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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 20:11:19 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 23:27:38 GMT -6
Amazing performances, but gd was this disappointing. Paul Newman was dreamy, though,
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 23:34:07 GMT -6
welp, i thought Swallow was gonna be pretty unbeatable this year but holy shit this is now definitely my favorite movie of 2020 so far.
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Post by thebosma on May 31, 2020 20:21:45 GMT -6
I watched My Darling Clementine today and I really don't think John Ford is for me but there are still 8 of his movies that I haven't seen on the list I'm watching through. That being said it looks like most of them are in the later numbers past where I'm mostly watching now so I will start putting a little more distance between those viewings.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2020 20:24:17 GMT -6
Last night of my Starz trial so I'm going out with guns blazing.
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Post by krentist on May 31, 2020 20:30:01 GMT -6
Last few days of Westerns
-My Darling Clementine - Gotta be one of Ford's best looking.
- Unforgiven - this is a rewatch but is a stone cold classic in every sense of the word.
- Ulzana's Raid - this was fine. On paper the allegorical Vietnam western starring old man Burt Lancaster should've been more my speed but it was kind of boring for a lot of it. Burt rules of course.
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Post by wanny on Jun 1, 2020 8:10:50 GMT -6
I love Unforgiven, maybe top 3 western for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 8:17:58 GMT -6
can confirm, this slaps as does this!
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Post by nanatod on Jun 1, 2020 8:18:47 GMT -6
I love lucky grandma, but I don't like the ending.
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Post by venom on Jun 1, 2020 8:40:05 GMT -6
Minding the Gap was better than i expected and not quite what i expected. Lovebirds was kind of trash. both main characters were hella annoying.
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Post by dij22 on Jun 1, 2020 8:41:10 GMT -6
Watched Dogma and Forces of Nature yesterday for Affleck Fest. When I was 13, I probably would have said Dogma was my favorite movie. I haven't seen it in over a decade though, but it honestly still holds up in surprising ways. While it's not nearly as funny as I remember, it is still fairly exciting. And while Linda Fiorentino is strangely horrible in this (like truly one of the worst performances ever), everyone else is really good. Affleck absolutely kills it as the villain, and he is just genuinely great in every scene. A messy but worthwhile movie.
Forces of Nature was pretty atrocious though. Haven't seen a romcom in a while and I forgot how bad they can be when the leads have zero chemistry. Pretty hard to accomplish when you have Prime Sandra Bullock and Prime Ben Affleck. This is one of those movies that didn't actually have to be a movie; it never gives you anything more than the two-sentence synopsis would have. Affleck is once again miscast as a dopey, straight-laced nice guy (a type of role where a Jason Segel type would have been better).
Affleck can give you a 9/10 performance basically any time if he gets to be funny and use that smirk to let you know he's probably the smartest, funniest person in the room. He basically has the ceiling of George Clooney 2.0, but he doesn't have the ability/desire to elevate these empty suit roles into something memorable.
Affleck Rankings 1.) Good Will Hunting 2.) Dazed and Confused 3.) Shakespeare in Love 4.) The Way Back 5.) School Ties 6.) Dogma 7.) Mallrats 8.) Chasing Amy 9.) Going All the Way 10.) Armageddon 11.) Phantoms 12.) Forces of Nature 13.) Glory Daze
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Post by zircona1 on Jun 1, 2020 9:19:47 GMT -6
Watched Dogma and Forces of Nature yesterday for Affleck Fest. When I was 13, I probably would have said Dogma was my favorite movie. I haven't seen it in over a decade though, but it honestly still holds up in surprising ways. While it's not nearly as funny as I remember, it is still fairly exciting. And while Linda Fiorentino is strangely horrible in this (like truly one of the worst performances ever), everyone else is really good. Affleck absolutely kills it as the villain, and he is just genuinely great in every scene. A messy but worthwhile movie. I didn't really like Jason Lee's performance either (he is a good actor, though). I still like the movie too.
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Post by dij22 on Jun 1, 2020 9:31:09 GMT -6
Watched Dogma and Forces of Nature yesterday for Affleck Fest. When I was 13, I probably would have said Dogma was my favorite movie. I haven't seen it in over a decade though, but it honestly still holds up in surprising ways. While it's not nearly as funny as I remember, it is still fairly exciting. And while Linda Fiorentino is strangely horrible in this (like truly one of the worst performances ever), everyone else is really good. Affleck absolutely kills it as the villain, and he is just genuinely great in every scene. A messy but worthwhile movie. I didn't really like Jason Lee's performance either (he is a good actor, though). I still like the movie too. Oh yeah good call. Jason Lee was very bad in this
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 9:36:08 GMT -6
to be fair i think everyone is wooden af in Dogma intentionally because "we're biblical characters in modern times, ho-hum"
somehow Alanis' 5 minute cameo turns out to be the best acting in the movie
(i fucking love that movie tho i'm not hating)
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 1, 2020 9:45:01 GMT -6
I had severe insomnia last night so I started the newly added Jackie Chan collection on the criterion channel. Spiritual Kung-Fu is a must watch for the following reasons:
1. a snake goes up Jackie Chan’s ass 2. Jackie Chan pees on ghosts 3. The foley is incredible
I highly recommend watching this at 3 or 4 in the morning.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 9:49:39 GMT -6
Last night of my Starz trial so I'm going out with guns blazing. This was terrific. My wife did not know about Sharon Tate and had nightmares, which was not terrific.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 10:10:28 GMT -6
i feel like the point of Pitt's character re-writing history a la a can of beans is to help her not have nightmares
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Post by irvred on Jun 1, 2020 10:35:35 GMT -6
I marched all day yesterday and was too exhausted to watch The Irish Man, will do that tonight to complete my Scorcese-thon. Here are my current rankings which I’m honestly shocked by
1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 2. Silence (2016) 3. The King of Comedy (1982) 4. Mean Streets (1973) 5. Taxi Driver (1976) 6. Casino (1995) 7. The Departed (2006) 8. Goodfellas (1990) 9. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) 10. Raging Bull (1980) 11. Shutter Island (2010) 12. The Age of Innocence (1993) 13. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 14. The Aviator (2004) 15. Hugo (2011) 16. After Hours (1985) 17. Cape Fear (1991) 18. The Color of Money (1986) 19. Boxcar Bertha (1972) 20. Gangs of New York (2002) 21. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) 22. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967) 23. Kundun (1997)
Best The Last Waltz: The Last Waltz (1978) Unavailable: New York, New York (1977)
Kundun has been the only outright bad one, what a stellar filmography.
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Post by sthubbins on Jun 1, 2020 10:40:37 GMT -6
-Clue - Not into this. A lot of treading water, no sense of momentum or intrigue. Some good lines and I like the cast -Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - first song and dance sequence still wins me over so hard. group therapy scene is a masterclass of nonsequiturs. A lot of stuff doesn't hold up but it keeps you on board. -La Collectionneuse - damn the main dude in this sucks so much. The movie is aware of this but it still gets tedious to be stuck in his brain even for 90 minutes. I think the central dynamic here is interesting but maybe it would have benefitted from a little more balance in the POV
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 11:05:52 GMT -6
- Clue - Not into this. A lot of treading water, no sense of momentum or intrigue. Some good lines and I like the cast honestly the most offensive take i've seen in 10 years of being a part of this community
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Post by sthubbins on Jun 1, 2020 11:30:09 GMT -6
Perhaps worst of all, considering its name... not a lot of interesting clues
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Post by rango420 on Jun 1, 2020 11:32:39 GMT -6
Mostly avoiding the board discourse for the day but I would like to chime in and say yes Clue is lame.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 1, 2020 11:34:00 GMT -6
all clue haters will be blocked
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Post by teekoh on Jun 1, 2020 11:34:25 GMT -6
Clue is not lame happy to contribute.
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Post by rango420 on Jun 1, 2020 11:36:23 GMT -6
Friedkin Rankings: Tier 1 1. Excorcist 2. Sorcerer
Tier 2: 3. The French Connection 4. The Boys in the Band
Tier 3 5. The Night They Raided Minsky's 6. The Birthday Party
Tier 5? 7. Good Times
All first watches except for Excorcist which holds up still on 100th viewing. This time what stuck out is how good those first 12 minutes are and how scary and loud the dogs are. Sorcerer also blew me away altho I have not seen the film it is referencing. French Connection and Boys in the Band both great movies that have some limitations that are basically impossible to overcome but are as good as that kind of thing can be (cop movie, play turned into movie) I think Bug is so successful because Friedkin abandons trying to bring the play as it is to the cinema.
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Post by neader on Jun 1, 2020 11:41:45 GMT -6
I saw the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly for the first time this weekend and it fucking ruled.
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Post by rango420 on Jun 1, 2020 11:50:34 GMT -6
Final Mann Rankings:
Tier 1 1. Thief 2. Heat 3. Manhunter 4. Collateral 5. Miami Vice 6. Ali 7. The Insider
Tier 2: 8. Last of the Mohicans 9. Blackhat 10. Public Enemies
Tier 3: 11. The Keep 12: Jericho Mile (both still good)
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Post by sick2b on Jun 1, 2020 19:14:17 GMT -6
On a much much LESS 'high brow' note, has anyone seen Campbell's 2017 movie The Foreigner?
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Post by cosmo on Jun 1, 2020 19:19:30 GMT -6
On a much much LESS 'high brow' note, has anyone seen Campbell's 2017 movie The Foreigner? Yes, I saw it.
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Post by sick2b on Jun 1, 2020 21:20:29 GMT -6
On a much much LESS 'high brow' note, has anyone seen Campbell's 2017 movie The Foreigner? Yes, I saw it. How did you find it? A friend mentioned it to me, and having lived in London and also spent weeks in Northern Ireland, I was (am) considering watching it but the reviews seem to hint at the movie being kind of average.
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