Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 See, I reunited them! They agreed on how to react to my post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Brundlefly and I are eternally connected as admirers of At Eternity's Gate. It's that simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Yep. And that is why I will never have any sympathy for Thor again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Private Benjamin This was funny! They don't seem to make comedies like this anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Doctor Sleep Obi Wan Kenobi and a young Jedi girl go on a mission to defeat a Sith cult that is torturing and murdering young padawan. Seriously, though, this movie is very underwhelming. (slight spoilers to follow) Which is too bad, because I'm a fan of director Mike Flanagan, who released the wonderful Netflix minisseries The Haunting on Hill House. And I'm a fan of the book The Shining as well. When I read, knowing about how Stephen King's life was by that point, I realized it was a deeply personal story for him. He saw himself on Jack Torrance: dealing with financial problems and alcoholism, while trying to maintain a house and a young son. So that book was a way for him to deal with his personal demons, and his fear of failing and maybe even hurting his family. So I understood why he got so upset when Kubrick took his personal story and turned into his own arthouse movie - though it can be argued that the success of the movie The Shining brought new fans and readers for King's books. But on Doctor Sleep, written decades later, now that King is a rich and iconic writer, he expands the lore on The Shining on a lot of boring, convoluted ways. Now there's this group of incompetent, moronic hippies killing shining children, but when they meet one more powerful, they are taken down with laughable ease. For the most part, the movie follows three groups of characters, Ewan McGregor's Danny Torrance, now a drunk man just like his father, powerful "shiner" Abra and cult leader Rose with her group of idiots. And amazingly all three of these storylines are mind numbingly boring. The movie only gets slightly interesting after over an hour, when McGregor and the girl team up to face the cultists, though the incompetence of the villains robs the movie of much of its tension. Anyway, it's well directed by Flanagan. McGregor is pretty good and there's some great scenes (the best one with Danny on the Overlook Hotel bar). But this is still a very dull movie, and overlong as well, they could seriously have cut lots of screentime devoted to boring stuff. It 2 was very long as well, but at least it was fun on it's own daft way. 3/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Edmilson said: Which is too bad, because I'm a fan of director Mike Flanagan, who released the wonderful Netflix minisseries The Haunting on Hill House. Everything he has done before seems to be very solid horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I fell asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Finding dory. Pretty good and sometimes amusing and moving, if a little derivative. Everything is great, except Alebrt Brooks, Dory’s dad and Hank’s final twist. Oh my God, I just realised they made this sequel 13 years after the original! I needed a few seconds to get into Thomas Newman’s score for some reason, but it was obviously great most of the time, although I wished he would have done a little more during the really emotional moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I liked how they managed to give Dory's father a receding hairline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The Handmaiden This is my first film of Park Chan-wook of Oldboy fame. I was surprised by how elegantly restrained the first act was. It felt like I was watching an Ivory-Merchant film set in Korea. Then it broke into its more subversive erotic thriller tropes, with twists and turns reminiscent of Parasite Bong Joon-ho's brand of narrative storytelling. By the third act, the film gets a little outlandishly indulgent, but it holds the ship together. It is remarkably sensual and not in an exploitive way, thanks in large part to the lead playing Lady Hideko, who oozes repressed longing in every glance. And for all its perversions, the whole thing is surprisingly sweet. With everything from framing, sets and score so earnestly realized, it's hard not to be swayed by this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Variation on the vampire movie. It could have been a 6/10 (even though some of it was iffy, often due to McGregor's limited range) but the ending, which reprises or recreates all the iconic elements of The Shining, was a mistake. Where The Shining is still something of a mystery, Doctor Sleep chooses to be straightforward and blunt. 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It's so much like 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Braveheart I like the part when Mel Gibson meets the crazy Irish character and it cuts to two men frolicking in the sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Agnes of God (1985) Extraordinary (Oscar nominated) performances by Bancroft and Tilly and I watched it with much interest till the end, but as many say this has some plot holes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Catch Me If You Can A very fun movie, yet with a lot of depth. Spielberg directs with a sure touch, keeping a delicate balance between the sheer entertainment of Frank's exploits and their darker origins and consequences. DiCaprio does a remarkable job of making him really come across as just a kid. And the script ties all themes together very well, and subtly, like having Frank "deliver the mail" in prison, referencing his dad's last job. It just works. Kaminski's cinematography gets a little too Kaminski sometimes, however. 4/4 The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Spielberg's last good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It's the best paced movie he has done in the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I wouldn’t say that, as it’s about 20 minutes too long, but it is very good. I enjoy rewatching it much more than Spielberg’s other 00s flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, SteveMc said: It's the best paced movie he has done in the last 20 years. 1 minute ago, Koray Savas said: I wouldn’t say that, as it’s about 20 minutes too long, but it is very good. I enjoy rewatching it much more than Spielberg’s other 00s flicks. I knew a bloke years ago who insisted it wasn't long enough and lamented that it didn't feature all the trial stuff that was prominent in the book. I told him he was mad and the film was about the chase and would've got boring with all that irrelevant courtroom crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: I wouldn’t say that, as it’s about 20 minutes too long Really doesn't have any superfluous scenes, so not sure how Spielberg could have cut things down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, SteveMc said: Kaminski's cinematography gets a little too Kaminski sometimes, however. It always does. He brings down every Spielberg movie these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Koray Savas said: I wouldn’t say that, as it’s about 20 minutes too long, but it is very good. I enjoy rewatching it much more than Spielberg’s other 00s flicks. That part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 No love for Munich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Or Lincoln...or Tintin. I really fond of those movies Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Tintin is a little frantic for my taste. Lincoln, well, I felt it kind of dragged along. Probably did not help that I watched it late one evening after a long day. I'll have to revisit it someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I did enjoy Lincoln the first time around, but the movie is more rewarding on subsequent viewings. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Even if you're not one for the period political drama genre, the pacing, or Day Lewis' titanic method performance, Kushner's screenplay and Williams' score alone are worthy of much glorification! I assure you that Lincoln is one of those movies that improves with each viewing. I very often find myself rewatching the House of Representatives scenes just for sheer fun. Tintin tends to feel like Raiders-lite, and it's probably too light on its feet for its own good most of the time. Still frolicking fun I suppose, but hardly a match for Spielberg's best in my book. As for Catch Me If You Can, it really is a great movie and certainly makes my top 10 Spielrberg list. SteveMc and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Nick Parker said: No love for Munich? It’s one of my favorites, but not as rewatchable! Knock knock. Who’s there? Go fuck yourselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Catch Me is the last one he did that felt like his heart was really in it. Plus, it has Leo still looking like he did in Titanic. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Romão said: I did enjoy Lincoln the first time around ... I stopped watching because it's too focused on politics and it bored the hell out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Ah, the monthly evaluation of Spielberg's recent output. Nothing has changed, just waiting for DiscoStu's extolment of its moth-eaten ministrational folksy wisdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Then something about Empire of the Sun being Spielberg's best. And then perhaps a little something on Blade Runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, publicist said: ... just waiting for DiscoStu's extolment of its moth-eaten ministrational folksy wisdom. Disco loves American history lessons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Disco loves American history lessons. So do i! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Then something about Empire of the Sun being Spielberg's best. And then perhaps a little something on Blade Runner. EMPIRE OF THE SUN, is, without a single hint of a shadow of a doubt, among his very greatest, and finest, triumphs. For me, it's right up there, with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, JAWS, E.T., and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Don't forget to mention a little bit about Blade Runner, Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 What is art? John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Alexcremers said: Don't forget to mention a little bit about Blade Runner, Richard. Hmm, yes. Not sure that I understand that. Can anyone enlighten? Just now, Holko said: What is art? Fuck art, let's dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Fuck art, let's dance. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues. 9 minutes ago, Holko said: What is art? When something is signed by a famous artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Holko said: What is art? Ask @Koray Savas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 @Terrence Malick: More art, please! Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, Holko said: What is art? Film, for one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 48 minutes ago, Holko said: What is fart? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 RotK, for one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Are videogames art? And what about comic books, are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Only if it's overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 He knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Edmilson said: Are videogames art? And what about comic books, are they? Not according to Oscar Wilde who claimed that "All art is quite useless". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: Film, for one thing. But is all film art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Yes. Not all film is good art, though. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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