What Films did You Watch this Week (17/09 - 23/09) CLOSED

What Films did You Watch this Week (17/09 - 23/09) CLOSED Sept 24, 2018 0:56:21 GMT

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Post by william on Sept 24, 2018 0:56:21 GMT

Sept 24, 2018 0:55:36 GMT william said:

Sept 23, 2018 7:34:05 GMT darksidebeadle said:

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

Downsizing (2017, Alexander Payne)
tv
Well this is a very different and better film than the one that was marketed. It has some interesting ideas but it feels a little undercooked in the third act.
5.5-6/10

Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018, Ian Samuels)
Netflix
A teen high school film that takes its premise to unbelievable areas at times. An okay enough watch though.
5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
Blu ray
Just as gripping as ever, this film is a triumph of the genre.
8/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Norm Macdonald Has A Show (2018, Season One)
Netflix
Hang out with Norm Macdonald and guests and have some laughs, loved 8 of the 10 episodes
Highly Recommended

I’m Dying Up Here (2018, Season 2)
tv
Another great series of this show that is set in the west coast club scene of the 70’s.
Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: The Silence of the Lambs
BEST Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
BEST ACTRESS: Jodie Foster - the Silence of the Lambs
BEST SCRIPT: Ted Tally - The Silence of the Lambs
BEST SCORE: Howard Shore -The Silence of the Lambs
BEST DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs

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

Hi, Dark.

Yours:

Downsizing 7.5/10

Yeah, it's too long, but I liked it. The trailers were literally just the first 20 minutes or so, I'm not sure if it was to avoid spoilers or what, but, yeah, it was weird.

The Silence of the Lambs 10/10

Yep, classic, indeed.

Mine:

Shoplifters 9/10

The movie that won Cannes this year. It's about a poor family in Japan who gets by with thefts and swindles, who take under their wing a little girl who's neglected and beaten up by her parents and they form a real family bond with her. Really loved it, I found it very sad and human, the cast is fantastic.

One from the Heart 7.5/10

It's Francis Ford Coppola movie, about a couple living in Vegas who broke up one night, and each live up their own adventure. It's a musical, I like it, though it kind of needed a better script, IMO. Visually, it's really something though.

Village of the Damned (1960) 7.5/10

The original with George Sanders. I hadn't seen it before, I liked it more than the remake, especially the second half.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. 7/10

The movie with Denzel Washington, about an attorney dedicated to civil rights who finds himself in trouble when his practice is forced to close down. It's O.K, it's well made, it feels a bit too bland maybe. It's from the same director who did Nightcrawler, I prefer that one.