23rd MoFo Hall of Fame

Whenever that happens to me I'll read the plot from Wiki up to the point of the movie where I'm at.

Yeah I do that too. I like it when I don't have too though

I watched the first 10 minutes of The Mummy but stopped as the sub titles were way off sync.

In those 10 minutes I'm thinking that I know what's going on, maybe. It's the story of looters robbing graves of ancient Egyptian artifacts...and Egyptian antiquities officials trying to stop them....and in the middle is a mysterious religious sect that has the secret to the hidden ancient tombs and protects them from all outsiders...which includes the looters and the Cairo museum officials.

I might be totally wrong! and I haven't read a thing about the movie, so I guess I'll find out what's what. Oh and I just fixed the subs and they're synced up now, so I hope to watch this next.

Just wait until the mummies are reanimated to see how off you are.

Watching this film made me realise something: Guillermo del Toro is usually referred to as "The godfather of adult fantasy films". While I do appreciate his work, I'm starting to believe that Terry Gilliam is, in my opinion, possibly the godfather of adult fantasy films. Even if some of his specific work isn't necessarily in the fantasy genre, they still feel like they are (The rusty, run down future in "Twelve Monkeys", the bizarre city in "Brazil" and now the sense of adventure in "the Fisher King").

It's a performance heavy film and the actors give a good job all around, Jeff Bridges effectively portraying the cold but caring Jack and Mercedes Ruehl as the lovable video shop owner. Even though Robin WIlliams is mostly known for his comedic performances, I absolutely love all of his serious performances, whether they be dark or sad, so it was a delight to see him onscreen here as a comedic but unbelievably troubled homeless man.

For a comedy drama about mental illness, the line that has to be drawn is very vague; It's difficult to figure out what things you can joke about and what other things are just plain mean to joke about. I think the film does a great job at respecting that line. Yes, there are many scenes where we are expected to laugh at William's silly shenanigans, but you can obviously tell which scenes go a lot deeper than that and are quite sad moments.

I have other thoughts about the film but they're only really sentences long so I'll put them here: Loved the special effects. The romance plot was really cute. It's one of those films that emphasizes how big New York is and makes traversing across it an epic adventure (especially in the park scene) which i like.

Very good film @edarsenal

Great Mouse Detective



I thought it was time for me to nominate something a little more laid back and nostaglic so I went with this. I watched it a decent amount as a kid but didn't go back to it as an adult until last year.

With this watch I really liked all the characters of the film. Basil obviously being the favorite but they are all good in my opinion. I think Ratigan makes a great villain and you just got to love Vincent Price.

There's just a lot of cool sequence scenes. Obviously the mouse death trap scene is one that sticks out, but I also enjoyed the battle on the clock tower and thought it was really cleverly done. I loved the flying contraption that Ratigan used too. The setting of London seemed really cool to use as it usually always works in films.

No, I don't think it's a masterpiece of any sorts but I think it's something to come back to again and again. Sometimes that's the true power of a really good film.

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It only got 26 points. Even raul didn't vote for it.

Camo - #17 (9 points)
Cobpyth #21(5 points)
Jal90 #22 (4 points)
TheUsualSuspect #18 (8 points)

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I would definitely now though. It's in my letterboxd top 25 animation list. I just hadn't seen it in forever.

I figured. Still, #100 got 55 points so even if you had voted for it, it would have fallen short.

I was actually looking at that list the other day, lots of oversights IMO

I think the only ones I'm really sad didn't make it are Ernest & Celestine, Over the Hedge, and Tokyo Godfathers. I voted for the first two, but hadn't seen TG yet.

Ernest & Celestine only got 9 points.

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I found it strange Peter Pan and Cinderella didn't make the cut. Not that I would have voted for them but they seemed popular enough to make it.

Hoping to find a decent copy for Gangs of New York. Too bad not on Netflix anymore

I'm glad those didn't make it, honestly.

Do you have Amazon Prime? If so, you can rent it for $2.99 or do what I did and sign up for the 7 day HBO channel trial on Prime then immediately cancel. HBO has Jojo Rabbit also. If you cancel right away, you still get the 7 days for free, but it won't renew and you won't be charged.

I'll have to look into that Miss Vicky. I thought about buying JoJo outright.

I got Gangs of New York from Netflix. Planning on watching it next Monday when I'm off and wifey is at work. I've asked her a few times in the past if she wanted to watch it but she was never interested.

Thrilled to see you love it now, cricket. I remembered you posting on my movie log after I watched it the first time and you had said that you didn't like it. I either didn't know or had forgotten that you'd rewatched it and changed your mind so I was a little nervous what you'd think now.

I may have to give Victim a try just from curiosity. I don't think I'd ever seen another movie like this one.

ETA: Just watched the trailer. Looks pretty ****ed up but damn they got one unattractive dude to play the surgeon.