List the films you've seen at the cinema: 2017
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chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
A Monster Calls
I found that review fairly accurate
Maybe it's just the introspective time of year but I found it quite affecting
I found that review fairly accurate
Maybe it's just the introspective time of year but I found it quite affecting
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Silence - Scorsese puts religion under the lens again. This time in 17th century Japan. I preferred Last Temptation of Christ. Or Kundun; which I can't remember anything about.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The book is fantastic.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I hadn't heard if it before but my nephew has it so I might borrow it. I thought it was going to be a bucolic take about a tree cos I just saw a pic if a tree. I was unprepared for the wringing out if the emotions
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It wrung me out too.I hadn't heard if it before but my nephew has it so I might borrow it. I thought it was going to be a bucolic take about a tree cos I just saw a pic if a tree. I was unprepared for the wringing out if the emotions
I visited a school where the librarian there was reading out to Y9 English classes and I thought to myself that I wouldn't have been able to do that as I'd blub.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
La La Land
You've probably seen the advance publicity - Gosling & Stone in a hymn of praise to the MGM musical, tender and witty and bound to win every award going. And that isn't too far from the truth.
Stone has the perfect light touch to convince, and can sing and dance more than adequately. Gosling is a bit uptight, and not as good at either singing or dancing, but he isn't bad, and definitely pulls it off. While there is no doubt that the film is a hymn of praise to the MGM musical (An American In Paris especially, and massive doses of the stupendous Young Girls of Rochefort) it is more than that too. Like the fight that Gosling tells us goes in within jazz, there is a tension within this film as nostalgia and anti-nostalgia fight it out, the pure and principled but staid and unchanging v fusion and modern techniques - that can sometimes end up as utter wank. The 'golden age' jazz Gosling listens to may well be the height of the genre's history, but it is still dead and gone, those who want to simply relive it will end up locked away in underground caverns missing what goes on in the rest of the world.
When I first came out i thought that Stone had been superb but Gosling a little underwhelming, his face being too monotone. In the almost final scene he displays such a light touch, an elegance and grace that had been missing from the rest of the movie, and I thought it was a real shame he hadn't let any of that into the earlier scenes. But, of course, with a bit of thought, he had played it exactly right. That lightness was precisely what he was missing, that was his (characters) problem. So, well played that man.
Minor criticisms- sometimes the music drowned out the lyrics, which should never happen in a musical, and the 'modern' jazz was mid-eighties synthy crap, which everyone now knows is awful, actual modern stuff wouldn't have fitted with the theme tho.
Despite those quibbles - A cracker, go and see it.
You've probably seen the advance publicity - Gosling & Stone in a hymn of praise to the MGM musical, tender and witty and bound to win every award going. And that isn't too far from the truth.
Stone has the perfect light touch to convince, and can sing and dance more than adequately. Gosling is a bit uptight, and not as good at either singing or dancing, but he isn't bad, and definitely pulls it off. While there is no doubt that the film is a hymn of praise to the MGM musical (An American In Paris especially, and massive doses of the stupendous Young Girls of Rochefort) it is more than that too. Like the fight that Gosling tells us goes in within jazz, there is a tension within this film as nostalgia and anti-nostalgia fight it out, the pure and principled but staid and unchanging v fusion and modern techniques - that can sometimes end up as utter wank. The 'golden age' jazz Gosling listens to may well be the height of the genre's history, but it is still dead and gone, those who want to simply relive it will end up locked away in underground caverns missing what goes on in the rest of the world.
When I first came out i thought that Stone had been superb but Gosling a little underwhelming, his face being too monotone. In the almost final scene he displays such a light touch, an elegance and grace that had been missing from the rest of the movie, and I thought it was a real shame he hadn't let any of that into the earlier scenes. But, of course, with a bit of thought, he had played it exactly right. That lightness was precisely what he was missing, that was his (characters) problem. So, well played that man.
Minor criticisms- sometimes the music drowned out the lyrics, which should never happen in a musical, and the 'modern' jazz was mid-eighties synthy crap, which everyone now knows is awful, actual modern stuff wouldn't have fitted with the theme tho.
Despite those quibbles - A cracker, go and see it.
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emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Saw it this morning, yeah a great film.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Yeah, absolutely excellent. As you say Stone is great.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Three good reviews - going to watch this I reckon
I saw I, Daniel Blake the other week, loads been said about it in urban already, most I'm in agreement with. Much overt sobbing from the audience.
the film club showing it arranged a talk from the local food bank plus a collection, useful to do a small thing with the angst raised but such a small gesture
I saw I, Daniel Blake the other week, loads been said about it in urban already, most I'm in agreement with. Much overt sobbing from the audience.
the film club showing it arranged a talk from the local food bank plus a collection, useful to do a small thing with the angst raised but such a small gesture
Silence. Thought this was a bit of a strange one. Felt like it would'be been controversial and debate-provoking 50 years ago but the dilemma at the heart of it is pretty shoulder shrugging these days.
There's some interesting stuff in there about faith and belief but it really dragged in the middle -- it would've been much better if it'd lost a good half an hour -- and lacked tension. A bit more context round events in Japan at that time would also have made this more interesting. Still, think it's the best film he's made in quite a long time.
Jezebel. Spoilt Southern Belle Bette Davis scandalises New Orleans society and fiance Henry Fonda by wearing a red dress to a ball. Strangely old fashioned look and feel to this -- especially when compared to Gone With the Wind which was made round the same time -- but the Southern manners and Davis' flouncing make this enjoyable enough.
There's some interesting stuff in there about faith and belief but it really dragged in the middle -- it would've been much better if it'd lost a good half an hour -- and lacked tension. A bit more context round events in Japan at that time would also have made this more interesting. Still, think it's the best film he's made in quite a long time.
Jezebel. Spoilt Southern Belle Bette Davis scandalises New Orleans society and fiance Henry Fonda by wearing a red dress to a ball. Strangely old fashioned look and feel to this -- especially when compared to Gone With the Wind which was made round the same time -- but the Southern manners and Davis' flouncing make this enjoyable enough.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The Handmaiden - Park Chan-Wook's version of Sarah Waters Fingersmith, moving it to Korea. Very good if slightly over the top in places (but then you kind of expect that from the director), the humour, horror and thriller elements are all blended together very well. I'm less sure about the erotic parts, the sex scenes seemed a bit salacious (particularly the one at the end). I'm not sure if that was the point - a sort of comparison of the viewer with the uncle 
, if so I don't think it completely worked. Still, very much worth watching.
, if so I don't think it completely worked. Still, very much worth watching.
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Really want to see The Handmaiden, but it's not out here till bloody April.
Just back from Manchester by the Sea, two and a bit hours of bleakness and general sadness. You spend the first half wondering why Casey Affleck is so miserable, and then you find out, and it turns out to be for a bloody good reason. But life goes on, messily and without neat happy endings. Bleak but engrossing. I didn't like the soundtrack.
Just back from Manchester by the Sea, two and a bit hours of bleakness and general sadness. You spend the first half wondering why Casey Affleck is so miserable, and then you find out, and it turns out to be for a bloody good reason. But life goes on, messily and without neat happy endings. Bleak but engrossing. I didn't like the soundtrack.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Really? Weird. Sue saw it last year.
Arrival - Good, Amy Adams is one of those actors that I always find enjoyable even if the film isn't much good overall and this is much better than average. The aliens are done very well, there's a tense nervous creepiness about them that keeps you guessing. There's a couple of plot elements which jar a little but overall I found it a very enjoyable and interesting film.
Paterson - Jim Jarmusch's latest, with Adam Driver as a but driver and poet. Beautifully shot it's a lovely movie, just taking it's time to explore people's interactions. Goldshifteh Farahhani is great as Driver's wife with a love of black and white.
Saw it at the London Film Festival (with Park-chan Wook doing a Q&A
) but it's not on general release for a bit.redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Ah, weird it's been on general release here for a good will now (beginning of Nov probably) I thought that I might have missed it.
Manchester By The Sea
Great performance by Casey Affleck. Michelle Williams is also very good.
Manchester by the Sea
Great performance by Casey Affleck. Michelle Williams is also very good.
Manchester by the Sea
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Just got back from this. REALLY liked this film. I haven't cried so much at a film in ages, but it wasn't manipulative at all. The writing and acting were outstanding and it never takes the Hollywood way out. I'd like to see it again at some point because there are just so many great bits in it and although it's very harrowing it's also quite funny. It reminds me a lot of Ordinary People, which is one of my all time favourite films.
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