Post by darksidebeadle on Sept 3, 2018 0:58:17 GMT
FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING
Tape (2001, Richard Linklater)
This super low budget Linklater film has him with his regular actor of choice (Ethan Hawke) in a single location film where three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.
It is pretty intriguing from start to finish and is more even in regards to sexual politics than todays frenzied "rush to judgement" society.
6.5/10
Permanent Midnight (1998, David Veloz)
This true story is based on the Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller) book about himself as a young comedy writer who struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin.
It is a lower budget film and is put together pretty well. I felt it got better as it went a long and would say it is worth a look if interested.
6/10
Rolling Thunder (1977, John Flynn)
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This film is one of Tarantino's favourite and follows a returning war veteran who loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.
It has a few good moments but it is not til the finale that it gets really juicy.
6/10
The April Fools (1969, Stuart Rosenberg)
This romantic comedy starring the legendary and dependable Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) and french superstar Catherine Deneuve (Repulsion) is quite charming and fun but occasionally goes too strong into silliness. Overall it was an easy fun watch though.
6/10
Mona Lisa (1986, Neil Jordan)
I checked this out because I had heard it described as Melville meets Ken Loach. Unfortunately, whilst there are some elements of Loach, there was little to no signs of Melville. In the story a man (Bob Hoskins) who was recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer whilst trying to reconnect with his daughter.
The film was ok but the story was a bit of a mess but a strong finale helped.
5/10
REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING
Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese)
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Stunning visually, brilliant acting, wonderful Bernard Herrmann Score and scene after memorable scene. Scorsese's undeniable masterpiece.
10/10
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, John Hughes)
blu ray
This viewing pushed this up to my second favourite from Hughes as it is held up better than Sixteen Candles which dropped off quite a bit on my last viewing of it. A fun classic that has aged better than many of its comrades.
6.5/10
Defendor (2009, Peter Stebbings)
blu ray
In a span of 12 months, three regular person wants to be a super-hero films were made. Kick-ass was a big hit, Super was a smaller triumph and the even more low budget Defendor seems to have gone unsung but it is not without merits and despite not having a ton of action is a pretty good character piece with a good cast.
6/10
WEEKLY AWARDS
BEST FILM: Taxi Driver
BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
BEST ACTRESS: Uma Thurman - Tape
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Albert Brooks - Taxi Driver
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cybill Shepherd - Taxi Driver
BEST SCORE: Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Chapman - Taxi Driver
BEST SCRIPT: Paul Schrader - Taxi Driver
BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver
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
Tape sounds interesting. I had never heard of it.
Yours:
Maybe I saw Permanent Midnight, maybe just parts of it, I'm not sure. I don't remember it much
Rolling Thunder 8/10
I thought it was pretty good.
Paul Schrader wrote it, I think.Saw Mona Lisa ages ago, can't remember much about it.
Taxi Driver 10/10
Masterpiece. It's a joke that Scorsese wasn't even nominated for an Oscar for it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8/10
I liked it a lot, it's pretty fun, all the actors are good.
Defendor 7.5/10
I enjoyed it, Woody Harrelson was good.
Mine:
Mission: Impossible - Fallout 8/10
I liked it, it's pretty fun, especially the first half. Rebecca Ferguson is cool. I think I prefer Ghost Protocol, but it's close.
The Outside Man 7.5/10
It's a Jacques Deray movie with Jean Louis Trintignant and Ann-Margret, about a French hitman, in L.A. to kill a businessman who's in the mob, he does and then he finds out that he's targeted too, and has to find a way to leave the country. I liked it, there's a good cast, there's Roy Scheider too in it. The ending could have been better maybe though, IMO.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 8/10
The original, I like it a lot, Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway are great together. It holds up to me. Love the ending.
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 7.5/10
It's Gus Van Sant's new movie, with Joaquin Phoenix, about cartoonist John Callahan and his fight against his alcoholism. I liked it, I didn't care much for the style at first, it's all flash-backs, flash-forwards, it's really well acted though. Joaquin Phoenix is great, Jonah Hill too, he's Oscar worhty, IMO. Jack Black is very good too.
Glad you liked Fallout!
Thomas Crown - did not care for the original and did not even finish it.
I will probably see the new Van Sant eventually like i do with most all of his