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Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I finally finished my big Pride Month project,...

I finally finished my big Pride Month project, which was a massive Judy Garland marathon. The couple remaining movies she made that I have not seen I do not appear to have access to (or at least will...
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What was the last DVD you bought and why?
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I actually already owned a copy of Crimson Peak. ...

I actually already owned a copy of Crimson Peak. But when the cover is this incredible, it was hard to resist upgrading:
...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-25-22
Replies: 68
Do movies ''age'' or not?
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Invariably, that last number is done in...

Invariably, that last number is done in blackface.

A lot of people in this thread seem to argue that “aging well” versus not “aging well” is mostly about whether the viewer can accept a movie...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-23-22
Replies: 490
My Top 250 Movies
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
This one blew me away when I first saw it a...

This one blew me away when I first saw it a couple of months back. Definitely one of the great media satires (up there with the likes of A Face in the Crowd, Network and the like).
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What was the last DVD you bought and why?
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I’m pretty stoked that my 1/2 off Arrow order...

I’m pretty stoked that my 1/2 off Arrow order from Barnes & Noble came in today. I kind of went a bit overboard when all was said and done, but I just kept coming across movies that I loved as I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-23-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I just finished a big collection of...

I just finished a big collection of Blaxploitation movies on the Criterion Channel today ahead of them disappearing at the end of the month. Honestly, I’ve always loved Blaxploitation movies more...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-21-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Going on with my piecemeal viewing recap from the...

Going on with my piecemeal viewing recap from the past two weeks, here are some rewatches I’ve worked through in that time:

Finding Nemo (2003) — For the longest time, my favorite Pixar movie...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-20-22
Replies: 9
Let us rank Kubrick once again.
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I have just a couple more to go… so maybe I...

I have just a couple more to go… so maybe I better get on that. I also just rewatched The Shining last night, confirming that it’s my least favorite post-Studio System Kubrick, actually kind of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-20-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Chipping away a bit more at my needlessly long...

Chipping away a bit more at my needlessly long backlog from the past week+.

Documentaries:

1. That’s Entertainment! (1974) — A bittersweet farewell to the MGM musical, even for somebody like me...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-20-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I may have been too young for it when it was out...

I may have been too young for it when it was out in theaters, but I do watch the Treehouse of Horror version every October, which I think is a heck of a lot more fun than Coppola’s version.

I was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-17-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Schedule disrupted because of construction going...

Schedule disrupted because of construction going on at the house, forcing us to shack up with my in-laws for the past two weeks (it was supposed to be less than one, but apparently the last guy we...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-17-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I’m actually not that big on Coppola’s Dracula....

I’m actually not that big on Coppola’s Dracula. It all seems to me to be a lot of incredible images in search of a movie (and a woefully miscast Keanu Reeves, who’s even more out of his element there...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-17-22
Replies: 11
Rank Kurosawa's Movies
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Including what he wrote as well: 1. Seven...

Including what he wrote as well:

1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ran (1985)
3. Throne of Blood (1957)
4. Ikiru (1952)
5. Rashomon (1950)
6. High & Low (1963)
7. Kagemusha (1980)
8. Yojimbo (1961)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-05-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Only a few days gone by this time. My partner and...

Only a few days gone by this time. My partner and I are going through as many Scooby-Doos as we can before our HBO Max subscriptions expires on the 15th and I’m working on the Criterion Channel’s...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-05-22
Replies: 7
Top 10 films you are looking forward to this summer
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
2022 looks to have rather lean offerings all...

2022 looks to have rather lean offerings all things being equal (with the last of the Pre-Covid movies being released, we’re finally starting to see how the pandemic’s disrupted film production more...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-03-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Hoo-boy, another massive backlog (thanks largely...

Hoo-boy, another massive backlog (thanks largely to my getting sick and being left on my own over the holiday weekend). So in addition to getting in a lot more unimpeded R-rated movies than usual, I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-30-22
Replies: 14
Top movies of 2021?
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
There are a few loose ends that I still need to...

There are a few loose ends that I still need to wrap up on my end that look like they have a fair chance of making the grade (for instance, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Eternals, Cyrano, Zola, Wheel...
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What was the last DVD you bought and why?
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I just got a noir-heavy Criterion BluRay order in...

I just got a noir-heavy Criterion BluRay order in today: Double Indemnity, Pickup on South Street, The Hit and then a blind-bought I Wanna Hold Your Hand (I’m working through my unseen Zemeckis...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-29-22
Replies: 22
100 Italian Movies Restored
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I finished the Italian Neorealism collection that...

I finished the Italian Neorealism collection that I was working through, which means that I’ve now also seen I Vitelloni (1953, 4), Rocco and His Brothers (1960, 4), Il Posto (1961, 4) and Salvatore...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-29-22
Replies: 490
My Top 250 Movies
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I caught an incredible John Huston retrospective...

I caught an incredible John Huston retrospective on the Criterion Channel some months back. Of the 22 films of his I’ve seen, I have Fat City as my sixth favorite (behind The Maltese Falcon, The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-21-22
Replies: 35,199
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Well, my kid just grabbed a hold of the remote...

Well, my kid just grabbed a hold of the remote when nobody was looking, navigated the TV menus and wound up starting Aquaman, so I guess that’s what we’re going to watch tonight.

😅😅😅
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-21-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
Another big backlog. This time I thought I’d...

Another big backlog. This time I thought I’d arrange them topically (since most of these belong to one collection on the Criterion Chanel or another).

Bad Spaniard: 11 Scathing Satires Directed by...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-20-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I mean, yes. The footage is stunning, no...

I mean, yes. The footage is stunning, no question, it’s just that I need more from a feature-length documentary than pretty pictures and for somebody to heavy-handedly impose human emotions onto a a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-20-22
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
I thought that it was like watching an especially...

I thought that it was like watching an especially good-looking Windows 95 Screensaver: utterly gorgeous underwater footage, but extremely boring otherwise. I was kind of over it after 5 or 10 minutes.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-19-22
Replies: 35,199
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Obi-Wan_Mifune
While I tend to plan what I want to watch out...

While I tend to plan what I want to watch out well in advance, my spouse is absolutely the opposite: picking things mostly on the fly and even then oftentimes changing her mind right up until the...