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glam rock hamhock posted:Probably because it's not very good It's certainly possible. Rereading my review of it does make me think: Bottom Liner posted:Wonder Woman is a good but not great super hero film that stands out among it's contemporaries for being the first female led super hero film and being the first good DC film. It has a lot of issues though and doesn't hold up well on repeat viewings. I'd put it as a firm 3/5. Might actually be the answer. Since like everything positive I say about the film is in comparison to another DC film. I guess I'm just surprised that everyone else was also apparently caught up in the same wave in June.
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Bottom Liner posted:Wonder Woman is a good but not great super hero film that stands out among it's contemporaries for being the first female led super hero film and being the first good DC film. It has a lot of issues though and doesn't hold up well on repeat viewings. I'd put it as a firm 3/5. What about Electra and Catwoman?
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Yes, please! Honestly not too much to say about Riki-Oh other than it was a really great over the top gory fun time. The Assistant Warden is one of my favorite silly villains, from the shelves of porno tapes in his office to his glass eye filled with god damned mints. Ricky punching that dudes guts out like 15 minutes in and it was a nice surprise for Lam Suet to show up briefly. The whole thing is a delight
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SimonCat posted:What about Electra and Catwoman? Modern* but also those barely qualify as films at all Seeing Ladybird tonight and Coco tomorrow, going in blind having not seen a trailer for either.
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His Girl Friday (1940, Howard Hawks) [Blu-ray] - 4.5/5 Still one of the best screwball comedies of the golden age. It's constantly funny, it's breathless in pacing, and Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell have dynamite chemistry. Now that I've also seen the '31 The Front Page, I'm even more impressed with how Hawks tried a new take on the same material without making it redundant. Much like the '31 and '41 versions of The Maltese Falcon, they're both excellent films. The Philadelphia Story (1940, George Cukor) [Blu-ray] - 4.5/5 I think I saw this on TCM years and years ago, but this is a comedy just as fresh today. Katherine Hepburn is always a joy to watch in any movie, but she's outstanding here. It's not surprising this film saved her career since it's incredibly well-written. If that's not enough, Cary Grant and James Stewart are in top form, too. Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Sergio Leone) [Blu-ray - 3'49" "international" cut] - 4/5 I'm a little conflicted. As expected for anything by Leone, it's visually exquisite. The cyclical form of the narrative is fascinating. How the film could have ever worked missing an hour of footage I'm not sure. Great cast, too. I did find the 1920 scenes with the teenagers to be a little pervy. There's also one shot of a baby that even John Waters would have refrained from doing. Then again, I think the film is meant to be uncomfortable in parts. While The Godfather is far more elegant, this makes the 1920s and 1930s not really look like a time I'd want to live in. I'd probably need to see this again, though. (Also, I watched the "extended director's cut" added scenes, which didn't seem to add anything of substance to the film)
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017): A Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell are both so drat good in this movie. Overall it's a great film and gets REALLY dark at times but still weaves in comedy at the right moments.
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The Naked Spur (1953): B Caveat: I caught roughly the second half of the movie on TCM last night I'm not a huge fan of Westerns (except for The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), but the interesting plot caught my attention fairly quickly. Jimmy Stewart was a unique actor because he could play both fairly bumbling characters (like the one he plays in this movie), and 'strong' characters, equally. Maybe it's just me, but I always thought Robert Ryan looked quite a bit like Pierce Brosnan in the face.
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Ladybird - 4.5/5 The most grounded high school coming of age movie in decades, maybe since The Breakfast Club. Saoirse Ronan is so believable and delightful as an awkward but confident teen. Laurie Metcalf is another standout as Ladybird's mom. The plot is subtle and smart, the cinematography is fantastic, and the soundtrack is a funny standout. As someone who was the same age as these characters in 2002 this felt like a perfectly captured period piece. Favorite film of the year behind Blade Runner 2049 and I expect plenty of awards for it.
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Man Who Invented Christmas 4/5, great visual representation of the creative process, and made me weep several times. If you dont like the Christmas Carol story it might not touch you as much
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Coco - 4/5 Another "hybrid" Disney/Pixar film to me, with a Disney-esque story but with Pixar visuals and voice. Absolutely stunning visuals and a fun cast of characters tell a somewhat predictable but still heart warming story about passion and family. Some really powerful emotional moments towards the end tie everything together to make for a really solid movie. I can't say enough about the visuals, Pixar once again proving they're in a league of their own, even compared to Disney proper. I like this hybrid of Disney/Pixar studios a lot more than I liked Brave. I didn't see Cars 3 but this was a great follow up to Inside Out (though I think The Good Dinosaur came out after that as well, but it got basically no promotion and was forgotten immediately by Disney) and will lead into Incredibles 2 well. We also saw the Frozen "short" before it that's a whopping 22 minutes which was cute and fun but definitely too long, especially in a theater full of kids.
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Bottom Liner posted:Coco - 4/5 Yeah, Disney seems to be using Pixar to fill the gaps between their flagship animation titles these days, stuff like Moana and Frozen...which in my opinion are absolutely inferior to Pixar offerings at their best. I really think Pixar now is just a shadow of what they were 10 years ago, when they had properties like Monster's Inc, Toy Story, etc filling out their established reputation...and proceeded to release a string of consecutive 'weird' masterpieces like Wall-E, Ratatouille, and Up. Other than Inside Out (which almost felt like a sleeper hit in 2015)... I think Pixar has been sent out to pasture making bad sequels. I doubt the general public even recognizes the difference between a Pixar film and a Disney joint now, which is probably how Disney wants it but is a goddamn shame.
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I mean Disney Animation until extremely recently was being headed up by the head of Pixar so it makes sense they started to blend together It also explains the drop in quality because now Lasseter actually had to care if his movies made money and became far more risk averse axelblaze fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Dec 3, 2017 |
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My sister believes that Pixar made The Emoji Movie so it’s also possible people with only passing interest in movies just imagine one studio is responsible for all animated features? I can’t wrap my head around why she would think that otherwise. Coco, 4.5. I largely agree with the posts already made about Coco. Very fun, sweet film. It’s exactly what you expect from Pixar but even meeting those expectations sets it above most of the mainstream family/kids’ features this year. It’s not hard to spot where certain things are going pretty early into the film but execution is everything and Pixar knows how to deliver. As Bottom Liner said it’s absolutely gorgeous. Coco is also a very musical film without being a musical, and I’ve been humming songs from the film for the better part of two weeks. Lady Bird, 5 - I’m still processing this as I just saw it last night. Lady Bird is a film very much about the relationship between moms and daughters and watching I couldn’t help think of my own mother, who had very complicated relationships with both her own mother and her daughter. I wonder how she would feel watching this, seeing bits of herself on both sides of Lady Bird’s central relationship. A Bad Mom’s Christmas, 2 - The only movie in this set that did not make me cry. Completely misses what made the first movie fun. The central trio are reduced to self-centered, ugly people and their newly introduced mothers are less characters and more caricatures of mother types -the judgemental one, the clingy one, the absentee one. Completely misses how and why the first worked as a primal scream against societal expectations. But I’m clearly not the target audience: I sat stonefaced through the whole thing despite drinking beforehand specifically to loosen up; the audience of mostly middle aged women laughed throughout.
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017): C The story revolves around a detective with a terrible mustache and incomprehensible accent solving a murder mystery on a train. I thought it was Pierce Brosnan as the lead detective but it's actually Kenneth Branagh. The acting is unimpressive throughout the movie by literally everyone. However, you can follow along with the plot and understand the mystery pretty easily. Also want to mention that the cinematography of certain establishing shots look gorgeous (shots of the train on a snowy landscape, small European towns' train stations, etc). I'm going to spoiler the rest of my review as I don't want to give anything away and I'll reveal the twist. I don't remember any of the character's names so I'll just use the actor's names instead. Our detective Hercule (who is obsessed with finding balance) ends up on the Orient Express that gets derailed due to a rockslide/avalanche. Johnny Depp's character gets murdered, and while the crew works to clear the debris and get the train running again the detective tries to solve his murder. We basically find out that Depp wasn't a good guy and that he was a murderer himself in another life, where he killed a wife and baby. What we ultimately find out is that instead of focusing on one or two people who might have murdered him, it was everyone. Michelle Pfeiffer's character was sort of the ringleader. I think I figured it out or at least highly suspected it was some sort of conspiracy about halfway through the movie where seemingly random people on the train had a connection with Depp and were affected in some way by his actions. They also had a "Last Supper" shot at the end which was pretty  . Hercule lets everybody off because he doesn't think they'll murder again now that they've all found peace with Depp's death.Weaponized Autism fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Dec 3, 2017 |
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Explosion (2017, chinese) 3/5, decent midbudget action mystery about an innocent guy framed for a crime he didnt commit. The middle aged men chase in the middle is hilarious, the crying chinese grandpa song in the background really elevates it to melodrama 
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Videodrome (1983, David Cronenberg) [Blu-ray] - 3.5/5 I'll admit that I'm sort of new to Cronenberg besides The Fly and Dead Ringers, but I will say this gets an A for originality and sheer surrealism. Also, the guy exploding from rapidly growing tumors is just about the grossest thing I've seen in a movie and I've seen Pink Flamingos. God drat.  I'm in the process of rewatching all 13 feature-length films of Orson Welles (and also Kubrick's 13 by next week) in chronological order. The Hearts of Age (1934, Orson Welles/William Vance) [YouTube] - n/a Short experimental piece. I'm strongly thinking Welles was mocking experimental films, if just because there's an obvious reference to Leger's Ballet Mechanique. Otherwise, meh. It doesn't help that it survives in fairly awful quality. Citizen Kane (1941, d.p. Gregg Toland) [Blu-ray] - 5/5 Its stature probably overshadows how entertaining this actually is. Welles takes a running start, with the first act being almost a breathless race, followed by increasingly slower and more gloomy second and third acts. There's not a wasted shot. I also love how well he uses long takes to build up tension, clean overlapping dissolves, and jump cuts. It really plays more like a faster 50s film. I don't know if it's the restoration or not, but the sound design is absolutely stunning with overlapping dialogue, sound effects coming in and out, etc. It really is a film noir, though, between it being mostly in flashback and being more about how Kane negatively affects the people around him. I still can't get over how Welles was only 25 when he not only directed, co-wrote, and produced this, but also starred... and playing himself at multiple ages. Is there any weak links? It sags a little right when the butler gives his interview, which is right where that loving "ghost parrot" screeches. Welles managed to outdo himself multiple times, but this remains one of the great artistic triumphs of American cinema. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, d.p. Stanley Cortez) [DVD] - 3/5 I've tried to like this and while I do appreciate the excellent camera work and performances, it's a jumble of a film. Where Kane, running just over two hours, speeds by, I kept looking at my watch during this 88 min. film. There's still some brilliant sequences here and there, but of the films Welles didn't get to complete on his terms, this is the weakest. The Stranger (1946, d.p. Russell Metty) [Blu-ray] - 4.25/5 While Welles was basically "for hire" on this, it's no less brilliant. I love the raw attitude it has about post-war Nazism. There's some great long takes, including the long walk to the woods with Kindler and Meinke. This is still one of my favorites of his films. The Lady from Shanghai (1947, d.p. Joseph Walker) [Blu-ray] - 4.5/5 An absolute fever dream of a film. I love how it's complete nonsense between the plot, Welles' hideous Irish accent, and that courtroom scene. But I think the film being ridiculous makes it work that much better. Whereas most film noirs are fairly serious, Welles goes for the rare black comedy approach. It would almost be disappointing to see Welles' original cut because it might make too much sense, spoiling the fun. The mirror scene at the end is still amazing and it's easy to see why it's been mimicked so often. Macbeth (1948, d.p. John L. Russell) [Blu-Ray - Director's Cut] - 4/5 This is the first film where Welles really starts to adopt the more surrealistic tone of his style. Again, lots of long takes, creative edits, and magnificent use of sound design. I really like how the low-budget charm makes it somewhere between the grimy realism of Polanski's adaptation, while anticipating Kurosawa's in terms of expressionistic design. I'll be watching the 1950 version for comparison sake since Welles actually oversaw it.
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Fifteen of Many posted:My sister believes that Pixar made The Emoji Movie so it’s also possible people with only passing interest in movies just imagine one studio is responsible for all animated features? I can’t wrap my head around why she would think that otherwise. Yeah, I took the nieces to see it and I'd say it's mid-tier Pixar, not bad like some of the sequels that they've put out and not nearly as good as their most renowned offerings. It's pretty to look at and has a lot of heart, but a late-movie switcheroo really felt quite manipulative, and there's a bit of weird immigration security state imagery that seems too on-the-nose for my taste. You know what's worse though? The 20 minute Frozen 2 teaser animation that they play beforehand, jesus, what interminable drudgery. What happened to tasteful animated shorts before a movie, you know, the kind that don't undermine the artistic intentions of the main feature? Sort of confirms my earlier posts about Disney running Pixar into the ground. BeanpolePeckerwood fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Dec 4, 2017 |
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Or if you're going to play a 20-minute xmas short, Mickey's Christmas Carol is already made and just chillin in the vault
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Wild at Heart (1990) 5/5 - Bobby fuckin' Peru. Definitely up there with the top Lynch villains Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007) 3/5 - Recommended for fans of the game, but probably not anyone else In the Mood for Love (2000) 5/5 rewatch - Everything about this movie is perfect. It's not my favorite from Wong Kar-wai, but it's reputation is well earned and I feel I could watch it every day. Survival of the Dead (2009) 2/5 - Not very good, but better than expected I guess. Everything was just lacking in any impact Coco (2017) 4/5 - Beautiful animation and no surprises here. I don't watch a lot of Pixar or Disney but really enjoyed it. That Frozen short was some real bullshit 2046 (2004) 5/5 rewatch - A pretty clear culmination of a lot of Wong's earlier work. Beautiful and very sad The Wall (1982) 3/5 rewatch - The animation is tops but I'm just not that into Floyd My Blueberry Nights (2007) 3/5 rewatch - I rewatched all of Wong Kar-wai's feature films this year and this was the last one. It was fine, but a definite low point. There's a lot of criticism of the casting and I mostly agree with that. The story and style are both good and what I'd expect from Wong. I don't think Norah Jones is necessarily bad here, but she's asked to do a lot and just can't quite carry the film. And it's not that I hate Jude Law or anything, but I've never felt any emotional connection to any character he's played and that's kind of a big deal for a Wong movie. It doesn't help the comparison that all his other films are full of some of the very best acting talent in the world. Still my favorite filmmaker and the tally after rewatching them all is 1 decent, 3 very good, 6 masterpieces. Windtalkers (2002) 4/5 - Why don't people like this? It's a very good war movie.
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Fwiw, Disney are actually pulling the Frozen short from Coco. They're claiming it was always meant to be limited and has nothing to do with the massive amount of complaints they've been getting but I don't think anyone actually believes that
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It's not like they're losing anything by pulling it. Anyone who wanted to see Coco because of the Frozen short already did so by now.
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The Shape of Water (2017) Guillermo del Toro in his unique style shows us his version of Beauty and the Beast. This movie is filled with stylistic visual effects right from the beginning. Michael Shannon continues to dominate in pretty much everything he does, and gives an awesome performance. Sally Hawkins is also fantastic in this, playing a mute woman who falls in love with an alien-like sea-creature housed in a government facility/lab. The supporting cast also give a great performance. The movie primarily focuses on themes of loneliness and hopeless romanticism. Critics and audiences both are loving this movie, and I suspect it will be nominated for a few Oscars especially for Best Director. While the movie is great, I think a lot of critics are overrating some aspects of the film. The direction and technical aspects of this film are solid, there were some eye-rolling moments though with the dialogue. The comedy is well done and gives the entire movie a lighter tone. Score: B+
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Outta 100: American Honey (2016) - 87 Night Moves (2014) - 84 The Boss Baby (2017) - 70 Suspiria (1977) - 88 A Ghost Story (2017) - 87 Detroit (2017) - 76 Dunkirk (2017) - 96 (rewatch at a 70mm re-release, was 92)
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Daisy Winters - 3/4, simple story but well acted and pretty good script/direction. Unfortunately the director killed herself before she could see the final release 
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Outta 100: Now this is intriguing
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I Before E posted:Now this is intriguing
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Jane (2017): 4/4, beautiful and stirring, what most documentaries strive to be. One of several highlights was the chimp speech synced to the music. Jane herself also really liked War for Planet of the Apes. http://variety.com/gallery/writers-on-writers-2017-variety/#!11/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-8 got any sevens fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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got any sevens posted:Jane (2017): 4/4, beautiful and stirring, what most documentaries strive to be. One of several highlights was the chimp speech synced to the music. Yeah, for what it's worth this is in the top 5 documentaries I've ever seen, along with When We Were Kings, Burden of Dreams, and I Am Not Your Negro.
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The Disaster Artist - 4/5 Really funny movie that's made a lot better by having seen The Room of course. Terrific performances by both Francos and the movie had a lot of heart surprisingly. Doesn't shed much light on the mysterious Wiseau but is every bit as weird and funny as you would expect.
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Recently I've just been picking random years to watch movies from. Currently on 1995. Leaving Las Vegas - Cage and Shue do great work. I just wish the script was more charitable to Shue's character since sex workers are usually depicted horribly in movies. LLV at least depicts her as a sympathetic human being, which is the best I can hope for I guess. 3.5/5 Whisper of the Heart - Hadn't even heard of this Studio Ghibli movie before doing this but now it's one of my all-time favorite animated movies. It's so...wholesome... 5/5 Richard III - Ian McKellen is fantastic. This film is actually hurt by how short it is, which is something I almost never say. 4/5 Strange Days - Excellent grimy 90s sci-fi with relevant politics. Unfortunately the relevant politics lead to a horrible happy ending because Cameron and Bigelow didn't want to acknowledge systemic racism. Oh well. 4.5/5 Ghost in the Shell - Has some interesting designs and a couple good action sequences but is otherwise totally uninteresting. I never cared about any of the characters or their fighting over government secrets. 2.5/5 12 Monkeys - I saw this as a kid and liked it but after re-watching it I'd call it a disappointment. It has some of that good Gilliam charm, but as a whole it didn't grab me at all. Brad Pitt's performance is awful. 2.5/5 Memories - This is an anime anthology movie with three unrelated short films. The segments Magnetic Rose and Cannon Fodder are great, the middle one is okay but definitely wears out its welcome. 3.5/5 La Haine - Pretty good. The wild cinematography is both great and distracting. 3.5/5 Safe - A total gem. Julianne Moore is fantastic. Todd Haynes' direction is outstanding. It is a unique and captivating film. 5/5 Heat - I've seen this a few times before but saw it again with a friend. Heat could've been a great 2 hour movie but settles for being a good 3 hour movie. There are plenty of scenes that obviously add nothing to the film. 3.5/5
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Love on a Diet (2001) 3/5 - Fat suit comedy is not good and the beginning is a bit rough but this still manages to be charming once it gets going Sonatine (1993) 4/5 - Beach Takeshi Unknown Pleasures (2002) 4/5 - The first I've seen from Jia Zhangke and a very good entry in the disaffected youths struggling with identity in a world that's rapidly changing and leaving them behind genre Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) 5/5 - Drill dick North by Northwest (1959) 4/5 - for the shameful thread Drunken Master (1978) 5/5 - Jackie Chan is god Needing You... (2000) 3/5 - A pretty good romantic comedy, but To and Wai did a much better version of this with the Don't go Breaking my Heart films Irma Vep (1996) 5/5 35mm - Viciously cynical take on the film industry that's madly in love with the possibility of cinema. Maggie Cheung is the best. Really loving good and gets my highest recommendation. I should probably catch up with some more Assayas. Also, go see old movies on film when your local small theaters are screening them, it's always worth it. Daughter of the Nile (1987) 4/5
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Macbeth (1948, d.p. John L. Russell) [Blu-ray 1950 cut] - 3/5 The shorter (107 min to 85 min) and redubbed version that Orson Welles modified for Republic. It's actually startling how neutered it is without the Scottish accents and a more robust story. Welles adds in a device using optical focus tricks to hide cuts. The dubbing is quite impressive, but the plainer delivery takes away its bite. There's still some great long takes, but the most famous one, lasting close to a whole reel was chopped up into bits here (and not that well). As a side note, the image quality is definitely better on this version on Blu-ray, as the director's cut survived only as a dupe. Day of the Fight (1951, d.p. Stanley Kubrick) [Blu-ray] - 4/5 Flying Padre (1951, d.p. Stanley Kubrick) [Blu-ray] - 3.5/5 Nothing incredible, though "Fight" is based on a photojournalist piece Kubrick did for LIFE Magazine. However, these two short films look like the work of seasoned newsreel professionals, not the first-ever works of an amateur. Othello (1951, d.p. G.R. Aldo/Anchise Brizzi/George Fanto) [Blu-ray - 1952/European cut] - 4.5/5 My first viewing of Welles' Othello was via a DVD-R off the old Criterion laserdisc from years ago. The new restoration adds quite a lot of sparkle to Welles' use of Venice and Morocco locations, but what really shines is the amazingly tight filmmaking. Every single shot is a work of art in itself, combined with effortless readings of the material. Welles went for faces and the film fares well. I also love the score. I know it's probably controversial that Welles himself played Othello, but I took away from the film as a damning of racism. I see a lot of modern racism in the face of Iago - a malignant, unrepentant evil. Fear and Desire (1953, d.p. Stanley Kubrick) [Blu-ray] - 1.5/5 You couldn't have more disparate feature debuts between Welles and Kubrick. A Citizen Kane this is not. I get that Kubrick was trying to be artsy, but everything about this is cluttered. You could claim it was an Ed Wood movie and it would fare better for Wood's filmography. Still, there's some glimpses of Kubrick's filmmaking quality. Good photography, including some unusual shots that look an awful lot like newer tilt-and-shift. Kubrick was right in making the film disappear to an extent, but I think it's important to see the follies of talented artists. You can tell that Kubrick learned a lot from making a bad movie first. Though, I'm impressed that it was at least shot in 35mm and he had a friend (Gerald Fried) compose an orchestral score. The Seafarers (1953, d.p. Stanley Kubrick) [Blu-ray] - 2.5/5 I guess this would be more interesting if I was wanting to join the Seafarer's Union. Still, not bad for industrial filmmaking. Amusingly, there's some money shots of nude drawings. Mr. Arkadin (1955, d.p. Jean Bourgoin) [DVD - "Confidential Report" version] - 3/5 Confusing plot-wise and starring a wooden lead, but still interesting. I'm reserving more opinions after seeing the next two cuts (the "Corinth" version and "comprehensive"). I do like how the film sort of works like a fever dream.
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Interesting choices and good reviews, thanks  I saw The Disaster Artist yesterday, i liked the premiere scene it really works as an emotional climax, combining the emotions Tommy must've felt over ~5 years after release into the one night. Greg was right, showbiz is about entertainment, so even if you wanted to be serious, at least the audience is having a good time. Tommy was a total dick though, I hope he's calmed down more irl. The movie doesnt get hung up on in-jokes so it's smooth watching on its own, but is enhanced if you've seen The Room. Good tone balance between the seriousness of baring your soul as an artist while acknowledging we're not all talented. 4/5
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Outta 100: I'm curious about your Ghost Story thoughts. I like to see people talk about that movie.
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got any sevens posted:Interesting choices and good reviews, thanks He was pretty agreeable when he visited our theater, much to my surprise. Apparently he's calmed down a lot. Greg came a few weeks later and was also very cool.
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Tailored Sauce posted:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017): A Echoing this, though I give it 8/10 just because the young girlfriend character was so over the top and more of a caricature in an otherwise super grounded and intense movie. Every time she spoke it completely ruined the momentum of a scene and took me out of the film. Woody Harrelson was also fantastic.
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It's a Wonderful Life (35mm print!!) - 5/5, not just a great story that has a very realistic american town but also the framing, blocking, etc are great. Some details I never noticed before, like george tipping his hat to tip the cabbie on the wedding night, and the water lands on his hand. That must've taken some practice. Watching old 35mm is a treat too, it was in good condition but when the reels switched it might get a little lighter or darker, movie magic :squee: If you're in seattle they're playing it at the grand illusion cinema most of the month i think.
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