Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
I am a little concerned now that my life appears to be reaching completion.
I wonder how many knew, that there is a color version of The Man Who Wasn't There...
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truth be told i didn't know there was a black and white version either
Second viewing of Killers of the Flower Moon made me appreciate it more. I have to admit it’s a bit of a chore, but it really is quite superb with stellar performances all around. I wish I connected with the story more on an emotional level. The score is elite. I need to watch Oppenheimer again but Score Oscar has to be between those two films. I bumped this to a 7 and into my top 15 of the year. I can see it going even higher in the future.
for those who enjoyed air, what about it did you like?
It’s been almost a year since I’ve seen it and I didn’t write about it, but acting, story, humor, keeping a larger than life figure like MJ in the shadows, seeing Nike as an underdog when it’s been a juggernaut my whole life, Viola Davis especially, etc.
Perfect Days...
as Lou Reed (Perfect day) sings the anthem, 'You're going to reap just what you sow'.
Laid out in a series of 'Perfect' days, Hirayama feels extreme contentment, even as the complications of life try to muscle the way in.
This is not going to be a movie for 99% of the people that try and watch it... The question will inherently be asked, what's the point?
What is the point of watching some 'under achiever' clean toilets... whats the point of watching a film that doesn't take you anywhere... whats the point of me wasting my time watching this Film...
There is a point... and I loved it.
Wender is a German film maker...
Society Of the Snow was pretty fantastic. One of the most beautifully photographed films I've seen this year. Astounding direction of mostly amateur actors by J.A. Bayona. Yes, it's a story you already know, but it is amazing every time it's told.
Perfect Days...
as Lou Reed (Perfect day) sings the anthem, 'You're going to reap just what you sow'.
Laid out in a series of 'Perfect' days, Hirayama feels extreme contentment, even as the complications of life try to muscle the way in.
This is not going to be a movie for 99% of the people that try and watch it... The question will inherently be asked, what's the point?
What is the point of watching some 'under achiever' clean toilets... whats the point of watching a film that doesn't take you any
Definitely will see this. The lead actor was great in Shall We Dance, a great little film about a guy who takes dancing lessons, which may not be a million miles away from cleaning toilets
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I don’t really mean it’s a chore because it’s not interesting I just mean it’s a bit of a chore because finding 3.5+ hours with no distractions at home is pretty hard for me to do. I watched it over the course of like 5 days.
no it's a tedious film to watch, the opposite of entertainment
Was looking for a non-thinking movie, an action movie, and found this new one called Land Of Bad, about a Seal Team rescue Op of 4 men, with Liam Hemsworth as one of the 4 soldiers who HALO into the South Philippines and Russell Crowe as the "eye-in-the-sky guy back in Vegas, dropping bombs on **** and leading Hemsworth back to safety.
Pretty good...especially if you like a well-shot, tense, military-porn type of action movie, like I do. I was pleasntly surprised.
Rewatched Heat tonight. It’s unbelievably good still 30 years later. Def in my top 5
I could watch De Niro and Amy Brenneman looking out over LA at night with synth music in the background, talking about running away to New Zealand, forever.
just finished watching Rosetta Stoned https://rosettastonedthemovie.com/buy-or...
it's an independently made film that was made by a former 2p2 member who plays poker for a living and made this on the side with his own poker monies
i enjoyed watching it, really impressive for a first time film made by an amateur who didn't even make student films beforehand
it's a teenage stoner film but well crafted with realistic characters/motivations and handles autistic characters exceedingly well
the ending felt a little abrupt and with some conflicts only implied to be resolved (imo. feel like they were resolved just not rammed down your throat and more of an implied "they've figured x out" rather than the speech the character gives at the end closing things up tidily with a closing monologue) but the film was solid throughout with a bunch of genuinely funny laugh out loud moments for me (and that doesn't often happen with me)
definitely rec renting/buying it and watching even if it weren't the "support indy films made by those in our community" aspect to it
here's the trailer
Ricky Gervais highlights the website, Does the Dog Die, in his recent Netflix special. Viewers ask about a number of triggers in films. Currently, 186 triggers are covered on the site. You can add your own.
I would add:
Do English professors maintain a sense of decorum during department meetings?
Does anyone say "This is more of a statement than a question."
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Definitely will see this. The lead actor was great in Shall We Dance, a great little film about a guy who takes dancing lessons, which may not be a million miles away from cleaning toilets
2023 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d’Or: “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet
Grand Prix: “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer
Director: Tran Anh Hung, “The Pot au Feu”
Actor: Kōji Yakusho, “Perfect Days”
Actress: Merve Dizdar, “About Dry Grasses”
Jury Prize: “Fallen Leaves,” Aki Kaurismaki
Screenplay: Sakamoto Yûji, “Monster”
Watched Solaris, Soderbergh's, again tonight.
Both this version and Tarkovsky's original are great films. Sure, films can, and often should, be pure entertainment, but they can also force us to ask the sorts of questions we often don't pose to ourselves. What is memory? How do we apprehend time? How do we face our own mortality (in one scene in the film Clooney's character says we are not really different from sharks, but a dinner guest says we are the only creatures aware of our own mortality)? How is it that we love others?
Should we always ask ourselves these questions? Of course not. There's baseball and spaghetti and wine and just plain silliness and old friends and stuff to talk about and whatever else we like.
I think of those people in my life who mean so much to me, to whom one day I will only be a memory. I remember my late wife on her birthday today and think good thoughts.
So amidst all the mundane tasks, the things we love to do, and the things we detest, great films, great art provides us a necessary time out to pause and ask ourselves this question: What does it mean to be human?
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john, what are the odds you'll get your class to watch rosetta stoned?
