Latest Movie That You Watched!
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"She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen." - Lloyd Dobler.
I watched Say Anything last night, the first time since I saw it upon its original release. I've always been a fan of John Cusack ever since.
Other notable mentions:
Wind River - great little drama. with some start beautiful scenery.
Downsizing - started off really strong with an interesting concept, and it could have been a great sci-fi movie, but something went wrong somewhere around the middle and the story never recovered.
Blade Runner 2049 - far more interesting than the first (which to me was slow and often uninteresting).
I watched Say Anything last night, the first time since I saw it upon its original release. I've always been a fan of John Cusack ever since.
Other notable mentions:
Wind River - great little drama. with some start beautiful scenery.
Downsizing - started off really strong with an interesting concept, and it could have been a great sci-fi movie, but something went wrong somewhere around the middle and the story never recovered.
Blade Runner 2049 - far more interesting than the first (which to me was slow and often uninteresting).
You have learned well, grasshopper......
Last night I (re)watched Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. I had forgotten how raw this movie is, and cried through much of it. The kid did a fantastic job in this film, such an emotional role.
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Never saw the movie, the book was awesome.
Blow Out
Hadn't seen this in years. I was quite disappointed with the plot when I saw it again. The whole thing with the Liberty Bell Strangler I find dissatisfying. It is explained here, but it seems such an unnecessarily elaborate scheme to hide just one, Sally's (Nancy Allen) murder:
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I find it kind of hard to make sense of the character of Burke (John Lithgow). Was he a maniac anyway (he seems to really relish killing, so I would think he was), or did he kill several women purely to blame Sally's murder on a non-existent killer? I think I always found that confusing, but forgot about it and thought the story was stronger.
Hadn't seen this in years. I was quite disappointed with the plot when I saw it again. The whole thing with the Liberty Bell Strangler I find dissatisfying. It is explained here, but it seems such an unnecessarily elaborate scheme to hide just one, Sally's (Nancy Allen) murder:
Burke (Blow Out) | Villains Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
I find it kind of hard to make sense of the character of Burke (John Lithgow). Was he a maniac anyway (he seems to really relish killing, so I would think he was), or did he kill several women purely to blame Sally's murder on a non-existent killer? I think I always found that confusing, but forgot about it and thought the story was stronger.
Ferdinand - tolerable kids' CGI animation. Little in it for adults.
Pitch Perfect 3 - more of the same, overpowered by Rebel Wilson. John Lithgow is awful.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - highly enjoyable, often very funny, updated sequel to a classic.
Pitch Perfect 3 - more of the same, overpowered by Rebel Wilson. John Lithgow is awful.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - highly enjoyable, often very funny, updated sequel to a classic.
Absolutely, it was punishing. It felt to me like a pure distillation of what Lynch was getting at with Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive (I'd need to watch Mulholland Drive again to be sure, but I definitely liked Inland Empire more than Lost Highway), but this time he gave up on trying to tether the unsettling dream imagery to a normal narrative and let it stand on its own. I've got no clue what was going on either, but I really liked it as a mood piece.
I walked right into that one...
Collide - (2016) Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley
This was a disappointment. With this cast, I was hoping for something better. Hopkins and Kinglsey are the only things worth watching in this dumb action movie. The story is as dumb as a bag of hammers and there is absolutely zero chemistry between Nick Hoult and Felicity Jones. The chemistry is a big problem when the story is about committing crimes to try and save the love of your life. I usually like Nicholas Hoult but he really seems to be sleepwalking through this. Also, I think he's much better when he's allowed to be British. Since the movie takes place in Europe, I'm not sure why he had to be American in this film.
This was a disappointment. With this cast, I was hoping for something better. Hopkins and Kinglsey are the only things worth watching in this dumb action movie. The story is as dumb as a bag of hammers and there is absolutely zero chemistry between Nick Hoult and Felicity Jones. The chemistry is a big problem when the story is about committing crimes to try and save the love of your life. I usually like Nicholas Hoult but he really seems to be sleepwalking through this. Also, I think he's much better when he's allowed to be British. Since the movie takes place in Europe, I'm not sure why he had to be American in this film.
Really? TWSS!!!!
Dark Tower-Yeah, I know. You hated it. Whatever. I liked it a lot, and like it even more every time I see it 
IT-Liked this one, too, aside from what the writer did to Bev and Mike. Looking forward to seeing who is cast as the adults (I have some thoughts on the matter--lol)
Spiderman: Homecoming-Cute movie. I still like Andrew Garfield's Spiderman best, but this was a better movie than either one he was involved with.
I know I watched something else a couple of days ago, but it escapes me. I do know I finished Godless (Jeff Daniels had better win an Emmy for this one), and have watched 1/2 of the new season of Black Mirror.
Watching Bone Tomahawk later tonight--has anyone seen that one?
IT-Liked this one, too, aside from what the writer did to Bev and Mike. Looking forward to seeing who is cast as the adults (I have some thoughts on the matter--lol)
Spiderman: Homecoming-Cute movie. I still like Andrew Garfield's Spiderman best, but this was a better movie than either one he was involved with.
I know I watched something else a couple of days ago, but it escapes me. I do know I finished Godless (Jeff Daniels had better win an Emmy for this one), and have watched 1/2 of the new season of Black Mirror.
Watching Bone Tomahawk later tonight--has anyone seen that one?
I agree! Casting and acting throughout was perfect.
There were some story elements that niggled at me (a few too many "telling a backstory" moments), but all in all I really liked it. One thing that does drive me nuts is that it's easy to spot which actors in Westerns are Brits by their riding. British-style riding (and American show riding, for that matter) is very different from American Western riding. Proper form isn't impossible and can be taught--Andrew Lincoln rides spot on American in The Walking Dead.
Have just finished watching First They Killed My Father (Netflix--based on a true story) and am feeling completely emotionally drained. Incredibly sad and overwhelmingly devastating.
Human Beings are often terrifying creatures, we just are.
Human Beings are often terrifying creatures, we just are.
Dark Tower-Yeah, I know. You hated it. Whatever. I liked it a lot, and like it even more every time I see it
They didn't even have the blu-ray, only the dvd in the (physical) store here. So I'll have to get it online. But it also seems that of the few extras it has, only three are on the disc here, so I'll have to get the UK one. I don't know if it's worth the full price, so I'm still inclined to wait til it drops or if it comes on tv.
My feeling from what I've seen of it is that I will like it or at least enjoy it, but find it too short. The notion of taking the first three books and, even with leaving out two main characters, putting it in 90 minutes is bizarre.
It's striking by the way that nearly every review I've read of it (professional or otherwise) presumes people who don't know the books will not understand it at all, while people who haven't read them all say they understand it perfectly.
It is its own story, independent of the books. Another turn of the wheel, so to speak, taking place after the end of the 7th book. Seemed a clever way to handle it, to me, since seemingly no one was going to be happy with a straight adaptation (a failed thing, I suppose, since people gripe about this story, too--lol). I had read the books and loved it, because I could separate the two media. It was interesting to see how things could change from one attempt at the tower to the next, and made me wonder what was different in the version we're familiar with from the time before THAT one! I'm presuming you've read the series--hope I didn't spoil a book point for you. My husband, who has not read the books, also enjoyed the movie a lot, as did my kids who haven't read them either. It's a simple action story, and not hard to follow. Good luck finding a copy.
Since it was snowing, I thought I'd pop in Demolition Man. It's one of my all-time favorite Stallone movies.
Tried watching Bright (Will Smith/Joel Edgerton) last night on Netflix. It was garbage. Then I realised it was written by Max Landis so, that explains it.
I wasn't really impressed by Chronicle (which Landis wrote), to tell you the truth. A big problem, for me, was that it attempted to integrate a gritty, pseudo-documentary style with a plot that was essentially melodramatic in its structure, and it didn't quite work.