Besides, anybody who plays Jew's harp is a badass in my book. Meh.įonda plays Lincoln and does it really nice. The hero at the end is some monkey gangsta with golden teeth and what not. Still, a solid film of its kind and probably as good as Frtizl-core goes.Ĭool that it is toned down and I liked the aesthetics of a tear running down a face, but I'm not really sure what this film wanted to achieve. Had I watched it a couple of years ago, I'd have enjoyed this way more. Still, I enjoyed the director's previous film much more. I felt the film was quite successful in portraying late 70s culture as well. Kinda too hip and feminist for me, but I really liked the film essay parts in which people gave some backstory of the characters. I don't have much to say about this one other than I really liked it and loved how these Japanese actresses used their faces to make me sad. Nice refreshment from perfect, refined dialogues from oldschool cinema in which every person has the most perfect answer ALWAYS available on spot.Īnother great Ozu silent. Secondly, f*ck me, f*cking sh*t c*cks*cker, do f*cking people from f*cking Boston really f*ckin' cuss so f*ckin' often, the f*ck? Another thing I appreciate about this one (and other new films) is that people often stutter, have this weird moment of silence, or simply don't know what to say. I might decrease it by half a star later. I can't quite put my finger on what exactly wasn't right, but maybe it was the pacing mixed with not too interesting theme?įirst off, I'm not really sure if this deserves such a high rating. Not a bad film, but one that I just didn't find that engaging or exciting. Some sequences, like the two-shot scene in which he pulls a girl and then the window closes have perfect rhythm! The grand finale that lasts 20-odd minutes is full of sheer brilliance, from Mitchum's inflated chest to Peck's surprising final words. Mitchum's character is terrifying and cunning. This, along with Psycho, continues the streak of films in which it is a human that is the monster, what was later noticed and masterfully turned into a film by Peter Bogdanovich in Targets (1968). It perfectly captures the Shimizu touch™. 蜂の巣の子供たち (1948) - 4.5Ī poignant film about a bunch of "loafers" - homeless children orphaned by the war. Kind of goofy at times (taking a shower in your suit? Oh, come on!). Oh well.ĪKA the best film Hitchcock never made. With a couple of changes this could've been an easy 4/5 war flick. A WTF scene, for sure.Ī really well-made and gritty war movie ruined by a bunch of cliches, pathos in the final battle, and Brad Pitt's supermodel heroism. Plus he ruthlessly punches Charlotte Rampling on her nose. He's phenomenal as a failure of an attorney who decides that "This is the case" in this satisfying legal drama. With every new movie of his I watch, Paul Newman slowly becomes one of my favourite American actors. On a side note, Hans Zimmer evolved from my favourite movie composer ever (that was when Gladiator was my favourite film) to one of my least favourites with his constant, boring, recurrent BAAAAM sound that pollutes every score he does. It changes every now and then and for some reason is pretty annoying. Also, the guy has to calm down with his frame rates. Too bad the ending had some typical Nolan-esque pathos (thankfully quite restrained). The best Christopher Nolan film! Or at least the best one since Memento. And the three-way conversation between werewolf Axis leaders was pretty out there, too! Besides, it's not every day you get to see Roosevelt killing a bunch of Nazi-werewolves using machine guns attached to his wheelchair. Quite bad, but cheered me up during some otherwise sad day. I'm a little bit uncertain about my initial choice of Baby Driver as one of the films to watch on New Year's Eve as I don't seem to completely dig Edgar Wright, but we will see how it goes.Ī superbly offensive & stupid film. I did not love it, but thought it was decent. The action scenes were executed nicely, too. Not a film for me and I knew it the second I started watching it, but my initial disgust slowly turned into slight enjoyment, especially in the second part, when things went completely bat-excrement™ crazy. In spite of the Christmas season I watched 0 Christmas-themed films! Warning! I pan some new popular movies in this post, so don't lynch me, if one of your favourites got trashed. What I will have watched tomorrow (that is on December the 30th) and on New Year's Eve will be covered in my next post. All movies I've watched during these 10 Christmas days.
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