred, in all of its guises, many of which the film explores, only destroys. Nothing good has ever come of hatred. It's consistently driven people to murder, destroyed marriages and families and eaten people alive from the inside... Hatred only creates pain, sadness and even more hatred. The scene that truly defines the film is when Ashi-taka (can't believe the censor goes so far I have to dash his name) says, "This is what hatred looks like! This is what it does when it catches hold of you!" And while I could be wrong, the way the apes and especially the boars speak of committing mass genocide against the humans strikes me as a pretty blatant metaphor for racism. Gonza, Lady Eboshi's right-hand man, also displays egregious xenophobia against Ashi-taka. Apparently, this is just as much of an issue in Japan as it is here in the United States. I was troubled to hear just a few days ago that Koreans are treated very badly there. And what of San, the titular Princess Mononoke? She says she hates all humans even though she herself is human and we often see this in the real world. There are Caucasians who say, "I hate white people," and African-Americans who say, "I hate black people." Why? I'm honestly not sure. Then again, hatred of another human being is something I can't really make heads or tails of. That said, it really shows how talented a filmmaker Miyazaki is that he doesn't show any of the major characters in the film (well, except for probably Jigo) as truly evil. As a movie, it still holds up. Even at 133 minutes (might be the longest animated film out there, anime or otherwise), it never gets bogged down or boring and keeps a brisk pace. The music score is one of Hisaishi's very best. The animation is, as you'd expect from Miyazaki, stunning. With that in mind, the character designs are as good as can be expected. The dub is a really good dub and the cast of live-action stars give it their best. This includes some excellent turns from Crudup as Ashi-taka, Danes as San, Driver as Lady Eboshi, Anderson as Moro, Smith as Toki, Keith David (who also provides the opening narration) as Okkoto and even Thornton is entertaining as Jigo ("I got it. Everything... Is under... Control.") and I'm nowhere near being his biggest fan. So, yeah, it has a lot to say and it's every bit as relevant, if not more so, in today's world.
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5
So, I saw this one a few months back when I rented the 2003 Disney DVD. I bought the Blu-ray from Walmart just two weeks later and ended up watching it mere hours later, which was mere minutes after seeing The Castle of Cagliostro. It was like seeing Spirited Away for the first time. The uptick in video quality was enormous. The colors were (are) even better than the old DVD and the animation was (is) considerably more clear due to the lack of the old DVD's windowbox. The windowbox is actually what made it so difficult for me to become completely immersed in the film that first time around. But the second time around (and every time after), that was no issue. Throw in an excellent DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track and you've got the perfect way to experience Miyazaki's Oscar-winning masterpiece on home video. So, anyways, we've got a treasure trove of likeable characters (excepting Yubaba, though she is entertaining), a great story about facing and eventually overcoming your fears, absolutely gorgeous animation, some great character designs, one of Hisaishi's very best musical scores (Reprise is my favorite track from the film), and a thoroughly fascinating spirit world you could explore for hours. The English dub is a standout even amongst the many excellent dubs we have Disney to thank for, featuring a plethora of great performances. A brief note on that. Daveigh Chase is great as Chihiro. She really brings the character to life and makes her easy to root for. Some have accused her of being obnoxious or doing nothing but screaming, but I can't say I agree. She gives an accurate portrayal of how a 10-year-old would react to the situations Chihiro finds herself in ("I don't want any. We're gonna get in trouble!") and frankly does a lot more gasping and groaning than outright screaming. Fun fact: she also voices Lilo in Lilo and Stitch, one of the films Spirited Away overtook for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The supporting cast, from Jason Marsden as Haku to Suzanne Pleshette as Yubaba and Zeniba to Lauren Holly (my birthday buddy, which is funny considering I'm actually gonna go see it in the theater on my day) of NCIS fame as Chihiro's mom to Bob Bergen (using the same voice he used for Kai in the Streamline dub of Akira) having a blast as No-Face, also gives a 100% effort in bringing the film to life for an English-language audience and the English dub script is completely natural. All in all, this is a truly great film, one that repays repeated viewings and I can hardly wait to see it back on the big screen where it belongs (won't that be amazing). But for now, I'm gonna go to bed, so later, guys.

[the samoan lawyer]

https://www.popoptiq.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PleasuresoftheFlesh.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjXmK7Qg8zdAhVOyKQKHao-CD8QjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popoptiq.com%2Fpleasures-of-the-flesh-nagisa-oshima-japanese-new-wave%2F&psig=AOvVaw3YZ7p9AajSkqhA4IbWX6rn&ust=1537616932254341)
Pleasures Of The Flesh (1965)


Not sure how this only get a 7 on IMDB? Another great film by Oshima.


4+


https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-08-at-9-09-37-pm.png?w=780 (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjN5cfZhMzdAhUssaQKHdavDm8QjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiewire.com%2F2017%2F02%2Fberlinale-2017-berlin-film-festival-the-party-review-sally-potter-timothy-spall-patricia-clarkson-1201782363%2F&psig=AOvVaw2Ky1nhWHGGAbdzwdS5GpMg&ust=1537617223638808)
The Party (2017)


Great cast in Spall, Scott Thomas, Ganz and Cillian Murphy amongst others and nicely shot in black and white. Despite having an already short runtime it felt that should have been shorter still.


2.5

[Marco]

Only God Forgives (2013)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Only_God_Forgives_poster.jpg/220px-Only_God_Forgives_poster.jpg

This film spooked me out a fair bit. The performances are good and the direction is too. Suppose, like a good storyteller Refn wants to dig into the "why is this happening" part of your appreciation of the film. The ending was fitting as it was baffling. I think NWR is a great magpie of other directors. As he should be. 9/10

[this_is_the_ girl]

Watched some Jackie Chan flicks this week:

The Fearless Hyena (1979) 3.5 The first half is mostly comedic but then it suddenly takes a turn for the dramatic. As always, brilliant kung fu choreography, great training scenes, hilariously inventive ending fight scene.

The Young Master (1980) 3.5 Worth it if only for the long final fight scene - it's insane, one of the best I've ever seen.

The Legend of the Drunken Master (1994) 3.5 Again, the final fight scene is incredible and worth the price of admission alone.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995) 3 Great action and stunts, inventive prop-heavy fight choreography but also not a very satisfying plot, as well as some bad acting and corny dialogue.

[resopamenic]

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https://media1.tenor.com/images/9562f649c46a651087789cc5dc407d74/tenor.gif?itemid=4776402

[resopamenic]

Aruitemo Aruitemo (2008)

- rewatch -

5

buru raito yokohama....

48200

[Ultraviolence]

Watched some Jackie Chan flicks this week:

The Fearless Hyena (1979) rating_3_5 The first half is mostly comedic but then it suddenly takes a turn for the dramatic. As always, brilliant kung fu choreography, great training scenes, hilariously inventive ending fight scene.

The Young Master (1980) rating_3_5 Worth it if only for the long final fight scene - it's insane, one of the best I've ever seen.

The Legend of the Drunken Master (1994) rating_3_5 Again, the final fight scene is incredible and worth the price of admission alone.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995) rating_3 Great action and stunts, inventive prop-heavy fight choreography but also not a very satisfying plot, as well as some bad acting and corny dialogue.

Oh, then this was a great week!

[Mr Minio]

Mandy (2018) - 5

https://78.media.tumblr.com/085bd355a1bb88777ae4d2ce69bc4179/tumblr_pazsueRIUc1ut1d6co1_r1_500.gif
You ripped my favourite shirt!

Whiners complained Panos Cosmatos had been prematurely hailed the Kubrick of the 21st century. The guy proved he's not a one-hit wonder and did not lose his chops! He delivered exactly the same orgone-oozing, neon-lit feverish dream. This time served in grindhouse sauce! During the last 15 minutes I had been praying for this not to end. 120 minutes felt like 20 minutes, and I just can't get enough of this, and now I have to wait another eight (?) years for his third film! I feel like rewatching both Mandy (that I just literally saw an hour ago) and Beyond the Black Rainbow!

Welcome back, Panos. Welcome back, Nic.

Sion Sono, Terrence Malick, Eugene Green, Eric Pauwels... and Panos Cosmatos.

What's the point in watching anything now, really?

_____________________________________________

cat_sidhe THE HYPE IS REAL! If you didn't understand my talk back in the day, the one about oozing orgone, Andromeda galaxy, positive vibrations and fourth dimension, just watch this film and you will get it!

PS: Cage is hilarious and crazy (although not as much as in, say, Bad Lieutenant), but he still manages to deliver a great performance, and he even made me sympathetic for his character at times, like that absurdist bathroom scene that quickly turns into sadness, or:

https://i.imgur.com/Txd3max.png

[Camo]

like that absurdist bathroom scene

This scene was incredible, so over the top in the best way. So was him consuming some kind of narcotic/vice after killing someone, picking up the mirror with the coke on it and snorting it then smoking the cigarette. Was surprised that he's barely in it for the first hour but it worked to the films advantage because it felt like he had been unleashed :laugh:

Didn't like it quite as much as you but it was really good, surprising as i expected it to be underwhelming. Gave it 4

[cat_sidhe]

Mandy (2018) - 5

https://78.media.tumblr.com/085bd355a1bb88777ae4d2ce69bc4179/tumblr_pazsueRIUc1ut1d6co1_r1_500.gif
You ripped my favourite shirt!

Whiners complained Panos Cosmatos had been prematurely hailed the Kubrick of the 21st century. The guy proved he's not a one-hit wonder and did not lose his chops! He delivered exactly the same orgone-oozing, neon-lit feverish dream. This time served in grindhouse sauce! During the last 15 minutes I had been praying for this not to end. 120 minutes felt like 20 minutes, and I just can't get enough of this, and now I have to wait another eight (?) years for his third film! I feel like rewatching both Mandy (that I just literally saw an hour ago) and Beyond the Black Rainbow!

Welcome back, Panos. Welcome back, Nic.

Sion Sono, Terrence Malick, Eugene Green, Eric Pauwels... and Panos Cosmatos.

What's the point in watching anything now, really?

_____________________________________________

cat_sidhe THE HYPE IS REAL! If you didn't understand my talk back in the day, the one about oozing orgone, Andromeda galaxy, positive vibrations and fourth dimension, just watch this film and you will get it!

PS: Cage is hilarious and crazy (although not as much as in, say, Bad Lieutenant), but he still manages to deliver a great performance, and he even made me sympathetic for his character at times, like that absurdist bathroom scene that quickly turns into sadness, or:

https://i.imgur.com/Txd3max.png

Well now I'm SUPER PEPPED for this!

[Mr Minio]

Was surprised that he's barely in it for the first hour but it worked to the films advantage because it felt like he had been unleashed :laugh: He was literally unleashed. It seems that he'd had a very dark/turbulent past, but upon meeting Mandy he decided to start a new life. Love seemingly changed him into an introvert, quiet guy, who merely remarks, or quietly replies to her, but in reality he was just asleep, just like the tiger was in a cage (Cage wears a tiger shirt). The brutal death of Mandy opens the cage (pun not intended), and Red stops giving a f*ck anymore.

She was perhaps the only reason for him to live. Then, the reason for him to live was to take revenge for her death. That's why the ending, when he kills all the bad guys, sits in a car, and starts hallucinating about her is so stunning. He realizes that even though the bad guys got what they deserved, he will never get his wife back. That's when he smiles hilariously (and creepily) in the camera, but in this smile there's mad desperation and melancholy.

The bathroom scene you mentioned is phenomenal. He had to look at his beloved one getting burnt alive, but even though it was a very strong initial shock for him, it wasn't until his return to his home that the whole thing really set in. He gets in and he sees a goofy commercial - the absurdism of the situation is the final trigger. He enters the bathroom, and he literally explodes. All those emotions just pour out. He relapses, and downs a whole bottle of vodka hidden somewhere from his wife. At first he does the trademark caginess, and the entire scene is framed as if it was a joke. Then, however, the camera makes that zoom, and all we see is his face, and Cage starts crying, and the overall mood changes from absurdly funny cage moment to absolute desperation and misery.

[Camo]

He was literally unleashed. It seems that he'd had a very dark/turbulent past, but upon meeting Mandy he decided to start a new life. Love seemingly changed him into an introvert, quiet guy, who merely remarks, or quietly replies to her, but in reality he was just asleep, just like the tiger was in a cage (Cage wears a tiger shirt). The brutal death of Mandy opens the cage (pun not intended), and Red stops giving a f*ck anymore.

She was perhaps the only reason for him to live. Then, the reason for him to live was to take revenge for her death. That's why the ending, when he kills all the bad guys, sits in a car, and starts hallucinating about her is so stunning. He realizes that even though the bad guys got what they deserved, he will never get his wife back. That's when he smiles hilariously (and creepily) in the camera, but in this smile there's mad desperation and melancholy.

The bathroom scene you mentioned is phenomenal. He had to look at his beloved one getting burnt alive, but even though it was a very strong initial shock for him, it wasn't until his return to his home that the whole thing really set in. He gets in and he sees a goofy commercial - the absurdism of the situation is the final trigger. He enters the bathroom, and he literally explodes. All those emotions just pour out. He relapses, and downs a whole bottle of vodka hidden somewhere from his wife. At first he does the trademark caginess, and the entire scene is framed as if it was a joke. Then, however, the camera makes that zoom, and all we see is his face, and Cage starts crying, and the overall mood changes from absurdly funny cage moment to absolute desperation and misery.

Yeah, it definitely surprised me how well done it was emotionally. It didn't completely get to me but i expected it purely to be hilarious, while it was that there was more to it as you said.

I loved Mandy and the villain too. The laughing scene was one of the best in the film, the way it was framed as a fcked up drug trip really (heavy handedly but who cares that's what this film was) highlighted why this dude is so angry towards women, i felt emasculated just watching it haha.

[Stirchley]

48212

Re-watch for me. Good movie. Entertaining. Beautiful Blake Lively as a very bad girl, which was very amusing.

48213

Sweet rom-com. That’s it.

[Mr Minio]

I loved Mandy and the villain too. The laughing scene was one of the best in the film, the way it was framed as a fcked up drug trip really (heavy handedly but who cares that's what this film was) highlighted why this dude is so angry towards women, i felt emasculated just watching it haha.
I love how the film has those sci-fi elements in it, but those are all just hints. Like that dreamy scene in the forest at the beginning, in which Mandy sees an alien baby, or those Hellraiser-inspired bikers who seem to be some monsters/aliens at first, but then turn out to be just some psychos in armour. Mandy looks very alien/androgynous/weird in some scenes which led me to believe that the members of the cult are some aliens and Jeremiah, their leader, chose Mandy with some higher purpose in mind (maybe as one" of their own"). Actually, to the very end I thought Jeremiah might have some super powers and will use them in the final showdown with Red. When he started beginning for mercy, I understood he was just a delusional maniac, and the film uses this dark theme and style to mirror Cage's mind, his struggle after his loss.

[Camo]

I love how the film has those sci-fi elements in it, but those are all just hints. Like that dreamy scene in the forest at the beginning, in which Mandy sees an alien baby, or those Hellraiser-inspired bikers who seem to be some monsters/aliens at first, but then turn out to be just some psychos in armour. Mandy looks very alien/androgynous/weird in some scenes which led me to believe that the members of the cult are some aliens and Jeremiah, their leader, chose Mandy with some higher purpose in mind (maybe as one" of their own"). Actually, to the very end I thought Jeremiah might have some super powers and will use them in the final showdown with Red. When he started beginning for mercy, I understood he was just a delusional maniac, and the film uses this dark theme and style to mirror Cage's mind, his struggle after his loss.

Actually, i didn't consider there being anything to Jeremiah's claims until after he started begging oddly. He initially begged then when it was obvious Cage wasn't budging he got incredibly, powerfully angry and i briefly considered that being some sort of ultimate test to see if Cage could give mercy to such an unforgivable monster. Like he was actually a profit or Jesus or whatever and he was testing Cage's morality before being allowed into heaven or wherever.

That would have been pretty dumb and i only considered it for a brief moment but still. Get what you were thinking, my friend thought something similar.

[doubledenim]

I felt like there was more of a supernatural element. Mandy was a sort of nymph (floabt) and Cage was some sort of God of War type. It was like he could sense what was coming and he wanted them to avoid the aftermath. He was never scared of any of the tormentors, his only pain was from Mandy being killed. I think the whole Abraxas angle opens up the possibilities. I believe he was manipulating Jeremiah in order to force Red back to his old ways. Drugs or not, the dudes Red faced were a few steps past Mad Max general casting. I don't think it's a coincidence the one flipped the Ram Charger when Red hit him.


I have 3 movies that I've bought, due to the realization I never re-watch movies. Pretty sure I'm buying Mandy, in spite of the gore and twigs & berries.

[Citizen Rules]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=48221&stc=1&d=1537567821
2036 Origin Unknown (2018)

Literally a one actor movie with no sets to speak of, other than that control room in the photo...It's a low budget, indie sci fi that works partially to the interesting Katee Sackhoff. It's her fighting to save the day against a mysterious cube found on Mars. The cube looks like it escaped from an episode of Star Trek TNG. The ending is a hyper silly 2001 A Space Odyssey style.

Anybody see this?

rating_2

My full review (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1951735#post1951735)

[MovieGal]

Well now I'm SUPER PEPPED for this!

cat_sidhe.. definitely watch this!! I really enjoyed it.... it was f*cking awesome!

perhaps I will watch again soon...

[cricket]

Love Affair (1939)

3.5-

https://nancylawrenceregency.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/love-affair_irene-dunne-and-charles-boyer.jpg?w=560

I watched this because I absolutely loved An Affair to Remember. It's the same great story with the same great ending, but I didn't love it as much. This movie is a half hour shorter, and I felt like it was skipping steps. I preferred Grant and Kerr over Boyer and Dunne, although they are all good. I didn't think this was as somber with the same sense of finality, so I wasn't affected as much emotionally. This version was terrific; I just can't help but make comparisons.

[Mr Minio]

And a friendly advice for anybody who enjoyed Mandy and haven't seen Cosmatos' previous film Beyond the Black Rainbow: Don't wait. Go and see it!

[Stirchley]

48228

Excellent movie. Loved it.

[Citizen Rules]

Certain Women

Excellent movie. Loved it. Yes! I was afraid you were going to say you shut it off. Certain Women was one of my favorites from that year. I wish it would have made the Directed by Women countdown, but doesn't look like it has a chance now.

[mark f]

And a friendly advice for anybody who enjoyed Mandy and haven't seen Cosmatos' previous film Beyond the Black Rainbow: Don't wait. Go and see it!
Friendly advice #2 - Don't expect too much.

[Mr Minio]

Friendly advice #2 - Don't expect too much. ...if you're from Mainstream Mafia. :cool:

[Stirchley]

Yes! I was afraid you were going to say you shut it off. Certain Women was one of my favorites from that year. I wish it would have made the Directed by Women countdown, but doesn't look like it has a chance now.

Looks like I’ve seen & enjoyed almost all of Kelly Reichardt’s movies. This may be the best I’ve seen.

Funny how if I like a movie I almost always like it from the 1st minute, which I did with this one.

[mark f]

...if you're from Mainstream Mafia. :cool:
...even if you're from Incoherent Mafia.

[MovieGal]

...even if you're from Incoherent Mafia.

:lol: Markf

:P Mr Minio

[Citizen Rules]

Looks like I’ve seen & enjoyed almost all of Kelly Reichardt’s movies. This may be the best I’ve seen.

Funny how if I like a movie I almost always like it from the 1st minute, which I did with this one.I've seen all of Reichardt's movies and liked them all, some more than others of course. So what have you seen and in what order would you rank them?

[Mr Minio]

...even if you're from Incoherent Mafia.

movies = sensory experience

Jaws = mediocre

mark f = REKT

Thank you.

[Stirchley]

I've seen all of Reichardt's movies and liked them all, some more than others of course. So what have you seen and in what order would you rank them?

I never rank movies in order. Too lazy. Like I said, this is the best so far IMO.

Meant to ask you before. Did you post you couldn’t/didn’t finish The Florida Project? Was that you?

[Citizen Rules]

I never rank movies in order. Too lazy. Like I said, this is the best so far IMO.

Meant to ask you before. Did you post you couldn’t/didn’t finish The Florida Project? Was that you? That was me. Not saying it's a bad movie, in fact it might be perfect at doing what it wanted to do. It just wasn't what I was interested in watching.

[this_is_the_ girl]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIZe6wpXUAAr6sm.jpg
Rewatched the original Predator last night.

This movie never gets old. One of the best sci-fi action flicks ever made.
4

[doubledenim]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIZe6wpXUAAr6sm.jpg
Rewatched of the original Predator last night.

This movie never gets old. One of the best sci-fi action flicks ever made.
rating_4


Someone mentioned Predator during a pod for press about the Predator. The person said the visuals for Predator have aged horribly. I am a super fan, but all of Predator looks better than anything I've seen in a trailer for the Predator.

[Chypmunk]

Bride Of Frankenstein aka The Bride Of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935) 3
A poorly managed monsterosity

[SeeingisBelieving]

Someone mentioned Predator during a pod for press about the Predator. The person said the visuals for Predator have aged horribly. I am a super fan, but all of Predator looks better than anything I've seen in a trailer for the Predator.

I agree – he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[this_is_the_ girl]

Someone mentioned Predator during a pod for press about the Predator. The person said the visuals for Predator have aged horribly. I am a super fan, but all of Predator looks better than anything I've seen in a trailer for the Predator.



Dated visuals or not, the original Predator still retains that irresistible nostalgic factor that makes it so infinitely rewatchable for me. Aside from the great cast, it has a palpable charisma and aura to it - a certain endearing naïveté in the way it visualizes the mystery of extreterrestrial powers, and the mythology of Arnie's iconic character. You can have the most incredible technology at your disposal but if you don't know how to use it properly and endow your film with a "soul" or magic of its own, even the best visuals won't save it.

Btw, I haven't seen the new Predator yet, and the reviews aren't that encouraging tbh.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[doubledenim]

The cloaking effect is something that I enjoy immensely every time I see it.


There is one weak part in the original and it basically boils down to McTiernan having nothing to do with. It never really clicked till someone else pointed it out to me, but I always felt like I was watching an episode of the A-Team...well, besides the people getting hit by bullets part :D .

[Iroquois]

^I take it you're referring to Rossatron's video on the movie? I saw it posted on here in a different thread and that's where I saw it, how about you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2jtkIrqd4

As for dated visuals, the only example I can really think of is how the very first shot of the cloaked Predator looks a little janky compared to the others - otherwise, it holds up surprisingly well by using the composited effects sparingly (few such cloak shots, only a handful of laser blasts) and, as always, focusing on the practical more than anything else. In regards to how it compares to The Predator, yeah, there's quite a bit of CGI in the latter and I'm hard-pressed to say that the quality is anything more than average (though its practical effects seem decent enough anyway).

Last movie watched...

Mandy - 4

Oh, dang.

[MovieGal]

I don't know how long this will last but its nice on Letterboxd, you can go by year and see all movies they have listed. I am watching the ones from the 1800's. I have several already completed (yes they are under 2 minutes each but they are still films). For being early cinema, I do find these amazing... so all ratings are 4/5.

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
(1878)

Passage of Venus
(1874)

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge
(1888)

Man Walking Around a Corner
(1887)

Accordion Player
(1888)

[Mr Minio]

MovieGal recs:
Duel au pistolet (1896)
Luttes extravagantes (1899)

[MovieGal]

MovieGal recs:
Duel au pistolet (1896)
Luttes extravagantes (1899)

Thanks but I haven't gotten that far yet... still in the 1880s

Watched

Human Figure in Motion
(1884)

Buffalo Running
(1883)

I figured this way.. if I try by each year.. there may be films I would have never watched.. but hey .. I got the rest of my life to finish this :D


Ostrich Walking
(1887)

Descending Stairs and Turning Around
(1887)

Pferd und Reiter Springen Über ein Hindernis
(1888)

Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses
(1889)

Athlete Swinging a Pick
(1881)

Hyde Park Corner
(1889)

[GulfportDoc]

48249
TEA WITH THE DAMES (2018) – alternatively: NOTHING LIKE A DAME


Four of the premier actresses of British stage and screen, who have also received Damehood (Dame being the feminine form of Knighthood) --Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, and Joan Plowright-- have a delightful reminiscent/gossip session, filmed at Plowright’s and Laurence Olivier’s estate in Sussex.

Even with today’s capacity for instant intrusion into celebrity’s lives, it still is refreshing to hear earnest and candid telling of anectdotes by four of the leading ladies of British acting. Their frank insights into some of the roles they’ve played and of the feelings they had both at the time and upon reflection make viewing this documentary most enjoyable.


From Judi Dench’s comment regarding her offer to play Cleopatra: “Do you really want a menopausal dwarf?”, to Maggi Smith’s devilish and sarcastic comments, we are treated to 84 minutes of fascinating commentary.

I’d like to hear about the offers and ultimate selection process in choosing the ultimate stars of this film. There are several others who would have qualified, so it must have been an interesting casting project.

Doc’s rating: 9/10 actresses; 7/10 production.
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[cricket]

The Public Enemy (1931)

3+

https://videovortex.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/600full-the-public-enemy-screenshot.gif

Different old rise and fall gangster film, same result. Fun and easy to watch with some great scenes. James Cagney is a blast every minute he's on screen. Not sure why Jean Harlowe was a sex symbol though.

[matt72582]

Rififi - rating_3_5
The "heist" part is always boring for me.. I don't need to see every screw tightened.
http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/5409/p5409_v_v8_aa.jpg

[Marco]

Annie (1982)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Annie-film.jpg

A great bit of escapism, don't even like musicals, but this won me over. A simple joy. 9.5

[Mr Minio]

The "heist" part is always boring for me.. I don't need to see every screw tightened XDDDDDDDDDDDD

That's exactly what makes the film. The silent heist scene is genius and inspired i.e. Melville.

[doubledenim]

https://i.imgur.com/oaM9MpQ.png
A Simple Favor (2018)
(https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1952400#post1952400)





Paul Feig is a real brotherfu**er.







rating_2_5

[cricket]

Hell's Angels (1930)

3.5

http://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/HellsAngels22.png

A little dated at times but still a very good movie from Howard Hughes. The aerial sequences are well done and exciting, but of course not worth the lives of 4 stunt pilots. The drama on the ground was strong as well, and this was the first time I enjoyed a Jean Harlow performance. I think Wings is better.

[Saunch]

https://i.imgur.com/O79BZoQ.jpg

Yeah, I know it’s only a step removed from supporting furries.

3.5

[MovieGal]

https://i.imgur.com/O79BZoQ.jpg

Yeah, I know it’s only a step removed from supporting furries.

3.5

Shape of Water?

[doubledenim]

https://i.imgur.com/O79BZoQ.jpg

Yeah, I know it’s only a step removed from supporting furries.

rating_3_5


That's cute. If I hadn't seen the roster I would have no clue about that one. Baby is a nice touch.

[cricket]

Tag (2018)

3

https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Tag-trailer-screenshots-4-600x356.png

Maybe nothing special but I enjoyed every minute of it. Every so often I need a modern comedy to break things up and this did the trick.

[Rey Skywalker]

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

3.5

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L.A. Confidential (1997)

4.5

[matt72582]

XDDDDDDDDDDDD

That's exactly what makes the film. The silent heist scene is genius and inspired i.e. Melville.
I did like the silence -- gave it more tension.

[Marco]

Outrage (2010)

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Great film, all the Kitano ingredients are here, violence (sometimes a bit shuddering), and plotting (the very name of it, trying to start a minor disagreement for turf). Some said this was TKs return to what he knew but, as a man of parts, he brings a fresh look at the corruption involved in organised crime and a great eye for the minutae. 9/10 (watch the follow up soon).

[GulfportDoc]

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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Surprisingly this fine film didn’t get much notice from the Academy Award crowd, nor did it do well at the box office. Part of the reason might be that the film retained its silly name from the book written by Peter Turner, the great Gloria Grahame’s lover for the last year or two of her life. Another drawback is that many younger viewers are not aware of Gloria Grahame’s career, nor her heft in the films of the ‘40s and ‘50s, so the subject matter did not have the glitz of a story about a Marilyn Monroe or a Jayne Mansfield.

However the film was a well turned project which had many more positives than its few negatives. Chiefly the stunning performance by Annette Bening as the eccentric, sensuous but faded screen icon tops the film’s attributes. She went for all the bananas in this part, and succeeded nicely. There was also a solid performance of a tricky part depicting Peter Turner by Jamie Bell, a Brit actor known for Billy Elliot and Fantastic Four. The rest of the cast --namely Julie Waters as Turner’s mother, and Vanessa Redgrave as Grahame’s mother-- were first rate, and by themselves worth a viewing.

Most of the audience who are well aware of Miss Grahame also knew of her slow slide from fame, her many marriages, and her cancer affliction which ultimately caused her death. Some are aware of her happy liason with a minor Brit actor, and how he and she interacted for the short remainder of her life.

But we know going in that this picture is to be a two hanky movie, and in that regard it did not disappoint. The production got a little frisky with many non-linear time sequences which did not particularly either help or hurt the story, but did cause some perplexity. The first half of the film was fairly dazzling, then settled into an interesting albeit over representation of Grahame’s time at Turner’s home.

Despite a few glitches this is an engaging film about a snapshot near the end of a great star’s life.

Doc’s rating: 7/10

[Citizen Rules]

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Doc’s rating: 7/10

Glad you liked it, I didn't warm up to as much as you did, but cool that you enjoyed it. So I have to ask what are your top Gloria Grahame movies? As you probably know from my review thread, I'm watching all of her films.

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Blood_Ties_poster.jpg

2.5
Snooze factor rating = Zz

Dull film, surprised I managed to stay awake. Yet to see the original French film.

Trailer for remake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYBr768Q3mo



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[cricket]

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

3.5

https://moncinemaamoiblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/gold_diggers_11.jpg

Another great 30's musical, and that Camo of all people gave me some great decade recommendations that'll influence my countdown list. I wasn't crazy about all of the musical numbers since it's not my thing, but they're all quite grand and I did love the last one. The cast is great and I was especially surprised by Dick Powell. He's one talented Dick.

[Citizen Rules]

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

rating_3_5


That was almost my nom for the 30s HoF Part 2. I like it even better than 42nd Street. Though they're both close as far as the musical numbers go.

[matt72582]

Juliet of the Spirits - rating_3_5

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Juliet_of_the_Spirits_poster.jpg

[GulfportDoc]

Glad you liked it, I didn't warm up to as much as you did, but cool that you enjoyed it. So I have to ask what are your top Gloria Grahame movies? As you probably know from my review thread, I'm watching all of her films.
I liked every noir that she was in. Although some of the films she was in were not necessarily my favorites, but I loved her parts and performances in them.

A few of my favorites: Crossfire, A Woman's Secret, In a Lonely Place, Sudden Fear, The Big Heat, and Naked Alibi. She was good in some non-noirs, such as The Man Who Never Was.

I'll guess that I've seen most of her films, and I'm a huge fan. That's why I'm dying to see that The Glass Wall. But it'll happen when it happens...:)

~Doc

[doubledenim]

The Predator (2018)




On principle, this gets no movie poster from me.




2

[MovieGal]

The BeastMaster
(1982)

My own nomination for the Mofo B-Movie II HOF

I will rate when I rate the rest of the nominees..

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Last but not least... the cutest thing about this movie...
http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/beastmaster-slice.jpg

[Allpurpose]

Just watched The Motel Life. It's rather depressing, but strikes me as quite realistic and much like a good portion of my own life at certain points in time. Worth watching if you've ever felt like your life has spiraled out of control.

[MovieGal]

Cherry 2000
(1987)

Nominated by Citizen Rules for the B-Movie II HOF..

I will rate after I watch them all.


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[Marco]

Outrage Beyond (2012)

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Just as good as the 1st installment. Good focus on the contrast between the "new ways" of the modern yakuza and the old ways of the types of Otomo (TKs character). Thoroughly enjoyable watch and now I want to see "coda" too! 9/10

[Iroquois]

You Were Never Really Here - 4

I don't think it's my favourite movie of the year so far, but I have watched it more than once in theatres so that's got to count for something.

[the samoan lawyer]

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)


2.5

[cricket]

The Young in Heart (1938)

4

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This reminded me of The Little Foxes if the people actually turned out to be good. A family of four appear to be well off and sophisticated, but in reality are nothing more than cons who only care about there next mark. They meet their next mark but suddenly start to become human. This movie has all good characters and performances. It starts out darkly humorous and ends up extremely heartwarming. It looks to me like a hidden gem.

[Marco]

Goat (2016)

http://hazingprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/GOAT-Promo-Poster-O-791x1024.jpg

A visceral and interesting tale (from a book/memoir) about trying to survive and overcome a violent and random incident. The subsequent fear making you look for security in "Brotherhood". Very strikingly portrayed and well done Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas (who was a wee bit wooden but OK still the same). James Franco makes a cameo appearance as a d!ck, he's perfect :)

Enjoyed, if that's the word...8/10

[Ultraviolence]

This is what I call A Great Weekend:
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★★★★

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★★★★

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★★★★★

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★★★★★

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★★★★

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU3NzM5NDU3NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjAxNjk3NTM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg
★★★

[Citizen Rules]

Gloria Grahame...I liked every noir that she was in. Although some of the films she was in were not necessarily my favorites, but I loved her parts and performances in them.

A few of my favorites: Crossfire, A Woman's Secret, In a Lonely Place, Sudden Fear, The Big Heat, and Naked Alibi. She was good in some non-noirs, such as The Man Who Never Was.

I'll guess that I've seen most of her films, and I'm a huge fan. That's why I'm dying to see that The Glass Wall. But it'll happen when it happens...:)

~DocI have A Woman's Secret & Sudden Fear to watch next so good to know you liked them.

Did you ever see Gloria Grahame in the old Outer Limits episode?

[Chypmunk]

Tsuruhachi Tsurujirô [Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro aka Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro] (Mikio Naruse, 1938) 3.5
Not such a heavy sacrifice to watch really

[matt72582]

Arizona Dream - 7.5/10
What a coincidence that I saw "Juliet of the Spirits" yesterday.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Arizonadreammovie.jpg

[Marco]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Blood_Ties_poster.jpg

2.5
Snooze factor rating = Zz

Dull film, surprised I managed to stay awake. Yet to see the original French film.

Trailer for remake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYBr768Q3mo



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

I thought it was alright. Although I dropped a can of beer an managed to wake up Mrs Marco who was Zzzzzz :)

[Ms. M]

I haven't seen Destination Wedding. It has to be changed!

[Stirchley]

48332

Odd & very quirky would describe this. I enjoyed it. Angelica Huston hilarious as a rabid Buffalo Bills fan.

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Almost_famous_poster1.jpg

Second viewing but this time it was the Untitled version with 35 minutes added to the film.

3.5
Snooze factor rating = Zzz


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[Stirchley]

Didn’t like this movie when it came out, but have enjoyed it on subsequent occasions.

[GulfportDoc]

I have A Woman's Secret & Sudden Fear to watch next so good to know you liked them.

Did you ever see Gloria Grahame in the old Outer Limits episode?
No, I'm sure I haven't. I'd love to see it. Perhaps it's on YouTube.

[matt72582]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=48332

Odd & very quirky would describe this. I enjoyed it. Angelica Huston hilarious as a rabid Buffalo Bills fan.
Glad you saw this - Top 10 of mine.... Wasn't it hilarious when Huston is at the funeral with the radio?

"My Bills would have won if it wasn't for Billy"

[cricket]

Shanghai Express (1932)

3.5-

https://i.gifer.com/9tlW.gif

Marlene Dietrich plays heartbreaking hustler Shanghai Lily, and she's taking the Shanghai Express to Shanghai. Other passengers include fellow hustler Hui Fei, a British Captain/doctor who also happens to be her former lover, and various other characters. The Chinese civil war is happening, and the story evolves into rebel soldiers taking over the train in search of someone who's worthy of being a hostage. At the same time, Shanghai Lily and the doctor deal with their feelings for one another. The story doesn't really go anywhere special but there are some great moments. What makes the movie fun to watch is Dietrich and the direction of Josef Von Sternberg.

[Stirchley]

Wasn't it hilarious when Huston is at the funeral with the radio

Hilarious. Such a strange movie that found its way into my Netflix Q.

And it got repped more than the majority of movies I have posted except, possibly, for Serpico.

[Citizen Rules]

No, I'm sure I haven't. I'd love to see it. Perhaps it's on YouTube. I looked and it's not on Youtube. Dailymotion has just about every Outer Limits episode but not "The Guest" that's the episodes name.

[matt72582]

Hilarious. Such a strange movie that found its way into my Netflix Q.

And it got repped more than the majority of movies I have posted except, possibly, for Serpico.
Ha - ALL those reps was the first thing I noticed after seeing the poster. 7 is a lot of reps for any movie, even at last ballot, and you got posted this very recently. I've been "pushing" this onto others (even on this reply!), and I believe cricket picked it during a Tournament. Not many seemed to have seen it, but I'd say 95% have said it was great, and I hope people see not only this, but other "under the radar" movies, as a priority, especially all the old movies that eventually go bad, and are destroyed forever. With newer movies, you have them on so many formats, there shouldn't be any worry for future generations to see them.

[spookiemoviemania]

The Nun
(2018)
3.5/5

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/5b74dc4f0ebbe8cb934435cc/1534385237983/the-nun-may-more-connections-to-the-conjuring-films-than-originally-thought-social.jpg?format=2500w
I watched this last weekend. Was expecting more given all the hype. Also a http://prometheus-unbound.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/3-Star-Rating.png

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/c9b547d6d9868ac1537573fda28dd402/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo1_r16_1280.gif

Frozen (2013)

5

[cricket]

Osaka Elegy (1936)

3+

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3M6lIfWLWvc/UFTdNuAyuXI/AAAAAAAABZ4/VWRIkQU2hOQ/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-09-13-22h34m01s116.png

Companion piece to Kenji Mizoguchi's terrific Sisters of the Gion, and this one is probably my least favorite so far from the director. That's a compliment because it is still really good. Filmed beautifully with good performances and characters, I found the story to be compelling enough. It just didn't move me a lot.

[this_is_the_ girl]

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KrMLlASBI_s/WR8pTOJKxdI/AAAAAAAAGMs/0gzepsF3TM8pZsj8yJoY8iIZcK6HGXHdgCLcB/s1600/time%2Btrap%2Bcassidy%2Bgifford.jpg
Time Trap (2017, Mark Dennis, Ben Foster)
2

Interesting premise, terrible execution.

[the samoan lawyer]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAy8sGbHxoRKpQYqgBEPN8dj0POz5Vc--jfLjQ_1ThRrlsDXyq (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiOgrTXl9bdAhVS_qQKHYaRDgcQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artforum.com%2Fprint%2F201709%2Fphilippa-snow-on-michael-haneke-s-the-piano-teacher-71769&psig=AOvVaw1AXhandBgpiu_FngfzaRAT&ust=1537965672707994)
The Piano Teacher (2001)


Pure Haneke.


4

[Ultraviolence]

https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/624/moviethumb/easy-rider-542b4786887d9.jpg
★★★★

[matt72582]

Tomorrow rating_4
Robert Duvall plays a lonely man who finds a sick, pregnant woman! I have a few criticisms, such as the emphasis on 19th century Tupelo country talk which is exaggerated, but it allowed me to imagine my own conversations within the framework of every shot. Full film in the link below. Enjoy!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh2hRX6dGmI

[Ultraviolence]

Le Spectre Rouge (1907), by Segundo de Chomón and Ferdinand Zecca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h3O5pKuEdM
★★★
Technically, it is a masterpiece (considering it was made in 1907), this ten-minute short is pure cinematic illusionism, Segundo de Chomón must have been a real magician.

[Gideon58]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wrEpsJD%2BL._SY445_.jpg

1st Re-watch...this movie still rips my guts out and had me weeping...Sean Penn is absolutely devastating and should have won his first Oscar for this.

4.5

[Gideon58]

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4th Re-watch...this movie never stops being funny.

3.5

[Gideon58]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WK5K8X51L.jpg

5th Re-watch...didn't hold up as well as I thought it would but there's still fun to be had here.

3

[MovieGal]

The Editor
(2014)

Nominated by CiCi for the B Movie II HOF

I will give rating at the end of the HOF

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EbnX-zRbT9I/WCSoKB_QYXI/AAAAAAAAE94/cDNOmjiF-gc7v6LAzOJxIUws7gpWUl0VgCEw/s1600/The%2BEditor%2B%2528Astron%2B6%2B2014%2529%2B009%2BGore%2BFace%2BRip.jpg

[Steve Freeling]

https://images3.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/184136_front.jpg
The movie's still great - Miyazaki's never made a bad film and this is one of his very best -, but this release of it, like every release after 2010, has a few issues, namely the fact that the excellent English dub has been butchered. See, back in 2010, long after the dub had been produced in '98, some studio head jackass at Disney decided to heavily alter the dub. Say goodbye to a whole bunch of Hartman's lines, because they have now been silenced. When he says, "They're calling you an egg-stealer and you don't wanna know else," "and you don't wanna know what else" has been silenced. To add insult to injury, this was Hartman's very last film due to his unfortunate murder at the hands of his very own wife. Because of this, it is dedicated to his memory. For a second, I was miffed because I thought GKIDS, who now owns the North American rights, had removed the dedication; thankfully, it turns out they had only moved it. Might as well say goodbye to Sydney Forest's songs, Soaring and I'm Gonna Fly, too, because you-know-who decided they had to go, too. A shame, really since they have an infectious charm and I must confess I knew both, especially I'm Gonna Fly, by heart before I even saw the film. And all of this screwing around in the sound has clearly had negative effect on the sound quality since the altered dub occasionally emits an unnatural buzz as if the actors are talking into a fan. By simply looking up "Kiki audio defect," you will find a comparison with the unaltered dub housed on the original 2003 DVD where this was not an issue. It mostly clears up and it's not like it's there for every frame of film but still. There are some who will defend it, but what Disney did in 2010 is a major affront, up there with removing the expanded score from Castle in the Sky, to the fans who grew up watching the film with the unaltered dub. Not only that, it craps all over the work the English-language cast and crew put into making the dub. There's no reason for what they did. Every time Disney dubbed one of his films Miyazaki was right there giving his approval; if he told them he didn't approve, they had to change it on the spot and Kiki was no exception. Thankfully, what's left is still really good. Dunst, whose real-life nickname is Kiki, makes for a great, well, Kiki. She brings the character to life and truly captures all her hopes, dreams and struggles. Hartman is also excellent as Jiji; I just wish we had all of his lines. Much the same can be said for Matthew Lawrence as Tombo, Garofalo as Ursula, Tress MacNeille - who also dubbed Obaba in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and the boss's wife in Castle in the Sky - as Osono, the late great Debbie Reynolds as a nice old lady, and Brad Garrett ("...Everybody loves Raymond.") in a bit part as Osono's husband. Okay, I guess it can be said that you still get most of the dub here and it's also stacked pretty solidly with special features, so it's worth getting just to own Kiki's Delivery Service and enjoy the beautiful animation in HD and Hisaishi's music score comes through loud and clear without issue. That said, some English-speaking fans will take issue with the fact that the original Streamline dub, which is said to be quite good, is not on the disc, though that's not much of a change from the norm since the Streamline dub of Totoro hasn't been available since a crappy pan-and-scan DVD from back in the '90s, the Streamline dub of Castle in the Sky was only available on the very first Japanese DVD way back when and Kiki's Streamline dub hasn't been available since the Laserdisc days. But since I want the whole dub, not just "most of it," I'm still going to be hunting down the old DVD for a (hopefully) decent price. Later, guys.

[doubledenim]

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4th Re-watch...this movie never stops being funny.

rating_3_5


I just borrowed a copy of this and plan on re-watching it soon. Step Brothers was a movie that I was unimpressed by the first time I saw it and each viewing made my love for it swell :lol: . The story behind it is impressive along with the fact it was almost all improv. McKay wanted to make a movie with Reilly and Ferrell in bunk beds.

[Iroquois]

Teen Titans Go! To The Movies - 2

still a better superhero-based meta-comedy than Deadpool 2

[this_is_the_ girl]

https://yts.am/assets/images/movies/Coherence_2013/large-screenshot2.jpg
Coherence (2013, James Ward Byrkit)
4
I really, really enjoyed this one a lot. Such a disorienting, dizzying, verbose mindf**k of a movie. Often genuinely creepy but also quite (unintentionally?) hilarious at times. Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout, and the ending did not disappoint.

Often you come across films with a fascinating premise but poorly executed - always a huge letdown when that happens. Although far from perfect (sometimes it feels that the characters just simply talk too much), this one didn't feel like that at all - in fact, I thought it was pretty great, despite its flaws.

[Ultraviolence]

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

http://grandesdiretores.folha.com.br/images/vol-02-orson-welles.jpg
★★★★
What annoys me is that the studio edited a lot without Welles' consent. He came to Brazil shortly after filming, and the studio ran and removed much of the pessimism, edited scenes, and even filmed a new ending without him knowing... They were not able to destroy the film, but look, if he had had the freedom like in the previously one, this movie would have had potential to equate, or even outdo C. Kane.

[Raven73]

Short Circuit (1986)
6/10
Silly and stupid. When I was 13, I must have watched it 5 times. I had a crush on Ally Sheedy and I thought Fisher Stevens was hilarious.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WJYh4sNlL._SY445_.jpg

[matt72582]

What Planet Are You From? - 7/10
I didn't think it was THAT bad. I wonder if this is the highest score for this movie. I also think I wouldn't like it as much if I never saw Garry Shandling's work.... I watched an interview days before it was released, and Garry mentioned he wanted to take more chances, while Nichols only stuck to the story.


The other movie I watched yesterday was also centered around a pregnancy and birth.. "Tomorrow" (w/ Duvall) and the day before I saw two movies that were similar (Juliet of the Spirits, Arizona Dream) - all coincidental.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Whatplanetareyoufrom.jpg

[Charmss]

The last movie i saw was "Ready player 1". Yeah, i know "what have you been doing since?". I just havent had time recently. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was highly futuristic. What i enjoyed most was the extent to which AR and VR can go in our society. It showed the negatives( people stop having time for the people around them, although, don't we already do that with mobile phones), it also showed the limitless capabilities of technology. I will give the movie an 8/10.

[Charmss]

The last movie i saw was "Ready player 1". Yeah, i know "what have you been doing since?". I just havent had time recently. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was highly futuristic. What i enjoyed most was the extent to which AR and VR can go in our society. It showed the negatives( people stop having time for the people around them, although, don't we already do that with mobile phones), it also showed the limitless capabilities of technology. I will give the movie an 8/10.

[Chypmunk]

Les Misérables (Richard Boleslawski, 1935) 4+
Second version I've watched and still I have no fecking idea which one is Les :shrug:

[MovieGal]

Les Misérables (Richard Boleslawski, 1935) 4+
Second version I've watched and still I have no fecking idea which one is Les :shrug:

Less Miserable means The Miserable in french... it's about the hardship and misery of the characters.

It's a depressing novel by Victor Hugo.

Most of his novels are about hardship his characters endure.

Edit: want more depressing films/novels....Thomas Hardy....great author...depressing novels.

[cat_sidhe]

Les Misérables (Richard Boleslawski, 1935) 4+
Second version I've watched and still I have no fecking idea which one is Les :shrug:

Less Miserable means The Miserable in french... it's about the hardship and misery of the characters.

It's a depressing novel by Victor Hugo.

Most of his novels are about hardship his characters endure.

Edit: want more depressing films/novels....Thomas Hardy....great author...depressing novels.

He was making a joke. :D

To make it less miserable perhaps? *ducks*

[ynwtf]

*throws cabbage leadership at the stage for Chyp*

[Chypmunk]

Less Miserable means The Miserable in french... it's about the hardship and misery of the characters.
Aha - that would probably explain why there is no 'Les' in the IMDb cast list for the movie then :)

It's a depressing novel by Victor Hugo.

Most of his novels are about hardship his characters endure.

Edit: want more depressing films/novels....Thomas Hardy....great author...depressing novels.
Thanks but I don't read dead authors as I find all too often they have nothing new to say.

[ynwtf]

Thanks but I don't read dead authors as I find all too often they have nothing new to say.

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Ron-Swanson-giggling1.gif

[Stirchley]

Thomas Hardy....great author...depressing novels.

I suppose some are, but not all. Far from the Madding Crowd is not depressing, e.g.

[Stirchley]

48390

Très agréable et très intérresant. :)

[Nausicaä]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/716dGxo9JqL._SY445_.jpg

2
Snooze factor rating = Z

Melanie Laurent, you are better than this. And she's got a gun on the dvd cover, not once does she hold a gun in the film, tut tut. ****e assassian for someone who is suppose to be the 'best in the business'...

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAlUK6IHmbg


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[MovieGal]

Thanks but I don't read dead authors as I find all too often they have nothing new to say.

Some of those authors stories make magnificent films.

If you want a good one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4wK8LBa7BY

Also,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2PRK79xNC0

and the most recent remake (directed by Thomas Vinterberg and if you haven't seen any of his films.. I highly recommended them!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-_9AFwMDmQ

[Stirchley]

The Far from the Madding Crowd remake pales in comparison to the original. I could not finish it.

[Rey Skywalker]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/cb414afd626548d529f9de4c145d0f26/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo8_r5_1280.jpg

Alien (1979)

5

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c46d9b9ef0e9453090ef9aa616ce7e1b/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo2_r11_1280.jpg

The Apartment (1960)

5

[Gideon58]

https://cover.box3.net/newsimg/dvdmov/max1299457542-front-cover.jpg


3.5

[Saunch]

The newer Far From the Madding Crowd is probably the lesser but I just love Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts in those roles and in general so I didn’t really mind as much. It’s also been a while since I last saw the Julie Christie one.

[spookiemoviemania]

I had an umpteeth look at this b classic the other day.
DUEL was the first road movie that I actually enjoyed. Why? The imcomparable Spielberg was at the tiller.. thats why. Boy can this man tell a story and actually make you wanna be part of it.. get inside your skin so to speak. What a wild suspence-filled ride he takes us on. http://prometheus-unbound.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/4-Star-Rating.png
https://youtu.be/MS8cjAObrr4

[MovieGal]

Spaced Invaders
(1990)

For the B Movie II HOF nominated by edarsenal

I will rate at the end of watching all the films.

https://assets.mubi.com/images/film/55814/image-w1280.jpg?1445970642

[Ultraviolence]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/28bd50fcd77723579fa97b660e82c8f5/XDDCXaOyUu1u2WeLdPYLNgYhlh9bF7_large.jpg
★★★★
Very powerful! It's 30 minutes for us to remember, forever.
It's just a shame that the holocaust is still happening all the time, everyday, in every place, not with humans, now with animals. It' the same thing.

[the samoan lawyer]

Les Misérables (Richard Boleslawski, 1935) rating_4+
Second version I've watched and still I have no fecking idea which one is Les :shrug:


He's the sad one.

[Chypmunk]

He's the sad one.
Wait, I thought that was Rupert?? :shrug:

[the samoan lawyer]

http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/.a/6a0168ea36d6b2970c01b8d18f72fc970c-800wi (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwit1dmikNvdAhXQZ1AKHUyiCYYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmfreakcentral.net%2Fffc%2F2016%2F01%2Fcode-unknown.html&psig=AOvVaw1s8CZ5G6JnZU7tQJXkPNJI&ust=1538135315942803)
Code Unknown (2000)


My least favourite Haneke. That says more about me that it does the film though. Binoche was excellent as usual.


2.5+



(http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwit1dmikNvdAhXQZ1AKHUyiCYYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmfreakcentral.net%2Fffc%2F2016%2F01%2Fcode-unknown.html&psig=AOvVaw1s8CZ5G6JnZU7tQJXkPNJI&ust=1538135315942803)

[the samoan lawyer]

Wait, I thought that was Rupert?? :shrug:


No, he's the bear. Silly Chyp.

[Chypmunk]

No, he's the bear one. Silly Chyp.
:eek: I must've nodded off as I don't remember anyone getting nekked in it :eek:

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/395px-Killers_poster_2014.jpeg

2
Snooze factor rating = Zzzz


Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km-U2csTy3Q


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[Fabulous]

Baby Face (1933)

3.5

http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i396/babyface33_beamasternotaslave_FC_470x264_030320160624.jpg

[Gideon58]

https://img.moviepostershop.com/the-story-of-vernon-and-irene-castle-movie-poster-1939-1020197065.jpg


3.5

[spookiemoviemania]

LOST CITY OF Z: (2017)
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.YBUJB2dNq-86ZpuLvLgOLQHaFj&w=145&h=105&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&dpr=1.5&pid=3.1&rm=2

The Lost City of Z is the name given by Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, a British surveyor, to an indigenous city that he believed had existed in the jungle of the Mato Grosso state of Brazil. Based on early histories of South America and his own explorations of the Amazon River region, Fawcett theorized that a complex civilization once existed there, and that isolated ruins may have survived.


This film takes you on the compelling journey of Fawcett, a driven, man..almost obsesssed by something that lay just out of his reach. Thru his effort he sacrificed almost everything..including his family. http://prometheus-unbound.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/4-Star-Rating.png

[Citizen Rules]

LOST CITY OF Z: (2017)


The Lost City of Z is the name given by Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, a British surveyor, to an indigenous city that he believed had existed in the jungle of the Mato Grosso state of Brazil. Based on early histories of South America and his own explorations of the Amazon River region, Fawcett theorized that a complex civilization once existed there, and that isolated ruins may have survived.


This film was a rollicking journey by a driven man who sacrificed even his family to follow his dream.
https://resizing.flixster.com/7j68_HmrrnXriS12sMJj4w40N4A=/171x128/v1.bjsxNTI3MTI3O2o7MTc4NTQ7MjA0ODsxMDgwOzE5MjA Did you like it?

[spookiemoviemania]

Yes. Gave it 4/5. Wish you would wait for me to post my final draft:p

[Citizen Rules]

Yes. Gave it 4/5. Wish you would wait for me to post my final draft:p
How was I to know that was an early draft post:shrug:

[films246+1]

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.Ew3Px52rMTc_YeXBOYfbsgHaEY&w=285&h=168&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7


6.5/10

[spookiemoviemania]

How was I to know that was an early draft post:shrug: Hey keep your wig on.:p I had not put up my rating. All my reviews have a rating.


This is an inspirational true story. Avoids being self indulgent. You should watch it.

[Fabulous]

The Little Foxes (1941)

3.5

http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i453/littlefoxes_whenwereveryrich_FC_470x264_092820170505.jpg

[MijaFrost]

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

https://static.mfah.com/app/images/4bfd8f7d-0210-45ce-a0b8-92bc46da0a80.jpg?maxWidth=1600&maxHeight=1600&format=jpg&quality=90

I'm not sure how to feel about this. There were elements I really liked, such as how relatable Charlie's character was, and the women were beautiful, as they usually are in French films, and the gangster aspect added some intrigue, but... it felt like something was missing.

3

[doubledenim]

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

https://static.mfah.com/app/images/4bfd8f7d-0210-45ce-a0b8-92bc46da0a80.jpg?maxWidth=1600&maxHeight=1600&format=jpg&quality=90

I'm not sure how to feel about this. There were elements I really liked, such as how relatable Charlie's character was, and the women were beautiful, as they usually are in French films, and the gangster aspect added some intrigue, but... it felt like something was missing.

rating_3


I know how I feel about that eye makeup.

[MijaFrost]

I know how I feel about that eye makeup.

Yay or Nay?

[doubledenim]

I love it. I'm a sucker for a lot of the styles from the 50's through the 60's.

[MijaFrost]

I love it. I'm a sucker for a lot of the styles from the 50's through the 60's.




Yes, me too.

[Ultraviolence]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDJhZGFjYzktMTMwMC00ZDMwLWE4MzAtNzFmZjBmZDFhN2IyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@._V1_SX1278_CR0,0,12 78,999_AL_.jpg
★★★★

https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/273c880f9b86db12085712e36c829f35/xvWUTsUwqlyfDFICltA1KFvzusbOXv_large.jpg
★★★★

[Nostromo87]

Hell's Angels (1930) rating_4_5 My final movie to watch before making my List for the 30s Countdown (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1896180#post1896180) and what a HELLUVA movie!
With the sultry Jean Harlowe intoxicating a pair of brothers (and anyone else she encounters) a chunk of this film centers around this. But the REAL film is the aerial combat and the grit of the action as well as some key scenes that made my jaw drop.

Some intriguing filming, such as the night flying was done in a blue monochrome and the party that the three leading characters are at was in color. Which I really did appreciate when viewing this.https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e8/9d/18/e89d1881231155883c2d8f587887dd53--howard-hughes-hells-angels.jpg


Intriguing find @edarsenal (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=50536) Have looked for more wartime flicks from the 30s and found them rather lacking, probably due to reasonable fatigue from the Great War, alas, another was right around the corner. Probably won't get to this before the deadline, though I'd enjoy a look at it :up:

[Nostromo87]

The Sound of Music (1965)

Our screen soars to new heights with a spirited young woman named Maria who leaves the Nonnberg Abbey nun convent in Austria to bring love and life to the seven children of Austrian Naval Captain Georg Von Trapp. Favorite song- The Lonely Goatherd. Favorite character- The eldest daughter Liesl, played by then-23 year old Charmian Carr. As I sound your signals, you will step forward and give your names. You, Fräulein, will listen carefully, learn their signals, so you can call them when you want them. *whistles* Photographed amidst the wondrous beauties of Austria, as Maria enters the strange new world of Captain Von Trapp, and captivates his children with the magical spell of SONG. What are some of your Favorite Things? Did I mention Liesl? *Swoon* Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what does she know of those? Amongst the best films made. You're far away, where are you? In a world that's disappearing, I'm afraid. Or is it... LAFF

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odle-lay ee odle-lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odle-lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odle-lay ee odle-lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay ee odle-lay ee odl-oo

I'm Liesl. I'm sixteen years old and I don't need a governess.


Rating: rating_4+ 8.5 / 10

The Lonely Goatherd (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O7pl1DAcRos)

http://image.ibb.co/jSYfNU/Liesl_Sweet_16_Austria.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/bRCcmp/som3.gif
https://image.ibb.co/mJnSmp/som5.gif
https://image.ibb.co/m1aV6p/som2.gif

[edarsenal]

Intriguing find @edarsenal (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=50536) Have looked for more wartime flicks from the 30s and found them rather lacking, probably due to reasonable fatigue from the Great War, alas, another was right around the corner. Probably won't get to this before the deadline, though I'd enjoy a look at it :up:

then you may very well enjoy this one. Like I mentioned, a chunk of it is between the brothers and Harlowe's character and it's well into the halfway and past for the plane battles but SO well worth it to get to them. Not that the previous scenes aren't enjoyable as well.

[Gideon58]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V8GAMZqJqjs/maxresdefault.jpg


1st Re-watch...this rewatch proved to me that Melissa McCarthy is not just funny, but a really talented actress...watch the scene where Kristen Bell's daughter gives her the family portrait...there's some real acting going on there.

3.5

[Stirchley]

48439

Amazed I finished this, to be honest. (Took me 2 days.) Very slow. A period movie that looked like it was filmed in that actual period, if that makes any sense. Beautiful black & white photography.

Why I stuck with it was the restrained acting of the 2 leads - a German woman & a French man, both new to me.

Interesting movie about the aftermath of WWI, but with an ambiguous ending that I’m not sure I fully understood.

[Tugg]

A League of Their Own (1992) 4
https://cdn.fmoviesub.com/upload/2016/12/movie_a-league-of-their-own-1992.jpg
You've Got Mail (1998-1999) 3.5
https://myredenvelopes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/youvegotmail3.jpg
Morning Glory (2010-2011) 3
http://madeinatlantis.com/movies_central/2010/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/morning-glory.jpg
Drinking Buddies (2013) 2.5
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/61/df/aa61df0c69a4821f3fac743eb372319a.jpg
Naked (2017) 2.5
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xae3AuKVOU/WZqRfVZnrxI/AAAAAAAAJvA/5Axyjg5gwSQuNKwK3iucW530kPWAyp0ygCLcBGAs/s1600/naked-teaser.jpg
Skyscraper (2018) 1.5
https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1810/29571701448_9b3df1168a_b.jpg

[Gideon58]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGE5ZjdmY2ItMTFhZi00NjQzLWI2NjYtNzJhMWUxNzgzMGMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTM3MDMyMDQ@._V1_.jpg


2