I saw that one a while back. I also thought it was pretty good.Originally Posted by Hal...
I saw that one a while back. I also thought it was pretty good.
Saw Malignant on Halloween. Not bad. Got pretty wacky toward the end. Not what I was expecting.
Saw The Green Knight last night. Been on the list for a while. I enjoyed it.
I saw The Green Knight in the theater. It was one of those movies that kept my interest, but when it was over I couldn't decide if I actually liked it or not.
Watched LBJ the other night, streamed on Hoopla. Had not seen it before. Tame compared to some of the anecdotes I've heard about Johnson, but good. I was a child when all that happened.
Son requested Venom for Halloween night viewing, so I stayed up late with him watching our DVD of that movie.
Beau is Afraid--three hour movie, which I didn't realize before watching it. It was billed as horror and weird and some other things. I got thru about half of it, and turned it off. Overall I hate this type overindulgent, meandering filmmaking.
Tyrannosaur--much better, British, Olivia Colman, about two people with problelms. Both on Kanopy
I've had this in the cue to watch for some time now. Probably haven't gotten around to it, due to the length. Ari Aster is a very talented filmmaker - both Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019) are amazing - but he does make long movies. I'm certainly looking forward to watching it, but you have to be all in for the long, slow burn.
Neil
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Tyrannosaur was good. Not terribly uplifting!
We tried Trap by M Night Shyamalan. Such a crock of shit. We couldn't get past all the improbable crap and stopped watching it.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Dancer in the Dark Tubi, has Bjork in role of a lady going blind. Pretty good family drama, but emotionally impacting.
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Beau Is Afraid--Kanopy, Changed my opinion on this one. I dove back into the Beau Is Afraid around the second act when Beau starts his journey into the woods, and it gets animated and sort of poetic. It goes on after that as well. The film still seems a bit too long to me, could have been edited a bit more--makes me wonder if in the future 'Director Cuts' might shorten/edit films to make them a bit more cohesive. Just a thought. I got a bit lost (and bored at times) in the third act. But overall, yeah, it's worth recommending if you like films that tend to be more experiemental in nature.
It's described on Wikipedia as a "surrealist tragicomedy horror film".
Writer/director Ari Aster has talent. I don't think that's disputed. It seems to me he's in the same league as some other new-ish directors, like Denis Villeneuve, Robert Eggers, and Alex Garland, all of whom you could call auteurs.
Three of the best movies I've seen in the 21st century are Enemy (Villeneuve, who also directed a few other excellent movies like Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and its sequel), The VVitch (Eggers), and Ex Machine (Garland).
My problem with Aster is that, while I thought Hereditary was great, I cannot say the same for Midsommar, even though it was a high quality production. At almost 2½ hours, I thought it was too long.
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
Yeah Midsommar took a looooooooong time to get going and tested my patience, but I thought the last 1/3 delivered. Especially the ending.
Hereditary definitely one of my favorite modern day horrors
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I guess it all depends on one's mood, perspective, and other factors. I did like Hereditary, but sort of figured out where it was going, so wasn't quite as impacting. I enjoyed Midsommar a bit more, and didn't mind the slow build.
But if you found Midsommar too long, and it just about was for me too, then I really would say if you're going to watch Beau is Afraid, do so in two watches. The first part ends at about the one hour thirty minute run time, and pick the other part of the film later. When I started watching the second part of the film--where he goes into the forest etc. Around the middle mark of that storyline, I was trying to remember how this film started--they are pretty disconnected, and the film didn't really clear up what that first part was about to me anyway--I may have missed something.
Conclave: All star cast leads this film about the confirmation of a new pope after the current pope dies. I enjoyed this movie for the most part. The acting was fantastic and the story compelling. The twist near the end was pretty cool. I did find one aspect of the story to be rather unbelievable which downgrades my rating a bit, but overall, this one is worth a watch.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Going to see it tonight!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Watched Apartment 7A last night on Prime. It's a prequel to 1967s Rosemarys Baby and was pretty entertaining. Great acting and atmosphere starring Julia"Ruthie" Garner.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I will be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Dead Pool and Wolverine - I thought the first Dead Pool was decent. At least it had a story. The new one is so dreadful. 2/10
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
There were a few chuckles in it, but overall I agree it was not very good. I actually liked the 2nd film the best of the 3.
The second one had me rolling on the floor, especially two scenes: the prolonged death scene and where Deadpool does some regeneration.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Re: Apartment 7A -- no Ruth Gordon, no interest... The woman playing Minnie in that trailer just does not convince me.
That movie had such a great cast, that I have real trouble even imagining a prequel without them.
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I was hesitant watching it for the same reasons, but Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally were pitch perfect as Minnie and Roman Castevet.
I was surprised , considering Rosemarys Baby is a top ten film for me.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Short thoughts about some films I viewed recently:
Puzzle of a Downfall Child: Well, I am very disappointed that this film is so little-known, as it is hands down the best on-screen performance from Faye Dunaway that I have ever seen. She plays this retired, reclusive fashion model giving an interview to a journalist where she recalls her descent into paranoid schizophrenia that wrecked her career. It's quite of its time, indulging in that trendy surrealism of early 70s art films, but it earns it, as the fractured narrative reflects the broken mind of the protagonist. More people need to see this one.
Je t'aime, je t'aime: My first taste of Alain Resnais. That's right, I have not seen Last Year at Marienbad, but I have seen this. A suicidal man agrees to take part in a time travel experiment (at a laboratory that seems to be located somewhere in rural Belgium, if the signs in French and Dutch are anything to go by) which goes awry, causing to experience his recent past in random order. It's a very human take on a science fiction idea, and really the theme of the whole film is having pointless regrets for things we cannot change. The design of the time travel "pod" was extremely cool, suggesting the scientists were employing some kind of biological tech. Note that the version I watched had no English subtitles, however it did have Spanish subtitles, which for me was the next best thing. I did, however, have to concentrate much more than had the film had English subtitles, as I've been studying Spanish for 13 years less than I've been studying English.
A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Some comfort viewing. I guess I watched this a lot as a kid, as I remembered so much of this vividly (the swirling "IE"s over Charlie Brown's head during the class spelling bee, the misspelled words during the "I before E" song, etc.). Some people complain about "padding," specifically pointing out Schroeder's rendition of the "Pathétique" sonata, the National Anthem before the ball game and Snoopy's antics in general, but I for one appreciate its leisurely pace. This is actually a good introduction to the Peanutsverse, nailing the melancholic yet humorous tone of Schulz's original strip without descending into maudlin melodrama or character-breaking audience pandering like some of the later films and specials tended to do. Note that this movie starts off with an adaptation of one of my very favorite Sunday strips, with Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown observing clouds in the sky. I won't reveal the punchline, but it's at once hilarious and a very appropriate Charlie Brown character moment.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
3.5 for me also.
Fanastic cast with a real surprising ending!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
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