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Basic Instinct Somehow this is the last Verhoeven film I haven't seen. I even watched Showgirls a year or two ago. I knew about this shot of course but otherwise had no idea what it was even about  Turns out the movie is loving great, as is the loving, of which there is a lot. I know it's a Verhoeven film but still. I think what mostly surpised me is just how good of a neo-noir flick it is, you've got your washed up detective, femme fatale, car following scenes, just way hornier. Pretty good mystery too. Was the ending supposed to be ambiguous or an implication that Catherine actually did kill everyone and set Beth up?
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Avatar 2 sets up that there's tree people and sea people In this way avatar is just Bionicle and would be way more interesting if James Cameron would just do a Bionicle movie. Killingyouguy! fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Feb 19, 2023 |
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First time watching The Shining, and on 35mm. Seemed very derivative, I'm sure it copied at least three scenes from The Simpsons alone. Aside from that, annoyed it took me this long to see it, will have to pick up the 4K now. Ridiculous to think it didn't get any notable award nominations, Duvall was good despite having to put up with Kubrick's bullshit.
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Closer (2004) - Who wrote these characters and thought they were in any way worthy of attention? Enough about my posts, this movie was dull and insufferable. I can only imagine there was a much better story happening in the background just off camera, and these people wandered in front of it by accident. Not even a spoiler since it's the first scene of the movie: Natalie Portman's character gets hit by a car, and that's the last time anything interesting happens. You're welcome. Oh and remember when cyber-sexing was a thing? LOL, how hilarious! It was not hilarious.
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Frankenhooker Hahaha holy poo poo what the gently caress did I just watch
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Deliverance The good old fashioned 70's cliche, you reach the exact point where the movie should end, and you just keep rolling. Movie was sick, makes me wanna take a canoe trip with the boys.
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Hollismason posted:Frankenhooker Hahaha holy poo poo what the gently caress did I just watch In an entertaining way?
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Gaius Marius posted:Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Still doesn't manage to quite hit the highs of the first one. Pegg's Peggness is set way too high, Lea Seydoux is wasted, the final fight between Cruise and the Baddie was alright but the dude was like sixty and then killed himself for no reason. Just a lot of weird issues with the plotting. Renner is absolutely awful just like he is in everything. Dude constantly looks like he's playing his own personal version of don't poo poo yourself; and he's not a skilled gamer. No charisma, no screen presence, the dead pan humor doesn't work at all, he can't even sell the action. Dude should stick to the minor leagues.
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Full Moon in Paris Nice of Rohmer to get out of his wheelhouse of Men treating Women like poo poo and trying/succeeding on cheating on them and instead have a Woman doing the same to the Man in her life. Not that any of the men in this film come out looking great, but Louise sure doesn't either. The last scene hits incredibly hard despite you anticipating it the entire film, but also serves as a great way to describe the distinction between Empathy and Sympathy. Cause holy poo poo does she cause every single problem she has in the film. Ek Tha Tiger Movie wears it's Casino Royale influence on both sleeves. Way smaller budget and scope than Paathan, but the movie still manages to entertain with some solid Royale influenced close quarter action and parkour set pieces. It's editing can be a little sloppy at times, and it's first dance number is...odd, but as a whole it managed to sell Tiger's despondency and abandonment of the agency with Zoya well. Kicking and Screaming American Graffiti by way of Metropolitan. The movie is a good first effort, but is a little too close to it's subject matter to really be cutting in it's appraisal. It's one of those movies that knows it's main cast are mostly self defeating self justifying goobers, but doesn't understand the full scope of it and treats then with kid gloves as a result. The dialogue is also just not at the level of a Metropolitan or a Rohmer yet, it's a little too into it's cliches and characters traits and ends up using them as a crutch for lulls in the dialogue. Gaius Marius fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Feb 23, 2023 |
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Enter the Void. I guess Noe succeeded in making ayahuasca trip: the movie. I found it kind of annoying; it was mostly a bunch of shitheads getting to where they were headed. I could see what he was going for with the overhead angle for many of the scenes but I felt like he spent way too much time in the transitions between shots. This movie could have been set anywhere; being in Tokyo didn't add or take away anything. Cards on the table: I don't much care for Noe's hangups on pregnancy and his choice to make one of the last shots a POV shot from inside the main character's sister's vagina while his best friend busts a nut in her may be coloring my perceptions a bit.
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Southland Tales. Not even The Rock could save this one, though watching Cheri Oteri get shot onscreen while channeling her "simma down now" SNL character was gratifying. Kelly was obviously mad about several things and tried to express all of it simultaneously; he probably would have done better to focus on one or two of those things. There were several characters that didn't really do anything (Miranda Richardson, Janeane Garofalo, Kevin Smith, Justin Timberlake). And how do you cast Timberlake in 2006 and just have him lip sync someone else's song? Always good to see John Larroquette though.
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Heat Not the best movie, not my favorite movie, but it is the movie that is the most perfect. It accomplishes every single thing it sets out to do, it's pure distilled Mann. Pure Male angst refined and filmed. Beautiful Deep End The first film to accurately capture the average amount of horny in a teenage boy. The films mix of vivid colors and decrepit scenery combined with the kinetic camera work makes it quite the treat for the eyes. The oddness of the plot and it a harder watch than you'd think, it's not a movie that goes down easy for being so short. Everything about it except the palette is honestly pretty miserable, all the characters vacillate between abuser and abused depending on how their trauma is surfacing at any given moment and how much leverage they have. Not a very kind portrait for humanity in general. Gaius Marius fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Feb 24, 2023 |
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The Menu was funny, which is good because the conceit has been done to death, if not as violently. Still prefer Pig.
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Jenny Agutter posted:The Menu was funny, which is good because the conceit has been done to death, if not as violently. Still prefer Pig. What are some other takes on it?
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Rififi Setting the bar so high with the heist scene so early is insane. I can count maybe two heists as good as that and both are in Mann films. Secondly, seeing this makes me think that Bob the Gambler was the black comedy parody of this movie, they're so similar in story and character. And then Bob's ending is just him being a complete gently caress up after being the consummate professional the entire time, and because of that managing to get away with it basically instead of ending up dead in a car.
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Skinamarink - What a conceptually brilliant and truly unnerving short. Oh it's a feature? Nearly 2 hours long?? Oh nooo
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Tar : a 2.5 hour character study of how someone will destroy themselves and still think they're the hero. Cate Blanchette rules.
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Ronin Went into this for the Car Chases and was feeling pretty mid on them halfway through, nowhere near the one in Bullit or French Connection; then the one in Paris happens which is absolutely insane. Rest of the movie really suffers from watching this right after Heat, De Niro's character has zero depth as does Jean Reno's. Actually surprising given Poppy o'doyle and Bullit both have some poo poo going on in their not professional life. Movie is perhaps too focused on being twisty and turny and having cool car chases, but goddamn does it nail those. Edit: Frankenheimer did neither of those other movies, what the gently caress am I going on about Gaius Marius fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Feb 26, 2023 |
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Gaius Marius posted:Ronin Went into this for the Car Chases and was feeling pretty mid on them halfway through, nowhere near the one in Bullit or French Connection; then the one in Paris happens which is absolutely insane. Rest of the movie really suffers from watching this right after Heat, De Niro's character has zero depth as does Jean Reno's. Actually surprising given Poppy o'doyle and Bullit both have some poo poo going on in their not professional life. Movie is perhaps too focused on being twisty and turny and having cool car chases, but goddamn does it nail those. Watched Capricorn One and felt a bit similarly. The whole conspiracy plotline felt a bit thin, most of the script isn't that hot outside of a couple of monologues by Hal Holbrook, and the whole thing just kind of meanders until the last ten minutes when it hits you with an absolutely  helicopter/airplane chase.
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The Menu ?/10 I'm not sure if I should be pleasantly suprised or dissapointed by the lack of cannibalism in the film. Hakaider 7/10 Tokusatsu Robot Guy Fawkes blows up Parliament and saves Jesus Town. I'm so glad I was stoned for this movie. Trash but fun trash. David D. Davidson fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Feb 26, 2023 |
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Gaius Marius posted:Ronin Went into this for the Car Chases and was feeling pretty mid on them halfway through, nowhere near the one in Bullit or French Connection; then the one in Paris happens which is absolutely insane. Rest of the movie really suffers from watching this right after Heat, De Niro's character has zero depth as does Jean Reno's. Actually surprising given Poppy o'doyle and Bullit both have some poo poo going on in their not professional life. Movie is perhaps too focused on being twisty and turny and having cool car chases, but goddamn does it nail those. I absolutely love Ronin though; the fact that you learn basically nothing about Sam on a personal level makes complete sense because he's still working for the CIA and has lied about everything for the whole movie.
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RRR: I think I watched this too late in the hype cycle to really appreciate it. It was good, over-the-top fun, but it was a bit too much for me to really love it. Too much slow-mo, cgi distractingly bad, and I think this is the only film I’ve seen where I’ve noticed that the foley work was not very good? The musical numbers were of course fun, and the action was fun, if over-choreographed for my taste (I’m sure that’s intentional, just not my kind of thing).
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Cocaine Bear - I'm sorry to report this was kinda mid. Even more sorry to report Ray Liotta's character stops the movie dead. Not irreverent enough I think. What it really needed was an equally coked-out Bruce Campbell trying to hunt down the bear throughout its runtime.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Cocaine Bear - I'm sorry to report this was kinda mid. Even more sorry to report Ray Liotta's character stops the movie dead. More or less agreed. I was hoping it would be more fun than it was. Personally I was turned off by the bear fight at the ranger station and the ambulance sequence which seemed mostly unnecessary and my opinion didn't really recover from it.
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The same shot is in the trailer sans lovely CGI smoke, and I can only imagine that Frankenheimer edited the sequence together, smacked his forehead and went "those tyres were smoking two shots before, and now they're not! How do we prevent this from featuring in IMDb's Goofs section? Anyone? Come on, guys, save me!"
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Just saw Inside. Honestly, that movie was a bit heavy. I felt kind of tired after finishing it. It was good, but I wouldn't say it was a good time for me. Personally, the most gross scene of that was Dafoe liking the inside of a fridge.
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Aftersun was a masterpiece. It didn’t hit me until the credits rolled but when it did it was like a piano made of emotions fell on my head. The most deeply melancholy and bittersweet movie I’ve seen in a long time, maybe ever.
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The Banshees of Inisherin every great Irish actor comes in for one giant depressing comedy and hell, it’s pretty good. Liked that it really didn’t romanticize the small town life, the cop is a tyrant, the busybody is invasive to a criminal degree, there’s just nothing to hold on to except inertia
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Destroy All Monsters is incredibly silly and the janky English dub just puts it right over the top. All it’s missing is Joel, Tom, and Crow.  Edit: I wrote this post before the final 20 minutes of the film. This movie is now officially amazing. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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La Piscine French were really ahead of the curve on the erotic thriller. Story is alright, but lets be honest we came to see Delon, Birkin, and Romy be hot and wear little clothing, and the movie delivers. The Big Lebowski Wish I had a friend like Walter; he was ride or die, was right about everything*, and kept the Dudes eyes on the prize with both the tournament and the cash. His eulogy for Donny was truly beautiful, being able to open himself up and relate his own experiences fighting in Vietnam to the struggle everyday people like Donny faced nearly brought tears to my eye.
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Colonel Whitey posted:Aftersun was a masterpiece. It didn’t hit me until the credits rolled but when it did it was like a piano made of emotions fell on my head. The most deeply melancholy and bittersweet movie I’ve seen in a long time, maybe ever. Just saw this last night. That ending... ow. I would hesitate showing this to anyone with dead parents.
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Operation Fortune: Subtitle First half is an extremely bad Mission Impossible. Aubrey Plaza has some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard in a film, the characters are charisma vacuums, the action is poor. Second half really picks it up with better set pieces and action and Hugh Grant just loving going all ham. Still not a great time, but the second half saves it from being a complete waste.
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Creed 3 might be in the top 3 of the whole Rocky/Creed franchise. Just a really solid, well made movie elevated by a bunch of great performances, Jonathan Majors especially. And MBJ wasn't kidding about him being inspired by anime, I recognized at least one shot lifted straight out of Naruto.
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Project Wolf Hunting is a solid Korean action flick. Very bloody and its a cool concept
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Le Cercle Rouge Effortlessly cool. Mieville brings his Samourai sensibility to a more Rififi like plot, and ends up creating something of a proto Heat with the cat and mouse game between the cops and robbers. Both trying to work the criminal network to get what they want.
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Cocaine Bear was a really solid 80s slasher movie. Absolutely zero too cute or meta self-referential jokes. It had really really good gory physical humor that hasn't really been around for a decade or two.
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Return to Seoul: Really good character study of a young women having a hard time and making life hard for everyone around her. Lead actress Park Ji-Min is the coolest motherfucker around, I mean just loook at her. Highly recommend checking this one out, it’s in limited theatrical release for I assume a short time right now. https://twitter.com/tiff_industry/status/1568396335656624128?s=46&t=hR_yjBC6_3sT6cTUz1SSxw
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9 to 5 (1980) it was very good, the leads were excellent. The fantasy sequence kind of dragged and killed the momentum for a bit but I was surprised at the production value they put into it. Very fun film
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The American Friend I was shocked at how Incompetent Damon Ripley was in his run at the character, then Hopper Ripley comes and is running a 12/10 on the winging it scale. There's so many cool scenes and shots in this movie. Ripley being so unsure of who he is that he leans back on a Pool table and keeps snapping polaroids of himself, Zimmerman's apt becoming cleaner and cleaner as his family life dissolves, every scene with Sam Fueller; way better use of him then in Pierrot le fou. Very vibes heavy color noir, almost a pop noir. Only complaint is that Hopper just isn't who I picture Ripley as. He's a little too Conman and a little too The Joker.
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