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fljoe0 · Nov 20, 2016

Being Charlie - Nick Robinson (2015)

This is an addiction and rehab movie directed by Rob Reiner and the screenplay was written by his son, Nick. The movie is a loosely autobiographical story of Nick's struggles with addiction. There are a lot of movies like this out there but this one has a bit of a twist in that the lead character is not particularly likable. He's a spoiled rich kid that has been pulled out of numerous bad situations by his famous dad and been given more second chances than a person deserves. So, in a weird way, that unlikable character is what I like about this movie. This movie is not expecting you to feel pity for the main character and I think that gives this movie a little extra kick. Nick Robinson is fantastic in his role as the addicted 18 year old.

Tery · Nov 21, 2016

skimom2 said:
BTW, I'm on Cap's side, too. Was when I first read the comics and still am.

The subject matter of the film - the disagreement - is rapidly becoming more relevant than ever. Nice to have you on the same side

Saw Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them on Saturday night. It was excellent! I'd never seen Freddy Redmane in a film before and I was impressed. The effects were brilliant, of course. The creatures were fantastic (natch). I saw one huge plot twist almost immediately but there is a red herring here that is one of the best I've seen. There will be 4 more Newt Skamander films that will cover the Wizarding Wars mentioned in the Harry Potter movies. Something to look forward to.

Blake · Nov 21, 2016

I went to see Doctor Strange at the cinema last Thursday. I thought it was okay, but I would have liked if they had followed the six part 'Strange' comic series from 2005, where he's a real nasty doctor who would only treat people if they had the money, and then he has a skiing accident. I would have liked it if the 'Ancient One' was like in the comics, but I still thought the movie was pretty good.

Neil W · Nov 21, 2016

ghost19 said:
Inception was very good also. I understood that one the first time thru and was impressed with the plot. I think Interstellar tells a good story but I'm just not real bright so that one may be "operator error". Lol

I had the same "operator error." I think some directors sometimes have a story which works in their head but, by the time they have translated it to the screen they have forgotten that the audience may not be privy to their thought processes, and what might be obvious to them - because they thought of it - is less than obvious to viewers. And there is accordingly a jump in narrative clarity, often in arriving at a resolution. Examples: Interstellar, Arrival, The Fountain, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Prometheus etc. Sometimes it happens because of studio interference messing up the edit, but more often it is the director getting ahead of himself.

Gerald · Nov 21, 2016

ghost19 said:
There were definitely some great horror movies made in the 70's. Not as much CGI back then so the story had to be solid in order to make it successful. It's a trend sorely lacking nowadays. The Amityville Horror, Halloween, The Omen...the list goes on and on. I'll find Burnt Offerings on Amazon or somewhere and see if its available.

The seventies seemed especially fertile for horrormovies. The Exorcist, Jaws, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, Dawn of the Dead, Alien. It's when Carpenter, Argento, Craven, Cronenberg began their careers.
They're still basing remakes, sequels and tv-shows on movies from the seventies.

In the eighties you still got a number of classics, especially splatterfilms, but not as many. And after that real classic horrormovies are more sporadic.

Nowadays there seems to be a lack of originality. They rely too much on (pointless) remakes. And there's too much found footage - found footage sometimes works, but it always feels like a gimmick and it doesn't produce films that are beautiful to look at. And CGI can work well (if you look at things like Avatar or Lord of the Rings), but it usually isn't of a very high standard or they tend to overuse it. Really good CGI just costs a lot and it seems often they don't spend enough on it.

ghost19 · Nov 21, 2016

Gerald said:
The seventies seemed especially fertile for horrormovies. The Exorcist, Jaws, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, Dawn of the Dead, Alien. It's when Carpenter, Argento, Craven, Cronenberg began their careers.
They're still basing remakes, sequels and tv-shows on movies from the seventies.

In the eighties you still got a number of classics, especially splatterfilms, but not as many. And after that real classic horrormovies are more sporadic.

Nowadays there seems to be a lack of originality. They rely too much on (pointless) remakes. And there's too much found footage - found footage sometimes works, but it always feels like a gimmick and it doesn't produce films that are beautiful to look at. And CGI can work well (if you look at things like Avatar or Lord of the Rings), but it usually isn't of a very high standard or they tend to overuse it. Really good CGI just costs a lot and it seems often they don't spend enough on it.

Agreed. I've always thought the original "Blair Witch" concept was friggin' genius in its marketing concept. The people who thought up that project and made it into reality were thinking outside the box and they made a fortune off of it. I knew a bunch of people, including myself, who loved it and a bunch of people who also hated it, but the common denominator was it got them into the theater to watch it which=CHA-CHING! The found footage concept has been copied so many times now it's diluted the genre quite badly imho but every once in a while, I'll come across one that still gets it right.

ghost19 · Nov 21, 2016

Neil W said:
I had the same "operator error." I think some directors sometimes have a story which works in their head but, by the time they have translated it to the screen they have forgotten that the audience may not be privy to their thought processes, and what might be obvious to them - because they thought of it - is less than obvious to viewers. And there is accordingly a jump in narrative clarity, often in arriving at a resolution. Examples: Interstellar, Arrival, The Fountain, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Prometheus etc. Sometimes it happens because of studio interference messing up the edit, but more often it is the director getting ahead of himself.

Interstellar seems to have a well thought out plot, I just got lost somewhere near the end. I've ran it back several times and I think I get it now, but the overall concept of the movie looks like something Stephen Hawking would come up with. It's a good flick, no doubt about that.

Gerald · Nov 22, 2016

ghost19 said:
Agreed. I've always thought the original "Blair Witch" concept was friggin' genius in its marketing concept. The people who thought up that project and made it into reality were thinking outside the box and they made a fortune off of it. I knew a bunch of people, including myself, who loved it and a bunch of people who also hated it, but the common denominator was it got them into the theater to watch it which=CHA-CHING! The found footage concept has been copied so many times now it's diluted the genre quite badly imho but every once in a while, I'll come across one that still gets it right.

I saw Blair Witch in the theatre before I had Internet. On its own it just doesn't work, you had to be prepared for it by their site. I found it actually quite boring.

It wasn't even the first of its kind, but like you say it was marketed very well. Found footage films I like better are Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, Cloverfield, The Taking of Deborah Logan, The Last Exorcism and Man Bites Dog - a very darkly funny Belgian film.
But it's been overdone now, it's time for something new. But it doesn't look like it's gonna go away anytime soon.

ghost19 · Nov 22, 2016

Gerald said:
I saw Blair Witch in the theatre before I had Internet. On its own it just doesn't work, you had to be prepared for it by their site. I found it actually quite boring.

It wasn't even the first of its kind, but like you say it was marketed very well. Found footage films I like better are Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, Cloverfield, The Taking of Deborah Logan, The Last Exorcism and Man Bites Dog - a very darkly funny Belgian film.
But it's been overdone now, it's time for something new. But it doesn't look like it's gonna go away anytime soon.

There's another found footage movie called "Alien Abduction" from 2014 I think that was very well done. Its a very good movie. Incident At Lake County sounds interesting, I'll have to check that one out.

Gerald · Nov 22, 2016

ghost19 said:
There's another found footage movie called "Alien Abduction" from 2014 I think that was very well done. Its a very good movie. Incident At Lake County sounds interesting, I'll have to check that one out.

Can't remember if I saw that, there been so, so many of these films.

I wonder also if the Blair Witch Project influenced camera technique as a whole. Nowadays there is hardly a steady shot in a film anymore, the camera is always slightly shaking. At first I noticed this only in actionmovies, but now it's in nearly every movie, also in drama.
I think I first noticed this in the second Bourne film, which is from 2004, so that came áfter Blair Witch Project which is from 1999.
The idea seems the same, they're not holding the camera steady to create a sense of involvement, like it is live coverage. I don't find it overly annoying, but it doesn't look beautiful I think.

ghost19 · Nov 22, 2016

Gerald said:
Can't remember if I saw that, there been so, so many of these films.

I wonder also if the Blair Witch Project influenced camera technique as a whole. Nowadays there is hardly a steady shot in a film anymore, the camera is always slightly shaking. At first I noticed this only in actionmovies, but now it's in nearly every movie, also in drama.
I think I first noticed this in the second Bourne film, which is from 2004, so that came áfter Blair Witch Project which is from 1999.
The idea seems the same, they're not holding the camera steady to create a sense of involvement, like it is live coverage. I don't find it overly annoying, but it doesn't look beautiful I think.

I hear ya. Have you seen "Hardcore Henry"? I needed a motion sickness pill after that one, but I was cracking up throughout the whole movie. I'd be interested to see what the total body count was..lol

skimom2 · Nov 22, 2016

Kurben said:
watched The Impossible with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. Also saw The Wave, Norwegian disater movie. If you liked the Impossible or disaster movies in general i can recommend this. It is about what would happen to the small coastal villages along the fjords if there was a landslide. Something all geological experts says are bound to happen sooner or later because how the mountains are on both sides.

The Wave is on Netflix here, and I've had it on my list for a while--I think I'll take a look tonight! Thanks!

skimom2 · Nov 22, 2016

ghost19 said:
Agreed. I've always thought the original "Blair Witch" concept was friggin' genius in its marketing concept. The people who thought up that project and made it into reality were thinking outside the box and they made a fortune off of it. I knew a bunch of people, including myself, who loved it and a bunch of people who also hated it, but the common denominator was it got them into the theater to watch it which=CHA-CHING! The found footage concept has been copied so many times now it's diluted the genre quite badly imho but every once in a while, I'll come across one that still gets it right.

Have you seen Creep? I'm not a fan of found footage, and less of a fan of 'hipster horror', but this one got it mostly right, I think. I enjoyed it a lot!

ghost19 · Nov 22, 2016

skimom2 said:
Have you seen Creep? I'm not a fan of found footage, and less of a fan of 'hipster horror', but this one got it mostly right, I think. I enjoyed it a lot!

Never heard of that one. Thank you ma'am. I'll have to check around for it.

skimom2 · Nov 22, 2016

ghost19 said:
Never heard of that one. Thank you ma'am. I'll have to check around for it.

I watched on Netflix

ghost19 · Nov 22, 2016

skimom2 said:
I watched on Netflix

Got it added to my Netflix playlist. Thanks again.

Gerald · Nov 23, 2016

ghost19 said:
I hear ya. Have you seen "Hardcore Henry"? I needed a motion sickness pill after that one, but I was cracking up throughout the whole movie. I'd be interested to see what the total body count was..lol

No, only the trailer.

I wonder if films will ever get back to a more 'relaxed' style. To have the camera constantly shaking seems unnecessary, what should make it exciting is the story and what happens, in itself it's not exciting to have a camera shake.

Neil W · Dec 12, 2016

My backlog!

Bad Santa 2 - unpleasant film about unpleasant people doing unpleasant things. I chuckled occasionally.
Fantastic Beasts (And Where To Find Them) - proof that the Potterverse has life beyond Harry.
Nocturnal Animals art-house movie which works well as mainstream drama/thriller.
Mum's List - true-life cancer weepie, done well.
The Edge Of Seventeen - well-acted teen drama misleadingly trailed as a comedy.
Allied - WW2 drama of love and possible betrayal. Good period feel, rather difficult to believe in it, though.
A United Kingdom - true-life drama of Seretse Khama's mixed marriage and the diplomatic consequences. Good.
Moana - Polynesian CGI from Disney - very good (looks gorgeous).
Sully - Eastwood/Hanks look at Miracle On The Hudson and the enquiry into it afterwards. Good, but no suspense.

fljoe0 · Dec 12, 2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) Tina Fey

Based on the Kim Baker autobiography. Kim Baker spent 3 years as a war reporter in Afghanistan (approximately 2003-2006) and the movie is about her experiences as one of the few female reporters there. Even though Tina Fey is in this, don't expect a comedy although there are many funny scenes in the movie. I thought Tina Fey was perfect for this role. This one is well worth your time.

80sFan · Dec 14, 2016

Watched quite a few movies over the past couple weeks...the best may have been "The Infiltrator".
The worst may have been "Don't Breathe" (I really didn't expect it to be great).
The most disappointing was "Burnt Offerings" (nowhere near lived up to its reputation).
Trying to remember others I watched. Most were so bad that hubby put a temporary "ban" on me for choosing what we watch.
The ban has since been lifted, but I agree it was deserved.

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