What Films did You Watch Last Week (21/01 - 27/01) 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

La Verite (1960, Henri-Georges Clauzot)
This is a really great film set around the murder trial of which the stunning  Brigette Bardot plays the accused. The film is well acted and achieves its goals. This is my third favourite from this director.
7.5/10

The Favourite (2018, Yorgos Lanthimos)
I am not a fan of this director based on his work on Dogtooth or The Lobster but the trailer for this one looked more interesting and I am a fan of the three female leads.  The film has some good moments and  three towering performances but the overuse of fish eye lenses  is annoying and it is hard to get invested at times. I preferred the second half of the film to the first which was a little languid.
6/10

Youth Without Youth (2007, Francis Ford Coppola)
dvd
After two half hearted paycheck gigs, Coppola returns to personal film making with this heady story about a language professor who is struck by lightening in world war 2.
The film does what it can with its lower budget but some of the visuals and looping are a bit off. This matters little in the grande scheme of things because this film is more about ideas and it is bursting at the seems with them. I’m not a fan of Tim Roth beyond smaller roles, he is okay here in the lead but it could have been better with someone else.
I think I appreciate the film for its interesting goals more than the final product. However I do feel it could benefit from multiple viewings, I am not sure I will ever find that time. I wouldn’t call thins a swing and a miss, more a partial hit and it’s great to see an advanced film maker not resting on his laurels and taking chances.
5/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Titans (2018, Season One)
Netflix
Now that Disney/Marvel have parted ways with Netflix, Dc has entered the picture with their R rated superhero limited series. This one based around Dick Grayson (Robin) as he branches out on his own leaving Gotham and Batman in the rear mirror. The first 2 or 3 episodes were a bit shakey in all respects but the second half of the season is very good.
Recommended 

REPEAT TV VIEWING

Broadchurch (2013, Season One)
Netflix
Rewatched this eight episode detective mystery set in a small sea side town in England. Superb cast and very rewatchable.
Highly Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: La Verite
BEST ACTOR: Sami Frey - La Verite
BEST ACTRESS: Olivia Coleman - The Favourite
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Nicholas Hoult - The Favourite
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
BEST SCRIPT: Henri-Georges Clauzot - La Verite
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:Armand Thirard - La Verite
BEST DIRECTOR: M. Knight Syalaman - Glass



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