What Films did You Watch Last Week (28/02 - 06/03) 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

The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves)
Cinema
This new iteration of the Batman mythos starts with a Batman just a couple of years into his reign. The time is similar to that of the Nolan trilogy but darker and perhaps more grounded but what I like most about this iteration is that it’s a detective story that doesn’t rely on action.
Robert Pattinson is great as Batman/ Bruce Wayne but my favourite performance was Colin Farrell as The Penguin. Most of the rest of the top notch cast were great too with the exception of Andy Serkis as Alfred whose take was all wrong and Paul Dano was very hit and miss as The Riddler (More miss).
now on to the major issues that stopped this from being my favourite Batman film. Firstly the cinematography is too dark even for Batman films, it’s quite eye straining a lot of the time and is nowhere as gorgeous as other dark toned films from the same director. The film is constantly very dark and wet but whereas something like Blade Runner is still crisp with east to see detail, this one just often feels too dark. Secondly the film is way too long for the story they are trying to tell. I like a slow burn detective story as much as the next person but this has a lot of excess baggage and would have been a better film that told the same story with 45 minutes trimmed out.
7/10

Journeyman (2017, Paddy Constantine)
Depressing story of a boxer who gets hurt badly in a fight. The acting is great but the script and construction of the story could have been a lot better. It maybe an acting showcase but it’s presentation is uncinematic.
6/10

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992, Dick Lowry)
Based on the true events which led to Betty Broderick being charged with a double homicide. Pretty solid film of its type.
6/10

Her Final Fury: The Betty Broderick Story (1992, Dick Lowry)
based on the true events of the court case of Betty Broderick for double suicide. pretty solid film of its type.
6/10

Barren Lives (1963, Nelson Dos Santos)
Shot in vivid images, this is a documentary-like story of a family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny. Unfortunately it is very miserable and quite repetitive and only scratches the surface of the characters.
4.5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Some like it Hot (1959, Billy Wilder)
UHD Disc
A classic and groundbreaking comedy with wonderful performances.
8/10

The Ice storm (1997, Ang Lee)
Set the weekend after thanksgiving in 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. This is a good and sometimes disturbing ensemble piece.
7/10

Blue Chips (1994, William Friedkin)
Loosely based on true events this is a movie about a a College Basketball coach (Nick Nolte) who is grappling with the pressure to break the rules and compensate players under the table monetarily. It is a solid film held together by a strong central performance.
6-6.5/10

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Some Like it Hot
BEST ACTOR: Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot
BEST ACTRESS: Marilyn Monroe - Some Like it Hot
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Colin Farrell - The Batman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Joan Allen - The Ice Storm
BEST EDITING: Arthur P. Schmidt- Some like it hot
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Charles Lang - Some like it hot
BEST SCORE: Mychael Danna - The Ice Storm
BEST SCRIPT: I.A.L. Diamond - Some like it hot
BEST DIRECTOR: Billy Wilder - Some like it hot

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