Latest Movie That You Watched!
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Dunkirk - decent but flawed account of the Dunkirk rescue. Christopher Nolan is NOT the Messiah.
1 Mile to You--about a boy who uses running to deal with a tragedy in his life. Loved it. It's based on the novel, Life at These Speeds. Anyone read it?
Lavender--weird ghost story which couldn't be saved even though the main character's (Abbie Cornish's) acting wasn't bad at all. One of those movies where you laugh at the parts that are supposed to be scary, and you're notified about when you're supposed to be scared by the giant, loud cello music.
Lavender--weird ghost story which couldn't be saved even though the main character's (Abbie Cornish's) acting wasn't bad at all. One of those movies where you laugh at the parts that are supposed to be scary, and you're notified about when you're supposed to be scared by the giant, loud cello music.
Django Unchained. Definitely a Quentin Tarantino film- lots of blood with dark humor. Stellar cast! Jamie Fox was wonderful and his co-star Christopher Waltz is magnificent.
Victor Frankenstein. Over the top Gothic-ish horror. The twist: it's told from Igor's perspective (a very intelligent Igor, even). No wonder movie, but it's made me smile or laugh many times. I liked it for what it was--pulp, like a graphic novel filmed 
Both Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy were scenery chewing good--lol.
Both Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy were scenery chewing good--lol.
I played nice and went to see this with my husband. Major snorefest. Christopher Nolan is so full of himself. Give me an old fashioned historical account with dialog and character development told in some semblance of time. Please!
But wait! The Internet says it is the Greatest Movie Ever Filmed (or at least, the greatest movie since Wonder Woman, which was the Greatest Movie Ever Filmed since whatever trendy thing was released the week before)!
Seriously, internet hype is ridiculous.
Did you see the 70mm version?
I hope they are still showing that version. I missed it this weekend and really wanted to see the 70 mm version.
I really like this movie! I agree-Jaime Fox Christopher Waltz were fantastic.
I live out in the sticks, so no.
I don't think it's Nolan so much as his fan base. I find him rather like Tarantino - both undeniably talented filmmakers, but both have acquired vocal fanbases who think they are the best thing since sliced bread, and they're not. But they take the adulation on board, think they can do no wrong, and become terribly self-indulgent. What they both need is a collaborator they can trust who can say to them "No, that goes a bit too far / misses the point / whatever. Stay focused on what you're good at, and don't be too much of a cleverclogs."
Zack Snyder, by contrast - another one with a very vocal fanbase - is brilliant at putting visuals on screen, but his critical faculties are filtered through the thought processes of a 13-year old who has only ever read comic books, has ADHD, and hasn't taken his Ritalin.
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War For The Planet of the Apes. Loved it. Seriously, best movie I've seen this summer. Monkey movie made me cry. Twice.
Tim Burton's Home for Harry Potter's Mutant X-Kids, or something. Home for peculiar kid freaks stuck in a WWII time loop island thingie. And Sam Jackson ('cause he's in every movie, dontcha know). About what I expected. See the trailer, ya seen the whole movie. I kinda just drifted out, just didn't give a damn anymore. Maybe if I read the book it'd suck less, but I doubt it.
Then I ate a homemade taco with lotsa srirrrrracha. And Malt liquor. We won't talk about what happened the next morning.
Then I ate a homemade taco with lotsa srirrrrracha. And Malt liquor. We won't talk about what happened the next morning.
The Babadook
My son and I laughed all the way through this one, and I don't think that was the film's intention. I was disappointed because this was really the first scary movie he and I watched together. Not scary at all. The kid in it was a great actor, though. I will say that. I'll show him Halloween next so he understands what horror is all about.
My son and I laughed all the way through this one, and I don't think that was the film's intention. I was disappointed because this was really the first scary movie he and I watched together. Not scary at all. The kid in it was a great actor, though. I will say that. I'll show him Halloween next so he understands what horror is all about.
We all like horror films, but there are limits.
My thoughts when I saw it:The Babadook
My son and I laughed all the way through this one, and I don't think that was the film's intention. I was disappointed because this was really the first scary movie he and I watched together. Not scary at all. The kid in it was a great actor, though. I will say that. I'll show him Halloween next so he understands what horror is all about.
Amelia has a small boy who is an utter nightmare - hyperactive, somewhere on the autism scale, full of obsessive compulsive behaviour - plus she is exhausted and hasn't really processed her husband's death. A bedtime story book called The Babadook turns out, it appears, to summon a genuine nightmarish entity. Or does it? I missed this when it first came out - a genuinely scary horror film, it said, one of the best horrors for years.
Sorry, but it falls short, possibly on the basis of false advertising. It is nicely creepy, with a sense of enveloping dread, and the cast are all very good, especially young Noah Wiseman as a truly annoying little boy (but then, he's supposed to be). Had it been staged (and advertised) as a psychological thriller, then it would have been utterly successful. However, it is sold as, and turns out to be, a horror movie, in which endeavour it is considerably less successful. In particular, it promises much and delivers little, and it has a dumb resolution. Still, at least it didn't have one of those unconvincing shock endings which turns everything on its tail.
And it was so nearly really good.
I saw the live action Disney Beauty and the Beast.
Did anyone here see it in the theatre? It's interesting that the blu-ray lets you see it with or without an overture (an instrumental medley of the songs before the curtains go up, basically).
When you saw it in the theatre was it played with or without the overture?
Did anyone here see it in the theatre? It's interesting that the blu-ray lets you see it with or without an overture (an instrumental medley of the songs before the curtains go up, basically).
When you saw it in the theatre was it played with or without the overture?