What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Reno
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Knives Out by Ryan Johnson, which is good fun. It’s a modern take on an Agatha Christie-style drawing room mystery, was a big hit critically and financially last year and it is exactly the type of film "they don't make them like" anymore. It's also a big "fuck you" to Trump's America and a take-down of the 1%, not dissimilar to Parasite in the way it frames social satire as a genre film.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
It's wonderful. They're all so grotesque.
Reno
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Watched the black comedy/thriller Come to Daddy. Urban hipster gets letter from his father who abandoned the family long ago and visits him in the middle of nowhere. It turns into the worst father/son reunion imaginable, there are plot twists along the way and people end up dying gruesomely. Loved it.
Rush Hour 2 with Jackie Chan. It was ok entertainment but nothing more.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
When you put it like that, it sounds like what last year's Murder Mystery tried to be
Reno
The In Kraut
I've never had the pleasure and probably never will.When you put it like that, it sounds like what last year's Murder Mystery tried to be
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Finally got around to watching Booksmart over the last couple of days. Really liked it, even if it was just a female-driven rehash of Superbad. Some of the subplots were a bit hit-and-miss, but all of the leads were really good, the dialogue was smart, and it didn't rely at all on gross-out humour to get laughs. (It's on Amazon Prime for free now!)
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Hellraiser.
Reno
The In Kraut
I’ve never seen a film which benefits as much from a rewatch as this one does. It gets a lot less bewildering.
Reno
The In Kraut
Color Out of Space, based on the Lovecraft story and which is Richard Stanley’s return to feature filmmaking after several decades. After two genre films in the early 90s, which showed promise (but weren’t all that great IMO) Stanley probably became most famous for the disastrous The Island of Dr. Moreau movie, starring a barely alive Marlon Brando. Stanley, who originated the project, got bootet off it early into the shoot, which led to a trainwreck of a movie and a hilarious documentary of everything which can go wrong on a film, going wrong:
His new film has been met with praise. There is a lot of goodwill towards Stanley, whose career is considered to have been unfairly derailed. Unfortunately this isn’t very good. It‘s got a reasonably large budget (nice cinematography and score) and a movie star in Nicolas Cage. After the first half of the movie showing promise, it goes down the drain when it should be getting off the ground. Several characters introduced early on, get lost in the shuffle. Once various, extraterrestrial mishaps start plaguing the family at the centre of this, we have nobody to root for. There is a character who should be the lead, who we are introduced to in the beginning and who then only pops up again in the end.
This is about an otherworldly event which rapidly mutates all life, but what we get are a few sub-The Thing effects, a CGI bug and Cage doing his crazy-shtick. The lighting effects which cause the mutations look like some 80s pop video effect.
The recent Annihilation by Alex Garland dealt with the same premise, far more imaginatively and thoughtfully.
His new film has been met with praise. There is a lot of goodwill towards Stanley, whose career is considered to have been unfairly derailed. Unfortunately this isn’t very good. It‘s got a reasonably large budget (nice cinematography and score) and a movie star in Nicolas Cage. After the first half of the movie showing promise, it goes down the drain when it should be getting off the ground. Several characters introduced early on, get lost in the shuffle. Once various, extraterrestrial mishaps start plaguing the family at the centre of this, we have nobody to root for. There is a character who should be the lead, who we are introduced to in the beginning and who then only pops up again in the end.
This is about an otherworldly event which rapidly mutates all life, but what we get are a few sub-The Thing effects, a CGI bug and Cage doing his crazy-shtick. The lighting effects which cause the mutations look like some 80s pop video effect.
The recent Annihilation by Alex Garland dealt with the same premise, far more imaginatively and thoughtfully.
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It seemed like a good premise, although poorly executed. Cage doing his usual over-acting, channelling Jack Nicholson in the shining.
Reno
The In Kraut
Judy, which I watched despite my general dislike of biopics. It is a run-of-the-mill biopic, but Zellweger really knocks it out of the park. Her performance drew me in despite the cliches. She goes beyond impersonation and mannerisms and really captures Judy Garland, I was doubtful but she deserved her Oscar win. The only times when this doesn’t quite work is when she has to sing. She does an OK approximation of Garland’s singing style, she just doesn’t have the pipes. Still better than expected and quite touching.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I was looking forward to this, in fact narrowly missed a preview double bill of this last night with Little Joe (which also looks promising). Nicolas Cage, Richard Stanley and HP Lovecraft and a poster like this:Color Out of Space, based on the Lovecraft story and which is Richard Stanley’s return to feature filmmaking after several decades. After two genre films in the early 90s, which showed promise (but weren’t all that great IMO) Stanley probably became most famous for the disastrous The Island of Dr. Moreau movie, starring a barely alive Marlon Brando. Stanley, who originated the project, got bootet off it early into the shoot, which led to a trainwreck of a movie and a hilarious documentary of everything which can go wrong on a film, going wrong:
His new film has been met with praise. There is a lot of goodwill towards Stanley, whose career is considered to have been unfairly derailed. Unfortunately this isn’t very good. It‘s got a reasonably large budget (nice cinematography and score) and a movie star in Nicolas Cage. After the first half of the movie showing promise, it goes down the drain when it should be getting off the ground. Several characters introduced early on, get lost in the shuffle. Once various, extraterrestrial mishaps start plaguing the family at the centre of this, we have nobody to root for. There is a character who should be the lead, who we are introduced to in the beginning and who then only pops up again in the end.
This is about an otherworldly event which rapidly mutates all life, but what we get are a few sub-The Thing effects, a CGI bug and Cage doing his crazy-shtick. The lighting effects which cause the mutations look like some 80s pop video effect.
The recent Annihilation by Alex Garland dealt with the same premise, far more imaginatively and thoughtfully.
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made it look like a recipe for entertaining derangement.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Wish I'd been able to see Annihilation on a big screen
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Brassic - This comedy series set in some Lancashire type small town about the adventures of a bi-polar likely lad and his mates is seriously worth watching . Its consistently funny , well scripted , fast paced and probably enhanced if you've ever set foot in one of these places. Too easy to be pigeonholed as just another shameless type comedy ,even though the writer worked on the third series apparantly , this is set exactly in one of those northern towns where after Blair the lack of meaningful jobs created extended adolescence . Think Early Doors for the post DReam generation.Reccomended.
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Reno
The In Kraut
Maborosi by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Sometimes a great filmmaker just passes you by, despite reading about how good their films are for decades. I finally caught up with Hirokazu Kore-eda with his film Shoplifters and even that a year after it came out. After it instantly became one of my favourite films of the last few years, I ended up getting a BFI blu-ray box set of his early films. Last night I watched his debut feature from 1995. With some early films you have to accept that a filmmaker is finding their voice or learning their craft, but not here. This is a masterpiece out of the gate.
Yumiko and Ikuo met as kids, married and just had a baby. They are a young working class couple living in Osaka but they appear happy and it's clear that Yumiko is deeply in love with her husband. Then one day she receives the news that her husband has died. He got hit by a train, an apparent suicide. The film moves on a few years. Yumiko has agreed to an arranged marriage to a widower who has a young daughter and she moves to a small seaside town with her son to join her new husband. She appears content, the new husband is kind and the two children get along well. After a brief visit to Osaka to visit friends and relatives, memories of Ikuo come flooding back and with it, her never really having come to terms with why he committed suicide. After she returns to her family, Yumiko becomes withdrawn. The film avoids melodrama or big moments, it's all in the details and in the expressions of the lead actress. Then the end packs an emotional wallop, I still get teary just thinking about it.
I've got three more films to go with the box set and then I'm going to get my hands on everything Hirokazu Kore-eda has directed.
Yumiko and Ikuo met as kids, married and just had a baby. They are a young working class couple living in Osaka but they appear happy and it's clear that Yumiko is deeply in love with her husband. Then one day she receives the news that her husband has died. He got hit by a train, an apparent suicide. The film moves on a few years. Yumiko has agreed to an arranged marriage to a widower who has a young daughter and she moves to a small seaside town with her son to join her new husband. She appears content, the new husband is kind and the two children get along well. After a brief visit to Osaka to visit friends and relatives, memories of Ikuo come flooding back and with it, her never really having come to terms with why he committed suicide. After she returns to her family, Yumiko becomes withdrawn. The film avoids melodrama or big moments, it's all in the details and in the expressions of the lead actress. Then the end packs an emotional wallop, I still get teary just thinking about it.
I've got three more films to go with the box set and then I'm going to get my hands on everything Hirokazu Kore-eda has directed.
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Reno
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Ang Lee seems to have become preoccupied with pushing new technology over the last few years, rather than making good films. This was supposed to showcase HFR (high frame rate) in combination with 3D, a technology most cinemas are not equipped to display and therefore only a few people have seen the film in the way it was supposed to be shown. HFR is supposed to feature an unprecedented level of detail and realism. Gemini Man is a film which has been in various stages of development since the mid-90s and was long considered to be one of the best unproduced screenplay due to its central hook. So it's odd that the thing most critics have complained about is its plot. Over the years other films have come along with a similar premise (Ryan Johnson's Looper) , so that's one reason it's not that novel anymore.
Reno
The In Kraut
At least I'm not the only one who thought this was a snooze.
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Aye. Just rewatched it & am trying to work out what all the fuss was about.At least I'm not the only one who thought this was a snooze.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
That looks good. Is it on telly or on DVD/streaming?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
It was on Sky. I watched it on a bent app on a firestick but if you have a laptop/pc download and set up Stremio and sign up ( its free) and its on there.
flypanam
Sausage to fortune
Late night - a movie about a talk show host (Emma Thompson) who is facing the end of her career unless she can make her act relevant. In steps Mindy Kailing to save the show with some woke humour. A terrible movie.
Joker - I liked it. The background of austerity in 1970's Gothem, the sense of alienation, being left behind while Wall Street and Thomas Wayne own the place was well done. A tale about how having no hope, no life other than day to day struggle, of being seen as vermin, can turn people to prejudice and nihilism.
Heimat - Life in Germany from the end of the War to the 1980's. Just got through the first disc. Loved it.
Joker - I liked it. The background of austerity in 1970's Gothem, the sense of alienation, being left behind while Wall Street and Thomas Wayne own the place was well done. A tale about how having no hope, no life other than day to day struggle, of being seen as vermin, can turn people to prejudice and nihilism.
Heimat - Life in Germany from the end of the War to the 1980's. Just got through the first disc. Loved it.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Finished Brassic , now looking foward to series 2.
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