If that allows me back in your good graces, yes.
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Rebel Ridge. An action thriller with more suspense than action. It works pretty alright and I like that no-one actually gets killed (how rare is that!). But it's also a little long and the conspiracy is rather underwhelming (and needlessly complicated by leaving too much unsaid). 6/10
I had the same, but luckily my wife was with me and she always gets this stuff right away.
So yes, they continue mishandling arrests and particularly make sure they end up with a situation where they can do another civil forfeiture (so basically money theft). But they then downgrade all offenses for which they arrest people to misdemeanors, so the suspects never see a judge and never have a change to dispute anything. Consequently, no-one ever sees the dash cam footage, which they can delete after 90 days - at which point nothing can be done anymore and the suspect is let go.
Or something like that. It's illegal, but also rather underwhelming. Plus it's a little odd that basically everyone cracks as soon as someone puts them under a little pressure - while you never see why the Chief and his right-hand guy would have such a hold over the other cops.
Or something like that. It's illegal, but also rather underwhelming. Plus it's a little odd that basically everyone cracks as soon as someone puts them under a little pressure - while you never see why the Chief and his right-hand guy would have such a hold over the other cops.
I watched both last week and it’s night and day. The more you think about even the idea of trying to repopulate a country where even a drop of blood can start the outbreak all over again is just ridiculous…. You can’t sanitize an entire country in a few months. Sure a person can get infected from a crow pecking a corpse!!
I trust Boyle and Garland will bring it back on track, 2 movies in 6 months is exciting!!!
I was seriously underwhelmed by this. Perhaps because I’d read some positive reviews and really enjoyed previous films by the same director. For a movie that is quite nuts and bolts in many ways the elements of the plot you’re explaining were annoyingly over complicated. Throw in a bunch of straight up bizarre scenes (like when he cycled faster than a bus, wtf?!) and it was all a bit of a mess.
I'm not sure if that's what you mean, but I thought it was frustrating how they made the conspiracy seem like this really complex, deep thing (insofar as that's possible in a small town) - while it's really rather mundane and small.
I know of 28 Years, but what is the other?
I heard it’s going to be a trilogy
28 years the bone temple out next January. It’s like it’s being released 6 months apart as a two parter. The sequel has already been filmed
It will be if the first two do well
that’s shite if they’re splitting it into two parts
I thought The Order was far too bland given how interesting its subject matter was. Very little character development and just plodded along. Meh.
Watched Nightbitch last night, a bit of an odd one marketed as a drama, horror and comedy - there's a couple of body horror details but it's mostly a drama about a woman struggling with motherhood sprinkled with moments of comedy. It's not great as it feels like it struggles entirely to deliver on its premise but it's got a few interesting things going for it, particularly a strong, committed performance from Amy Adams who handles both the drama and the physicality of the role quite well. There's a few interesting ideas here and there and I appreciated the sisterhood angle it had also, it was quite heart warming, but it's not an absolute must-watch.
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A young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday.
This was not the film , I was expecting. TBH the acting was average at best.
This wont be for everybody, it was slow paced, the music was at times annoying, but even so, I thought it was worth watching.
Time-travel with a bitter-sweet story behind it.
It is clearly an amateur film, with a small budget.
I would say if you want something a bit different, give this a go.
7/10
A young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday.
This was not the film , I was expecting. TBH the acting was average at best.
This wont be for everybody, it was slow paced, the music was at times annoying, but even so, I thought it was worth watching.
Time-travel with a bitter-sweet story behind it.
It is clearly an amateur film, with a small budget.
I would say if you want something a bit different, give this a go.
7/10
Grieve
Sam has lost someone close to him, and life has become blurry and unrecognizable. Getting away at his mother's forest vacation home, he is unaware that an age-old entity dwells in the woods.I very short 65 min film, that has its moments. A decent-ish psychological horror
5/10
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Salam's Lot
Very disappointed , I was expecting something way better.
Considering the book its based on, very poor effort.
Not even close to the TV adaptation with David Soul.
3/10
Very disappointed , I was expecting something way better.
Considering the book its based on, very poor effort.
Not even close to the TV adaptation with David Soul.
3/10
This was such a shit film, bad all around. Felt like a cheap straight to TV 90s film.
I went to see L'amour ouf (Beating Hearts in English), which was released last year in France and was presented in the official selection at Cannes (I have no idea how it made its way into the selection frankly). It has been a decent blockbuster hit in France even though it's not garnered much critical acclaim - and rightly so. It's terrible. It's the most banal love story (studious girl falls for bad boy as teenagers, bad boy goes to jail, bad boy comes out of jail, ultimately their love will be their salvation) elongated over 2h40 - I've often argued against people complaining about film lengths for the sake of it, but this one was ridiculously and uselessly long, with nothing much to say.
The first half hour is actually decent, the chemistry between the 2 teenage leads is good (not mind blowing good, but believable) and there's a couple of somewhat daring musical pieces that kind of work, but it's very quickly brushed away in favour of the most basic of gangster films (and Nord Pas de Calais gangsters ain't quite Goodfellas). The moment teenage Clotaire turns to a life of crime is already very boring, but the switch into their adult versions is just plain bad - the most amazing thing is that there's absolutely ZERO chemistry between the 2 adult leads, François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos, who are actually in a relationship in real life! How is that even possible? They both look incredibly bored to be on screen (which would be understandable considering how tedious the whole thing is).
It's a really strange one in that I don't get why it's getting popular acclaim - there's nothing likeable or fresh or interesting about it. The first hour, you could make an argument that it looks good (it does), but the rest of the film brings it back to the most basic of visual identities, flat and ugly. It's borderline offensive from a social perspective - the working class people act as any cliché of working class people would want them to, the only black character in the film is just there to serve as the butt for racist jokes and being a comic relief, which he does poorly. The idea of contrasting the 2 different fathers is done in such a heavy handed manner it's laughable. There are so many poor, 2 dimensional characters strewn throughout the film. There's a montage set to hip hop showing Clotaire's rise as a gangster (it could pass off as parody actually, considering just quite how bad it is) that should be illegal in any film past 1995. It's almost impressive to come up with this level of banality and lack of imagination, think it's a good idea to film it in 2024 without trying to think of an original angle (well I guess the beginning is meant to be that "original angle" but it's so shit I don't even want to think about it) and make it last 2h40!!
I'm actually realising I'm angry at having been deceived by the French, once again.
The first half hour is actually decent, the chemistry between the 2 teenage leads is good (not mind blowing good, but believable) and there's a couple of somewhat daring musical pieces that kind of work, but it's very quickly brushed away in favour of the most basic of gangster films (and Nord Pas de Calais gangsters ain't quite Goodfellas). The moment teenage Clotaire turns to a life of crime is already very boring, but the switch into their adult versions is just plain bad - the most amazing thing is that there's absolutely ZERO chemistry between the 2 adult leads, François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos, who are actually in a relationship in real life! How is that even possible? They both look incredibly bored to be on screen (which would be understandable considering how tedious the whole thing is).
It's a really strange one in that I don't get why it's getting popular acclaim - there's nothing likeable or fresh or interesting about it. The first hour, you could make an argument that it looks good (it does), but the rest of the film brings it back to the most basic of visual identities, flat and ugly. It's borderline offensive from a social perspective - the working class people act as any cliché of working class people would want them to, the only black character in the film is just there to serve as the butt for racist jokes and being a comic relief, which he does poorly. The idea of contrasting the 2 different fathers is done in such a heavy handed manner it's laughable. There are so many poor, 2 dimensional characters strewn throughout the film. There's a montage set to hip hop showing Clotaire's rise as a gangster (it could pass off as parody actually, considering just quite how bad it is) that should be illegal in any film past 1995. It's almost impressive to come up with this level of banality and lack of imagination, think it's a good idea to film it in 2024 without trying to think of an original angle (well I guess the beginning is meant to be that "original angle" but it's so shit I don't even want to think about it) and make it last 2h40!!
I'm actually realising I'm angry at having been deceived by the French, once again.
Kung Fu Games
The action was great as they cast real martial artists as the characters, however this leads to some bad acting. The best acting was done by the non-fighters and even they weren't too impressive.
I did love the story though, and think if it was done better it'd be an incredible movie.
Probably give this a 6/10
The action was great as they cast real martial artists as the characters, however this leads to some bad acting. The best acting was done by the non-fighters and even they weren't too impressive.
I did love the story though, and think if it was done better it'd be an incredible movie.
Probably give this a 6/10
Fine and dandy like sour candy. You're still watching films I see.
You're back Nilssy!! How have you been?
Flow was very good. Soothing yet very involving. Hopefully it nabs the best animation Oscar.
Nosferatu
Not a lot to say really. It's the classic Dracula tale, perfected...despite the fact that Hoult is no Reeves.
8/10
Not a lot to say really. It's the classic Dracula tale, perfected...despite the fact that Hoult is no Reeves.
8/10
A Complete Unknown
It seems by design or accident James Mangold has created a vampiric triumph. A brilliant horror film which captures the parasitic and empty narcissism of Bob Dylan.
As a long time hater I loved it. Give Timothée Chalamet the Oscar.
8/10
It seems by design or accident James Mangold has created a vampiric triumph. A brilliant horror film which captures the parasitic and empty narcissism of Bob Dylan.
As a long time hater I loved it. Give Timothée Chalamet the Oscar.
8/10
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@R.N7 have you seen emilia perez yet?
Mortal (Amazon Prime) - American Norwegian dude is found in Norway for original tracing his Norwegian roots but instead ends up being an accidental murderous prick. Discovers he has supernatural/Norse mythology based powers with the help of an always sad/kiss me look on her face (can go either way) while being chased by the almighty arm of the US government who somehow only sent people who are clearly not American. At least the lead actor is.
6/10
Good nonsense waste of time flick if you like other moody Scandi flicks. Nothing more to be said. Concept is mildly interesting but like other Scandi flicks it also feels a bit too depressing and amateurish.
6/10
Good nonsense waste of time flick if you like other moody Scandi flicks. Nothing more to be said. Concept is mildly interesting but like other Scandi flicks it also feels a bit too depressing and amateurish.
You hate Dylan, Mangold, Chalamet, or all 3?
Saw a few more films over the weekend on the film festival. Hard Truths was probably the best overall of the festival. Standout performances, should really have gotten some sort of Oscar recognition. At times quite funny, but it was interesting how it suddenly turned from being funny to just dark. Haven't seen too many Leigh's but this certainly was a strong one. Then I saw The Outrun. Beautifully made and quite strong overall although lacking a bit of focus at times. Sersh is brilliant and should get all the roles and all the awards.
He has made some great films - Secrets and Lies is probably my favorite.
Secret and Lies is great, that's one that I have seen. I have also seen and liked Naked and Another Year.
Memories of Murder
Was in the mood for a crime thriller the other night and this was at the top of movies I hadn't seen though no doubt it's old news to a lot of cinephiles in here. Boon-Jong-ho's 2003 epic based on the Hwaesong murders is an excellent watch as you follow the case through the eyes of 2 detectives who's outlooks do a complete 180 throughout the course of the movie. There's the usual off kilt comedy running through it which works quite well considering the grim subject matter (reading up afterwards a lot of the details included are disturbingly accurate) and it's beautifully shot and framed as you might expect.
Wolf Man
New Leigh Whannell horror starring Christopher Abbott. The first half was quite good in building tension but as soon as the shit hit the fan it got boring incredibly fast which was a shame. There's some heavy handed themes around parenting and the creature designs are a little underwhelming. I think this had potential to be a lot better than it was.
Was in the mood for a crime thriller the other night and this was at the top of movies I hadn't seen though no doubt it's old news to a lot of cinephiles in here. Boon-Jong-ho's 2003 epic based on the Hwaesong murders is an excellent watch as you follow the case through the eyes of 2 detectives who's outlooks do a complete 180 throughout the course of the movie. There's the usual off kilt comedy running through it which works quite well considering the grim subject matter (reading up afterwards a lot of the details included are disturbingly accurate) and it's beautifully shot and framed as you might expect.
Wolf Man
New Leigh Whannell horror starring Christopher Abbott. The first half was quite good in building tension but as soon as the shit hit the fan it got boring incredibly fast which was a shame. There's some heavy handed themes around parenting and the creature designs are a little underwhelming. I think this had potential to be a lot better than it was.
One of my favourite movies.
Yo I'm going to watch Princess Bride tonight.
But why
Oh I hate Dylan. The other two are fine.
Tbh I seem to be only person on the planet who thinks this film hates Dylan. I would recommend seeing it as the sound is great but also viewing it as a horror film made the experience better.
Reminded me of this
My little brother recommended this to me. I was dubious to say the least. What with it's title and perceived connotations I thought he was trying to wind me up.
Just to add me and my little bro have a thing of recommending movies and shows etc to each other. There is a big age gap between us but we seem to enjoy the same type of thing.
Anyway I watched it and it's dated in some bits but I enjoyed it. Think would have liked it even more having watched it when it was released.
I watched it last week. Hated is a bit strong but I was surprised at how unsympathetic it was. He came across as fairly unpleasant bloke. Hell of a performance by Chalamet though.
“You’re kind of an asshole Bob “ should be the tagline of the film. Apparently Dylan signed off on the script which is interesting.
I’ve never really been a fan of that era of music anyway, and have listened to Patti Smith and Dylan et al in the spirit of doing my homework or eating my vegetables. A movie like this should be able to convince a non-fan that they are really missing out. Doesn’t sound like it does. Mangold’s Johnny Cash film basically also failed this test. Preaching to the converted. Both seem to be comprised of tableaux that would be recognizable to big fans of the artists but not super compelling to the unwashed masses.
I'd say the movie actually does a pretty good job in this regard. I have never liked Dylan, but now I am at least semi interested in digging a bit deeper. What it doesn't do is portray him as a particularly sympathetic person, but then again it doesn't really try to do so.