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1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Haha, I do not. I usually just focus on the acting, and if they're selling the character to me in that movie. While some peoples' faces look more douche-y and "punchable" than others, I've found how someone looks has little to do with their acting talent. But at least you're honest!

I still wanna have her babies though. 

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1 hour ago, Bloodporne said:

I don't even know. She just...annoys me. Don't you ever see an actor and just think "fuck, this person is annoying"? That and I sometimes hate on people's faces, like someone's facial expression just perpetually annoys me. Somehow she's one of them and I have no logical explanation. 

 

Lost in Translation though was an excellent movie all around and I did really like her there. She also works in Ghost World. 

John Malkovich.... if he is onscreen it's a hard pass 

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Breaking Bad the entire series, rewatch

 

My girlfriend had not seen it so we binged it over the last month or so. Still so god damn good. It is fun watching with someone else and watch them freak out to the twists you know are coming. The amount of detail, foreshadowing and little things that go into the shots on this show are unparalleled, Slovis is the best cinematographer in television. The visual storytelling that was done on this show has not been matched to date. Of course Brain Cranston is brilliant whether he is playing early bumbling Walt the family man or full on Heisenberg. 

 

Breaking Bad still stands as the best show ever made IMO.

 

10/10

 

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Watched a lot of stuff over the holidays in a more director-centric manner, so I'll clump these up.

 

Maren Ade: Liked Toni Erdmann well enough at release, but feel I'd be better prepared to fully appreciate it having now seen The Forest for the Trees and Everyone Else. They operate as a way better primer for her acute renderings of awkward interactions than being thrown into the three-hour deep end. Forest... is the ultimate cringe/laughfest aided immeasurably by its DV aesthetic, and Everyone Else applies these same techniques to show a relationship falling apart.  // The Forest for the Trees - B / Everyone Else - B+

 

Christian Petzold: Saw Barbara when it came out and didn't think it left much of an impression (I was wrong), but last year's Transit really fucked with me. Prompted me to fully check out all his major internationally-released stuff, and he's now one of my favorite working filmmakers. Yella, Jerichow and Barbara form an interesting period that reminded me a lot of Melville, one of my all-timers. Lot of static camera work with loads of simmering emotion. Great as they all are, Phoenix is a complete game-changer. Faintly similar to its predecessor Barbara, but with way more layers. // Yella - B+ / Jerichow - B+ / Barbara - B+ / Phoenix - A-

 

Trey Edwards Shults: After seeing Waves and being somewhat mixed on it, I decided to watch his first two features and came to the conclusion that he's a fairly talented guy who has absolutely no idea what he's doing, mostly with writing but also in executing ideas. Krisha is his most successful, being fairly thin but a low-scale effort that allows the opportunity to be more of a showman. It Comes at Night is a complete failure, unable to deliver on any of the wobbly dramatic potential it has and wasting a really talented cast (Ejogo takes the biggest hit.) // Krisha - B- / It Comes at Night - D

 

Tamara Jenkins: One of the issues with Netflix is that, unless you're Scorsese or a Cloverfield, it can be difficult to discover the new releases unless you know EXACTLY what you're looking for. So now, I'm a year late on the new joints from Nicole Holofcener and Tamara Jenkins. In the case of the latter, Private Life is excellent. So much exacting detail in every scene, and it makes so much sense to learn that the reason for Jenkins's long sojourns between films is because her films are largely drawn from life experience of the decade preceding a given film. Went back to her debut, Slums of Beverly Hills, and I'm obsessed. "Bizarre" doesn't begin to do it justice, and neither does "hilarious." A fast entry into the desert island canon. // Private Life - B / Slums of Beverly Hills - A-

 

Alex Ross Perry: A big fan since 2014's Listen Up Philip. Had some catch-up to play with his last two, and they signify polar opposites of what he's capable of. Golden Exits is a decently-large ensemble working with what I can charitably call an exceedingly literate screenplay that's played at a very languid register. Still not quite sure what to make of it, but I need to revisit it to get a better sense of ... what it is. Her Smell, on the other hand, is immediately captivating. Fast paced, erratic, and constantly orbiting Elisabeth Moss's high-wire performance. It takes a very special actor to dial it up to 11 and not make it seem like showboating, and that's just what she does here. // Golden Exits - C+? / Her Smell - A-

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11 hours ago, Zeluge said:

Watched a lot of stuff over the holidays in a more director-centric manner, so I'll clump these up.

 

Maren Ade: Liked Toni Erdmann well enough at release, but feel I'd be better prepared to fully appreciate it having now seen The Forest for the Trees and Everyone Else. They operate as a way better primer for her acute renderings of awkward interactions than being thrown into the three-hour deep end. Forest... is the ultimate cringe/laughfest aided immeasurably by its DV aesthetic, and Everyone Else applies these same techniques to show a relationship falling apart.  // The Forest for the Trees - B / Everyone Else - B+

 

Christian Petzold: Saw Barbara when it came out and didn't think it left much of an impression (I was wrong), but last year's Transit really fucked with me. Prompted me to fully check out all his major internationally-released stuff, and he's now one of my favorite working filmmakers. Yella, Jerichow and Barbara form an interesting period that reminded me a lot of Melville, one of my all-timers. Lot of static camera work with loads of simmering emotion. Great as they all are, Phoenix is a complete game-changer. Faintly similar to its predecessor Barbara, but with way more layers. // Yella - B+ / Jerichow - B+ / Barbara - B+ / Phoenix - A-

 

Trey Edwards Shults: After seeing Waves and being somewhat mixed on it, I decided to watch his first two features and came to the conclusion that he's a fairly talented guy who has absolutely no idea what he's doing, mostly with writing but also in executing ideas. Krisha is his most successful, being fairly thin but a low-scale effort that allows the opportunity to be more of a showman. It Comes at Night is a complete failure, unable to deliver on any of the wobbly dramatic potential it has and wasting a really talented cast (Ejogo takes the biggest hit.) // Krisha - B- / It Comes at Night - D

 

Tamara Jenkins: One of the issues with Netflix is that, unless you're Scorsese or a Cloverfield, it can be difficult to discover the new releases unless you know EXACTLY what you're looking for. So now, I'm a year late on the new joints from Nicole Holofcener and Tamara Jenkins. In the case of the latter, Private Life is excellent. So much exacting detail in every scene, and it makes so much sense to learn that the reason for Jenkins's long sojourns between films is because her films are largely drawn from life experience of the decade preceding a given film. Went back to her debut, Slums of Beverly Hills, and I'm obsessed. "Bizarre" doesn't begin to do it justice, and neither does "hilarious." A fast entry into the desert island canon. // Private Life - B / Slums of Beverly Hills - A-

 

Alex Ross Perry: A big fan since 2014's Listen Up Philip. Had some catch-up to play with his last two, and they signify polar opposites of what he's capable of. Golden Exits is a decently-large ensemble working with what I can charitably call an exceedingly literate screenplay that's played at a very languid register. Still not quite sure what to make of it, but I need to revisit it to get a better sense of ... what it is. Her Smell, on the other hand, is immediately captivating. Fast paced, erratic, and constantly orbiting Elisabeth Moss's high-wire performance. It takes a very special actor to dial it up to 11 and not make it seem like showboating, and that's just what she does here. // Golden Exits - C+? / Her Smell - A-

I thought It Comes At Night was stunningly...nothing. By stunningly I mean that I was shocked that anyone could watch that final cut and go "yup, that's the full movie". It felt like maybe the first, or first-and-a-half, act of a potentially cool movie. Problem is, even that fell flat for me and kind of resembled one of those lull type episodes in one of the great early seasons of The Walking Dead at best. Total waste of time as far as I'm concerned. 

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Closet Land '91 - Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman are the cast (literally, it's just them). I saw this on tv shortly after release. I was probably 15 or 16 at the time, and it really stuck with me. I was reminded of it and figured I'd give it a rewatch. I can't objectively rate it, as most of my thoughts on the film are firmly rooted in nostalgia, but it still screwed with my head.

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Climax 4/5 - WOW this movie is something else. I knew it would be since this is the same director as Irreversible. I thought the dialogue in the first 30 minutes wasnt very interesting. The dancing was great though. Then they realize they’ve been drugged and this shit becomes truly awesome. Now I kind of want to go back and watch the first 30 minutes. The choreography in this movie is just insane. Highly recommend to anybody who enjoys horror movies. 

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We watched the first 90 minutes of The Irishman last night (so only about 120 minutes left) and so far I'm really enjoying it. I hadn't seen any previews, so I was unaware of the choices they made regarding the characters appearance, but I'm happy with the way it looks and it gives me that wonderful hit of nostalgia, despite the film being new. 
 

 

We watched another half an hour and still great although it may have been better as a series

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THE LION KING(‘19) 2/5

 

Well you know the story of this film, but it drags in this pretty stellar looking movie. Don’t own the 4K, cousin&husband didn’t want to watch it in 3D, and so we watched the bluray. The animation is pretty damn realistic and because of that, hurts the enjoyment of the film. Unlike the classic hand drawn animated film, this realistic approach doesn’t emote well to screen. It’s felt like watching a pet store commercial with simple talking lips of the animals talking about the product. Cute for a 30sec ad but hard to keep that attitude for an 1hour and 40min movie. I even watched it high and it still didn’t help (Do-Si-Dos is amazing) Also hard to hear classic voices (minus JEJ) being replaced by these new talking voices. Plus the forced in Beyoncé “Spirit” song and the Elton John song should be anywhere near what was an already perfect soundtrack.

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1917

 

I wouldn't say I'm inherently against the feature-length one-take aesthetic, but the biggest danger--and what I think this movie succumbs to--is that the concept of the production entirely consumes the content. The drama gets lost amidst the idea of Mendes, Deakins, et al having accomplished this. Found it fairly boring as a result.

 

A lot of this also looks way too clean. The grime and grit of this world is not as omnipresent as it should be.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - 8/10

 

Well I really enjoyed the movie.

 

I went in with reasonably tempered expectations, having heard a bunch of conflicting opinions. I enjoyed TFA and TLJ as well, for reference.

 

The biggest problem with the movie was that it felt rushed. Like JJ Abrams needed to do a bunch of setup to get to the place where he wanted to be to start the third movie from, so he rushed through establishing a bunch of important stuff at a breakneck pace. Like he tried to cram 2 movies' worth of stuff into one.

 

The other big problem I felt was that there's this demonstrable

escalation of powers from previous movies to this one. These force-users are more superhuman than ever before.

 

There are some unresolved threads from previous movies as well as this one.

 

The plot sure had some leaps of logic and some "just go with it" required.

 

BUT all that stuff was in service of the heart of the story and in that, I felt like it did a great job. The heart was in the right place. The characters were handled well.

I enjoyed Kylo's internal struggle and journey. C3PO was actually a fun character. Luke had some redemption. They handled Leia well.


At the end of the day, while I can poke holes in it all day, I enjoyed myself all the way through. It gave me the feelings I expect and hope to feel when watching a Star Wars movie. So I'm happy with it.

 

Personal ranking of Star Wars movies without giving it a ton of thought:
1) Empire Strikes Back 10/10
2) The Return of the Jedi 9.5/10
3) Rogue One 9/10
4) A New Hope 8.75/10
5) The Force Awakens 8.5/10
6) The Rise of Skywalker 8/10
7) The Last Jedi 8/10
8) Solo 8/10
9) Revenge of the Sith 7/10
10) The Phantom Menace 6/10
11) Attack of the Clones 6/10
(Subject to change on a daily basis)

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IT: Chapter 2 - 9/10

 

Now, like most scores given by random, unknown people on the internet - I should provide some context. I really enjoy Stephen King, I've read a fair few books, 'It' being one of them. Shockingly, I really liked it (though I would accept a redact of the children orgy).  

 

I also really enjoyed the first movie and I've watched it maybe three or four times now. I was however apprehensive about this after reading some impressions and seeing some scores. Thankfully, the 'opinions are like assholes' thing holds strong. I loved it. I really liked the fact it was campy, I enjoyed the fact it didn't care how long it was. Unlike most horror movies, it didn't want to be serious and that cartoon element (for me) allowed the things shown to be pleasantly out-there and in-keeping with the material it was based off. 

 

So yeah, for me this was a very strong two-part adaptation and one I will sit down with and watch in total at some point. 

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Castle Rock, Season 2 - 8/10

 

I liked this even better than the first, probably because of the strong ties to Misery and Salem’s Lot, both books I loved. Lizzie Caplan really dials it up and channels Kathy Bates in this. The ending...talk about gutting your emotions. 
 

 

Joker - I’m really not sure how to rate this. Joaquin Phoenix was great, really got into the role. It was beautifully shot in places. But at the end, I felt...uncomfortable with the messaging. Really mixed feelings on this one. 

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Lighthouse

 

It seems like all A24 movies I watch have a similar feel to them, a few really good elements covered in a ton of weirdness that often feels like it is weird for the sake of weird. Lighthouse is wonderfully shot and amazing lit, taking full of advantage of what black and white allows you to do with darkness and shadow. Willem Dafoe probably gives the best performance of his life, if you like Shakespearean style monologues you will eat it up, there is one he does near the end of the movie that might some of the most challenging acting I have ever seen. For all that goodness though you have to watch Robert Pattinson bang a mermaid right in her giant fishy vagina along with numerous other "what the hell am I watching' moments. 

 

I could be imagining it but I'm pretty sure Pattinson switches accents 3 times in this movie.

 

7/10, I know some people will think this a 10/10 and others will absolutely hate it

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - S3

 

What can I say, I love this show and I'm a sucker for it. Floundered a bit early on in the season but ultimately was just as enjoyable, with some truly fucking funny episodes later on, as the first two seasons. The characters and dialogue are just too good and entertaining in this, I could watch an episode about them collectively buying paint. 

 

9/10

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On 1/19/2020 at 11:15 AM, elbobo said:

Lighthouse

 

It seems like all A24 movies I watch have a similar feel to them, a few really good elements covered in a ton of weirdness that often feels like it is weird for the sake of weird. Lighthouse is wonderfully shot and amazing lit, taking full of advantage of what black and white allows you to do with darkness and shadow. Willem Dafoe probably gives the best performance of his life, if you like Shakespearean style monologues you will eat it up, there is one he does near the end of the movie that might some of the most challenging acting I have ever seen. For all that goodness though you have to watch Robert Pattinson bang a mermaid right in her giant fishy vagina along with numerous other "what the hell am I watching' moments. 

 

I could be imagining it but I'm pretty sure Pattinson switches accents 3 times in this movie.

 

7/10, I know some people will think this a 10/10 and others will absolutely hate it

I wrote down my thoughts on it in detail before but I agree with your score and overall sentiment, although I might go with a 6.5/10. Looking back on it now and after a second viewing, it's a gorgeous but ultimately empty feeling exercise in style to me. For all its analog, handcrafted and organic minutiae, the whole affair feels sterile and distant to me. I know what the movie wanted to convey and make me feel in every scene but it never connects with me. I also think both The Witch and this have pacing issues in that both films slump noticeably at one point or another. 

 

I still think Eggers is a really exciting director but I view this as a bit of a misfire bogged down by his fetishization of technique. I really fucking like what it was trying to do which makes it a bit frustrating. I still really want to see his take on Nosferatu but who knows when that'll happen, next project doesn't sound terribly interesting to me beyond it being him directing. 

 

And yeah, I had the same impression regarding Pattinson's accent/accents, it definitely wasn't steady. 

 

"It seems like all A24 movies I watch have a similar feel to them, a few really good elements covered in a ton of weirdness that often feels like it is weird for the sake of weird."

 

The last few A24 releases I've watched had the same exact reaction from me as well. There's a certain "everything's been done, how do we not make this cliche" overshooting going on that feels like in attempts to be unique, shit gets weird to a point of too far-fetched and silly in context for me.

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Color Out of Space - I had an interesting experience Wednesday night. I was scrolling through movie times at my local AMC, and saw one listing for this movie I had never heard of. Turns out it's a new Nicolas Cage movie based on HP Lovecraft story. It was also billed as the return of Richard Stanley, a name that means nothing to me. I think the surprise nature of my viewing experience helped me enjoy this more, but it's a well made low budget B movie. 

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GLASS 4.5/5

 

I might be in the minority group here but I loved this film. Maybe because Unbreakable is also one of my all time favourite movies helps as well. I’ll try to stay spoil free but I liked the grounded world built M Night sets up or is trying to say there is. Story centres more on The Beast then anyone else but there was just enough of them, for me to enjoy. I thought for the small amount of action present that it was well done with some cool camera angles used for perspective. The 4K disc looked amazing and the sound was used effectively. Great hearing The Beast walking on my ceiling with the Atmos track provided. I’m kind hope we can see more of this potential world but am fine if we don’t as well

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45 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

The Gentlemen. While not Ritchie's best work, the story was enjoyable and there are some very good performances. 

 

I heard they intentionally want you to watch it high - to the degree that the studio is encouraging it.

 

https://collider.com/the-gentlemen-review-guy-ritchie/

 

I'm a Ritchie fan, and while I doubt this can top his best, this is promising to hear, sober or high.

 

 

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14 hours ago, TheLeon said:

Color Out of Space - I had an interesting experience Wednesday night. I was scrolling through movie times at my local AMC, and saw one listing for this movie I had never heard of. Turns out it's a new Nicolas Cage movie based on HP Lovecraft story. It was also billed as the return of Richard Stanley, a name that means nothing to me. I think the surprise nature of my viewing experience helped me enjoy this more, but it's a well made low budget B movie. 

If your interested I highly suggest Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey 

 

 

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James May our man in Japan

 

Says it doesn't want to the usual Japan travel log but then proceeds to hit virtually every Japan trope, May was entertaining.

 

6.5/10

 

 

Lost in Space season 2

 

Same problems as season 1, baffling character motivations especially by the villains and no one shares information with each other. The effects and production values remain top notch.

 

4.5/10

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