Perhaps not a scifi film, but it has the same plot-driving system as Tenet and Inception and to a lesser degree Interstellar. I think Momento is more similar to Tenet and Inception than Interstellar is to both of them, despite genre links. While none embrace the non-linear story in the same way that Momento does, I think there’s a lot more similarity in the way the systems drive the plot between Momento, Inception, and Tenet than Interstellar. So scifi, not really.
I kinda loved it
it was unrealistic despite attempts at realism, and yet somehow felt cinematically real despite the lack of common sense of what a war zone with the entirety of the BEF as well as many Frenchmen should be like. To me, it was the perfect mix of movie magic and realism, although I wish Nolan would’ve been a bit less anal about CGI and shit. The more modern buildings in the background kinda do spoil the feeling at times. I think there’s another N. France seaside town that’s probably better preserved than Dunkirk or wherever exactly the shooting took place itself which would’ve lent itself better to being a prop.
Anyhow what i was trying to say before I distracted myself was basically: the film is at times meditative in pacing, before ramping up into briefer moments of very tense action. While this doesn’t really make sense for the guys at Dunkirk, who were subject to more or less constant strafing and bombing and whatnot, I dunno. There was something about it that I found strangely appealing.
Anyway I saw a few things in the past few months…
I suppose heroism is too entrenched in America for filmmakers to make a realistic socialist movie (even though I generally like Martin Ritt). Unlike what I’ve seen from the likes of Dardenne brothers, Ken Loach or Mike Leigh, I never for a second bought the desperation of these characters, and of course they needed to throw in a nonsense love triangle in the mix because how else would you get people to watch it? Sally Field is a delight though.
So this isn’t scary at all, just a bit gross.
Not as hypnotic as L’Avventura (probably because it doesn’t revolve a central mystery), but it would make a stunning novel to read nonetheless. Marcello Mastroianni is as dreamy as ever.
One of the earliest adaptations of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Imo the duo doesn’t really have a lot of chemistry between them which drags this down.
One of the most iconic movies in feminist cinema. It’s 3.5 hours of Jeanne Dielman’s mundane life, a seemingly regular widow who prostitutes herself at home when her son is at school in Brussels. The first hour or so is transfixing just as intimacy between the protagonist and the audience is established, unfortunately it never goes any deeper than that so it became a chore to finish imo.
Jean Pierre-Melville’s directorial debut, who ended up as one of the greatest directors ever lived. It’s about a French family’s refusal to communciate with the German lieutenant billetted in their house. The premise along is unique af. Very different from Melville’s later noir output but just as good anyway.
I suppose only Isao Takahata would be able to spin a slice of life story about vacationing in the country/childhood memories into a quasi-religious experience. The saffron sequence is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Phenomenal.
Aka Gene Tierney is a crazy (as in clinically), obsessive, ruthless bitch in iconic sunglasses and a timeless white trench coat. Delicious af.
Another very popular Ghibli studio piece, but I find this quite bland. Don’t care about the central romance at all.
If I’ve never seen The Wire I might really like this, but since I have I thought it was nothing more than fine, which I guess isn’t really this movie’s fault as it predates The Wire by like 30 years.
Another must-see piece in feminist cinema about a German woman waiting for her husband during and after WWII. I didn’t enjoy this either as I just didn’t find Maria Braun’s obsession convincing at all. Actually she just annoyed me.
I noticed no fincher who is my favorite (except dune sucked)
Shit dune was lynch (another good director)
I like Se7en. The rest I don’t care for. I have not seen Zodiac though which is supposedly his best.
I like but don’t love David Lynch. I don’t adore Mulholland Drive like many people do. My favourite of his is The Straight Story.
Mulholland Drive is my favorite Lynch film, but THIS from Lost Highway might be my favorite scene of his. Lost Highway is otherwise not very good, but this scene is just bone chilling.
Very good. Definitely worth a watch.
Happy Feet
Starring Robin Williams, Brittney Murphy and Steve Irwin, it may have been better named Cursed feet.
jesus XD
i remember watching that in theatres as a kid
I’m taking the lad to watch Elf on Saturday. The film is 20 years old.
Wow I didn’t know it was in the movie theaters
Recently I’ve watched (or rewatched) ‘The Natural’ (1984), ‘The Lookout’ (2007), ‘Milk’ (2008), and ‘Dredd’ (2012) (AKA the GOOD Judge Dredd movie that doesn’t star Sly Stallone).
All quality films ranging from B+ to A- imo.
EDIT: oh and also ‘The Firm’ (I think 1993?) also good!
London. Soz.
Recently rewatched both of the Knives Out films. They are just so much fun.
Otherwise also watched Double Indemnity. That shit was GRIPPING. really good. No surprise since Wilder is a genius but yeah
Couldn’t get into the second one as much.
Got to the end of A haunting in Venice. Pretty easy to guess who the killer was. Still, I really enjoyed it. Best of the three for me.
First time I felt the same, but second time around I realize the second did a better job maintaining the pressure throughout a little more evenly… the first kinda lags at the start, which has made it hard to watch with a lady friend as mine as inevitably one of us ends up on top of the other before the plot really starts kicking in. Honestly, gotta keep that around as a strategy.
That said, I do prefer the more southern gothic gone modern feel of the first.
I love mystery films but I really hated glass onion.
The Holdovers
6/10
Paul Giamatti the ultimate curmudgeon, starts out grumpy but turns into a holiday movie. Missed opportunities to make it super great but it had all the setups to be so. Some may love it some may hate it.
Gangs of New York is pretty great