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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| September 2016
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Cipher Peon
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I watched All The President's Men and couldn't get Spotlight out of my head. ATPM feels infinitely more realistic than Spotlight, especially since it doesn't stop be be inspirational or be profound every other scene. Just feels like people doing a job and realizing their job is bigger than they expected.
I enjoyed it a lot, but I honestly preferred Spotlight's pretentious overindulgence even though ATPM made me like Spotlight a bit less.
Still was a great movie 8/10
I enjoyed it a lot, but I honestly preferred Spotlight's pretentious overindulgence even though ATPM made me like Spotlight a bit less.
Still was a great movie 8/10
UberTag
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Toni Erdmann - This was everything it had been hyped up to be and then some. Uproarious hilarity effortlessly interwoven into a commentary about loneliness and social facades carried entirely by a smart screenplay and the commitment of the two leads - Peter Simonischeck and Sandra Huller.
There's quite a bit of deliberate pacing here but it all serves to build a foundation from which some truly great (and absurd) cinematic moments spring forth. This is a surefire nominee and top contender for next year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. 8.5/10
Things to Come - I regret not being able to watch this outside of a late night window as it was difficult to stay focused. I was always conscious of Hansen-Love's camerawork (almost entirely using handheld cameras) which, while served as an effective framing device for certain scenes also made me terribly conscious at all times that I was watching a movie and took me out of the story.
Thankfully, Isabel Huppert's commanding on-screen presence makes up for most of these challenges. She has an immaculate command of her craft. I just wish the same thing could be said about her co-stars in this one. 6.5/10
There's quite a bit of deliberate pacing here but it all serves to build a foundation from which some truly great (and absurd) cinematic moments spring forth. This is a surefire nominee and top contender for next year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. 8.5/10
Things to Come - I regret not being able to watch this outside of a late night window as it was difficult to stay focused. I was always conscious of Hansen-Love's camerawork (almost entirely using handheld cameras) which, while served as an effective framing device for certain scenes also made me terribly conscious at all times that I was watching a movie and took me out of the story.
Thankfully, Isabel Huppert's commanding on-screen presence makes up for most of these challenges. She has an immaculate command of her craft. I just wish the same thing could be said about her co-stars in this one. 6.5/10
Baron von Loathsome
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Last night, I watched Hausa.
But in a good way.
But in a good way.
Sully (2016) - This is a competent but unexceptional drama, which does a good job of using multiple perspectives to allow for the replaying of the critical few minutes of Flight 1549's descent, and despite some subpar special effects in a few of the plane shots, those depictions are engaging. However, there ultimately just isn't much drama to this story; we get some rudimentary indicators of Sullenberger's personal life, but the film doesn't try to load on more artificial drama, which is good in a sense, but there's little here to tax Tom Hank's acting abilities.
Messofanego
Banned
Long gone for sure.
Hell Or High Water
Yeah, it's as good as people are saying. No one mentioned that it's from David Mackenzie, who directed the stellar Starred Up! The southern swagger, action, and dead towns are captivating in this post-recession neo-western. It almost comes off as fantastical as Texans seem stubborn in retaining the old western feel with people still wearing cowboy hats and riding horses while modernity passes them by. Being set mostly in Texas, you're reminded that it really is gun-central which is why the brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster, the latter back in crazy mode) only hit dead towns where the population is low enough to not come across civilians who carry guns. After the first three bank heists, it's a waiting game between Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham (his Indian partner Alberto who have an entertaining teasing relationship) and the brothers until the final heist.
It's not all po-faced, there's an absolutely hilarious scene in T-Bone's Cafe thanks to the old waitress ("What don't you want?"). There's an one-shot scene at a gas station displaying the contrast of old vs new where a man hitches his horse off for a ride while an obnoxiously green sports car turns up blasting cringe-worthy teen screamo music with youngins looking for a gunfight only to get a swift beating by Toby (Chris Pine). Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges share a tense but respectful climax that reminded me a bit of Heat, with a killer final line
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The characters aren't the most three-dimensional, where it seems Tanner is just a sociopath who does it for fun while Toby is only in it to pay for child support. However, still cared for the characters of Toby and especially Alberto. Fitting for a western, the characters and lines spouted are archetypal and grand, singing praises for the easy life and wanting to provide for family against the backdrop of greedy banks screwing you over in the end. Highly recommended.
Hell Or High Water
Yeah, it's as good as people are saying. No one mentioned that it's from David Mackenzie, who directed the stellar Starred Up! The southern swagger, action, and dead towns are captivating in this post-recession neo-western. It almost comes off as fantastical as Texans seem stubborn in retaining the old western feel with people still wearing cowboy hats and riding horses while modernity passes them by. Being set mostly in Texas, you're reminded that it really is gun-central which is why the brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster, the latter back in crazy mode) only hit dead towns where the population is low enough to not come across civilians who carry guns. After the first three bank heists, it's a waiting game between Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham (his Indian partner Alberto who have an entertaining teasing relationship) and the brothers until the final heist.
It's not all po-faced, there's an absolutely hilarious scene in T-Bone's Cafe thanks to the old waitress ("What don't you want?"). There's an one-shot scene at a gas station displaying the contrast of old vs new where a man hitches his horse off for a ride while an obnoxiously green sports car turns up blasting cringe-worthy teen screamo music with youngins looking for a gunfight only to get a swift beating by Toby (Chris Pine). Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges share a tense but respectful climax that reminded me a bit of Heat, with a killer final line
("If you stop by, I'll give you peace")
The characters aren't the most three-dimensional, where it seems Tanner is just a sociopath who does it for fun while Toby is only in it to pay for child support. However, still cared for the characters of Toby and especially Alberto. Fitting for a western, the characters and lines spouted are archetypal and grand, singing praises for the easy life and wanting to provide for family against the backdrop of greedy banks screwing you over in the end. Highly recommended.
BaronLundi
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Wait until dark
Silly silly plot but man those last ten minutes were legit. So was Alan Arkin.
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Silly silly plot but man those last ten minutes were legit. So was Alan Arkin.
That was one jump scare I did not see coming
Freewheelin'
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb - Kubrick, 1962
Had always read and heard about how darkly funny this film was, and it lived up to the high expectations I had for it. What a hilarious script, so sharp and witty with masterful performances from Sellers (3 of them!) and George C.Scott.
It's wonderfully directed too, very different tone from the rest of Kubrick's films. I loved it.
5/5
Will probably get the Criterion blu. How is it?
Had always read and heard about how darkly funny this film was, and it lived up to the high expectations I had for it. What a hilarious script, so sharp and witty with masterful performances from Sellers (3 of them!) and George C.Scott.
It's wonderfully directed too, very different tone from the rest of Kubrick's films. I loved it.
5/5
Will probably get the Criterion blu. How is it?
brianjones
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net wrecker/disco do you prefer the theatrical or the directors cut for Miami vice?
was thinking about revisiting I think the theatrical is only on the euro blu Rays tho
was thinking about revisiting I think the theatrical is only on the euro blu Rays tho
Last night, I watched Hausa.
But in a good way.
If there's a more gif-worthy film out there, I haven't seen it.
Speaking of, the October list is coming along nicely. I'm already putting in orders for some of the films I don't already have, and I've got a film buff friend at work who can spot me stuff that's more decidedly OOP these days. I'm still taking suggestions for 80s horror films of all shapes and sizes.
Well, except for one big exclusion I'm making this year for the sake of keeping things exciting: no slasher films.
old manatee
Banned
I loved it in the theater, then years later I watched it at home and there was an awful cover of 'In The Air Tonight' blaring over one of the last scenes. Just awful. I don't even like thinking about it.
Discotheque
Banned
i'm not net wrecker but i gotta say the theatrical has a much cooler opening, since it drops you in their shit right away but otherwise it's just a few different shots and a little more conversation in the directors cut. also i didn't like the in the air tonight cover at the end of the DC
it's kind of a hassle to get the theatrical again, just go for the directors cut. it's not some night and day change.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
I'm dying at the idea of the Dollar Tree selling To the Wonder right next to a Sandler 4 pack.
User 479360
Banned
I watched part of Burnt, then stopped it and deleted it.
Watched "The Lives of Others" a foreign film with English subtitles that BLEW ME AWAY!
Cannot recommend it enough. Please avoid spoilers, as the payoff is absolutely worth it!
Story takes place in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Involves the Stasi.. watch this film!
Cannot recommend it enough. Please avoid spoilers, as the payoff is absolutely worth it!
Story takes place in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Involves the Stasi.. watch this film!
Puck Beaverton
Banned
You did good.
Even though Los Hongos expired on Mubi I hope people find some way to seek it out. It's been a couple days and I'm still thinking about that movie. Too enjoyable.
Same, however there are a couple of key added moments in the DC that make the story less confusing.
I don't remember which one in detail now, because it has been a while, but i remember a moment with Gong Li in particular, in the theatrical wasn't well set up, whereas in the DC was better explained (probably when they go to Cuba).
Net_Wrecker
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Theatrical is generally considered the better cut because people love the cold open, but I still like 99% of the additions to the DC (the 1% left out being the cover of In The Air Tonight towards the end.) It fleshes out a few things without losing that opaque vibe the storytelling has. And it's a pain to get a hold of the theatrical in the US anyway, so I've rewatched the DC way more. Just go for that, it's fine.
User 479360
Banned
I watched that recently myself.
Net_Wrecker
Member
There is nothing about the movie that feels like Universal had any say in anything lol
I'm sure that cover is just another one of the things where Mann is torn between nostalgia vs. modern sensibilities, so he figured a buttrock cover would, well, cover both sides of that. I wouldn't be so against it if the chorus wasn't so bad.
Hoop Dreams
Persona / Summer Interlude / Smiles of a Summer Night / Wild Strawberries / Fanny and Alexander (Just watch all the Bergman)
City Lights / Modern Times / The Great Dictator
8 1/2 / La Strada / Amarcord
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Rules of the Game
Solaris / Ivan's Childhood / Andrei Rublev
La Jetee / Sans Soleil
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tokyo Story / Late Spring / An Autumn Afternoon
The Double Life of Veronique / Three Colors
Close-up
Is that enough for now? lol Someone please correct my biased and misinformed opinions. I'm sure I'm missing plenty, but these are a lot of the big ones and some of my favorites. I bolded my favorites.
As earlier mentioned, I'd highly recommend any of the Powell/Pressburger films that are on there, particularly The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Baron von Loathsome
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what
goddammit
Half my Hulu watchlist is Criterion Collection, and I'm prioritizing required viewings for class. Sure, I'm being assigned Breathless, but nobody's assigning Seven Samurai or L'Avventura or My Dinner With Andre or Seventh Seal or M.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Shit they totally aren't. That's weird because I'm fairly positive I watched Black Narcissus on there at some point.
karasu
Member
I second all of this. Especially the Bergmann. I finished watching all of his stuff recently and I swear I am not the same person I was before I started.
Just watched the new Xmen Apocalypse shit. To be fair i was expecting bad, so it actually came out a little better than that. The things i liked were Apocalypse himself, i liked the way he carried himself and looked, pretty badass. Sansa was cute, and once again, Quicksilver saves the day with he best scene in the movie.
And then yeah a whole bunch of shit sucked, including a lot of the throwaway villains and weird perversion of Storm. Definitely the worst Bryan Singer X-Men movie i think, but still was fairly enjoyable with some alcohol.
And what a fucking joke he literally saves everyone in the school and nobody thanked him, they let him call himself a loser. And the whole Magneto father things was horseshit.
And then yeah a whole bunch of shit sucked, including a lot of the throwaway villains and weird perversion of Storm. Definitely the worst Bryan Singer X-Men movie i think, but still was fairly enjoyable with some alcohol.
True enough. I think Universal genuinely thought they were getting something more like what happened with Starsky and Hutch, rather than... well, a Michael Mann film.
Kinggi: "Fairly enjoyable with some alcohol" should totally be on the Blu-ray of that film. It's front-cover worthy, really.
The scene where he
launches all the world's nuclear weapons into space
Discotheque
Banned
Yeah I found that movie pretty forgettable overall but I loved the mummy style Egypt opening and I thought Oscar Isaac hammed it up appropriately. He was good.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
- Apocalypse Now
- Full Metal Jacket
- Saving Private Ryan
- Grand Budapest Hotel
If I had to rank them:
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Grand Budapest Hotel
All fantastic movies.
- Full Metal Jacket
- Saving Private Ryan
- Grand Budapest Hotel
If I had to rank them:
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Grand Budapest Hotel
All fantastic movies.
Thought The Invitation was gripping but that final minute is so boneheaded.
not only is it predictablesoon as he hung the lantern I thought "ah, that's either to mark where these cult killings are happening and/or to invite more culties"it undercuts the drama. The night forces Will to face the memories of his old home and find a reason to keep fighting. It's a very personal journey and hinges on grieving being a personal process, immune to psychobabble about letting go and brain chemistry. All the lanterns along the hill make this a ridiculously fatal night and pull the focus from Will. Honestly if it had been a few lanterns rather than a constellation being buzzed by emergency helicopters that would have made a huge difference.
True Savior
Member
I got dragged to watch Suicide Squad. Expected Neon Demon (but it seems the movies was not even 2 weeks playing lol) and got this. I like how Ayer style is to make hot garbage. Dat "music". Dat "action". Dat "Joker". Dat "structure". Dat "comedy". Dat "introspective moments". Dat ass.
UberTag
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Free Fire - This movie was essentially one colossal gunfight from beginning to end. It was nonsense but it was amusing nonsense and the quips and physical comedy interjected here made a hell of a lot more sense than where I soundly criticized their inclusion in Captain America: Civil War because here humor was being utilized as a means of trying to de-escalate tension and to cling to some semblance of normalcy in an increasing insane situation. This feels destined to wind up as a cult classic. You'll probably want a home theater system with surround sound to do it justice if you're not catching it in theaters. 7.5/10
Also, is this an amazing poster or what?
Sully - I was expecting this to be a lot worse after reading Sean C's comments. It's not like Hanks has been taxing his acting in many films of late... Bridge of Spies was kind of an exception to the rule of late. He certainly isn't taxing himself in those Dan Brown movies. Granted, it did get a little monotonous watching countless variations of the same flight crash but I appreciated the story being told of Sully doubting himself only to find his confidence and the film itself was immaculately shot. It's also an interesting juxtaposition against 2012's Flight in terms of how each movie starts off with the same premise and proceeds to veer off into a slightly different outcome. Also, what's with these airline pilot having these repetitive names? William "Whip" Whitaker? Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger? Making me long for the golden days when pilots had names like Ted Striker. 7/10
Graduation - The latest flick from Romania's Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Beyond the Hills) was the best of Friday's lot... although hardly covering much in the way of uncharted cinematic territory. It was simply a treat watching Adrian Titieni's Romeo do absolutely everything in his power to stubbornly push forward this ideal for his daughter's existence and future at the expense of absolutely everything in his life he holds dear. Capably acted by all involved. 8/10
The Birth of a Nation - The most controversial film of this year's festival circuit, this movie felt like 12 Years a Slave crossed with the anime series, Shiki. This was a true tour de force by Nate Parker both in front of and behind the camera but I can't help but feel the story he was trying to tell was a little lacking and the resolution was a mite over-the-top and heavy-handed. That said, while 12 Years is easily a better film, I did appreciate the absence of its out of place theatrical monologuing. 6.5/10
Also, is this an amazing poster or what?
Sully - I was expecting this to be a lot worse after reading Sean C's comments. It's not like Hanks has been taxing his acting in many films of late... Bridge of Spies was kind of an exception to the rule of late. He certainly isn't taxing himself in those Dan Brown movies. Granted, it did get a little monotonous watching countless variations of the same flight crash but I appreciated the story being told of Sully doubting himself only to find his confidence and the film itself was immaculately shot. It's also an interesting juxtaposition against 2012's Flight in terms of how each movie starts off with the same premise and proceeds to veer off into a slightly different outcome. Also, what's with these airline pilot having these repetitive names? William "Whip" Whitaker? Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger? Making me long for the golden days when pilots had names like Ted Striker. 7/10
Graduation - The latest flick from Romania's Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Beyond the Hills) was the best of Friday's lot... although hardly covering much in the way of uncharted cinematic territory. It was simply a treat watching Adrian Titieni's Romeo do absolutely everything in his power to stubbornly push forward this ideal for his daughter's existence and future at the expense of absolutely everything in his life he holds dear. Capably acted by all involved. 8/10
The Birth of a Nation - The most controversial film of this year's festival circuit, this movie felt like 12 Years a Slave crossed with the anime series, Shiki. This was a true tour de force by Nate Parker both in front of and behind the camera but I can't help but feel the story he was trying to tell was a little lacking and the resolution was a mite over-the-top and heavy-handed. That said, while 12 Years is easily a better film, I did appreciate the absence of its out of place theatrical monologuing. 6.5/10
Discotheque
Banned
lmao. Ayer is one of the worst directors of the century. i liked the scene with will smith and action bronson/kanye music though.
and i'm mad jealous at that list of movies UberTag watched/reviewed. toronto film festival?
UberTag
Member
Yep, in full TIFF mode now. I'm on my way to see Paul Verhoeven's Elle at this moment.
DaMasta113
Member
I finally got around to watching Barbershop: The Next Cut. I really enjoyed it. Now I'm in the middle of Midnight Special.
Death Metalist
Member
Rush Hour 2. Fucking finally.
Fancy Clown
Member
In addition to what omgkitty posted (bolded my preferred film out of director's with multiple movies):
Harakiri / Samurai Rebellion
M
the 400 blows
Sansho the Bailiff / Uegetsu
The Wages of Fear / Diabolique
Onibaba / Kuroneko
Eraserhead
Stagecoach
F is for Fake
Il Sorpasso
Watership Down
The Sword of Doom
Eyes Without a Face
Tokyo Drifter / Branded to Kill
The Brood
Battle of Algiers
Vampyr
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
So I just got finishing Point Break (2016), Jesus, that movie was so tryhard that it looped its spectrum
Also watched this BBC movie called Dirty Pretty Things, whoa it was a decent movie
Cool ending
Also watched this BBC movie called Dirty Pretty Things, whoa it was a decent movie
Cool ending
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Caught Sully yesterday. Plane scenes were great but, man, Clint really piled on the martyrdom in this one. Having slept on it, I actually dislike this movie over the ridiculous fat tip marker scribbled moral lines.
Conquest. So I worked up my Halloween lists and found that I'd need to buy or rent quite a few and I've seen Shudder mentioned so I subbed it. One thing I see is Fulcis Conquest so I checked it out based on his horror work. What a piece of shit this is by comparison. I didn't expect much but even then it was a steaming pile. The effects were mostly good and the music too but the acting was terrible. Towards the end it got so dark you couldn't tell what was going on. It was boring and very b rated. Seeing Fulci do sci-fi was cool but otherwise avoid this turd.
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