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The Italian job (1969), I had seen the mark wahlberg version and I had no idea the original was practically a slapstick comedy. Lot of fun and beautifully shot but that one song can go straight to music hell
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Jenny Agutter posted:The Italian job (1969), I had seen the mark wahlberg version and I had no idea the original was practically a slapstick comedy. Lot of fun and beautifully shot but that one song can go straight to music hell I would have sworn up and down I'd seen this but i just watched it cause if the criterion heist movie thing and yeah, tonal blueprint for sooo many movies. Also it struck me that wes Anderson's must have loved this movie. The computer guy was the one part that fell really flat for me and felt more out of a bad 80s comedy
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The Irishman - Youth CGI is getting better but still noticeable, and it can't change body type or shape, so you don't get Taxi Driver / Godfather II Dinero, you get old Dinero with young Dinero skin. That being said, the effect seemed to work better on Pesci.
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Telebite posted:The Irishman - Youth CGI is getting better but still noticeable, and it can't change body type or shape, so you don't get Taxi Driver / Godfather II Dinero, you get old Dinero with young Dinero skin. That being said, the effect seemed to work better on Pesci. I think it was flawless on Pesci, largely because even his character at his youngest is still a dude in his 50s. It was so jarring to hear him call DeNiro "kid" in some of the flashbacks because DeNiro still looks - at best - 55 even when he's supposed to be much younger. Otherwise I loved The Irishman because it has all the moral rot of Casino or Goodfellas with none of the glitz and glamour. I think Nicholson's portrayal as Hoffa was way better than Pacino's but the dynamic between Hoffa, Sheeran, and Bufalino was perfect.
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The Irishman, I’m so bored and there’s still an hour and a half to go. There’s nothing new here, it’s just more Scorsese old white gangster men talking and killing each other with historic tv footage spliced in. What a waste of everyone’s time this swan song is. Helith fucked around with this message at 13:23 on Dec 21, 2019 |
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Helith posted:The Irishman, I’m so bored and there’s still an hour and a half to go. can't say i understand this opinion op. i found it extremely compelling all the way through
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guy who is served a delicious tender steak cooked to perfection by a world-renowned chef who specializes in steak: "Jesus Christ, steak again??"
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Helith posted:The Irishman, I’m so bored and there’s still an hour and a half to go. What's wrong with your brain my gamer
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i also think scorsese gangster movies are his worst. silence was way better and nobody saw it
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In Training posted:i also think scorsese gangster movies are his worst. silence was way better and nobody saw it Agreed, but his worst is still incredible
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Irishman didn't hold.my attention either and is completely marred by the cgi stuff, gives it sw prequel vibes imo
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Pesci is better in home alone 2
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In Training posted:i also think scorsese gangster movies are his worst. silence was way better and nobody saw it silence was incredible
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Wild at heart. The most sentimental Lynch I've seen so far. Really showed off his mastery of light and darkness with the repeated flame motifs. Can't get enough Nic cage and Laura Dern, definitely got enough Willem Dafoe
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My neighbor totoro was delightful. Great to see that even 30 years ago studio ghibli was as assiduous with their animation and attention to detail. Things like the cart at the beginning slipping off the road momentarily and satsuki walking around on her knees. Very cozy film.
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Aniara is kinda bleak. That last shot is such a gently caress you to the audience, dang
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6 underground is either completely fascist or brilliant satire and I'm still working out which
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i'll admit that the Irishman was so loving long that it took me like three days to watch since I can barely sit down and watch a 90 minute movie at it is but, well, a movie about a weirdly emotionless guy who loves murder and unions is appealing to me. sue me. anyway the old men stuff made sense cuz its framed as an old man telling you about the good old days. of course hes gonna waste time on a bunch of poo poo.
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Faces places was really sweet but putting an eye surgery scene and then that scene from un chien andalou right in the middle was a great troll
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Mad Max Fury road. i remember going to see it with my dad, sneaked off to the bathrroom while crappy trailers played and i smoked black tar heroin on top of some wax off foil in the bathroom. the buzz and the title screen was probably the best experience while i was baked as hell and some how not nodding off. the flamethrower guitar was awesome, the whole drat movie was awesome.
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Howls moving castle. It didn't even look like a drat castle!
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Got the criterion Godzilla anthology for Christmas. So I watched Godzilla vs hedorah for the first time. Didn’t care for the Godzilla suit. Animated interstitials definitely made it feel like a product of its time. The music was at odds with the on screen action. I think the only thing I really enjoyed was the gnarly implications of hedorah just killing swathes of people. The aftermaths of it just flying by and leaving skeletons in its wake. Pretty at odds with the rest of the movie like the child protagonist and Godzilla using atomic breath to fly around
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The Color Out of Space is incredibly pretty, does body horror really well, and is probably the best Lovecraft movie ever made.
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Relevant Tangent posted:The Color Out of Space is incredibly pretty, does body horror really well, and is probably the best Lovecraft movie ever made. Is that going to show up on streaming this weekend or do I have to wait a little while? I've been interested in it since it was announced.
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David D. Davidson posted:Is that going to show up on streaming this weekend or do I have to wait a little while? I've been interested in it since it was announced. I pre-ordered the 4K disc, which is scheduled for a 2/25 release, so it will probably be available to purchase or rent via streaming 2 or 3 weeks before that.
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drat, ah well give me an excuse to watch Con Air and Mandy again. I watched Face/Off for the upteenth time last weekend.
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Widows is a good movie, but the actual heist is kind of lacklustre.
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Underwater was sick, it stomps the gas pedal and doesn't let off. Kind of refreshing even in these days of horror resurgence
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I watched Parasite and thought it was great on a technical level, and OK as far as the story went. Then I read some stuff of people breaking down hidden meaning and symbolism in it and decided I need to pay attention to movies way more closely. Although I usually just watch movies for the cinematography and score am I weird
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1917 was really drat good. Probably the best "war" movie I've ever seen. What's the saying about anti-war movies only being able to glorify war? This is the exception that proves the rule. Also I agree about Parasite being technically brilliant because I didn't really connect to it as much as I thought I was going to, or even as much as I think I should have given my politics. I'll have to watch it again someday.
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ddiddles posted:I watched Parasite and thought it was great on a technical level, and OK as far as the story went. No, people who do close readings on film online are often morons and just make stuff up to sound cool. the thesis of parasite is very clear and its a fun movie with a sprinkling of class conscious violence in it. isnt that house beautiful? one of the best realized film spaces in recent memory for me.
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i saw the Assistant which i didnt know existed until yesterday and had no real expectations about and its quite sick. a day-in-the-life horror parable about corporate culture that was super restrained and gut wrenching, i would hihgly recommend.
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Color out of space was a lot grodier than I expected, a fun time. Nic cage was doing a trump impression for some reason. Colin Stetson soundtrack was legit
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Lost highway. Really good and spooky. Love a lynch
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Can't believe how hot Patricia arquette is
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King of comedy, not my first time, but, Rupert pumpkin is one of my favorite characters in film
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I went with a bunch of friends who have Sonic nostalgia. two of em were "meh" and the last guy loved it. Pretty sure he's a furry though.
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Knives Out was alright, thought it was going to be better. I had the same reaction to The Last Jedi and Looper. I guess cool ideas marred by subpar execution is Rian Johnson's calling card.
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