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Hereditary
For some reason I had in my mind this was Robert Egger's follow up film after The Witch and maybe I heard the comparison somewhere because they are very similar in some ways … it's also very similar to another movie which I wont name but is kind of obvious from the beginning.. I don't think it hides it's influence but there's a few too many going on and whilst not bad, it fails to live up to the hype surrounding it or make anything very original, certainly in storytelling
For some reason I had in my mind this was Robert Egger's follow up film after The Witch and maybe I heard the comparison somewhere because they are very similar in some ways … it's also very similar to another movie which I wont name but is kind of obvious from the beginning.. I don't think it hides it's influence but there's a few too many going on and whilst not bad, it fails to live up to the hype surrounding it or make anything very original, certainly in storytelling
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The Big Trail (1930)
I watched this because it's on the top 100 westerns list. It's an early film for both director Raoul Walsh and star John Wayne. I read that at the time it was a huge flop and that it hurt Wayne's stardom for several years. It's corny and dated at times, and it was certainly before prime John Wayne. I really liked the epic adventure aspect of it, and the on location filming was really cool.
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Crime and Punishment - 7/10
I watched Crime and Punishment last night, and I expected to be "wowed" by Peter Lorre's performance in it, but I wasn't. I wanted to understand what he was going through, and "feel" him being tormented by what he had done, and someone else being charged with his crime, but sadly, it just felt like an average crime movie.
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THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY:Speaking of westerns Cricket I watched this 'spaghetti western' on the weekend. I have never gone in much for these but I found myself enjoying this one. Eli Wallach stole the show. I loved the journey we were taken on as they traipsed across the desert in pursuit of revenge and a truck full of buried money.
★★★½ Very Good / Interesting Concept and Execution / Evoking
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My mother wanted to see it for a second time.
Me: So why do you think fans hate it?
Mom: What did they expect? They need to get over themselves.
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Good.
Frances Ha (2012) At first I thought this was going to be really annoying but I was wrong. Also good.
Frances Ha (2012) At first I thought this was going to be really annoying but I was wrong. Also good.
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
I watched this because it's on the Ebert list. I know it's highly regarded but I just sat there stonefaced. I do see how others could find it elegant, charming, and humorous. With the exception of Heaven Can Wait, this has been my normal experience with films from director Ernst Lubitsch. There were no noticeable flaws from my viewpoint, so I guess it just wasn't for me. In that case, I give it my standard gentleman's rating.
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It's the best Pre-Code film. You're delusional. 
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It's the best Pre-Code film. You're delusional.
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I watched Crime and Punishment last night, and I expected to be "wowed" by Peter Lorre's performance in it, but I wasn't. I wanted to understand what he was going through, and "feel" him being tormented by what he had done, and someone else being charged with his crime, but sadly, it just felt like an average crime movie.
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What film? Sorry I’m quite obsessed with this movie right now. Is it R B?
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Art of the Devil 2 (2005)
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Thai horror that's part supernatural, which I'm not a big fan of, but also part sick gorefest. It was made well enough and worth watching for fans of this type of thing. A worthwhile recommendation from MovieGal.
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Avengers: Infinity War. Oh my goodness it was amazing!!
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Duel by Steven Spielberg -
What Jaws did for sharks and Dreamcatcher did for toilets, Duel will definitely do for trucks.
Blade Runner by Ridley Scott -
All the way throughout this great film, Michael's speech from the movie Anomalisa, was ringing in my head. "What is it to be human? What is it to ache? What is it to be alive?". These questions are what Blade Runner is centred around. There's so much one can get into when discussing this movie, and that's what sci-fi as a genre should always offer, not just relying on a set design.
Side note, am I the only one who's immensely bothered, by Ridley Scott's attitude towards one of the big questions of the movie. He literally goes out of his way in his interviews, to enforce on the audience what his intentions were regarding that aspect, and that pisses me off. Not because I disagree with what he is saying, but because he thinks that by being the director, his word on whatever ambiguity is law, and if you disagree then you're a moron ("You would have to be an idiot not to get that Deckard is a replicant...If you don't get that, you have to be a moron!" his words, not mine). Personally, even if a director confronted me with their true intentions behind whatever they left ambiguous in their film, I still will stick with my own interpretation and believe it's just as right.
Blade Runner 2049 by Denis Villeneuve -
Surprisingly, I easily favour this sequel to the original. The latter is mostly due to the emotional impact Denis Villeneuve's continuation left on me, and also me preferring 2049's plot. The sequel avoids copying what came before it (which is what most sequels nowadays lazily bank on), and builds on what we've previously seen and experienced, and expands on the thematic aspects of the original. The story concepts this time are far more superior in my eyes, and manage to be even more interesting than what was already immensely interesting in the 1981 feature. For such a "long" film, I genuinely would've been down for at least another hour in this bleak world, which is a feeling I wished to experience after leaving Ridley Scott's version.
What Jaws did for sharks and Dreamcatcher did for toilets, Duel will definitely do for trucks.
Blade Runner by Ridley Scott -
All the way throughout this great film, Michael's speech from the movie Anomalisa, was ringing in my head. "What is it to be human? What is it to ache? What is it to be alive?". These questions are what Blade Runner is centred around. There's so much one can get into when discussing this movie, and that's what sci-fi as a genre should always offer, not just relying on a set design.
Side note, am I the only one who's immensely bothered, by Ridley Scott's attitude towards one of the big questions of the movie. He literally goes out of his way in his interviews, to enforce on the audience what his intentions were regarding that aspect, and that pisses me off. Not because I disagree with what he is saying, but because he thinks that by being the director, his word on whatever ambiguity is law, and if you disagree then you're a moron ("You would have to be an idiot not to get that Deckard is a replicant...If you don't get that, you have to be a moron!" his words, not mine). Personally, even if a director confronted me with their true intentions behind whatever they left ambiguous in their film, I still will stick with my own interpretation and believe it's just as right.
Blade Runner 2049 by Denis Villeneuve -
Surprisingly, I easily favour this sequel to the original. The latter is mostly due to the emotional impact Denis Villeneuve's continuation left on me, and also me preferring 2049's plot. The sequel avoids copying what came before it (which is what most sequels nowadays lazily bank on), and builds on what we've previously seen and experienced, and expands on the thematic aspects of the original. The story concepts this time are far more superior in my eyes, and manage to be even more interesting than what was already immensely interesting in the 1981 feature. For such a "long" film, I genuinely would've been down for at least another hour in this bleak world, which is a feeling I wished to experience after leaving Ridley Scott's version.
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I had read a few recommendations, before I watched it. Unfortunatelly I can't agree with most of them. The movie was quite boring (and there were songs in it
). Cary Grant's skin was so tanned, that I could't barely focuse on the plot
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