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It felt like more of a direct follow-up to Time of the Gypsies to me, you might like that one better.

I had no idea there was A Handmaid's Tale movie. I'm going to have to check it out. Atwood is one of my favorite authors and I always thought The Handmaid's Tale would make a good movie.

omg,just wrote a bunch of mini reviews and accidently turned off the thread. :/ Ok,this will be reviewless:

Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

The Silence of The Lambs (1991)

The Departed (2006)

50/50 (2011)

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Funny Games (1997)

Red State (2011)

28 Days Later (2002)

Jarhead (2005)

American Psycho (2000)

Mysterious Skin (2004)

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Did you close the tab? Otherwise you could've used ctrl+shift+t.

Anyway, I more or less agree with your ratings for The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, TDKR and Mysterious Skin, but I personally rate The Dark Knight a little lower (although it's still good) and American Psycho a bit higher.

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I agree with all her ratings except I'd rate The Dark Knight two popcorns lower and give one each to Funny Games and 50/50.

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no,I didn't but it's too late anyway.

I just don't care for American Psycho.It's quite stylish and it seems like a suitable role for Bale yet,I'm not sure,it lacks drama since I feel emotionless the whole movie.

Pikachiu, what's with the Funny Games love? :/

Please, tell me you've seen Epilog Norymberski. It's just as good as Judgment at Nuremberg!

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There's very little info about it in English. It's on YouTube without subtitles. This doesn't need subtitles though. Some of it is from Night and Fog.

I don't think there are English subtitles available anywhere, which is a pity given how good the movie is.

I didn't love it. I'd give it three popcorns which for me means I think it's a decent to good movie. It was well acted and I thought it had interesting things to say.

Some thoughts on Dead Man's Shoes? I've only seen it once and I was completely unprepared for it and it knocked me sideways.

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Yeah,I enjoyed the movie.

I don't know how to explain it but I saw This is England (also directed by Shane Meadows) and I like how he deep he goes with the emotions of the characters.

What seemed to be a racism story in This Is England,turned out that it's just jealousy for immigrants who are lucky(Combo pouring his hate on the black guy towards the end,loved that scene).Of course,TIE is not all about that but I like to search for similarities. :P

What seemed to be a typical revenge movie in Dead Man's Shoes,ended up being a self-redemption story.It starts as a typical Oldboy type movie and then you see the twist about Anthony and the climax is so unpredictable and in the end you realize that this movie is not about revenge at all.Yet it makes perfect sense.

That's what I liked most about both of these films - they are very clever and easy to connect with.Hope you got the idea what I'm talking about.

Anyway,I didn't give a maximum because I rarely do for the first time watches. But I can easily see it growing on me.Maybe I should give it an 8 in IMDB as I normally never get back to "7" movies,I've been thinking about it a lot since my watch.

Thanks, Gab. Have you seen either of the tv 'sequels' of TIE? They're a continuation of the story (one set in 1986 the other in '88) and have the main cast and Meadows directing. You might also like Twenty Four Seven and Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee.

no,I'm putting all of that on my watchlist. )

Dead Man's Shoes. So powerful and deep especially the relationship between Richard and Anthony. "They all shook your hand but I didn't" and " we'll he was an embarrassment to me".

Based on Meadows own experience in living in those type of crappy towns with the type of Drug dealing lowlife we see in the film. As you say not just a straightforward revenge movie.

9/10

I live in one of those crappy towns, which makes the film kind of documentary for me.

Slow week:

Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato, 1980)
Ice (Kramer, 1970)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Wellman, 1943)
Medium Cool (Wexler, 1969)
Alps (Lanthimos, 2011)

That film is a tough watch. Some of those scenes are nightmare inducing.

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