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Nocturnal Animals 7/10

 

Wasn't expecting much but it surpassed my expectations. Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams and Michael Shannon. There's a lot going on and lots of symbolism so you gotta figure out what certain things mean. IMO it was very well written. Worth giving it a spin.

 

Oasis: Supersonic 8.5/10

 

A documentary on volatile the rock band Oasis. You either like them or you don't, there's not much middle ground. It only covers the first 3 years of the group. But in that time they rose from a bar band to headlining the largest gigs in the history of England (250,000 people). Really is amazing to see how fast they rose. All the while doing it on a steady diet of alcohol, drugs and pissing off a great many people. It's good fun.

 

 

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just finished watching this very beautiful movie called A Monster Calls, as someone who has lost a parent in the last year this was a very touching film to watch.

I thought it was going to be a standard horror flick , but it turned out to be so much more. 9.5/10

the storyline 

Storyline

The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Connor, and it asks for the one thing Connor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bullies, and pity looks from everyone, and at home with his mother's sickness. Will Connor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Connor be able to speak the truth?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416532/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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gimme danger: 8/10

 

perhaps a sympathy point or two for this one, jim jarmusch's lovesong-documentary for Iggy Pop and The Stooges.  

 

i don't even really know who this documentary is for, if not for jarmusch/the band themselves, because so much of this stuff is well-established, well-cycled knowledge and footage about how The Stooges made music good again after all the dreary stuff through the 60s and 70s. of course the Iggy interviews are new, but i'm not sure he is saying anything new in them. although it's nice to hear the story through his perspective -- he is refreshingly intelligent, lucid, and reflective considering how rough n tumble he was as a performer.

 

anyway, i thought it was good, but it's very much just hero worship. only for those who care to have some details filled in on the story you probably already know.

 

 

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Hidden Figures  7.5/10

 

A lot like Imitation Game last year - slick and sleek, important true story, just a little too polished for my liking. There's something about these movies that feel intentionally crafted to win awards that rings a little hollow. But, no major complaints, glad I watched it, probably wouldn't ever watch again.

 

Hopefully they were more accurate to the historical story than with Turing. Feel like, the individual stories of the three women were probably correct, it just seemed a bit too perfect how they were already a tight trio who drove to work together etc. Have to look into it.

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Silence   8.5/10

 

That's a rare case where I like the movie over the source book. Not to take away from the book/story, it's deep historical religious fiction that brought to life a different time, but something always seems to get mangled in Japanese -> English translations, and here it came off like satire, this man running around in the mountains of a foreign land obsessing over his rituals and looking down on the people he's supposed to help. The movie does a better job of conveying the gravity and hopelessness of the situation. Also the book didn't seem interested in the beauty (natural and man made) of Japan, but on camera it's inescapable.

 

It's got a great paradox/rhetorical question at the center of it all too - would Jesus himself even hesitate to renounce all the protocols that had been enacted in his name if it meant immediately and directly easing the suffering of others?

 

But yeah, both book and movie, while great, are a slow slog. Much as I liked it don't think I'll be rewatching anytime soon.

 

In conclusion, Adam Driver's face is weird.

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Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter - 8.5/10

 

Legit loved this movie. Loved the way it was shot (the stationary framing and the hanging shots.) Loved being bewildered by the events as they happen. Loved the ending. 

 

Was a weird and facinating look into depression, isolation, and obsession. 

 

Reminded me in some indirect way the movie Hanna. Mainly in the presentation (because the characters and story are incredibly different, other than them being distant and awkward). And I also low key loved Hanna. 

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12 hours ago, The Bookie said:

Silence   8.5/10

 

That's a rare case where I like the movie over the source book. Not to take away from the book/story, it's deep historical religious fiction that brought to life a different time, but something always seems to get mangled in Japanese -> English translations, and here it came off like satire, this man running around in the mountains of a foreign land obsessing over his rituals and looking down on the people he's supposed to help. The movie does a better job of conveying the gravity and hopelessness of the situation. Also the book didn't seem interested in the beauty (natural and man made) of Japan, but on camera it's inescapable.

 

It's got a great paradox/rhetorical question at the center of it all too - would Jesus himself even hesitate to renounce all the protocols that had been enacted in his name if it meant immediately and directly easing the suffering of others?

 

But yeah, both book and movie, while great, are a slow slog. Much as I liked it don't think I'll be rewatching anytime soon.

 

In conclusion, Adam Driver's face is weird.

I felt the same way, until I was searching for a decent quality screener to give to someone. I had no intention of watching it, but within minutes of pressing play to check the quality, I was pretty much transfixed and watched a good 100 minutes of it over again (finished rest later). 

 

As much as I enjoyed it the first time, I liked it even more the second

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Finally watched Gone Girl on the weekend. We'll go with 7 out of 10 I suppose.

 

Largely well written and filmed. Acting is generally good'ish (Affleck is Affleck) and the pacing for a longer movie was pretty good.

 

The first 1/2-2/3 was actually pretty decent. It was probably heading for 8 maybe even 8.5/10 up to that point but then ending just seems too outlandish and unlikely to the point of removing me from the film.

 

Spoiler

I mean who the hell goes home with that psycho?!?! As soon as it was clear I didn't murder my wife, I'd give no f's about what media or anyone else thought and be out. I sure as hell wouldn't be sleeping under the same roof or give her any additional opportunity to plot and scheme (oh look, she's pregnant!). 

 

And poor Barney Stinson!

 

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Eye In The Sky - 8.5/10

 

I like it a lot. But I didn't like it as much as maybe other people did. The most interesting part of the movie was not the central morale dilemma the lead players have to struggle with, but the utter inept of some of the 'decision makers' in making decisions.

 

The movie is an exercise in squeezing every ounce of juice they could from that central morale dilemma. It's a good piece to study in film school.

 

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4 hours ago, Beluga Whale said:

Not a movie but just watched the latest Bill Burr special. Wasn't very funny compared to his previous specials.The crowd was really quiet but that's because a lot of the jokes weren't even that funny. 

And he needs to stop with the population control bits. 

Yeah. His last two specials were not his best. I did feel like this was a big improvement over his previous one, though.

 

I did like the gorilla bit.

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The Lucky Ones - 9/10

 

I loved it. Not a huge road movie person but this one's got heart. Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams are two of my personal favourite actors.

 

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EDIT: This is also a more effective anti-war movie than most war movies. You watch a movie like Full Metal Jacket, and you want to pick up the M16 and kill somebody with it. This film? You actually feel sorry for the characters even though they are 'The Lucky Ones'.

 

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23 hours ago, Hugor Hill said:

The Lucky Ones - 9/10

 

I loved it. Not a huge road movie person but this one's got heart. Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams are two of my personal favourite actors.

 

Michael Pena is definitely one of those guys I forget about, see him in a movie and am reminded of how much I like him, and then inexplicably forget about him all over again almost as soon as the movie is done.

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