Seen any great movies lately
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Nightcrawler - Excellent.
I managed to catch Interstellar at the Carousel novelty IMAX screen. Confusion reigned as the opening credits to the Hobbit 3D scrolled up the screen! Once the movie started, it was ear shatteringly loud.
The movie was long but interesting in parts. Visually it was spectacular, particularly the parts filmed in IMAX which filled the IMAX screen. The story was interesting but I found some of the plot points incoherant and overall the script was not well refined. Overall, I found the internal logic of the movie to be really well resolved. I was impressed that for a movie weighing in at nearly 3 hours that I wasn't tempted to scream "boring" at the screen. A flawed masterpiece?
The movie was long but interesting in parts. Visually it was spectacular, particularly the parts filmed in IMAX which filled the IMAX screen. The story was interesting but I found some of the plot points incoherant and overall the script was not well refined. Overall, I found the internal logic of the movie to be really well resolved. I was impressed that for a movie weighing in at nearly 3 hours that I wasn't tempted to scream "boring" at the screen. A flawed masterpiece?
Really enjoyed it. I found the look of the film amazing and it sucked me in immediately. If you don't know anything about the film, it starts off quite slowly and builds off that. Certainly well worth a watch.
Watched two Soska Sisters movies recently.
American Mary - great!
See No Evil 2 - great!
They have a new movie coming out this year, which I'm keen as to see.
Might be worth catching See No Evil for a bit of background before watching SNE 2, but not necessary. If you're not too fussed, save yourself 90 minutes of your life and don't bother (the Soskas didn't direct the first one).
The Canal - good!
The Babadook - quite possibly the worst movie I have seen in a long, long time. It was absolutely the biggest letdown. No suspense, no gore, no thrills, no nothing. The ending was worse than the ending of Heat.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth - great documentary about the film, which also covers some of the sequels, but mostly focussed on the original - one the greatest movies ever made.
American Mary - great!
See No Evil 2 - great!
They have a new movie coming out this year, which I'm keen as to see.
Might be worth catching See No Evil for a bit of background before watching SNE 2, but not necessary. If you're not too fussed, save yourself 90 minutes of your life and don't bother (the Soskas didn't direct the first one).
The Canal - good!
The Babadook - quite possibly the worst movie I have seen in a long, long time. It was absolutely the biggest letdown. No suspense, no gore, no thrills, no nothing. The ending was worse than the ending of Heat.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth - great documentary about the film, which also covers some of the sequels, but mostly focussed on the original - one the greatest movies ever made.
Interstellar is a great movie. Whilst it uses at some interesting physics (gravity induced time dilation, etc), the actual implementation is quite a way off as the gravity experienced wouldn't have anywhere near the time dilation effect. Still a cool movie.
I saw American Sniper last night, I'm also reading the book. Quite a good movie if you're into that sort of thing. The movie is more about his inner demons than the book would suggest. This is one instance where I'd say it's a good movie, but the book is way more interesting.
I saw American Sniper last night, I'm also reading the book. Quite a good movie if you're into that sort of thing. The movie is more about his inner demons than the book would suggest. This is one instance where I'd say it's a good movie, but the book is way more interesting.
If your into something different and want a change from the mainstream then try these
Whiplash (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/
'71 (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614684/
Rust and Bone (2012) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053425/
Casshern (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/
A Bittersweet Life (2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/
36 Quai des Orf?vres (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390808/
Two very good italian movies
Mal?na (2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213847/
The Great Beauty (2013) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891/
Life Is Beautiful (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/
Whiplash (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/
'71 (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614684/
Rust and Bone (2012) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053425/
Casshern (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/
A Bittersweet Life (2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/
36 Quai des Orf?vres (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390808/
Two very good italian movies
Mal?na (2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213847/
The Great Beauty (2013) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891/
Life Is Beautiful (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/
Yes I loved it, Edward Norton is very good, the scene when he is in bed under the covers with Laura, on stage in front of the audience and he wants to get it on is one if the funniest things I have seen
Alejandro Gonzales is a very talented director and producer, amores perros and 21 grams are good films but quite heavy, hope to see more of him
Foxcatcher looked like a slow movie, Birdman just looked confusing
I finally watched Gone Girl the other day, interesting
On a sidenote, I see a new series of Justified has commenced in the US
I watched the first ten minutes of The Interview the other day. I want my ten minutes back!
