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- Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:12 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Our Top 10 Lists of 2013
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7124
Re: Our Top 10 Lists of 2013
Top eleven films of the year. Still plenty left to see, but this was my personal cut-off to put a list out on the Internets. 1. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) 2. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) 3. Bastards (Claire Denis) 4. Upstream Color (Shane Carruth) 5. Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski) ...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 2:05 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2013
- Replies: 160
- Views: 66730
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2013
UPSTREAM COLOR Cast: Amy Seimeitz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins. Dir: Shane Carruth. I really wanted to love this film. But I couldn't! First off, I appreciated how different it is and what Shane Carruth is trying to do. I've seen his previous film, Primer (which up until now, I'm...
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:30 am
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2013
- Replies: 160
- Views: 66730
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2013
Oscar Prospects: I'm rooting for James Franco to somehow sneak in Supporting Actor but since he only get prominently featured over 30 minutes into the film, most of the older Academy members will have been turned off by all the jiggling boobs. I bet a lot of them liked the jiggling boobs immensely,...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: August:Osage County reviews
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7065
Re: August:Osage County reviews
I haven't seen the film, and I probably won't unless my wife talks me into it (we're both big fans of the stage play, which is excellent). But my favorite comment I came across - on Twitter maybe - was that after Bug and Killer Joe , William Friedkin really deserved a chance to direct this one and c...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:29 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: American Hustle reviews
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9138
Re: American Hustle reviews
Of course it may still turn out that I love it, but I wonder - will I see a truly good American movie this year?! I'd say Computer Chess , Upstream Color , At Berkeley , Sun Don't Shine , The Unspeakable Act , Before Midnight , and Museum Hours (this last one only kind of American) are all worth a ...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: American Hustle reviews
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9138
Re: American Hustle reviews
*Very vague and minor spoilers.* I thought the movie was just OK. It's certainly being marketed as a rip-roaring, vaguely Scorsesean period jaunt, only with more overt comedy. But a lot of the scenes are just long, quiet, and talky. There's not much narrative propulsion - I don't say this as either ...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:14 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Gravity reviews
- Replies: 83
- Views: 27146
Re: Gravity reviews
In fact, I think "sentimental" is a word thrown around way too cavalierly -- it basically amounts to "something that has emotional content to which I don't respond", with the most pejorative connotation imaginable. I'm plenty responsive to irony, but I'm also open to cinematic m...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:25 am
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Gravity reviews
- Replies: 83
- Views: 27146
Re: Gravity reviews
His instincts tend toward this understated, totally unnecessary mawkishness. I dunno. It's not like I've ever resisted unequivocal rejections of irony on the largest of all possible canvasses (not just Children of Men -- which along with Inland Empire very literally restored my enthusiasm for movie...
- Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Gravity reviews
- Replies: 83
- Views: 27146
Re: Gravity reviews
I enjoyed Gravity but I'm completely puzzled as to why it's getting some of its more ecstatic rave reviews. Cuarón strikes me as kind of a minor virtuoso with camera movement and staging, but otherwise not a particularly good filmmaker. His instincts tend toward this understated, totally unnecessary...
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:04 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Elysium Reviews
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2066
Re: Elysium Reviews
I thought this was a godawful movie. Yes, its politics were "good" in the sense that it oriented dramatic identification with a dirty, mostly nonwhite (though Matt Damon...) underclass in favor of healthcare, amnesty, etc. But the evolving generic playfulness, the humor, the flexible ways ...
- Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:37 am
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Before Midnight
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5215
Re: Before Midnight
I thought this one was a masterpiece, or pretty close. How many other films in the last few years was this the case for you? It does not strike me that there were all that many. Going back to say 2009 ... I'd probably single out anders, Molussien (Nicolas Rey), The Tree of Life , Qu'il reposant en ...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:23 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Before Midnight
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5215
Re: Before Midnight
Yeah Sabin, I loved Before Sunset very much and I think both of these two movies continued the story in ways that were comfortable, at times tinged with nostalgia, but also - importantly - were also full of surprises and disappointments and little awkward turns. Having only seen the movie once, and ...
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:16 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Before Midnight
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5215
Re: Before Midnight
I thought this one was a masterpiece, or pretty close. Really powerful and beautiful, and its dialogic, seasoned approach to the mythology of "romance" was a fantastic culmination to the romantic magic of the first two movies.
- Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:00 am
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: Congratulations Zach
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2141
Re: Congratulations Zach
Huh - thanks for alerting me about this, Magilla. I guess making fun of Armond White is still a good way to spike movie buff web traffic.
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:49 pm
- Forum: 2013
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2013
- Replies: 160
- Views: 66730
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2013
When I saw you posted in here, Johnny, I thought you would be giving some love to the new Walter Hill movie. I haven't seen it yet myself, but I do like Walter Hill quite a bit. I actually ended up seeing Bullet to the Head this evening. I thought it was very disappointing - mostly rote macho-nosta...