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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 6, 2023 13:33:05 GMT
They like movies that push the envelope, and this one certainly did. Spike Lee was president of the jury.
If you dare, you might want to see the director's previous movie.
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Post by fumobici on Apr 6, 2023 19:16:31 GMT
I watched The Fabelmans a couple of nights ago. Either there is something wrong with me or many movie critics worship Steven Spielberg to the point past objectivity. This was two and a half hours of failing to be engaged and being far too conscious that I was watching a movie. Thank you for this. You've probably saved me from a couple of hours of cringing and disappointment on the plane ride home in a few weeks. I watched three movies on the little seat back screen of my flight from Seattle to Amsterdam: Top Gun Maverick (wasn't expecting much and had my expectations met), Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (quite good, took a lot of chances and I thought most of them paid off), and The Italian Job (OK, started watching mostly for the Venice location scenes and was disappointed to find out the location quickly moves to LA). Airplane rides are my main venue for watching movies any more it seems.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 6, 2023 22:43:59 GMT
I live to serve.
Thanks for your recommendation of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. It has gotten so much press, so many accolades, that I was slightly against seeing it. Your capsule review convinced me otherwise.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 8, 2023 4:13:12 GMT
The Kimby’s watched KING RICHARD, the film about Venus and Serena Williams’ dad, who coached them both to greatness. This was the role that earned Will Smith an Oscar for acting. Which he received right after slapping Chris Rock for insulting his wife, and right before being banned from the Academy for 10 years.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 17, 2023 17:57:34 GMT
Watched this last night....loved it (once I'd got used to Tilda Swinton's strange Northern accent)
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 17, 2023 18:05:54 GMT
I thought it was an interesting experiment but it did not totally convince me. But I always give bonus points to movies that have a good heart.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 17, 2023 18:22:15 GMT
I thought it was an interesting experiment but it did not totally convince me. But I always give bonus points to movies that have a good heart. It was a nice gentle fantasy story Kerouac, made a change from all the blood and gore nonsense (heartily sick of zombies me) that my beloved watches....
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 18, 2023 3:25:07 GMT
I am sooo going to watch it!
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 20, 2023 16:51:03 GMT
I watched Under the Silver Lake again. I continue to find it delightfully weird even though it was a complete flop and got bad reviews. It was different.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 28, 2023 3:05:40 GMT
TRANSIT, in French and German, is set in Marseille as the occupation of France progresses. Our leading man is fleeing on a ship and tries to take an intriguing woman with him. As it happens she’s the wife of the dead writer whose papers he’s traveling under. Well done. www.imdb.com/title/tt6675244/
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 28, 2023 4:12:01 GMT
I am a big fan of Franz Rogowski. He has a new movie coming out in France next week where he plays a Belarusian legionnaire in Africa.
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Post by Kimby on May 3, 2023 2:57:44 GMT
Watched a Danish film tonight, RIDERS OF JUSTICE. Wow. Well done, entertaining, and a bit thought-provoking. Really well acted. www.imdb.com/title/tt11655202/
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Post by Kimby on May 18, 2023 3:44:04 GMT
Two Academy Award Best Picture Nominated films this week: Runner up THE BANSHEES OF INISHERON www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/And the winner, EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE. www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/Banshees stars Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleeson who both also starred in In Bruges 14 years ago, both by the same director, Martin McDonaugh. A sweet, sad, funny film set 100 years ago on an island off the coast of Ireland. Everything, Everywhere won 7 Oscars including best picture and director and 3 of the 4 major acting awards. It also won for film editing, which doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s an interesting melange of martial arts and science fiction, with the metaverse taking center stage. Both well worth watching.
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Post by Kimby on May 22, 2023 4:15:47 GMT
Tonites small screen viewing, THE MENU, starring Ralph Fiennes as a star chef gone a bit far with his innovating. A dozen or so diners are taken by boat to his exclusive dining room on a remote island for a choreographed 6-course meal. I see that Lugg saw it in January. We agree: weird, but also kind of wonderful. www.imdb.com/title/tt9764362/
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Post by kerouac2 on May 22, 2023 5:07:13 GMT
I hated that movie. I found it mean-spirited and distasteful, not the least bit interesting.
Here's what I wrote back when I saw it:
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Post by Kimby on May 22, 2023 12:53:31 GMT
You missed your calling, K2. Instead of Forum Helper, you should be a film critic for a newspaper with wider viewership than our cozy little forum.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 22, 2023 15:54:40 GMT
This afternoon, I watched the German movie In My Room from a few years ago. It is yet another apocalypse movie, but it seemed more realistic than many. We have the last man on earth (the population just disappeared), but unlike Tom Hanks in Cast Away, he immediately understands that clothing is totally optional. He takes full advantage of this just as I think most people in at least the first half of their life would. Then we fall back into movie tradition, because obviously the last woman on earth (or at least Germany) arrives one day. After a certain amount of circumspection they quickly spend a lot of time fucking. The woman imposes condoms because she does not want to have the laat baby on earth. This is the sort of situation where I find plot weaknesses, because they could walk into any apotheke and obtain a lifetime supply of birth control pills, at least until their expiration date. The man is happy where he is. He has livestock and has repaired a water turbine for electricity. Life is good for him. But of course women are never satisfied.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 22, 2023 16:01:30 GMT
You can keep that one too.
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Post by Kimby on May 26, 2023 4:35:06 GMT
PARALLEL MOTHERS, with Penelope Cruz. Excellent movie, great performances.
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Post by Kimby on May 28, 2023 3:55:05 GMT
Watched TAR over two nights (It’s a long one). Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tar, an intense orchestra conductor with a complicated personal life. (The actress who plays her partner, Nina Hoss, previously played the music instructor in The Audition.) www.imdb.com/title/tt14444726/
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Post by whatagain on May 28, 2023 21:18:48 GMT
We tried to watch a french comedy movie with good actors. A guy dies in a car crash, Depardieu sends Clavier to investigate. Clavier is bad as peter Sellers in the pink panther. Boring and stupid. Tarte a la creme movie...
Then a mivie with Kevin Costner where he works for the CIA, calls his daughter during a raid, and si gs 'happy birthday' when everything explodes around. Then goes to Paris, his flat is squatted, he seeks help from police, who hardly listens whilst they all watch tv.. a soccer match. Then we decided to do without the tv. Lot of shit on telly these days.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 10, 2023 16:05:23 GMT
I came across the Icelandic film Cop Secret today and enjoyed it very much. It's quite violent so of course we are in total disbelief immediately. There is no way that Reykjavik can be anything like New York, Chicago or Naples, but hey, let's give it a try. The nasties are really nasty and the cops are pretty much out of their element. People get bullets in them unexpectedly and meanwhile there is a plan to blow up the football stadium during the championship match and everybody in it if demands are not met (sounds more and more like an American movie, right?). But this goes completely out of kilter, and the "cop secret" is pretty delightful.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 10, 2023 21:24:49 GMT
We watched Avatar: The Way of Water (or something similar) a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g film. Visually beautiful but soooo loooooong...yawn. Jeff enjoyed it more than I did but then he's a great big softie
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 11, 2023 18:50:06 GMT
I thought The Way of Water was too long too, since there was nothing really new in the plot, just a lot of situations recycled from the excellent first movie with the addition of some mean blue teenagers. And I saw it at the cinema in 3D, so theoretically it should not have been boring.
Tonight I plan to enjoy watching Godzilla vs. Kong again. I know I saw it as the cinema, but I have the advantage of totally forgetting most of the movies I see, so this should all be new again. I always astounded my colleagues when I said I saw such things, because they would say things like "but you're intelligent" which seemed to imply that I did not have the freedom to watch crap if I felt like it. Well, sometimes I really enjou watching crap!
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Post by Kimby on Jun 11, 2023 19:26:20 GMT
The Kimbys watched 2 more Oscar-nominated pictures this week: Women Talking and The Fablemans. WOMEN TALKING takes place in a Mennonite Colony in which women and girls have been assaulted in their beds after being drugged with animal tranquilizers. They meet in a hayloft (while the menfolk are out bailing out the perpetrators) to discuss how to respond as a group: do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. The dialog is thought-provoking and Rooney Mara really shines in her role. www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/Despite Bixa’s decidedly unenthusiastic review of THE FABLEMANS, I watched it with an open mind. It was a fun look at the origin story of the world-famous director Stephen Spielberg that I felt was worth watching, though I wish it had followed him a little further than dropping out of college his freshman year. I was skeptical of the portrayal of the family dynamic - too much boisterous fun! - but there were some good performances. I loved the pretty cheekiness of our Jewish lead’s Jesus-loving girlfriend, and the brief appearance of Judd Hirsch was worth the price of admission. I cringed at Michelle Williams’ portrayal as the wife and mother, but I have known someone that was almost like her, and was similarly torn between two men. The actors portraying the two men did not overplay it, but the looks on their faces as they watched the woman they both loved were heartbreakingly real. Seth Rogen totally disappeared into his character. The home movies young Sammy/Stephen created with rented and borrowed cameras and editing equipment were really fun to watch being made. Yes, I liked it. Didn’t love it, but definitely worth my time. www.imdb.com/title/tt14208870/
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Post by Kimby on Jun 14, 2023 16:53:07 GMT
ANOTHER Oscar nominated film on the Kimby’s small screen last night, Triangle of Sadness directed by Palme d’Or 2022 winner Ruben Östlund, who also directed Square and Force Majeur. www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224/Triangle of Sadness means much more than just the furrows between your brows. This film has three chapters, and there’s also a love triangle of sorts, as well. Chapter 1 is about a couple of young “influencers” and their superficial world, Chapter 2 reminded me of The Menu as it takes the golden couple on a (freebie!) cruise full of pretentious wealthy folks, and Chapter 3 deposits a half-dozen of the yacht’s passengers and crew on a deserted island in a Lord of the Flies meets CBS Survivors mash-up. The ending is ambiguous on purpose, making each viewer reflect on what they think happened or should have happened. It’s a long movie (147 minutes) but a fun ride. (PS, it features the best cinematic barfing I’ve ever seen!)
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 14, 2023 18:58:19 GMT
I went to see Triangle of Sadness twice at the cinema and now even possess the DVD (which I have not watched yet). I went twice because I found the content too rich for just a single viewing, and I did not at all regret seeing it again.
I don't know if the DVD has bonus features, but I hope it does.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 17, 2023 5:18:39 GMT
Having seen the documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin inspired me to check out The Great Dictator from the library. He seems to have easily made the leap from silent films to talkies. I could also see his influence on other actors, including Oliver Hardy and even Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2023 4:20:39 GMT
Tonight’s viewing, The Duke. A funny heartwarming retelling of the true story of the 1961 theft of a Goya painting from London’s National Gallery. Helen Mirren disappears into her character as the disgruntled wife of the idealistic lead. www.imdb.com/title/tt11204094/
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2023 4:43:14 GMT
We had tried to watch Who You Think I Am with Juliette Binoche but the DVD we got from the library was only in French with no subtitles. Grrr. www.imdb.com/title/tt7552686/
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