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I regret waiting so long to see this movie. Joe is a great companion piece to my all time favorite movie Taxi Driver.

In Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle is "God's Lonely Man." It is a film of loneliness of a man isolated in New York City. He is a Vietnam vet suffering from the effects of the war and he spirals into a deep dark place leading to a final act of violence.

Joe is kinda similar. Only now we got a duo. Joe and Bill are two older men. Bill is a rich ad exec and Joe is a working class stiff. Bill and Joe meet on fate and share a common bond. And that bond is a bond of the old school and a loathing of the new Hippie generation. And none of this peace and love stuff, the ugly side. The drugs, the pushing, the dope dealing, etc. And the two strike up an unlikely friendship.

Where Taxi Driver was one man versus the scum of New York City, this movie was generation against generation. And each generation had it's representatives. Joe and Bill on one side, and several young hippies on the other. And a young Susan Sarandon (Bill's daughter) and several hippie friends on the other side. One gets killed by Bill, his daughters boyfriend who has been stringing her out on heroin and speed. Susan finds out and runs away, Bill and Joe got to get her back.

Both films are a reflection of their eras, both deal with disaffected members of society, both are headed by great lead performances (De Niro and Peter Boyle respectively) and both movies are "slow burners." Movies that are real sticks of dynamite. Slow to burn, but end with an explosion. And both end with big acts of violence. One is more ambiguous on how to feel about the violence. Joe... not so much. You will see.

Now Mark F is on record as saying he prefers Joe to Taxi Driver. I can't say that. It is my all time favorite movie. But Joe is a great movie. I really enjoyed it. Thanks Mark!

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Great film. That ending was mindblowing.

I KNOW! Brilliant flick!

Desierto (2015)



After their truck breaks down, a group of undocumented Mexican workers tries to cross the border but they get caught in a 'most Dangerous Game' scenario orchestrated by a psychotic American sniper (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

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Robert David Mitchell's debut doesn't aggrandize the cinematic youth so much as winkingly use it as a structure to house his keener, more interesting observations. With It Follows growing on me after a second viewing and this new understanding and appreciation of Mitchell's work, here's hoping he's not the next spry indie darling recruited for a heartless blockbuster. He should be sitting pretty in the era of Stranger Things and John Green adaptations, even if those comparisons don't quite do him justice.

My one caveat lies in his philosophy on promiscuity. The careful consideration he lends most core characters doesn't really extend to people who can enjoy sex without love. This is most heavily implied with the mean spirited closeup of the ink on the girl on the float's arm, the formerly "wise elder" type girl with the toe ring getting plowed senseless in the hatchback for her final spot, and the horror device that drives It Follows. This through line leaves kind of a sour taste in my mouth, but I'll reserve my judgment. Maybe it's for the kids.

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I've been doing more watching than reviewing lately. How lazy of me.

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Captain Fantastic - It's got mixed reviews but I thought it was very well done. The third act is a flaw as it doesn't seem in keeping with the rest of the film and at first I thought it may have even been a dream sequence. But there are some truly remarkable performances which captivated me throughout. 8/10

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Another awesome adaptation!

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Excellent horror with Karloff. Tense, dark and with a nice little descent into madness. A fun flick.

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Joe - 8/10

I read the comments here, so I saw it.

Another great overlooked movie from the 70s.. Speaking of the Taxi Driver stuff, Peter Boyle is in "Taxi Driver" - fine actor just comparing those two roles.

I knew I'd love this movie when the dad showed a liking to Joe when he asked him a question at the bar. I actually think the dad was starting to enjoy himself, but he got in this situation because of his daughter but met the wrong guy, a powder keg who brought the not so better parts of him. Reminds me of the line in "In Cold Blood" how neither one could have done it, but with the two of them, it created a new persona, etc..

A lot of love for Joe today.

you should watch the original!

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close as I could get

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Joe would have been a great movie commentary (which I hope to do one day here)

I'm starting to like Gary Cooper more. I don't think he has a lot of star power, but he plays the every man role very well. He's great in this movie, a true story, and won his first Oscar for it. The first half is kind of a western, and then it becomes a war film. I really liked that change of pace. Cooper plays a struggling hick from Tennessee who's great with a rifle, finds religion, and then has to go fight in World War I. If anything, I'm underrating this movie.

Friday the 13th (1980) - ++

Something about this film makes it hard to get it to a positive review, it's a mixture of the writing and non-subtly Cunningham directs this with and the performances aren't much to ride home about either. I do love the score though.

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Closely Watched Trains - 7/10

Some great scenes, but a bit too much wasted minutes scattered.

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