Movie You're Watching Tonight

[KeyserCorleone]

State of Siege. A bit slow at first, but the political discussions add quite a bit to the story. Music's a little weird, though.

[MovieGal]

Ah, **** it. Liked the guy in Twisters.
https://pics.filmaffinity.com/Hit_Man-487214798-large.jpg
It’s not even bad. He definitely has a presence.

At least you finished it. I haven't gone back to it.

[AgrippinaX]

At least you finished it. I haven't gone back to it.

I did feel rather guilty for wasting my life, and I was also working while it was on. But I do finish most films I start. The last one I actually bailed on was Military Wives, and I feel like I only attempted that because I usually love KST.

[MovieGal]

I did feel rather guilty for wasting my life. But I do finish most films I start. The last one I actually bailed on was Military Wives, and I feel like I only attempted that because I usually love KST.

I bail on films because I get busy with things in life.

[AgrippinaX]

I bail on films because I get busy with things in life.

I should probably bail on more films. But for now, I find myself going back to my ‘continue watching’ pile on Prime, Netflix etc. days later and kind of making my way through them. I don’t consider myself that picky, but I haven’t truly enjoyed a new movie in a long time.

[KeyserCorleone]

The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

[Fabulous]

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[Stirchley]

Ah, **** it. Liked the guy in Twisters.
https://pics.filmaffinity.com/Hit_Man-487214798-large.jpg
It’s not even bad. He definitely has a presence.

For sure he does. Excellent in the one with Sydney Sweeney. Just a likeable guy, I guess.

[AgrippinaX]

For sure he does. Excellent in the one with Sydney Sweeney. Just a likeable guy, I guess.

That’s something these days!

[Stirchley]

That’s something these days!

That’s why he’s so successful so far.

[KeyserCorleone]

I'm halfway through The Philadelphia Story. I'm really liking the storytelling so far, but... is this really supposed to be a comedy? Or is it just a light-hearted romance movie? RYM tagged this as a rom-com and a screwball, but there really doesn't seem to be any "screwball" moments until Jimmy Stewart gets drunk.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/9Il9MZD4Dvv2Fka3jQZxsox6X5B.jpg

[KeyserCorleone]

Oh my god! Oh my god! Tetro is on Plex!!!


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[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Utterly ****ing done in by work. Drinking wine to this.
https://pics.filmaffinity.com/Uzumaki_Spiral_Vortex-846710354-large.jpg
Something about the intonation in the Japanese language always sounds exaggerated. Not as mind-blowing as I was hoping, but some bits of it are pretty amasing, such as the face in the clouds.
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What a still. Could have made that my profile pic, but I love Lynch too much.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/Gti1xNWrLOOefC1bmcK9ku0HqE.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Love the book. Much prefer it to Fight Club, which I also adore. Gwen is unforgettable. Doubt she’ll make it into the movie. Never seen this and the only reason I decided to is for Kelly Macdonald. I do adore Rockwell, and they definitely have chemistry.
https://www.moviexclusive.com/review/choke/poster.jpg
This is great. God bless Palahniuk. I was wrong on Gwen! She made it into the movie and was ****ing great.

[KeyserCorleone]

Currently finishing my 100th film of 1972: Pink Flamingos. After this I'm moving onto another year.

[MovieGal]

It's streaming on MAX


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[Fabulous]

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[McConnaughay]

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[MovieGal]

It's streaming on Hulu

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[MovieGal]

A True Classic

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[MovieGal]

Loved the book by Francine Rivers and I knew they couldn't film some of the scenes. This is a second watch.

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[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Before Alien.
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[AgrippinaX]

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Fascinating stuff. Duvall never disappoints. Farrah Fawcett is just stunning. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. What a face.
Love this.

[MovieGal]

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[MovieGal]

I wish the original was streaming for free but I guess this will do.

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[skizzerflake]

Yikes. I got a re-mastered blue ray of this and it's so delightfully decadent and excessive. It's a melodrama, mainly done with old school stage props, rain machines, lightning flashes, wolf howls and makeup. The first versions of this story after the book were, in fact, stage shows.

This one is Francis Ford Coppola's version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Recalling what a decadent, sinful potboiler of a story the original book was by 1890's standards, to make it work for an audience of this era, it had to be cranked up for modern tastes and expectations. This version does it and cranks it with saturated colors and graphic sequences. And....the lunatic asylum sequence features an over-the-top Tom Waits (if that's possible) as Renfield, the lunatic.

It's a fun movie for old-school horror fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1pLzUEZmOA

[Fabulous]

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[Stirchley]

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Fascinating stuff. Duvall never disappoints. Farrah Fawcett is just stunning. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. What a face.
Love this.

I wanted to like this so bad, but didn’t. Maybe I should start again.

[AgrippinaX]

I wanted to like this so bad, but didn’t. Maybe I should start again.

I feel this way often —you can always revisit it once a few years has passed and see what you think then.

[AgrippinaX]

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Enjoying this. Great faces all around, too. Odd film, shame he never made another.

[John-Connor]

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[MovieGal]

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[hownos]

The Innocents (2016)

[Galactic Traveler]

Possessed (1947)

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[AgrippinaX]

https://www.palacefilms.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/poster_large_320/public/posters/fallen-leaves_poster.jpg?itok=CtGsXo4H

[FilmBuff]

https://www.palacefilms.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/poster_large_320/public/posters/fallen-leaves_poster.jpg?itok=CtGsXo4H

It's a great movie!

[AgrippinaX]

It's a great movie!

Indeed — really enjoying it, though it’s also strangely giving me Russian ‘90s vibes. Hardly intentional. At times it’s even more like Russian ‘50s. I guess it’s probably to juxtapose the two wars, but still. Strange decision.

[MovieGal]

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15 minutes in and I'm like Fu** Yeah!

Great movie! I put it high on my list like The Painted Bird.

[skizzerflake]

It's The Blob, the 50's version of course, starring Steve McQueen and Anita Corsault. The real star, however, is 50,000 pounds of sentient, mobile, corrosive strawberry jam that attacks the town. It also has that great intro theme song, Beware of the Blob, written by Bert Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, sung by The Five Blobs, one of the first hit songs by Bacharach and David.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAn73Fzpvno

[skizzerflake]

After seeing The Blob, I had to pull this one off the shelf - The Last Voyage of the Demeter. It's a sort of prequel, expanded events from the first chapter of Dracula (the book, that is) when a crew of a cursed ship is being consumed, one by one, by the bloodsucker, who can take on several forms. This one plays it dead straight, a fairly believable tale of what would happen with Dracula on a small ship. It would not be good. Unlike a lot of such movies, which are fairly campy, this one is quite sad and tragic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FgUUO9Ztd0&t=22s

[Fabulous]

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[Galactic Traveler]

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

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[hownos]

Pickpocket (1959)

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Seeing as I’ll be working until early am, I may as well entertain myself.
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Nope, this really didn’t do it for me. Will probably come back to it later.

[AgrippinaX]

This is very Psycho. Just what I needed today. Perfectly watchable.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Bad_Ronald_%28novel%29.jpg
I like this!

[Robert the List]

I've been watching Stromboli (1950)
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[Fabulous]

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[Siddon]

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Going to see Stream (2024) from the Terrifier studio

[MovieGal]

I'm hoping this is good.

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[MovieGal]

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[FilmBuff]

The Crow

[hownos]

The Quiet Duel (1959)

[Fabulous]

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[MovieGal]

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[SpelingError]

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Are you binge watching the trilogy?

[MovieGal]

Are you binge watching the trilogy?

I always binge watch them when I am crocheting a large project. It seems the only series I can watch. I have tried other film series and it doesn't work well. Eventually I will continue with The Hobbit. May rewatch the series and this Friday Season 2 starts.

[hownos]

Longlegs

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

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The narrative structure of this film is immensely confusing. I realise the exact same thing happened to Genghis Khan’s mother as later did to his wife. But this isn’t really something one can show concurrently and not expect the audience to be very lost, unless they know something about Genghis Khan or Mongolian tribal culture.

[Jackie Daytona]

Crank up the volume, please:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAPEyzcCtU&ab_channel=rolfjust

[Fabulous]

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[Ultraviolence]

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[Robert the List]

Perfect Days (2023)
The casting is absolutely bizarre.
The lead is superb. His scenes it could be a top quality Ming-liang Tsai.
Everyone else - especially the lead supporting role of his nr 2 - are absolutely dreadful.
The actress playing his niece is fine. It's mainly that terrible nr 2, plus some of the extras.

[hownos]

Obsession (1949)

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Hadn’t necessarily been meaning to watch this (one of my second-tier favourite films, Coherence, stars Justin’s wife Emily Baldoni, and all this has made me think I wish she was in more films), but will have to hang around a cinema tonight where nothing apart from this is really showing, so I guess I’ll see what it’s about. And I guess it’s interesting in the sense of all the drama, marketing-wise.
https://globenapier.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/itendswithus_poster_thin-360x618.jpg

[Stirchley]

Perfect Days (2023)
The casting is absolutely bizarre.
The lead is superb. His scenes it could be a top quality Ming-liang Tsai.
Everyone else - especially the lead supporting role of his nr 2 - are absolutely dreadful.
The actress playing his niece is fine. It's mainly that terrible nr 2, plus some of the extras.

I liked all of it.

[FilmBuff]

Hadn’t necessarily been meaning to watch this (one of my second-tier favourite films, Coherence, stars Justin’s wife Emily Baldoni, and all this has made me think I wish she was in more films), but will have to hang around a cinema tonight where nothing apart from this is really showing, so I guess I’ll see what it’s about. And I guess it’s interesting in the sense of all the drama, marketing-wise.
https://globenapier.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/itendswithus_poster_thin-360x618.jpg

The movie is largely about DV, and I personally don't feel it did a very good job of tackling that subject, but to be fair, it would probably be very difficult for a mass-market movie to do a really good job of addressing the subject.

Did you already watch Blink Twice?

[AgrippinaX]

The movie is largely about DV, and I personally don't feel it did a very good job of tackling that subject, but to be fair, it would probably be very difficult for a mass-market movie to do a really good job of addressing the subject.

Did you already watch Blink Twice?

Haven’t seen that yet. I’m hearing mixed things but might eventually get to it, who knows. Been reading about Durov due to the nature of my job, and even more convinced now that Tatum just doesn’t work at all for that type of persona. Gimme David Tennant, or something. But then, I’m biased towards Tennant.

On DV, I am a lifelong fan of Wüthering Heights and think that, well, this kind of unhealthy/abusive relationship porn has endured for centuries for a reason. It does, I think, work really well as a story, it taps into something very primal and animalistic in human nature, if only that women are physically weaker and must always contend with the male capacity for violence. So in that sense, I rather boringly and predictably disagree. I wish there were more films being made that unabashedly portrayed these types of relationships where women choose not to leave, with no moralising, ‘moral lessons’, ‘empowerment’ and so forth. In terms of what appeals to me, on a narrative level, that would be a ‘mass market movie’, if you will, that’s about something else entirely but happens to feature an abusive relationship and doesn’t ‘interrogate’ that in the slightest. The Conformist is so much better for just showing what it chooses to show, including what one might call, I guess, that sort of violence, while not dwelling or moralising.

Anyway, I doubt I’ll like this very much, but there’s nothing really showing now that I’m interested in, so this’ll have to do. On Sunday I plan to watch Sing Sing which I’m even less enthused by.

Yeah, this is very lame. The psychology of how women end up in these situations is reasonably thorough here, imo, compared with most of this kind of stuff, anyway, but overall it’s just kind of boring (and the very deliberate attempt at a feminist ending of, ‘Oh but she’s going to stay single now! Forever! Like a strong woman!’ Lol. For ****’s sake. Not to mention even that didn’t work out in a clean manner).

What a demented mess of preachy garbage, holy hell.

What a waste of a night. Never trying chick flicks again. I am just genuinely lost as to what possesses people to make that sort of thing.

[FilmBuff]

Haven’t seen that yet. I’m hearing mixed things but might eventually get to it, who knows. Been reading about Durov due to the nature of my job, and even more convinced now that Tatum just doesn’t work at all for that type of persona. Gimme David Tennant, or something. But then, I’m biased towards Tennant.

On DV, I am a lifelong fan of Wüthering Heights and think that, well, this kind of unhealthy/abusive relationship porn has endured for centuries for a reason. It does, I think, work really well as a story, it taps into something very primal and animalistic in human nature, if only that women are physically weaker and must always contend with the male capacity for violence. So in that sense, I rather boringly and predictably disagree. I wish there were more films being made that unabashedly portrayed these types of relationships where women choose not to leave, with no moralising, ‘moral lessons’, ‘empowerment’ and so forth. In terms of what appeals to me, on a narrative level, that would be a ‘mass market movie’, if you will, that’s about something else entirely but happens to feature an abusive relationship and doesn’t ‘interrogate’ that in the slightest. The Conformist is so much better for just showing what it chooses to show, including what one might call, I guess, that sort of violence, while not dwelling or moralising.

Anyway, I doubt I’ll like this very much, but there’s nothing really showing now that I’m interested in, so this’ll have to do. On Sunday I plan to watch Sing Sing which I’m even less enthused by.

Blink Twice > Sing Sing > It Ends With Us.

And Tatum is absolutely PERFECT in the role.

[AgrippinaX]

Blink Twice > Sing Sing > It Ends With Us.

And Tatum is absolutely PERFECT in the role.

Will check that out then.

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Needed something Nordic.
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Really enjoyed this.

[Fabulous]

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[KeyserCorleone]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy_%281942_poster%29.jpg

[KeyserCorleone]

Crank up the volume, please:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAPEyzcCtU&ab_channel=rolfjust




That's just 12 minutes of Lone Wolf and Cub 1 and most of 2. Check out those two instead.

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Emphatically wanted to avoid a ‘deep’ food-for-thought film. Here I am.
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Nah, it has its good moments, but this is just too stupid. There needs to be a middle ground.

[AgrippinaX]

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What the **** is this film. It’s definitely not scary. I didn’t pay enough attention as I was half-working. Will need a rewatch. Good music, though — all those epic T. Rex tunes.

[hownos]

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What the **** is this film. It’s definitely not scary. I didn’t pay enough attention as I was half-working. Will need a rewatch. Good music, though — all those epic T. Rex tunes.

I loved the Nic Cage Tiny Tim impression

[AgrippinaX]

I loved the Nic Cage Tiny Tim impression

Yeah, I’m actually enjoying it, it’s just a bit baffling and doesn’t really feel like horror — more like crime, actually. Then again, genre is fluid.

[KeyserCorleone]

I loved the Nic Cage Tiny Tim impression


I think you just spoiled the whole movie for me.


I'm watching the 1964 Russian adaptation of Hamlet.

[MovieGal]

Emphatically wanted to avoid a ‘deep’ food-for-thought film. Here I am.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2U0MTJiYTItMjNiZS00MzU4LTkxYTAtYTU0ZGY1ODJhMjRhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg
Nah, it has its good moments, but this is just too stupid. There needs to be a middle ground.

I won't watch it. I'm not a fan of Ryan Gosling.

[MovieGal]

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[hownos]

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[MovieGal]

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[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

I won't watch it. I'm not a fan of Ryan Gosling.

Oh, it was definitely a waste of time. I’m not a fan either but some of his films are fine.

[MovieGal]

I have never watched this, but every time I hear the song by Phil Collins, I wonder why. I know why, because I was a teen at the time of the release and was more interested in teen films.


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[AgrippinaX]

Blink Twice tomorrow.
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This is actually okay. A bit too obvious and unintentionally (?) hilarious at times, but very okay. MNS is okay at doing this over-the-top stuff that’s ultimately pretty watchable.
The ending is a bit ridiculous and so very confusing, but I would say this film overall is an improvement for MNS. Saleka does fine playing a pop star. I guess this kind of thing should exist.

[MovieGal]

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[hownos]

I think you just spoiled the whole movie for me.


I'm watching the 1964 Russian adaptation of Hamlet.

Was it any good?

[KeyserCorleone]

Was it any good?


Hard to say, actually. I'm still a Shakespeare newbie for the most part. Only play I ever saw was Twelfth Night, and that was a middle school special. I got halfway through the movie before I decided I had to start with an easier adaptation.

[cricket]

https://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/episode-1-factory-fugitives-ipod-010.jpg

[MovieGal]

Thanks to hownos War thread, I'm rewatching a film about Stalin's Holodomor.

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[cricket]

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[Fabulous]

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[John-Connor]

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[AgrippinaX]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Blink_Twice_poster.jpeg
This is pretty great. And very Get Out. Never would I ever go anywhere near such people, least of all a remote location. Sarah rocks and looks just like my best friend Sarah. Go figure. My one tiny gripe is that the position of the assistant who chooses not to remember maybe deserves slightly more respectful treatment, rather than being outright ridiculed. After all, this is also a perfectly feasible way of surviving trauma.

The last few minutes of the ending and the Frida as CEO seem like a bit of an overkill, but even that works stylistically.

[cricket]

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[AgrippinaX]

Blink Twice > Sing Sing > It Ends With Us.

And Tatum is absolutely PERFECT in the role.

Alas, you were totally right about that. Blink Twice is something. I still think other people could have maybe been as good as Tatum, but yeah, he kills it.

[Burning]

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[cricket]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qxQAAOSwFkNiTACl/s-l1200.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/eoEzg1rxmHx4x2JLnUoxrZTsZCC.jpg

[cricket]

https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/posters/porgy-and-bess-german-movie-poster-1959_u-l-q1hjt940.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

The Thing strikes again, I guess.
https://www.heavenofhorror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Hell-hole-2024-horror-movie-review-600x600.jpg
Omg, I could just tell this is Poser and Adams in the first few seconds, before I saw Poser herself. All their films are very unique.
To be fair, this is a different take on, ahem, the thing. Oof. But it still feels really derivative, absurdly so, and it seems strange to just take The Thing’s concept and take it out into the open, if the best thing about it was its implicitness/paranoid vibe. Very strange movie.
Also, as ever, I don’t see the benefit in making everyone speak with a thick, annoying, awful accent. What does that add to the narrative? Precisely nothing. Authenticity? Oh, please.

[cricket]

https://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_full/(PB)__Fame(1)synopsisfront.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Rewatch.
A bit too Silence of the Lambs — or so it feels on this occasion — but at least I’m not working now as I watch it.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmVkZWY2ODEtYTMyYy00MDg2LWFkMGUtMjYwOTBhOGViODQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg

[cricket]

https://furiousreviews.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sweeney-todd-poster-sweeney-todd-460606_694_1024.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/hGPGRRz6FTIRed1zestdWrV2Iwd.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

I don’t particularly like such stuff (seems ridiculous that it exists after Spiderman and especially all the ‘verses)— not even the aesthetic — but plan to check out all worthwhile-ish new horror, so here I am.
https://i0.wp.com/joshatthemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sting.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1
The Disney meets Home Alone chiming music is so bizarre and out of place. Also doubt a 12-year-old nowadays would say ‘You are the bane of my existence’. The Casta Diva rendition is nice, though. Hat off to the opera bits of the soundtrack, but otherwise very meh — immensely cheesy and over-emotional.

[AgrippinaX]

Well, I am at home and I am watching.
https://dx35vtwkllhj9.cloudfront.net/ifcfilms/in-a-violent-nature/images/regions/us/header.jpg
Yeah, this is quite boring.

[matt72582]

Won't be tonight. Maybe not this week month or ever, but maybe if I post it here, I'll try harder tomorrow. I just haven't been able to watch movies in the last handful of years and it only gets worse.


https://youtu.be/gOz0iYg8054

[hownos]

100746

[AgrippinaX]

Trying to find something similar to Longlegs. Doubt this is actually similar, but oh my god, the nature is just gorgeous, makes me want to go there, despite this being horror and all.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODhhNTMwNjAtMjA4Ny00MDRmLWEyZjQtN2IyMTQ2NzNiMzVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDc5NDc2Nw@@._V1_.jpg

[cricket]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ZilXSMvXOmpRgRv87qbE5m9F_6VqyzbL-K6YJfchDLPWMK0SdPgx5suIlokNcUV3affd660AeABkKD-sn5fCEcKW0Pc1VnQEYW0b5-JNPn-Rq5wzfp4

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/u5GbILxLgfeNHCnTtTRuhmAC9i4.jpg

[Stirchley]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ZilXSMvXOmpRgRv87qbE5m9F_6VqyzbL-K6YJfchDLPWMK0SdPgx5suIlokNcUV3affd660AeABkKD-sn5fCEcKW0Pc1VnQEYW0b5-JNPn-Rq5wzfp4

Photo didn’t come thru.

[cricket]

Photo didn’t come thru.

Strange Darling

[MovieGal]

I'm pretty sure this will be crap.

100760

It's actually not so bad 😀🤣

[John-Connor]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/u0ZYwvDQ3CZWHsVcE6TGBJCgOpC.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/u0ZYwvDQ3CZWHsVcE6TGBJCgOpC.jpg

For some reason, I really like this film.

[AgrippinaX]

https://resizing.flixster.com/-XZAfHZM39UwaGJIFWKAE8fS0ak=/v3/t/assets/p25367260_v_v13_ac.jpg
When something is called The Abyss, I’m forced to log it in my notes as ‘The Abyss Netflix Swedish 2023’. Ah well.

[MovieGal]

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This is based on a Stephen King short story and it has that "feel" like all the good movies do.

Nice to see Donald in this.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/1PEOlAC6KDaj0WxWPw87kan3Kmp.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2MyODc3OWEtYzRiYS00Yzc5LTliZjMtNTQ1NWFlMDRmZmVlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzM0MDQ1Mw@@._V1_FMjpg_U X1000_.jpg
A slow-burn, but I’m enjoying it.

[FilmBuff]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2MyODc3OWEtYzRiYS00Yzc5LTliZjMtNTQ1NWFlMDRmZmVlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzM0MDQ1Mw@@._V1_FMjpg_U X1000_.jpg

Get a cup of espresso before you watch it. ;)

[AgrippinaX]

Get a cup of espresso before you watch it. ;)

You killjoy! But I did get me some black coffee, which is lovely, so much obliged. :)

Okay, riveting it is not, but watchable enough.

[FilmBuff]

You killjoy! But I did get me some black coffee, which is lovely, so much obliged. :)

Okay, riveting it is not, but watchable enough.

I hope you at least got the 126-minute unedited version.

[AgrippinaX]

I hope you at least got the 126-minute unedited version.

Yes. I’m enjoying it, actually. Was in the mood for exactly that.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/tPcX3WkBwM4R3ygTIh0mxACeYOV.jpg

[MovieGal]

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[Stirchley]

Yes. I’m enjoying it, actually. Was in the mood for exactly that.

It’s a classic. One of my faves.

[AgrippinaX]

This film annoyed me in its first few seconds. Horror is horror, but this feels like pure fear-mongering.
https://images.justwatch.com/poster/314633724/s718/humane.jpg
Beyond the concept itself, it’s not bad. The dinner scene is incredibly watchable. The whole thing is giving me the strongest Succession vibes. But something is lacking; not captivating somehow.

[MovieGal]

100811

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/p9E6Wp6RaqxH1ORy4mNL9Jgas48.jpg

[Miss Vicky]

100820

I'm probably going to regret this.

[MovieGal]

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[matt72582]

maybe


https://youtu.be/BnhMH4SiPk8?list=PLjp9cDM5tlPrEawtz9o6udDEHpoy1PLkM

[Robert the List]

the puppetmaster 1993
early days as i keep pausing it for various reasons, but it's looking like a very high quality film atm.

[Robert the List]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2MyODc3OWEtYzRiYS00Yzc5LTliZjMtNTQ1NWFlMDRmZmVlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzM0MDQ1Mw@@._V1_FMjpg_U X1000_.jpg
A slow-burn, but I’m enjoying it.
love it.
hope you did too.

[MovieGal]

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[AgrippinaX]

love it.
hope you did too.

I absolutely did! A masterpiece. Rewatching it now, believe it or not, which normally would have been quite soon for me. But yes, I need more films like this in my life.

[AgrippinaX]

Rewatch.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/The_passenger_1975_poster.jpg

[matt72582]

maybe


https://youtu.be/BnhMH4SiPk8?list=PLjp9cDM5tlPrEawtz9o6udDEHpoy1PLkM


I was wondering why I hadn't seen my 2nd favorite director....

It's dubbed! No can do!

[MovieGal]

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[MovieGal]

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[MovieGal]

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[hownos]

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[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/ycE2WBSczxBgM1vtRQ9KTtwGTMR.jpg

[KeyserCorleone]

Allow this thirty-year-old man to be jovial and giddy for a few minutes.


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

P-P-P-PrrrrrrrINCE OF EGYPT!


https://www.netflix.com/title/18171022

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/e2LZGB62GMhv3Fo8tDZjY87I81a.jpg

[Stirchley]

I was wondering why I hadn't seen my 2nd favorite director....

It's dubbed! No can do!

I have zero interest in dubbing. Ugh.

[MovieGal]

100862

This is one f**ked up WW2 film.

[MovieGal]

My daughter told me it was on Starz..

100863

This is a cute film about a 6th grade girl growing up in the 70s. I can relate.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/1mHOcGKgobta0d20Hh66zuIpYRb.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/The_Painted_Bird_Film_Poster.jpg

[MovieGal]

I love some Tom Cullen.


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[Robert the List]

Holly (2006)
Like most films about Cambodia, at times a very difficult and depressing watch.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/yzRR1gOqIU2tpRn7WgA4ei02QUz.jpg

[Stirchley]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/The_Painted_Bird_Film_Poster.jpg

For once I think the book was even more powerful than the movie, which I did enjoy.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/cdBveOAnkfd6JGaJ1T4KO2lIGYn.jpg

[John-Connor]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/a3uGrJyKZi1dCLdw3LLLxjW8Tqf.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Had seen this when it was last being shown, and thrilled that it’s getting an encore. An absolute revelation of a play.
https://www.signalsaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/80159_PrimaFacie.jpeg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zML40jEOINjmagpHY9r27VPbZqF.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6YgQBGqhTcM/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLCZHYSBNPoPsujzP5W-jUBIibHnaw
This is great. I’ve missed such Chekhov-type stuff. Also reminded me a bit of the most recent Farhadi film. A really unusual film.

[MovieGal]

Not the best but I haven't seen it in a long time. Surprised it's 7.1 on imdb

100942

[Stirchley]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6YgQBGqhTcM/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLCZHYSBNPoPsujzP5W-jUBIibHnaw
This is great. I’ve missed such Chekhov-type stuff. Also reminded me a bit of the most recent Farhadi film. A really unusual film.

Didn’t make me think of Chekhov.

Loved this movie. Saw it twice.

[FilmBuff]

Had seen this when it was last being shown, and thrilled that it’s getting an encore. An absolute revelation of a play.
https://www.signalsaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/80159_PrimaFacie.jpeg

I'll be watching it next week

[AgrippinaX]

I'll be watching it next week

Yay! I’m recommending it to everyone I know.

[Stirchley]

Had seen this when it was last being shown, and thrilled that it’s getting an encore. An absolute revelation of a play.
https://www.signalsaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/80159_PrimaFacie.jpeg

I’m confused. I know she was the single performer on stage & fabulous reviews.

So now it’s being filmed?

[Allaby]

100946

Watching tonight with Hownos.

[KeyserCorleone]

Right now I'm watching Autumn Sonata. Ingrid's just... perfect. So far this has to be a top 5 performance for me. She is a philosopher's stone in human form here.

[Exaladration]

https://img.wook.pt/images/maldita-cursed-frank-miller/MXwyNDEyODg2M3wyMDE5OTU3NnwxNTkzNjAwMDAwMDAw/500x

[AgrippinaX]

Watching it for Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1NDc4MTQzMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDYzMTAzMQ@@._V1_.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Didn’t make me think of Chekhov.

Loved this movie. Saw it twice.

I really enjoyed it too.

[AgrippinaX]

I’m confused. I know she was the single performer on stage & fabulous reviews.

So now it’s being filmed?

I feel like I don’t even have the words, or the space here, to describe how incredible this production is. It is one of the best plays I have seen in my life (and it’s kind of funny because I don’t even like theatre all that much, compared to my family, obsessed with theatre, classical Russian productions, all that). It is utterly unique and even though I personally often have very mixed feelings on the subject matter and the ‘message’, it floored me.

Everyman cinemas (another highlight of my London life in the last five years; it really is a very different way of doing cinema) run a National Theatre Live series of plays. It’s a film of a live performance of the original production, but sleekly, professionally done (better than the stuff BBC and Channel 4 put out nowadays, for sure).

It makes me think of all those concert films I grew up watching with Barbra Streisand etc. These NT:L plays are spectacularly filmed, you forget that you’re not watching the play live. In my experience, you get the best of both worlds. None of the noise and shuffling and coughing (I’m very sensitive to noise; I’m well aware it’s a ‘me’ problem), but at the same time, the full force of the performance and the visuals and the much better sound.

I thought the National Theatre production of Good with David Tennant was also outstanding, I raved about it only marginally less than I’ve raved about Prima Facie since I first saw it.

Anyway: Prima Facie is a masterpiece. It is absolutely spectacular. It’s being performed now all over the place, including Serbia (that one surprised me!). It’s also really multi-faceted and you can interpret it as one barrister’s professional deformation character study as much as anything else.

I’d definitely check it out, even on YouTube or whenever you can get your hands on a performance in some shape or form. Or who knows, it might eventually come to the States, though I haven’t seen anything about that anywhere.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/7OgKyrAixZT2WiGSA1rTPG3N0Zr.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Feel like I must have seen that, but not sure.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61nqOuBktaL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
Good stuff. Random that Amazon added Spanish subtitles, but okay.

[TheManBehindTheCurtain]

We're into Episode 5 of an eight-episode Korean drama series, "A Shop for Killers," on Hulu. Just good fun, tense fight scenes, and enough plot complications to keep us binging.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/hDhJbxFTc2ho4DFw2r2VvkFpP5F.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Acidman_film_poster.png
I like Dianna. This was okay.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/jWP9OUb8Xl3PQ9qxpXFkreFMqEH.jpg

[skizzerflake]

This is so creepy...The Last Voyage of the Demeter. It's an expansion of the first chapter of the original book version of Dracula, where a ship (the Demeter) drifts into port with nobody alive on board, just a bunch of crates full of dirt. You know it ain't going to end well for the cast of this movie. It's how Dracula gets to England. This movie is really well done, with a good unknown cast and minimal FX. It's sad and tragic because you know how this will end and the drama doesn't flinch for a moment. Unfortunately, it was a bomb and lost money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FgUUO9Ztd0

[skizzerflake]

Watching it for Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1NDc4MTQzMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDYzMTAzMQ@@._V1_.jpg

Oh yeah....that version. I recall seeing it for the Cushing/Lee cast and it was pretty good. My favorite was the 1939 version with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, but the later one was also good and added color.

There's 3 "Hounds" I have not seen.

https://www.imdb.com/find/?q=the%20hound%20of%20the%20baskervilles&ref_=nv_sr_sm

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/akp7gOibWV9Bfp0mKvX3ArFLZAE.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oCGVIg1ksYU/maxresdefault.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/cZ9QBNCU3vp5GUIJlJ03WWRPQdT.jpg

[MovieGal]

In the mood for Miyazaki.. getting ready to crochet so I figured I hadn't seen it in a while.

Also bought a yarn bowl that looks like Calcifer from Howl's.101005
101006

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/fCkrHAOfQRN0GU42OjsDGvRKB48.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Weird film, but I like that kind of thing. Not as good as Skeleton Key, but still watchable.
Had a major ****-up at work, hoping nobody notices, heh.
https://resizing.flixster.com/4kaQ0OPW27_unybKUCy63EHXOew=/fit-in/705x460/v2/https://resizing.flixster.com/-XZAfHZM39UwaGJIFWKAE8fS0ak=/v3/t/assets/p25046216_v_v13_aa.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2NQgIjHxYyMJZWeUFH5cuKhN4nh.jpg

[MovieGal]

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[AgrippinaX]

God have I had an awful week.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTFjZmI0YjgtNmE1YS00N2JjLWFjOGEtMmI4MThkMTFmMDk3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTcwMzk0NTg@._V1_.jpg
A harrowing film. Enjoyed it very much. Verity absolutely rocks. Insane that this was fully improvised on set.

[Stirchley]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oCGVIg1ksYU/maxresdefault.jpg

Haven’t seen it, but I love Terence Stamp.

[MovieGal]

Haven’t seen it, but I love Terence Stamp.

I'm a Terence Stamp fan too.

Of course my first film I saw him was Superman 2. He's in a Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I have seen Teorema which was crazy. I have the Criterion dvd copy. My favorite of his is The Collector from 1965.

He's been in other films and shows I have seen.

[MovieGal]

I haven't seen this in a long time.

I have met Sarah Douglas years ago at a comic convention.

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[Stirchley]

I'm a Terence Stamp fan too.

Of course my first film I saw him was Superman 2. He's in a Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I have seen Teorema which was crazy. I have the Criterion dvd copy. My favorite of his is The Collector from 1965.

He's been in other films and shows I have seen.

My total favorite is Far from the Madding Crowd.

[MovieGal]

My total favorite is Far from the Madding Crowd.

That is a good one too.

I'm watching Superman 2. I haven't seen it in a long time. Terence's voice is amazing.

[John-Connor]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/oJ0oxRSp9nzrYguiVaMGKJ2dGNF.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zs9F90g0Sh9o7KabExnzzI3QTjU.jpg

[MovieGal]

In 2 hours, I will be rewatching at my local AMC Theatre...

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My 2nd favorite Batman and 3rd favorite Joker, wait my 4th favorite Joker. Mark Hamill is amazing as the Joker

[KeyserCorleone]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2RSz6q7aXBwUDUFWMUx907kfWVm.jpg


https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzVjNzI4NzYtMjE4NS00M2IzLWFkOWMtOTYwMWUzN2ZlNGVjL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1 _.jpg

[MovieGal]

CBR #1 on Rated R Fantasy films

Rewatching

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This film re-enforces why I love del Toro's work.

[Tenshi]

Holy moly it's been a while since I posted here, but tonight i am watching Midsommar, I wanna see if it's as good as people claim it is ^^
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Midsommar_%282019_film_poster%29.png

[MovieGal]

CBR #2 R Rated Fantasy...a rewatch

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[AgrippinaX]

https://images.justwatch.com/poster/315611499/s718/violett.jpg

[hownos]

https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.UNe3Zc__Dz_bkceKM3RElAHaFv&pid=Api&P=0&h=180

[KeyserCorleone]

I made TWO top ten additions today: The Holy Mountain and The Beaches of Agnes.

[FilmBuff]

Holy moly it's been a while since I posted here, but tonight i am watching Midsommar, I wanna see if it's as good as people claim it is ^^
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Midsommar_%282019_film_poster%29.png

Theatrical cut or director's cut?

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/iMY7yFn4gMvGaQYMGWnyX2QgvHZ.jpg

[Tenshi]

Theatrical cut or director's cut?
theatrical I believe, it was 2 hr 28 min, is the director's cut worth it? I found it mid, with some great shoots and scenes but I don't think I'd be interested to re-watch it tbh

[AgrippinaX]

Few Hopkins films left that I haven’t seen.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODg5NmZkOGQtMmZjYi00M2I0LWI2MzMtMzg5NTZkZDgzMjAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

[cricket]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e2/4e/ea/e24eea458e452978eb81f376a2a476c6.jpg

Wrong Turn (2021)
2nd time

[MovieGal]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e2/4e/ea/e24eea458e452978eb81f376a2a476c6.jpg

Wrong Turn (2021)
2nd time

Folk Horror?

[cricket]

Folk Horror?

A reimagining of the original hillbilly horror, very good if you like cult horror.

[Galactic Traveler]

The Thicket. Apparently it's supposed to be a Western thriller.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/gq86wYu7jy7Ac8F88yLRK3DYoRl.jpg

[John-Connor]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/72P7U1Jae9r6tmWV7FCUODyKqN3.jpg

[Stirchley]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zs9F90g0Sh9o7KabExnzzI3QTjU.jpg

Good movie.

Few Hopkins films left that I haven’t seen.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODg5NmZkOGQtMmZjYi00M2I0LWI2MzMtMzg5NTZkZDgzMjAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Lovely movie.

[AgrippinaX]

https://resizing.flixster.com/-OJY8AmkzM6UsX0BiWDcZIWZ9YE=/ems.cHJkLWVtcy1hc3NldHMvbW92aWVzLzBjODQzOWQ5LTA1ZDAtNDk4Mi1hM2QzLTU1NmU5ZDdmMGUxZC5qcGc=
Well this is certainly, ahem, different. Quite a strange film, and the eventual denouement is very predictable, but it really is very disturbing and lingers.

[cricket]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2c/bb/d5/2cbbd518b5479e60a73a330389fb1cb2.jpg

2nd time

[Fabulous]

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[cricket]

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[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Finally. Big screen, of course.
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Well. I unexpectedly hated that. Can’t recall the last time I hated something so much. It’s not that I don’t appreciate what it was trying to do; but the body horror felt very, excuse the pun, plastic? I feel like this took the wrong lessons from Cronenberg and Possession (one of my favourite movies, which almost feels tarnished by association). Anyway.
I love satire, but my kind of satire is something like Fight Club and Choke, whereas this just felt absurd and, towards the end, lazy. To be fair, the entire cinema laughed hysterically towards the end, but I doubt this was what the film was going for; it was more like perplexed, hysterical giggles. A guy next to me had his head in his hands.
Quite apart from all that, I thought the sci-fi side of things/the ‘world building’ was really inconsistent. Initially I thought the two selves couldn’t exist at the same time; hence the big deal about switching. But if, as it appears towards the end when the two selves fight each other, and was referenced in The Cut review, the two selves can coexist awake, then it’s even more confusing and inconsistent, because what does the ‘original self’ get in this scenario, exactly? Enabling a younger separate self to have fun while she herself suffers at home? What’s the logic/rationale behind making that bargain? IMO this only makes sense if the original self isn’t awake to see the other self partying; and if the younger self can presumably gain weight from the food the older self obsessively cooks, then surely the older self can feel the residue from the partying (if only hangover?).
It also didn’t help that Demi Moore was made to look significantly worse than she actually does in everyday life. I get that this is done to enhance the contrast between the two, but it’s still a very bizarre decision. Whatever was done to her lips (some kind of botched filler vibe?) jars with the idea that she’s a former Hollywood mega-star (which in itself jars with the idea she was until recently the face of a fitness show). Very confusing. But poor Jane Fonda! This was definitely aimed at her.

[TONGO]

Mr & Mrs Smith the 2005 movie with Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie. Id never seen it before now. Entertaining because I wasnt taking it seriously. I had to put myself in a MARVEL studios, specifically Deadpool, frame of mind the action was so ridiculously unrealistic.
Now Im going to start The Menu with Ralph Fiennes.

[Fabulous]

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[AgrippinaX]

Mr & Mrs Smith the 2005 movie with Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie. Id never seen it before now. Entertaining because I wasnt taking it seriously. I had to put myself in a MARVEL studios, specifically Deadpool, frame of mind the action was so ridiculously unrealistic.
Now Im going to start The Menu with Ralph Fiennes.

The Menu was a good kind of weird imo.

[AgrippinaX]

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The film is okay. As usual, the young and rude female protagonist annoys me. These women are so annoying, and she’s a teenager. Of course, they now call seventeen-year-olds ‘young women’.

[Fabulous]

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[MovieGal]

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[Fabulous]

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[KeyserCorleone]

The Search for Spock. I haven't been so dedicated to the Star Trek films as I'd like to be, but this morning I just said, "**** it. I'm gonna finish that Bogdanovich Tom Petty documentary today and then I'm slammin' right into Star Trek 3 and maybe 4.

[cricket]

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[Fabulous]

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[TONGO]

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MovieGal Any good?

[MovieGal]

MovieGal Any good?

Yeah pretty decent.

[AgrippinaX]

101170
How was this?

[xSookieStackhouse]

right now im watching this horror movie, i dont think i seen other ones https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWU0ZjM1YjYtMGZkZi00NTBiLTgxMGItMzVhZDgyZTkyY2ZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

[MovieGal]

How was this?

It was decent

[AgrippinaX]

Have this one on my list because someone was looking for it in movie questions.
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Loved Françoise Dorleac and her makeup. She’s got a very Sharon Tate look, though obviously it’s just a sixties look, Twiggy and all. Didn’t care very much for the film overall, but I do relate to the wife wanting the husband to have some balls for once. Ah well.

[AgrippinaX]

Okay, yes, I do need to retreat into the safe haven of familiarity.
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