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Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - 6/10

Enjoyable enough mindless piece of fluff, have to say I found the build up more rewarding than the latter parts of the film where most of the action is though which surprised me.

Decided to go out to see this one after Redmayne got his Globe nom. I was on the fence about going to see it anyway. It was pretty much what I expected, some good and some bad. Redmayne is indeed pretty darn good as Hawking. Worth a watch.

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Three Colours: Red -

I watched Blue ages ago, but didn't think much of it (think I gave it a at the time, but trust me, I will be revisiting it now) and I watched this back to back with White (which would get a ). I can see why this is generally considered the best of the three. An interesting plot develops around the unlikely friendship of a young model and an old judge that's full of down-to-earth twists and turns. Well-shot, great performances from the two leads and that ending was pretty good, too.

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An American Crime (2007)

Disturbing true story with good performances from Keener and Page. It feels a bit like a TV movie, but it's effective. I like it about the same as The Girl Next Door.

Really? I always thought that was Blue

So having not watched this since its original cinema run, despite having the Blu-Ray for over a year (my BR player fried and it took a while before I replaced it), I decided to rewatch this prior to checking out the sequels.

My disappointment before was that they moved away from the gothic or neon soaked atmosphere of the previous film series in favour of a more realistic approach. Looking at it now, I appreciate what they were going for - really the Batman character works better in a non-superpower universe.

I did enjoy this, although some glaring flaws still bothered me - the fact that first the Waynes themselves (billed as the most rich and famous residents of the city) had to walk unaccompanied out the side door of the opera house just seemed silly, as did the later random scene where the assistant DA apparently has to catch the metro to a dirty station. The entire plan to microwave water in the city just never seems believable and the grappling hook train chase just reminded me too much of Spiderman.

The Bruce Wayne as playboy scenes seem rather tacked on and it is hard to believe he could get his reputation just by driving an expensive car to a hotel with a couple of hookers once. Surely they (ie. Bruce and Alfred) could have gone down the 'Bruce Wayne is a boring corporate bookworm' route which would equally have assuaged suspicion of his crime fighting, while allowing him to spend most of his time out of the limelight.

Interesting but flawed. I hope to watch the rest of the trilogy over the course of the week.

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For years I've had a hypothesis that this is a US/Euro split, but maybe it's spreading.

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All is Lost (2013)




The Red Balloon (1956)

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Pale Flower (1964)

This Japanese crime flick is filmed very well; it's cool with great atmosphere. It didn't do a whole lot else for me, but it was a very good watch. I think some members would love it.

976-Evil II (1991) - 2/10 or 6/10 depending on one's feeling towards cheese

Not a movie for the cholestorally challenged imo as it's akin to a vegetarian double cheeseburger in a cheese flavoured roll all covered in cheese sauce. Luckily I'm quite partial to a little cheese myself.

I contemplated the possiblity of watching it the other day.

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A Woman Under The Influence (1974) - 7/10 -- Rowland's performance was better than the film. I had so much empathy or her. (But maybe I wouldn't if I was married to her with 3 kids)... I liked the fact that Peter Falk didn't fare any better. It reminds me of the "Cuckoo's Nest" line -- "What do you think you are? Crazy? You're no crazier than the average a$$hole on the streets." Mabel was definitely not well, but even that depends on context. If you live alone for example, she wouldn't be considered a nuisance at all, maybe a fun-loving person?

The beginning of the movie was.., not unstructured, but kinda muddled.. A lot of "weird" scenes or conversations, but I think if we were to video tape someone's domestic life, it would be more similar to that. But it's movies, and usually some of the fat is cut out. Regardless of my taste, I prefer the directors and writers to go with their intuition no matter what...

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Strangers On A Train (Hitchcock) - 8/10 -- The first Hitchcock film I loved!! What a situation they were in. I can't really go into details without spoilers, but it's really good.

The Big Chill - 6/10 - I saw this when I was 17, so I thought I'd see it as an adult, which is kind of the way the story is. They were youths, meeting at college with all their hopes and ideals, and then come to the present where things are different. I guess I liked the way some of the friends realized their selling out the cause of humanity for a bigger house to be yuppies who conform. This would be a sequel I would definitely watch if it ever happened. The documentary was pretty good as well..

Blow-Up (1966)

It looks good, with a nice style, but left me indifferent.

How did you watch this? Been wanting to see it for a while.

Hulu

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