The Invitation: 6/10. Who cooked the dinner?
Woah.
The Invitation: 6/10. Who cooked the dinner?
Emotion and sentimentality always won over with him over violence and sex and gore, usually. He just had strong disgust for some things. He may have written them Russ Meyer titty flicks but as a critic he gave four stars to The Polar Express and shit on anything he deemed too nasty.
Coming out here in UK on 9th Sept, am excited. Didn't see Boxtrolls but loved Paranorman and Coraline.Kubo was absolutely beautiful. Movie of the year so far for me
I did in fact have that thought as I left the theater. So nice to combo break the mediocre/shitty movies I had seen a string of at the theater before that.
Finally watched Jackie Brown last night. This might be my favourite Tarantino film by far. Very nice multilayered plot I particularly like the sequence in the mall which is told from three different perspectives, Samuel L Jackson nailed it as Ordell. Also the blu ray transfer is one of the best I have seen.
Great cast particularly Robert Forster as Max and Pamela Grier who wears her age the way most women can only dream of, she is still beautiful even in her late forties. Deserves a second viewing for soon, maybe later this week.
Mulholland Drive. A very Lynch movie and one not for me. It was pretty cool, very weird, chock full of symbolism, and pretty far out there. I read a synopsis and still don't get it. I mean I understand what it's about and that there are several interpretations but this one didn't click home for me. Too much Lynch maybe? Like its over and I have zero desire to go back and revisit this to see the dots connect if that makes sense.
As a first exposure to the franchise it was really nice, held my attention easily, and was relaxing to watch. .
Finally watched Jackie Brown last night. This might be my favourite Tarantino film by far. Very nice multilayered plot I particularly like the sequence in the mall which is told from three different perspectives, Samuel L Jackson nailed it as Ordell. Also the blu ray transfer is one of the best I have seen.
Great cast particularly Robert Forster as Max and Pamela Grier who wears her age the way most women can only dream of, she is still beautiful even in her late forties. Deserves a second viewing for soon, maybe later this week.
Those are the only two Almodovar's I've seen as well and yeah they're pretty fantastic. I really should watch All About My Mother sometime soon.
Hell or High Water - A terrific crime drama in just about every area of craft. Even-handed portrayal of cops'n'robbers, refreshingly meditative pace, thematic consistent, strong cinematography, confident direction, note perfect performances. It even has an ending that manages to be a climax and an epilogue at the same time. You walk out the theater thinking, "Damn, that was a good movie!"
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Jesus fuck, I have been sleeping on Almodovar, haven't I?
Another 10/10
We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! Very cool documentary about early TS. I love seeing a band talk about their roots. This particular show spent the whole time of them coming up with nearly zero time famous which I really dug. Hell I wish this just kept going. Was very fun hearing their stories.
I thought it was great. I always thought they quickly formed and had a hit record. Didn't know they spent nearly a decade grinding it out. Certainly paid their dues. Like you I didn't want this doc to end.
From the title, sounds like a stalker movie lolWhile You Were Sleeping: A cute movie, but I find the most interesting thing is that it's set at the holidays in Chicago. Bill Pullman is in here, and having watched Spaceballs last night, all I see here is Lone Starr. I do tire of the "I must hide this terrible secret the whole movie" plot.
From the title, sounds like a stalker movie lol
lmaoGirl falls for guy, but he doesn't know it. He falls into a coma, and after a misconception she decides to go along with, girl poses as coma guy's fiancee. Family welcomes her with open arms, she worries what will happen when he wakes up, and falls for his brother along the way.
No shit they paid their dues and primarily drug and alcohol free by the sound. That's a helluva schedule to maintain for years much less sober. Well...maybe not too bad. Turn of the century factory workers did what 10, 12 hour days 5 or 6 days a week. Still impressive that they had that much stamina.
Not a movie, but just watched John Carpenter's Masters of Horror episode Cigarette Burns. While it's not essential Carpenter, it lands squarely in the enjoyable side of things he's done, and easily the best thing he's done since In the Mouth of Madness. This is actually pretty similar to Mouth of Madness, about how works of art can have reality altering effects.
There's a lot of bad dialogue here, some bad acting, and because it was made for TV in the 90's you don't get any of that widescreen goodness, but it's made up for by how great the concept is. It's about a guy trying to find an 'evil' film, and there's a tension and curiosity that builds up that mirrors that of the protagonist (played by a youngish Norman Reedus!), and the climax is sheer insanity that is certainly worth the wait through the pretty much entirely dialogue based scenes that precede it.