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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 6:13:56 GMT
Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.
FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING
On the Rocks (2020, Sofia Coppola) Whilst this has to be the directors best work since Lost in Translation, it dies feel a little slight and certainly doesn't penetrate your soul. However when ever Bill Murray is on screen it is an absolute joy to watch. The rest of the cast are fiine, its nice to look at but the writing does feel like a timely antidote to whats been going on in the world whether its meant to or not. 7/10
The Sniper (Edward Dymtryk) This film noir is pretty riveting and hard hitting. It follows an angry man who is shooting women that have annoyed him and the police who are trying to track him down. It for the most part handled well throughout but the ending is a real letdown and kind of soured me on it, 6/10
Moonstruck (1987, Norman Jewison) This New York set love story starring Cher (Mask) and Nicolas Cage (Vampire's Kiss) is passable enough for the first two acts but I felt the B story with Olympia Dukakis (Steel Magnolias). Nicolas Cage is pretty terrible and does not suit the tone of the film but I will say it comes together much better in the final act which somewhat saves the film. 6/10
A Life in the Balance (1955, Harry Horner, Rafael Portillo) Ricardo Montalban (Border Incident) plays a man in Mexio city who is mistaken for a serial killer. This thriller has a good cast but never jives quite right. 4.5/10
REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING
Laura (1944, Otto Preminger) This Film Noir is a glossy respectable A-Film that I saw a very long time ago but did not like as much as its reputation. So I gave it another attempt and this time it really worked for me and I found it quite thrilling. 7.5/10
Donnie Brasco (1997, Mike Newell) Netflix This true story gangster film has always sat in the shadows of films like Goodfellas as a second tier gangster film despite its casts pedigree. Depp is at his best in these straighter roles and Pacino is wonderful playing against type for these kind of films. 7.5/10
Murder My Sweet (1944, Edward Dymtryk) blu ray This is the first film to put the famous Raymond Chandler pulp novel detective Philip Marlowe to the big screen. Dick Powell has the honour of being the first and for my money is the best. Not unlike most of Chandlers stories this one is pretty convoluted, non sensical, hard to follow and a good time. 6.5/10
Out of the Past (1947, Jacques Tourneur) blu ray Robert Mitchum plays a private eye who escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. The film has a lot going on in it and it does it well but teh second half becomes a little hard to follow as it over complicates itself. 6.5/10
The Asphalt Jungle (1950, John Huston) This was the third of three noirs I was revisiting to see if they faired better. This film is well made but it just does not feel urgent enough and meanders. The actual heist in the film is the best part but the rest I can not agree with its reputation. 5.5/10
FIRST TIME DOCUMENTARY VIEWING
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011, Michael Rappaport) Great documentary about the legandary alternative rap group A Tribe Called Quest. Recommended
WEEKLY FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM: Laura BEST ACTOR: Bill Murray - On the Rocks BEST ACTRESS: Jane Greer - Out of the Past BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck BEST EDITING: Joseph Noriega - Murder My Sweet BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph LaShelle - Laura BEST SCRIPT: Jay Dratler - Laura BEST SCORE: George Anthiel - The Sniper BEST DIRECTOR: Otto Preminger - Laura
10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible) 09/10 - An Excellent film 08/10 - A VERY Good film 07/10 - A Good film 06/10 - A Solid film 05/10 - An Average film 04/10 - Below Average film 03/10 - A mostly bad film 02/10 - A mostly terrible film 01/10 - Awful through and through 00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too
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Post by I am Becky on Nov 15, 2020 7:10:04 GMT
MINELes Enfants Terribles (1950 Jean-Pierre Melville) - 7.5/10Soylent Green (1973 Richard Fleischer) - 8/10 Kid Galahad (1937 Michael Curtiz) - 6.5/10
Desert Blue (1998 Morgan J. Freeman) - 5.5/10 Vice Squad (1953 Arnold Laven) - 7/10 Caught (1949 Max Ophüls) - 7/10The Damned Don't Cry (1950 Vincent Sherman) - 7.5/10 Rebecca (2020 Ben Wheatley) - 6/10Re-watches
Johnny Dangerously (1984 Amy Heckerling) - 5.5/10Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 7.5/10The Mask of Zorro (1998 Martin Campbell) - 7/10Film AwardsBEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR Jason Patric (Narc) BEST ACTRESS Nicole Stéphane (Les Enfants Terribles) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ray Liotta (Narc) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bette Davis (Kid Galahad) BEST DIRECTOR Joe Carnahan (Narc) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Les Enfants Terribles BEST SCORE
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Post by jcush on Nov 15, 2020 7:24:29 GMT
MINELes Enfants Terribles (1950 Jean-Pierre Melville) - 7.5/10Soylent Green (1973 Richard Fleischer) - 8/10 Kid Galahad (1937 Michael Curtiz) - 6.5/10
Desert Blue (1998 Morgan J. Freeman) - 5.5/10 Vice Squad (1953 Arnold Laven) - 7/10 Caught (1949 Max Ophüls) - 7/10The Damned Don't Cry (1950 Vincent Sherman) - 7.5/10 Rebecca (2020 Ben Wheatley) - 6/10Re-watches
Johnny Dangerously (1984 Amy Heckerling) - 5.5/10Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 7.5/10The Mask of Zorro (1998 Martin Campbell) - 7/10Film AwardsBEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR Jason Patric (Narc) BEST ACTRESS Nicole Stéphane (Les Enfants Terribles) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ray Liotta (Narc) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bette Davis (Kid Galahad) BEST DIRECTOR Joe Carnahan (Narc) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Les Enfants Terribles BEST SCORE Les Enfants Terribles - 7/10 Soylent Green - 7.5/10 Kid Galahad - 7/10 Rebecca - 6/10 Johnny Dangerously - 7/10 The Mask of Zorro - 7.5/10
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Post by jcush on Nov 15, 2020 7:49:05 GMT
Moonstruck - 7/10
Laura - 7.5/10
Donnie Brasco - 8/10
Out of the Past - 7.5/10
First Time Viewings:
The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) I thought the cast was pretty good (Anya Taylor-Joy was especially fun), but the characters and story aren't fleshed out nearly enough. I wasn't bored by it, but the events had little impact on me. 5.5/10
The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10
The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10
Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10
Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10
Blonde Crazy (1931, Roy Del Ruth) Enjoyable film with good performance. 7/10
Night Nurse (1931, William A. Wellman) The always reliable Barbara Stanwyck puts in some strong work here and the story held my interest. 7/10
Water Lilies (2007, Céline Sciamma) Pretty good coming of age type story from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 7/10
Repeat Viewings:
Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10
Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10
True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10
After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10
Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10
Movie Awards:
BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance)
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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 8:00:27 GMT
MINELes Enfants Terribles (1950 Jean-Pierre Melville) - 7.5/10Soylent Green (1973 Richard Fleischer) - 8/10 Kid Galahad (1937 Michael Curtiz) - 6.5/10
Desert Blue (1998 Morgan J. Freeman) - 5.5/10 Vice Squad (1953 Arnold Laven) - 7/10 Caught (1949 Max Ophüls) - 7/10The Damned Don't Cry (1950 Vincent Sherman) - 7.5/10 Rebecca (2020 Ben Wheatley) - 6/10Re-watches
Johnny Dangerously (1984 Amy Heckerling) - 5.5/10Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 7.5/10The Mask of Zorro (1998 Martin Campbell) - 7/10Film AwardsBEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR Jason Patric (Narc) BEST ACTRESS Nicole Stéphane (Les Enfants Terribles) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ray Liotta (Narc) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bette Davis (Kid Galahad) BEST DIRECTOR Joe Carnahan (Narc) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Les Enfants Terribles BEST SCORE Les Enfants Terribles (1950 Jean-Pierre Melville) - on my watchlist Soylent Green (1973 Richard Fleischer) - 6.5/10 Rebecca (2020 Ben Wheatley) - 6/10 Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 6.5/10
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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 8:07:35 GMT
Moonstruck - 7/10 Laura - 7.5/10 Donnie Brasco - 8/10 Out of the Past - 7.5/10 First Time Viewings: The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) I thought the cast was pretty good (Anya Taylor-Joy was especially fun), but the characters and story aren't fleshed out nearly enough. I wasn't bored by it, but the events had little impact on me. 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10 Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10 Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10 Blonde Crazy (1931, Roy Del Ruth) Enjoyable film with good performance. 7/10 Night Nurse (1931, William A. Wellman) The always reliable Barbara Stanwyck puts in some strong work here and the story held my interest. 7/10 Water Lilies (2007, Céline Sciamma) Pretty good coming of age type story from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 7/10 Repeat Viewings: Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10 Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10 Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) 5.5 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) Didn’t finish Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) 6/10 Four Rooms (1995) Been a very long time but I remember enjoying it. 6.5-7 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) 3/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) a blast indeed 7.5-8 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) so many great scenes 9/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) 5/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Best one 6/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) 9/10 a fave Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) 7/10
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Post by I am Becky on Nov 15, 2020 8:10:15 GMT
First Time Viewings: The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10 5/10 "By the numbers" is the understatement of the century. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10 6/10 It lacks the personality and same sense of fun as the first movie. The story with the daughters is just a complete retread of the first movie and this holds it back.The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10 7.5/10 I am not big on the last act, otherwise I would rate it 8/10.Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10 I have the same issues with it you do. Repeat Viewings: Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10 5.5/10 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10 8/10From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10 7/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10 8/10Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10 5.5/10After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10 7/10Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) I agree with all your wins. Radioactive is the best ORIGINAL score of the week, correct?
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 15, 2020 8:13:52 GMT
Moonstruck - 4/10 Donnie Brasco - 7/10 Mine: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) - 5/10Watchable but disappointing third Bill and Ted film really lacks laughs. But still its nice to see the duo again. Guest House (2020) - 5/10Pauly Shore, Steve-O and Billy Zane? OK. Really dirty comedy lacks laughs but manages to be entertaining. Bad Santa (2003) - 7/10 Funny flick. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 9/10Great James Bond adventure. Braven (2018) - 4/10Jason Momoa stars in this basic thriller about drug dealers against a family. Sully (2016) - 7/10Fine film about the 2009 Hudson River plane landing. Freshwater (2016) - 2/10 Dumb Crocodile film with bad CGI. Best Film this Week: Worst Film this Week:
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Post by jcush on Nov 15, 2020 8:18:25 GMT
First Time Viewings: The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10 5/10 "By the numbers" is the understatement of the century. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10 6/10 It lacks the personality and same sense of fun as the first movie. The story with the daughters is just a complete retread of the first movie and this holds it back.The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10 7.5/10 I am not big on the last act, other-wise I would rate it 8/10.Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10 I have the same issues with it you do. Repeat Viewings: Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10 5.5/10 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10 8/10From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10 7/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10 8/10Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10 5.5/10After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10 7/10Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) I agree with all your wins. Radioactive is the best ORIGINAL score of the week, correct? I assume you're referencing Cape Fear. Yeah I just went with original score.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 8:18:59 GMT
Moonstruck - 4/10 Donnie Brasco - 7/10 Mine: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) - 5/10Watchable but disappointing third Bill and Ted film really lacks laughs. But still its nice to see the duo again. Guest House (2020) - 5/10Pauly Shore, Steve-O and Billy Zane? OK. Really dirty comedy lacks laughs but manages to be entertaining. Bad Santa (2003) - 7/10 Funny flick. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 9/10Great James Bond adventure. Braven (2018) - 4/10Jason Momoa stars in this basic thriller about drug dealers against a family. Sully (2016) - 7/10Fine film about the 2009 Hudson River plane landing. Freshwater (2016) - 2/10 Dumb Crocodile film with bad CGI. Best Film this Week: Worst Film this Week: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) - 5.5/10 I don’t think any of them are that great Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 6/10 Sully (2016) - 7/10
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Post by I am Becky on Nov 15, 2020 8:23:44 GMT
I agree with all your wins. Radioactive is the best ORIGINAL score of the week, correct?I assume you're referencing Cape Fear. Yeah I just went with original score. Yes.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 8:25:35 GMT
Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) BEST FILM: After Hours BEST ACTOR: Ben Affleck - way back BEST ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette - true romance BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Hans Zimmer - true romance BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese - after Hours
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Post by jcush on Nov 15, 2020 8:26:10 GMT
Moonstruck - 7/10 Laura - 7.5/10 Donnie Brasco - 8/10 Out of the Past - 7.5/10 First Time Viewings: The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) I thought the cast was pretty good (Anya Taylor-Joy was especially fun), but the characters and story aren't fleshed out nearly enough. I wasn't bored by it, but the events had little impact on me. 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10 Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10 Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10 Blonde Crazy (1931, Roy Del Ruth) Enjoyable film with good performance. 7/10 Night Nurse (1931, William A. Wellman) The always reliable Barbara Stanwyck puts in some strong work here and the story held my interest. 7/10 Water Lilies (2007, Céline Sciamma) Pretty good coming of age type story from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 7/10 Repeat Viewings: Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10 Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10 Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) 5.5 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) Didn’t finish Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) 6/10 Four Rooms (1995) Been a very long time but I remember enjoying it. 6.5-7 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) 3/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) a blast indeed 7.5-8 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) so many great scenes 9/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) 5/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Best one 6/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) 9/10 a fave Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) 7/10 Just realized I forgot to rate The Sniper, which I watched a few months back. I liked it 7/10. Of the others I definitely need to get to Asphalt Jungle and Murder My Sweet. And I'll probably watch the new Sofia Coppola one too.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 15, 2020 8:53:03 GMT
The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) 5.5 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) Didn’t finish Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) 6/10 Four Rooms (1995) Been a very long time but I remember enjoying it. 6.5-7 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) 3/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) a blast indeed 7.5-8 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) so many great scenes 9/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) 5/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Best one 6/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) 9/10 a fave Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) 7/10 Just realized I forgot to rate The Sniper, which I watched a few months back. I liked it 7/10. Of the others I definitely need to get to Asphalt Jungle and Murder My Sweet. And I'll probably watch the new Sofia Coppola one too. Yeah I think you’ll dig Murder my sweet, it’s got a bit of everything on the rocks worth it just for Murray
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Post by James on Nov 15, 2020 12:53:56 GMT
Didn’t see any of yours this week. Also haven’t watched anything myself.
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Post by theravenking on Nov 15, 2020 13:08:02 GMT
Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film. FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWINGOn the Rocks (2020, Sofia Coppola)
Whilst this has to be the directors best work since Lost in Translation, it dies feel a little slight and certainly doesn't penetrate your soul. However when ever Bill Murray is on screen it is an absolute joy to watch. The rest of the cast are fiine, its nice to look at but the writing does feel like a timely antidote to whats been going on in the world whether its meant to or not. 7/10 The Sniper (Edward Dymtryk)
This film noir is pretty riveting and hard hitting. It follows an angry man who is shooting women that have annoyed him and the police who are trying to track him down. It for the most part handled well throughout but the ending is a real letdown and kind of soured me on it, 6/10 Moonstruck (1987, Norman Jewison)
This New York set love story starring Cher (Mask) and Nicolas Cage (Vampire's Kiss) is passable enough for the first two acts but I felt the B story with Olympia Dukakis (Steel Magnolias). Nicolas Cage is pretty terrible and does not suit the tone of the film but I will say it comes together much better in the final act which somewhat saves the film. 6/10A Life in the Balance (1955, Harry Horner, Rafael Portillo)
Ricardo Montalban (Border Incident) plays a man in Mexio city who is mistaken for a serial killer. This thriller has a good cast but never jives quite right. 4.5/10 REPEAT MOVIE VIEWINGLaura (1944, Otto Preminger)
This Film Noir is a glossy respectable A-Film that I saw a very long time ago but did not like as much as its reputation. So I gave it another attempt and this time it really worked for me and I found it quite thrilling. 7.5/10 Donnie Brasco (1997, Mike Newell) Netflix
This true story gangster film has always sat in the shadows of films like Goodfellas as a second tier gangster film despite its casts pedigree. Depp is at his best in these straighter roles and Pacino is wonderful playing against type for these kind of films. 7.5/10 Murder My Sweet (1944, Edward Dymtryk) blu ray
This is the first film to put the famous Raymond Chandler pulp novel detective Philip Marlowe to the big screen. Dick Powell has the honour of being the first and for my money is the best. Not unlike most of Chandlers stories this one is pretty convoluted, non sensical, hard to follow and a good time. 6.5/10 Out of the Past (1947, Jacques Tourneur) blu ray
Robert Mitchum plays a private eye who escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. The film has a lot going on in it and it does it well but teh second half becomes a little hard to follow as it over complicates itself. 6.5/10 The Asphalt Jungle (1950, John Huston)
This was the third of three noirs I was revisiting to see if they faired better. This film is well made but it just does not feel urgent enough and meanders. The actual heist in the film is the best part but the rest I can not agree with its reputation. 5.5/10 FIRST TIME DOCUMENTARY VIEWING
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011, Michael Rappaport)
Great documentary about the legandary alternative rap group A Tribe Called Quest. Recommended WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: Laura BEST ACTOR: Bill Murray - On the Rocks BEST ACTRESS: Jane Greer - Out of the Past BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck BEST EDITING: Joseph Noriega - Murder My Sweet BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph LaShelle - Laura BEST SCRIPT: Jay Dratler - Laura BEST SCORE: George Anthiel - The Sniper BEST DIRECTOR: Otto Preminger - Laura 10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible) 09/10 - An Excellent film 08/10 - A VERY Good film 07/10 - A Good film 06/10 - A Solid film 05/10 - An Average film 04/10 - Below Average film 03/10 - A mostly bad film 02/10 - A mostly terrible film 01/10 - Awful through and through 00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too Donnie Brasco (1997, Mike Newell) Excellent gangster film with one of Depp’s stronger performances. 8.5/10
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Post by theravenking on Nov 15, 2020 13:10:31 GMT
MINELes Enfants Terribles (1950 Jean-Pierre Melville) - 7.5/10Soylent Green (1973 Richard Fleischer) - 8/10 Kid Galahad (1937 Michael Curtiz) - 6.5/10
Desert Blue (1998 Morgan J. Freeman) - 5.5/10 Vice Squad (1953 Arnold Laven) - 7/10 Caught (1949 Max Ophüls) - 7/10The Damned Don't Cry (1950 Vincent Sherman) - 7.5/10 Rebecca (2020 Ben Wheatley) - 6/10Re-watches
Johnny Dangerously (1984 Amy Heckerling) - 5.5/10Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 7.5/10The Mask of Zorro (1998 Martin Campbell) - 7/10Film AwardsBEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR Jason Patric (Narc) BEST ACTRESS Nicole Stéphane (Les Enfants Terribles) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ray Liotta (Narc) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bette Davis (Kid Galahad) BEST DIRECTOR Joe Carnahan (Narc) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Les Enfants Terribles BEST SCORE Narc (2002 Joe Carnahan) - 7.5/10 The Mask of Zorro (1998 Martin Campbell) - 6/10
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Post by theravenking on Nov 15, 2020 13:26:46 GMT
Moonstruck - 7/10 Laura - 7.5/10 Donnie Brasco - 8/10 Out of the Past - 7.5/10 First Time Viewings: The New Mutants (2020, Josh Boone) I thought the cast was pretty good (Anya Taylor-Joy was especially fun), but the characters and story aren't fleshed out nearly enough. I wasn't bored by it, but the events had little impact on me. 5.5/10 The Way Back (2020, Gavin O'Connor) A bit too by the numbers for its own good, but still mostly effective thanks to a very good performance from Ben Affleck. 6.5/10 Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, Dean Parisot) Dumb, silly fun like the first two movies. 7/10 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) My new favorite of the year. It's compelling from the start, but gets better and better as it goes and has some fantastic sequences. The cast is good all around and I found the characters to be very interesting and I liked the way the story progressed. 8.5/10 Rebecca (2020, Ben Wheatley) Pretty pointless, but definitely could have been worse. Lily James and Armie Hammer are solid and make a believable couple, but performance wise they're nowhere hear as good as Joain Fontaine and Laurence Oliver in the 1940 film. It has some nice cinematography and the story is still good obviously and I did enjoy Kristin Scott Thomas. Ultimately it's hard not to compare it to the Hitchcock film though and it falls flat in comparison. 6/10 Radioactive (2019, Marjane Satrapi) Rosamund Pike is very good and I really liked the score, but the film itself didn't completely pull me in to the story. It felt a bit too standard as a biopic. 6/10 Blonde Crazy (1931, Roy Del Ruth) Enjoyable film with good performance. 7/10 Night Nurse (1931, William A. Wellman) The always reliable Barbara Stanwyck puts in some strong work here and the story held my interest. 7/10 Water Lilies (2007, Céline Sciamma) Pretty good coming of age type story from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 7/10 Repeat Viewings: Four Rooms (1995) Fun little movie with four different segments, all of which I find enjoyable. Tim Roth is hilarious in his over the top performance in the lead role. 7.5/10 Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Good satire with strong performances, a memorable soundtrack, and some really good scenes. 7.5/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Blast from start to finish. The characters are awesome, the performances fun, and it has some great dialogue. 8.5/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Another very entertaining movie scripted by Quentin Tarantino. It has a terrific ensemble cast, a good soundtrack, memorable dialogue, and many standout scenes. 8.5/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) Fun little time travel movie. 7/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) Enjoyable sequel. 7/10 After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) Very entertaining dark comedy with fun performances all around and plenty of good laughs. 8/10 Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) Very good thriller that I think is a bit better than the already good 1962 film. Love De Niro here. 8/10 Movie Awards: BEST FILM: True Romance BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro (Cape Fear) BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike (Radioactive) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gary Oldman (True Romance) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Freddie Francis (Cape Fear) BEST SCORE: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Radioactive) BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (True Romance) Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone) Not sure what to think of this one. Disgusting characters in a disgusting story, which might be the point, but I feel it misses the mark when it comes to criticising violence. 5/10 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) Clooney is wonderfully bad-ass in what must be one of the best modern vampire movies. 8.5/10 True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) Fun with a great cast. 7.5/10 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989, Stephen Herek) I remember it being okay, but nothing special. 5/10 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Peter Hewitt) I thought this sequel vastly improved on the original 7/10 Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese) I have never seen the original film, this was entertaining enough, although I felt that giving De Niro’s villain almost superhuman strength made it a bit ridiculous. 6.5/10
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Post by theravenking on Nov 15, 2020 13:33:50 GMT
Moonstruck - 4/10 Donnie Brasco - 7/10 Mine: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) - 5/10Watchable but disappointing third Bill and Ted film really lacks laughs. But still its nice to see the duo again. Guest House (2020) - 5/10Pauly Shore, Steve-O and Billy Zane? OK. Really dirty comedy lacks laughs but manages to be entertaining. Bad Santa (2003) - 7/10 Funny flick. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 9/10Great James Bond adventure. Braven (2018) - 4/10Jason Momoa stars in this basic thriller about drug dealers against a family. Sully (2016) - 7/10Fine film about the 2009 Hudson River plane landing. Freshwater (2016) - 2/10 Dumb Crocodile film with bad CGI. Best Film this Week: Worst Film this Week: Bad Santa (2003) - 6/10 Too mean-spirited for my taste Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 5/10 In my bottom 5 Bonds Sully (2016) - 4/10 Must be one of Clint’s dullest films
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Post by theravenking on Nov 15, 2020 13:36:35 GMT
First Time Viewing:
The Captain (2017; Robert Schwentke) - This black and white German war movie takes place in the last days of WW2 as a deserter takes on the identity of a German military captain. Based on a true story it has some moments of black comedy, but despite excellent cinematography and convincing performances feels rather monotonous and dull. 5/10
Cold War (2012; Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk) – Stylish but cold and distant Hong Kong thriller about power games inside the police force. It wants to be another Infernal Affairs, but misses by quite some mark. 5/10
The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life (2015; Massimo Coglitore) – A famous game show host is held hostage in an elevator by a seemingly crazed woman. This ultra-low-budget Italian thriller fails to excite. It’s unable to interestingly utilize its contained setting and the writing and actors are not strong enough to make the characters interesting. 3/10
Office Space (1999; Mike Judge) – This cult comedy didn’t really resonate with me. After a fun first act it becomes a tedious slog. 5/10
Swept from the Sea (1997; Beeban Kidron) – Period romance about a servant girl who falls in love with a mysterious Eastern European man. Fans of Rachel Weisz might enjoy this, but I thought only Ian McKellen’ s performance was really top notch. 5/10
TV
The Bridge – Season 4 – The final season of this Scandinavian thriller series is unfortunately also its weakest, suffering from forced political correctness and despite only 8 episodes a rather lacklustre and tedious crime plot. 5/10
Repeat Viewing:
Vertigo (1958; Alfred Hitchcock) – Hitch’s hypnotic classic still gets under your skin. A gorgeous, haunting masterpiece. 9/10
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