What Films did You Watch Last Week (08/10 - 14/10) CLOSED

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

Heroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Renais)
In this post war romantic drama we see Emmanuel Riva (Amour) play a French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima who has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Its a very conversational piece and nicely shot and acted but a little dry for my taste.
5.5-6

Venom (2018,  Ruben Fleischer)
Cinema
Well the position of the licensed out Marvel characters that are not in the MCU have become increasingly strange. Sony did a deal with Disney/Marvel studios to license Spider-man back to them but have still gone ahead with their now Spider-man absent Spider-man spin offs, which may or may not be linked to the MCU at a future date. Thus we have Venom which did not seem to have a lot of hype around it, got bad reviews but has done a great but of business breaking even in 8 days and filling cinemas world wide. What I can say about Venom is that the origin story-line from the comics has been re-worked not to include Spider-man and the first 45 minutes is surprisingly slow paced with mostly character building moments. When Venom finally does appear it is with mixed results. 
I like that the film does not feel like an MCU cookie cutter but whilst that makes it more interesting it does not necessarily make it better in this case. Tom Hardy (Warrior) is amazing in the lead, Michelle Williams is god awful in the co-lead and the rest of the cast are fine. It has a lower budget and you can tell that by effects and scope.  It is fine enough for a watch but feels a bit off however the characters seem to be really hitting their stride in the last 5 minutes so maybe a sequel will be better.
In the end you get an average film with a great lead performance which lifts its overall score to a ...
5-5.5

Last Year at Marienbad (1961, Alain Renais)
This odd film is set in a strange and isolated chateau, where one guest becomes acquainted with another who insists they have met before. It is well enough shot but has an odd structure and presentation that I really did not connect with and found it a bit of a chore to finish. I think Renais might just not be for me.
4/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Dead Pool 2: Super Duper Cut (2018, David Leitch)
blu ray
First time seeing the extended/alternate cut and I had just as much fun as I did in the theatre, easily the best live action superhero film of the year.
8/10

Blood Simple (1984, The Coens)
blu ray
This debut film from the now well known brothers is wonderfully raw and interesting. Shades of noir throughout but never a parody of the genre. Still one of their absolute best films.
7.5/10

My Bloody Valentine (1981, George Mihalka)
blu ray
It's October so decided to get some horror films into my viewing. This slasher dropped a little from my original viewings. It still ends strong but the first two acts are pretty patchy.
5.5/10

My Bloody Valentine (2009, Patrick Lussier)
blu ray
This version of the film tries to kick it off with more of a bang by started at the location which yielded the best results in the original. The film has a few memorable moments but has a weird made for tv  CSI style of editing ans score. In the end I probably won't be watching either version of this film again any time soon if ever.
4/10

FIRST TIME DOCO' VIEWING

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
It is pretty hard to cover a whole subgenre in 88 minutes but I feel they could have done a better job. I don't think the film really covers the title objective that well but does have a few interesting moments.
Not Recommended

REPEAT TV VIEWING

Atypical (2018, Season Two)
Netflix
Rewatched this again, really enjoyed it again.
Highly Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: Deadpool 2
BEST ACTOR: Tom Hardy - Venom
BEST ACTRESS: Emmanuel Riva - Hiroshima Mon Amour
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: M. Emmet Walsh - Blood Simple
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Morena Baccarin  - Deadpool 2
BEST SCRIPT: Rhett Reece, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool 2
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Sonnenfeld - Blood Simple
BEST SCORE: Carter Burwell - Blood Simple
BEST DIRECTOR: The Coens - Blood Simple


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