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Summer Hours - (2008)

There's a deep, moving sadness to Summer Hours that snuck through my myriad defenses and had me thinking about what it's like to lose loved ones, and how that change in our life makes us note little details that hurt. It's a great movie - directed by someone I'm making a note of - Olivier Assayas. It starts at a family gathering for 75-year-old matriarch Hélène Berthier (Édith Scob) on her birthday, who gives son Frédéric detailed instructions on what he's to sell when she dies, including the house all siblings grew up in. She dies, and the film flashes forward scene by scene to every occasion when the siblings get together to sort out everything that needs sorting when a last parent dies. Birthday presents she'd been given, some still unused, keep creeping into shots, and the process of moving on is exposed in every step these people take. The family live and work in distant places - so these little reunions are precious, and you get the feeling these family members will rarely be together like this ever again. It's not a melodramatic film - it's straightforward, and doesn't manipulate your emotions, and that's what I loved about it. Those feelings are there, and we don't need them pointed out. Hauntingly beautiful, and effectively grounded and subtle - I loved this blind watch.

9/10


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Edward Scissorhands - (1990)

It's a bit of a shock to the system to go back and see just how much of a magical touch Tim Burton had in the late 80s and early 90s - Edward Scissorhands, with the help of Danny Elfman and some Oscar-nominated make-up effects, has such a delicate touch - which Burton would go on to lose after hitting a kind of peak with Ed Wood. Watch this film with an open heart, and you are guaranteed to feel this throwback to the fables of old squeeze it tight. It's beautiful - and comes from a very genuinely expressive artist. For Burton, the key is not to get carried away, even if you have the resources and money to do so - with Edward Scissorhands there's no excess, just a wonderfully told tale.

8/10


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Little Monsters - (2019)

Little Monsters is a cute little zombie film. It's not going to knock either Dawn of the Dead or Shaun of the Dead off their perches, but it starts strong and is full of enjoyably carefree comedy and spunk which makes up for it's lack scope. For those who love the genre, you should check it out if you haven't already.

7/10


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Cuban Fury - (2014)

During Cuban Fury, a film I wasn't enjoying even the slightest bit, I imagined what things would have been like if Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd had of swapped roles. It would have made this piece of dump-rubbish watchable. I love Chris O'Dowd, but in this salsa-themed movie he's the foul-mouthed, crude villain - and it doesn't suit him at all. Nick Frost is the romantic lead, who is a salsa dancer, and that doesn't suit him at all. The comedy also happens to fall flat as a pancake. The only time I laughed was when we get a very unexpected and sudden Simon Pegg cameo. Going by the cast I thought this might be good - but it's obviously the reason why director James Griffiths went back to television after directing it, never doing another feature to this day.

4/10

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The Last Of The Mohicans - 1992

I can knock this one off the list. One of those movies I can check off but won't be revisiting. I can see this being really dynamic in 1992. It had it's moments but overall I thought it was kind of silly movie. I wasn't expecting the romance to be basically the movie and I gotta say it really didn't feel like an earned romance. I could feel the boxes being checked for the plot as it moved along. Motivation of the characters felt bizarre. The actors did their best. I just think it gets stiff and generic being strapped to this unearned romance. I actually laughed at some scenes I don't think I was suppose to be laughing at lol. I don't know it wasn't for me but it has really good reviews so I must be in the minority.

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The subtitle is Confessions of a Trickbaby lol. Vinegar Syndrome putting it out on 4K.

Sure most everyone has seen it but throw it in spoilers just in case.

The movie didn't really cover the gory nature of the massacre...because it would be a pretty bad movie. They made the story more pallet-able but during this period of time tribes would take in slaves, orphans, refugees, or they would just steal women. It was the custom of Native American society...now could the film have been dirtier and not a romantic adventure...sure. But Cooper wrote the book a certain way the film worked to adapt that story.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (A)

So much better than Episode IV. The sets are much better, things move along much faster, almost everything is memorable. I especially enjoyed, now that I'm old enough to see it, that under the sci-fi veneer over everything, this story basically takes place in the 1930s in terms of how people interact with the world. It's a nice, pulpy tale in the very same vein as Indiana Jones, just with the force.

I still don't think the fanatical following this franchise has these days is justified though. No movie is that good.

I watched the 4K Vinegar Syndrome release.

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42nd Street - (1933)

One of the very early musicals - pre-Code, which explains how they got away with such shocking scenes as when the ladies lift their skirts to show their thighs to casting directors. I liked 42nd Street - although the pace was something I had to get used to, rapid-fire dialogue especially. Popular films from this era were kept moving, always with dialogue racing along, and unlike most other musicals, this one waits until the end to unleash nearly all of it's musical numbers. The whole thing is squeezed into under 90 minutes, and if made today I'd expect it to run something like 158 minutes. I thought to myself that one day I'd watch this and Gold Diggers of 1933 with my remote control handy, and make sure I get all of the jokes and various plot points. It was just too fast for me. All of the performers are earnest, and the show at the end really grand, with wonderfully inventive sets and set-pieces. It's kind of fascinating, and I look forward to going back after I read up on 42nd Street to really soak it all in.

7.5/10


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Prom Night - (1980)

🎵"Prom Night!"🎶"Everything is all right!"♫ ♬ ♭ 🎵 🎶"Prom Night!"🎵 🎶"No more feeling uptight!"🎵 - it'll be in your head. There is an especially disco-themed prom in which the finale of Prom Night plays out. Other than that, this slasher is noteworthy on a number of fronts :

*It's a hodgepodge from other such films from this era - Carrie, Halloween and Friday the 13th.

*Nothing really happens until the exact hour-mark, and aside from a severed head, there's little blood and gore.

*Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen are pretty big names for a film like this, and they give it a credibility it wouldn't otherwise have had.

*The various teenage romances are more interesting than the main, "who's the killer?" storyline.

*The film features two obvious red herrings, who really announce themselves as obvious red herrings.

*The film does do interesting things with the genre, with the killer quite spry but vulnerable and someone who makes mistakes.

*There's a great dance scene, and the up-tempo music plays in to how we perceive the action.

*Amazingly, this was followed by three sequels - I'd hate to see a slasher film from this era that didn't manage to string along at least a couple of low budget follow-up flicks.

So, while Prom Night does suffer from a sluggish pace up until the aforementioned prom, it's not the worst slasher I've ever watched and features actual characters instead of caricatures. I didn't love it, but I did think it was okay for what it is - fans of the genre will get something out of it if they're patient kind of people.

6/10


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Borgman - (2013)

Nearly forgot I watched this super-weird Dutch film where a gypsy/demon and his gang use their magic and various poisons to slowly infiltrate a middle-class family and eventually take over - when it ends you'll be questioning everything that happened in a good way. Really interesting and while not unique, it still does it's own thing (if that makes any sense.)

7/10

I get it. If we adapted true stories verbatim we wouldn't want to watch. I am just trying to tell you for my taste I didn't buy the romance at all. And if you don't buy the romance then you don't buy the movie. Just my personal opinion.

Yeah, I can agree with you on this one; not a bad movie, but far from from Mann's best, since it sort of felt like his Spartacus, in the sense that it felt like a break from his typical style in an attempt at more mainstream acceptance (which succeeded to a certain extent, since it's still his only movie to have won an Oscar), but it ended up feeling pretty inauthentic in the process, I'm afraid.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - 2023

Well this is the last vestiges of the MCU I actually cared about. I thought the first GOTG was about the best one off film they made. James Gunn really made you care for every last one of the Guardians in that flick. I thought the second one was pretty good as well. Don't think it was up to snub of the first one but it was a good follow up, enough to keep you interested.

Now comes Vol 3. It pretty much falls in line with the rest of the MCU and falls apart after End Game. Gunn tries but he is just living off the good will of the first two and some of it isn't his fault. The End Game/Infinity War writers wrote Gamora into a corner he couldn't come out of. She was basically pointless in this movie. They failed at paying her and Peter's relationship off. It had threads of being a good movie. Rocket's story, which was basically the main thread of the movie, had it's moving parts. However it basically sidelined him for the entire film. If I was Will Poulter I would be finding a new agent. You got GOTG role but your character is basically neutered. Got buff for nothing.

I'll give it and Gunn credit, I dislike Gunn's politics (which falls in line with Hollywood's) and I don't know if he meant it, but the Rocket story was basically a warning of how bad socialism/communism is whether he meant it or not. What's the quote that comes to mind? "The road to hell is paved with good intentions?" Rocket's story summed up. I just do not think it was worthy of being the main theme of the plot. It didn't really pay off like it should have at the end either.

That's another problem. The end sucked. It was basically just tying off loose knots abruptly. Didn't feel natural. The movie to me was also an ugly digital mess. I blame a good bit on Gunn but I also think his hands were tied and if GOTG was just cut off form the MCU and it's on entity he might have been about to really bring this thing home. End Game just back him into a corner he couldn't pay off. Rocket's story was basically the movie the rest was just a car wreck of a film.

Anyways I wrote enough. Went by myself to the theater tonight. Hadn't been to the movies since I believe Tenet in 2020. I fear if this is what they are producing the theater experience will be extinct in my lifetime.

I think the key word here is inauthentic. Nailed it there.

Charly - 7.5/10

(An online pal of mine sent me a link to this, and this was my reply/review to him, so feel free to eavesdrop)
"Just finished it. 7.5/10 - I liked it. My favorite scene of course was cut - when Charly helps the employee pick up the broken glasses as everyone laughs. There were many other scenes that could have been cut.

I remember the first movie that used the multiple (or split screens), the super-imposed smaller lens was in a British movie. Around that time, Michael Caine talked to the audience in "Alfie". But I'm not a huge fan of British movies, outside of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, and a few others. I think American actors are more natural.

Was that an LSD trip? When they "leave" for four weeks. There's a similar sex scene in a movie made that year, "Thomas Crown Affair", right after the chess match between McQueen and Faye... I could go on for days.

Thanks again. This has been on my list, but after having IMDB for 22 years, I have thousands on my "To-Watch" list.

So many fine movies on YouTube.... I recommend finding a great movie, and then finding the channel."

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Corvette Summer (1978)

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Seen The Prime many times. Excellent movie. What a gorgeous figure Maggie Smith had!

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Two Women - 8/10
I've seen this before, years ago, and liked it very much, but there were some parts I didn't remember. It was just on TCM, so it might still be available, if not on YouTube.

The film was a bad as what they did to that Corvette.

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