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Post by jcush on Jan 22, 2023 7:01:26 GMT
MINEOscar Wilde (1960 Gregory Ratoff) - 7/10Kings of the Road (1976 Wim Wenders) - 8/10The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 Sidney Lanfield) - 7/10 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 Alfred L. Werker) - 6.5/10 The Scarlet Claw (1944 Roy William Neill) - 7/10
Sick (2022 John Hyams) - 6.5/10Camp Nowhere (1994 Jonathan Prince) - 7/10Re-watchesThe River Wild (1994 Curtis Hanson) - 7/10Blink (1993 Michael Apted) - 5/10Cops and Robbersons (1994 Michael Ritchie) - 5.5/10 The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - 6/10TelevisionDuckTales: Season 1 (1987) - 8/10Film Awards
BEST PICTURE - Kings of the Road BEST ACTOR - Robert Morley (Oscar Wilde) BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep (The River Wild) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Ralph Richardson (Oscar Wilde) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jane Adams (Sick) BEST DIRECTOR - Wim Wenders (Kings of the Road) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Kings of the Road BEST SCORE - Kings of the Road We both watched a Michael Apted movie. Camp Nowhere - 7/10 The Great Mouse Detective - Fun characters in this one. 7/10 |
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 22, 2023 7:08:45 GMT
MINEOscar Wilde (1960 Gregory Ratoff) - 7/10Kings of the Road (1976 Wim Wenders) - 8/10The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 Sidney Lanfield) - 7/10 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 Alfred L. Werker) - 6.5/10 The Scarlet Claw (1944 Roy William Neill) - 7/10
Sick (2022 John Hyams) - 6.5/10Camp Nowhere (1994 Jonathan Prince) - 7/10Re-watchesThe River Wild (1994 Curtis Hanson) - 7/10Blink (1993 Michael Apted) - 5/10Cops and Robbersons (1994 Michael Ritchie) - 5.5/10 The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - 6/10TelevisionDuckTales: Season 1 (1987) - 8/10Film Awards
BEST PICTURE - Kings of the Road BEST ACTOR - Robert Morley (Oscar Wilde) BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep (The River Wild) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Ralph Richardson (Oscar Wilde) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jane Adams (Sick) BEST DIRECTOR - Wim Wenders (Kings of the Road) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Kings of the Road BEST SCORE - Kings of the Road We both watched a Michael Apted movie. Camp Nowhere - 7/10 The Great Mouse Detective - Fun characters in this one. 7/10 I agree, unfortunately I find the story somewhat boring. |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 22, 2023 7:21:29 GMT
MINEOscar Wilde (1960 Gregory Ratoff) - 7/10Kings of the Road (1976 Wim Wenders) - 8/10The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 Sidney Lanfield) - 7/10 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 Alfred L. Werker) - 6.5/10 The Scarlet Claw (1944 Roy William Neill) - 7/10
Sick (2022 John Hyams) - 6.5/10Camp Nowhere (1994 Jonathan Prince) - 7/10Re-watchesThe River Wild (1994 Curtis Hanson) - 7/10Blink (1993 Michael Apted) - 5/10Cops and Robbersons (1994 Michael Ritchie) - 5.5/10 The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - 6/10TelevisionDuckTales: Season 1 (1987) - 8/10Film Awards
BEST PICTURE - Kings of the Road BEST ACTOR - Robert Morley (Oscar Wilde) BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep (The River Wild) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Ralph Richardson (Oscar Wilde) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jane Adams (Sick) BEST DIRECTOR - Wim Wenders (Kings of the Road) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Kings of the Road BEST SCORE - Kings of the Road The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 Alfred L. Werker) - 6/10 The River Wild (1994 Curtis Hanson) - 5/10 Blink (1993 Michael Apted) - on my watchlist The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - 6/10 |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 22, 2023 13:51:12 GMT
First Viewings:
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) 6/10
Violence (1947) 4/10
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) 6.5/10
Night School (1981) 3/10
Thunder Road (1958) 5.5/10
The Man from Toronto (2022) 4/10
Violent Saturday (1955) 7/10
Revolution (1985) 4/10
Day Shift (2022) 7/10
The Lodger (1944) 6/10
Wyoming Mail (1950) 4/10
Sunshine State (2002) 6.5/10
Resurrection (2022) 5/10
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Post by theravenking on Jan 22, 2023 17:28:55 GMT
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 FILM VIEWING
The Banker (2020, George Nolfi)
TVBased on true events, set in the 1960's is this tale of two black men trying to get business done in a white mans world. It is well paced with good performances and a great jazzy score. The story beats and structure are pretty familiar but never uninteresting. 7/10
Buffalo '66 (1998, Vincent Gallo)
Low budget quirky film with a surprisingly unlikable lead character that people seem to like. Some interesting stuff here. 6/10
Hurlyburly (1998, Anthony Drazan)
This film is based on a play and often feels like it. It is a very talky piece with a mixed bag of success despite the A list casts efforts. Still I stayed interested throughout. 5.5/10
REPEAT FILM VIEWING
Consenting Adults (1992, Alan J. Pakula)
Disney+
This thriller starts with a slow burn to set up motivations that mostly pay off later. It is well enough made and acted and a solid timepasser. 6/10
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Martin Scorsese)
Disney+
I had not seen this Nicolas Cage led Scorsese film since the cinema. In the cinema I was underwhelmed and on rewatch it was even worse. This feels like a poor mans Scorsese film and just made me want to watch a better Scorsese film like Taxi Driver. It has a few good individual scenes, some humerous moments and picks up a bit once Cage ends up working with Tom Sizemore. In the end the story doesn't really go far and feels just like a bunch of scenes. I felt nothing at its conclusion. 4.5/10
WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: The Banker BEST ACTOR: Kevin Kline - Consenting Adults BEST ACTRESS: Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Samuel L. Jackson - The Banker BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Paquin - Hurlyburly BEST EDITING: Curtiss CLayton - Buffalo '66 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Charlotte Bruus Christensen - The Banker BEST SCORE: H. Scott Salinas - The Banker BEST SCRIPT: Niceole R. Levy - The Banker BEST DIRECTOR: George Nolfi - The Banker 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 None of yours this week.
Mine:
First Time Viewing
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - The worst film in the series.
3/10
Sole Survivor (1984; Thom Eberhardt) - Low-key but atmospheric horror-thriller which is said to have inspired Final Destination.
6/10
Zeder (1984; Pupi Avati) - Unusual Italian zombie movie which didn't work as well for me as the director's previous horror classic The House With Laughing Windows.
6/10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares - TV spin-off series which barely features Freddy and is overall more of an annoying small town comedy than a horror show.
4/10
Repeat Viewing
Ad Astra (2019; James Gray) - Visually stunning but sort of distant and overly serious space drama which kind of lost me in the second half.
5.5/10
New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - A great concept, Freddy enters the real world, is almost undone by a silly finale.
6.5/10
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Post by theravenking on Jan 22, 2023 17:42:28 GMT
Not watched any of yours. First Time Viewings: Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) – DVD 8/10Escape from L.A. (1996, John Carpenter) – DVD 7/10Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) – Amazon Prime 8/10Crimes of the Future (2022, David Cronenberg) – TV 6.5/10Fall (2022, Scott Mann) – Netflix 7/10The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh) – Disney+ 8/10Repeat Viewings: Nope (2022, Jordan Peele) – Blu-ray 7.5/10Big Trouble in Little China (1986, John Carpenter) – Disney+ 8/10Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) – DVD 7/10 Escape from L.A. (1996, John Carpenter) – DVD 5/10 Fall (2022, Scott Mann) – Netflix 6.5/10 Big Trouble in Little China (1986, John Carpenter) – Disney+ 5/10 |
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Post by theravenking on Jan 22, 2023 18:00:29 GMT
The Banker - 7/10 Bringing Out the Dead - 8/10 First Time Viewings:Camp Nowhere (1994, Jonathan Prince) - 7/10This Means War (2012, McG) - 6/10Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Resnais) - 7/10The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010, Michael Apted) - 7/10Elvis (2022, Baz Luhrmann) - 7/10Empire Records (1995, Allan Moyle) - 7.5/10Till (2022, Chinonye Chukwu) - 7/10Repeat Viewings: Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - 9.5/10Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - 9.5/10The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese) - 9/10The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979, Bill Melendez) - 7/10The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005, Andrew Adamson) - 7.5/10The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008, Andrew Adamson) - 7/10The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese) - 9/10Joker (2019, Todd Phillips) - 9/10TV Viewings: Darkwing Duck: Season 1 (1991-1992) - 8/10Movie Awards: BEST FILM: VertigoBEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro - The King of ComedyBEST ACTRESS: Danielle Deadwyler - TillBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Al Pacino - The IrishmanBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kim Novak - VertigoBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Burks - VertigoBEST SCORE: Bernard Herrmann - VertigoBEST SCRIPT: Alec Coppel & Samuel Tayor - VertigoBEST DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock - Rear WindowVertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - 9.5/10 Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - 7/10 The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese) - 7/10 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005, Andrew Adamson) - 6/10 Joker (2019, Todd Phillips) - 7.5/10 |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 22, 2023 19:11:43 GMT
First Viewings: The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) 6/10 Violence (1947) 4/10 Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) 6.5/10 Night School (1981) 3/10 Thunder Road (1958) 5.5/10 The Man from Toronto (2022) 4/10 Violent Saturday (1955) 7/10 Revolution (1985) 4/10 Day Shift (2022) 7/10 The Lodger (1944) 6/10 Wyoming Mail (1950) 4/10 Sunshine State (2002) 6.5/10 Resurrection (2022) 5/10 Thunder Road (1958) on my watchlist Violent Saturday (1955) 5/10 |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 22, 2023 19:14:10 GMT
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 FILM VIEWING
The Banker (2020, George Nolfi)
TVBased on true events, set in the 1960's is this tale of two black men trying to get business done in a white mans world. It is well paced with good performances and a great jazzy score. The story beats and structure are pretty familiar but never uninteresting. 7/10
Buffalo '66 (1998, Vincent Gallo)
Low budget quirky film with a surprisingly unlikable lead character that people seem to like. Some interesting stuff here. 6/10
Hurlyburly (1998, Anthony Drazan)
This film is based on a play and often feels like it. It is a very talky piece with a mixed bag of success despite the A list casts efforts. Still I stayed interested throughout. 5.5/10
REPEAT FILM VIEWING
Consenting Adults (1992, Alan J. Pakula)
Disney+
This thriller starts with a slow burn to set up motivations that mostly pay off later. It is well enough made and acted and a solid timepasser. 6/10
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Martin Scorsese)
Disney+
I had not seen this Nicolas Cage led Scorsese film since the cinema. In the cinema I was underwhelmed and on rewatch it was even worse. This feels like a poor mans Scorsese film and just made me want to watch a better Scorsese film like Taxi Driver. It has a few good individual scenes, some humerous moments and picks up a bit once Cage ends up working with Tom Sizemore. In the end the story doesn't really go far and feels just like a bunch of scenes. I felt nothing at its conclusion. 4.5/10
WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: The Banker BEST ACTOR: Kevin Kline - Consenting Adults BEST ACTRESS: Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Samuel L. Jackson - The Banker BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Paquin - Hurlyburly BEST EDITING: Curtiss CLayton - Buffalo '66 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Charlotte Bruus Christensen - The Banker BEST SCORE: H. Scott Salinas - The Banker BEST SCRIPT: Niceole R. Levy - The Banker BEST DIRECTOR: George Nolfi - The Banker 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 None of yours this week.
Mine:
First Time Viewing
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - The worst film in the series.
3/10
Sole Survivor (1984; Thom Eberhardt) - Low-key but atmospheric horror-thriller which is said to have inspired Final Destination.
6/10
Zeder (1984; Pupi Avati) - Unusual Italian zombie movie which didn't work as well for me as the director's previous horror classic The House With Laughing Windows.
6/10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares - TV spin-off series which barely features Freddy and is overall more of an annoying small town comedy than a horror show.
4/10
Repeat Viewing
Ad Astra (2019; James Gray) - Visually stunning but sort of distant and overly serious space drama which kind of lost me in the second half.
5.5/10
New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - A great concept, Freddy enters the real world, is almost undone by a silly finale.
6.5/10
Freddy’s dead - not good but I prefer it to part 5 - 5/10 ad astra - I didn’t like the ending, still enjoyed 7/10 nrw nightmare - cool ideas but a bit of a slog 5.5 |
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Post by jcush on Jan 22, 2023 20:23:45 GMT
First Viewings: The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) 6/10 Violence (1947) 4/10 Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) 6.5/10 Night School (1981) 3/10 Thunder Road (1958) 5.5/10 The Man from Toronto (2022) 4/10 Violent Saturday (1955) 7/10 Revolution (1985) 4/10 Day Shift (2022) 7/10 The Lodger (1944) 6/10 Wyoming Mail (1950) 4/10 Sunshine State (2002) 6.5/10 Resurrection (2022) 5/10 Night School - I actually thought this one was okay. 6/10 Revolution - Pacino is my favorite actor, but this might be my least favorite film and performance from him. 4/10 |
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Post by jcush on Jan 22, 2023 20:27:48 GMT
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 FILM VIEWING
The Banker (2020, George Nolfi)
TVBased on true events, set in the 1960's is this tale of two black men trying to get business done in a white mans world. It is well paced with good performances and a great jazzy score. The story beats and structure are pretty familiar but never uninteresting. 7/10
Buffalo '66 (1998, Vincent Gallo)
Low budget quirky film with a surprisingly unlikable lead character that people seem to like. Some interesting stuff here. 6/10
Hurlyburly (1998, Anthony Drazan)
This film is based on a play and often feels like it. It is a very talky piece with a mixed bag of success despite the A list casts efforts. Still I stayed interested throughout. 5.5/10
REPEAT FILM VIEWING
Consenting Adults (1992, Alan J. Pakula)
Disney+
This thriller starts with a slow burn to set up motivations that mostly pay off later. It is well enough made and acted and a solid timepasser. 6/10
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Martin Scorsese)
Disney+
I had not seen this Nicolas Cage led Scorsese film since the cinema. In the cinema I was underwhelmed and on rewatch it was even worse. This feels like a poor mans Scorsese film and just made me want to watch a better Scorsese film like Taxi Driver. It has a few good individual scenes, some humerous moments and picks up a bit once Cage ends up working with Tom Sizemore. In the end the story doesn't really go far and feels just like a bunch of scenes. I felt nothing at its conclusion. 4.5/10
WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: The Banker BEST ACTOR: Kevin Kline - Consenting Adults BEST ACTRESS: Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Samuel L. Jackson - The Banker BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Paquin - Hurlyburly BEST EDITING: Curtiss CLayton - Buffalo '66 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Charlotte Bruus Christensen - The Banker BEST SCORE: H. Scott Salinas - The Banker BEST SCRIPT: Niceole R. Levy - The Banker BEST DIRECTOR: George Nolfi - The Banker 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 None of yours this week.
Mine:
First Time Viewing
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - The worst film in the series.
3/10
Sole Survivor (1984; Thom Eberhardt) - Low-key but atmospheric horror-thriller which is said to have inspired Final Destination.
6/10
Zeder (1984; Pupi Avati) - Unusual Italian zombie movie which didn't work as well for me as the director's previous horror classic The House With Laughing Windows.
6/10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares - TV spin-off series which barely features Freddy and is overall more of an annoying small town comedy than a horror show.
4/10
Repeat Viewing
Ad Astra (2019; James Gray) - Visually stunning but sort of distant and overly serious space drama which kind of lost me in the second half.
5.5/10
New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - A great concept, Freddy enters the real world, is almost undone by a silly finale.
6.5/10
Freddy's Dead - I'd put the remake slightly below this one, but rate them both 4/10 Sole Survivor - Cool concept, dull execution. 5.5/10 Ad Astra - In my top 10 for 2019. 8/10 New Nightmare - Fun meta Elm Street movie, that feels like Craven's warm up for Scream. 7/10 |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 22, 2023 22:47:00 GMT
None of yours this week.
Mine:
First Time Viewing
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - The worst film in the series.
3/10
Sole Survivor (1984; Thom Eberhardt) - Low-key but atmospheric horror-thriller which is said to have inspired Final Destination.
6/10
Zeder (1984; Pupi Avati) - Unusual Italian zombie movie which didn't work as well for me as the director's previous horror classic The House With Laughing Windows.
6/10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares - TV spin-off series which barely features Freddy and is overall more of an annoying small town comedy than a horror show.
4/10
Repeat Viewing
Ad Astra (2019; James Gray) - Visually stunning but sort of distant and overly serious space drama which kind of lost me in the second half.
5.5/10
New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - A great concept, Freddy enters the real world, is almost undone by a silly finale.
6.5/10
Freddy's Dead - I'd put the remake slightly below this one, but rate them both 4/10 Sole Survivor - Cool concept, dull execution. 5.5/10 Ad Astra - In my top 10 for 2019. 8/10 New Nightmare - Fun meta Elm Street movie, that feels like Craven's warm up for Scream. 7/10 Oh yes, the remake goes below that one too, forgot that existed 🤣 |
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:34:00 GMT
Hello again!
Sorry I haven't been online much. I've spent a decent portion of the time since Christmas in the Hospital and while I've been home a bit and watching movies, getting online hasn't really entered into my to do list. Still nice to be back!
Sorry to say none of yours this week.
Mine:
Halloween Ends (David Gordon Green, 2022)
Oh boy. I get why a lot of people absolutely hate this one. I don't personally hate it though, and in fact I like a lot of the ideas it was trying... I just don't particularly think it was well executed and found myself still not caring for it much. Performances were fine, I think this is a case where Green just didn't properly tie it up do to wanting to experiment. 5/10
Dragons Forever (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Corey Yuen, 1988)
Yay! A Jackie Chan movie I've never seen before... and it's a good one! Chan plays a lawyer, which is a bit different, but there's a lot of good comedy here and some amazing martial arts scenes. 8/10
Terrifier 2 (Damien Leone, 2022)
Overlong and with some extreme kills that just seem cruel for cruelties sake. That said, I found myself liking it. Art the clown gets some nice physical comedy while still being creepy (particularly in the costume shop scene). I'd rewatch it. 7/10
Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017)
Yay! Another Jackie Chan movie I hadn't seen before... oh, wait... this one is terrible. Bad CGI, ridiculous costumes and plot, and the martial arts scenes aren't that great either. 3/10
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:36:08 GMT
Not watched any of yours. First Time Viewings: Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) – DVD 8/10Escape from L.A. (1996, John Carpenter) – DVD 7/10Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) – Amazon Prime 8/10Crimes of the Future (2022, David Cronenberg) – TV 6.5/10Fall (2022, Scott Mann) – Netflix 7/10The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh) – Disney+ 8/10Repeat Viewings: Nope (2022, Jordan Peele) – Blu-ray 7.5/10Big Trouble in Little China (1986, John Carpenter) – Disney+ 8/10Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) – Classic Carpenter goodness. 8/10 Crimes of the Future (2022, David Cronenberg) - I thought it was a nice return to form for Cronenberg. 8/10 Big Trouble in Little China (1986, John Carpenter) – More classic Carpenter goodness. 8/10 |
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:40:18 GMT
The Banker - 7/10 Bringing Out the Dead - 8/10 First Time Viewings:Camp Nowhere (1994, Jonathan Prince) - 7/10This Means War (2012, McG) - 6/10Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Resnais) - 7/10The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010, Michael Apted) - 7/10Elvis (2022, Baz Luhrmann) - 7/10Empire Records (1995, Allan Moyle) - 7.5/10Till (2022, Chinonye Chukwu) - 7/10Repeat Viewings: Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - 9.5/10Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - 9.5/10The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese) - 9/10The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979, Bill Melendez) - 7/10The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005, Andrew Adamson) - 7.5/10The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008, Andrew Adamson) - 7/10The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese) - 9/10Joker (2019, Todd Phillips) - 9/10TV Viewings: Darkwing Duck: Season 1 (1991-1992) - 8/10Movie Awards: BEST FILM: VertigoBEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro - The King of ComedyBEST ACTRESS: Danielle Deadwyler - TillBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Al Pacino - The IrishmanBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kim Novak - VertigoBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Burks - VertigoBEST SCORE: Bernard Herrmann - VertigoBEST SCRIPT: Alec Coppel & Samuel Tayor - VertigoBEST DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock - Rear WindowHiroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Resnais) - Watched this for the first time last year. I absolutely loved it. 8/10 Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - I need to give this one a rewatch. I liked it, but it's never sat with me as well as some of Hitchcock's others. 7/10 Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - In contrast I think this is one of his best. 9/10 The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese) - I find this film unpleasant, but unlike Taxi Driver where the unpleasantness works for me, this one leaves me a bit cold. 6/10 The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese) - Not my favorite film from Scorsese, but it's a wonderful epilogue to his other gangster films. 8/10 Joker (2019, Todd Phillips) - Interesting film with wonderful performances. A bit hard to watch, but done well enough to make me rewatch it. 8/10 |
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:43:07 GMT
Buffalo '66 - 6/10 Odd but likable. Mine: Batman Returns (1992) - 10/10
Great looking dark and gothic Batman film. Love it. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - 10/10
People either love this film or hate it. Its disturbing, gross and nuts. I love it! The Transporter Refueled (2015) - 4/10
Watchable but not that good action film. The Minute You Wake up Dead (2022) - 4/10
Interesting thriller that is a major letdown towards the end and feels like a waste. Paradise Highway (2022) - 2/10
Painfully boring on the road thiller. I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022) - 1/10
Laughably awful story of a man killed by the cops and sent back to earth by God. I just watched it for the yucks. I knew it was going to be awful. But its entertainingly awful. Batman Returns (1992) - I remember this movie getting so much hate when it came out, and I never got that. It's more of a Tim Burton film than the first one, and while I may slightly prefer the first, this film is a surprisingly good sequel because of these more gothic sensibilities. 7/10 House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - Not a big Rob Zombie film fan, but this one was pretty fun. 7/10 The Transporter Refueled (2015) - I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and hating it. Haven't retried, and don't intend to. 2/10 |
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:44:23 GMT
MINEOscar Wilde (1960 Gregory Ratoff) - 7/10Kings of the Road (1976 Wim Wenders) - 8/10The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 Sidney Lanfield) - 7/10 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 Alfred L. Werker) - 6.5/10 The Scarlet Claw (1944 Roy William Neill) - 7/10
Sick (2022 John Hyams) - 6.5/10Camp Nowhere (1994 Jonathan Prince) - 7/10Re-watchesThe River Wild (1994 Curtis Hanson) - 7/10Blink (1993 Michael Apted) - 5/10Cops and Robbersons (1994 Michael Ritchie) - 5.5/10 The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - 6/10TelevisionDuckTales: Season 1 (1987) - 8/10Film Awards
BEST PICTURE - Kings of the Road BEST ACTOR - Robert Morley (Oscar Wilde) BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep (The River Wild) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Ralph Richardson (Oscar Wilde) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jane Adams (Sick) BEST DIRECTOR - Wim Wenders (Kings of the Road) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Kings of the Road BEST SCORE - Kings of the Road The Great Mouse Detective (1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker) - This is actually one of my favorite Disney movies. Moslty because of Vincent Price. 8/10 |
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Post by soggy on Jan 23, 2023 3:46:24 GMT
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 FILM VIEWING
The Banker (2020, George Nolfi)
TVBased on true events, set in the 1960's is this tale of two black men trying to get business done in a white mans world. It is well paced with good performances and a great jazzy score. The story beats and structure are pretty familiar but never uninteresting. 7/10
Buffalo '66 (1998, Vincent Gallo)
Low budget quirky film with a surprisingly unlikable lead character that people seem to like. Some interesting stuff here. 6/10
Hurlyburly (1998, Anthony Drazan)
This film is based on a play and often feels like it. It is a very talky piece with a mixed bag of success despite the A list casts efforts. Still I stayed interested throughout. 5.5/10
REPEAT FILM VIEWING
Consenting Adults (1992, Alan J. Pakula)
Disney+
This thriller starts with a slow burn to set up motivations that mostly pay off later. It is well enough made and acted and a solid timepasser. 6/10
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Martin Scorsese)
Disney+
I had not seen this Nicolas Cage led Scorsese film since the cinema. In the cinema I was underwhelmed and on rewatch it was even worse. This feels like a poor mans Scorsese film and just made me want to watch a better Scorsese film like Taxi Driver. It has a few good individual scenes, some humerous moments and picks up a bit once Cage ends up working with Tom Sizemore. In the end the story doesn't really go far and feels just like a bunch of scenes. I felt nothing at its conclusion. 4.5/10
WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: The Banker BEST ACTOR: Kevin Kline - Consenting Adults BEST ACTRESS: Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Samuel L. Jackson - The Banker BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Paquin - Hurlyburly BEST EDITING: Curtiss CLayton - Buffalo '66 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Charlotte Bruus Christensen - The Banker BEST SCORE: H. Scott Salinas - The Banker BEST SCRIPT: Niceole R. Levy - The Banker BEST DIRECTOR: George Nolfi - The Banker 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 None of yours this week.
Mine:
First Time Viewing
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - The worst film in the series.
3/10
Sole Survivor (1984; Thom Eberhardt) - Low-key but atmospheric horror-thriller which is said to have inspired Final Destination.
6/10
Zeder (1984; Pupi Avati) - Unusual Italian zombie movie which didn't work as well for me as the director's previous horror classic The House With Laughing Windows.
6/10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares - TV spin-off series which barely features Freddy and is overall more of an annoying small town comedy than a horror show.
4/10
Repeat Viewing
Ad Astra (2019; James Gray) - Visually stunning but sort of distant and overly serious space drama which kind of lost me in the second half.
5.5/10
New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - A great concept, Freddy enters the real world, is almost undone by a silly finale.
6.5/10
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991; Rachel Talalay) - I agree with your assessment. 3/10 New Nightmare (1994; Wes Craven) - With this one as well. 7/10 |
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Post by James on Jan 23, 2023 3:46:47 GMT
Hello again! Sorry I haven't been online much. I've spent a decent portion of the time since Christmas in the Hospital and while I've been home a bit and watching movies, getting online hasn't really entered into my to do list. Still nice to be back! Sorry to say none of yours this week. Mine: Halloween Ends (David Gordon Green, 2022) Oh boy. I get why a lot of people absolutely hate this one. I don't personally hate it though, and in fact I like a lot of the ideas it was trying... I just don't particularly think it was well executed and found myself still not caring for it much. Performances were fine, I think this is a case where Green just didn't properly tie it up do to wanting to experiment. 5/10 Dragons Forever (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Corey Yuen, 1988) Yay! A Jackie Chan movie I've never seen before... and it's a good one! Chan plays a lawyer, which is a bit different, but there's a lot of good comedy here and some amazing martial arts scenes. 8/10 Terrifier 2 (Damien Leone, 2022) Overlong and with some extreme kills that just seem cruel for cruelties sake. That said, I found myself liking it. Art the clown gets some nice physical comedy while still being creepy (particularly in the costume shop scene). I'd rewatch it. 7/10 Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017) Yay! Another Jackie Chan movie I hadn't seen before... oh, wait... this one is terrible. Bad CGI, ridiculous costumes and plot, and the martial arts scenes aren't that great either. 3/10 Welcome back. Glad you're doing well.  Halloween Ends - Take away some elements with some tweaks to the script and it would work as a standalone, but as the final third of a trilogy...no. Just no. 6.5/10 |
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Post by jcush on Jan 23, 2023 3:49:01 GMT
Hello again! Sorry I haven't been online much. I've spent a decent portion of the time since Christmas in the Hospital and while I've been home a bit and watching movies, getting online hasn't really entered into my to do list. Still nice to be back! Sorry to say none of yours this week. Mine: Halloween Ends (David Gordon Green, 2022) Oh boy. I get why a lot of people absolutely hate this one. I don't personally hate it though, and in fact I like a lot of the ideas it was trying... I just don't particularly think it was well executed and found myself still not caring for it much. Performances were fine, I think this is a case where Green just didn't properly tie it up do to wanting to experiment. 5/10 Dragons Forever (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Corey Yuen, 1988) Yay! A Jackie Chan movie I've never seen before... and it's a good one! Chan plays a lawyer, which is a bit different, but there's a lot of good comedy here and some amazing martial arts scenes. 8/10 Terrifier 2 (Damien Leone, 2022) Overlong and with some extreme kills that just seem cruel for cruelties sake. That said, I found myself liking it. Art the clown gets some nice physical comedy while still being creepy (particularly in the costume shop scene). I'd rewatch it. 7/10 Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017) Yay! Another Jackie Chan movie I hadn't seen before... oh, wait... this one is terrible. Bad CGI, ridiculous costumes and plot, and the martial arts scenes aren't that great either. 3/10 Hey, I was wondering where you'd been. Sorry to hear you were in the hospital, hope that means you're doing better now though. Only seen Halloween Ends from yours. I didn't flat out hate it, but I didn't like the directions they went with it very much at all. 4.5/10 |
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