Movies
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Speaking of Christian Bale, I finally watched Hostiles the other night. It was ok but not great. I thought Bale's acting was good but I wasn't feeling Rosamund Pike's character and I thought the director did a disservice to the Native actors in the film by not giving their characters enough depth. The entire story seemed very one-sided, as told from the American soldier's perspective, and not enough about the Native perspective (aside from being labeled savages). Kinda reminded me of Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai ::)
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Oh yea Hostiles, gotta try and see it, thanks for mentioning it. Meanwhile, I crossed these 2 off my list:
Dark City - 21 years on and I just watched it for the first time. Glad I did, this is my kinda shizzle! It was the director's cut, the one that doesn't explain everything right in the beginning, and the feeling of mystery held for a good while. Interesting, different, courageous and I can see why it failed commercially. Easy 8/10.
The Lincoln Lawyer - Matthew McConaughey is an acquired taste but I dig him a lot in almost everything he has done lately and this movie should be considered the turnaround point in his career. There's the pre-TLL Matthew and the post-TLL Matthew and they are not the same guy. Anyway, his character carries this movie through its 118 minutes of implausible developments. Very enjoyable as a Friday evening flick if you are into courtroom drama and a plot that does manage to keep you guessing. The ending could have been more satisfying I felt. I feel 7 could be a bit generous but that's what I scored it on my imdb as this was clearly obviously much better than a couple of 5s I've watched lately.
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I've rewatched Requiem For A Dream the other day: still one of the - if not THE - most intense and depressing movies I've ever seen. Ellen Burstyn really killed it with her outstanding performance and everyone else played their parts well, too. This movie is heavy but definitely worth seeing.
I've also seen The Equalizer 2. Was left unimpressed and bored. Part one is way better, more exciting and entertaining for what it's worth.
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^ Echo the sentiment regarding Requiem For A Dream . . . . . Outstanding film
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Requiem for a dream. A great film, but I couldn't watch it again.. for the same reasons!
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I've also seen The Equalizer 2. Was left unimpressed and bored. Part one is way better, more exciting and entertaining for what it's worth.
I thought E2 was ok, but the first was definitely better. The problem with the sequel is that it was predictable and the story didn't tread new ground. At the same time, I wasn't really expecting it to be anything other than a vigilante movie.
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Requiem for a dream. A great film, but I couldn't watch it again.. for the same reasons!
I think that is the most common response: "wow. Not watching that again."
Speaking of Aronofsky, anyone seen "Mother!"? I am skipping straight to "not watching that" in this case. Seems like it's too Lars von Trier for my taste / sense of decency.
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Speaking of Aronofsky, anyone seen "Mother!"? I am skipping straight to "not watching that" in this case. Seems like it's too Lars von Trier for my taste / sense of decency.
I was extremely interested (I get on with some, if not all, of Lars Von Triers stuff) but having read an article on some of the more disturbing scenes (the fate of her child), I’m now in the «can’t be bothered putting myself through that» camp.
I won’t be watching the new Von Triers serial killer flick either. Having watched my share grotesque/risqúe film-making as a young man I’ve become very Roger Murtaugh when it comes to that kind of thing. Definitely too old for this shit.
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"Not watching that again."
Anyone remembers Funny Games? It falls exactly into the same category. Simply disturbing flick.
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Speaking of disturbing movies…
Climax - The latest by Gaspar Noe, I expected to be provocated and angried and grossed out but in the end I felt kind of indifferent about it all. Pretty interesting but this was far from the artistic masterpiece some describe it as. ::) Also, classifying this as ”horror” is a stretch and a half. I’d say 6/10 as an experience, probably 3/10 as a movie.
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THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS - the two longest parts in this are the best'uns… The rest can be skipped... But those two parts are legit great Coen stuff...
Forgot about this one. Will keep an eye out for it
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Speaking of disturbing movies…
Climax - The latest by Gaspar Noe, I expected to be provocated and angried and grossed out but in the end I felt kind of indifferent about it all. Pretty interesting but this was far from the artistic masterpiece some describe it as. ::) Also, classifying this as ”horror” is a stretch and a half. I’d say 6/10 as an experience, probably 3/10 as a movie.
Irreversible is out and out one of my favourite films of all time. I saw it twice at the cinema on release. Anyone who believes Requiem for a dream to be emotionally disturbing, give Irriversible a watch. You'll come away thinking Requiem is a Disney film.
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I feel I'm more in the neph93 camp, as I can't really be doing with the genuinely nasty stuff anymore. When it comes to movies and TV, I am still willing to be emotionally moved, but mostly only if it's entertaining and enjoyable, too. For example, I watched The Homesman last year, and I've looked back on it since and wondered what in the heck that movie was ever even made for. It's just miserable. And that probably isn't even that miserable a movie! Got ten minutes into The Road before going, "Nope."
Oh, but… Speaking of enjoyable movies which are genuinely enjoyable. Got round to watching Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell the other day. Then watched it again. It is so much freakin' fun! Very much recommended if you like over-the-top horror silliness.
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Same here. My natural disposition trends toward depression. Willfully pushing my emotional state further that direction is just a bad idea. Anything dark and painful is a hard pass.
However, a movie I did see recently was Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. That was absolutely phenomenal. Definitely, worth catching in the theater, too. There are a couple of scenes that are genuinely beautiful.
