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Blade Runner 2049

A really enjoyable film, particularly if you enjoyed the first film. Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford were fantastic in it. Jared Leto played a minor roll in it which I found off-putting and really the only big gripe I had, I really can't stand him. At times I could tell that it was directed by the director of Arrival, which I mean in a somewhat negative fashion because of the lousy ending to Arrival. And so this movie too had an unsatisfying ending, hinting more towards a sequel rather than a mind-fuck. In these ways the film blundered, but the overall execution, mood, and plot of the film all felt together and fantastic.

I have to say it was a lot better than I expected. I've enjoyed less and less films in recent years and this one was a standout.

8.5/10
 
good time

stars robert pattinson in his greastest acting performance yet. soundtrack by oneohtrix point never perfectly suited the sense of anxiety and tension which was maintained masterfully throughout the entire film. this is what i look for in a film, a thread which is intact from start to finish, which absorbs the viewer into its world

9.5/10
 
Has anyone else seen “Beach Rats” ? Really good smaller indie film with a breakout young actor Harris Dickinson.
 
State of Play...

This movie was great until the last 10 minutes of plot twist. No need whatever to have that twist since this exactly what is happening in America and it will be its future. The only reason I can think of them doing that stupid twist was they didn't want to piss off the US military intelligence. If you have time catch it on Netflix.. 7/10

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The Dark Tower

Boy oh boy, this was bad. Really bad. The books are probably Stephen Kings best but I had immense misgivings about it as a film. I was proven correct, this was tedious, much too light, half baked and totally devoid of the mystical unsettling feeling of the books. I'm very disappointed.

3/10 (and that's generous)
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I think that if they'd gotten the right person to head the project it could've been done right. I've been hearing nothing but bad things about how they adapted it, though...

(I've never seen the film but I enjoyed the first two books of that series, The Dark Tower & The Drawing of the Three)
 
mother!

it’s worth watching. entertaining. good acting and atmosphere. not a great work of art. much like Black Swan.

i read the wiki article after watching and am disappointed in realizing it is an allegory for creationism. at first i was thinking “bullshit.” but yeah, the guy’s rib is taken to make eve — not allowing for much argument. fuck authors’ professed intent; they should keep that to themselves.

some reviewers share the interpretation i had and maintain. this movie is a critique of the patriarchal muse/artist relationship. and by critique i mean aronofsky jerking himself off with pseudo-feminist porn.

these two interpretations can be blended. artist and creator. muse and nature. too bad fiction will not escape bible shit in my lifetime.

i really wanted it to be about love’s attempt at insulation. to some extent it is, but then it has all this other heavy handed nonsense.

while the movie is too flagrantly allegorical to avoid interpretation, whatever meaning it carries is pedantic and insignificant. the weird feeling it delivers is what’s of value.

borrowed massively from Rosemary’s Baby. from Jacob’s Ladder a bit too; at one point i thought it was all gonna be a yellow dust hallucination.

like Black Swan it has a scene of cgi gore that is unintentionally cartoonish. how aronofsky thinks this is acceptable is exasperating. to think, from the director of Pi. the aesthetic value of motion film has tanked.
 
It

Damn, I really really liked this film. One of my favorite King novels, something that utterly haunted my childhood- the tele-series terrified the shit out of me (in retropsect it is cheesy as fuck) and so I had high hopes for this, and I was not disappointed. It is not flawless; it features too many threatening scenes to the extent that the viewer becomes a bit numb to it, and some parts such as the Headless Dude and the huge clown head bursting through the wall seemed really stupid, but other scenes (such as the openin arm removal, and the appearance of It in Bill's basement) were perfect. I thought it put a cool spin of the original tale, and whilst it probably owes something in feel to Stranger Things, 1988 felt perfect as a setting.

I am probably blinded by my general Stephen King and It fanboyism (Miss Swilow watched it with me on my second viewing and thought it was shit) but I was very pelased with this film. Looking forward to the sequel.

8/10

Burnt Offerings said:
I think that if they'd gotten the right person to head the project it could've been done right. I've been hearing nothing but bad things about how they adapted it, though...

(I've never seen the film but I enjoyed the first two books of that series, The Dark Tower & The Drawing of the Three)
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It actually blew me away how terrible this was. It diluted the epic nature of the series and became a kind of Mad Max-lite. Utter disgrace!

(and just to be be pedantic, the first book is The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower is the final of the series. Definitely worth reading though it gets criticised for featuring Stephen King as an actual character).
 
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mother!

it?€™s worth watching. entertaining. good acting and atmosphere. not a great work of art. much like Black Swan.
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Ah, you saw it. :) Yeah, would not want to rewatch ever, personally. It was interesting; we need more abstract themes in popular film; it's been slim pickings; mainstrem film has been far too jaded and everything is mainstream now, so we need a little more novelty( hopefully more than that), at least and for that reason, I was glad he made it; he may pave a competition for better - as in, it may pave the way for more experimentation in the future - film has become nausiatingly bland and meaningless.
I was not aware of the 'creationist' theme though...had read about it being an alegory for the destruction of the planet( which makes sense i.e. Maya, Mother Earth etc. but comparisons to creationism, is a new one to me!)


The killing of a Sacred Deer.

I watched it tired and fell asleep half way through.
What I saw was predictable; to be honest. I liked Dogtooth, so was dissapointed that this seemed vapid. I understand that they were trying to elicit the vapidity of elites and their priviede etc .etc. but it seemed, to me, a bit obvious and boring and bollocks.
Unfortunately, I regarded Farrels performance as less than meidocre;I thought his stoic acting was apt for The Lobster but Colin Farrel was painful in this, just beyond awful.
Granted I'll reserve my judgement until I see the second-half ( I read up on Wikipedia and ugh...was hoping it would prove me wrong) but reading up on it - seems like a typical revenge story, 'Artsified'. Which is lazy imho.


Even this review is crap - just sychophantic nonsense that lies on the fence - krist.:\:p
 
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All about Eve

The script writing was superb. Betty Davis was special. A 'subtle' tale about Machevelianism - same bullshit; different era :).

 
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I am probably blinded by my general Stephen King and It fanboyism (Miss Swilow watched it with me on my second viewing and thought it was shit) but I was very pelased with this film. Looking forward to the sequel.
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No, you are not. I am the lithmus test, and it was the shit ;)

...now, the Pet Semetary remake is due - I'm curling up in my lair waiting to strike at potential bastardisations of the original; the grumpy shit that I am. ;)

Good old Fred Gwynne :(

 
Guys...Lady Bird is really fucking good. I’ve not enjoyed watching a movie this much since Sing Street.

I’m going to try to see 3 Billboards and Shape of Water soon, but it’s hard to imagine anything overtaking LB at this point.
 
i haven't had the patience to sit through a film at home in a long while. i just finished watching 'doubt' (2008 )

i have to say i am fucking shook, this is one of those movies which is so powerful.. that it is confronting on a level where you have to try and hold the emotional space, without feeling like you are going to explode.

phillip seymour hoffman and meryl streep's performances where visceral and cutting. you can tell that they were able to play off of eachothers talents in a major way.

it details a head nun (principal) [meryl streep] at a catholic school who believes that the priest [hoffman] of the school is molesting a boy at the school. it seems extra poignant to watch this film in this moment in history with post-weinstein accusations and outrage culture.

i think it is an important film and it makes an especially important statement.
 
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