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Not a fan of Withnail & I, eh? Any thoughts? Ditto for Toni Erdmann.
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I see a fellow Billy Lynn fan has logged on. Thoughts on that one?
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I also watched it due to Blank Check. You should try out Gemini Man too - aside from the high frame rate (and the director of course) it has almost nothing in common with Billy Lynn, but it's another maligned HFR Ang Lee movie so, who knows. You might like that one too.
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For those who haven't been following along in the noir thread, or for those interested in my ratings, here are a bunch of noirs I watched: You Only Live Once (1937) - 89 Pépé le Moko (1937) - 90 La Bête humaine (1938) - 84 Le Jour se lève (1939) - 88 The Letter (1940) - 86 The Glass Key (1942) - 78 Moontide (1942) - 83 High Sierra (1941) - 76 Phantom Lady (1944) - 87 The Killers (1946) - 81 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - 83 Daisy Kenyon (1947) - 86 Quai des Orfèvres (1947) - 86 Panique (1947) - 86 Road House (1948) - 87 Caught (1949) - 84 Woman on the Run (1950) - 87 Woman in Hiding (1950) - 84 The Breaking Point (1950) - 87 On Dangerous Ground (1951) - 87 The Prowler (1951) - 88 Detective Story (1951) - 83 Appointment with Danger (1951) - 87 The Big Heat (1953) - 87 Pickup on South Street (1953) - 79 The Bigamist (1953) - 82 The Hitch-Hiker (1953) - 82 Private Hell 36 (1954) - 81 The Big Knife (1955) - 79 Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report (1955) - 87 Blast of Silence (1961) - 88
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Dec 27, 2020 12:40
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I have seen all the best picture noms this year. My ranking, withs cores out of 100: Nomadland (88) Judas and the Black Messiah (87) The Father (87) Sound of Metal (86) Minari (80) Promising Young Woman (76) Mank (72) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (70) I'm also catching up on some other 2020 stuff. Some miscellaneous scores: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (88) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (88) Emma. (88) Shirley (88) The Nest (87) The Climb (87) Possessor (87) First Cow (86) Let Them All Talk (86) The Invisible Man (82) The Kid Detective (80) Some pretty good stuff in there! And there's still some more I want to catch up on. Some people have said 2020 was a terrible year for film but I dunno if it was all that bad, especially considering the circumstances.
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Apr 25, 2021 03:45
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I don't love the movie because of the very last twist you mention, but you misunderstood large swathes of it. She didn't physically assault anyone until the last guy. She was just freaking people out, not "stabbing" them, as you put it. Nor did she set anyone up to get raped - she only tricked that woman into thinking she had been raped. The only person she was planning on physically harming before the last guy was the lawyer, but she changed her mind because he showed remorse. With that stuff in mind, in my eyes the movie's only real flaw is that last bit, and so I generally enjoyed it apart from the botched ending.
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Jul 2, 2021 18:07
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Jungle Cruise loving sucked but I almost laughed out loud at the "female chief" joke at the very end. 56 out of 100.
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Aug 4, 2021 15:02
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Speaking of Carpenter, the Blank Check podcast just started a miniseries on him, in case people want to take a deep dive into his filmography. They haven't hit The Fog yet but they're getting there soonish.
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I was looking forward to Annette quite a bit because Leos Carax is one of my favorite directors. It's definitely a Carax film, which is to say it's quite unconventional and it's interested in some intense emotions. It's also very visually striking. This particular film is a musical and it plays the whole "people sing their feelings very directly" trope quite straight for the most part and that combined with the fact that the music is probably not for everyone means it's a real "love it or hate it" sort of thing. I loved it! (88/100) Also watched in quick succession the four latest Neon Genesis Evangelion movies. The first one (released 2007) is pretty much a shortened remake of part of the TV series. The second (2009) departs somewhat from the series, to the point where the third (2016) is entirely off the rails compared to the original. The latest just came out so I watched all of them. Like Annette, the latest is pretty direct about the emotional stuff, which I think some people dislike because previously the series has been more subtle. But it still has a completely batshit plot and tons of weird poo poo, and at least for me the very direct emotional approach worked tremendously well. I cried like 8 times and it retroactively made the TV series and other movies better (and I already liked those all quite a bit). (89/100 = revised score for everything leading up to the latest movie, 97/100 for the latest movie).
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morestuff posted:Can’t really stand much anime, either, though I watched and liked NGE when it posted to Netflix a few years ago. I bailed partway through the second movie. The pacing and editing is so choppy it feels like a highlight reel in a bad way. That get better as they start telling their own story?
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Some miscellaneous stuff, mostly from this year: Dogville (2003) - 87 Dune (2021) - 88 Lolita (1962) - 85 Hak se wui/Election (2005) - 84 Zola (2021) - 88 Old (2021) - 80 Raw (2017) - 85 Pierrot le fou (1965) - 79 Reminiscence (2021) - 69 The Green Knight (2021) - 87 Val (2021) - 83 Olympus Has Fallen (2013) - 63 London Has Fallen (2016) - 58 Beckett (2021) - 60 L'humanité (1999) - 63 Salesman (1969) - 88 The Suicide Squad (2021) - 81 Cold Water (1994) - 87 Eye of the Needle (1981) - 82 Pig (2021) - 81 American Ultra (2015) - 62
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Oct 31, 2021 03:31
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Some 2021 stuff (scores out of 100): No Time to Die - 86 Casino Royale is one of my favorite movies. Quantum of Solace is not as bad as everyone says but it's still not great. Skyfall and Spectre are both tolerable but whatever. They get worse very time I watch them. So it's impressive that No Time to Die triples down on the whole "all of these movies are in a series and they all matter" thing and manages to suck me in. Tone management is always tough in these films - unless you do basically 100% serious like Casino Royale it can make everything feel cheap. I think this movie handled all of that pretty well and I liked the action. The villain is a huge wet fart but hey, it didn't bother me. Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 74 Kind of fun. The Matrix Resurrections - 92 Every criticism everyone makes of this movie is completely on point but so help me god the whole thing is just super duper my jam. Neo + Trinity forever. Titane - 80 I think either you go nuts for the dancing scenes and your brain is colonized by the ~~~vibes~~~ or this leaves you a little colder than you'd like. I prefer the director's first movie, Raw, which was more focused I think. Last Night in Soho - 80 Honestly not very good but it's fun to look at and I honestly find it hilarious how much the boyfriend supporting character has to be understood as the horniest motherfucker in the entire world for any of his actions to make sense. Dude is so desperate to get laid that he's racking up terrible decisions faster than a toddler throwing a tantrum. Free Guy - 58 Sucks. Not funny at all. No interesting action. Barely has anything to say. Redeemed a bit by Channing Tatum and (to a lesser extent) Taika Waititi being kind of funny, and not being overtly evil or offensive at any point. The Last Duel - 85 Dope as hell. I think I'll like it more when I rewatch it. Mass - 84 Heavy poo poo. The Humans - 83 This would have a higher score if it wasn't scary. There's no reason this needs to be a horror movie. Maybe that makes it better for some people, so I'm not saying it was a bad choice, but it was optional and I don't like scary stuff! Eternals - 68 I definitely suck down the Marvel slop as much as anyone else and this is the first movie misfire for me in a while. Allergic to doing anything interesting with the many ideas it puts on the table, the evil monsters are boring as gently caress, the movie has too many people and can't do anything with any of them, the threat is the world getting blown up again or whatever, etc. The French Dispatch - 91 Maybe my favorite Wes Anderson, although I have to rewatch my previous favorite, The Life Aquatic. Masterful performances from a ton of people and the last story, which seems thin for a while, has such a great ending. The Power of the Dog - 86 Yeah whatever it's fine. Jesse Plemons is great in this but he disappears for half the movie. Bonus points for casting Thomasin McKenzie as what is effectively a background character. The Velvet Underground - 86 A good documentary but I wanted it to do something documentaries often do when they have nothing interesting to say, which is just get a bunch of famous people to ramble on the topic. In this case I think it would've been really good. My favorite part is the guy who founded the Modern Lovers talking about the impact the band had on him and I want that for 20 different bands. Spencer - 86 Grew on me a bit after I sat with it. Its main weakness in my eyes is that it's very trite but as time goes on the impact of that fades and all the good stuff bubbles to the top. The Beta Test - 82 Fun but never quite stabs at the heart of the topics it talks about. A nice acting showpiece for the writer/director/star but then again so was his earlier Thunder Road so I'm not sure we needed another. The Lost Daughter - 88 Great! Olivia Colman is unimpeachable. Don't think we needed the opening scene that makes the rest of the movie a flashback. The Worst Person in the World - 86 #straightpeopleproblems
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Yeah Threads will gently caress you right up. Some random recent poo poo: Ema (2019) - 84 A fun off-kilter movie which is a little less good than it might otherwise be because the main character's instability makes it kind of hard to get too invested in what she's up to. Drive My Car (2021) - 86 The scene in the car at night when the actor is talking into the camera, basically? So good. Kimi (2022) - 83 An extra point or two because it's fun to fantasize about living in an apartment that nice. Red Rocket (2021) - 87 A great entry into the "movies about the worst guy in the world" category along with stuff like Good Time. Licorice Pizza (2021) - 85 As a kid I found the idea of a water bed very intriguing. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - 74 Very pretty but I don't like people half=heartedly singing dialogue (I prefer actual songs) and although a lot of people praise it for having a sophisticated take on romance and relationships, it felt pretty basic. West Side Story (2021) - 85 Spielberg knows how to make people feel stuff! Los amantes pasajeros/I'm So Excited (2013) - 78 Almodóvar's thinnest, most farcical movie. Still fun though. After Yang (2022) - 82 I think this will improve on a rewatch. My first time through I was a bit too frustrated with Colin Farrell's character and that hurt the movie. Nightmare Alley (2021) - 76 Really nice sets and actors but not much else going for it. Also I can't help but compare it to the original which does it no favors. Julieta (2016) - 81 Almodóvar's least farcical movie? The Souvenir: Part II (2021) - 87 Loved the first one, loved the second one. A movie about itself which is about a movie to which it's a sequel? Azor (2021) - 84 A good entry into the "obscure international thriller" genre along with The Limits of Control. Boiling Point (2021) - 85 It's always fun to watch a one-shot movie where it's not a gimmick. Spider-Man: No way Home (2021) - 78 I looooove Spider-Man and that's the only reason this score is so high. After the first two movies which I liked a lot this one just feels like it's going through the motions, which is funny because on paper it seems like it's pulling out all the stops. I think it sort of collapses under the weight of all the poo poo that's in here, which is one of the things Enter the Spiderverse impressively managed to entirely avoid. The Novice (2021) - 85 This grew on me a bit after I finished it and it might grow even more. People compare it to Whiplash but aside from "college kids pushing themselves too far and their hands hurt" I don't think that's a great comparison. I'm not sure the main character in this even gives a poo poo about rowing, whereas the guy in Whiplash clearly cares about lovely jazz drumming. Turning Red (2022) - 87 Perfect nostalgia. Lost a point or two because at this point Pixar movies have turned into self-parodies by having a moment ~1 hour in where the main character comes to some sort of emotional realization while the movie flashes back to earlier stuff. Death on the Nile (2022) - 67 If you are unable to film in Egypt (or even, it seems, on a boat?) perhaps consider making a movie that isn't 50% travelogue. All the Old Knives (2022) - 75 A decent little spy thriller. It does a lot with a little, both in terms of sets and plot. It's tough to make a movie where two people have dinner and reminisce about 10 years ago into a thriller, but this manages it!
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Someone else who watched Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn! Any thoughts on it? I thought it was maybe a bit too long and tonally it slipped in a few places but overall it I liked it and the end was fun.
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Rick posted:Kind of interesting that it won an Oscar because it feels like a mostly forgotten film but for “I am watching every Oscar film” completionists but I feel like it deserves a little more than that (even though someone doing that is what brought the film to my attention recently) people should check it out.
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