Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| March 2017

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Discotheque said:
Get Out

But the stock horror music and clichéd jump scares I wasn't feeling. Id have liked to have seen peele mess around more with the racial stuff here instead. For most of its runtime we've got one of those dope genre stories that serve as political commentary. Like a good episode of the Twilight Zone or invasion of the body snatchers among other examples. But when the curtain is pulled and we find out what's really going on I wasn't fucking with it as much.
why are they transplanting people? Those two were the grandma and grandpa? wth. Was more interesting when we were being led to assume they were trying to suppress the black people and make them new slaves.
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The thing is that
they didn't see black people like that. They didn't want black people as slaves, but rather they fetishized 'positive' stereotypes about black people (big dicks, great athletes) so much so that they wanted to become them. To me, that's a far more contemporary message. Ethic appropriation and fetishization.
 
Messofanego said:
You know all the black exotification earlier in the movie, where Lakeith and Daniel's characters are being paraded around like in an auction? "With your frame and genetic makeup". They want black people because they believe they're the most fit and healthy. That's why the blind dude wants Chris' eyes. They can also just control the black people to do whatever they want. So they're effectively slaves in their own bodies.
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oh no doubt about that. I just think it was a really jarring reveal for this particular movie since
with the whole hypnotism thing and the groundskeeper/maid I was on board with the stepford wives scenario where they're being controlled to be more obedient and supress themselves. i didn't expect them to also have other people transplanting their minds and taking over. But I guess the latter makes it extreme appropriation which is an interesting message. Maybe it is better this way, just kind of caught me off guard initially but I'm coming around to that now.

and @Flow, yeah I liked the ending but I'm more with Fancy Clown in that I think it would have been better
if the TSA stuff leading up to that moment was off screen, prolly would have found the joke at the end funnier too

oh and the scenes with Keith Stanfield cracked me up. when he open palmed the main character's fist bump lmao.
 
I enjoyed Get Out quite a bit but it let me down as far as the balance of actual horror. The social commentary bit was much stronger but also went for easy jokes
Seemed to be mostly older based stereotypes with jokes around them we've all seen. I did love the moment where the dude with the hat went for the handshake over the fist bump.

Horror wise it didn't do much memorably aside from the sunken place which was quite effective. The first scene was a fantastic intro and pretty chilling, but it felt misplaced after I watched the movie.

I liked the TSA guy mostly but he got old before redeeming his plot line with the ending

Still thought it was very good.
 
Yeah I think the racial humor and commentary was better than the horror element of the film. I was really enjoying the scenes where he had to meet the parents and all the other guests.

Also the dinner scene with the douchebag brother who's been watching too many James Dean and James Franco movies. That got pretty tense.
 
Discotheque said:
Yeah I think the racial humor and commentary was better than the horror element of the film. I was really enjoying the scenes where he had to meet the parents and all the other guests.

Also the dinner scene with the douchebag brother who's been watching too many James Dean and James Franco movies. That got pretty tense.
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Yeah that was the peak of the tension for me, along with the not-Halloween opening.
 
Back to School

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Thornton Melon(Rodney Dangerfield), a successful and obnoxious business man decides to return to university to encourage his son, Jason(Keith Gordon), in his own way that he shouldn't drop out.

If you were to ask me today what my favorite Dangerfield film, it would be this one. Ask me a few days later and I'd probably say Caddyshack, I could never pinpoint to just one film but rather I'd sway from this one to the other. I particularly love this film because of the whole university atmosphere to it and the jokes akin to such setting. Obviously you're here for one thing, Dangerfield and he doesn't disappoint. He's like walking ether, spouting one liners and comebacks that even if they were dumb you'd laugh because what's great about Dangerfield in my opinion is his impeccable timing. The guy is just pitch perfect in his deliveries and timings that you'd laugh at almost everything. Sometimes, just looking at his expressions is enough. His presence always makes me happy and he is no doubt sorely missed.

It's a very fun movie that obviously doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you. +1 for a young as fuck RDJ and I totally forgot that Dangerfield recites Thomas Dylan's poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." which made me laugh my ass off because I kept wishing he was in Interstellar instead of Michael Caine.
 
The characters of the maid and the "grandpa" really creeped me out. Just thinking about a couple scenes in particular still give me the creeps big time.
 
Wowee Kong Skull Island was mediocre. I agree Reilly was the best but even he only had 2 or 3 good moments and Jackson's character was seriously irritating.

Aside from the human characters, I wasn't even sold on Kong. Like, I'm glad he doesn't just destroy shit for the sake of destroying it, but he just wasn't that impressive to me.

They honestly did a better job at getting me interested in the future monsters with that post-credits scene than the whole film did with Kong.

I guess you could say that this film got me more excited see Godzilla kick the shit out of Kong.
 
I binged this past week;

Arrival - I love Denis Villenueve, and Arrival did not disappoint. I think Amy Adams not getting an Oscar nom for her performance was criminal. Arrival had a very unique story and some amazing cinematography. I am a big fan of Sci-Fi, so Arrival had a bit of everything I wanted. Between Amy Adams great performance and Denis Villeneuves fantastic direction, I'm hard pressed to find anything I really didn't like. I'd give it a 9/10.

Moonlight - I thought it was very good, but not the best film I saw last year. It was definitely a gripping story and had some solid acting, but it wasn't quite as good as some other films I saw. I thought the first 2 sections were absolutely fantastic, but once we got to adult Chiron I was honestly disappointed. I think the third act was definitely the weakest. I'd give it a solid 8.5/10.

Hacksaw Ridge - A solid effort from Mel Gibson. I liked it, and the sound editing was pretty top notch. I think the movie starts out really slow, and Andrew Garfield is okay in the film, but it's kind of dragged down by some mediocre acting performances. It's an amazing story and I did enjoy it though. I'd give it an 8/10.

Hell and High Water - Surprised by how much I liked this one. It was a fun movie with an interesting story and some good performances from Ben Foster and Chris Pine. It was well written with some really good dialogue between characters, and overall just a solid movie. I think the story was interesting, but it wasn't great. I'd give it an 8/10

Jackie - Hot damn. I did not expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. Natalie Portman definitely gave one of--if not the--best performances of her career. The movie was just very well rounded. It was an interesting look into Jackie Kennedy, it had some incredibly well shot scenes, fantastic score, and Portman carried the shit out of it. The guys who played Bobby and Jack had some really hit or miss accents, but overall I think this was probably one of my favorite movies in a while, and possibly my favorite last year. Criminally underappreciated in my opinion. I'd give it a 9.5/10.

The Edge of Seventeen - A friend recommended this one to me and I wanted a less serious movie. It was a surprisingly enjoyable coming of age teen comedy. I would definitely recommend it and I think Woody Harrelson did a fantastic job, as did Hailee Steinfeld. For what the movie was trying to do I think it succeeded, and overall I got a lot of laughs out of it. I'd give it an 8/10.
 
Wait, so what happened to (this is a spoiler for Get Out, or at least I think it's a spoiler, not really sure)
the giant skeleton deer from the trailer. Was that cut? Just something in the trailer to throw people off the scent of what the movie was really about?
 
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore 2017
★★★½
Entertaining movie that never stops being random. A scene can go from calm to the most violent in a few seconds without warning. Every scene with Elijah wood delivers. Definitely check out this awesome dark comedy



Ok now I am getting back to my Ozu/Kurosawa marathon
 
TheFlow said:
I don't feel at home in this world anymore

Omg omg omg woah omg. Nothing could prepare me for this movie
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I keep on getting that movie confused with Xavier Dolan's It's Only The End Of The World so weirded out whenever people say good things about it when it was panned :P Good to hear, I love dark comedies.
Cripplegate said:
Wait, so what happened to (this is a spoiler for Get Out, or at least I think it's a spoiler, not really sure)
the giant skeleton deer from the trailer. Was that cut? Just something in the trailer to throw people off the scent of what the movie was really about?
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Yes,
it was cut. I thought it was gonna happen in a nightmare after hitting it, but never happened.
 
Death Metalist said:
Remember.



It's an interesting film with a great performance by Christopher Plummer.
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Turn off the film when there are five minutes left. The ending really ruined the whole thing for me, and it felt unearned and cheap,
not to mention deceitful and manipulative af.
It was pretty good up to that point, though.
 
Badlands is a perfectly fine look at two criminals and their journey across America. However, it never truly elevates to meaning something beyond that, despite having the promise to do so. Spacek is fine, but Sheen is incredible as Kit. His presence is really what makes this film work, besides the beautiful cinematography. It's a methodically paced film, which works for and against it. The episodic nature can grow tiresome, but thankfully, at a brisk 90 minutes, it's never too much of a slog. Badlands is okay, although slightly redundant since other films do what it attempts to do with more style and panache. Still, it's worth checking out to see a pretty good debut from Terrence Malick.
 
So my associate occasionally likes to bore the bollocks off me with movies she thinks are "cute".

This time it was "Moonrise Kingdom."
Two kids fancy each other, they go walking, a bunch of guys try and find them, the end.
 
Death Metalist said:
Back to School

cmnnynjt1.gif


Thornton Melon(Rodney Dangerfield), a successful and obnoxious business man decides to return to university to encourage his son, Jason(Keith Gordon), in his own way that he shouldn't drop out.

If you were to ask me today what my favorite Dangerfield film, it would be this one. Ask me a few days later and I'd probably say Caddyshack, I could never pinpoint to just one film but rather I'd sway from this one to the other. I particularly love this film because of the whole university atmosphere to it and the jokes akin to such setting. Obviously you're here for one thing, Dangerfield and he doesn't disappoint. He's like walking ether, spouting one liners and comebacks that even if they were dumb you'd laugh because what's great about Dangerfield in my opinion is his impeccable timing. The guy is just pitch perfect in his deliveries and timings that you'd laugh at almost everything. Sometimes, just looking at his expressions is enough. His presence always makes me happy and he is no doubt sorely missed.

It's a very fun movie that obviously doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you. +1 for a young as fuck RDJ and I totally forgot that Dangerfield recites Thomas Dylan's poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." which made me laugh my ass off because I kept wishing he was in Interstellar instead of Michael Caine.
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Fuck, that would have been great.
 
Toothless said:
Badlands is a perfectly fine look at two criminals and their journey across America. However, it never truly elevates to meaning something beyond that, despite having the promise to do so. Spacek is fine, but Sheen is incredible as Kit. His presence is really what makes this film work, besides the beautiful cinematography. It's a methodically paced film, which works for and against it. The episodic nature can grow tiresome, but thankfully, at a brisk 90 minutes, it's never too much of a slog. Badlands is okay, although slightly redundant since other films do what it attempts to do with more style and panache. Still, it's worth checking out to see a pretty good debut from Terrence Malick.
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I thought it was a very interesting look at the concept of innocence, instead.
Both Kit and Holly go around aimless, clueless about the world, committing horrible shit but with a youthful, innocent detachment, like a kitten killing a mouse while playing, devoid of empathy.
 
Staying Vertical Wow, I was absolutely floored when I walked out of this. It's not everyday a film can make you feel new emotions and take you to new places. I was really a so-so fan of Stranger By the Lake, but this I loved! Did anyone else happen to catch this?
 
Discotheque said:
I've never seen this but I thought Dangerfield was hilarious in Caddyshack so the idea of him in a college movie sounds so stupid and entertaining. definitely on the list.
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I think Caddyshack & Back to School are his best films. He has another one that's good with Joe Pesci, Easy Money. However, those other two films are way more fun.
 
I saw an advanced screening of T2 Trainspotting for the states.

It was pretty good. It was appropriately in-part about nostalgia. I liked it more than Logan and Get Out, which were both very good too.

Edit: I don't know why I posted this. I can't really spoil anything.
 
Body Double: Not content with sleazing up Hitchcock's voyeuristic thrillers Psycho and Vertigo in 1980's excellent Dressed to Kill, Brian De Palma returns to his id's fetishistic stomping grounds, this time swapping out Psycho for Rear Window. Showing absolutely zero restraint, De Palma maximizes the perverse and pornographic nature of the voyeurism inherent in cinema in increasingly unsubtle ways, eventually throwing the nebbish protagonist into a literal pornography. If that sounds like a criticism, it's not. What it lacks in the subtlety of Hitchcock's classics, it makes up for in its layers of absurdity, providing both endlessly fun sequences, and acerbic critiques of its audience (and male orieniented cinema heroics in genral...and De Palma himself) through the surrogate (or should I say...body double?) protagonist, who merely succeeds in objectifying his beautiful neighbor with his gaze as he ineffectually attempts to "protect" her, coming off nearly as perverted as his more murderously inclined partner in stalking (imagine if Jimmy Stewart stuff Kim Novak's panties in his pocket after following her around town).

While the plot and its twists are predictable and not entirely compelling, the journey is made oh so thrilling thanks to De Palma's continued skill at staging beautifully shot sequences of suspense (along with his aforementioned idiosyncratic sense of humor and sleaze). He attempts to one-up his virtuoso museum sequences from Dressed to Kill with an even more ambitious ménage à trois of stalking and suspense set in a multi-tiered outdoor shopping mall. Expect plenty of long tracking shots, split-diopters, mirror reveals, and every other De Palma staple in his workshop of thrills. While this may not be the best De Palma movie, it could very well be the most De Palma movie, and that alone makes it worth a watch.
 
Kong: Skull Island in three hours! I haven't been this excited for a movie since Episode VII.

Be ready for my intense disappointment.
 
La La Land had EVERYTHING I nearly wanted aesthetically and stylistically from a feel-good musical movie but lacks a special ingredient or two I can't place my finger on.

In the end it was fine, I just feel like maybe the style did not mesh with the substance as well as it could have for me, I s'pose outside of my pickiness I do think it's a pretty greatly made movie overall.

Still, my favorite part of the movie was the opening act -- just amazing, and terrifically rousing, and grin-inducing with a constantly moving colorful ensemble, everything I love about a good shameless musical. My favorite kind..! But afterward I don't think it really captures/continues that same feeling.

I also love its attempt at depicting LA, it's been a while since we got a genuinely modern look at the soul of present-day Hollywood in contrast with its retro history.
 
TissueBox said:
La La Land had EVERYTHING I nearly wanted aesthetically and stylistically from a feel-good musical movie but lacks a special ingredient or two I can't place my finger on.
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Maybe that it's not actually a feel-good musical? The characters want it to be, and that's where the opening act comes in, but it's about them tempering their candy colored musical dream land aspirations with the compromises of real life.
 
UrbanRats said:
I thought it was a very interesting look at the concept of innocence, instead.
Both Kit and Holly go around aimless, clueless about the world, committing horrible shit but with a youthful, innocent detachment, like a kitten killing a mouse while playing, devoid of empathy.
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I could definitely see that as an element of it. I need to see more Malick probably before I can really give it an accurate assessment tbh.

After a splendid forty-minute opening, Godzilla falls into a rut. That's not to say it's not well-made; Edwards directs the script with as much panache as a first-time blockbuster-director could. However, it just is painfully dull without any characters to root for. The actors give it their best, but if there's nothing to work with, it's an impossible task. The effects are cool and the score is excellent, but really, it's just hard to care about anything going on the film. Godzilla is definitely one of the more interesting recent franchise reboots, but ultimately, it fails thanks to lacking a strong structural foundation with its weak dialogue and characters.
 
Fancy Clown said:
Maybe that it's not actually a feel-good musical? The characters want it to be, and that's where the opening act comes in, but it's about them tempering their candy colored musical dream land aspirations with the compromises of real life.
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Definitely, that's a good point and story-wise I think it's on the money there and enjoyed it for that. Who knows maybe on a second viewing I'll sort of be able to appreciate that angle more, it was just as a musical I was probably just expecting something a little different. It has pretty much everything; the color, the confidence. Just with a little more indulgence it could've employed it in full spectacle, I imagine. But I digress.

Honestly after that particular point in the end, I was very glad the story went the way it did, its final 'moral' makes the struggle and what the characters underwent feel more meaningful...and memorable. Chazelle wants to tackle challenging truths in distinctive style, can't deny that lol.
 
crustikid said:
Staying Vertical Wow, I was absolutely floored when I walked out of this. It's not everyday a film can make you feel new emotions and take you to new places. I was really a so-so fan of Stranger By the Lake, but this I loved! Did anyone else happen to catch this?
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I really, really want to see this, but haven't had a chance yet. I was a big fan of Stranger by the Lake (Patrick d'Assumçao gave one of my favorite supporting performances of that year, as Henri).
 
Fancy Clown said:
Maybe that it's not actually a feel-good musical? The characters want it to be, and that's where the opening act comes in, but it's about them tempering their candy colored musical dream land aspirations with the compromises of real life.
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I personally felt the ending montage didn't have the kick it wished it had. That one Bojack Horseman episode packed more emotional punch.
 
Atraveller said:
I personally felt the ending montage didn't have the kick it wished it had. That one Bojack Horseman episode packed more emotional punch.
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I thought the ending had a lot more heft than I expected it to and is largely why the movie works for me, but regardless of the affect that's what the intent was.
 
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