Just finished a Hunger Games film festival. All four films. It's a good reminder of what the world will be like when Trump Tower becomes the new White House. 
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Just like looking in a mirror while watching 11.22.63 mini series.I want photo evidence of your akimbo eyes and ears!
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All I can say is, good God.
All I can say is, good God.
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Maribel Verdu
In an earlier post, I expressed my appreciation of Canadian film. I also have a fondness for Mexican cinema too and this movie is one of the best. I think this is my fourth time watching this one and it just gets better every time. Gael Garcia Bernal is a fantastic actor but if you haven't seen any Mexican films, you probably don't know him. I've seen Diego Luna in a few English language films (Milk is one of them).
Anyway, the movie is basically a road movie. Diego (Tenoch) and Gael (Julio) play college aged guys that have been lifelong friends. Tenoch and Julio meet a woman at a wedding and end up going on a trip with her. The trip takes them through a few small Mexican towns and ends up at a beautiful isolated beach. Here is the synopsis from IMDB - In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. The movie can be hilarious at times, sad at times and is pretty graphic at times too (That's my warning for the squeamish
). There is so much going on visually in this movie, it's a shame to have to read the subtitles. It's a beautiful film and I highly recommend it if you can handle some of the more graphic parts. It's not a movie to watch with your mother.
In an earlier post, I expressed my appreciation of Canadian film. I also have a fondness for Mexican cinema too and this movie is one of the best. I think this is my fourth time watching this one and it just gets better every time. Gael Garcia Bernal is a fantastic actor but if you haven't seen any Mexican films, you probably don't know him. I've seen Diego Luna in a few English language films (Milk is one of them).
Anyway, the movie is basically a road movie. Diego (Tenoch) and Gael (Julio) play college aged guys that have been lifelong friends. Tenoch and Julio meet a woman at a wedding and end up going on a trip with her. The trip takes them through a few small Mexican towns and ends up at a beautiful isolated beach. Here is the synopsis from IMDB - In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. The movie can be hilarious at times, sad at times and is pretty graphic at times too (That's my warning for the squeamish
). There is so much going on visually in this movie, it's a shame to have to read the subtitles. It's a beautiful film and I highly recommend it if you can handle some of the more graphic parts. It's not a movie to watch with your mother. 
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Just warming up for October?Island of Terror -- attack of the Horta's that dissolve the bones and leave the sack.
Peter Cushing, what were you thinking?
Second movie I watched was Night Train to Terror. An attempt at many little horror stories within the big horror story.
This was just ghastly, and not in a good ghastly way. But I watched the whole thing.
(I have a few recorded so I will have some on hand in case they don't show enough for the "Halloween Movie Horror Thread") [or words to that effect]
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I just recorded this one yesterday!
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I'm watching (well listening to) Eight Days a Week - saw the whole thing a couple of days ago and loved it.Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Maribel Verdu
In an earlier post, I expressed my appreciation of Canadian film. I also have a fondness for Mexican cinema too and this movie is one of the best. I think this is my fourth time watching this one and it just gets better every time. Gael Garcia Bernal is a fantastic actor but if you haven't seen any Mexican films, you probably don't know him. I've seen Diego Luna in a few English language films (Milk is one of them).
Anyway, the movie is basically a road movie. Diego (Tenoch) and Gael (Julio) play college aged guys that have been lifelong friends. Tenoch and Julio meet a woman at a wedding and end up going on a trip with her. The trip takes them through a few small Mexican towns and ends up at a beautiful isolated beach. Here is the synopsis from IMDB - In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. The movie can be hilarious at times, sad at times and is pretty graphic at times too (That's my warning for the squeamish
Do you like films with subtitles? Last one I saw was called "The Volcano" which we enjoyed very much
I'd rather know the language than have to read subtitles, but since I'm one of the Americans that only knows one language, I'm stuck with the subtitles.
But I do love watching films from other countries.
Last night I watched Shark Lake with Dolph Lundgren. Sharks in a lake eat a couple of people. Shark tries to eat Dolph. Dolph punches shark. Stupid shark should have known better than to mess with Dolph.
Ive seen two movies in the last week or so. The first was "Sausage Party". Oh my was that offensive and wrong, but funny. When the sexism and racism is that rampant, it becomes equal opportunity! LOL
I also watched the Beatles documentary "8 Days a Week" about their touring years. That was pretty awesome and a must for any Beatles fans.
I also watched the Beatles documentary "8 Days a Week" about their touring years. That was pretty awesome and a must for any Beatles fans.
The Magnificent Seven - decent western, familiar story, director thinks no-one ever saw a western before
My Netflix movie of the day yesterday was Zombeavers. It's about a group of teenagers on a weekend getaway in the woods who get attacked by, you guessed it, zombie beavers. If that concept doesn't make you want to immediately watch this modern cinema classic then I would have to question your taste in movies. 
My Netflix movie of the day yesterday was Zombeavers. It's about a group of teenagers on a weekend getaway in the woods who get attacked by, you guessed it, zombie beavers. If that concept doesn't make you want to immediately watch this modern cinema classic then I would have to question your taste in movies.
Finally saw The Revenant. Wow. It's one breathtaking scene after another.
I've loved this director's other films and always marvel at his poignant creative choices and his emphasis on trivial human moments
Did anyone see this in the theater?
I've loved this director's other films and always marvel at his poignant creative choices and his emphasis on trivial human moments
like the scene with Dicaprio catching snowflakes on his tongue. It's a brave thing to do because an audience could roll their eyes or see such a scene as pointless. This director isn't afraid to sit in the silence of a spiritual moment or simply allow a character to grieve on screen. Instead of fast and furious editing, for example, he uses 360 degree swivels and Google Earth-esque movement during a battle so that the viewer feels they are in the thick of it. (I could digress about how the opposite of this technique worked very well in the penultimate episode of the GOT finale, but I will resist that urge). I'd really like to see it in IMAX. This film, in my view, is a work of art.
I'm not sure how this escaped an Oscar nod.....Girls in bikinis and zombie beavers? Can't go wrong...
....I'm so juvenile, cuz all I could think was "girls with zombie beavers"...channeling my Inner Larry Flynt I guesses....
I saw it in the theater and was spellbound and awestruck. It really is a work of art on film. It deserved every award that it garnered.
Yes, I did. Lots of directorial flourish, rather too many shots gazing skywards through the trees, not DiCaprio's finest performance (rather too heavily camouflaged through most of it), and at least half an hour too long. That opening sequence, though - Wow.