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Post by cosmo on Aug 23, 2020 19:23:16 GMT -6
Holy crap! Unhinged was terrible....but, really, what was I expecting? If you want to still see don't read the spoiler for my favorite worst line from the movie... "Did you remember my Butterfinger Blizzard?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2020 19:59:34 GMT -6
hot damn, The Vast of Night was fucking dope!
really nice slow burn and it's not particularly scary per se, but amazing atmosphere and camera work and acting all around. really fun to watch outside late at night when it's quiet
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Post by thebosma on Aug 25, 2020 17:42:01 GMT -6
Full list of criterion channel additions for september spoilered below. Looks like I'm committing to Satantango next month Les 3 boutons, Agnès Varda, 2015 7 p., cuis., s. de b. . . . (à saisir), Agnès Varda, 1984 Actress, Robert Greene, 2014 Agnès de ci de là Varda, Agnes Varda, 2011 Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, and Mark Becker, 2014** The Beaches of Agnès, Agnès Varda, 2008 Big City Blues, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932 Bisbee ’17, Robert Greene, 2018 Blonde Crazy, Roy Del Ruth, 1931 Blondie Johnson, Ray Enright, 1933 Boyhood, Richard Linklater, 2014 Charlotte’s Web, Iwao Takamoto and Charles A. Nichols, 1973** Circle of Deceit, Volker Schlöndorff, 1981 A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts, Jan Oxenberg, 1975* Corpus Christi, Jan Komasa, 2019* Les créatures, Agnès Varda, 1966 The Crowd Roars, Howard Hawks, 1932 Daguerréotypes, Agnès Varda, 1975 Dames, Ray Enright, 1934 Death of a Salesman, Volker Schlöndorff, 1985 Defending Your Life, Albert Brooks, 1991 Diplomacy, Volker Schlöndorff, 2014 Les dites cariatides, Agnès Varda, 1984 Duck Soup, Leo McCarey, 1933 Elsa la rose, Agnès Varda, 1966 Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Peter Kosminsky, 1992 A Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone, 1964 Footlight Parade, Lloyd Bacon, 1933 The Gates, Antonio Ferrera, David Maysles, Matthew Prinzing, and Albert Maysles, 2007 The Gleaners and I, Agnès Varda, 2000 The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later, Agnès Varda, 2002 Gold Diggers of 1933, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933 Gregory Go Boom, Janicza Bravo, 2013 A Guide to Breathing Underwater, Raven Jackson, 2018 He Was Her Man, Lloyd Bacon, 1934 The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel, 2008 The Heiress, William Wyler, 1949 Home Movie, Jan Oxenberg, 1972* The Hours, Stephen Daldry, 2002 Jacquot de Nantes, Agnès Varda, 1991 Jane B. par Agnès V., Agnès Varda, 1988 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling, Richard Pryor, 1986 Kate Plays Christine, Robert Greene, 2016 Kung-Fu Master!, Agnès Varda, 1988 Lawyer Man, William Dieterle, 1932 Le lion volatil, Agnès Varda, 2003 The Legend of Rita, Volker Schlöndorff, 2000 Lenny, Bob Fosse, 1974 Lost in America, Albert Brooks, 1985 The Loveless, Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery, 1981 Man Rots from the Head, Janicza Bravo, 2016 Merrily We Go to Hell, Dorothy Arzner, 1932 Millie, John Francis Dillon, 1931 Modern Romance, Albert Brooks, 1981 Mother, Albert Brooks, 1996 Nettles, Raven Jackson, 2018 Night Nurse, William A. Wellman, 1931 Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, 2016 The Ogre, Volker Schlöndorff, 1996 Ô saisons, ô châteaux, Agnès Varda, 1958 One Hundred and One Nights, Agnès Varda, 1995 Pauline Alone, Janicza Bravo, 2014 The Phantom Tollbooth, Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, and Dave Monahan, 1970 Plaisir d’amour en Iran, Agnès Varda, 1976 The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Brett Story, 2016 Real Life, Albert Brooks, 1979 Réponse de femmes, Agnès Varda, 1975 Salut les Cubains, Agnès Varda, 1963 Sátántangó, Béla Tarr, 1994 Streetwise, Martin Bell, 1984 T’as de beaux escaliers, tu sais, Agnès Varda, 1986 Tabu, Miguel Gomes, 2012 Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, F. W. Murnau, 1931 Thank You and Good Night, Jan Oxenberg, 1991* Three on a Match, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932 Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell, Martin Bell, 2016 Town Bloody Hall, Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker, 1979 Ulysse, Agnès Varda, 1982 Union Depot, Alfred E. Green, 1932 Varda by Agnès, Agnès Varda, 2019 The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola, 1999 Voyager, Volker Schlöndorff, 1991 Walking on Water, Andrey Paounov, 2018 Western, Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, 2015 Woman in Deep, Janicza Bravo, 2016 Working Girls, Dorothy Arzner, 1931 Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . ., Agnès Varda, 2004 Zama, Lucrecia Martel, 2017
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Post by Timbo on Aug 26, 2020 12:35:49 GMT -6
Skyfall - Almost done. But I must remain vigilant, even if no one cares anymore. Not sure I do either. Anyway, enough of that, Skyfall is the best Bond film. No need to disagree with me, it's just the truth. Why is it the best? Because it's the only one that doesn't act like a Bond film. That's right. It's hardly formulaic, save for a few moments. It's compelling narrative structured around someone who ISN'T one dimensional - M - and it takes a more personal route than any film before it. Judi Dench is a powerhouse as M, with her ability to shift from cold to regretful in an instant shows her dedication to the job. She's the heart of the film and a story line focused on her was long overdue. Javier Bardem as Silva is wonderful. He's memorable because of his motive, having been legitimately scarred by M and her decisions. This is a plot point heavily alluded to for decades, about how MI6 targets maladjusted youth and/or orphans, because they make the best killers. This makes Silva basically an Evil Bond. Opposite in every way almost. There's a bit of a Joker feel to Silva though. His scheme seems to mimic The Dark Knight in a lot of ways, always being one step ahead of Bond and MI6, and then purposely being captured so he could rig it from the inside. The CGI on his face minus the silver plating hasn't aged terribly well, and honestly iirc it wasn't that great to begin with. Minor flaws that I don't feel hurt the film whatsoever. There's also only a minor Bond girl, and a controversial one at that b/c she's a sex slave. It's true that Bond does sleep with her, but for some reason it feels different than past flings, especially when she dies . But the true Bond girl of Skyfall is M. Not every Bond girl needs to be 25 years old, and in this instance M is the mother Bond never had, something they've implied since Goldeneye when Dench took over the role, but more heavily once the Daniel Craig era started. The action is plentiful, the drama is top notch, and Sam Mendes does a fine job getting it all to fit nicely together. It departs from the "Spectre" storyline and can be seen as an individual film in the series, but if you've never seen it I'd suggest watching the previous 2 installments. The opening sequence is gorgeous, and the song by Adele is top five Bond songs material. Albert Finney as the Bond residence caretaker is wonderful, it adds some classic acting to the fold. Strong cast, strong story, top notch action, and a great song. You can't go wrong with Skyfall, but the criticisms I've heard all come from the reason I do like it so much - it doesn't feel like a Bond film. Sometimes breaking the mold is a good thing. One more to go... Official Ranking 1. Skyfall 2. Casino Royale 3. Goldfinger 4. From Russia With Love 5. Goldeneye 6. Thunderball 7. Dr. No 8. Quantum of Solace 9. Live and Let Die 10. The Spy Who Loved Me 11. The World Is Not Enough 12. License to Kill 13. Die Another Day 14. For Your Eyes Only 15. Diamonds Are Forever 16. Tomorrow Never Dies 17. Never Say Never Again 18. The Living Daylights 19. Moonraker 20. You Only Live Twice 21. The Man With the Golden Gun 22. Octopussy 23. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 24. A View to a Kill
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Post by thebosma on Aug 26, 2020 21:19:30 GMT -6
This was my favorite movie as a kid and honestly I was right. Have I done my bit on the board about how this is the best trilogy of movies ever released including Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars trilogy? It's no longer a bit I genuinely believe that.
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Post by krentist on Aug 26, 2020 22:06:18 GMT -6
This was my favorite movie as a kid and honestly I was right. Have I done my bit on the board about how this is the best trilogy of movies ever released including Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars trilogy? It's no longer a bit I genuinely believe that. I rewatched twelve and thirteen recently and confirm this franchise still fucks. Just all around classic dudes rock cinema.
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Post by andrewvb on Aug 27, 2020 9:45:12 GMT -6
if i went anywhere (which i'm not) i'd go to music box. 750 seat theater with only 50 people in it, and i heard from the gm that they set their AC to only bring in fresh air, not recycle the air in the theater. (i guess they open the doors to blow out air between showtimes). plus music box is on 70mm.
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Post by thebosma on Aug 27, 2020 9:52:19 GMT -6
lol there's no way in hell I'm going to a movie theater during a pandemic. My life won't be worse off because I missed seeing Tenet on a big screen. If there’s anywhere I want to be while there’s an extremely prevalent aerosolized virus floating around it’s a room with OK ventilation for 3.5 hours with strangers
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