Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Apparently Franco Nero was cast because he was in town for a film festival.*Ridiculous casting on paper, but he actually pulls off the role pretty well.*I assume most of the action scenes use doubles, but the movie does get good mileage out of his eyes for closeups.*

The In-Laws (1979)

I would encourage you to give it another shot.

While I felt that the BBC version got increasingly cutesy (I watched the second season and couldn't take any more), the CBS version gets deeper and more complex as it goes. Holmes and Watson have interesting backstories that overlap in neat ways (thematically, not literally). I can't attest to the final seasons (I think I'm halfway through season 4?), but I feel like the first 3 are pretty solid.

The Love Witch, 2016 (D)

A film about a witch, in what appears to be the 60s, using magic to seduce men.

There's traces of something like a Giallo in the movie's style, but it's very lazy. Either they realized how much effort it is to be on the entire movie they way Giallos used to be, or they just didn't get why any of it worked. The movie is shot mostly conventionally, with a few occasional stylised shots here and there. It's not cohesive or interesting, and it feels gimmicky.

I think they bet everything on the style, because there isn't much plot here to bolster the rest. The movie is pretty long at 2 hours, and involves a lot of conversations. It feels directionless. Either that or they really buried the point they were trying to make deep inside the film.

Lastly, and that might sound stupid, but here goes. The movie is about this really oversexed witch that wants to bone men to make them love her, but the two main witch ladies with speaking roles aren't really in in. There's 2 digits worth of extras showing full frontal, but the two leading witches won't even show nipples. And it's not like they don't get undressed. They do, but it's very perfunctory instead of commiting and going for the vibe. That took me out of it every time, and all I could think of is that they didn't find actors that would do everything they wanted.

Enter the Ninja -

This is the first and my favorite of the three Golan-Globus ninja movies. This one's secret weapon - besides caltrops, of course - is its strong character development. I totally bought Cole and Frank's friendship and like how the wartime flashbacks enriched it. Also, your mileage may vary when it comes to sleaze - for me, the third movie has just enough while Revenge takes it too far - but this one is refreshingly free of it. Most importantly, though, the fight scenes are so much fun, and with the reliable "they can't take our land" story and character work, there is just enough of this icing on the cake. Sho Kosugi fans may be disappointed because he probably has the least screentime in this one, but he makes his time count; besides, he's why the opening credits are so awesome. These movies have no order anyway, but if you haven't seen any of them, I recommend saving this one for last. Oh, and if it's comic relief you want, you'll get it in my favorite character, the posh Mr. Parker.

This is an old favorite of mine I revisited not long ago.
Basically, I'm planning to watch all the old Sho Kosugi movies. I did Pray For Death and Ninja III: The Domination in recent months.

i don't remember seeing him in anything else. Looks like he was in his 40s at the time and he's famous for being in Westerns. Would that be like casting '60s-'70s era James Garner as the ninja?

Aw man, you haven't seen Django? Will also highly recommend the psychological horror film A Quiet Place in the Country.

Yeah, my remark wasn’t meant as a slight towards you so much as the comparison, but I do see the confusion. I do apologize for that. *
His inclusion in Taxi Driver being what lead to his casting doesn’t support your insistence on Maniac being like Taxi Driver, not in the least.
But as for your response, I do thank you for your exemplary example as well. Especially since I’ve seen more then a fair share of condescension from you on several occasions.

‘Something’ for sure can, but I didn’t feel that was the case here, is all.

The Letterboxd shows him in a black cowboy outfit and wielding a chain gun. Sold!
If he had the same mustache that he had in Enter the Ninja, just looking at the picture would make your chest hair grow.

How is this film against the concept of feminism?

I felt that the very idea that Elaine is exclusively concerned with love (whatever that is) is playing into the most sexist of stereotypes, i.e. that women only care about romantic relationships. No matter how you spin it, even if, as Takoma says, for Elaine, love is about controlling men, the very idea that a woman’s life goal is to find love appears obviously antifeminist. To me, that is. It reminds me of 12-year-old schoolgirls in a dining hall whispering to each other, ‘But do you FANCY him? Well, do you fancy him then?’ Like it’s a must that someone should fancy someone.

I really wasn’t looking for a debate there. Then again, not sure what you mean by ‘against the concept of feminism’.

I just find it curious that someone would call this film antifeminist.

I agree that Elaine being exclusively concerned with finding love isn’t feminist at all. But I think the film doesn’t align or agree with Elaine on virtually any of her choices or ideology. I could see calling Elaine anti feminist but the film is pretty anti Elaine.