What classics did you see last week ? (3 Jun - 9 Jun 2018)
Jun 10, 2018 15:45:08 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Jun 10, 2018 15:45:08 GMT
Happy Hunting (2017) was one of those spur of the moment Netflix decisions that kinda paid off. Once a year, a remote town hunts down any undesirable residents or people who wander into town, ya know, for fun. Not too bad.
I decided to finish off John Belushi's filmography by finally seeing Old Boyfriends (1979) and Continental Divide (1981). Neither could be considered typical Belushi movies. In Old Boyfriends, he's one of several old boyfriends visited by Talia Shire's lead character. The premise sounds comedic, but it comes off as more of drama. In Continental Divide, Belushi is cast in the "Spencer Tracy" role to Blair Brown's "Katharine Hepburn."
Jane Got A Gun (2015) reunites Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars prequels in a western setting. Kinda average, not bad but not great either.
Shanghai Surprise (1986) was a rewatch, I bought the DVD, apparently I am among the few people to do so, it's not a popular film with the masses. I made a thread on it here and it sank like a stone. I liked the Shanghai setting in the 1930's and there are several things to enjoy, although it is a bit slow in places.
First Kill (2017) was an average action movie, Bruce Willis' career decline continues.
Cargo (2017) is a surprisingly emotional zombie movie, in fact, it may well be the most emotional zombie movie I've ever seen. I would watch Martin Freeman in anything, but it helps that he chooses such great stuff.
White Heat (1949) will be the film noir that I compare all other film noir gangster movies against from now to the end of eternity. Such a perfect movie, it has everything you could want, and even more. Cagney was a dangerous actor back then, I love that, and it improves the movie in so many ways. Brilliant!
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), Cagney in gangster mode again, only not as all-out crazy as in White Heat, but still enjoyable. I had no idea going in that Bogart was in this too, seeing Bogart with Cagney was an unexpected bonus, to say the least!
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) is a sequel with lots going on. Plenty of action and unexpected turns, with a great cast. Julianne Moore is delightfully twisted here.
The In-Laws (1979) is a madcap comedy with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, who work so well together that they should have become the next Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Full of absurd situations and lines, any movie fan will enjoy it. So much better than the remake with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks.
The Prisonoer of Second Avenue(1975) seemed like a comedy but veered off into serious drama once too often. Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are two of my favorite actors of all time and they deliver, it's just that I wanted to laugh more and wound up a little glummed out. Still, it's has a few funny moments and I would recommend you see it.
The Fortune Cookie (1966) was the first pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, but it wound up being the last of their movie pairings that I ever saw. Matthau is spot on here, he deserved that Oscar, Lemmon is great too.
Gangs of New York (2002) was another rewatch, I needed a Daniel Day-Lewis fix. Here, he's scary and intimidating and shockingly, he didn't win an Oscar for this role, unlike how he usually does. Lots of mud, this made me think there was no green grass in all of NYC in 1846? DiCaprio is good and even Cameron Diaz delivers a fine performance.
I decided to finish off John Belushi's filmography by finally seeing Old Boyfriends (1979) and Continental Divide (1981). Neither could be considered typical Belushi movies. In Old Boyfriends, he's one of several old boyfriends visited by Talia Shire's lead character. The premise sounds comedic, but it comes off as more of drama. In Continental Divide, Belushi is cast in the "Spencer Tracy" role to Blair Brown's "Katharine Hepburn."
Jane Got A Gun (2015) reunites Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars prequels in a western setting. Kinda average, not bad but not great either.
Shanghai Surprise (1986) was a rewatch, I bought the DVD, apparently I am among the few people to do so, it's not a popular film with the masses. I made a thread on it here and it sank like a stone. I liked the Shanghai setting in the 1930's and there are several things to enjoy, although it is a bit slow in places.
First Kill (2017) was an average action movie, Bruce Willis' career decline continues.
Cargo (2017) is a surprisingly emotional zombie movie, in fact, it may well be the most emotional zombie movie I've ever seen. I would watch Martin Freeman in anything, but it helps that he chooses such great stuff.
White Heat (1949) will be the film noir that I compare all other film noir gangster movies against from now to the end of eternity. Such a perfect movie, it has everything you could want, and even more. Cagney was a dangerous actor back then, I love that, and it improves the movie in so many ways. Brilliant!
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), Cagney in gangster mode again, only not as all-out crazy as in White Heat, but still enjoyable. I had no idea going in that Bogart was in this too, seeing Bogart with Cagney was an unexpected bonus, to say the least!
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) is a sequel with lots going on. Plenty of action and unexpected turns, with a great cast. Julianne Moore is delightfully twisted here.
The In-Laws (1979) is a madcap comedy with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, who work so well together that they should have become the next Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Full of absurd situations and lines, any movie fan will enjoy it. So much better than the remake with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks.
The Prisonoer of Second Avenue(1975) seemed like a comedy but veered off into serious drama once too often. Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are two of my favorite actors of all time and they deliver, it's just that I wanted to laugh more and wound up a little glummed out. Still, it's has a few funny moments and I would recommend you see it.
The Fortune Cookie (1966) was the first pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, but it wound up being the last of their movie pairings that I ever saw. Matthau is spot on here, he deserved that Oscar, Lemmon is great too.
Gangs of New York (2002) was another rewatch, I needed a Daniel Day-Lewis fix. Here, he's scary and intimidating and shockingly, he didn't win an Oscar for this role, unlike how he usually does. Lots of mud, this made me think there was no green grass in all of NYC in 1846? DiCaprio is good and even Cameron Diaz delivers a fine performance.