Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
I've got to say, after all the negative things I said in my Poor Things review, it's a movie that has stayed with me, like a fairy tale, unlike Oppenheimer.
Past Lives is still my favorite movie from last year.
just saw american fiction and absolutely loved it.
jeffrey wright is so fantastic, as he always is, and sterling k brown was such a a treat in a limited role. he stole every scene he was in.
Freaking finally got to see Godzilla-Minus One. Excellent film. Probably in my top 5 of last year.
I've got to say, after all the negative things I said in my Poor Things review, it's a movie that has stayed with me, like a fairy tale, unlike Oppenheimer.
Past Lives is still my favorite movie from last year.
Past Lives was my favorite although I liked Oppenheimer a lot.
So far this year, it's All of Us Strangers and Perfect Days, which I have seen twice.
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I missed this gem in the VERY limited release it had in only a few theaters so I ordered and waited a long time to get this one just today... I ordered it in early Sept, of 2023.
it's pure esthetic story telling of the indigenous peoples in various parts of Mexico... there is NO dialog, but the movie doesn't need language to portray the peoples and there lives.
it's a beautifully shot and rendered cinematic piece.
This movie is the stone cold nuts. Riveting. I'm going to watch it again in a couple of weeks. Kanopy. Great rec! TYVM
Freaking finally got to see Godzilla-Minus One. Excellent film. Probably in my top 5 of last year.
The main issue I have with G-1 is that the girl survives... I wanted to feel the impact and angst of her loss forever because it makes the rest of the story more substantial and permanent. It also makes the specter of Nuclear War MORE REAL... more lifelike and less pollyannish and less 'Hollywood' in nature.
Other than that, I love this Film.
The main issue I have with G-1 is that the girl survives... I wanted to feel the impact and angst of her loss forever because it makes the rest of the story more substantial and permanent. It also makes the specter of Nuclear War MORE REAL... more lifelike and less pollyannish and less 'Hollywood' in nature.
Other than that, I love this Film.
I completely agree but it didn’t bother me. Just “really? Okay” and that was it.
I'm staying at my friend's house pet sitting, so I don't have Criterion. Tonight I watched Nyad, and it's one of those typical sports movies where the hero, in this case, Diana Nyad triumphs in the end. Nyad swam from Cuba to Key West, 110 miles although her achievement is controversial. Apparently Nyad embellished some.
The movie is pretty standard, but the performances by Annette Bening and Jodie Foster are terrific. Bening is about the same as Nyad when she did the swim. The reason to watch the film is the performances of the two leads. There was a time when women in their sixties didn't have lead roles. It's nice to see the likes of Bening, Foster, Helen Mirren, and Meryl Streep in lead roles.
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I enjoyed Nyad. I am glad they didn't shy away from the negative qualities which led to having such an obsession like this. I found their relationship to be a bizarre codependency similar to an addict and an enabler yet they seemed to make it work somehow.
Recently watched Eraserhead for the first time. Very cool use of sound and the visuals are insane, but I wouldn't recommend it to most. Very odd stuff. Interesting though. Lynch is a madman.
heads-up...
Le Samourai is getting a limited release on the Big Screen in some areas because Criterion is releasing a NEW 4k uhd master and disc.
Look for it later this week or sometime next week (las vegas) in your area.
I'll be there... fo sho.
I got to see the most watched movie of 2024 made in South Korea, Exhuma(2024). Anytime Korea puts out thriller/horror/mystery you got to be ready for a wild ride. A young female shaman is asked to perform a standard body-moving ceremony for an ultra-wealthy family that wants to move the casket of a long departed grandfather . She learns that there is a mysterious powerful, murderous supernatural force attached to the gravesite. She enlists an old experienced veteran geomancer played by Choi Min-sik (Oldboy, I Saw the Devil) to investigate and to battle the evil spirit for the rest of the movie. There are lots of incantations, rituals, animals, tattoos, and blood in the movie. It turns out that the source of the evil has to do with the centuries old war of Japan with Korea. It touches some of the same ground as great The Wailing but not quite to that level of success. It was a fun watch.
There's Still Tomorrow - A black and white Italian neorealist film set in 1946 about a battered wife. Delia is regularly beaten up by her husband but her tie to her daughter, and possibly some lack of courage, prevent her from leaving. It's nowhere near as dour as it sounds, actually being quite funny at times.
There's an excellent, uncomfortable scene where her husband beating her is intermingled with them dancing. I think it shows how normalised these beatings have become. Delia is able to find strength from a friendly American solider and her desire to protect her daughter, even if she is trapped in a horrible marriage. The constant humour stops the film from ever being depressing.
Snack Shack Two teens in 1991 scheme around for money and get into typical teen shenanigans. They end up buying a snack shack at the local pool for the Summer. Up and down movie but it had some funny parts and it got better the second half. I'd give it a watchable rating.
Requiem for a Dream... very disturbing to my psyche.
Requiem for a Dream is wonderful, one of my favorite movies. It vividly captures how visceral Hubert Shelby Jr’s writing is.
Just finished Apocalypse Now - Redux
I remember watching this right after it came out, and not really caring one way or the other about it. I've caught bits and pieces since but never sat down and watched it from beginning to end. I really enjoyed it this time around.
Has one of my favorite movie scenes.
