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Hana Bi (Kitano, 1997)
Yakuza, seaside scenes, fireworks, violent but calm shootouts, and badass Takeshi Kitano all in one, what else does one need?
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Yakuza, seaside scenes, fireworks, violent but calm shootouts, and badass Takeshi Kitano all in one, what else does one need?
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Viridiana
My homie Bunuel knocked it out the ball park with this flick. Sinister,wickedly smart, darkly hilarious, and damn controversial to boot. Glad this one ended up making the 60's countdown, definitely deserves a spot. I can't decide what I like more between this and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
A Patch of Blue - 8/10
What a wonderful movie. This wasn't a factory-made film on race. After all, the girl was blind. She endured so much abused, and my quest in life is to witness justice. Very emotional, sad, but it's what I like. I want to feel. I also love to love certain characters vicariously. I didn't want this film to finish...
What a wonderful movie. This wasn't a factory-made film on race. After all, the girl was blind. She endured so much abused, and my quest in life is to witness justice. Very emotional, sad, but it's what I like. I want to feel. I also love to love certain characters vicariously. I didn't want this film to finish...
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno -
Trying to figure out which Kevin Smith I dislike more, this or Tusk. There are strong arguments for both. (Cop Out, while definitely terrible in its own right, doesn't even enter the discussion because it's more the bland and forgettable type of terrible, whereas the other two stand out for all the wrong reasons.)
Trying to figure out which Kevin Smith I dislike more, this or Tusk. There are strong arguments for both. (Cop Out, while definitely terrible in its own right, doesn't even enter the discussion because it's more the bland and forgettable type of terrible, whereas the other two stand out for all the wrong reasons.)
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I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.
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Inherent Vice (2014)
Good noir detective drama/comedy. I will have to see this again to appreciate it fully.
7/10
Good noir detective drama/comedy. I will have to see this again to appreciate it fully.
7/10
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Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Straight Outta Compton is, by far, the best movie experience I've had this year so far. The story behind one of the pioneering forces in rap music, including such moguls today as Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, and the tragic story of Eazy-E, ranks high up there with the greatest movies based on an artist's biography.
Oh, and the music is GREAT!
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Two great movies in two days 
On the Waterfront (1954) -first Elia Kazan movie I've seen... I know, I know shame on me but I haven't seen a lot of old movies. It's a classic for good reason
8/10
Braveheart (1995) - I always avoided it cause it's so long but it was pretty damn awesome
8/10
On the Waterfront (1954) -first Elia Kazan movie I've seen... I know, I know shame on me but I haven't seen a lot of old movies. It's a classic for good reason
8/10
Braveheart (1995) - I always avoided it cause it's so long but it was pretty damn awesome
8/10
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A funny, pretty, fairly sweet movie with catchy songs that needs a more memorable plot and someone to take a hedge-cutter to its cast list.
Also there's a drooling dog that made me gag whenever he was onscreen.
Last edited by Colors; 09-06-15 at 09:58 PM.
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Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku.
Uuuuuhm. I know it is considered a great movie. The fact is that, the way I see it, Kenta Fukasaku (the guy who wrote it) had a lot of good days and a few bad ones, and Kinji Fukasaku had a lot of bad days and a few good ones.
There are so many great ideas that are so poorly executed, some scenes that could have been great but look ridiculous because of how they were directed. I am not saying it was easy. Part of the greatness of the screenplay (I haven't read the novel) is how it tries to balance the absurd situation which the students (for the 2 or 3 people who do not know what this movie is about, it's where The Hunger Games came from. For the 1 or 2 people who do not know what The Hunger Games is, it's young kids killing each other) are forced into, and the normal, teenagerish conversations about high school crushes they still have despise all the killing and dying that happens around them.
Some of the students are even glad they can kill their peers, so they can take revenge on a boyfriend who has been stolen.
You need a really good director to balance out these elements, and in my opinion Fukasaku failed at it. The more so action scenes are pretty bad too, with one of the guys chasing people everywhere with an UZI and missing them from 2 inches away.
Such a pity, since when Kinji and Kenta good days collided, the results are admirable. The beginning of the Battle, when the students are still in the classroom and are just shoved away with a backpack and nothing else, certainly none of the glory they are teased with in The Hunger Games, is impressive. A shot of a hand shooting one of the students is pretty cool. Kitano is perfect.
Oh well!
5.5/10
PS before anyone invites me to go back watching The Hunger Games, you stupid 15 years old, I have never watched The Hunger Games, just read the books.
Uuuuuhm. I know it is considered a great movie. The fact is that, the way I see it, Kenta Fukasaku (the guy who wrote it) had a lot of good days and a few bad ones, and Kinji Fukasaku had a lot of bad days and a few good ones.
There are so many great ideas that are so poorly executed, some scenes that could have been great but look ridiculous because of how they were directed. I am not saying it was easy. Part of the greatness of the screenplay (I haven't read the novel) is how it tries to balance the absurd situation which the students (for the 2 or 3 people who do not know what this movie is about, it's where The Hunger Games came from. For the 1 or 2 people who do not know what The Hunger Games is, it's young kids killing each other) are forced into, and the normal, teenagerish conversations about high school crushes they still have despise all the killing and dying that happens around them.
Some of the students are even glad they can kill their peers, so they can take revenge on a boyfriend who has been stolen.
You need a really good director to balance out these elements, and in my opinion Fukasaku failed at it. The more so action scenes are pretty bad too, with one of the guys chasing people everywhere with an UZI and missing them from 2 inches away.
Such a pity, since when Kinji and Kenta good days collided, the results are admirable. The beginning of the Battle, when the students are still in the classroom and are just shoved away with a backpack and nothing else, certainly none of the glory they are teased with in The Hunger Games, is impressive. A shot of a hand shooting one of the students is pretty cool. Kitano is perfect.
Oh well!
5.5/10
PS before anyone invites me to go back watching The Hunger Games, you stupid 15 years old, I have never watched The Hunger Games, just read the books.
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Glory (1989)
Matthew Broderick plays a captain in the Civil War. After he gets injured in battle, he gets promoted to colonel, and he's put in charge of the first all black squad. Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman play two of those soldiers.
I don't think Broderick is a great actor, but I usually like him, and I think he's at his best in this. Washington and Freeman are terrific as usual. There's some great battle scenes in this movie and it's filmed very well. What makes it great though is how it shows the black men getting their chance in a white world. The colonel's support of these men, and how the men respond to him, makes the movie uplifting, and gives it it's emotion.
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God's Gun(1976) 6/10
Watchable movie only because Van Cleef & Palance charisma.Otherwise, not so good.
Watchable movie only because Van Cleef & Palance charisma.Otherwise, not so good.
Put this on my 60's list despite it being in desperate need of another viewing. It is as I remembered. Very good but it doesn't hit me in all the sweet spots that OUATIA does. The characters and score are on another level and are what make this movie so great. It also has Leone's great settings and atmosphere. I think the story is a bit weak in spots and is what keeps me from going from love to one of my all time favorites.
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