Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Well, I don't like it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Well, I don't like it anymore. Hipster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Well it was colourful at least, from all the Christmas lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 6 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Years ago, I could have sworn I was the only person on here who liked it. Sometimes expectations can put you on the wrong track or make you see things from a wrong perspective. I didn't really like it at first. I was expecting to be utterly shocked (like it probably did in 1926 to those who read the novella) but that didn't happen so I wondered what the big deal was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Now I really hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Gruesome Son of a Bitch and Koray Savas 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Zodiac - gripping, superbly paced David Fincher-directed 'true crime' thriller about the hunt for the titular serial killer who terrorised the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60s and early 70s (he was an influence on the creation of 'Scorpio' for Dirty Harry). With Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anthony Edwards all on good-to-great form. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Zodiac - gripping, superbly paced David Fincher-directed 'true crime' thriller about the hunt for the titular serial killer who terrorised the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60s and early 70s (he was an influence on the creation of 'Scorpio' for Dirty Harry). With Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anthony Edwards all on good-to-great form. Probably my favorite Fincher. The cinematography is excellent. The camerawork slow and calculated, like the murders themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 ...and don't forget David Shire's atmospheric score. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Too much a repetition of All The President's Men for me to be my favorite Fincher but I liked it. My son switched it off though. Too long-winded, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I like the way that it pokes fun at DIRTY HARRY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I saw Eyes Wide Shut in the theaters in '99 and liked it then, bought it on DVD in college and watched it again and still liked it. I haven't seen it in 20 years, but I imagine I still would - but who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Again?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Why does Bruce Wayne look like Ray Liotta? 6 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Again?! Hey, it's a good film, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Why does Bruce Wayne look like Ray Liotta? I had the same thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I don't see it. That was the cover of the premium version of the funny book adaptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,688 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The Quest/Frog Dreaming with Henry Thomas. Charming movie that I loved as a kid. It has goofy moments, but it stands up pretty well after all these years. The composer was clearly told to give it JW-vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 19 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I like the way that it pokes fun at DIRTY HARRY. It tickles that a screening was organised specially for the SFPD ... 'Hey, here's a movie with a no-nonsense SF cop trailing a killer based on the one you guys are after! Maybe his kick-the-door-in, shoot-em-first-and-ask-questions later approach could be inspirational?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,367 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Wild. I knew I was going to enjoy this one before it had even started. I was also surprised to discover that this was my first Reece Witherspoon movie. She’s excellent most of the time. Cliff DeYoung sounded oddly familiar as well, but his name didn’t ring a bell. Laura Dern is incredible and the story is captivating too. The only negative thing I can say is that the flashbacks were somehow too fleeting to fully appreciate. The songs were very good too. There’s no score and that’s fine most of the time, but when Strayed broke down at the end, I really could have done with some sad music. Instead, we end with a piece that had already been used once or twice before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 9 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: It tickles that a screening was organised specially for the SFPD ... 'Hey, here's a movie with a no-nonsense SF cop trailing a killer based on the one you guys are after! Maybe his kick-the-door-in, shoot-em-first-and-ask-questions later approach could be inspirational?' "I liked the movie, sir, but did the helicopter have to come in when it did? Couldn't it have just waited a minute?" Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Coronavirus Returns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,367 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Casanova. Loved it. Sienna Miller was rather annoying at first and for a few minutes it became rather difficult to keep track of all the others after her first appearance. Giovanni was stupid, but the other actors were great. The score is absolutely fantastic. A few minutes into the movie and I didn’t even care what would happen anymore as long as that baroque music kept playing, mistaken identity jokes or not. Time to read up on the real Casanova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Desperado - Antonio Banderas' vengeful wandering mariachi arrives in a small Mexican town, looking for the scumbag who killed the woman he loved. Hugely enjoyable actioner with Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, a cameoing Tarantino and a smokin' hot Salma Hayek. Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter - one of America's most notable Presidents was a hunter of the bloodthirsty undead on the side? lol, mmmkay then. Ridiculous-but-passable action-horror with Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Dominic Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,504 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 The beginning of Revenge of the Sith. I really never saw a more fake looking movie. Everything is fake in this movie, what a failure! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Desperado - Antonio Banderas' vengeful wandering mariachi arrives in a small Mexican town, looking for the scumbag who killed the woman he loved. Hugely enjoyable actioner with Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, a cameoing Tarantino and a smokin' hot Salma Hayek. This is such a great film. Love how ridiculous it is. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 You say ridiculous as if every guitar case doesn't come with machine-gun/RPG-firing ability or something . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,595 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Two close to blindly bought cheap blus: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - A lot slower paced than I expected but by the end I really got into it. Dark Crystal - Really liked it. Great production design, insane puppetwork, and the exact way it treats the classic sprituo-philosophical good-evil dichotomy/coexistence is something I don't think I've seen before - I won't dare say it's unique how Spoiler the creatures are 1:1 linked and really are still one entity sharing injuries and death, then at the end reunite into the beings they were split apart from in the first place but it doesn't seem like something that just got copied or known all over everything. Point is, it could surprise me a bit, and that's good. Sure would have freaked me the hell out as a kid though! Also the closeness in time and shared company and personal connections between this and RotJ... explain some of my double takes at some elements or visual solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: You say ridiculous as if every guitar case doesn't come with machine-gun/RPG-firing ability or something . My favorite is Danny Trejo’s Navajas, which literally translates to “Knives.” He just plays the same character in every Rodriguez film. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 3:07 PM, Bespin said: The beginning of Revenge of the Sith. I really never saw a more fake looking movie. Everything is fake in this movie, what a failure! You started on Sunday afternoon. It's now Tuesday morning. Have you finished it, yet? Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Koray Savas said: My favorite is Danny Trejo’s Navajas, which literally translates to “Knives.” He just plays the same character in every Rodriguez film. The Machete flicks look like they could provide ideal 'Saturday night with booze' viewing funtimes. Should maybe check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: The Machete flicks look like they could provide ideal 'Saturday night with booze' viewing funtimes. Should maybe check them out. The first one will fit that bill for you. I have yet to see Machete Kills or Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, but they did not get positive reviews. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Why does YouTube troll me like this? Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 People who willingly pay for any of that shite should go see a doctor. I saw The Transporter tonight. Fun, albeit more than formulaic, and the soundtrack is trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 16 hours ago, Koray Savas said: The first one will fit that bill for you. I have yet to see Machete Kills or Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, but they did not get positive reviews. I've seen the latter ... enjoyed it, then again maybe I was swayed by Eva Green's nude scenes . Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,011 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Sweeping Strings said: maybe I was swayed by Eva Green's nude scenes One always is. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Don't remember anything from A Dame To Kill For, and yes, I'm straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 456 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Orlando Sally Potter should get more work. This film blurs the line between gender and time but it is so enrapturing. Aleksei Rodionov's cinematography is crisp and clean, complementing Tilda Swinton's gender fluid character. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Eva Green...nude... There's absolutely no need, for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Babel Why did this get so much hype again? It's executed fine enough, but none of the stories really manage to rise above the melodramatic tropes they hinge on. And conceptually, even at 2006, this must have felt all too familiar, even tired. And Santaolalla won his second Oscar for this?? The two cues (including the Sakamoto piece) that actually stuck out weren't even written for this film! How this got the pass, and the likes of Johannsson's Arrival got disqualified is seriously beyond me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,398 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Logan - it's a pity in a way that the only decent Wolverine 'solo' movie was the last of them, but such is life. The box-office success of Deadpool convinced Marvel Studios to have a movie with stronger language, more graphic violence and more mature story themes than their usual outings for their heroes and it works brilliantly. John Wick 3 - I'll just say it, THIS (rather than the increasingly pretentious and confusing Matrix; remains to be seen what the 4th instalment will bring, but after the second and third ... hmm) is the action franchise Keanu Reeves should be remembered for. Exhilarating action choreography, funny, exists in its own 'heightened' version of the world ... an absolute blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 7 hours ago, KK said: Babel Why did this get so much hype again? It's executed fine enough, but none of the stories really manage to rise above the melodramatic tropes they hinge on. And conceptually, even at 2006, this must have felt all too familiar, even tired. And Santaolalla won his second Oscar for this?? The two cues (including the Sakamoto piece) that actually stuck out weren't even written for this film! How this got the pass, and the likes of Johannsson's Arrival got disqualified is seriously beyond me... The score win was a fluke. Academy didn’t know the Sakamoto piece wasn’t Santaolalla, if I remember correctly. That being said, I think the film is fantastic. My favorite Iñárritu after Biutiful. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The Sakamoto piece worked very well in the movie, but it would probably enhance any movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,598 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The Academy should revise this award and give it to Thomas Newman instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, Edmilson said: The Academy should revise this award and give it to Thomas Newman instead! I’m trying to find the article I remember reading in 2007 but can’t find it. Essentially the Academy didn’t follow their own rules about pre-existing music usage, nominated the score, and voted for it to win. They even played “Iguazu,” a song Santaolalla wrote in 1997, as the music that plays during the ceremony when the film is mentioned. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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