It's been super long since I watched it, but it has always stuck with me as a great film. I've also had the lind 'It's a start. I believe in starts' in my head all that time, so I hope they do say it like that in the film.
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It's only partially subjective, a shit movie is a shit movie even if someone happens to like it. Bad dialog, poor setups, illogic storylines etc don't magically turn good even if they amuse a viewer.
I'm not saying Se7en is the top film of all time but it seems that during 90's there were at least a few classic movies per year. Hell, even the silly ones like Twister or True Lies run laps around most block buster movies made today.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl My favorite film of 2024 by some distance. Everything you love about W&G and some great modern references about the fear of AI etc. Utterly Northern, with some entirely modern Northern diversity added in. If had a quibble it would be that the film wasn't 100% stop motion animation. That said cgi is used sparingly and only to enhance the film but ...
Still after enjoying it so much, and laughing so hard at various points, I'd find it hard to give it less than 10/10
Still after enjoying it so much, and laughing so hard at various points, I'd find it hard to give it less than 10/10
I also thought it was great. Didn't care at all about the CGI assistance, because it's pretty seamless and every shot looked fantastic. I enjoyed it much more than I'd expected to.
Just gave it a watch - absolutely brilliant. The most I have laughed at something in some time!
V/H/S 99
Massive drop off for the series, don't think I really enjoyed even one segment and they removed the wrap-around segment that they have in all the previous ones, making this feel even more pointless 3/10
V/H/S 85
Whilst not as good as the first two, big improvement on the two previous to this, mainly because of the one segment (Dreamkill) directed by the guy who made Sinister and Black Phone (it actually links to Black Phone). The other segments ranged from decent to shit, as per the course for these but at least the segments were more memorable than the previous film 6/10
Red One
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (The Rock) must team up with a notorious hacker (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. How can a film with so much studio backing, huge stars and infinite finances/resources be so shit? It's not fun, it's not festive and it's not family friendly as they keep saying "shit" in every other scene. Utterly pointless film apart from the one scene that pays tribute to Dana White's Power Slap competition, that was quite funny 2/10
Rare Exports
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. Not as good as I remembered but a far better Christmas film than that pile of shit Red One. There's a sweet message at the heart of the story and the story itself is quite unique. I would recommend to those that want to watch a festive film geared towards adults 6.5/10
Massive drop off for the series, don't think I really enjoyed even one segment and they removed the wrap-around segment that they have in all the previous ones, making this feel even more pointless 3/10
V/H/S 85
Whilst not as good as the first two, big improvement on the two previous to this, mainly because of the one segment (Dreamkill) directed by the guy who made Sinister and Black Phone (it actually links to Black Phone). The other segments ranged from decent to shit, as per the course for these but at least the segments were more memorable than the previous film 6/10
Red One
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (The Rock) must team up with a notorious hacker (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. How can a film with so much studio backing, huge stars and infinite finances/resources be so shit? It's not fun, it's not festive and it's not family friendly as they keep saying "shit" in every other scene. Utterly pointless film apart from the one scene that pays tribute to Dana White's Power Slap competition, that was quite funny 2/10
Rare Exports
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. Not as good as I remembered but a far better Christmas film than that pile of shit Red One. There's a sweet message at the heart of the story and the story itself is quite unique. I would recommend to those that want to watch a festive film geared towards adults 6.5/10
But how do you conclude that something has bad dialog or a poor setup? Isn't that sort of subjective takes on a film? I agree that me liking a film does not magically turn me into thinking it has good dialog but judging whether something has good dialog is still subjective.
It passed the time. It's not going to win any awards but it was mindless entertainment.
That's the key; leave the brain at home.
We watched it last night. It did entertain in the sense that Bateman was interesting as a baddie. But it wasn't much more than that
I recommend The Brutalist but I’m not going to tell you anything about it because I went to see it without knowing anything about it.
Is Martyrs worth a watch? @Rooney in Paris
Anora:
Ok, fun. Don't get the hype. In the running for best picture?? Seriously? No idea what was better but surely not!
Also surprised it hasn't been #cancelled by feminists more forcefully.
7/10
Never been kissed (1999):
Maybe the worst movie I've seen, started watching it as a joke and it took a month to finish, couldn't tolerate more than 20 minutes at a time. Bad from every angle. Worst plot and worst characters of all time.
Near the end I realised I can tolerate equally nonsensical plot/characters when it's an action movie, so maybe I'm just being biased against romcoms here? Don't know. It was definitely objectively awful.
All we imagine as light:
Actually excellent. Went in not knowing anything more than that it was an Indian movie winning awards, and seems it deserves them.
9/10
Ok, fun. Don't get the hype. In the running for best picture?? Seriously? No idea what was better but surely not!
Also surprised it hasn't been #cancelled by feminists more forcefully.
7/10
Never been kissed (1999):
Maybe the worst movie I've seen, started watching it as a joke and it took a month to finish, couldn't tolerate more than 20 minutes at a time. Bad from every angle. Worst plot and worst characters of all time.
Near the end I realised I can tolerate equally nonsensical plot/characters when it's an action movie, so maybe I'm just being biased against romcoms here? Don't know. It was definitely objectively awful.
All we imagine as light:
Actually excellent. Went in not knowing anything more than that it was an Indian movie winning awards, and seems it deserves them.
9/10
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I know you didn't ask me but I'm gonna answer anyway. I will assume you mean the original. It's a tough watch, you'll really need to be in the mood for one of the bleakest films you've ever seen and it's one you'll never forget. I thought it was great but not something I would ever watch a second time.
Love Lies Bleeding
Second film by Rose Glass. I thought Saint Maud was decent but mis-marketed, this was much better. A dirty, neo-noir romance thriller. Great performances, especially from the female Schwarzenegger. It kind of loses its way in the final act but up until then, it was a really fun ride. On a side note, love listening to interviews with the director, so down to earth and no pretention 7/10
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Thanks and I didn't realise there was a remake. Sounds interesting and is on the list but noted re the bleakness- had just heard it was a really good horror.
Anora was a good laugh but they've clearly ripped off the Safdie brothers
had a few genuinely laugh out loud moments but it all felt very contrived
had a few genuinely laugh out loud moments but it all felt very contrived
I watch horror movies for the majority of my viewing and this (along with Anti Christ) are the only two that scarred my brain.
The Anti-Christ was definitely something I'd not rush to rewatch. Audition literally gave my wife a nightmare years back.
We're in Belgium for Christmas visiting the in-laws and saw Nosferatu last night. I have lots of feelings about this film, all of which are overwhelmingly positive. Firstly, it is one of the best looking films that I have ever seen. I'm a sucker for that Victoria-era-style anyway, but this has to be one of the best looking films in that style. The cinematography, set designs, costume designs, visuals and shot choices are all top class. The best way to describe this film is like eating a very expensive box of chocolates.
I'm a huge Eggers fan anyway and love each of his films. I would put this as his best one yet. The casting is spot on. I had a few reservations beforehand regarding the lead characters, but they all proved me wrong. I was particularly a big fan of Willem Dafoe and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's characters, but the casting and acting is pretty strong all-round. I loved the dialogue and how the tension ramped continuously throughout the film. It also had a hugely satisfying ending, in my opinion, which just seemed to feel right and fitting. Telegraphed and signposted, but I would put that down to good storytelling.
It's one of my favourites of the year and probably of the last decade, tbh. I'm desperate to see it again.
I'm a huge Eggers fan anyway and love each of his films. I would put this as his best one yet. The casting is spot on. I had a few reservations beforehand regarding the lead characters, but they all proved me wrong. I was particularly a big fan of Willem Dafoe and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's characters, but the casting and acting is pretty strong all-round. I loved the dialogue and how the tension ramped continuously throughout the film. It also had a hugely satisfying ending, in my opinion, which just seemed to feel right and fitting. Telegraphed and signposted, but I would put that down to good storytelling.
It's one of my favourites of the year and probably of the last decade, tbh. I'm desperate to see it again.
Linda Muir outdid herself. Her designs are exquisite in this film. I haven't watched this yet but I'm a huge fan of Holt and Skarsgard. I'm going to have a nice Sunday evening tomorrow watching this. I can't wait.
They're exceptional. Years from now you will be able to look at any still image of Lily-Rose Depp from this film and tell within seconds that the film is Nosferatu.
I'm so proud of Nicholas Hoult. I used to watch Skins back when I was a kid and that show has helped to launch the careers of so many talented stars of today. Hoult is one, but the other notable ones are Dev Patel and Daniel Kaluuya. It's an important reason why we need channels like Channel 4 to provide new shows that feature younger, unknown actors and give them a platform to perform. Hoult is excellent in this. Could have quite easily been overshadowed by the likes of Skarsgard or Defoe, but he does a great job when he's on screen. I really liked his character and his interpretation of it. Enjoy the film!
No.
And they should burn the negative and any existing prints.
Not really, no.
Dave Made A Maze (2017).
Starring Nick Thune.
Quirky and offbeat, almost achingly so. A woman comes home from work to discover her partner has made a cardboard fort/maze in their living room. The catch is he says he can’t find the way out. Eventually she and a bunch of their friends enter the maze, which becomes a labyrinth that is massive on the inside. Suddenly a Minotaur stalks them, people start dying.
Except when people die they shoot confetti and yarn instead of blood. Very much in the Michel Gondry school. It’s quirky and funny, the whole thing perhaps a metaphor for artistic creativity and self doubt - or maybe failure to commit - or maybe it was all real and magical things happen.
We enjoyed this. It’s quick and light, some funny beats, some fun surprises. Only negatives would be they didn’t fully set up who Dave actually was so we didn’t or couldn’t fully invest in his story. They also left a few details unanswered concerning the deaths.
8/10
Starring Nick Thune.
Quirky and offbeat, almost achingly so. A woman comes home from work to discover her partner has made a cardboard fort/maze in their living room. The catch is he says he can’t find the way out. Eventually she and a bunch of their friends enter the maze, which becomes a labyrinth that is massive on the inside. Suddenly a Minotaur stalks them, people start dying.
Except when people die they shoot confetti and yarn instead of blood. Very much in the Michel Gondry school. It’s quirky and funny, the whole thing perhaps a metaphor for artistic creativity and self doubt - or maybe failure to commit - or maybe it was all real and magical things happen.
We enjoyed this. It’s quick and light, some funny beats, some fun surprises. Only negatives would be they didn’t fully set up who Dave actually was so we didn’t or couldn’t fully invest in his story. They also left a few details unanswered concerning the deaths.
8/10
Bird
New film by Andrea Arnold.
Very mixed views on this. There’s some truly brilliant moments especially a beach segment which captures the beauty of English life. Also interesting uses of mobile phones as a protective weapon along with the role of social media. The film perfectly captures the frustration and stupidity of youth and Nykiya Adams is great as the lead.
But it suffers from a recurring problem in British cinema which is poverty makes bad people therefore poverty is bad.
The personality trait of almost all the characters is to be massive arseholes. It’s cartoonishly bad at points. Barry Keoghan spends most of his screening time repeating the words fooking over and over again. With the tension of the film boiling down to will this poor person get violent. Overall the story is propelled by one miserably event after another.
It could be easily mistaken for mid 2000’s New Labour propaganda if you didn’t known the filmmaker had good intentions.
Strange film but probably worth a watch.
7/10
New film by Andrea Arnold.
Very mixed views on this. There’s some truly brilliant moments especially a beach segment which captures the beauty of English life. Also interesting uses of mobile phones as a protective weapon along with the role of social media. The film perfectly captures the frustration and stupidity of youth and Nykiya Adams is great as the lead.
But it suffers from a recurring problem in British cinema which is poverty makes bad people therefore poverty is bad.
The personality trait of almost all the characters is to be massive arseholes. It’s cartoonishly bad at points. Barry Keoghan spends most of his screening time repeating the words fooking over and over again. With the tension of the film boiling down to will this poor person get violent. Overall the story is propelled by one miserably event after another.
It could be easily mistaken for mid 2000’s New Labour propaganda if you didn’t known the filmmaker had good intentions.
Strange film but probably worth a watch.
7/10
Don’t tell me you’re feeling sympathy for the poors now, are you?
The film features moments of magical realism with birds yet an Irish dad who likes his family was seemingly impossible to imagine.
Tbh it’s why Ken Loach is the greatest. As he is able to show the complex views within working class Britain.
V/H/S: Beyond
The franchise takes a sci-fi turn and this is probably the best in the series in terms if overall quality and production. There were multiple good segments and some that I wish were feature length films. But as with an anthology, the shit ones really bring it down 6.5/10
The franchise takes a sci-fi turn and this is probably the best in the series in terms if overall quality and production. There were multiple good segments and some that I wish were feature length films. But as with an anthology, the shit ones really bring it down 6.5/10
Pom Poko. A 1994 Studio Ghibli animation film about a group of racoons that use their shapr-shifting abilities to fight urban expansion into their forest.
Such a strange film. It starts amazing, with wild imagination and weirdness, and of course Ghbibli's always amazing animation and cinematography, bringing on a sequence of fantastic scenes. Buy when you expect the film to continue unrolling it's narrative, instead it just keeps going on and on and on with all kinds of events.
There are lots of great ideas, but it's as if they just decided to keep them all, without caring too much hoe it works for the story. As such, the film feels more like the premise for a tv series, in which the raccoon dogs each time come up with another wild, weird, or outright bizarre (and/or vulgar) idea to stop human expansion into their forest, finishing back at the status quo at the end of each episode. Except this is a film, with a beginning and an end - and I felt the 'let's include everything' approach really held back the success of the story, and therefore the extent to which the film works as a unified piece of art.
So: wildly imagantive, bizzare, hilarious, loving - and more than a bit unfocused. 7/10
Such a strange film. It starts amazing, with wild imagination and weirdness, and of course Ghbibli's always amazing animation and cinematography, bringing on a sequence of fantastic scenes. Buy when you expect the film to continue unrolling it's narrative, instead it just keeps going on and on and on with all kinds of events.
There are lots of great ideas, but it's as if they just decided to keep them all, without caring too much hoe it works for the story. As such, the film feels more like the premise for a tv series, in which the raccoon dogs each time come up with another wild, weird, or outright bizarre (and/or vulgar) idea to stop human expansion into their forest, finishing back at the status quo at the end of each episode. Except this is a film, with a beginning and an end - and I felt the 'let's include everything' approach really held back the success of the story, and therefore the extent to which the film works as a unified piece of art.
So: wildly imagantive, bizzare, hilarious, loving - and more than a bit unfocused. 7/10
I do love Ken Loach, and agree.
The film features moments of magical realism with birds yet an Irish dad who likes his family was seemingly impossible to imagine.
Tbh it’s why Ken Loach is the greatest. As he is able to show the complex views within working class Britain.
The Wild Robot. A recent Dreamworks animation film on a household robot whose ends up on an island uninhabited by humans and, while looking for a task, adopts a gosling (no, not Ryan) to raise.
It's a film about sentiments more than anything else. The story is simplistic and cliché feelgood - except the ending, which is confusing and doesn't make much sense. (Let half the island burn down so the animals can become friends? And what's the fox going to eat now then? And so on. I know it's probably meant metaphorically, but come on! And a metaphor for what, anyway?) It's cute though. If you just let yourself get swept along with the film's events, it's lovely and touching, and of course beautifully done. I especially like how they gave the look a painting's touch, so it doesn't all look very sleek - even if I ultimately still prefer the look of Studio Ghibli over this sort of exquisite computer animation. Anyway: 7/10
It's a film about sentiments more than anything else. The story is simplistic and cliché feelgood - except the ending, which is confusing and doesn't make much sense. (Let half the island burn down so the animals can become friends? And what's the fox going to eat now then? And so on. I know it's probably meant metaphorically, but come on! And a metaphor for what, anyway?) It's cute though. If you just let yourself get swept along with the film's events, it's lovely and touching, and of course beautifully done. I especially like how they gave the look a painting's touch, so it doesn't all look very sleek - even if I ultimately still prefer the look of Studio Ghibli over this sort of exquisite computer animation. Anyway: 7/10
Tis was my review of Martyrs
WOW that was a hard film to watch, the level of gore and brutally is something else.
The parts where the big guy is kicking the crap out of the women, are really hard to watch.
I agree with Rooney in Paris that the gore and brutality has a place in the film, it is an integral part of the plot and not just gore for the sake of it.
I did not enjoy the film, I dont think you can enjoy a film like this, you just watch it like I did in disbelief.
It is not a film I could or even want to watch again, but it is worth a watch, if you are a horror fan and like gore.
I am pretty much the same , I would say 80% of films I watch are horror.
Anti Christ is one of the most disturbing film I have ever seen.
57 Seconds
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
Interesting film, that had some good bit and some bad bit, there was scope for a very good film, but it just fell short of the mark.
Not one of Morgan Freemans best sadly.
What can you do with 57 seconds, you would be surprised
5/10
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
Interesting film, that had some good bit and some bad bit, there was scope for a very good film, but it just fell short of the mark.
Not one of Morgan Freemans best sadly.
What can you do with 57 seconds, you would be surprised
5/10
Possibly the only review of this film I've ever read that doesn't mention the key role played by the raccoon balls.
AfrAId
The Curtis family is selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA learns the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing - and no one - gets in her family's way.Was not expecting much from this, but I was plenty surprised, the entire story seems the most plausible way an AI would take over mankind. The twists were very believable.
The film shows the dangers of AI - nothing I'd watch twice but entertaining enough
7/10
Arcadian
A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the world.
It was OK , bit slow in parts , not enough Cage.
Acting was decent, story was OK , monsters were the best part, but I wanted more of where they can from.
6/10
A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the world.
It was OK , bit slow in parts , not enough Cage.
Acting was decent, story was OK , monsters were the best part, but I wanted more of where they can from.
6/10
Skin
Not bad but not good either film based on true events: a neo nazi wants out of a white supremacist group.
There's a few storylines going on but all of them get only a scrape on the surface and end up a bit hollow.
Films like this should be soul grating and uneasy to watch, but this one doesn't do that enough. It's like a watered down American History X. The acting is kind of okay, they could have done more to breath life into this movie.
5/10
Not bad but not good either film based on true events: a neo nazi wants out of a white supremacist group.
There's a few storylines going on but all of them get only a scrape on the surface and end up a bit hollow.
Films like this should be soul grating and uneasy to watch, but this one doesn't do that enough. It's like a watered down American History X. The acting is kind of okay, they could have done more to breath life into this movie.
5/10
That's what the 'vulgar' refers to I guess.
Awoken
When nothing can be done for a Fatal Familial Insomnia patient at the hospital, a med student has her brother moved to a secret facility in the basement for alternative treatment. Is it demonic possession?
I thought this was a half decent foray in to the horror possession genre, granted not the best , but it was far from the worst.
Filming was good, music was creepy and in places it made me jump.
Average horror film with some good scares but story line isnt strong. Good performances.
6/10
When nothing can be done for a Fatal Familial Insomnia patient at the hospital, a med student has her brother moved to a secret facility in the basement for alternative treatment. Is it demonic possession?
I thought this was a half decent foray in to the horror possession genre, granted not the best , but it was far from the worst.
Filming was good, music was creepy and in places it made me jump.
Average horror film with some good scares but story line isnt strong. Good performances.
6/10