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[jamny]

Whenever movies start their promotion with "from visionary director Joe Schmoe...", I'm out.

Robert Eggers being the director makes it a must see for me. I probably would have watched it anyway but after The Witch and The Lighthouse, I'm in on anything he does.

 

[wikkidpissah]

relevant

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[El Floppo]

relevant

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????

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

The box office sucks for movies unfortunately. The Northman didn’t do well at all. That was a really expensive gamble that we might never see again. 

In this vein, family and I attended the local Summer Movie Preview at the local theater. Lineup of movies is here

I have to agreed with the above. Save for the Jordan Peele flick “Nope”, the Nic Cage flick, a couple of the animated ones and Top Gun, can’t say as anything looked remotely interesting to any of us. 

 

[krista4]

I was on a plane Friday/yesterday so watched The Many Saints of Newark (snoozefest) and Interstellar.  I know it's several years old, but what was the verdict on Interstellar?  Other than MM's laughably bad acting, I thought it was quite good.

 

[snogger]

I was on a plane Friday/yesterday so watched The Many Saints of Newark (snoozefest) and Interstellar.  I know it's several years old, but what was the verdict on Interstellar?  Other than MM's laughably bad acting, I thought it was quite good.

Really enjoy Instellar.. It messes with your mind the same or more then inception with the final reveal of what was behind the bookshelf issues. Also .. We got too close, minutes became years... 

 

[KarmaPolice]

I was on a plane Friday/yesterday so watched The Many Saints of Newark (snoozefest) and Interstellar.  I know it's several years old, but what was the verdict on Interstellar?  Other than MM's laughably bad acting, I thought it was quite good.

I didn't love the end/bookshelf stuff and thought the surprise cameo was a bit distracting, but have watched the movie a few times now and it's grown on me overall.   As usual with Nolan - a great looking and sounding movie and it does tug on the heartstrings a bit.  

 

[krista4]

I didn't love the end/bookshelf stuff and thought the surprise cameo was a bit distracting, but have watched the movie a few times now and it's grown on me overall.   As usual with Nolan - a great looking and sounding movie and it does tug on the heartstrings a bit.  

Did I miss a surprise cameo?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Did I miss a surprise cameo?

Oh, everybody's seen the movie, not sure why I am being coy - I think Damon sticks out like a sore thumb in the movie and is miscast.  If I remember right, it was kept quiet that he was in the movie and it was a bit of a shock when he is one of the people on the other planets.  

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I thought the robot in interstellar was one of the coolest robots ever 

 

[krista4]

Oh, everybody's seen the movie, not sure why I am being coy - I think Damon sticks out like a sore thumb in the movie and is miscast.  If I remember right, it was kept quiet that he was in the movie and it was a bit of a shock when he is one of the people on the other planets.  

Oh, OK - didn't realize that.

I thought the robot in interstellar was one of the coolest robots ever 

 

 

[El Floppo]

I didn't dig Interstellar. not much memory of why, tbh.

glad I chimed in here.

 

[Moonlight]

I was on a plane Friday/yesterday so watched The Many Saints of Newark (snoozefest) and Interstellar.  I know it's several years old, but what was the verdict on Interstellar?  Other than MM's laughably bad acting, I thought it was quite good.

Agree with both of your takes on the films.                   

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I always have to watch the wave scene in Interstellar.     It's awesome. 

The rest is kind of hit and miss.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

what was the verdict on Interstellar?  Other than MM's laughably bad acting, I thought it was quite good.

 I loved the complex storyline and overall screenplay.  Great visuals.  Happy to see John Lithgow in anything, been a fav of mine for years. 

Haven't seen it in a while but I did enjoy it.

 

[foxco]

Loved Interstellar -- not perfect but good hard sci-fi is hard to find. Some starkly beautiful sequences, and love the playing with time aspect. The scene where MM is watching his son and daughter on video after he's been gone for decades in their time was heartbreaking. Probably time I give it another watch, may pull a double feature with Contact or Arrival. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Caught Everything All The Time At Once on the imax and holy hell was that an experience. I can see why so many people are losing their minds over it. It’s like Being John Malkovich meets 2001 meets a Farrelly Brothers comedy meets Brazil meets Minari meets The Matrix meets Back to the Future meets a music video. I laughed my ### off and was doing everything I could not to to openly weep.

It’s a lot.

 

[GordonGekko]

I didn't dig Interstellar. not much memory of why, tbh.

glad I chimed in here.

Really horrible script.

You had some good actors who were able to hide quite a bit of the rough dialogue. But the plot was too overly complex and there were too many extraneous characters.

Jessica Chastain is a legitimately bad actress. Her entire Murph arch was a mess.

Film was saved by performances, visuals and mostly Hans Zimmers incredible score and soundtrack.

The narrative badly needed at least three montage sequences to trim the B and C storyline bloat. What was the point of Casey Affleck's character? What was the point of John Lithgow's character? Topher Grace? Jamie Dutton? The requisite black guy scientist who hides his British accent?

The most interesting complex storylines were the 12 seedling missions. We only saw Miller and Mann and some shades of Edmunds. But the other 9 would have been a fascinating montage.

Nolan gets name brand actors and stocks them up like he's in a Jerry Bruckheimer film. Even if the actors suck. Even if they don't have a functional arc in the writing.

 

[joffer]

big fan of Interstellar.  agree Damon was an odd choice.

 

[identikit]

Jessica Chastain is a legitimately bad actress. Her entire Murph arch was a mess.

Exact opposite

 

[KarmaPolice]

Caught Everything All The Time At Once on the imax and holy hell was that an experience. I can see why so many people are losing their minds over it. It’s like Being John Malkovich meets 2001 meets a Farrelly Brothers comedy meets Brazil meets Minari meets a music video. I laughed my ### off and was doing everything I could not to to openly weep.

It’s a lot.

Maybe I missed you posting about it - did you go see The Northman?  

 

[Ilov80s]

Maybe I missed you posting about it - did you go see The Northman?  

Not yet. Maybe next weekend. The wives have been vetoing it so we might need a guys only night out for that. Have you seen it?

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Really horrible script.

Disagree.

Jessica Chastain is a legitimately bad actress

Agree.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Chastain was good in Molly's Game, which was a good movie. But I find her really unlikable.

 

[Ilov80s]

Chastain was good in Molly's Game, which was a good movie. But I find her really unlikable.

I haven’t been really captivated by her in a role but I like what I’ve seen of her as a person. She’s definitely striking to look at as well. 
 

Note: I almost made a really embarrassing typo replacing an I with an O. Really glad I caught that. 

 

[identikit]

Chastain was good in Molly's Game, which was a good movie. But I find her really unlikable.

A couple good (older) performances too (imo):

The Help 

The Debt

 

[Ilov80s]

Everything Everywhere All the Time is doing well at the box office but I wish more people were seeing it. It’s really built for the current comic book referential obsessed current movie audience. It feels like THE movie of the decade/times.

 

[joffer]

Jessica Chastain is a very good actress

 

[KarmaPolice]

Not yet. Maybe next weekend. The wives have been vetoing it so we might need a guys only night out for that. Have you seen it?

The older one said he could watch the younger one Weds if I decide to go to an afternoon show on my day off, and I am leaning towards doing that.  It's been way too long since I've seen a movie in the theater.  

 

[Eephus]

Movies I watched in April

Royal Flash (1975)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
College Hounds (1930)
West Side Story (2021)
The Outsiders (1983)
All the Old Knives (2022)
The Artist (2011)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Godard Mon Amour (2017)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
OSS 177: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
The Robe (1953)
Taras Bulba (1962)
Out of the Past (1947)
Against All Odds (1984)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Looper (2012)
The Mechanic (1972)
Don't Look Up (2021)
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Virginia City (1940)
High Risk aka Meltdown (1995)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Movies I watched in April

Royal Flash (1975)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
College Hounds (1930)
West Side Story (2021)
The Outsiders (1983)
All the Old Knives (2022)
The Artist (2011)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Godard Mon Amour (2017)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
OSS 177: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
The Robe (1953)
Taras Bulba (1962)
Out of the Past (1947)
Against All Odds (1984)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Looper (2012)
The Mechanic (1972)
Don't Look Up (2021)
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Virginia City (1940)
High Risk aka Meltdown (1995)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Favorite 3 of the bunch?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched a couple of the random 2022 movies on my list:  I Want You Back and Master.     Both had their pluses and minuses.  I don't have a super high bar for rom-coms:  I want a few laughs and a few sweet moments.  I Want You Back delivered on those.  Charlie Day bothers me a bit, but Jenny Slate more than made up for it, and I really enjoyed her presence on screen.   You can do worse for a Friday date movie.   Master.  Well, I would say that this is a well made and acted horror movie.   Regina Hall was really good and there are some genuinely creepy and emotional moments in the movie.  That said, anybody who is complaining about too much politics in movies should stay far away.  No subtlety at all to the message the filmmaker was trying to convey.  

Both of these are on Prime.

Also we did a blockbuster movie Friday watch and started at the top with Avatar.   Without the 3D theater experience this movie really shows all it's warts, and it's a pretty bad movie, IMO.   I really had a hard time not shutting it off.  Good thing it was almost 3 hours long.  

Last night the edible was talking and we watched Adventures in Babysitting.     

 

[TripItUp]

Saw "The Northman" in the theatre Saturday night.  I liked it but it will not be everybody's cup of tea.  T

 

[Eephus]

Favorite 3 of the bunch?

Tough call because they're all over the map but of the ones I hadn't seen before, I especially enjoyed.

The Man From Laramie:  The fifth and final Western made in the early 50s by Anthony Mann with James Stewart.  Great vengeance plot that kept me guessing with a backdrop of vast Cinemascope landscapes.

Godard Mon Amour:  An outrageous biopic of Jean-Luc Godard set during the French riots of 1968. It was based on his ex-wife's memoirs so the Godard character is despicable but still kind of endearing. It was directed by Michel Hazanavicius who won an Oscar for The Artist.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent:  Fun movie made better by going to a matinee with Mrs. Eephus.

As far as stuff I'd watched before, Taras Bulba was a total hoot. Tony Curtis plays Yul Brynner's Cossack son in a cheesy historical epic. 

 

[Eephus]

Last night the edible was talking and we watched Adventures in Babysitting. 

I'm going to do my dissertation on the genre of films about innocents trapped in the urban jungle.  I'll compare and contrast Adventures in Babysitting to Scorsese's After Hours, Date Night and both versions of The Out-of-Towners.

 

[krista4]

I'm going to do my dissertation on the genre of films about innocents trapped in the urban jungle.  I'll compare and contrast Adventures in Babysitting to Scorsese's After Hours, Date Night and both versions of The Out-of-Towners.

If you don't include Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, this is bull####.   

 

[krista4]

If you don't include Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, this is bull####.   

And Big.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Everything Everywhere All the Time is doing well at the box office but I wish more people were seeing it. It’s really built for the current comic book referential obsessed current movie audience. It feels like THE movie of the decade/times.

it really was amazing, i didn’t even realize at one point i was being mesmerized by rocks. 

i saw the unbearable weight of massive talent today, holy hell i haven’t laughed that much watching a movie that doesn’t have jackass in the title. as of now it’s my movie of the year, it’s what nobody was to me when it came out,  just a fun flick from start to finish.

 

[Eephus]

And Big.

and Babe: Pig in the City

 

[Eephus]

If you don't include Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, this is bull####.   

Well actually it is bull####

ETA:  ...except for the chapter on Existential Nihilism

 

[krista4]

and Babe: Pig in the City

Can't believe I forgot that one.   

(It was legit terrifying, though.)

 

[Bracie Smathers]

The Year of Living Dangerously 

Went to the local library a few weeks back looking for this, they didn't have it.  Had them order it and picked it up yesterday.

I've seen it, saw it when it came out in the early 80s.  Its soooooooo goooooood.

Watch this again if you haven't in a while and pay attention to the camera work of director Peter Weir.  AMAZING.  Blown away by every single frame.  He uses shadows like no one else.  The spaces between characters are pure art.

Then the score by Maurice Jarre.  OMYG.

Peter uses the camera perfectly synched with the score.  One scene stands out, won't give it away, he increases the volume of the score as he slowly moves-in the camera.  If you love incredible film making, great scripts, fantastic acting, amazing camera work, and a sensational musical score combined in one film, The Year Of Living Dangerously is a movie you want to see.

 

[El Floppo]

Went to the local library a few weeks back looking for this, they didn't have it.  Had them order it and picked it up yesterday.

I've seen it, saw it when it came out in the early 80s.  Its soooooooo goooooood.

Watch this again if you haven't in a while and pay attention to the camera work of director Peter Weir.  AMAZING.  Blown away by every single frame.  He uses shadows like no one else.  The spaces between characters are pure art.

Then the score by Maurice Jarre.  OMYG.

Peter uses the camera perfectly synched with the score.  One scene stands out, won't give it away, he increases the volume of the score as he slowly moves-in the camera.  If you love incredible film making, great scripts, fantastic acting, amazing camera work, and a sensational musical score combined in one film, The Year Of Living Dangerously is a movie you want to see.

big fan of this... don't think I've seen it since I saw it in the theaters, and loved it. gorgeous and great story-telling. and I can't recall a film that also made its stars so gorgeous- something I usually don't care too much about, but this one (like WKW's In the Mood for Love) really stood out in that regard.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

can't recall a film that also made its stars so gorgeous- something I usually don't care too much about

Sigourney F'ng Weaver is mesmerizing.   

I first saw it in the early 80s and identified with the Mel Gibson character Guy Hamilton quite a bit.  

The camera loves them.  Weir knew what he had and brilliantly weaves the entire story around them.  

All before mentioning the Academy Award-winning Linda Hunt.

Just soo good.

 

[belljr]

big fan of this... don't think I've seen it since I saw it in the theaters, and loved it. gorgeous and great story-telling. and I can't recall a film that also made its stars so gorgeous- something I usually don't care too much about, but this one (like WKW's In the Mood for Love) really stood out in that regard.

Heartbreakers?

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

I'm going to do my dissertation on the genre of films about innocents trapped in the urban jungle.  I'll compare and contrast Adventures in Babysitting to Scorsese's After Hours, Date Night and both versions of The Out-of-Towners.

Judgment Night (1993)

 

[wikkidpissah]

The Year of Living Dangerously, Brando's Mutiny, Huston's Man Who Would Be King and Altman's The Long Goodbye are the movies i'm most amazed aren't 2nd-nature classics to everyone like Kane, Casablanca, Chinatown & the Godfathers. Movies that can be so big but just your size always floor me.

 

[nirad3]

Judgment Night (1993)

Such a good soundtrack!

Getting on a plane tomorrow, looking for a good, hopefully recent and available on Prime or Netflix, movie where stuff gets blown up.  War, sci-fi, etc.  Anyone got anything?  Scrolled through the last few pages and have some ideas, but not sure yet.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Movies I watched in April

Royal Flash (1975)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
College Hounds (1930)
West Side Story (2021)
The Outsiders (1983)
All the Old Knives (2022)
The Artist (2011)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Godard Mon Amour (2017)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
OSS 177: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
The Robe (1953)
Taras Bulba (1962)
Out of the Past (1947)
Against All Odds (1984)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Looper (2012)
The Mechanic (1972)
Don't Look Up (2021)
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Virginia City (1940)
High Risk aka Meltdown (1995)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

- oh, my goodness - Royal Flash. hadnt thought of it since love-hating it backinaday. Richard Lester, Malcolm McDowell and vintage 70s bombast of a historical nature. cant wait to look at it again - i'm sure it will be awfully wonderful.

- does it seem weird to you that they didnt update West Side Story?

- Taras Bulba is a hoot. Graham Chapman's Yellowbeard would be a good double feature with it.

- saw Basketball Diaries on TCM too. liked it mayve even less than when it came out and that's pretty bad. it's always seemed to me that poetry should resolve, or at least elevate, anger, so the Carrolls & Rollinses have always been to me like Mexican buffet food - all spice & heartburn, no flavor at all.

- a rebel i much prefer is Godard. gotta check that out

- why doesnt anyone love TMWWBK as much as i do ?!?!

 

[Eephus]

oh, my goodness - Royal Flash. hadnt thought of it since love-hating it backinaday. Richard Lester, Malcolm McDowell and vintage 70s bombast of a historical nature. cant wait to look at it again - i'm sure it will be awfully wonderful.

Royal Flash's combination of swordplay, slapstick and 70s salaciousness is still entertaining.  McDowell was miscast as Flashman but Oliver Reed made a good villain.

- saw Basketball Diaries on TCM too. liked it mayve even less than when it came out and that's pretty bad. it's always seemed to me that poetry should resolve, or at least elevate, anger, so the Carrolls & Rollinses have always been to me like Mexican buffet food - all spice & heartburn, no flavor at all.

It was junk