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I plan on seeing it. Its my favorite romance film and Im a Matthew McFadyen fan.

Miss Congeniality (2000)



I had seen this before, which makes it even worse.
It's one of those whacky, against-type undercover stories that we've already seen in several TV cop shows (or better movies such as Cruising) with the focus on all kinds of caricature.
Well, that could work except that the humour in this film is exasperatingly unimaginative and lowbrow, and as I continued watching (because I was too perplexed to stop) I felt my brain cells rotting away, one by one.
On the upside, towards the end of the film I felt so intellectually degraded that I actually started to laugh, and couldn't even stop.

Furthermore, I don't think this film could have been done better by the people involved in the "creative" process. I truly believe Miss Congeniality looks exactly the way it was meant to be, and in that regard it's not a failure.
But that's like giving someone who's never played the violin a violin, and then ask that person to perform a piece of music. It's going to sound awful....but not bad because good wasn't an option?
Such a funny dilemma.

William Shatner is the only actor in this film who manage to come out (relatively) unscathed, all the others are just bad copies of old sitcom characters.
Now I've got this perverse desire to see if the sequel is going to look worse, or in this case, much much worse.

(that's overrated, but there's got to be something left for the sequel).

My mom and I took my kiddos to A Minecraft Movie this afternoon. I know very little of the mythos and I know I'm not the target demographic, so I don't feel I can write a good review for my thread. I liked the movie well enough. It's silly and doesn't take itself seriously while also being fairly clever. It was an enjoyable way to pass an hour and a half.

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Lost Highway - (1997)

Although much here is surreal, the great thing about Lost Highway was that although so much of what was happening was a mystery to me, I always knew what was going on. I could understand all of it, while at the same time what it all meant was not readily apparent on the surface. It was very much a dream in movie form. When the opening credits feature an obscure 90s David Bowie song (from his Outside album, itself inspired by Twin Peaks), it's the best of all signs as to how much I'll enjoy the proceedings - which I did immensely. But back to this being like a dream - where else do you suddenly find you may have murdered your wife, suddenly flash-forward through a trial and death penalty to all of the sudden become migraine sick and transform into a completely different person with a different life? Robert Blake's Mystery Man was chilling, and an excellent creepy puppet-master to glue proceedings together. A cloud still hangs over that actor's name. His last film, along with Jack Nance. I enjoyed Bill Pullman's turn as troubled saxophone player Fred Madison, Patricia Arquette in dual roles, a bit of Gary Busey as Pete Dayton's (Balthazar Getty) dad and sadly the last of Richard Pryor. Amazing soundtrack (I'm not just saying that because of Bowie, Lou Reed and Rammstein - it's all great) and all-up an evocative, mysterious and fabulous surrealist neo-noir horror film.

9/10

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no wonder i liked this so much when i was 15 its lame as hell.

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I wonder if two people have ever posted a review for the same movie on this site in the same forum at precisely the same moment.

And with such different takes

SF = Z

Viewed: Blu ray

This film had a lot of what I can't stand watching - needles, teeth removed, fingernails removed - in close up... brilliant.







[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

Jules (2023)

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Pitfall (1962) - This debut from Hiroshi Teshigahara is an absurdist (if not surrealist) take on the exploitation of the workers by (literally) untouchable industrialists. It doesn't come together super-well (the middle section with other union workers didn't serve to much purpose IMO) but promises a serious visionary.

It seems to me like a serious of mean jokes life has lined-up for you ... the closing shot says everything: even children don't "see" the souls / the other, supposedly spiritual world in this universe.

Alienating landscapes and ominous music create a experience that is hard to shake afterwards. An instant "bad vibes" mini-classic. hard 8/10.

Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)



This wasn't on my to-rewatch list but since it was free with Prime and also because I expect it to show up in the 1990s Countdown Redux I thought it wouldn't hurt to refresh my memory.

It's not difficult to see why this has become such a beloved classic, it's a film with a big heart and well-timed comedy but above all it's a very character-driven drama - a Merchant Ivory amongst comedies.
It deals with the familiar setup of British middle class mixed with upper class/aristocracy often linked by an institution such as Oxford or whatever fortunate upbringing.
From Brideshead Revisited to Chariots Of Fire to Saltburn and I'm sure there are many more examples.
This being a comedy surely helps to make the characters as relatable as possible despite some eccentricities here and there.

John Hannah's funeral speech is tasteful and poignant and naturally all the characters are supposed to be upset by the death of their colourful friend, but I could almost believe that the actors themselves were moved by that very performance.

I'm not sure if it represents the very best of British cinema since there are some aspects that are painted with broad strokes - possibly to appeal to an international audience - but I wouldn't be surprised to see it ranked in the top 50 of said Countdown Redux.



p.s. when the film had ended I tried very hard to remember what character was played by Helena Bonham Carter, but according to IMDB she wasn't in this film at all. Gasp.
It's almost as if they had made an effort not to cast her. Or maybe she was kidnapped and locked up in a basement by one of the potential cast members just to make sure that she couldn't accept any of the roles.

Loved this movie…Kidman stole the show

Don’t get all the love for this movie. I turned it off after about 20 minutes

Matilda (1996)


Had my daughter watch this for the first time, and its funnier than I remembered. I also remembered why I didn't like it as much as some other people with all the magic stuff at the end.

Wow, don’t hold back how did you really feel about this movie?

Oh I LOVE the film but I thought it would be more fun to bait everyone with a negative review.

The Hurricane Heist (2018)

I’m a hopeless sucker for heist movies, and this one was a lot of fun. I especially like heist movies that take place under horrible weather conditions (i.e. Hard Rain). I was surprised to see that Rob Cohen directed this movie. Haven’t seen a movie by him in at least twenty years.

A Working Man (2025)

Barring two exceptions, I’ve enjoyed all of Jason Statham’s action thrillers that I’ve seen, and A Working Man is the best one so far. This movie is a much more violent and grittier version of Taken (which I believe was P3-13). Bryan Mills has NOTHING on Levon Cade. Like Antoine Fuqua, David Ayer is a sure hand in this genre, and he and Statham work well together (I also greatly enjoyed The Beekeeper). I hope to see more from them in the future.