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 21:47:22 GMT

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Post by stonekeeper on Sept 24, 2018 21:47:22 GMT

Sept 23, 2018 7:58:57 GMT jcush said:

The Silence of the Lambs - in my top 10. Hopkins gives my favorite performance of all time and Foster is brilliant too, with Ted Levine also putting in some excellent work in his limited screen time. 10/10

First Time Viewings:

Phenomena (1985, Dario Argento)

This one is pretty unusual, but that's part of why it works. I have mixed feelings on the last act, but they're still mostly positive and I liked the rest of the movie enough to still like the film overall. The soundtrack is good and Jennifer Connelly and Donald Pleasence put in some good work.

7/10

The People Under the Stairs (1991, Wes Craven)

This one has an interesting premise, but the execution wasn't quite up to par. It's perfectly watchable though and has plenty of good parts. I just feel like it would have worked better without the comedic elements.

6/10

Summer of '84 (2018, François Simard, Anouk Whissell, & Yoann-Karl Whissell)

This 80's throwback is well cast, has a good 80's style score, and the story has some nice surprises along the way. It's also really intense at times and overall I quite liked this one.

7.5/10

Deep Blue Sea (1999, Renny Harlin)

Some of the cgi isn't that great in this one, but it's still a fun movie with some nice tension, a good cast, and memorable characters.

7/10

Piranha (1978, Joe Dante)

This one starts out okay, but the last act was a let down because it didn't focus as much on the two leads, who were the only characters that I really cared that much about.

5.5/10

Piranha II: The Spawning (1981, James Cameron)

This is James Cameron's first credit as a director, but he didn't actually direct much of it. Not only does the film look and feel cheap, but it's also boring as hell and I didn't care about anyone or anything that was happening.

3.5/10

Piranha (1995, Scott P. Levy)

This one is a remake of the 1978 film and it's basically just a much worse version of that film, because they don't change much in terms of scenes and dialogue. Pretty damn pointless and bad.

4/10

Piranha 3D (2010, Alexandre Aja)

Not as bad as it could have been and it's actually kind of amusing at times and there was some genuine tension near the end. It's a bad movie, but one that you can still have some fun with.

5.5/10

Piranha 3DD (2012, John Gulager)

This one was just awful and I couldn't even sit back and laugh at it most of the time. I didn't like any of the characters and there are tons of cringeworthy moments throughout.

3/10

Maximum Overdrive (1986, Stephen King)

The problem with this one is the tone is all wrong. It could have been pretty intense and scary, but they went for a more comedic tone and it just doesn't work. It still has some fun parts though and is never boring.

5/10

The Big Gundown (1966, Sergio Sollima)

This Spaghetti Western is about an unoffical lawman (Lee Van Cleef) that tracks down a man accused of raping and murdering a 12 year old girl. I liked the story, there are lots of really good scenes, and Ennio Morricone's score is very good. Strong finale too.

7.5/10

Where Eagles Dare (1968, Brian G. Hutton)

This one stars Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood and is a well made and exciting war film with lots of standout scenes.

7.5/10

Kelly's Heroes (1970, Brian G. Hutton)

This one took a while to gt going for me, but once it did, I had some fun with it. The cast is good, with Donald Sutherland being the scene stealer.

7/10

Repeat Viewings:

Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Sergio Leone)

a masterfully crafted epic that spans several decades. It's beautifully shot, has one of the greatest scores of all time, a good cast, and tons of great scenes.

9/10

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Sergio Leone)

The greatest western ever made. Great characters, great story, one of the best scores of all time, and excellent cinematography. Bronson is badass, Cardinale is really good and Fonda and Robards steal the show.

10/10

Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma)

This one tells a really good story, has a good soundtrack, several great scenes, including a strong finale, and the cast is good, especially Spacek and Laurie, who are fantastic.

8/10

An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis)

A really fun movie with good characters, a really good soundtrack, excellent makeup effects, and a cool story.

8/10

Movie Awards:

BEST FILM - Once Upon a Time in the West
BEST ACTOR - Robert De Niro (Once Upon a Time in America)
BEST ACTRESS - Sissy Spacek (Carrie)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Jason Robards (Once Upon a Time in the West)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Piper Laurie (Carrie)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Tonino Delli Colli (Once Upon a Time in the West)
BEST SCORE - Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West)
BEST SCRIPT - Once Upon a Time in the West
BEST DIRECTOR - Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in the West)

Deep blue sea: aggre. 7/10
Once upon a time in the west: 6/10
Piranha 3D: 5/10
Carrie: 7/10

Mine:

Dead Ringers (1988 TV): Jeremy Irons really pulled it off on that one and he was mesmerising to watch. I liked the movie as an experience (feeling, atmosphere, mood) but I don’t really understand why the story derailed like that. For those who are familiar with the film; Why the sudden change of attitude from Elliot, who goes from trying to help his weaker brother and caring for him to plummeting even lower than him and playing that deadly game they played on dolls when they were kids??? 6.5/10

Swiss Army Man (2016 Netflix): The final words of this movie describe my thoughts pretty well: “What the fuck?” But in this case it’s the good kind of WTF, I’m almost sure of that. It took me some time to let myself go with the movie and I found that the first 30 minutes contained long conversations that were a tad boring but then the film managed to grab me with a sublime soundtrack filled with moving vocalizing, a cinematography filled with wonders and some solid acting by the duo. As for the story, I don’t know how they came up with the idea but it sure was unique and original. 6.5-7 jet-ski-farts/10

Love and Mercy (2014 DVD): Overall I liked it; we’re talking about the Beach Boys here so, again, great vocal harmonies were on the menu. Paul Dano was also on the menu again (what were the odds?), he was good in this one too but I think I had enough of him for a while now. Not sure about Cusack’s casting though, he did not fully convince me. As for Giamatti, I never liked him and he plays a despicable role so I really hated him in this. 7/10

Preacher Season 2: Im finished! Maybe not as much action as the first season but this time I’m getting to really like the main characters so I enjoyed the dialogues more than the first time. 8.5-9/10

My Rating System:

10: Masterpiece/Favourites

9: Most Excellent

8: Very Good

7: Good

6: Standard

5: Mediocre

4: BAD

3. Very Bad

2. Could not finish-Might give second chance

1. Could not finish- No chance