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Franchescanado posted:The Seventh Seal (1957; I. Bergman; Criterion) - (6.22.17) Just watched Persona recently. I'm borrowing the Criterion blu-ray of this right now, so it's a high priority. I would say, for next time, just watch this on your own without posting it here! lol hopefully you're still borrowing it? I'll choose it for you anyway. Seventh Seal was my first Bergman and I wish it wasn't, so I'm curious as to your take. The Last Detail So apparently Linklater is making a "sequel" to this underseen 70s road-trip comedy as Navy officers Buddy Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and 'Mule' Hulhall (Otis Young) take young offender Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) across the US to bring him to prison on a 8-year sentence. With these 3 men doing machismo things and spouting off machismo dialogue, it makes perfect sense for Linklater to dip his hands into this world - especially after his latest 'Everybody Wants Some!'. Nicholson is plain fun to watch in one of his earlier roles in being manic and slightly out-of-control, and Otis Young is the well-suited straight man to play off of him. Quaid works here as the innocent kid who's 10-15yrs younger than the other two, basically following Buddusky on one last 'memorable' trip before being locked up. A fun film that felt authentic with it's cinema verite style and a breezy non-scripted feel to it's dialogue. LIST Avanti! [1972] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. The Big City [1963] - **NEW** (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. Cactus Flower [1969] - (2017.04.28) - more Walter Matthau, and with Ingrid Bergman! Chimes at Midnight [1965] - (2017.08.16) - I claim to love Orson Welles, so I should finish his filmography! I've got too many un-watched. The Conformist [1970] - (2017.06.07) - one of the more acclaimed Italian films I've been meaning to see for years. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! Ordet [1955] - (2017.07.16) - continuing my trend of digging into my blind-bought Criterion boxsets. Run Lola Run [1998] - (2017.08.13) - a film I've come across in many Best-Of lists over the years, and recognize the actress from the Bourne Identity. Sophie's Choice [1982] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), [Total:169]
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friendo55 posted:I would say, for next time, just watch this on your own without posting it here! lol hopefully you're still borrowing it? I'll choose it for you anyway. Seventh Seal was my first Bergman and I wish it wasn't, so I'm curious as to your take. FINALLY. Yeah, I still have the copy. My buddy hasn't asked for it back.
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I've not seen any of yours, friendo, but I'm interested to know how this is:friendo55 posted:Run Lola Run [1998] - (2017.08.13) - a film I've come across in many Best-Of lists over the years, and recognize the actress from the Bourne Identity. Close Encounters of the Third Kind I didn't know there were at least three versions of this, so I just watched the theatrical one. I think a first contact film needs to take itself completely seriously. and that's what we have here. Dreyfus Is solid in the role, and really sells the decsent into obsession. We spend a lot of time with the main two characters and their families and I was not expecting Roy to lose his over his alien obsession. It helped the characters feel more real, by not having a more conventionally 'happy' resolution to that arc but after that, Roy barely looked back and shared a kiss with Jillian, so I guess the aliens will learn all about deadbeat dads. The pace is slow, but very well balanced and it all builds up to a spectacular finale. My List: 1) (highest ranked imdb) American History X 2) (classic comedy) City Lights I've only seen one Chaplin before and I liked it 3) (animation) The Iron Giant Lots of goons have said they love this film 4) (Academy Award winner) Birdman The most recent non-animated thing I've seen starring Michael Keaton is goddamn Jack Frost and he deserves better 5) (foreign language) Rashomon I like the premise 6) (war) Platoon Happen to own this one 7) (Horror) Friday 13th One of the most famous horror franchises and I've never seen any of them 8) (sci fi/fantasy) Time Bandits I understand Gilliam considered this the first in a thematic trilogy, and the only one that didn't bomb at the box office, so I'll start here 9) (epic) Ben Hur (1959) Probably the first thing that comes into my head when I think of the term 'epic film' 10) (wildcard) Deliverance I like banjo movies Watched: Taxi Driver; Close Encounters of the Third Kind;
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bitterandtwisted posted:We spend a lot of time with the main two characters and their families and I was not expecting Roy to lose his over his alien obsession. It helped the characters feel more real, by not having a more conventionally 'happy' resolution to that arc but after that, Roy barely looked back and shared a kiss with Jillian, so I guess the aliens will learn all about deadbeat dads. Spielberg's dad abandoned their family when he was a kid, and so he's been working out his daddy issues across his entire career. He's said that if he were making Close Encounters today, he would not have written the main character abandoning his family.
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I think that would be way less impactful - Dreyfuss abandoning his family makes the alien force feel more powerfully menacing. It's a good decision for the movie. It's a decision that provokes mixed emotions.
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I just finished a very good animated film from this thread, so I feel compelled to give you one of the very best. Song of the Sea is beautiful. It's an Irish folktale that brings strong emotional verve, combining it with an intimate setting and cast. While I've read some criticism that it kind of makes up its rules as it goes and is generally incoherent, I don't really think the first part matters and I vehemently disagree with the second. It's fantastical, but the themes of loss - especially of a parent - and coming to grips with that reality over several years is something that is pretty universal, I'd wager. It's also an adventure filled with a bunch of magic, and while maybe some of it is a little convoluted or under-explained, the overarching feeling and story is crystal clear and lands. Ben's arc is predictable - it's a fairly traditionally structured story, following the hero's journey formula - but it's also satisfying. The frustration he feels when told that his elders "know what's best for him" is familiar whether or not it's right. It's a little messy, and it's not my favourite animated film of the last few years, but it's a joy to watch, especially with the animation style dipping a toe into some fairly surreal imagery. LIST O SHAME 1) Walkabout - One from the outback. I know next to nothing about it, but cover art intrigued me. 2) The White Ribbon - It's taken me a long time to get into Haneke, but I want to keep going. 3) Paprika - Anime from the creator of Perfect Blue, which I was a fan of. Figured I should see another. 4) The Fog - One of the only John Carpenter movies I've not seen. 5) A Touch of Zen - It's so long, but apparently an absolute must-watch according to a friend of mine. 6) Harvey - Always thought this looked super hokey...but I like Jimmy Stewart and this is generally beloved, but I need a push. 7) Topsy Turvy - Ahhh Mike Leigh, looks less downtrodden than some of his work, but I'm still generally a novice with him. 8) Joint Security Area - I've seen, and loved, most of Park Chan-wook's movies, but haven't seen this one. 9) All That Jazz - Bob Fosse is a blind spot. 10) La Silence de La Mer - Jean Pierre Melville is excellent. I've liked everything I've seen. SHAME BE GONE (PART DEUX): Top Secret!, Yi Yi, New York New York, Rio Bravo, Dogtooth, Song of the Sea (Total: 6)
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Ratedargh posted:4) The Fog - One of the only John Carpenter movies I've not seen. I haven't seen anything on your list, but when in doubt, watch John Carpenter. _________________________ Superman stands out among all the the superhero movies I've seen based solely on its raw sincerity. No cynicism or winks to the camera, not even during the rad 70s crystal-future Krypton segment. The cynicism in 70s Metropolis amounts to his first enemy, and it's one he beats fairly quickly. The film does a great job contrasting Metropolis with the slower long shots that are all over the Kansas scenes, as well. Luthor's plan is stupid enough to avoid any awkward horror of plausible disaster, while not being so stupid as to warrant being called out, which is exactly the sweet spot the movie needed. The ending is a wonderful "gently caress you, reality" that reminds me of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in its abject refusal to let tragedy stick, and the million internet commenters I've seen saying it "comes out of nowhere" must not have been paying attention to the rest of the movie. Really the best part is Christopher Reeve, who does a great job both as Clark and Superman. The scene where he changes between the two while calling for Lois really nails that home. Also, I had no idea Mario Puzo wrote the screenplay for this. And for Superman II apparently! _________________________ My Shame List: 1) La Dolce Vita: 8 1/2 was good. How about another Fellini? (added 1/4/14) 2) Birth of a Nation: Continuing the "know thy enemy" series. (added 3/11/14) 3) Night of the Hunter: Don't know much about this beyond the knuckle tattoos. (added 5/5/14) 4) Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick is a pretty cool guy. (added 7/7/14) 5) First Blood: Not what you'd expect from a Rambo movie, apparently. (added 7/20/14) 6) Scarface: The inspirational story of a small businessman who prospers in spite of Big Government regulations. Or something. (added 7/20/14) 7) House (1977): Has a cool poster and a reputation. I have intentionally avoided knowing anything about it, since it seems like the kind of movie to watch completely blind. (added 8/2/2016) 8) The Searchers: I think I have enough of a grounding in classical westerns to appreciate this one, at this point. (added 8/21/17) 9) The Thin Blue Line: I've liked the Errol Morris films I've seen so far. (added 8/23/17) 10) Enter the Dragon: I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing. Now accepting sub/dub recommendations. (added 8/30/17) De-Shamed (57) [Top picks in bold]: The Thing, Casino Royale, Blue Velvet, Metropolis, Unforgiven, The Rock, Jurassic Park, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Shining, Videodrome, Inglourious Basterds, Battleship Potemkin, Con Air, Mulholland Drive, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Taxi Driver, Prometheus, Pan's Labyrinth, 8 1/2, Casino, Starship Troopers, The Big Lebowski, Nosferatu, Oldboy, 12 Angry Men, Drive, No Country for Old Men, The Exorcist, Ed Wood, Face/Off, Koyaanisqatsi, Kung Fu Hustle, Jacob's Ladder, Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Unbreakable, Lost Highway, Man with a Movie Camera, The General, Dog Day Afternoon, Forbidden Planet, Solaris, Triumph of the Will, Total Recall, The Graduate, Chinatown, Children of Men, Days of Heaven, Rocky, The Long Good Friday, The Fly, Galaxy Quest, Stalker, Evil Dead 2, Rio Grande, The Act of Killing, Superman
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Goon Danton posted:4) Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick is a pretty cool guy. (added 7/7/14) Keep in mind that it's not all meant to be taken seriously--a thing I think audiences missed when it first came out. Steve Martin was the first idea for the lead character, even. It's a dark (semi-sardonic) sex comedy that only Kubrick could have made. The Seventh Seal (1957; I. Bergman; Criterion) I really liked the film, but did not love it. I've experienced most of it through cultural osmosis. This is a film that should be experienced with a nice cup of coffee in the middle of the day, not at night after a long day's work, so I wasn't in the right mood, honestly. Anyway-- The imagery was beautiful; I wouldn't expect any less from Bergman. There is a meditation of death and suffering throughout the film, but it's never grim until the ending, when death draws near his inevitable victory. There is still joy in spite of death: family, youth, love, art, music, friendship, lust, laughter... I was actually surprised with how funny the middle of the movie is. The movie also has it's cruelty: witch hunts, plagues, torture, the threat of rape, murder, mocking cruelty... It's an all-encompassing tale of Life through Suffering. Normally I'm really into this stuff, but I should have waited for the weekend to actually sit and enjoy this and think about it. That's what I get for assuming I could easily digest a 90-minute Bergman. Still, I will gladly rewatch this film sometime soon. It rightly deserves it's place as One of the Greats. My List Akira (1988; Katsuhiro Ōtomo) - (8.31.17) I wanted to add some classic animated movies I haven't seen, this being the BIG one I've missed out on. Stranger Than Paradise (1984; J. Jarmusch; Criterion) - (8.25.17) I love everything I've seen of Jim Jarmusch, which only amounts to 5 films. This is his first film. I've only seen the first 15 minutes. Philadelphia (1993; J. Demme) - (8.21.17) Trying to fill in my Jonathan Demme gaps. A huge moment in Tom Hanks's career that seems to have been forgotten by modern audiences. Tootsie (1982; S. Pollack; Criterion) - (8.1.17) A comedy classic(?) I've never seen. I like Dustin Hoffman in everything I've seen him in, but he's not someone I seek out. The French Connection (1971; W. Friedkin) - (7.2.17) I have only seen William Friedkin's The Exorcist and The Hunted; I've been excited to watch this since his appearance on WTF podcast. I own it on DVD. In Cold Blood (1967; R. Brooks; Criterion) - (6.29.17) I've read the book, which I enjoyed. I know the movie looks great, I've seen the famous window rain show. I own it on blu-ray. The Thin Red Line (1998; T. Malick; Criterion) - (6.27.17) My only Terrence Malick film I've seen is Tree of Life, which I really enjoyed. Fitzcarraldo (1982; W. Herzog; Criterion) - (6.23.17) The other big Werner Herzog narrative I haven't seen. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948; J. Huston) - (6.22.17) I rarely feel in the mood to watch westerns. Lawrence of Arabia (1962; D. Lean;) - (6.22.17) It's looooong and sounds kinda boring. COMPLETED: Aguirre: The Wrath of God; Casablanca; After Hours; Schindler's List; Ikiru; F for Fake; Raging Bull; The Seventh Seal Letterboxd
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I enjoyed Seventh Seal well enough, but yea I wouldn't consider it anywhere near my favorite Bergman. His later stuff connects with me a lot more, Fanny and Alexander and Autumn Sonata are two that come to mind immediately. But Persona is an earlier one that I'd also say is way better than Seventh Seal. So yea, it's very good but for a legend like Bergman it's not his best imo.
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Basebf555 posted:I enjoyed Seventh Seal well enough, but yea I wouldn't consider it anywhere near my favorite Bergman. His later stuff connects with me a lot more, Fanny and Alexander and Autumn Sonata are two that come to mind immediately. But Persona is an earlier one that I'd also say is way better than Seventh Seal. So yea, it's very good but for a legend like Bergman it's not his best imo. Persona is overwhelming in every way--emotionally, sensually, mentally, etc.--and it's such a puzzling and rewarding experience. That's partly why I waited so long for Seventh Seal, which was a disappointment in that respect. It'd probably be a (minor) masterpiece for a director that wasn't Bergman
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They're polar opposites, really. Persona delights in obfuscation. The whole work is structured like a clever game of cat and mouse, constantly denying us an easy explanation. No one minds though because the setup is far more interesting than any resolution could hope to be. By contrast, there's absolutely nothing hidden in The Seventh Seal. Bergman lays all his cards on the table in the very first scene and the story naturally unfolds from there. I used to be lukewarm on the film when I first saw it, but it's grown on me a lot since then. Despite tackling some of the heaviest philosophical questions you can have, it remains remarkably grounded and funny. "But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive", is as elegant as anything Camus has ever written.
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Franchescanado posted:
I was about to pick Akira, but after the Seventh Seal, I'll choose something a little more digestible. Enjoy! Run Lola Run This film is just plain fun - and at 81 minutes in length, it's just enough fun without ever overstaying it's welcome. Franka Potente is Lola, who has 20 minutes to somehow get $100,000 over to her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) to avoid fatal consequences. It is energetic to say the least, thanks to constant quick cuts, edits, and a techno soundtrack playing nonstop. There's even bits of animation as Lola runs down her apartment stairwell. My initial thought, 'how are they going to stretch 20 minutes' out over 80 minutes?', was answered thanks to it's Groundhog-Day-like narrative with each attempt changing ever so slightly. It's funny how similar this feels to the 2008 Argentine film "Extraordinary Stories" that I'm also watching at the moment (only I'm 75mins into it's 245mins runtime!), where the actors on screen don't have a ton of responsibility and it's the music & editing that make up the film's essence. If it weren't for Lola's red hair, I bet I'd forget all about her in no time - even with the presence she has. LIST Avanti! [1972 - 140mins] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. The Big City [1963 - 122mins] - (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. Cactus Flower [1969 - 103mins] - (2017.04.28) - more Walter Matthau, and with Ingrid Bergman! Chimes at Midnight [1965 - 115mins] - (2017.08.16) - I claim to love Orson Welles, so I should finish his filmography! I've got too many un-watched. The Conformist [1970 - 113mins] - (2017.06.07) - one of the more acclaimed Italian films I've been meaning to see for years. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964 - 133mins] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! My Darling Clementine [1946 - 97mins] - **NEW** (2017.09.02) - Westerns still aren't a top priority, even after loving just about every one I watch. Ordet [1955 - 126mins] - (2017.07.16) - continuing my trend of digging into my blind-bought Criterion boxsets. Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), Run Lola Run (4/5), [Total:170] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Friendo, I just watched a Shakespeare adaptation, now it's your turn! Enjoy Chimes at Midnight. Forbidden Planet is a perfect time capsule of a movie. The story itself is apparently based on The Tempest, though I’ve never seen or read it so I can’t speak to its fidelity as an adaptation. All I know is The Tempest involves a magician on an isolated island, and I can see the connection. Forbidden Planet is about people trying to improve themselves through technology and culture while denying the primitive instincts inside. The antagonist thinks he’s transcended his humanity and become something greater, and it’s this denial that leads to the tragedy of a monster from his id killing everyone he resents. Fear of the downside of technology likely represented nuclear power at the time, but it could fit a lot of different social phenomena. So the core of the story is timeless, but the particulars are as Fifties as Joe McCarthy accusing James Dean of drinking too many malteds. The special effects are funny but charming in their simplicity. It’s obvious that the actors are all standing on a tiny stage surrounded by matte paintings. Morbius waves his hands over a machine and steel shutters appear through the magic of jump cuts. Best of all, the action climax involves an invisible monster whose silhouette is drawn onto the film while the cast fights it by holding plastic guns totally still as beams of light fly out. It was fun to think about how they created the various effects, but they were still able to build tension despite the cheese factor. It’s also part of sci-fi history. I see a clear bridge between Asimov (a robot named “Robby” who is forbidden to do violence is pretty blatant) and Star Trek, with the sleek ship bridge and the unknown dangers at the edge of known space. Also, at no point does Robby carry Alta in the Pieta pose, despite the poster. What’s less benign is the casual sexism draped across the whole film. The crew is about a dozen interchangeable white men who joke about how desperate they are to see women again, and Robby is referred to as “a housewife’s dream.” Most of this just provoked eye-rolling, but then Alta shows up in a short skirt and all the men start panting like horny dogs trying to impress her. Alta’s naivete is fairly believable, but it also plays into a common sexist trope called “Born Sexy Yesterday.” Eventually the skipper shouts at her for “dressing like that” around his sex-starved crew, and tells her it would have “served her right” if she’d been raped (they don’t use the r-word, but they don’t have to). That was the one time I started screaming at the movie. In context, it’s supposed to show that he cares about her and doesn’t want her hurt, but like all chivalry it’s a nasty attempt to control women by protecting them from other men. It’s the only major flaw in a pretty good movie. Remakes get a bad rap these days, but Forbidden Planet is a case where a remake would make a lot of sense. There’s a solid core to the story, but the specifics are desperately out of date. Get Ridley Scott on the line; it has one of those “extinct alien” conspiracies he loves so much. Film on location in a harsh environment and maybe apply a bit of CGI to make the planet bigger. You can make a visually scary monster, perhaps one whose physical features reflect the anger and jealousy of its creator (Scott pioneered symbolic monsters with H.R. Giger and their rapey Xenomorph). Also you can make a sleeker, more sophisticated robot that doesn't make tape deck noises before it speaks. Maybe Morbius is reimagined as a douchey tech-bro futurist (the Krell’s backstory is basically that they obtained The Singularity and then destroyed themselves). Above all, diversify the crew and either ignore or directly critique the misogyny in the original. Perhaps Farman, the commander’s rival for Alta, betrays him so he can have her for himself, and claims it’s her fault for tempting him. Have Farman be a super-cultured officer who looks down on the slovenly crew, thus reflecting the theme of sophisticated people who are brutes on the inside. There’s a ton of potential here, and I’m kind of surprised no one’s tried it yet. Rating: 3/4 116. Boogie Nights- Uh, porn is bad. You shouldn't watch porn, m'kay? 120. The Straight Story- Doug Walker described this as "a movie that seems really slow and tedious until you get to the end, and then you realize everything that happened was for a reason." So that interested me. Also, it's by David Lynch, who ranges from excellent (Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks Season One) to pretty good (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks Season Two). No, I've never seen Dune, why do you ask? 124. The Rules of the Game- I opened the They Shoot Pictures list, and this is number five. I've never even heard of it. 132. Five Easy Pieces- Continuing the Ebert list, I somehow skipped over this one. 133. The Stepford Wives- I recently saw Get Out, and I highly recommend it. I've seen a lot of comparisons to The Stepford Wives, and while I basically know what it's about I still think I should see it. 134. The Day the Earth Stood Still- More sci-fi that I need to see. 135. Man with a Movie Camera- Fourth wall? Never heard of it. 139. Birth of a Nation: Oh, boy, this is the big one. This is not a movie you watch for fun, but it's a movie that needs to be seen by anyone who cares about film history. 140. Inland Empire: Want some more David Lynch. 141. Drag Me to Hell: A horror film by Sam Raimi. I like both of those things! Okay, tell me what I'm watching! 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Jurgan, follow up one classic sci-fi with another. See The Day the Earth Stood Still Saw Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It was .... OK. The beginning was good with some funny moments and there were good performances by Howard Keel, Jane Powell and Russ Tamblyn. The music and dancing were very good. However, it seemed to lose it's steam about halfway through, and turned into what seemed like a 70's sitcom, like Three's Company. Too many contrived coincidences and forced laughs. Probably won't see it again. My List: The Shootist - Feel like it's time for another John Wayne movie. The Fast and the Furious- Haven't seen any of these films, and I haven't heard good things about them. I'll give the first one a try, though. Faust - Looking forward to another Murnau film. OLDEST Eraserhead - Seen a few Lynch movies, and I like what I've seen of them. This seems to be on a lot of people's lists. A Day at the Races - More Marx Brothers madness, please. The Cat Returns - Need to see some more Studio Ghibli. Sequel to Whisper of the Heart Stray Dog - Starting to run out of Kurosawa films. What a great director. Oklahoma - Don't know anything about it. Next on my musicals list. NEWEST Die Nibelungen - Interested in seeing another Fritz Lang picture. Strangers on a Train - More Hitchcock here. King Creole - Adding a new slot here for Elvis, Sinatra, Beatles movies. Starting with one of Elvis'. Movies Seen: Seven Samurai, Dune, Singin' in the Rain, Animal Crackers, Once Upon a Time in the West, Amadeus, Double Indemnity, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 12 Angry Men, Ed Wood, Sunset Boulevard, The Dark Knight, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Brazil, Rashomon, Yojimbo, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, M, Duck Soup, The Princess and the Frog, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Dracula, It's a Wonderful Life, Lawrence of Arabia, Ikiru, High and Low, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kagemusha, Best In Show, Modern Times, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Red Beard, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Cars, Cool Hand Luke, The Public Enemy, Time Bandits, Adaptation, The Producers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gone With The Wind, My Fair Lady, City Lights, A Christmas Carol(1951), Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, West Side Story, Caddyshack, My Neighbor Totoro, Throne of Blood, The Phantom of the Opera, Yellow Submarine, Little Caesar, The Third Man, The Godfather, Persepolis, The Godfather Part II, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Invisible Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Beautiful Mind, The Kid, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gold Rush, Metropolis, Rear Window, Enter the Dragon, Horse Feathers, The Great Dictator, Despicable Me, The Bad Sleep Well, The Wolf Man, Nosferatu, Patton, Howl's Moving Castle, The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Kiki's Delivery Service, The King's Speech, Grave of the Fireflies, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Graduate, Whisper of the Heart, The 39 Steps, Ran, Notorious, True Grit, North By Northwest, Rope, Dersu Uzala, Vertigo, Avatar, Gangs of New York, House of Wax, Wall Street, Life of Pi, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,The Big Lebowski, Dial M for Murder, V For Vendetta, King Kong, Dodesukaden, Labyrinth, Reds,Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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Dmitri Russkie posted:Strangers on a Train - More Hitchcock here. The Iron Giant This was rather wonderful. The core relationship between Hogarth and giant was believable and touching and both characters are well defined and likeable. The theme of choosing your identity was powerful without being heavy handed. I'm not sure I liked that Agent Mansley tried to flee immediately after ordering the launch . Prior to that, he was an interesting bad guy because his motivation was his unthinking cold war zeal, which is stripped away in that scene. Maybe it would conflict with the general anti-war message by making him unwaveringly patriotic to the end. The animation is fluid and beautiful. It's a crime this was a bomb at the box office and I wish I'd seen it as a kid myself. My List: 1) (highest ranked imdb) American History X 2) (classic comedy) City Lights I've only seen one Chaplin before and I liked it 3) (animation) My Neighbour Totoro I've enjoyed a couple of Ghibli films in the past 4) (Academy Award winner) Birdman The most recent non-animated thing I've seen starring Michael Keaton is goddamn Jack Frost and he deserves better 5) (foreign language) Rashomon I like the premise 6) (war) Platoon Happen to own this one 7) (Horror) Friday 13th One of the most famous horror franchises and I've never seen any of them 8) (sci fi/fantasy) Time Bandits I understand Gilliam considered this the first in a thematic trilogy, and the only one that didn't bomb at the box office, so I'll start here 9) (epic) Ben Hur (1959) Probably the first thing that comes into my head when I think of the term 'epic film' 10) (wildcard) Deliverance I like banjo movies Watched: Taxi Driver; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Iron Giant
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bitterandtwisted posted:6) (war) Platoon Happen to own this one #4 for you. Grey Gardens - It's been said that if you have mental issues and are poor you're crazy and if you exhibit those same behaviors with wealth you're merely eccentric. I'm on a long streak of films with female protagonists suffering from mental afflictions. It's a similar situation to the one found in Crumb (1994) where an overbearing mother (and father's ghost) hold a major sway over adult children. These unholy unions form a codependency sickness that cultivates personality disorders very easily. It brings up an interesting debate as to whether or not this is exploitative or just extremely candid. The players themselves say they consented so it's not exploitative but I suppose one could argue that consent doesn't preclude exploitation. It's kind of like watching a live action tabloid at times. Feeding stray cats, raccoons and others as the large house falls apart into shambles etc. Overall, a little too much arguing between mother and daughter for my taste but it was interesting enough that I'll probably watch The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) in the future. Also watched: Leave Her to Heaven - Ellen Berent Harland (Gene Tierney) is a scheming and jealous alpha female. She's a classic psychopath in thought, word and deed (who's even capable of letting her brother-in-law drown). Anyone who comes between her latest obsession (mainly her husband who looks like her dead father) is in danger. The lush colors throughout have an interesting contrast with the subject matter and callousness of some of the characters. Hollywood today (where the trailers frequently deliver more than the films) has forgotten that it's not all about the razzle-dazzle, flimflam, wham bam and flash in the pan. James Bond versus Godzilla (25/64 completed): Godzilla vs. Gigan - Godzilla XII. Kind of interested to see this one as I've heard very little about it. Only twenty or so to go. 7/27/17 MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year (25/26 completed): new 2017 Beauty and the Beast - I've seen the 1946 and 1991 films so this hasn't been a high priority. But completionism dictates that I watch this at some point. 9/4/17 BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest American Films (92/100 completed): #47 Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock and Sean Connery team up. I haven't seen a Hitchcock direction lately. 8/4/17 #58 The Shop Around the Corner - Hopefully it's funny. 7/15/17 #64 Johnny Guitar - Sounds like an atypical western. 7/15/17 #70 The Band Wagon - A musical comedy. 8/22/17 #72 The Shanghai Gesture - I've never seen a Josef von Sternberg film.  8/14/17#98 Heaven’s Gate - I've seen Days of Heaven and Gates of Heaven but not this one. 6/27/17 Empire's 100 Greatest Movies (98/100 completed): new #62 La La Land - To live and die in #83 True Romance - Forgot about seeing this one. 8/22/17 Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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Zogo posted:#47 Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock and Sean Connery team up. I haven't seen a Hitchcock direction lately. 8/4/17 I saw Citizen Kane (1941) You can definitely tell how influential Citizen Kane is - it seems like a lot of scenes and shots in it were repeated or homaged to in other movies about the rise and decadent fall of great men. That and the treatments of the passage of time were very interesting. On the whole though, I didn't enjoy it very much. I thought Kane/Welles was pretty uncharismatic, although that might've been the point. Anyways, my rating of Citizen Kane is: better than Scarface, worse than Robocop I also saw Flesh + Blood (1985) Verhoeven is my top #1 fave and Flesh+Blood, his first feature film in English, is good. Religion and the characters' exploitation of and literal understanding of it featured heavily, where the regular people rely on it to varying degrees while those in power alternately believe in it themselves and exploit their inferior's faith. There's this amazing character moment for Martin/Rutger Hauer near the beginning of the film where he eats about 5 holy wafers and takes a good swig of church wine while all his soldiers abandon communion for a chance to loot a city. Also features a sociopath woman at the center of a love triangle who finds agency in victimhood, which is pretty fascinating. It's also pretty funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPhrBsVRoDs&t=121s LIST: 1. Blue Velvet (1986): I loved twin peaks & Mulholland Dr, though Eraserhead was alright... and now this. 2. (Scorsese Slot) Goodfellas (1990): Shameful! 3. (Kubrick Slot) Paths of Glory (1957): My dad bought this on DVD but never took it out of the wrapper. 4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967): I've only seen Missouri Breaks from Arthur Penn's filmography and loved it 5. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919): This is one of those silent movies, like Battleship Potemkin or The General, that I see on every 'Greatest Films' list but don't know anything about - not even genre. I intend to go into it completely blind, and it'll probably be the second feature length silent I'll see. 6. Seven Samurai (1954): Blatant kurosawa ripoff of a classic western 7. Rear Window (1954): Just picked up the DVD 8. 3 Women (1977): I've seen enough of this movie to pique my interest, but not the last 2/3. Also Spacek is killa 9. Night of the Living Dead (1968): I don't know any horror. Help. 10. Blow-Up (1966): I've seen Blow Out though. (note: I retired Verhoeven Slot as I've now seen most of his 'classics,' ie Robocop, Starship Troopers, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Elle...) De-Shamed: Scarface (1983); The King of Comedy (1982); Taxi Driver (1976); Jackie Brown (1997); The Third Man (1949); Escape from New York (1981); Mean Streets (1973); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); Sunset Boulevard (1950); The Fury (1978); Raging Bull (1980); Laura (1944); Psycho (1960); Citizen Kane (1941); Flesh+Blood (1985) (15)
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the_tasman_series posted:6. Seven Samurai (1954): Blatant kurosawa ripoff of a classic western Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Really glad I was able to catch this one in a theater, with only about 20 other people. A good Spielberg, but not quite top-tier for me. Could just be that it took so long to see and I responded a lot stronger to the Spielberg films of this era that I saw younger. It did still manage to hit the nostalgia real hard though. The homes in the movie were just so good and then when they got to Wyoming. As a kid, we lived not far from Devil's Tower so all of the shots there were really great for me. I knew the end of it got a little weird, but really liked that whole sequence. What's surprising to me though, is how a movie that ends like that was so big with a mainstream audience. My dad was not at all adventurous when it came to what he'd watch, but loved Close Encounters. 4/5 The Godfather Part 2 - Really great. Don't really know what else there is to say but I really liked the dramatic structure and the mirroring of Vito's building and Michael's destruction of the family. I'm not sure how the pacing will hold up on a re-watch but this time it worked perfectly. 5/5 List: Moonlight - hearing Barry Jenkins talk about Wong Kar Wai made me really want to see this in the theater, yet I never got around to it. Godzilla (1954) - need to see the original Early Summer - watched Late Spring earlier this year and really need to catch up on Ozu Citizen Kane - honestly, I don't feel that much shame at not having seen it but maybe I should Ran - it's been a while since I've watched any Kurosawa, need to finish off the big ones Psycho - more Hitchcock Yi Yi - I've realized Edward Yang is the best, and this is his most well-known. I think it is also the only Chinese-language film in the Criterion Collection (a depressingly short list) I haven't seen Goodbye, Dragon Inn - been watching a lot of Taiwanese films lately, I should probably check out Tsai Ming-liang. Also it's probably not too relevant, but I loved Dragon Inn The Exorcist - horror slot Faces - i bought the Criterion Cassavetes set because i loved A Woman Under the Influence, but haven't watched any of the others yet Completed(11): A Nightmare on Elm Street [4/5], Vertigo [5/5], Repulsion [4/5], Last Year at Marienbad [5/5], Blade Runner[4/5], Akira [5/5], Rear Window [5/5], A Brighter Summer Day [5/5], Rosemary's Baby [5/5], Close Encounters of the Third Kind [4/5], The Godfather Part 2 [5/5] letterboxd
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FancyMike posted:I wouldn't call this one a ripoff of anything. 
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FancyMike - Lots of great choices, but I'm going to have to go with Citizen Kane on this one. Enjoy! _________________________ I just watched Eyes Wide Shut. Franchescanado posted:Keep in mind that it's not all meant to be taken seriously--a thing I think audiences missed when it first came out. I'm not sure how they could have. "What would you recommend?" killed me. I am dead now. This was a weird/fun one. A sex comedy where neither the main character nor his wife have sex with anyone through the whole movie, despite literally everyone else they meet loving literally all the time. Bill's pseudo-escapades reminded me a lot of the early parts of The Graduate for his crippling awkwardness (see above). It's also completely unclear how much of the things we see actually happen, without the movie ever coming out and saying that directly. It talks a lot about people making up stories and leaving blanks for people to fill in, and the characters get mad about each other's dreams, so that only adds to the confusion. In conclusion, this had more satanists(?) than I expected from a Christmas movie, the end. _________________________ My Shame List: 1) La Dolce Vita: 8 1/2 was good. How about another Fellini? (added 1/4/14) 2) Birth of a Nation: Continuing the "know thy enemy" series. (added 3/11/14) 3) Night of the Hunter: Don't know much about this beyond the knuckle tattoos. (added 5/5/14) 4) First Blood: Not what you'd expect from a Rambo movie, apparently. (added 7/20/14) 5) Scarface: The inspirational story of a small businessman who prospers in spite of Big Government regulations. Or something. (added 7/20/14) 6) House (1977): Has a cool poster and a reputation. I have intentionally avoided knowing anything about it, since it seems like the kind of movie to watch completely blind. (added 8/2/2016) 7) The Searchers: I think I have enough of a grounding in classical westerns to appreciate this one, at this point. (added 8/21/17) 8) The Thin Blue Line: I've liked the Errol Morris films I've seen so far. (added 8/23/17) 9) Enter the Dragon: I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing. Now accepting sub/dub recommendations. (added 8/30/17) 10) Beyond the Black Rainbow: Everything I've heard about this was actually about Enter the Void instead. People in CineD compared it to Upstream color though, so I'm in. (added 9/10/17) De-Shamed (58) [Top picks in bold]: The Thing, Casino Royale, Blue Velvet, Metropolis, Unforgiven, The Rock, Jurassic Park, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Shining, Videodrome, Inglourious Basterds, Battleship Potemkin, Con Air, Mulholland Drive, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Taxi Driver, Prometheus, Pan's Labyrinth, 8 1/2, Casino, Starship Troopers, The Big Lebowski, Nosferatu, Oldboy, 12 Angry Men, Drive, No Country for Old Men, The Exorcist, Ed Wood, Face/Off, Koyaanisqatsi, Kung Fu Hustle, Jacob's Ladder, Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Unbreakable, Lost Highway, Man with a Movie Camera, The General, Dog Day Afternoon, Forbidden Planet, Solaris, Triumph of the Will, Total Recall, The Graduate, Chinatown, Children of Men, Days of Heaven, Rocky, The Long Good Friday, The Fly, Galaxy Quest, Stalker, Evil Dead 2, Rio Grande, The Act of Killing, Superman, Eyes Wide Shut
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Goon Danton posted:6) House (1977): Has a cool poster and a reputation. I have intentionally avoided knowing anything about it, since it seems like the kind of movie to watch completely blind. (added 8/2/2016) Citizen Kane - Everything there is to be said has been, and I found it a good reminder that classics are classics for a reason. Ignoring any lasting influence or technical marvel, it's still compelling drama and a joy to watch. 5/5 List: Moonlight - hearing Barry Jenkins talk about Wong Kar Wai made me really want to see this in the theater, yet I never got around to it. Godzilla (1954) - need to see the original Early Summer - watched Late Spring earlier this year and really need to catch up on Ozu Ran - it's been a while since I've watched any Kurosawa, need to finish off the big ones Psycho - more Hitchcock Yi Yi - I've realized Edward Yang is the best, and this is his most well-known. I think it is also the only Chinese-language film in the Criterion Collection (a depressingly short list) I haven't seen Goodbye, Dragon Inn - been watching a lot of Taiwanese films lately, I should probably check out Tsai Ming-liang. Also it's probably not too relevant, but I loved Dragon Inn The Exorcist - horror slot Faces - i bought the Criterion Cassavetes set because i loved A Woman Under the Influence, but haven't watched any of the others yet Rio Bravo - know the song, never saw the film Completed(12): A Nightmare on Elm Street [4/5], Vertigo [5/5], Repulsion [4/5], Last Year at Marienbad [5/5], Blade Runner[4/5], Akira [5/5], Rear Window [5/5], A Brighter Summer Day [5/5], Rosemary's Baby [5/5], Close Encounters of the Third Kind [4/5], The Godfather Part 2 [5/5], Citizen Kane [5/5] letterboxd
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FancyMike posted:Godzilla (1954) - need to see the original They should name a hurricane after him. Marnie - Marnie (Tippi Hedren) is an identity thief, conwoman and is jealous but she also has a fear of the color red and a fear of thunderclaps. The important point is that she has powerful skeletons in her closet. She lives in the business world back when businessmen could grope and kiss their female subordinates on a whim without repercussion. So when Mark Rutland (Sean Connery) shows up with foreknowledge of her criminal escapades he plays the hunter and decides to rehabilitate her himself. Somewhat common characters in a unique and precarious pairing. It's a crazy notion in itself but it's hard to con a conman or another crazy person. Mark: "Let's back up and turn that Mt. Everest of manure into a few facts." Marriage isn't always easy if you want to see things through. Buying someone a huge and sparkling 6.5 carat/$42K ring doesn't always help. The film has a decent amount of tension and in some respects it's a female version of Catch Me If You Can and plays out like a reverse Gone Girl. More could be said on other characters, quotes and events. And I haven't even gotten into the conniving Lil (Diane Baker). If I wanted to be hard on the film I could say it's not quite Psycho or Vertigo for a variety of picky reasons but it's merely Hitchcock's regression to the mean. You can't top perfection. Also watched another film featuring a unique marriage: True Romance - In hindsight it's very easy to see QTs dialogue, writing and influence constrained within a Tony Scott film that has a look similar to his Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). So it's a transitional fossil in that regard. Clarence (Christian Slater) is a fish out of water and out of his element. The typical movie/comic book aficionado isn't going to be a crime expert in practice so he makes a lot of questionable and dumb maneuvers as he tries to offload a large amount of cocaine with his new wife (Patricia Arquette). Of course the violent Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper segment sticks out for most but there are a TON of memorable individual performances. Too many to list among this star-studded cast. James Bond versus Godzilla (25/64 completed): Godzilla vs. Gigan - Godzilla XII. Kind of interested to see this one as I've heard very little about it. Only twenty or so to go. 7/27/17 MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year (25/26 completed): 2017 Beauty and the Beast - I've seen the 1946 and 1991 films so this hasn't been a high priority. But completionism dictates that I watch this at some point. 9/4/17 BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest American Films (93/100 completed): new #43 Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - Going in without any preconceived notions. 9/11/17 #58 The Shop Around the Corner - Hopefully it's funny. 7/15/17 #64 Johnny Guitar - Sounds like an atypical western. 7/15/17 #70 The Band Wagon - A musical comedy. 8/22/17 #72 The Shanghai Gesture - I've never seen a Josef von Sternberg film. 8/14/17#98 Heaven’s Gate - I've seen Days of Heaven and Gates of Heaven but not this one. 6/27/17 Empire's 100 Greatest Movies (99/100 completed): #62 La La Land - To live and die in Time for another new category: Esquire's 75 Movies Every Man Should See (57/75 completed): new #58 The Misfits - The last film appearance for both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. One of the last for Montgomery Clift. Three Hollywood legends gone before their time. 9/11/17 Zogo fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Sep 12, 2017 |
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The Passion of Anna Oh, I liked this! I know it's one of Bergman's "lesser" movies, but even when he's making a cinematic doodle to put off burning down a house built for a previous film (apparently an ecological requirement on Faro) he has an appealing organic quality. Like a good playwright, he has a way of making the detailed, small stuff entertaining and stimulating, there's no empty dialogue or filler conversation, everything enlightens and colors the film. I love the crude, learned meanness of his characters, the way they despair and slog in their toxic, cyclical thought processes that wear away their own world. I love the way they lie to each other, present scars, nitpick and nag and joust. They're both neatly collected and antagonistically fractious, which makes them a pleasure to watch. In one excellent scene, Bibi Andersson describes her belief in god, and, when asked if she still believes in him, she turns to her husband and says, "Do I?" In another, the main character (von Sydow) visits his photographer friend (Erland Josephson looking forbiddingly eerie in a turtleneck and no beard), who discusses, in his shallowly sarcastic way, the method of his photography, that he doesn't pretend to think he could capture a person's soul in a photograph, merely a collection of symbols that rise within the moment. He tells him that a photograph can't even capture extreme pain, and shows him a picture of his wife, who is smiling serenely even though she is suffering from the onset of a massive migraine. In another scene, von Sydow and Ullmann visit a hermetic friend who is accused of brutally killing animals on the island. They ask him why he doesn't simply leave, and he says, "Where would I go?" These are island people, both isolated and trapped. These symbols emerge from the movie like ships in the fog, demanding attention, and forming a loose fleet of ideas. Can we truly know another person? Is it possible to really share ourselves, even with god? Bergman documents a failure of community, and the dual appeal and horror of faith. His characters suffer, lodged firmly between existence and nonexistence - not even placid inaction can save them. Also, it's really pretty:     9/10 shamezone 1) A Poem Is A Naked Person - more les blank! 2) A Room With A View - yeah 3) No End - poland 1 4) The Pillow Book - greenaway 5) The Entertainer - ?? 6) Ashes and Diamonds - poland 2 7) The Rite - closing the bergman gap 8) Veronika Voss - plowing forward with fassbinder 9) Meantime - 80s underground 10) Brute Force - blast hardcheese [full list] Floating Weeds 9/10, Daisies 8/10, Stray Dog 8/10, Victim 6/10, Man Bites Dog 9/10, Night and Fog 10/10, Weekend 8/10, Jubilee 10/10, Sans Soleil 10/10, Candidate 8/10, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 10/10, The Freshman 5/10, Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers 10/10, Branded to Kill 8/10, In Heaven There Is No Beer? 10/10, Blood Simple 10/10, The Marriage of Maria Braun 7/10, A Day In The Country 7/10, A Brief History of Time 10/10, Gates of Heaven 10/10, The Thin Blue Line 10/10, The Fog of War 10/10, My Beautiful Laundrette 10/10, Blind Chance 8/10, My Winnipeg 10/10, The River 7/10, Odd Man Out 8/10, The Passion of Anna 9/10 (total: 129) zogo gets la la land
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Magic Hate Ball posted:10) Brute Force - blast hardcheese This sounds like fun. Cheers! Chimes at Midnight I'm going to be honest rather than try to sound like I know what I'm talking about : I'm a Welles guy first, and a Shakespeare guy second.... or third.. or tenth. I haven't exposed myself to any Shakespeare at all in years, having blind-bought this for Welles and Welles only. I figured I'd be fine to see it and move through the narrative well enough while finding other aspects to appreciate. In actuality, I could not follow a bit of what was taking place. Shakespeare is simply not for me - and Welles' immense presence on screen was more a distraction than anything else. LIST Avanti! [1972 - 140mins] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. The Big City [1963 - 122mins] - (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. Cactus Flower [1969 - 103mins] - (2017.04.28) - more Walter Matthau, and with Ingrid Bergman! Castle in the Sky [1986 - 124mins] - **NEW** (2017.09.17) - I'll keep one slot open for animation from now on... and any unseen Miyazaki is shameful enough. The Conformist [1970 - 113mins] - (2017.06.07) - one of the more acclaimed Italian films I've been meaning to see for years. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964 - 133mins] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! My Darling Clementine [1946 - 97mins] - (2017.09.02) - Westerns still aren't a top priority, even after loving just about every one I watch. Ordet [1955 - 126mins] - (2017.07.16) - continuing my trend of digging into my blind-bought Criterion boxsets. Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), Run Lola Run (4/5), Chimes at Midnight (2/5), [Total:171]
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So again I post after Friendo, of whose list I've seen none, but if you've meant to watch The Conformist [1970 - 113mins] for years, then it's about time you did. Platoon Charlie Sheen is a naive young rich guy who enlists to fight in Vietnam. He has ideas about duty and the noble poor soldier and he's our surrogate for the film. His loss of innocence is impactful and well paced. It feels very authentic (unsurprising as Stone was a Vietnam vet himself) and unheroic. There are biting ants and mud and rain and a constant threat of death from ambush or booby trap. Soldiers try to get out of fighting through legitimate means or otherwise, and these are some of the most humanising moments. The film's strength lies in the characters rather than the plot. There's no important mission or general involved. Nothing these people do matter to the war's outcome and this also helps keep the war grounded and realistic. The real conflict is between two factions within the platoon: Sergeant Barnes, the scarred, hardened veteran and Sergeant Elias, the disillusioned stoner. Berenger and Dafoe excel in these roles and whenever they share screentime the film is gripping. My List: 1) (highest ranked imdb) American History X 2) (classic comedy) City Lights I've only seen one Chaplin before and I liked it 3) (animation) My Neighbour Totoro I've enjoyed a couple of Ghibli films in the past 4) (Academy Award winner) Birdman The most recent non-animated thing I've seen starring Michael Keaton is goddamn Jack Frost and he deserves better 5) (foreign language) Rashomon I like the premise 6) (war) Das Boot A war seen from the other side 7) (Horror) Friday 13th One of the most famous horror franchises and I've never seen any of them 8) (sci fi/fantasy) Time Bandits I understand Gilliam considered this the first in a thematic trilogy, and the only one that didn't bomb at the box office, so I'll start here 9) (epic) Ben Hur (1959) Probably the first thing that comes into my head when I think of the term 'epic film' 10) (wildcard) Deliverance  Watched: Taxi Driver; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Iron Giant; Platoon
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Sep 19, 2017 13:57
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bitterandtwisted posted:1) (highest ranked imdb) American History X #5 for you. La La Land - A film about the melancholic struggles of newcomers to Tinseltown. Two people among millions of unknown artists desperate for success and fame. One a junky jazz man who's accustomed to singing light, sleepy and airy arias. The other an aspiring actress quickly losing confidence in the midst of audition interruptions. The main characters are plagued by frequent interruptions by phones, car horns and other mishaps. In a film that's basically unperilous the conflicts between the two protagonists almost feel like they belong in another film. One of the cool moments is when they're watching Rebel Without a Cause and the print melts. So the characters just hop in a car and go to the actual planetarium from that film.  A memorable meta moment.Ultimately, it spins the old lie that success is right around the corner. Life's a bed of roses or a bowlful of cherries...eventually. No, most artists are going to end up on skid row if they don't fall back and retreat to something else. It's like that mistaken film Hacksaw Ridge that praises a guy for rescuing people so that they can be cannon fodder another day. The ending five minute fantasy segment was a little reminiscent of that film Cabaret. At different points I was reminded of three songs from earlier this century that touch on what the characters are going through: Tell Me Baby by Red Hot Chili Peppers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDNcL1VP3rY Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c Hollywood by Madonna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGa3vDaydZQ James Bond versus Godzilla (25/64 completed): Godzilla vs. Gigan - Godzilla XII. Kind of interested to see this one as I've heard very little about it. Only twenty or so to go. 7/27/17 MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year (25/26 completed): 2017 Beauty and the Beast - I've seen the 1946 and 1991 films so this hasn't been a high priority. But completionism dictates that I watch this at some point. 9/4/17 BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest American Films (93/100 completed): #43 Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - Going in without any preconceived notions. 9/11/17 #58 The Shop Around the Corner - Hopefully it's funny. 7/15/17 #64 Johnny Guitar - Sounds like an atypical western. 7/15/17 #70 The Band Wagon - A musical comedy. 8/22/17 #72 The Shanghai Gesture - I've never seen a Josef von Sternberg film. 8/14/17#98 Heaven’s Gate - I've seen Days of Heaven and Gates of Heaven but not this one. 6/27/17 Esquire's 75 Movies Every Man Should See (56/74 completed): new #34 Shakes the Clown - Bobcat Goldthwait writes, directs and stars in this one. 9/19/17 #58 The Misfits - The last film appearance for both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. One of the last for Montgomery Clift. Three Hollywood legends gone before their time. 9/11/17 Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Zogo posted:2017 Beauty and the Beast American History X I don't much like disturbingly violent scenes in films. It's not that I think they're never justified, I'm just a wuss. The kerb biting scene is one reason I hadn't watched this before now. Edward Norton stars as a neo-Nazi who learns the error of his ways in prison and tries to stop his younger brother following down the same path. He sells the transformation really well. I think it works because while he was a total rear end in a top hat before prison, there were always hints of humanity underneath it. This contrasts with his Nazi friends, who are all defined by their hatred and are rather flat characters. This is fine in the case of the bug exterminator, who was just some guy Derek hung out with and now wants shot of, or the ringleader, Cam, but the girlfriend subplot didn't work that well for me because of this. It seemed like there was meant to be some tension over whether she'd choose him or the group, but there wasn't any, and it's hard to see why he bothered trying. We never see any tenderness in their relationship, no hint that it's more than sex and a shared hatred. Edward Furlong is good in this as a kid who is smart but impressionable as wet clay, and his relationship with his brother is convincing, which is essential as it's the basis for both characters' start on the road to redemption. The ending was a gut punch. My List: 1) (highest ranked imdb) Life is Beautiful 2) (classic comedy) City Lights I've only seen one Chaplin before and I liked it 3) (animation) My Neighbour Totoro I've enjoyed a couple of Ghibli films in the past 4) (Academy Award winner) Birdman The most recent non-animated thing I've seen starring Michael Keaton is goddamn Jack Frost 5) (foreign language) Rashomon I like the premise 6) (war) Das Boot A war seen from the other side 7) (Horror) Friday 13th One of the most famous horror franchises and I've never seen any of them 8) (sci fi/fantasy) Time Bandits I understand Gilliam considered this the first in a thematic trilogy, and the only one that didn't bomb at the box office, so I'll start here 9) (epic) Ben Hur (1959) Probably the first thing that comes into my head when I think of the term 'epic film' 10) (wildcard) Deliverance Watched (5): Taxi Driver; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Iron Giant; Platoon; American History X
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bitterandtwisted posted:2) (classic comedy) City Lights I've only seen one Chaplin before and I liked it Godzilla (1954) - My only previous experience with Godzilla was some hazy childhood memories of late night tv marathons and last years Shin Godzilla (very good). I knew going in that it was supposed to be a lot more about the people and nuclear power than the monster itself, but even so I was a bit surprised at how straightforward the commentary was. Instead of the more abstract metaphor I expected there was frank discussion about whether Japan had brought this destruction upon itself. It was a bleak and harrowing experience that I found very impactful. I watched the Criterion blu-ray and it looked so good. The effects are great and mood is set perfectly. 5/5 List: Moonlight - hearing Barry Jenkins talk about Wong Kar Wai made me really want to see this in the theater, yet I never got around to it. Early Summer - watched Late Spring earlier this year and really need to catch up on Ozu Ran - it's been a while since I've watched any Kurosawa, need to finish off the big ones Psycho - more Hitchcock Yi Yi - I've realized Edward Yang is the best, and this is his most well-known. I think it is also the only Chinese-language film in the Criterion Collection (a depressingly short list) I haven't seen Goodbye, Dragon Inn - been watching a lot of Taiwanese films lately, I should probably check out Tsai Ming-liang. Also it's probably not too relevant, but I loved Dragon Inn The Exorcist - horror slot Faces - i bought the Criterion Cassavetes set because i loved A Woman Under the Influence, but haven't watched any of the others yet Rio Bravo - know the song, never saw the film Cleo from 5 to 7 - haven't seen any yet from Agnes Varda Completed(13): A Nightmare on Elm Street [4/5], Vertigo [5/5], Repulsion [4/5], Last Year at Marienbad [5/5], Blade Runner[4/5], Akira [5/5], Rear Window [5/5], A Brighter Summer Day [5/5], Rosemary's Baby [5/5], Close Encounters of the Third Kind [4/5], The Godfather Part 2 [5/5], Citizen Kane [5/5], Godzilla [5/5] letterboxd
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Check this outFancyMike posted:
City Lights The Tramp falls in love with a blind girl who thinks he's a millionaire. The slapstick humour is laugh out loud funny, but underneath that we have the character of the Tramp, who has a tender innocence that makes us feel for him. There's nothing cynical or mean in his nature. In contrast, we have the millionaire, whose life the Tramp saves. The millionaire is far more worldly and thoroughly unhappy. He tries to show the Tramp good times money can buy, and of course the Tramp is hopelessly out of place at a high class party. The Tramp just wants to help people and that's the only utility he sees in money The end reveal is sweet, moving and importantly feels earned. My List: 1) (highest ranked imdb) Life is Beautiful 2) (classic comedy) Duck Soup I've never seen a Marx Brothers film 3) (animation) My Neighbour Totoro I've enjoyed a couple of Ghibli films in the past 4) (Academy Award winner) Birdman Last Michael Keaton film I saw was Jack Frost. Yeah. 5) (foreign language) Rashomon I like the premise 6) (war) Das Boot A war seen from the other side 7) (Horror) Friday 13th One of the most famous horror franchises and I've never seen any of them 8) (sci fi/fantasy) Time Bandits I understand Gilliam considered this the first in a thematic trilogy, and the only one that didn't bomb at the box office, so I'll start here 9) (epic) Ben Hur (1959) Probably the first thing that comes into my head when I think of the term 'epic film' 10) (wildcard) Deliverance Watched (6): Taxi Driver; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Iron Giant; Platoon; American History X; City Lights
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bitterandtwisted posted:3) (animation) My Neighbour Totoro I've enjoyed a couple of Ghibli films in the past I get to pick one for you this time.... and this was a no brainer for me. Cheers! The Conformist Vittorio Storaro. He is the star of The Conformist. His cinematography is that good, that I paused it so much to appreciate one shot after another to the point where any impact the narrative could've had went away. I guess him and director Bernardo Bertolucci collaborated quite a bit together, and I'd love to see if they come close to what they did here. Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as Marcello Clerici, a Fascist government employee who brings his new wife Guilia (Stefania Sandrelli) from Italy to Paris, France to play nice with a former teacher Prof. Quadri (Enzo Tarascio) - only to assassinate him. This whole setup gets slightly muddled thanks to Quadri's wife Anna (Dominique Sanda) and Marcello's bodyguard Mangianello (Gastone Moschin). Again, the substance takes a backseat to the style here - or I could've just been so enamoured with each sequence, that a 2nd viewing will benefit me. LIST Avanti! [1972 - 140mins] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. The Big City [1963 - 122mins] - (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. Cactus Flower [1969 - 103mins] - (2017.04.28) - my Walter Matthau choice, and with Ingrid Bergman! Castle in the Sky [1986 - 124mins] - (2017.09.17) - I'll keep one slot open for animation from now on... and any unseen Miyazaki is shameful enough. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964 - 133mins] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! Life Itself [2014 - 120mins] - **NEW** (2017.09.30) - gonna make a spot for documentaries.. so why haven't I watched this yet, again? My Darling Clementine [1946 - 97mins] - (2017.09.02) - Westerns still aren't a top priority, even after loving just about every one I watch. Ordet [1955 - 126mins] - (2017.07.16) - continuing my trend of digging into my blind-bought Criterion boxsets. Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), Run Lola Run (4/5), Chimes at Midnight (2/5), The Conformist (4.5/5), [Total:172] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 13:22 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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friendo55 posted:Castle in the Sky [1986 - 124mins] - **NEW** (2017.09.17) - I'll keep one slot open for animation from now on... and any unseen Miyazaki is shameful enough. This one could be turned into an Indiana Jones film. Beauty and the Beast - There have been so many adaptations of this film. I have a good memory of watching the 1991 film in a theater as a youngster. This one follows closely to that film although it's more operatic and fleshes out the characters and their backgrounds a little more. Both Belle and the Beast have homages to their mothers dying as one example. The songs and score are mainly the same from the earlier Disney film as well. Belle lives in a silly town full of ignoramuses so when she finds a Beast with a big library it's the beginning of an unlikely pairing. Groveling Gaston is funny at first but does turn into a major villain in the end. The Beast is misunderstood by the townsfolk (like Frankenstein's Monster or Harry from Harry and the Hendersons (1987)). Side notes: -An impressive (and impressively hidden) cast. -I found this one to have particularly quick cuts at various points. -Most menacing beast introduction yet. -CGI continues to get closer to perfection. James Bond versus Godzilla (25/64 completed): Godzilla vs. Gigan - Godzilla XII. Kind of interested to see this one as I've heard very little about it. Only twenty or so to go. 7/27/17 BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest American Films (93/100 completed): #43 Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - Going in without any preconceived notions. 9/11/17 #58 The Shop Around the Corner - Hopefully it's funny. 7/15/17 #64 Johnny Guitar - Sounds like an atypical western. 7/15/17 #70 The Band Wagon - A musical comedy. 8/22/17 #72 The Shanghai Gesture - I've never seen a Josef von Sternberg film. 8/14/17#98 Heaven’s Gate - I've seen Days of Heaven and Gates of Heaven but not this one. 6/27/17 Esquire's 75 Movies Every Man Should See (56/74 completed): #34 Shakes the Clown - Bobcat Goldthwait writes, directs and stars in this one. 9/19/17 new #40 Fatal Attraction - Something about rabbits. 10/1/17 #58 The Misfits - The last film appearance for both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. One of the last for Montgomery Clift. Three Hollywood legends gone before their time. 9/11/17
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Zogo posted:#64 Johnny Guitar - Sounds like an atypical western. 7/15/17 This is one I've always been intruiged to see too. Hopefully it's a good one! Castle in the Sky Like all Miyazaki films, there isn't much else to say other than this: if you've yet to see one, what is wrong with you? And if you've seen two or more, you know what you're in for: stunningly detailed & colourful hand-drawn animation, believable characters, and fantastical worlds like no other. Here, we follow Sheeta, who with the help of a boy Pazu, escape the cluctches of those after her all-powerful crystal - a family heirloom from the floating city of Laputa. Even if some of it's sillier moments - from Pazu carelessly falling through a brick roof and laughing it off, to two men fighting by who can rip muscles through their shirt the most - it's all part of it's charm and somehow fits this wild action-adventure. I can't really put it into words other than.... you just need to see it. On the big screen if possible - or blu-ray. LIST Avanti! [1972 - 140mins] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. (Jack Lemmon) The Big City [1963 - 122mins] - (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. (Criterion) Cactus Flower [1969 - 103mins] - (2017.04.28) - my Walter Matthau choice, and with Ingrid Bergman! (Walter Matthau) Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964 - 133mins] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! (Bette Davis) Life Itself [2014 - 120mins] - (2017.09.30) - gonna make a spot for documentaries.. so why haven't I watched this yet, again? (documentary) My Darling Clementine [1946 - 97mins] - (2017.09.02) - Westerns still aren't a top priority, even after loving just about every one I watch. (western) Ordet [1955 - 126mins] - (2017.07.16) - a Trilogy I've long been wanting to dive into. (blind-boxsets) Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... (unwatched DVD) Watership Down [1978 - 88mins] - **NEW** (2017.10.01) - bought the old DVD, long before Criterion's release, and yet it sits unwatched. Why? I'm not sure. (animated) *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), Run Lola Run (4/5), Chimes at Midnight (2/5), The Conformist (4.5/5), Castle in the Sky (5/5), [Total:173]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still didn't do it for me. It wasn't boring, and I liked the little touches of Klaatu exploring the world and learning about what people are like. Also I got a chuckle when doctors marveled at how good the aliens' medicine was while lighting cigarettes. But the message was hypocritical and unpleasant in a way the filmmakers clearly didn't intend. The liner notes complained that the film was controversial because "they didn't like our pro-peace message," but peace isn't what they were advocating. Klaatu was practicing imperialism. If, say, an American president were to threaten a small country with annihilation if they didn't stop fighting, we wouldn't see that president as a peacemaker. Klaatu came from another planet ("probably Mars or Venus," which made me laugh) to swing his big stick and threaten people rather than even trying to understand them. And apparently the solution to war is to build an unaccountable race of super-robots that will kill anyone who seems threatening. I look at something like the Black Lives Matter movement and think "what's needed is for the police to be more trigger-happy and less accountable." I was also confused by the contradictions in Klaatu's methods. He says he doesn't want to get involved in Earth politics, but his first act (that gets him shot) is to offer a gift to the president of the USA specifically? Why does he need to gather all the world leaders together? Couldn't he just broadcast a message over worldwide TV? The whole thing suffers from "idiot plot," in that it was all just a vehicle for Klaatu to give a speech which he could have done in the first ten minutes if he hadn't been an idiot. I guess he was trying to be respectful at first by meeting face-to-face, but then he tells the scientist that if they can't get everyone together to listen to him then he'll destroy the earth. Whatever. I give it two stars for having decent acting and competent direction, plus coining a phrase for Ash Williams, but I can't give it any more because the morals ticked me off. Rating: 2/4 116. Boogie Nights- Uh, porn is bad. You shouldn't watch porn, m'kay? 120. The Straight Story- Doug Walker described this as "a movie that seems really slow and tedious until you get to the end, and then you realize everything that happened was for a reason." So that interested me. Also, it's by David Lynch, who ranges from excellent (Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks Season One) to pretty good (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks Season Two). No, I've never seen Dune, why do you ask? 124. The Rules of the Game- I opened the They Shoot Pictures list, and this is number five. I've never even heard of it. 132. Five Easy Pieces- Continuing the Ebert list, I somehow skipped over this one. 133. The Stepford Wives- I recently saw Get Out, and I highly recommend it. I've seen a lot of comparisons to The Stepford Wives, and while I basically know what it's about I still think I should see it. 135. Man with a Movie Camera- Fourth wall? Never heard of it. 139. Birth of a Nation: Oh, boy, this is the big one. This is not a movie you watch for fun, but it's a movie that needs to be seen by anyone who cares about film history. 140. Inland Empire: Want some more David Lynch. 141. Drag Me to Hell: A horror film by Sam Raimi. I like both of those things! 142. Frankenstein: One of the foundations of film horror and sci-fi. I've read the book, but I know this monster doesn't give eloquent speeches or read Paradise Lost. Okay, tell me what I'm watching! [sub]Shame relieved: The Godfather: 3.5/4, The Godfather Part II: 4/4, Taxi Driver: 4/4, Casablanca: 4/4, Duck Soup: 2/4, Pulp Fiction: 4/4, Barton Fink: 3.5/4, Annie Hall:3/4, Rashomon: 4/4, Blade Runner: 3.5/4, Chinatown: 4/4, Nashville: 3.5/4, Goodfellas: 4/4, The Seven Samurai: 4/4, Superman: 2/4, The Exorcist: 3/4, A Face in the Crowd: 3.5/4, The Seventh Seal: 2.5/4, Treasure of the Sierra Madre: 3.5/4, Apocalypse Now: 4/4, 2001: A Space Odyssey: 2.5/4, The Deer Hunter: 3/4, Schindler's List: 4/4, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: 3/4, Young Frankenstein: 3.5/4, Yojimbo: 3.5/4, Brazil: 3.5/4, Hamlet: 4/4, The Aviator: 4/4, Rocky: 3.5/4, Gandhi: 3.5/4, City Lights: 4/4, Battleship Potemkin: 3.5/4, Predator: 3/4, Easy Rider: 1.5/4, Platoon: 3.5/4, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: 4/4, Get Carter: 3.5/4, Full Metal Jacket: 4/4, My Dinner with Andre: 4/4, Lethal Weapon: 3/4, 3 Women: 4/4, Ikiru: 4/4, The Maltese Falcon: 2.5/4, Midnight Cowboy: 3/4, Gattaca: 4/4, Gone with the Wind: 3/4, Jaws: 4/4, The Bicycle Thief: 3/4, Sophie's Choice: 2/4, On the Waterfront: 4/4, North by Northwest: 3.5/4, Stagecoach: 3.5/4, E.T.: 2/4, Nosferatu: 4/4, Lawrence of Arabia: 4/4, Dirty Harry: 1/4, Vertigo: 3.5/4, Rebecca: 4/4, The Pink Panther: 3/4, Children of Men: 4/4, Wings of Desire: 3/4, Metropolis: 3.5/4, Born on the Fourth of July: 4/4, The Bridge on the River Kwai: 3.5/4, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 4/4, Being John Malkovich: 3/4, Adaptation: 4/4, Bonnie and Clyde: 4/4, Goldfinger: 3/4, A Streetcar Named Desire: 4/4, Dog Day Afternoon: 3.5/4, Leon: The Professional: 4/4, 8 1/2: 3/4, Mulholland Drive: 4/4, 12 Angry Men: 4/4, Safety Last: 3.5/4, Dogville: 4/4, The Rapture: 2/4, Blue Velvet: 3/4, Irreversible: 4/4, Airplane!: 3.5/4, Tokyo Story: 2.5/4, Big Trouble in Little China: 3.5/4, American Psycho: 3.5/4, Dr. Zhivago: 3/4, Leaving Las Vegas:4/4, The Bourne Identity: 4/4, Out of Africa: 3/4, The Usual Suspects: 3/4, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: 4/4, Rain Man: 3.5/4, The Lost Weekend: 3.5/4, Ratatouille: 3/4, City of God: 4/4, Ed Wood: 4/4, Top Gun: 2.5/4, Trois Couleurs: Bleu: 3.5/4, The Hidden Fortess: 3/4, First Blood: 4/4, The Ten Commandments:3.5/4, Patton: 3.5/4, The Bourne Supremacy:3.5/4, King Lear (1983): 2.5/4, Repo Man: 2.5/4, King Kong: 3.5/4, Wall Street: 3/4, The Blues Brothers: 2/4, Trois Couleurs: Blanc: 2.5/4, Trois Couleurs: Rouge: 3.5/4, Animal House: 1.5/4, Ben-Hur: 3.5/4, Gojira: 4/4, Sunset Boulevard: 3.5/4, Falling Down: 4/4, The Night of the Hunter: 3.5/4, Ran: 4/4, The Battle of Algiers: 4/4, Z: 3/4, The Great Escape: 2.5/4, Cries and Whispers: 4/4, Enchanted: 3.5/4, Judgment at Nuremberg: 4/4, Cool Hand Luke:3/4, Scenes from a Marriage: 4/4, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): 4/4, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978): 3.5/4, The Bourne Ultimatum: 3.5/4, F for Fake: 4/4, Spartacus: 4/4, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang: 4/4, Sunrise: 3.5/4, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer: 1.5/4, Cloud Atlas: 4/4, Throne of Blood: 2.5/4, Forbidden Planet: 3/4, The Day the Earth Stood Still: 2/4
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Jurgan posted:
You, uhh, gotta tell me what I'm watching first!
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friendo55 posted:You, uhh, gotta tell me what I'm watching first! Hmm, good idea. I've seen two movies on that list and liked one of them, so watch Watership Down.
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Jurgan, It's almost Halloween. See Frankenstein. Just saw Strangers on a Train. Decent Hitchcock thriller. Good premise, but seems to fall off partway through. Just had trouble really caring about Guy Haynes and whatever happened to him. Bruno Antony was somewhat more interesting, though psychotic. The tennis match Guy plays just seemed long and drawn out, and was a transparent attempt to increase the tension, as was when the cop accidentally shot the carousal operator. What kind of idiot does that? My List: The Shootist - Feel like it's time for another John Wayne movie. The Fast and the Furious- Haven't seen any of these films, and I haven't heard good things about them. I'll give the first one a try, though. Faust - Looking forward to another Murnau film. OLDEST Eraserhead - Seen a few Lynch movies, and I like what I've seen of them. This seems to be on a lot of people's lists. A Day at the Races - More Marx Brothers madness, please. The Cat Returns - Need to see some more Studio Ghibli. Sequel to Whisper of the Heart Stray Dog - Starting to run out of Kurosawa films. What a great director. Oklahoma - Don't know anything about it. Next on my musicals list. Die Nibelungen - Interested in seeing another Fritz Lang picture. Shadow of a Doubt - More Hitchcock here. NEWEST King Creole - Adding a new slot here for Elvis, Sinatra, Beatles movies. Starting with one of Elvis'. Movies Seen: Seven Samurai, Dune, Singin' in the Rain, Animal Crackers, Once Upon a Time in the West, Amadeus, Double Indemnity, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 12 Angry Men, Ed Wood, Sunset Boulevard, The Dark Knight, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Brazil, Rashomon, Yojimbo, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, M, Duck Soup, The Princess and the Frog, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Dracula, It's a Wonderful Life, Lawrence of Arabia, Ikiru, High and Low, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kagemusha, Best In Show, Modern Times, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Red Beard, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Cars, Cool Hand Luke, The Public Enemy, Time Bandits, Adaptation, The Producers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gone With The Wind, My Fair Lady, City Lights, A Christmas Carol(1951), Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, West Side Story, Caddyshack, My Neighbor Totoro, Throne of Blood, The Phantom of the Opera, Yellow Submarine, Little Caesar, The Third Man, The Godfather, Persepolis, The Godfather Part II, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Invisible Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Beautiful Mind, The Kid, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gold Rush, Metropolis, Rear Window, Enter the Dragon, Horse Feathers, The Great Dictator, Despicable Me, The Bad Sleep Well, The Wolf Man, Nosferatu, Patton, Howl's Moving Castle, The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Kiki's Delivery Service, The King's Speech, Grave of the Fireflies, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Graduate, Whisper of the Heart, The 39 Steps, Ran, Notorious, True Grit, North By Northwest, Rope, Dersu Uzala, Vertigo, Avatar, Gangs of New York, House of Wax, Wall Street, Life of Pi, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,The Big Lebowski, Dial M for Murder, V For Vendetta, King Kong, Dodesukaden, Labyrinth, Reds,Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,Strangers on a Train
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Dmitri Russkie posted:The Fast and the Furious- Haven't seen any of these films, and I haven't heard good things about them. I'll give the first one a try, though. Psycho - I was impressed by just how well this held up, especially knowing so much about it going in. It still feels like boundaries are being pushed. All of the actors, but especially Anthony Perkins, are great and the direction and camerawork are of course top notch. 5/5 List: Moonlight - hearing Barry Jenkins talk about Wong Kar Wai made me really want to see this in the theater, yet I never got around to it. Early Summer - watched Late Spring earlier this year and really need to catch up on Ozu Ran - it's been a while since I've watched any Kurosawa, need to finish off the big ones Yi Yi - I've realized Edward Yang is the best, and this is his most well-known. I think it is also the only Chinese-language film in the Criterion Collection (a depressingly short list) I haven't seen Goodbye, Dragon Inn - been watching a lot of Taiwanese films lately, I should probably check out Tsai Ming-liang. Also it's probably not too relevant, but I loved Dragon Inn The Exorcist - horror slot Faces - i bought the Criterion Cassavetes set because i loved A Woman Under the Influence, but haven't watched any of the others yet Rio Bravo - know the song, never saw the film Cleo from 5 to 7 - haven't seen any yet from Agnes Varda North by Northwest - more Hitchcock Completed(14): A Nightmare on Elm Street [4/5], Vertigo [5/5], Repulsion [4/5], Last Year at Marienbad [5/5], Blade Runner[4/5], Akira [5/5], Rear Window [5/5], A Brighter Summer Day [5/5], Rosemary's Baby [5/5], Close Encounters of the Third Kind [4/5], The Godfather Part 2 [5/5], Citizen Kane [5/5], Godzilla [5/5], Psycho [5/5] letterboxd
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FancyMike - It's October, get your horror on! Go watch The Exorcist. _________________________ I just watched House.  _________________________ My Shame List: 1) La Dolce Vita: 8 1/2 was good. How about another Fellini? (added 1/4/14) 2) Birth of a Nation: Continuing the "know thy enemy" series. (added 3/11/14) 3) Night of the Hunter: Don't know much about this beyond the knuckle tattoos. (added 5/5/14) 4) First Blood: Not what you'd expect from a Rambo movie, apparently. (added 7/20/14) 5) Scarface: The inspirational story of a small businessman who prospers in spite of Big Government regulations. Or something. (added 7/20/14) 6) The Searchers: I think I have enough of a grounding in classical westerns to appreciate this one, at this point. (added 8/21/17) 7) The Thin Blue Line: I've liked the Errol Morris films I've seen so far. (added 8/23/17) 8) Enter the Dragon: I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing. Now accepting sub/dub recommendations. (added 8/30/17) 9) Beyond the Black Rainbow: Everything I've heard about this was actually about Enter the Void instead. People in CineD compared it to Upstream color though, so I'm in. (added 9/10/17) 10) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): Horror slot. (added 10/4/2017) De-Shamed (59) [Top picks in bold]: The Thing, Casino Royale, Blue Velvet, Metropolis, Unforgiven, The Rock, Jurassic Park, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Shining, Videodrome, Inglourious Basterds, Battleship Potemkin, Con Air, Mulholland Drive, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Taxi Driver, Prometheus, Pan's Labyrinth, 8 1/2, Casino, Starship Troopers, The Big Lebowski, Nosferatu, Oldboy, 12 Angry Men, Drive, No Country for Old Men, The Exorcist, Ed Wood, Face/Off, Koyaanisqatsi, Kung Fu Hustle, Jacob's Ladder, Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Unbreakable, Lost Highway, Man with a Movie Camera, The General, Dog Day Afternoon, Forbidden Planet, Solaris, Triumph of the Will, Total Recall, The Graduate, Chinatown, Children of Men, Days of Heaven, Rocky, The Long Good Friday, The Fly, Galaxy Quest, Stalker, Evil Dead 2, Rio Grande, The Act of Killing, Superman, Eyes Wide Shut, House
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Goon Danton posted:3) Night of the Hunter: Don't know much about this beyond the knuckle tattoos. (added 5/5/14) This feels like the most essential to watch - and it's October. Enjoy! Watership Down Well one thing I know for sure - this certainly wasn't a Disney release. Though even on an old DVD release (long before Criterion put theirs out), I could still appreciate all of it's watercolour beauty & realism. It reminded me of Bambi, in that way, only not so polished - but it was great seeing all animals act & maneuver as animals with the exception of a few anthropomorphic touches. I loved both the real life vocabulary I wasn't familiar with (cowslip, warren) along with made up words by the rabbits (Owsla 'police force', hruududu for 'car', etc). Watership down certainly isn't a family feature - at least not for young kids, but serves as a great pick for both animation buffs and, going further, overall great storytelling. LIST Avanti! [1972 - 140mins] - (2017.06.07) - keeping a Jack Lemmon film on here with another Billy Wilder collaboration. (Jack Lemmon) The Big City [1963 - 122mins] - (2017.08.24) - I loved the Apu Trilogy & Charulata.... This is the obvious next film from Satyajit Ray to see. (Criterion) Cactus Flower [1969 - 103mins] - (2017.04.28) - my Walter Matthau choice, and with Ingrid Bergman! (Walter Matthau) Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964 - 133mins] - (2017.04.09) - replacing an early Bette Davis film with a later one - EDIT: and Olivia De Havilland just turned 101! (Bette Davis / Horror pick) Life Itself [2014 - 120mins] - (2017.09.30) - gonna make a spot for documentaries.. so why haven't I watched this yet, again? (documentary) My Darling Clementine [1946 - 97mins] - (2017.09.02) - Westerns still aren't a top priority, even after loving just about every one I watch. (western) Only Yesterday [1991 - 118 mins] - **NEW** (2017.10.05) - recently re-released and I've enjoyed 'Princess Kaguya from Isao Takahata (animated) Ordet [1955 - 126mins] - (2017.07.16) - a Trilogy I've long been wanting to dive into. (blind-boxsets) Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... (unwatched DVD) *Note - Watchmen has already been selected, just finishing up the comic first before watching [I really do need to get around to finishing this!]* De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), That Obscure Object of Desire (5/5), The Fountain (3/5), Malcolm X (4/5), Warrior (4/5), American Movie (4/5), Being There (4/5), Leaving Las Vegas (4.5/5), Rope (4/5), Ed Wood (4.5/5), American Hustle (2.5/5), The Man Who Knew Too Much (3.5/5), Mister Roberts (4/5), Charley Varrick (4/5), A Face in the Crowd (4.5/5), Farewell My Concubine (3.5/5), Slacker (3.5/5), Drugstore Cowboy (4.5/5), Love and Death (3.5/5), Fantastic Mr. Fox (4.5/5), A Scanner Darkly (4/5), Marketa Lazarova (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4.5/5), The Fly (5/5), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (5/5), King Kong (5/5), Gilda (3.5/5), Airplane! (4/5), Nobody Knows (4.5/5), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4.5/5), Dark Victory (3.5/5), Dead Man (4.5/5), Shane (4/5), Fail-Safe (4.5/5), It Should Happen To You! (4/5), I Killed My Mother (4/5), Bringing Up Baby (5/5), Happiness (1/5), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2.5/5), Russian Ark (4/5), Don't Look Now (3.5/5), Rome Open City (4/5), Let the Right One In (4.5/5), Woman in the Dunes (5/5), Brief Encounter (4.5/5), Night of the Living Dead (5/5), My Dinner with Andre (4/5), Inland Empire (1/5), A Matter of Life and Death (4.5/5), Broadcast News (4.5/5), The Last Detail (4/5), Run Lola Run (4/5), Chimes at Midnight (2/5), The Conformist (4.5/5), Castle in the Sky (5/5), Watership Down (4/5), [Total:174]
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friendo55 posted:Sophie's Choice [1982 - 150mins] - (2017.07.22) - I will never ever watch this unless I put it on here... (unwatched DVD) Now you're forced. Johnny Guitar - Funny, unique, unpredictable and chaotic being to describe how this is a fresh and new look for the genre. Also, the gender role reversals with the crazed mob leader Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge) chasing after the dominant Vienna (Joan Crawford). Another thing that stuck out was its similarity to Nightbreed (1990) where the "good guys" are misusing the law against the "bad guys." Sterling Hayden plays Johnny Guitar the man with a broken ego who uses a guitar rather than a gun. He's full of dry humor and quippy jokes rather than violence. Kind of oafish at first but ultimately capable as he's put into a few situations where he instinctively reaches back for the gun. Johnny: A posse isn't people. I've ridden with 'em, and I've ridden against 'em. A posse is an animal that moves like one and thinks like one. Sterling Hayden and Mercedes McCambridge both have great and distinctive voices. Hayden's voice is similar to David Puddy's (Patrick Warburton from the Seinfeld series). I wish Andy Devine made an appearance for the trifecta. Also watched: The Misfits - A divorcée (Marilyn Monroe) has an extended and protracted date with a cowboy named Perce Howland (Clark Gable). Isolated in Nevada, most of these characters could be described as burned out and they don't fit into normal society either. Misfits that don't fit into conventional society and don't even fit in with other misfits. A lot of the film concerns guys chasing and being enamored with the sexpot. And all the main characters pursue Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe). She's mainly aloof and doesn't choose between them but she does get upset when she realizes that all these horses being captured are going to be turned into dog food. These rustling scenes are the highlight of the film. Eventually she uses her feminine ways to convince the guys to begrudgingly let the horses free. A quote that's parroted constantly is "better than wages." A 9 to 5 job would be the death of these guys. Letter from an Unknown Woman - A discreet younger woman (Joan Fontaine) fantasizes about starting a relationship with a talented bachelor (Louis Jourdan) who's a little older. The story starts off with a lot of familiar beats and turns (to anyone who has watched a lot of films) so I was underwhelmed because on the surface it's a very common story. I'll just use spoilers because this is a film with a lot of surprises: However, things quickly improve as we're given flashbacks that detail some tangential happenings before the piano man meets up with the shy woman (and impregnates her). But viewers don't know this at the time. They go on dates and their love is blossoming but then he disappears and she's overtaken with loneliness. Flashforward some years and the two lovers meet by chance and the flaky pianist uses charming pickup lines on her. Now here's another great part...she thinks that he's recognized her but he hasn't. He's just oblivious and is using his pickup lines on what he thinks is woman #1,000 to be seduced. This is another of the many impressive misdirections that just have to be seen. They have a bad date to say the least and the womanizing/oblivious dope still doesn't even ask her her name! Eventually, the kid and mother die and leave the dopey father about to be shot in a duel. It seems he's getting his comeuppance and even his mute butler is no ally in the end. Most directors aren't willing to ride a wave of negativity right through the end and leave all their characters to ruination. Most filmmakers don't have the courage or the conviction to end films like this. Max Ophüls did. In a world where thousands of films have identical arcs I admire this hardcore downer of an ending. Plenty more realistic films like this are needed. I was reminded of two films. First, the story has elements that brought to mind The Scent of Green Papaya. Also, the way it sticks to its chaos with no resolution I was reminded of another great film The Firemen's Ball. A film where things never get settled at any point. James Bond versus Godzilla (25/64 completed): Godzilla vs. Gigan - Godzilla XII. Kind of interested to see this one as I've heard very little about it. Only twenty or so to go. 7/27/17 BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest American Films (95/100 completed): #58 The Shop Around the Corner - Hopefully it's funny. 7/15/17 #70 The Band Wagon - A musical comedy. 8/22/17 #72 The Shanghai Gesture - I've never seen a Josef von Sternberg film. 8/14/17#98 Heaven’s Gate - I've seen Days of Heaven and Gates of Heaven but not this one. 6/27/17 Esquire's 75 Movies Every Man Should See (58/74 completed): new #2 Slap Shot - Paul Newman plays hockey. 10/9/17 #34 Shakes the Clown - Bobcat Goldthwait writes, directs and stars in this one. 9/19/17 new #36 Straw Dogs (1971) - I've heard good things. 10/9/17 #40 Fatal Attraction - Something about rabbits. 10/1/17 new #53 The Verdict - Paul Newman goes to court. 10/9/17 Zogo fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Oct 9, 2017 |
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