jlhoots Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 hours ago, ejp626 said: I managed to sneak in The Shape of Water after all (and hope to catch The Last Jedi this weekend -- it has been quite a challenge avoiding spoilers!). It was entertaining and mostly looked good (not the rain*), but it was completely predictable. I was more interested in the Cold War fable trappings (the cars, the boxy houses in suburbia) than the fate of the main characters. It's also probably impossible to avoid comparisons with ET in a movie like this, but there are several things lifted from ET (and arguably Dark City), as well as a scene taken almost verbatim from Delicatessen. For some reason I thought it was PG, and it was much racier than I expected, but in fact it is rated R. Overall, a qualified thumbs up... * The rain looked completely fake. Maybe it should have been added in digitally... BTW, I saw a trailer for the next Wes Anderson film -- Isle of Dogs. Looks absolutely horrible in all senses of the word. I liked The Shape Of Water - a lot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Molly's Game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) Brilliant. A very worthy companion to the original. I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 9 hours ago, kinuta said: Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) Brilliant. A very worthy companion to the original. I loved it. I`m really looking forward to this one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kinuta Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 hours ago, soulpope said: I`m really looking forward to this one .... It's really great. You'll be amazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 hours ago, kinuta said: It's really great. You'll be amazed. Thnx for the heads up - the original "Blade Runner" is one of my all-time favorite movies .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 hours ago, soulpope said: Thnx for the heads up - the original "Blade Runner" is one of my all-time favorite movies .... I preferred the new one to the original. Is that heresy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, BillF said: I preferred the new one to the original. Is that heresy? I will tell you later .... Edited December 26, 2017 by soulpope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) Darkest Hour Edited December 26, 2017 by jlhoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 10 hours ago, BillF said: I preferred the new one to the original. Is that heresy? Not heresy. It surpasses the original as an immersive work of art, both visually and emotionally. It's made with such skill, thoughtfulness and empathy, with Roger Deakins camera lifting it to a Kubrick level. The missus doesn't comment on films very much but she was also blown away and fondly compared it to our cinema viewing of Blade Runner on it's first version release. I think it will eventually be seen as one of the greatest SF films of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) Mark Felt : The Man Who Brought Down The White House (2017) Being a sucker for all things related to Watergate, I really liked this timely take on the Deep Throat story, so much so that I watched it twice. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/mark-felt-the-man-who-brought-down-the-white-house-review/541053/ Edited December 26, 2017 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 "The Darkest Hour" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/ Saw it last night -- very good and quite close to the facts as I know them. It's breathtaking to realize how close to total disaster things got in those few days in May and June 1940, not only in purely military terms but also how close the Brit political establishment was to sheer surrender-monkey behavior, with Churchill the new PM being pushed on almost all sides to seek peace terms from Hitler, this while the entire British army was encircled at Dunkirk and there were as yet no plans to even attempt to bring any of them home. One point I'll have to find out more about -- the entire War Cabinet, including all the top military men, is just paralyzed at this point, and it is Churchill alone who insists that some attempt at a rescue operation must be mounted, making use of private civilian craft because British naval forces are inadequate to the task. That significantly civilian rescue, called Operation Dynamo, is of course what happened, with some 300,000 members of the encircled 400,000-man British Army eventually being brought back to England. But can it be true that this operation was solely Churchill's idea? While that's not impossible, I'll try to find out more. BTW Gary Oldman is terrific as Churchill. I also liked the fact that the film is almost literally claustrophobic -- scenes of figures hurrying down tight dank underground corridors to meet in tight dank underground rooms from which almost all parties would like to escape but cannot perfectly mirror the actual emotional state of the times and the participants. BTW, another turning point that I suspect is quite true -- the King (the stutterer of "The King's Speech"), whose best friend is Lord Halifax, the weasel-like chief advocate of asking Hitler for surrender terms, suddenly tells Churchill one-on-one when everything seems about to go totally black, that he will stand behind Churchill's "fight them on the beaches" stance all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig (2017) Sweet and very enjoyable. Writing, acting and direction all first class. I've seen a lot of films featuring Greta Gerwig but here she proves she can direct, and very well too. Soairse Ronan is perfectly cast and as good as she was in Brooklyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Joan Didion : The Center Will Not Hold - Griffin Dunne (2017) Very interesting. It does what good documentaries are supposed to do, makes you want to know more about the subject. I'm almost embarrassed to admit to barely knowing her, but have been busy reading several of her articles and short essays on line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 All The Money In The World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I saw 18 recently released films this year. Those I enjoyed most were: Manchester by the Sea Certain Women Personal Shopper Blade Runner 2049 Happy End What have been your 2017 favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, BillF said: I saw 18 recently released films this year. Those I enjoyed most were: Manchester by the Sea Certain Women Personal Shopper Blade Runner 2049 Happy End What have been your 2017 favorites? Lady Bird Three Billboards Coco The Shape Of Water Wind River Looking forward to The Hostiles, The Post & I, Tonya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, BillF said: I saw 18 recently released films this year. Those I enjoyed most were: Manchester by the Sea Certain Women Personal Shopper Blade Runner 2049 Happy End What have been your 2017 favorites? I loved Blade Runner 2049--saw it twice in the theater. Also enjoyed the David Lynch documentary The Art Life. In general, I didn't get out to the cinema as much as I would have liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, jlhoots said: Lady Bird Three Billboards Coco The Shape Of Water Wind River Looking forward to The Hostiles, The Post & I, Tonya. Yes, I saw Wind River too. It didn't quite make my list. 2 hours ago, ghost of miles said: I loved Blade Runner 2049--saw it twice in the theater. Also enjoyed the David Lynch documentary The Art Life. In general, I didn't get out to the cinema as much as I would have liked. I forgot about documentaries. I saw The Case of the Three Sided Dream about Roland Kirk a few months ago and on 10th Jan I'm due to see Chasing Trane. Anyone know anything about this Coltrane documentary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) Given the unavaoidable overlap in release dates, a few were actually released in 2016 but I was unable to see them until this year. In no special order. Dunkirk Blade Runner 2049 My Cousin Rachel Lady Bird Lady Macbeth Silence Jawbone Jackie I Am Not Your Negro Paterson Personal Shopper 20th Century Women To Walk Invisible Edited December 28, 2017 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 My Happy Family - Nana Ekvtimishvili Simon Grob (2017) Final film of 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Cold spell + long weekend + Roku + Amazon Prime Video = streaming stuff out the ass, and in a good way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Tried to watch the original 1960 version of Oceans Eleven last night. Didn't hold up very well, although you did get to see Red Norvo briefly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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