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[MikeMyers]

World on a Wire (Rainer Warner Fassbinder, 1973)

Didn't really have the traits that make Fassbinder's work appeal to me, but i can appreciate seeing Fassbinder out of his comfort zone and the film is atmospheric.

Next up is Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Heard so many good things about this one. Can't wait.

 

[Discotheque]

Ranking of Tim Burton movies I've seen:
Batman Returns
The Corpse Bride
Batman
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

oh wow man you're missing his 3 best films too. watch ed wood, edward scissorhands and beetlejuice asap.

i think you'll enjoy edward scissorhands especially based on your review of sleepy hollow. it's a nice take on frankenstein in the suburbs. though i dunno how you can play videogames while watching a film for the first time. scust on that tbh.

 

[C4Lukins]

Spy- Entertaining but not great. It was a lot of fun.

3 out of 5

Marvels The Avengers The Age of Ultron- Again a lot of fun, but a big mess as well. This was the superhero film that really made me feel I could do without another Marvel superhero film for quite while.

3 out of 5

Turbo Kid- Excellent low budget call back to the 80's. Goonies meets Mad Max. I loved it.

4 out of 5

Burying the EX- I love all the actors involved, I love the concept, but it is just a mess of a film.

2 out of 5

Poltergeist 2015- I actually liked this more then most critics. It is not close to being on the level of the original, but I enjoyed it more then the ripoff films such as Insidious and Paranormal Activity franchise.

2.5 out of 5

Two Night Stand- The film involves a social network one night hookup. They end up hating each other the morning after, but a snowstorm keeps them together for another night. I again really like the actors involved, but a terrible move.

1 out of 5

And that is all for the last week or so.

 

[Wensih]

Alice (1988) directed by Jan Švankmajer

Dogtooth (2009) directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Brazil (1985) directed by Terry Gilliam

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

oh wow man you're missing his 3 best films too. watch ed wood, edward scissorhands and beetlejuice asap.

i think you'll enjoy edward scissorhands especially based on your review of sleepy hollow. it's a nice take on frankenstein in the suburbs. though i dunno how you can play videogames while watching a film for the first time. scust on that tbh.

and Big Fish.

Kind of the one time Burton allowed an actual story inside a movie of his. Sleepy Hollow is amazing though. But that's probably because the script is by Andrew Kevin Walker, the same guy who wrote Se7en and 8mm. He seems to have a knack for finding that 'uncomfortable' money shot in terms of horror / thriller.

In SH:

Spoiler

along with a decapitated female victim, there is a single cut in her belly as well. Turns out the horseman also decapitated the embryo, which is a genuine 'the fuck' moment and has stuck in my mind despite it being years since I've seen it

Also the soundtrack is probably Elfman's most atmospheric work. Yes, even over his Batman soundtrack (you are thinking of his theme, not the entire work).

 

[Cipher Peon]

oh wow man you're missing his 3 best films too. watch ed wood, edward scissorhands and beetlejuice asap.

i think you'll enjoy edward scissorhands especially based on your review of sleepy hollow. it's a nice take on frankenstein in the suburbs. though i dunno how you can play videogames while watching a film for the first time. scust on that tbh.

I already added Scissorhands and Beetlejuice (and Sweeney Todd) to my movie trello list! I'm excited, to say the least!

Also, I almost never only watch a movie on its own. I'm always livetweeting at the very least, cleaning my room, eating, yelling at the screen, etc. I don't even watch movies full screen most of the time.

Pretty much the only time I'm only focused on the movie is when I'm watching it in theaters. And even then I usually whisper sparky comments to whoever I'm watching it with and we try to not giggle too loudly.

The way I see it, a movie has to earn my attention. The more engrossing a movie, the more I'll pay attention to it. Sleepy Hollow earned a full screen viewing after around the half an hour mark, so I give it props to that!

 

[Fancy Clown]

I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that

 

[Divius]

Saw some bad scifi's

Fant4stic - I just don't understand it. I don't understand what it was trying to do. 1/10
Infini - Never hiding its inspiration from certain scifi-horrors this little guy tries, but never really takes off. Best of the bunch. 5/10
Parallels - A somewhat interesting concept is ruined syfy-like production values and editing. 3/10
Knowing - For some reason my parents like this movie so I decided to give it a try. It takes itself way too seriously while it is just a silly movie. Nic Cage hamming it up never gets old though. 3/10

I also saw The Naked City which was flawed in its story telling method but absolutely nails the atmosphere. Another winner from Jules Dassin.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that

Same.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that

read any of what?

I don't see nothing, man

 

[BaronLundi]

I was about to recommend Ed Wood which is Burton's best but I will instead stare blankly at my screen before moving along.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Ed Wood, what a movie tho

Goodbye, penis!

 

[SOME-MIST]

Alice (1988) directed by Jan Švankmajer

nice! jan svankmajer is one of my all time favorites. anxiously awaiting/awaited "the insects" which seemed to be delayed to 2017 and then completely disappeared this year..

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Just to clarify, I have never seen Ed Wood. Somehow I completely missed that one.
And I always forget Mars Attacks! is also Burton. Ack!

Also, in terms of writing, Burton's movies are never really that focused. That was what I meant with 'story'. Burton is more an artist first, storyteller second. It works in some movies, or produces turds like Alice In Wonderland. Nice looks, nice music, horrible story. (seriously, that ending, come on). And that applies to his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too. I know I've seen it, but in terms of 'what story related moneyshot was in there', I'm drawing a big blank. I remember more of the Wilder version than his version.

 

[big ander]

read any of what?

I don't see nothing, man

You all getting the same error as me? Chunks of this page looking like

 

[Akahige]

Jauja (2014) - I was really into this one, it had a haunting atmosphere & beautiful imagery then the ending happened.

Spoiler

Viggo's daughter wakes up and it's present day, then she proceeds to take a dog with a hot spot rash on walk while she's still in her underwear. The old man tending to the dogs does make a comment about the dog wondering where she goes all the time, so what she is Alice in Wonderland but instead of wonderland she goes to 19th century Argentina and is a daughter of a Danish military officer?

Viggo Mortensen does give a very good performances despite none of the acting being on spotlight in the film, I remember vaguely reading he could speak several languages but he did impress me that he spoke them with that much fluency, his Danish in the film appeared to be fairly flawless to my ears but I am do not speak it so I can't say for complete certainty.

I really liked this unbroken opening shot of the movie:

It's the introduction to the two leads of the film and the biggest star in it spends the first 5-7 seven minutes of the film with back turned to the camera. The framing of the camera of shots were just all great, the stunning landscapes are presented in a if it's not broke then don't fix it kinda way.

The Others (2001) - I've seen it before but I remember loving it when I viewed when it first released on dvd. The acting is all around very good but the cinematography is the highlight, very masterful camera work and it uses the small space of some the rooms it takes place in to it's full advantage, the aesthetics of the film feel very old fashioned not made in this century. Pleasant treat to watching even when I clearly remembered all the twists and turns.

Ravenous (1999) - I've seen this before also, still a blast to watch, macabre but very humorous. The score is one of the best of all time, it can be subtle and create just the right mood without you realizing it's there, then it can be completely up front and it plays up up how goofy and odd the film is. I'd recommend this if your looking for something different to add to your 31 days of horror watch list.

 

[Cipher Peon]

I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that

Same.

read any of what?

I don't see nothing, man

I was about to recommend Ed Wood which is Burton's best but I will instead stare blankly at my screen before moving along.

You all getting the same error as me? Chunks of this page looking like

I can't tell which of you are being condescending and which are kidding around. Since I believe in the best of people, I'll assume you guys are just screwing around. Oh, you jokers!

I'm 100% happy with the way I watch movies. I get so into it, especially on my giant TV. I'm glad that movies are an experience that we can all enjoy in different ways!

Just to clarify, I have never seen Ed Wood. Somehow I completely missed that one.
And I always forget Mars Attacks! is also Burton. Ack!

Also, in terms of writing, Burton's movies are never really that focused. That was what I meant with 'story'. Burton is more an artist first, storyteller second. It works in some movies, or produces turds like Alice In Wonderland. Nice looks, nice music, horrible story. (seriously, that ending, come on). And that applies to his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too. I know I've seen it, but in terms of 'what story related moneyshot was in there', I'm drawing a big blank. I remember more of the Wilder version than his version.

I am absolutely in love with this explanation. Artist over storyteller nails Burton completely. And while that prevents me from having him as one of my favorites, it's interesting and awesome enough for me to think he's super hyper cool!

 

[Moppeh]

There Will Be Blood: PTA's masterpiece. Every viewing makes me love it more and more. There are so many great films involving a hero whose downfall is his ambition and this is one of the best. Props to Dano too for being able to go toe to toe with Day-Lewis.

M: First time seeing it and I really did enjoy it. It didn't blow my mind or anything, but I really did appreciate how it utilized sound, especially when sound films were in their infancy back in '31.

Strangers on a Train: First time seeing this one too. Great film for 4/5s or so and then it nosedived for me. All the stuff with the police at the end was so fucking goofy. The shooting at the carousel and the police chief's immediate 180 on Bruno were so dumb. Piss poor ending.

 

[hal9001]

The man from uncle
This was a really fun film experience. Oozes that 60s/70s charm to it. Caville and Hammer make a great duo and the chemistry really works. Guy Ritchie turns this from something more than a homage to spy films and into an actual thing of its own.

 

[big ander]

this weekend was

Maelström (Denis Villeneuve, 2000) ***1/2 A bit Kieslowski, a bit von Trier--certainly a cousin to the latter due to an opening scene abortion that, as the film continues, seems like more and more of a misdirect-slash-provocation than anything truly pertinent. shot by Andre Turpin (who does all of Dolan's stuff now) with prominent primary colors, great performance by Marie-Josée Croze.
Vive l'amour (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994) **** Beautiful melancholic contemplative drama/slow-motion screwball on loneliness and sex. Praise for Tsai often comes with the warning that his movies are demanding or boring, and I found this neither. It's slow, with experimentally long shot lengths, but the dramatic action and imagery are inexhaustibly engrossing.
The Sentinel (Michael Winner, 1977) *1/2 Stacked supporting cast takes a backseat to two truly bad wooden lead performances from Chris Sarandon and Cristina Raines in a movie that deserves its place deep, deep in the shadows of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist. Crummily edited and shot with a slapdash narrative structure (including mid-climax exposition dump!) and a treasure trove of badly-aged cliches. someone earnestly says "Why, nobody has lived in that building for three years."
Logan's Run (Michael Anderson, 1976) **1/2 The campy lo-fi design can be endearingly batty--I loved some of the miniatures and the four-color ranking system is cool. At other times the shoddiness is merely distracting: that shitty-beyond-belief ice robot, the really awful guns that summon sparks out of a bad magic act. Doesn't take its central speculative scenario very far either.
Your Sister's Sister (Lynn Shelton, 2011) *** DeWitt and Blunt are awesome as always, Duplass's smugness--which can approach insufferability in other works--is hit with enough desperation to make him appealingly flawed. Before the cloying third act montage with a twee score this is frank and funny and pleasurably uncomfortable. Never has the phrase "C'mere, spermstealer" been spoken so tenderly.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I already added Scissorhands and Beetlejuice (and Sweeney Todd) to my movie trello list! I'm excited, to say the least!

Also, I almost never only watch a movie on its own. I'm always livetweeting at the very least, cleaning my room, eating, yelling at the screen, etc. I don't even watch movies full screen most of the time.

Pretty much the only time I'm only focused on the movie is when I'm watching it in theaters. And even then I usually whisper sparky comments to whoever I'm watching it with and we try to not giggle too loudly.

The way I see it, a movie has to earn my attention. The more engrossing a movie, the more I'll pay attention to it. Sleepy Hollow earned a full screen viewing after around the half an hour mark, so I give it props to that!

I'm not gonna pretend I don't see this.

Please, everyone, openly mock this person for many, many months.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

P E E R P R E S S U R E B O Y Z

 

[Currygan]

There Will Be Blood: PTA's masterpiece. Every viewing makes me love it more and more. There are so many great films involving a hero whose downfall is his ambition and this is one of the best. Props to Dano too for being able to go toe to toe with Day-Lewis.

M: First time seeing it and I really did enjoy it. It didn't blow my mind or anything, but I really did appreciate how it utilized sound, especially when sound films were in their infancy back in '31.

 

[Messofanego]

Also, I almost never only watch a movie on its own. I'm always livetweeting at the very least, cleaning my room, eating, yelling at the screen, etc. I don't even watch movies full screen most of the time.

Pretty much the only time I'm only focused on the movie is when I'm watching it in theaters. And even then I usually whisper sparky comments to whoever I'm watching it with and we try to not giggle too loudly.

The way I see it, a movie has to earn my attention. The more engrossing a movie, the more I'll pay attention to it. Sleepy Hollow earned a full screen viewing after around the half an hour mark, so I give it props to that!

Attention spans these days...

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Dat peer pressure

 

[UberTag]

Haven't had much time to chime in with comments from TIFF the past several days as I've been too busy theater hopping, trying to stay dry and not completely ignore my fantasy football teams... but I do have some brief comments to share (in order of when I screened them).

Our Brand Is Crisis: Better than its current Tomatometer and Metacritic scores would indicate. Snappy (albeit cynical) script from Peter Straughan. Sandra Bullock is a delight. Treat it as more of a comedy instead of something serious (watch the documentary for that) and you'll be fine.

Green Room: Jeremy Saulnier has this thing where all of the characters in his movies must speak in an almost monotone expression-less demeanor... all while doing heinous things to one another. I think I enjoyed Blue Ruin more... and I didn't much care for Blue Ruin. This felt more like a bad Ti West flick that wastes Patrick Stewart's considerable talents... and everyone else's. Nice gore, though.

Youth: Far and away the best thing I've seen during the festival and the only film I would consider a legitimate Best Picture nominee. And I didn't much care for The Great Beauty apart from the direction and cinematography which is arguably better here. Michael Caine shines in a role worthy of a Best Actor nom. Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda all steal scenes at one point or another and the rest of a strong ensemble all shine. Yeah, that even includes Diego Maradona. Hell, the Kinect even gets exposure in this film. It hits theaters in limited release in early December.

Trumbo: Bryan Cranston chews the scenery. Louis C.K. continues his strong run in serious cinema from Blue Jasmine and American Hustle. Helen Mirren wears some colorful hats. That said, this is a film you've seen countless times before... and, while, this is clearly a story that needed to be told and probably couldn't have been dressed up much better, it's a little hard to feel too sorry for Trumbo when his trials are that he has to live in a smaller house with his family and watch other people accept Oscars on his behalf.

The Danish Girl: Eddie Redmayne makes for a very pretty girl. The real treat of a performance in this film, though, is Alicia Vikander (who has had one hell of a year). If you wanted to know how hot Ava from Ex Machina could look if she was all flesh and no circuits, wonder no more. That said, I would have liked to have seen this film play things a little less safe and focus more on Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe's internal strife during gender transition and a little less on flaunting love triangles that never seem genuine. This film likely stands a better chance of getting a Best Picture nom than Youth does but I don't see a Best Actor repeat for Redmayne here (although he will be nominated).

Brooklyn: Fact... if you watch the trailer for this movie, you've more or less seen the movie. That said, this film is more about the experience than the destination. I haven't found a Nick Hornby script I haven't enjoyed (although Wild came awfully close). Saoirse Ronan is a treat in what is probably her best role to date. Speaking of dates, this makes for one fine date flick.

Freeheld: Apparently I picked the wrong Julianne Moore flick to screen at TIFF and should have gone to watch Maggie's Plan instead. Didn't I just watch her progressively weaken and die to an illness less than a year ago? Except this time we get some "hey, I'm the gayest jew you've ever seen" nonsense from Steve Carell, whose comedy clashes with the rest of the serious tone of the movie. Michael Shannon was probably the only good thing about this film... which is a shame as it actually focuses on a social cause with a great deal of substance.

High-Rise: High-Rise made me want to seek out J.G. Ballard's novelization of High-Rise. It also made me want to give David Cronenberg's Crash another chance. As for this film, it was pretty much just nonsense. A lot of vividly shot nonsense... but nonsense just the same.

Later this week... Spotlight, 45 Years, The Witch, Black Mass, The Devil's Candy, The Program, Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, The Final Girls, The Iron Giant: Signature Edition, The Boy and the Beast and Where To Invade Next.

 

[Infernostew]

High-Rise: High-Rise made me want to seek out J.G. Ballard's novelization of High-Rise. It also made me want to give David Cronenberg's Crash another chance. As for this film, it was pretty much just nonsense. A lot of vividly shot nonsense... but nonsense just the same.

Later this week... Spotlight, 45 Years, The Witch, Black Mass, The Devil's Candy, The Program, Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, The Final Girls, The Iron Giant: Signature Edition, The Boy and the Beast and Where To Invade Next.

Good nonsense ala A Field In England or bad nonsense ala Sightseers? Lucky on those future watches!

 

[SuperInuit]

There Will Be Blood: PTA's masterpiece. Every viewing makes me love it more and more. There are so many great films involving a hero whose downfall is his ambition and this is one of the best. Props to Dano too for being able to go toe to toe with Day-Lewis.

I would genuinely call Inherent Vice PTA's masterpiece. I know there are flaws, but I could just loop that film forever. TWBB is still great though.

The Idiots - not much of a fan of the Dogma stuff, I think it just looks kinda lazy even if it is correct, but this was really quite fun to watch. Some scenes were overlong, but the whole dogma stuff lent a mockumentary feel, so it was kinda realistic. Very funny in an "oh god I'm a terrible person" kinda way. Back on Von Trier's side after watching Melancholia, which I think is shite.

Stalker - daaaaaaaaaamn what a movie! Insta top 5 for me, adore everything about it.

 

[UberTag]

Good nonsense ala A Field In England or bad nonsense ala Sightseers? Lucky on those future watches!

I've been behind on my Ben Wheatley filmography so I can't give an informed answer here sadly. From my exposure to the trailers of those films, I'm not sure it can be fairly compared to either one.

 

[Grenchel]

High-Rise: High-Rise made me want to seek out J.G. Ballard's novelization of High-Rise. It also made me want to give David Cronenberg's Crash another chance. As for this film, it was pretty much just nonsense. A lot of vividly shot nonsense... but nonsense just the same.
.

I actually just finished the book a few weeks ago. I would definitely recommend it.

 

[Blader]

Also, I almost never only watch a movie on its own. I'm always livetweeting at the very least, cleaning my room, eating, yelling at the screen, etc. I don't even watch movies full screen most of the time.

Pretty much the only time I'm only focused on the movie is when I'm watching it in theaters. And even then I usually whisper sparky comments to whoever I'm watching it with and we try to not giggle too loudly.

The way I see it, a movie has to earn my attention. The more engrossing a movie, the more I'll pay attention to it. Sleepy Hollow earned a full screen viewing after around the half an hour mark, so I give it props to that!

 

[Ridley327]

I am pretty sure that if Raul Julia wasn't putting in that work something fierce in his time in the film, I'm pretty sure that One from the Heart would be in the running for one of the all-time worst musicals. Calling it a musical is somewhat farcical, though; it's pretty much the same Tom Waits crooner droning on and on and on and on wed to images of Teri Garr wondering why she had to be there if all they really had for her to do was take her clothes off, and Frederic Forrest struggling with the writing that makes his down-on-his-luck hothead with a heart of gold seem like he's one beer away from indulging in some hardcore domestic abuse fantasies. Francis Ford Coppola is hopelessly lost trying to find the link between the 40s/50s studio musicals and the aesthetic of the 80s, settling for a frequently ugly mish-mash of neon lighting and irritating tracking shots that reveal that his only affinity for shooting in Academy ratio is that those other, better films were shot like that. I lent out my copy of Phantom of the Paradise to my brother that very evening, and I really hate myself for doing that now. If I might be so bold, I wish Coppola lost more money on this shit heap.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Stalker - daaaaaaaaaamn what a movie! Insta top 5 for me, adore everything about it.

Right? I need to get into the rest of Tarkovsky's stuff. The Sacrifice has been sitting in my Netflix cue for a while now.

 

[MikeMyers]

I am pretty sure that if Raul Julia wasn't putting in that work something fierce in his time in the film, I'm pretty sure that One from the Heart would be in the running for one of the all-time worst musicals.

I'm a big fan of this movie and Coppola but it's definitely a "love it or hate it" film. Funny how he wanted something low-key after how the production troubles of Apocalypse Now, but this film turned into a production-mess too, and he was basically turned into director-for-hire after this.

I enjoy some of his latter work (Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married, even Bram Stoker's Dracula to an extent), but he never really recaptured the greatness of his 60s and 70s work.

 

[Ridley327]

I'm a big fan of this movie and Coppola but it's definitely a "love it or hate it" film. Funny how he wanted something low-key after how the production troubles of Apocalypse Now, but this film turned into a production-mess too, and he was basically turned into director-for-hire after this.

I enjoy some of his latter work (Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married, even Bram Stoker's Dracula to an extent), but he never really recaptured the greatness of his 60s and 70s work.

I can only imagine how much fun the actors had being directed by a voice in a van.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Looking at this thread, I find people's tastes in movies is like tastes in music: there's the popular things that everyone loves...and then there's things I've never even heard of.

 

[BananaPancake]

I just watched the movie Super the other day and I absolutely loved it! I thought it was so hilarious. I wish I had found out about it sooner, I only heard about this movie recently.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512235/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

[Currygan]

nothing interesting on tonight, so I popped the The League of Gentlemen DVD (the 1960 movie, not the sketch anthology). What a delight! Snappy dialogue, fantastic pacing, amazing cast. Surely it's not Rififi but as a comedy-heist movie it was damn amazing. Jack Hawkins was such a talent

 

[Messofanego]

Youth: Far and away the best thing I've seen during the festival and the only film I would consider a legitimate Best Picture nominee. And I didn't much care for The Great Beauty apart from the direction and cinematography which is arguably better here. Michael Caine shines in a role worthy of a Best Actor nom. Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda all steal scenes at one point or another and the rest of a strong ensemble all shine. Yeah, that even includes Diego Maradona. Hell, the Kinect even gets exposure in this film. It hits theaters in limited release in early December.

High-Rise: High-Rise made me want to seek out J.G. Ballard's novelization of High-Rise. It also made me want to give David Cronenberg's Crash another chance. As for this film, it was pretty much just nonsense. A lot of vividly shot nonsense... but nonsense just the same.

Later this week... Spotlight, 45 Years, The Witch, Black Mass, The Devil's Candy, The Program, Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, The Final Girls, The Iron Giant: Signature Edition, The Boy and the Beast and Where To Invade Next.

I actually just finished the book a few weeks ago. I would definitely recommend it.

I'm going through the book right now, pretty awesome, can't wait to see High-Rise at LFF. Got a ticket.

Thank you UberTag for the TIFF reviews. I'll check out Youth.

45 Years is a great film about regret in a long marriage. Love its slowly crawling devastation. Charlotte Rampling is amazing. I wish Anomalisa was being shown at LFF, been hearing great things.

 

[Toothless]

Youth: Far and away the best thing I've seen during the festival and the only film I would consider a legitimate Best Picture nominee. And I didn't much care for The Great Beauty apart from the direction and cinematography which is arguably better here. Michael Caine shines in a role worthy of a Best Actor nom. Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda all steal scenes at one point or another and the rest of a strong ensemble all shine. Yeah, that even includes Diego Maradona. Hell, the Kinect even gets exposure in this film. It hits theaters in limited release in early December.

I know it's super early for Oscar talk, but would you say Caine might have a decent chance of winning? Been arguing with my roommate the past few days who's insistent that Caine won't even be nominated where I think he'll end up being the frontrunner for the Oscar.

Yeah, I'm one of those awards-race people.

 

[karasu]

Winter Sleep it was awesome spending three hours with these people and the amazing photography. One of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen.

 

[HotHamWater]

Frost/Nixon - Somehow missed this when it released, despite enjoying almost all of Ron Howards films (why does The Dilemma exist?). Fantastic performances across the board, with Langella and Sheen really delivering. Breezed through the runtime as well. On the hype train for In the Heart of the Sea now, officially.

Joint Security Area - A fantastic thriller that hinges on some great performances from the main cast. There was a weird disconnect for me when Lee Young-ae spoke in English after seeing her earlier in the week in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and the two non-Korean actors (the Swede and Swiss guys) were pretty bad. Other than that, I really enjoyed it.

Avengers: Age of Ultron - I liked the bit where Thor was worried that Cap slightly moved Mjolnir. Then the rest of the movie was the usual stuff I guess, I don't know. Super hero movies just feel like they're painting by numbers at this point, and you can almost see the checklist they have going into them. "Ok guys, in this one we need to give Hawkeye a family or some shit so people might dislike him less." It's also kind of insane how long they are stringing along this Thanos shit.

 

[Moppeh]

I would genuinely call Inherent Vice PTA's masterpiece. I know there are flaws, but I could just loop that film forever. TWBB is still great though.

I really disliked Inherent Vice when I saw it. The common complaint seems to be the hard to follow plot but that wasn't my biggest beef with it. The acting felt so odd and I honestly can't place what it was about it. It was like I was an alien and this was the first human film I had ever watched.

I should revisit it though. It certainly seems like the kind of movie that benefits from rewatches.

 

[Divius]

Come one, come all.

 

[SuperInuit]

I really disliked Inherent Vice when I saw it. The common complaint seems to be the hard to follow plot but that wasn't my biggest beef with it. The acting felt so odd and I honestly can't place what it was about it. It was like I was an alien and this was the first human film I had ever watched.

I should revisit it though. It certainly seems like the kind of movie that benefits from rewatches.

I just kinda fell in love on first viewing, thought the acting really suited the nature of the characters to be honest. It really does reward multiple viewings!

Right? I need to get into the rest of Tarkovsky's stuff. The Sacrifice has been sitting in my Netflix cue for a while now.

The uni I'm at has a dvd library and it has all of his films, so my nights for the next week are sorted. Really excited to watch the rest!

 

[MikeMyers]

I can only imagine how much fun the actors had being directed by a voice in a van.

It's even amazing how good AN turned out to be given the circumstances.

 

[MarkMclovin]

It follows.

No idea why this got such a high rating. It felt like it was some sort of indie junior filmakers wet dream. It looked great and I liked the little things like the weird time period and technology etc. But it all fell apart at the

Spoiler

beach scene

. Any tension was lost from then on.

 

[KAKYBAC]

Uncle Boonme who can recall his past lives (2010)
A great film to think about though not a great conventional "watch". We all have past lives, Uncle Boonme's representing the entire mythos and history of his native Thailand. Quiet, fleeting depth.

Holy Motors (2012)
Original, surrealist visualisation of parallel universe theory! We can be and are anyone and kill ourselves on a daily basis whilst lusting for more. Talking Cars help to cleanse the palette. Lavant is 10/10 and would duel Daniel Day for his drainage. The pat on the dogs head...

Arirang (2011)
A fictional Documentary. Kim Ki Duk interviews different portions of his psyche. Films himself eating, going to the toilet, combing his hair, laughing at himself filming himself. Ridiculous, bold and great.

 

[BaronLundi]

I am pretty sure that if Raul Julia wasn't putting in that work something fierce in his time in the film, I'm pretty sure that One from the Heart would be in the running for one of the all-time worst musicals. Calling it a musical is somewhat farcical, though; it's pretty much the same Tom Waits crooner droning on and on and on and on wed to images of Teri Garr wondering why she had to be there if all they really had for her to do was take her clothes off, and Frederic Forrest struggling with the writing that makes his down-on-his-luck hothead with a heart of gold seem like he's one beer away from indulging in some hardcore domestic abuse fantasies. Francis Ford Coppola is hopelessly lost trying to find the link between the 40s/50s studio musicals and the aesthetic of the 80s, settling for a frequently ugly mish-mash of neon lighting and irritating tracking shots that reveal that his only affinity for shooting in Academy ratio is that those other, better films were shot like that. I lent out my copy of Phantom of the Paradise to my brother that very evening, and I really hate myself for doing that now. If I might be so bold, I wish Coppola lost more money on this shit heap.

I'm a big fan of this movie and Coppola but it's definitely a "love it or hate it" film. Funny how he wanted something low-key after how the production troubles of Apocalypse Now, but this film turned into a production-mess too, and he was basically turned into director-for-hire after this.

I enjoy some of his latter work (Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married, even Bram Stoker's Dracula to an extent), but he never really recaptured the greatness of his 60s and 70s work.

Most disappointing film I've seen this year. I just didn't get it. Bored to death by everything, including the music.

 

[UberTag]

I know it's super early for Oscar talk, but would you say Caine might have a decent chance of winning? Been arguing with my roommate the past few days who's insistent that Caine won't even be nominated where I think he'll end up being the frontrunner for the Oscar.

Yeah, I'm one of those awards-race people.

I think there's a decent chance Caine will receive a nomination.

I think it's premature to talk about him winning until The Revenant comes out. Everyone's been holding their collective breaths to see what DiCaprio under Inarritu's direction will be like (especially given his many Oscar snubs) and I suspect any serious talk of Oscar races will remain muted until December as a result. Best Actress is in a similar holding pattern until we see Take 3 of Jennifer Lawrence courtesy of David O. Russell in Joy. The only acting category that seems to be locked down as of right now is Supporting Actress. Rooney Mara in Carol seems to be the presumptive front-runner unless Vikander or someone else gains momentum.

Winter Sleep it was awesome spending three hours with these people and the amazing photography. One of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen.

This film was really something special. Those three hours (and 16 minutes) flew by for me.