I think you meant 10/10.
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Wing Attack Plan R
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For anyone looking for a film to watch and hasn’t seen this, one of many GREAT films from the 70s.
I like film nerdy stuff like this guy writes about… what the actors did to get into character, actors that could have been in but weren’t, ad libs, etc. John Cazale (who died before seeing final version) was in five films…. All nominated for Best Picture Oscar.
The Deer Hunter is one of those films that hits so hard at the end you realize every frame of its long running time was needed to get there, even the seemingly interminable wedding stuff. It's one of those brilliant films that I've only seen once, but maybe now's the time for a rewatch.Classic.
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A pope died -- did another one pope up?Conclave
Deliberately avoided reading anything about this, so was surprised by the ending (which I won't spoil for those who haven't seen it yet). I enjoyed it.
8/10
Yeah, well, ratings are anyway somewhat random - but yes, the way I score The Godfather is incomparable to how I'd score Die Hard (or other Christmas fun).I don't remember writing that review, but I should mention the horror film rating system is a sliding scale. a 9/10 horror film is not comparable to a 9/10 drama (which would be incredible). It was fun though.
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Oscar Night… here’s some classics that didn’t win an Oscar. Some of them didn’t even get nominated (amazing films that surprised me that they were overlooked).
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Last Breath
By the numbers ‘thriller’ about North Sea underwater petroleum workers. It wasn’t horrible but would have needed sci-fi horror elements to salvage it a la The Abyss which obviously weren’t on the cards; as is I left before the climax when I started yawning and thinking about the place down the street that served nachos made with potato chips.
5.08125/10. High number for a movie I walked out on but the cast was full of known faces that were pleasant to see.
By the numbers ‘thriller’ about North Sea underwater petroleum workers. It wasn’t horrible but would have needed sci-fi horror elements to salvage it a la The Abyss which obviously weren’t on the cards; as is I left before the climax when I started yawning and thinking about the place down the street that served nachos made with potato chips.
5.08125/10. High number for a movie I walked out on but the cast was full of known faces that were pleasant to see.
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Agreed.I think you meant 10/10.
Don‘t remember what it was but I had an issue with DeerHunter, threw away the dvd eventually.
So, I finally got around to watching A complete unknown. It's actually a really great title, "A complete void" maybe would have been just a bit too much. I love Bob Dylan's music (he's one of the artists who I have the most records of in my small but prized vinyl collection), and I could listen to his lyrics over and over. His talent with words puts him up there as one of my favourite artists to listen to - but I never really knew anything about him, apart from the fact he's been super productive in his career, still writing and releasing music nowadays, and the fact he's old but still alive. Of course some of his songs have a political message, but I'd never really looked into his deep rooted convictions or anything.
Which is good, because if the film is anything to go by, he didn't have any. He comes across as an opportunistic genius, who drifts in and out of things without any real beliefs, uses people when it's convenient and moves on. He's cool, like mega cool, and he can write a tune, but he's a bit of an empty vessel - and he's an asshole.
The film isn't actually very interesting when it comes to Bob Dylan. If you liked Bob Dylan before, you'll probably listen to his music as much after - yeah he's an asshole but who cares? If you didn't, it's not particularly going to make you like him, but his talent in songwriting might make you curious to listen a bit more. I find it more interesting as a film just because there's not much to say. Usually, in biopics, you'll get the emergence of the talent, the struggles they've faced (whether political, social, drug or alcohol addiction, etc. it's a very paint by numbers type of exercice) and the final redemption. What's Dylan's struggle? What did he have to overcome? The fact he was so talented and so curious about music in general he played some music in front of people that were expecting something else, booed him for 5mn, but then actually it was all cool? Sigh of relief, hand on my chest, I was really worried there for a minute that one of the tomatoes thrown by the nice people at the folk festical would mess up his cool hairdo!
I also find it quite fascinating when a director takes on a topic they don't have a particular passion for; like, I don't think Mangold has the same level of contempt Ridley Scott has for Napoleon, but I don't think beyond his talent in music he finds him to be a particularly sympathetic or interesting character. His Walk the line film showed that he had massive respect for Johnny Cash and really empathized with him as a human being, whereas there's none of that here. It's cold, clinical, the moments of warmth coming more from fleeting instants with Woody Guthrie (and more from Peter Seger's moments with him), Seger actually being the nicest character in the film. Joan Baez comes across as a bit of a poser, just as opportunistic as Dylan, Sylvie is whiny and seems to feel threatened the second he does well. Yeah so basically that entire generation claiming they wanted peace and love were just a bunch of vampiric, talented dickheads.
Chalamet is great, James Mangold is an astute, interesting director and Dylan is/was an asshole.
Which is good, because if the film is anything to go by, he didn't have any. He comes across as an opportunistic genius, who drifts in and out of things without any real beliefs, uses people when it's convenient and moves on. He's cool, like mega cool, and he can write a tune, but he's a bit of an empty vessel - and he's an asshole.
The film isn't actually very interesting when it comes to Bob Dylan. If you liked Bob Dylan before, you'll probably listen to his music as much after - yeah he's an asshole but who cares? If you didn't, it's not particularly going to make you like him, but his talent in songwriting might make you curious to listen a bit more. I find it more interesting as a film just because there's not much to say. Usually, in biopics, you'll get the emergence of the talent, the struggles they've faced (whether political, social, drug or alcohol addiction, etc. it's a very paint by numbers type of exercice) and the final redemption. What's Dylan's struggle? What did he have to overcome? The fact he was so talented and so curious about music in general he played some music in front of people that were expecting something else, booed him for 5mn, but then actually it was all cool? Sigh of relief, hand on my chest, I was really worried there for a minute that one of the tomatoes thrown by the nice people at the folk festical would mess up his cool hairdo!
I also find it quite fascinating when a director takes on a topic they don't have a particular passion for; like, I don't think Mangold has the same level of contempt Ridley Scott has for Napoleon, but I don't think beyond his talent in music he finds him to be a particularly sympathetic or interesting character. His Walk the line film showed that he had massive respect for Johnny Cash and really empathized with him as a human being, whereas there's none of that here. It's cold, clinical, the moments of warmth coming more from fleeting instants with Woody Guthrie (and more from Peter Seger's moments with him), Seger actually being the nicest character in the film. Joan Baez comes across as a bit of a poser, just as opportunistic as Dylan, Sylvie is whiny and seems to feel threatened the second he does well. Yeah so basically that entire generation claiming they wanted peace and love were just a bunch of vampiric, talented dickheads.
Chalamet is great, James Mangold is an astute, interesting director and Dylan is/was an asshole.
Was it scratched?Agreed.
Don‘t remember what it was but I had an issue with DeerHunter, threw away the dvd eventually.
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