I liked that the hero in the movie was a lawyer.
Further note on Bridge of Spies.
I liked that the hero in the movie was a lawyer.
I liked that the hero in the movie was a lawyer.
bman and irwin, glad you both enjoyed the film.
I would give the film a solid C based on my first viewing. I really need to watch again sometime to take a more solid stand.
I did find it interesting ( in a good way) the film opened without any musical score for the first 25-30 minutes.
I would give the film a solid C based on my first viewing. I really need to watch again sometime to take a more solid stand.
I did find it interesting ( in a good way) the film opened without any musical score for the first 25-30 minutes.
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Bridge of Spies
My son and I really enjoyed it, though it was a bit slow at the beginning and a bit too long. And not sure why it was the dead of winter in Berlin but a warm sunny day a few days later in Brooklyn.
Agree with youe overall assessment, bman. There were a few inconsistencies in the movie.
I give it a C as well. Entertaining but not spectacular, a textbook Tom Hanks role.
Two oldies for Halloween. Both remastered, but with the original 3D.
• House of Wax (1953)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
• House of Wax (1953)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Taking my niece and nephew to the Peanuts Movie on Friday, and have to say I'm looking forward to it. Still love the old Peanuts holiday specials as they bring back fond childhood memories and have always been a Snoopy fan.
Woman In Gold
Interesting story. Lousy movie.
Interesting story. Lousy movie.
quote:Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
Two oldies for Halloween. Both remastered, but with the original 3D.
• House of Wax (1953)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Right into the box of popcorn.
quote:Originally posted by sunnylea57:
Woman In Gold
Interesting story. Lousy movie.
That's the word.
Friends Request Pending ( short)
Man on Fire.
Had forgotten what a great movie it is:
Do you know what this is? It's a charger used by convicts to hide money and drugs they tuck it up their rectum. This is pencil detonator, timer, used as a receiver from the pager. This is C4 highly explosive; you put it all together you've got a bomb, not very sophisticated, but very powerful.
Had forgotten what a great movie it is:
Do you know what this is? It's a charger used by convicts to hide money and drugs they tuck it up their rectum. This is pencil detonator, timer, used as a receiver from the pager. This is C4 highly explosive; you put it all together you've got a bomb, not very sophisticated, but very powerful.
Bridge of Spies 85pts
Sicario 95pts
The Martian 90pts
Sicario 95pts
The Martian 90pts
quote:Originally posted by WinoCA:
Bridge of Spies 85pts
Sicario 95pts
The Martian 90pts
Thanks for your thoughts.
I would give Bridge of Spies a high 70's as I thought it deserved a solid C. So, if I take 7 points off of your review on Sicario, it would still be a high B. I'm planning on checking out this film.
I have no interest in seeing The Martian.
The Sixth Sense
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
quote:Originally posted by FunkySeeFunkyDoo:
The Sixth Sense
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
Is it that M. Night Shyamalan never made a good movie again? (Though I do kind of like Signs.)
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by FunkySeeFunkyDoo:
The Sixth Sense
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
Is it that M. Night Shyamalan never made a good movie again? (Though I do kind of like Signs.)
I thought Signs was an okay movie, and I've heard that Unbreakable is good, but I've never seen it.
The astounding thing is that his other movies are not just "not good", they are astoundingly bad.
I absolutely loved Unbreakable but it has a pretty low rating on Rotten Tomatoes (loved Sixth Sense as well).
quote:Originally posted by WinoCA:
I absolutely loved Unbreakable but it has a pretty low rating on Rotten Tomatoes (loved Sixth Sense as well).
Liked Unbreakable, thought the ending was ridiculous (as with a number of his films.)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Focus - Not a good movie, but I could look at Margot Robbie all day long.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by FunkySeeFunkyDoo:
The Sixth Sense
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
Is it that M. Night Shyamalan never made a good movie again? (Though I do kind of like Signs.)
We are in complete agreement here, except I hated Signs even more than his others.
quote:Originally posted by FunkySeeFunkyDoo:
The Sixth Sense
For those who haven't seen this, there's a bit of a surprise ending.
The surprise: he ripped off The Twilight Zone and got away with it.
I watched Broken City - nothing special, and had its share of dumb parts/ideas, but it kept my interest.
quote:Originally posted by Vino Bevo:
Taking my niece and nephew to the Peanuts Movie on Friday, and have to say I'm looking forward to it. Still love the old Peanuts holiday specials as they bring back fond childhood memories and have always been a Snoopy fan.
Date night with my wife Friday now includes our boys and the Peanuts movie, I'm really looking forward to it and hope it lives up to expectations
Being There-94pts. Yet another exhibit in the proposition that the 70s may have been the best decade in the history of "Hollywood." This 1979 film was one of the last great movies of the decade and was also director Hal Ashby's last great movie. Ashby kicked off the 70s with Harold and Maude in 1971; the Nicholson tour de force The Last Detail in 1973, the so good and now mostly forgotten Shampoo in 1975, the unseen by me (and with no interest to watch) Woody Gutherie biopic--Bound for Glory; his big moment in the sun Coming Home which had 8 Academy Award nominations and won Jon Voight and Jane Fonda the best actor/actress awards in 1978 and finally Being There. After this picture Ashby's drug use and erratic behavior took control and his career nosedived until he died in 1988.
Being There was released less than a year before Peter Sellers died. He gives the most incredible restrained performance of all time and yet you can feel the intense Sellers boiling underneath. He once said that he modeled much of his character's expressions on Stan Laurel. Proof of the absurdness of the Oscar, Sellers was rob for the second time with movie.
So many times women today are labeled "fearless." It's one of those Entertainment Weekly/US Magazines thinks to say. However, Shirley MacLaine gives a truly fearless performance, particularly because Chance likes to watch.
The music is interesting, mostly solo piano and sometimes accompanied by a harp and sometimes strings. And there's also a clever, if too long, use of a pop-fusion-jazz version of the theme from 2001-A Space Odyssey.
Due to showing this to a friend after having already just watched it a few days earlier; I saw it twice in less than a week. Though a two hour and ten minute film I was not bored for a second either time. Simply brilliant.
Being There was released less than a year before Peter Sellers died. He gives the most incredible restrained performance of all time and yet you can feel the intense Sellers boiling underneath. He once said that he modeled much of his character's expressions on Stan Laurel. Proof of the absurdness of the Oscar, Sellers was rob for the second time with movie.
So many times women today are labeled "fearless." It's one of those Entertainment Weekly/US Magazines thinks to say. However, Shirley MacLaine gives a truly fearless performance, particularly because Chance likes to watch.
The music is interesting, mostly solo piano and sometimes accompanied by a harp and sometimes strings. And there's also a clever, if too long, use of a pop-fusion-jazz version of the theme from 2001-A Space Odyssey.
Due to showing this to a friend after having already just watched it a few days earlier; I saw it twice in less than a week. Though a two hour and ten minute film I was not bored for a second either time. Simply brilliant.
Old Man, great review about an excellent movie from the finest decade for American cinema in my opinion.
Do you know why Sellers thinks he lost the Academy Award?
Speaking of Ashby, great timing. I have The Landlord ready for my next flight.
Do you know why Sellers thinks he lost the Academy Award?
Speaking of Ashby, great timing. I have The Landlord ready for my next flight.
Foxcatcher
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Old Man, great review about an excellent movie from the finest decade for American cinema in my opinion.
Do you know why Sellers thinks he lost the Academy Award?
I just read that for the first time. (Don't want to spoil anything.) But I will say that when I saw it when it first came out I was very confused about why it was in the film and still don't know the answer. Of course we enjoy it now and it's even in a number of Pixar films. However I don't think Sellers is right; it's just another proof in how pointless the Academy Awards are. The winner? Dustin Hoffman for the wretched Kramer vs. Kramer. Would have been happier if at least Roy Scheider for All That Jazz. One of my favorite things about his performance in the film is you think he's a very talented dancer, but he almost never dances.
I love Being There. Great movie
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Being There-94pts. Yet another exhibit in the proposition that the 70s may have been the best decade in the history of "Hollywood." This 1979 film was one of the last great movies of the decade and was also director Hal Ashby's last great movie. Ashby kicked off the 70s with Harold and Maude in 1971; the Nicholson tour de force The Last Detail in 1973, the so good and now mostly forgotten Shampoo in 1975, the unseen by me (and with no interest to watch) Woody Gutherie biopic--Bound for Glory; his big moment in the sun Coming Home which had 8 Academy Award nominations and won Jon Voight and Jane Fonda the best actor/actress awards in 1978 and finally Being There. After this picture Ashby's drug use and erratic behavior took control and his career nosedived until he died in 1988.
Being There was released less than a year before Peter Sellers died. He gives the most incredible restrained performance of all time and yet you can feel the intense Sellers boiling underneath. He once said that he modeled much of his character's expressions on Stan Laurel. Proof of the absurdness of the Oscar, Sellers was rob for the second time with movie.
So many times women today are labeled "fearless." It's one of those Entertainment Weekly/US Magazines thinks to say. However, Shirley MacLaine gives a truly fearless performance, particularly because Chance likes to watch.
The music is interesting, mostly solo piano and sometimes accompanied by a harp and sometimes strings. And there's also a clever, if too long, use of a pop-fusion-jazz version of the theme from 2001-A Space Odyssey.
Due to showing this to a friend after having already just watched it a few days earlier; I saw it twice in less than a week. Though a two hour and ten minute film I was not bored for a second either time. Simply brilliant.
One of my all-time favorite films, and I also love the book and have given as present many times.
quote:Originally posted by eyesintime:quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Being There-94pts. Yet another exhibit in the proposition that the 70s may have been the best decade in the history of "Hollywood." This 1979 film was one of the last great movies of the decade and was also director Hal Ashby's last great movie. Ashby kicked off the 70s with Harold and Maude in 1971; the Nicholson tour de force The Last Detail in 1973, the so good and now mostly forgotten Shampoo in 1975, the unseen by me (and with no interest to watch) Woody Gutherie biopic--Bound for Glory; his big moment in the sun Coming Home which had 8 Academy Award nominations and won Jon Voight and Jane Fonda the best actor/actress awards in 1978 and finally Being There. After this picture Ashby's drug use and erratic behavior took control and his career nosedived until he died in 1988.
Being There was released less than a year before Peter Sellers died. He gives the most incredible restrained performance of all time and yet you can feel the intense Sellers boiling underneath. He once said that he modeled much of his character's expressions on Stan Laurel. Proof of the absurdness of the Oscar, Sellers was rob for the second time with movie.
So many times women today are labeled "fearless." It's one of those Entertainment Weekly/US Magazines thinks to say. However, Shirley MacLaine gives a truly fearless performance, particularly because Chance likes to watch.
The music is interesting, mostly solo piano and sometimes accompanied by a harp and sometimes strings. And there's also a clever, if too long, use of a pop-fusion-jazz version of the theme from 2001-A Space Odyssey.
Due to showing this to a friend after having already just watched it a few days earlier; I saw it twice in less than a week. Though a two hour and ten minute film I was not bored for a second either time. Simply brilliant.
One of my all-time favorite films, and I also love the book and have given as present many times.
Huge +1 on this film. Great script, great performances, great direction and editing. So many memorable scenes, but none more so than the final one.
quote:Originally posted by eyesintime:
One of my all-time favorite films, and I also love the book and have given as present many times.
I first read Kosinski's Steps when it first came out in paperback. This lead me back to The Painted Bird. I love both but they are filled with searing images from war torn 40s Europe or other depressing places. So it was quite a shock when a satire/black comedy set in America came out.
Kosinski was a strange man who was accused a number of times of plagiarism. He kill himself at 57 years of age.
American Hustle. I was bored and didn't finish it.
I loved American Hustle. At a film festival event, Eric Warren Singer said it shouldn't have even been made or written in the first place. He had written something for the studio and another studio released a film in the same genre, so they asked him to just go write "something".
Watched Inherent Vice again recently, another low rated movie that I'll likely watch a dozen more times.
Watched Inherent Vice again recently, another low rated movie that I'll likely watch a dozen more times.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by eyesintime:
One of my all-time favorite films, and I also love the book and have given as present many times.
I first read Kosinski's Steps when it first came out in paperback. This lead me back to The Painted Bird. I love both but they are filled with searing images from war torn 40s Europe or other depressing places. So it was quite a shock when a satire/black comedy set in America came out.
Kosinski was a strange man who was accused a number of times of plagiarism. He kill himself at 57 years of age.
Yep, I think it is a pretty widely accepted "fact" that he did plagerize. I first read Being There soon after seeing the film. Maybe because the book is so short, but the movie is so true to the book it's like reading the screenplay. I picked up a first edition of The Painted Bird soon after, and as you say quite a different animal.
I guess I will have to re-watch Being There. I saw it when it first came out, notably because it starred Sellers, so this memory is from my 18 year-old self, but I only recall that it was like watching paint dry. I was probably expecting something more "Inspector Clouseau", and got instead a "Charly Gordon" in an expensive suit.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
After this picture Ashby's drug use and erratic behavior took control and his career nosedived until he died in 1988.
His suicide note was rather to the point.
Most overrated film since American Beauty.quote:Originally posted by mpls wine guy:
American Hustle. I was bored and didn't finish it.
quote:Originally posted by mneeley490:
I guess I will have to re-watch Being There. I saw it when it first came out, notably because it starred Sellers, so this memory is from my 18 year-old self, but I only recall that it was like watching paint dry. I was probably expecting something more "Inspector Clouseau", and got instead a "Charly Gordon" in an expensive suit.
At the point it came out we already knew he was a brillant actor from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove. Blake Edwards was so in love with his Clouseau creation that he went to the well way too many times. He should have stopped after A Shot in The Dark.
quote:Originally posted by mpls wine guy:
American Hustle. I was bored and didn't finish it.
Never watched, but seems to be a love or hate film much like Birdman, even though most seem to love Birdman.