The UPside. Saw it on the plane and really enjoyed it. A much better movie on someone who was ready to quit life than the abhorrent Leaving Las Vegas.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bone Tomahawk
Very interesting movie with some great dialog and very good acting.
BUT - quite violent and one scene in particular is quite disturbing. Not recommended for squeamish people!
Anyone in the northern NJ area looking for a ticket to the opening night for Downton Abbey? 😬
doubled posted:Anyone in the northern NJ area looking for a ticket to the opening night for Downton Abbey? 😬
Is this a special event? Many theaters offer refunds; some up to an hour before showtime.
The Old Man posted:doubled posted:Anyone in the northern NJ area looking for a ticket to the opening night for Downton Abbey? 😬
Is this a special event? Many theaters offer refunds; some up to an hour before showtime.
It was tongue in cheek. My GF wanted to go. Before I could come up with an excuse, she already bought two. Fortunately she found a friend to take my place.
Rocket Man
Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood. Well, that's two and a half hours of my life that I will never get back.
Downton Abbey - Like a very long episode of the TV series.
All the President’s Men
doubled posted:All the President’s Men
I hear it's based on a true story.
The Old Man posted:doubled posted:All the President’s Men
I hear it's based on a true story.
They’ll be coming out with a sequel. Stay tuned!
King Ralph - I feel so ashamed. And yet, I recognized the same rooms from Downton Abbey that were used for this fine film.
Rothko posted:King Ralph - I feel so ashamed. And yet, I recognized the same rooms from Downton Abbey that were used for this fine film.
I've never heard the guy but I guess Highclere Castle was used in John Legend's 2006 music video for "Heaven." My own favorite use, beside Downton Abbey, is in the great TV series Jeeves and Wooster.
Brittany Runs a Marathon. I liked it.
Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice - was not on our radar but friends asked us at the last minute if we wanted to see it with them so off we went. Enjoyable - what a great voice
jcocktosten posted:Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice - was not on our radar but friends asked us at the last minute if we wanted to see it with them so off we went. Enjoyable - what a great voice
Definitely one I want to see.
Our Godfather- about the first (alleged) Italian Mobster turned informant Tommaso Buscetta.
Downloaded and watched on NFX on an airplane- worth watching.
John Wick 3 Watched this on an airplane (while going thru some major turbulence, mind you.) Seemed like one, long, drawn-out fight scene, and just a set-up for John Wick 4.
The Joker: Very powerful, with some in the audience visibly showing emotions.
Could be the start of a great franchise if played properly.
Suspiria
Campy horror flick from the 70's.
Just watched one of the most horrific movies I've seen in years. Shootings, car crashes, explosions, someone's head is cut off and the mayhem goes on and on. The shocker is it was rated PG. The movie? The Lego Movie.
The most horrific movie? Or one of the most horrific movies?
Asking as a fellow pedant...
robsutherland posted:The most horrific movie? Or one of the most horrific movies?
Asking as a fellow pedant...
Except for the grammar mistake \making movie singular instead of plural, I'm sticking with one of the most horrific movies I've seen.
Narrator: "And everything was NOT awesome in Old Man's House. Not awesome at all."
El Camino. After all of the anticipation, I’m not sure what I thought of it. 
The Wedding
billhike posted:El Camino. After all of the anticipation, I’m not sure what I thought of it.
Watch it again. I saw it twice in the last day or so, and thought it was really good.
PH
Gemini Man. Pretty lousy movie. Saw it in 3D. I'm still not a huge 3D fan, but the effects in this movie were pretty cool. The high frame rate the film was shot it gave it a strange, (even more CGI looking than was already there) look. 72 points.
PH
A few from the 50's
Giant
La Pointe Courte
The Long Hot Summer
and a 60's "horror" flick
The Haunting
purplehaze posted:Gemini Man. Pretty lousy movie. Saw it in 3D. I'm still not a huge 3D fan, but the effects in this movie were pretty cool. The high frame rate the film was shot it gave it a strange, (even more CGI looking than was already there) look. 72 points.
PH
The great John Hess, of Filmmaker IQ, takes on the frame challenge. Filmmaker IQ is simply an incredible site for those who want to understand the technical aspects of filmmaking and there is no one better at this than Hess. (For those who are interested here he is explaining aspect ratio.)
Anyway Hess has already talked about why 24 fps is the preferred frame rate. Here is tackles the 120fps of Gemini Man.
In one of his comments to this post he gave this amazing fact, which if you think about the look it's quite obvious, "The Larry Sanders Show from the 1990s that jumped between 24fps for behind the scenes antics and 60i for when you were viewing it as a live late night broadcast."
For those who are interested you will learn way more about filmmaking from Filmmaker IQ than anything you learned in a free- pass film studies class in college.
Good stuff, TOM. That said, if you post one more comment regarding "aspect ratio" I will fly to Cali and give you a wedgie. 
Cheers!
PH
purplehaze posted:Good stuff, TOM. That said, if you post one more comment regarding "aspect ratio" I will fly to Cali and give you a wedgie.
PH
purplehaze posted:Good stuff, TOM. That said, if you post one more comment regarding "aspect ratio" I will fly to Cali and give you a wedgie.
PH
Actually I just now deleted the other video about aspect ratio. I realized it didn't get across why it's so important. I then searched through YouTube and I could not find a video that does. I'm afraid I'm going to have to make my own. However it will not be anywhere near the quality of John Hess's videos. For those interested his explanations about such technical aspects of film as middle grey, contrast ratio, depth of field, lighting, etc. are simply mindblowing.
Parasite--try to keep up with this incredibly smart story by Korean writer/director Boog Joon Ho. He previously directed the messy science fiction movie Snowpiercer and the startling OKJA. This is his best. Too good to describe the plot, the less you know the better; except he does explore some similar ideas that Jordan Peele has. 93pts.
Book Smart
and
John Wick: Parabellum
Both a lot of fun. Book Smart is a genuine lagh-out-loud comedy taking place in a knowing, winking, heightened reality — and at times, a hyper-reality. Yet it remains emotionally authentic. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, and she did a great job.
On flight home
Blinded by the Light - highly recommended. Really well done
Late Night
Stuber
I generally don't read Op Ed pieces, but this one from Martin Scorsese caught my eye. Very good points. Entertaining read.
doubled posted:I generally don't read Op Ed pieces, but this one from Martin Scorsese caught my eye. Very good points. Entertaining read.
I read it this morning. I'm on his side, but he seemed to keep tripping up in his argument.
Doctor Sleep - easily the worst movie I've seen in the last ten years.