33rd Hall of Fame

Wow. Seems like you missed the entire point of the film. Did you not see her father filming the entire thing and her watching it back on a screen years later?

Aftersun

My review at the time:

I haven't changed my rating of this film since I saw it in September 2022, and infact I often think about it. I revisit some of the scenes



We're all different and we all have different tastes, but I truly feel sorry for anybody who didn't get what I did out of this film. It remains one of the finest films I have seen this century.

Yes I seen that there was a video camera involved and at one time they watched themselves on the TV in a hotel room. There was no clear indication that it was years later because I seem to remember you could also see the 11 year old girl's reflection in the mirror.

I would say people who were greatly moved by the movie are creating their own inner story from the images they seen and are basing their emotions off of their own personal experiences. Of course that happens with many movies, but with Aftersun I think one has to find the emotions in the film relatable to be moved. Me, I've not had any experiences like the father in the film so didn't relate to him or feel anything for him. Actually I didn't like him as I thought he was a rather poor father letting his daughter stay out alone in Turkey late at night and leaving her locked out of the room as he laid passed out in the bed.

Ok I'm genuinely not sure if you're being serious at this point.

Did you not see the rug that grown up Sophie has in her apartment? The same rug that we see Callum wanting to buy years earlier on the holiday?

Yes I'm serious. No I didn't notice the rug in the apartment, but my wife did and mentioned it at the end of the movie, so I knew it was there. But what significance does the rug have? Sure they bought in Turkey but it doesn't say much to me. We don't know the father killed himself maybe he lives down the road from Sophie. Though he was messed up so who knows.

Shoplifters

This is my nomination. I chose to nominate this film because I had only seen it once before and I loved it at the time. I figured I'd probably love it still after a rewatch and the nomination was an excuse to do so.

I think this film has the most fascinating cast of characters of any film I've seen in a long, long time. The ending lays out a lot of the pieces we only had clues about in an almost Agatha Christie like way, but it all makes sense. These are all broken people, which is why we can still feel for them when we see them doing wrong. Between the writing, the acting, and Koreeda's steady hand, the nuance required to keep all of these manipulative people likable is reached. I remember Mark would talk about Jaws being one of his favorites, might have been his favorite, and how he could just sit back and enjoy being around those characters, for some reason I feel the same about these characters. I want to find out every detail about them and how much of it is true. I want to know if they just straight up kidnapped Shota or if they really did rescue him. I want to know the truth about Nobuyo's ex that was killed. Why did Aki leave her "real" family. We get little hints and nuggets and we're left to infer the rest. This movie is in my personal canon. I think it's essential viewing for film fans interested in modern cinema. It belongs in the pantheon of the greats.

When I saw this nominated and knowing how you felt regarding the genre I still figured you'd still enjoy it for the reasons you expressed.

FULLY agree and I have a very strong belief that my second viewing will be a mirrored experience. Especially my endearment and fascination to the central "family".

This is one I was glad to revisit as I didn't think much of it the first time I saw it. Second time around my feelings about a group of fella's searching for gold in the Sierra Madres haven't changed that much. I enjoy the first third very much. The build up is great and watching Bogart slowly becoming unhinged is tasty but as soon as the bandito's exit, who are admittedly a lot of fun, the film falls into a little of a lull and never really recovers.

What everybody seems to love about this is is what pushes me away - the performance of Walter Huston as the experienced prospector. I'm not sure if it's the character or the actor but whichever it is it doesn't sit well with me. By the time we get his big belly laugh at the end I've had enough.

This is a strange one because I think the script is probably pretty solid which means it comes down to execution but I'm not sure I have any ideas on what to do differently, aside from changing up the Huston character/actor. My favorite moments are after Huston's character leaves for the village and we're left with Bogart and Holt heading down the mountain. This is where Bogies paranoia hits its peak and things begin crumbling around him.

I understand this films place in the history of films. It's one of those film where I can see why everybody raves about it and I would love to love it as well, but I don't.

This reminded me of Beau Travail. What??? You might say...So let me explain. The Bank Job has a very distinct style of cinematography. I don't know if I have the correct technical jargon to explain it. But the way it's filmed, the way the camera moves, the way it's edited and the score, are all very much in sync. Giving a unified feeling to the film which goes with the subject matter. That screen shot up there sorta shows what I'm trying to say.

So how does that remind me of Beau Travail? Well, the filming styles are completely different of course but both films have a strong visual narrative via a unified 'look', that is paramount to the film makers presentation.

For me, both films are similar in that I can see that they achieve their film making goals but neither film was my cup of tea. I can only review a film from my own taste and say if I liked it or not and The Bank Job is not my type of film, just as Beau Travail wasn't. Yet I know in both cases the film makers had a strong visual identity that makes their films unique.

I have to say I was confused at times especially in the first part of the film as to who was who, especially between the cops/Scotland Yard and MI5 the British version of the CIA. When they got to the bank robbery the movie did get more interesting for me. As a side note, I'm not sure there's something like that supper cutting torch which to me looked like it had a bunch of sparklers packed in a tube, but what do I know about cutting torches?...Anyway, after the bank robbery the movie was interesting with several different parties all after the naughty photos of Princess Margaret. I don't recall hearing her exact name being mentioned, but even I, an American knows she was a party animal and that had to be her in the photos.

The movie said it was based on a true story and that piqued my interest too. I haven't read about the real events but if the movie is really accurate then I'd say MI5 got one of the bank robbers, Dave, killed. I mean couldn't they just have went to the bank vault and got the photos themselves? I know the film said they didn't want to disturb the higher ups (the palace, aka the queen). Like I said, not my cup of tea but the history is interesting.

I really liked the first half of the movie, it felt like it was going to be a lighter drama with a dash of romance and a sprinkling of Robbie Coltrane thrown in for comedy. Which all sounded good to me and I loved that spaghetti art! But then the movie changed speed and became a mystery thriller, which was popular back in the mid 1980s. I guess I just didn't buy into why Denny (Michael Caine) wanted to know what his call girl Simone was doing. I mean wasn't she doing what she was suppose to be doing for money? So I don't get why George (Bob Hoskinks) was ordered to find out what Simone is doing behind close doors? (other than it makes for movie tension and sets up the final bloody ending so that it can happen...But from an in-story view, it didn't seem to make sense.)...So somebody clue me in when you read this, cause the only clue I have is that: George finds a porno movie tape of Simone in an adult book store...so was that what made Denny so mad, that she was making adult movies on the sly and he wasn't getting his cut?

The first half of the film reminded me of Green Book (2018) with the more worldly and cultured Simone teaching George not to be such a slob and a loudmouth...as George goes from disliking her to secretly falling for her. I liked that aspect of it, but the surprise ending didn't seem earned and didn't seem to have enough impact on the story, it felt tacked on. But I guess in 1986 it was a bit taboo, so made good press.
Not a bad watch, but not a favorite of mine either.

I haven't seen the movie in a while so I don't remember specifically, but this sounds normal to me. It will depend on both the business and personal relationship. If a girl has a traditional pimp, she will give him 100% of the money she earns doing anything. There's no such thing as making money for herself.

Alright thanks and after you watch it, give me a reply again.

Are we there yet?

I have 5 more films to watch but I'm hesitant to watch these if someone is going to drop out. So please let me know which of you nominated these? Or PM if you don't want to say publicly.

There Will Be Blood
A Man For All Seasons
L'humanité
God's Little Acre..... BTW, this one is my nom.

We're into this three weeks now and I was looking at the review links on the first page and it looks pretty inactive. If any of you are not going to finish say now, not later.

I’m still going. I finished Treasure yesterday but haven’t written anything. I was going to watch another but I got invited over to a friends to watch some March madness and get drunk.

I will finish as always