Simseboy's Film Diary 2015
So I'm creating this thread so I can use it as motivation to watch more films, even though I already watch a lot of films. Basically I'll try to watch atleast one film everyday, and I will post a rating, plus a few thoughts depending on how much there is to say. I'm a film student, but more importantly I am in love with cinema, so you can expect that I will watch all kiiiiinds of films.
I might make weeks with a theme, for example one week I might only watch silent films, spaghetti westerns, the french new wave, japanese melodrama, etc what ever might be interesting. Maybe this will also start a discussion on this thread on films that are rarely debated, or if anyone is interested you can leave sugestions for that theme, when i plan one. However I am mostly doing this for myself, I usually write about the films I see in a word document, I might as well do it here, maybe someone will find it interesting, or might even watch the same films or want to talk about them? I don't know, I think it's a good idea. Month: January 2. january: (Blow Out, 1981) 3. january: (The Pianist, 2002) + (Safety Last!, 1923) + (The Hobbit 3, 2014) + (Terms of Endearment, 1983) 4. january: (Funny Games, 1997) 5. january: (Bonnie and Clyde, 1967) 6. january: (Easy Rider, 1969) 7. january: (The 400 Blows, 1959) 8. january: (The Maltese Falcon, 1941) 9. january: (Mad Max, 1979) 10. january: (Ladri di biciclette, 1948) + (Rashomon, 1950) 11. january: (Rome, Open City, 1945) + (La Grande Illusion, 1937) 12. january: (Battleship Potemkin, 1925) 13. january: (Foxcatcher, 2014) + (Whiplash, 2014) 14. january: 15. january: 16. january: 17. january: 18. january: 19. january: 20. january: 21. january: |
Great idea, I look forward to this and hope to learn stuff too!
I especially like this:
I might make weeks with a theme, for example one week I might only watch silent films, spaghetti westerns, the french new wave, Japanese melodrama, etc what ever might be interesting. Maybe this will also start a discussion on this thread on films that are rarely debated, or if anyone is interested you can leave suggestions for that theme, when i plan one.
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2. january
Blow Out (1981) Director: Brian De Palma http://www.festival-entrevues.com/si...4/blow-out.jpg My 4th De Palma film. It's pretty good, the premise is similiar to The Conversation. probably the best performance I have seen from Travolta. It's suspenseful and dark, but also has some great deep focus shots, look at this: http://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-pr...l_original.jpg http://jeancharpentier.files.wordpre...low-out_05.jpg Pretty spectacular shots. Interesting thing as well, I have noticed many scenes in De Palma's films to have the camera circulate the actors in an important scene, you can see that in "Body Double" and "The Untouchables". Something that you also can see in Quention Tarantino's beginning dinner scene in "Resevoir Dogs" and a few times in "Death Proof". Not that surprising considereing Quentin is a big fan of De Palma. Just an observation though :) I can easily understand why this is considered De Palma's masterpiece. I might like The Untouchables more though. |
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 1230841)
Great idea, I look forward to this and hope to learn stuff too!
I especially like this: Maybe you could post in advance when you're going on a watching spree of 'themes'...so that others might watch some too and then be able to compare notes. Just an idea. |
Re: Simseboy's Film Diary 2015
Blow Out was a good one. I enjoyed it a lot when I watched it.
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Re: Simseboy's Film Diary 2015
I'm pretty sure I've seen Blow Out, but way back when. I should rewatch it. Have you seen Blow Up?
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Originally Posted by Kaplan (Post 1230860)
I'm pretty sure I've seen Blow Out, but way back when. I should rewatch it. Have you seen Blow Up?
I actually haven't watched a film from Antonioni yet. That needs to be fixed. |
3. january
The Pianist (2002, Roman Polanski) https://38.media.tumblr.com/ca4f55ca...4blro1_500.gif Wow this film is both spectacular and heartbreaking, I'm speechless. My parents and family are from Poland, so this film really got to me man. I don't really think I need to say anything else. |
Re: Simseboy's Film Diary 2015
I will be watching The Hobbit 3 later tonight with my family, and maybe some other films. I'm not amazingly interested in watching The Hobbit, mainly because the 1st and 2nd was just kinda mehhh. LotR is brilliant though.
I was thinking about the "theme week", I'll probably start one soon. Gonna post later what I have in mind and what movies I'm thinking of watching. |
I saw Blow Out at the movies with my mother when I was 10 years old. I loved it then and I love it now. De Palma is one of my favorite directors; my favorite of his being Carlitos Way.
The Pianist is a spectacular film, but I didn't quite enjoy it enough for it to be a personal favorite. |
Have you seen Blow-Up or The Conversation, simseboy? Big influences on Blow-Out story-wise, and in my opinion both better films. And I say that as a fan of Blow-Out.
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Originally Posted by Simseboy (Post 1230850)
Pretty spectacular shots. Interesting thing as well, I have noticed many scenes in De Palma's films to have the camera circulate the actors in an important scene, you can see that in "Body Double" and "The Untouchables". Something that you also can see in Quention Tarantino's beginning dinner scene in "Resevoir Dogs" and a few times in "Death Proof". Not that surprising considereing Quentin is a big fan of De Palma. Just an observation though :)
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Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1231182)
Have you seen Blow-Up or The Conversation, simseboy? Big influences on Blow-Out story-wise, and in my opinion both better films. And I say that as a fan of Blow-Out.
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3. january
Safety Last! (1923, Fred C. Newmeyer (Harold Lloyd)) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XNQZUl9T5R...afety-last.jpg Finally got to see this Harold Lloyd film. I really enjoyed it, similiar to Keaton and Chaplin. The final climbing scene is by far the most impressive parts of the film, man did my heart beat fast and my hands sweat. Considering it isn't CGI, however stories say that they build a platform under Lloyd when he was climbing, and they used camera techniques to achieve an effect that Lloyd was much higher, than he is in reality, it's still really impressive. |
Safety Last! is on my watchlist.
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3. january
I also saw these two films yesterday, making it 4 films in total. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014, Peter Jackson) http://wwws.ch.warnerbros.com/thehob...home_faded.jpg It was okay, Lord of the Rings still feel like miles better though. I still ended up having fun. Terms of Endearment (1983, James L. Brooks) http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/...endearment.jpg Good old Jack! How can you not love the guy? That car scene defines why the guy is so brilliant. Wow, fantastic film, but yeah Shirley MacLaine was also extremely good. |
Originally Posted by Simseboy (Post 1231039)
My parents and family are from Poland
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Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1231799)
Do you speak Polish?
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4. january
Funny Games (1997, Michael Haneke) http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3...3zmqo1_500.gif Highly disturbing and f***ing brilliant! It's so funny reading critics review this film, they have no clue at all that Haneke has his old wrinkly middle finger right infront their face. |
Glad to see some love for Terms of Endearment because it doesn't get a whole lot here. I remember it to be a huge movie back in the 80's, but it didn't even get a sniff at the MoFo 80's list.
I liked Funny Games a lot too. |
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