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Post by stuartoxlade on May 1, 2018 3:33:58 GMT -5
Caught up with a couple over the weekend: The Princess Bride - enjoyed the quirky fun in this. Very different to your average fairytale-style movie. I'd rather rewatch Tangled though. 3/5. Road House - Patrick Swayze can rip guys throats out? Bring it on bruh. 4/5 You’d rather rewatch Tangled? ? ? I do love me some Rapunzel action
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Post by essien on May 7, 2018 16:42:37 GMT -5
Watched a few:
Mistress America. I don't think you can really enjoy this unless you buy into the characters, which I didn't. Felt super pretentious and didn't make me laugh at all. 2.5/5
Maniac Cop. Pieces was originally in my list but I swapped it out for this movie since there's a remastered version of Pieces coming out later this month. This was bad but a lot of fun, part slasher movie part cop movie. The 'maniac cop' character was hilariously stupid. 3/5
A Better Tomorrow. One of John Woo's early HK action movies. I've seen a few others (The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled) which were all great. This one was a little more rough around the edges but still excellent. Loved the 80s vibe and the action set pieces were typical Woo. 3.5/5
In this Corner of the World. An anime movie set during World War 2 in an area just outside Hiroshima. The story follows a girl and her efforts to live a normal life against the backdrop of war. It's beautifully animated, moving in parts and a really interesting insight into what life must have been like in 1940s Japan. 4.5/5
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Post by stuartoxlade on May 8, 2018 4:07:57 GMT -5
Watched a few: Mistress America. I don't think you can really enjoy this unless you buy into the characters, which I didn't. Felt super pretentious and didn't make me laugh at all. 2.5/5 Maniac Cop. Pieces was originally in my list but I swapped it out for this movie since there's a remastered version of Pieces coming out later this month. This was bad but a lot of fun, part slasher movie part cop movie. The 'maniac cop' character was hilariously stupid. 3/5 A Better Tomorrow. One of John Woo's early HK action movies. I've seen a few others (The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled) which were all great. This one was a little more rough around the edges but still excellent. Loved the 80s vibe and the action set pieces were typical Woo. 3.5/5 In this Corner of the World. An anime movie set during World War 2 in an area just outside Hiroshima. The story follows a girl and her efforts to live a normal life against the backdrop of war. It's beautifully animated, moving in parts and a really interesting insight into what life must have been like in 1940s Japan. 4.5/5 Told you Mistress America is a bit of a dud. I used to really like Noah Baumbach's movies but the characters he writes about are getting progressively annoying to the point of being unwatchable for me. The Meyerowitz Stories was a step in the right direction again though.
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Post by essien on May 17, 2018 4:11:50 GMT -5
Watched a few: Mistress America. I don't think you can really enjoy this unless you buy into the characters, which I didn't. Felt super pretentious and didn't make me laugh at all. 2.5/5 Maniac Cop. Pieces was originally in my list but I swapped it out for this movie since there's a remastered version of Pieces coming out later this month. This was bad but a lot of fun, part slasher movie part cop movie. The 'maniac cop' character was hilariously stupid. 3/5 A Better Tomorrow. One of John Woo's early HK action movies. I've seen a few others (The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled) which were all great. This one was a little more rough around the edges but still excellent. Loved the 80s vibe and the action set pieces were typical Woo. 3.5/5 In this Corner of the World. An anime movie set during World War 2 in an area just outside Hiroshima. The story follows a girl and her efforts to live a normal life against the backdrop of war. It's beautifully animated, moving in parts and a really interesting insight into what life must have been like in 1940s Japan. 4.5/5 Told you Mistress America is a bit of a dud. I used to really like Noah Baumbach's movies but the characters he writes about are getting progressively annoying to the point of being unwatchable for me. The Meyerowitz Stories was a step in the right direction again though. You did. I went in with low expectations and was still disappointed. Weird how it's so well thought of. Watched Batman (1989) last night. It's a fun adaptation even if it is starting to show its age. I really loved how Burton had used German Expressionism to create his version of Gotham. Maybe it's just me but I feel like there is so much attention on how an actor portrays the Joker character that it's impossible to sit back and just watch it like a normal performance. I think I liked Nicholson's performance but it's hard to say. 3.5/5
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Post by essien on May 18, 2018 12:26:14 GMT -5
Paterson. I absolutely loved this and I find it hard to put into words why. It's a beautifully simple film where nothing really much happens. Adam Driver plays a bus driver who lives with this partner and their pet bulldog. He writes poems in his spare time. There's no real drama or tension, and I found it to be incredibly calming to watch. Haven't had this kind of experience with a film since Lost in Translation, I don't think. 5/5
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Post by essien on May 21, 2018 10:26:14 GMT -5
Sassy triple post.
Still Walking. This seemed like a good time to watch my first Kore-eda film after the director picked up a Palme d'Or at Cannes last week. The film follows a day in the life of a family who are coming together to commemorate the anniversary of their eldest son's death. I really loved it, it's such a realistic human drama and incredibly well acted. It felt like there were lots of lessons on family life in there too. 5/5 and I can't wait to watch more of his films.
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Post by stuartoxlade on May 22, 2018 3:04:20 GMT -5
Not seen either of those films but I'm much more intrigued by Still Walking. I've not seen many Jim Jarmusch films but the ones I have seen I've not been huge on (Ghost Dog and Broken Flowers).
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Post by v9733xa on May 22, 2018 18:24:56 GMT -5
Not seen either of those films but I'm much more intrigued by Still Walking. I've not seen many Jim Jarmusch films but the ones I have seen I've not been huge on (Ghost Dog and Broken Flowers). Have you seen Only Lovers Left Alive? That was great. Different, and not something i normally would have watched, but i really liked it.
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Post by stuartoxlade on May 23, 2018 16:24:18 GMT -5
Not seen either of those films but I'm much more intrigued by Still Walking. I've not seen many Jim Jarmusch films but the ones I have seen I've not been huge on (Ghost Dog and Broken Flowers). Have you seen Only Lovers Left Alive? That was great. Different, and not something i normally would have watched, but i really liked it. Not yet. To be honest it doesn't really look appealing but I may get around to it at some point
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Post by v9733xa on May 25, 2018 17:32:28 GMT -5
So after some quiet contemplation, and reading this thread, and reading stuff on letterboxd... i decided to spend some money and buy some films that i feel i needed to have.
So on their way to my house in the next week or two (i hate paying for shipping) are Hara Kiri, and The Human Condition and Three Colours trilogies.
I'll let you know what i think in the "watched" thread sometime next month.
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Post by tao on May 25, 2018 21:11:49 GMT -5
So after some quiet contemplation, and reading this thread, and reading stuff on letterboxd... i decided to spend some money and buy some films that i feel i needed to have. So on their way to my house in the next week or two (i hate paying for shipping) are Hara Kiri, and The Human Condition and Three Colours trilogies. I'll let you know what i think in the "watched" thread sometime next month. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about your films listed above. Out of curiosity, which version of “Hara-Kiri” did you buy? The original from 1961(?), or the remake directed by Takashi Miike? The original is high on my “obtain” list, but I do have, and greatly enjoy, the remake.
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Post by v9733xa on May 26, 2018 13:13:46 GMT -5
So after some quiet contemplation, and reading this thread, and reading stuff on letterboxd... i decided to spend some money and buy some films that i feel i needed to have. So on their way to my house in the next week or two (i hate paying for shipping) are Hara Kiri, and The Human Condition and Three Colours trilogies. I'll let you know what i think in the "watched" thread sometime next month. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about your films listed above. Out of curiosity, which version of “Hara-Kiri” did you buy? The original from 1961(?), or the remake directed by Takashi Miike? The original is high on my “obtain” list, but I do have, and greatly enjoy, the remake. The original by Kobayashi (1962, Seppuku i guess you'll also see it as). I felt it was a good compliment with the other trilogy. And it seemed so acclaimed that i felt it was a necessary watch too.
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Post by stuartoxlade on May 29, 2018 4:59:07 GMT -5
I look forward to hearing your thoughts about your films listed above. Out of curiosity, which version of “Hara-Kiri” did you buy? The original from 1961(?), or the remake directed by Takashi Miike? The original is high on my “obtain” list, but I do have, and greatly enjoy, the remake. The original by Kobayashi (1962, Seppuku i guess you'll also see it as). I felt it was a good compliment with the other trilogy. And it seemed so acclaimed that i felt it was a necessary watch too. I've owned the 3 Colours trilogy for about 10 years and I've still only seen 1 of them
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Post by essien on Jun 2, 2018 18:19:37 GMT -5
The original by Kobayashi (1962, Seppuku i guess you'll also see it as). I felt it was a good compliment with the other trilogy. And it seemed so acclaimed that i felt it was a necessary watch too. I've owned the 3 Colours trilogy for about 10 years and I've still only seen 1 of them I've seen them all, they're fantastic. I can also highly recommend Kislowski's Dekalog. It's a television series he directed, consisting of 10 one-hour films inspired by the Ten Commandments. I still need to see his The Double Life of Veronique - maybe I'll put that in my next list. Watched this tonight: Castaway on the Moon. A Korean film about a man who attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge into a river. He's washed up on a small deserted island in the middle of the river with no means of escape, and decides to make a life for himself there. Meanwhile, he's being watched by a shut-in woman from her apartment via a telephoto lens. I won't give away much more but they eventually develop a means of communication and strike up a bond. This was a really beautiful film, like a mix of Cast Away, Eternal Sunshine and a k-drama. I'm a sucker for sentimental stuff, and I think Korean cinema does it so well. I'm giving it another 5/5.
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Post by tao on Jun 3, 2018 5:00:00 GMT -5
Watched this the other day, and I must say I was happily impressed. An undeniable comedy of errors abound here, with the script simultaneously complex and devilishly simple. I've always enjoyed British entertainment along with actors and actresses, but it's always that refined/cultured accent material that you hear all the time, ala David Niven "proper" English, so I always relish the British films/shows that have people talking in more "natural" accents, like what you hear in here and, say, Attack The Block. It makes the material feel more grounded and somewhat relatable. I found it funny that Vinnie Jones' character was the most honest and principled character in the entire film, as opposed to the "protagonists"; all in all this kept a grin on my face from start to finish, and now I'm going to have to add this film to my collection. Well done. [Edit]: I do have Snatch, I just haven't watched it yet. After watching this, I felt like this would make a good cinematic 1-2 punch if I followed this up with Trainspotting or Shopping.
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