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6.5/10. A good movie. Just an inside look as to what goes on in these "conversion" centers.The kid, Lucas Hedges, wasn't that impressive to be honest. His dialogue delivery seemed a bit robotic. But Russel Crowe even in the little screen time was good.
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'Climax' (2018)



Visceral, chaotic, disturbing, nauseous, terrifying, colourful, outrageous, brilliant. Noe seems to shock and delight and equal measure. There are very long drawn out takes, amazingly choreographed dance scenes, hellish and horrifying images, a pulsating soundtrack but it all gets cooked into to a completely immersive piece of masterful cinema.

The narrative is not straightforward, and seems to focus on a comment on modern French society / diaspora but also shows a take on the paradise > purgatory > hell tale that mainly revolves around sex. In that respect it's definitely for the audience to make up there own mind what Noe wants to tell us. There are alot of things placed backwards in this film. Maybe Noe is trying to tell us we're not living our lives correctly.

It's a must see for any fan of Noe or art house. What an experience.




Le déclic [The Click aka The Turn-On] (Jean-Louis Richard & Steve Barnett, 1985/9)

I wish I'd clicked - the 'off' button an hour and some earlier



Overlord (2018)




I'm not normally a fan of movies that switch genres halfway through. For movies that turn to horror, I think Bone Tomahawk is an example of a movie that does it right, while I love From Dusk Til Dawn only right up until the second that it becomes horror. I think this movie is like the former with how it's blended. The movie doesn't really change; it's more like the horror is incorporated. It's certainly not a great movie that's typical of being deserving of my rating, but I had a complete blast watching it and that is it's intended purpose.



Overlord

Like cricket I was eager to see how they would incorporate the two genres and was quite pleased how it all came together, I was enjoying the straight up war and action and when it went to horror it all blended rather seamlessly and kept my involvement and was also amusing at times, If you suspend your disbelief and don't mind the very obvious set pieces , this is a fun movie

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6.5/10. A good movie. Just an inside look as to what goes on in these "conversion" centers.The kid, Lucas Hedges, wasn't that impressive to be honest. His dialogue delivery seemed a bit robotic. But Russel Crowe even in the little screen time was good.
I liked this movie...I thought Hedges was wonderful and I totally agree with you regarding Russell Crowe, I thought he was excellent.



LBJ - 2/10
This is a big phony movie. Just terrible. Even the "bung-hole" telephone call (which is on YouTube) is horribly played. Where was the "Johnson Treatment"? Where were his daughters? So much inaccuracy. LBJ constantly voted against Civil Rights, until it became politically expedient to do so...

This is what you get with when a movie is made by a right-winger posing as a professional Democrat.

Lately, I've stopped including movies like these, in an effort not to advertise it.
Matt, surely you jest.. R. Reiner has been a leftist and a limousine liberal since at least the time of All in the Family.

I haven't seen the picture, and have no interest in doing so; but my guess is that Reiner purposely misrepresented the non PC aspects in order to attempt to put LBJ in a better light. LBJ was one of the 5 worst presidents in American history (I'll withhold the other 4). In his non-public life he was one of the most disgusting and ruthless of American politicians.

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Good Time





Sad, Depressing, Real, and emotional.
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Matt, surely you jest.. R. Reiner has been a leftist and a limousine liberal since at least the time of All in the Family.

I haven't seen the picture, and have no interest in doing so; but my guess is that Reiner purposely misrepresented the non PC aspects in order to attempt to put LBJ in a better light. LBJ was one of the 5 worst presidents in American history (I'll withhold the other 4). In his non-public life he was one of the most disgusting and ruthless of American politicians.

~Doc
He's not a Socialist, and has been a big and loud supporter of those who promote right-winged ideas (both Clintons, Obama with war, pro-wall street)., so to me, he doesn't believe in it, but finds it the best way to make money. The reason he didn't attack LBJ is because he's only concerned with the Democrat Party, but not interested in real issues... He can go on MSNBC all he wants, knowing government can't legislate kindness and understanding, so they all beat social issues to death (even though they were against them, until a Conservative SC fixed it), and the 2 seconds later, rainbow colors.... I don't believe they are sincere. But this could be applicable to many groups.


The minute JFK was murdered, LBJ threw in a half million troops shortly, and has always been shady... If it was legal, he would have put the country in his wife's name.



Matt, surely you jest.. R. Reiner has been a leftist and a limousine liberal since at least the time of All in the Family.

I haven't seen the picture, and have no interest in doing so; but my guess is that Reiner purposely misrepresented the non PC aspects in order to attempt to put LBJ in a better light. LBJ was one of the 5 worst presidents in American history (I'll withhold the other 4). In his non-public life he was one of the most disgusting and ruthless of American politicians.

~Doc
I like LBJ, the more I learn about him the more I like him. It's cool if other people don't. I seen LBJ and thought it was a pretty good movie and a fair representation of LBJ.



Just curious who are the other 4 worst presidents? I'm sure they've made movies about them all.



Rock music and action movie obsessed guy,
Shoot to Kill (1988): 9/10
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode and Written by Daniel Petrie Jr. A Classic film with great performances by Sidney Pottier, Tom Beringer, Kirstie Alley, and Clancy Brown.
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It was on Crunchyroll, and I'm a fan of Shinkai, so I went ahead and watched it. For a half-hour short, it's solid. Crunchyroll wasn't able to get the dub for this one, so I watched it subbed, though I guess it's not like I had much choice; don't get me started on the ridiculous prices the DVD is fetching. I'm not exactly sure which (admittedly sparse) cast this was since it was re-dubbed in Japanese with different voice actors from an original where the male lead, Noboru, is voiced by Shinkai himself, but the one I heard did a good job here. It's not hard to see how Shinkai would later advance on this one, but it's pretty solid for what it is.

It was a little different in this case since the whole dub is on YouTube, but in the same way, I'm a fan of Shinkai so I decided to go ahead and watch it. It's an improvement in a few key areas, though at least some of that can be attributed to the fact that Shinkai has more time to tell the story. With that said, the animation is also a step up, though again, this has at least a little to do with the advantages Shinkai has been given here. I guess one could likely argue that there are a few too many fades to black here (every 5-10 minutes almost), but it wasn't enough to take away from my enjoyment. The dub is a really good dub. Chris Patton is excellent as Hiroki, as are Kalob Martinez as Takuya and Jessica Boone as Sayuri. It's not quite as easy to connect to Takuya as the other two, but that seems to have more to do with how the character is written than Martinez's acting. Gendo Ikari himself John Swasey is gruff but likable (though Takuya rather amusingly calls him a demon) as Mr. Okabe who runs the military factory Hiroki and Takuya work at in the last year of middle school (you know, before the movie fast forwards three years) and the dub script is completely natural. As it was with Voices of a Distant Star, it's not that difficult to see how Shinkai improved on it with Children Who Chase Lost Voices (which is my favorite of his in case you were wondering) and Your Name, but The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a strong entry on his resume and any fan of his would be remiss not to check it out. Later, guys.
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As it was with Voices of a Distant Star, it's not that difficult to see how Shinkai improved on it with Children Who Chase Lost Voices (which is my favorite of his in case you were wondering) and Your Name, but The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a strong entry on his resume and any fan of his would be remiss not to check it out. Later, guys.
I've seen all his shorts and films, and I agree with your assessments. I loved Children Who Chase Lost Voices when I saw that upon its release. I should give it a re-watch as that was around seven years ago. Your Name was pretty good too. Looking forward to whatever he brings us next.