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Last three films I watched:
Congo
Great, campy fun. The standouts of the cast are Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry and Delroy Lindo, all of them superb. Of the the rest of the actors, Dylan Walsh is a bit bland but Laura Linney makes up for him.
The Matador
Unpredictable, very well-acted, funny and poignant. The concept of a hitman who feels lonely, and is going through a kind of mid-life crisis, is an amusing extrapolation and fleshing out of the stereotypical hitman we see in films. I liked how the script saved a mystery regarding the characters --a favor owed between them-- for the end.
Unforgiven
(Heavy spoilers ahead)
Great overall, though I did have some doubts about the ending. The film's main theme is the deglamorization of violence, so at first I thought, perhaps it would've been better if Munny had walked away instead of killing Little Bill, to reinforce the idea that violence is reprehensible. And then I thought, by giving us the climactic gunfight we as moviegoers obviously craved for, the film somehow makes us part of its meditation on violence. It makes us think about ourselves and our feelings toward it. So it's artistically superior for that, though in practical terms, it's probably inferior in terms of making a viewer adopt a viscerally negative attitude toward violence, given it actually provides us with the gunplay we expect. Interesting contrast. But I did come to terms with the ending.
The most poignant moments for me were the death of Davey-Boy and interestingly enough, the earlier scene with the prostitutes running him and Mike off the town when they bring the horses. Interestingly, Delilah shows a sense of detachment in that scene, and in fact all throughout the film. She, the victim, seems to have no desire for revenge-- it's the other women who do.
The six films I've watched haven't offered much. Some fun sequences, some decent stunts and nice locations - but also really bad plots, dialogue and acting. Enjoyable to watch once perhaps, but not something to bother revisiting (at least this film). Will perhaps give the seventh and final movie a go if I stumble across a video with better sound, just to complete the series.
Ranking:
So Darling So Deadly (1966)
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1965)
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick (1966)
Kill Panther Kill (1968)
Death Trip (1967)
Three Golden Serpents/Island of Lost Girls (1969)
Starting with
Big trouble Little China
A strong Carpenter Classic and one of my personal faves.
Batman Gotham Knights
interestingly enough not many count this in a Batman Movie retrospective or even as part of the Dark knight Series even though both are true And when I do A proper Batman retrospective I am definitely including this underrated gem
Films I have seen in 2018 (I don't think I am splitting up bond and non bond this year as I don't know how many I am actually gonna see)
1. Batman Begins
2. Casino Royale
3. The A-team
4. The Final Girls
5. Clue
6. The Saint
7. Taken 2
8. The Shadow
9. Batman Gotham Knight
10. Big trouble little China
11. Taken
12. Ferris buller's day off
13. Nonstop
14. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
15. Unknown
16. Classic Artists presents Yes
17. Stand By Me
18. Before Sunrise
19. A walk among the Tombstones
20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
21. Goonies
22. Before Midnight
23. Revenge of the nerds
24. Grease
25. Before Sunset
Before series
1. Before Sunrise
2. Before Midnight
3. Before Sunset
Stephen King movies
1. Stand By Me
Corey Feldman movies
1. Stand by me
2. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
3. Goonies
Taken Series
1. Taken 2
2. Taken
Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
1. Batman Begins
2. The A-team
3. Taken 2
4. Taken
5. Non Stop
6. Unknown
7. A walk among the tombstones
Batman/Dc films ( as I can guarantee I will see more then just Batman Begins this year)
1. Batman Begins
2. Batman Gotham Knight
3. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
Not only do I always watch Gotham Knight between BB and TDK, but I even read the accompanying comics before proceeding.
Can't get on with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. Just not right. Fine actor and public speaker but just not the dapper little man with the little grey cells.
One of my favourites - and as far as I'm concerned Stanley's finest. I have this on the Masters of Cinema label, also Raymond Bernard's Wooden Crosses and (on Universal) All Quiet on The Western Front, which I sometime hope to binge watch in a WW1 marathon!
Steven Soderburgh's first horror/thriller as far as I know.
Starts off great as Claire Foy's character is inadvertantly admitted to a mental clinic in a scarily mundane way and things go from bad to worse as she tries to get released and convince the staff her stalker works there (or is it all in her mind)
Very enjoyable, but like a lot of these kind of thrillers goes too far and by the climax loses all credibility with each moment sillier than the last.
Amazingly all filmed on an i-phone. You wouldn't know by how well the film is made.
The Tamarind Seed
Loved it. Romantic, thrilling, very well-plotted, and with a good point to make. Sharif is charismatic, while Andrews is earnest and passionate and has good chemistry with him (and her work is certainly quite above Torn Curtain's, though that's also in part thanks to a much more involving story). Fine support from Anthony Quayle and Oskar Homolka, but especially from Dan O'Herlihy and Sylvia Syms.
I was biting my nails at the climax...
Features some Bond people: Binder, Barry and TSWLM's Bryan Marshall in a sizable role.
The first two entries remain the best. Not sure which of these two I prefer, though I believe I enjoy Magnum Force even more than the original. The villains have a more interesting case, is why. Then again, Scorpio is a fascinating case too.
Of course it's not about which film I like most. It's about the fact that these are two amazing films!
An excellent film,really engrossing,and compelling acting from the two always reliable lead actors.
Great insight into the world of gambling addiction :
And this...a great beginning and some funny moments,but the ending was a bit much when they all started shooting like superheroes when they couldn't even use a gun earlier - still good though,and Franco and Rogan are always good smut to watch :
A good tribute to Jules Verne and Georges Méliés, with a good helping of satire against colonialism and the military. A worthy successor to The fantastic World of Jules Verne.
A few good scenes, but unfortunately most of it is boring and cliche-ridden. We were five in the theatre.
I find Ustinov films amusing though his take on Poirot is not anywhere near Finney and Suchet's portrayal. When I read the books I see Suchet.
Vantage Point
The Lego Batman Movie
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Wonder Woman
.... and about a dozen movies I forgot since I last updated.
I can’t wait for Fallout
Tom fell while climbing in MI4, He does some amazing stunts but they have also
placed plenty of humour in too, giving a great balance to the films.
I never skipped any of the MI films in the cinema. But I skipped buying RN on dvd/bluray. I intend to buy it one point or another.
I'm just not big on buying movies these days.
So perhaps I should give MI2 another watch, to see if has improved over
the years :D
Most fun movie of the year.
@Thunderpussy
MI3 is a good film. But don't waste your time on MI2. It never gets better.
MI2 felt like the tenth movie rather than the second; like you know how when they make too many movies in a series to the point where it doesn't even feel like the original anymore? Like that.
....and I'm sure The Matrix had nothing to do with how Ethan dressed ;)
The movie ranking in order of release:
Great, OK, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT
And I know lots of baby boomers and general fans of the tv show- my parents included- hated who ended up being the villain.
I never saw the show so it didn’t bother me one bit!