I kind of done that as well. Can't deny it is long and slow but I though it really kept in the spirit of the orginal. I enjoyed it and will watch it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
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I kind of done that as well. Can't deny it is long and slow but I though it really kept in the spirit of the orginal. I enjoyed it and will watch it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
As I said to a colleague, criticising this movie is a bit like criticising the Mona Lisa for being small....yep, it is. But it's still a masterpiece!
I loved it and was transfixed. Although I think I'm probably in the same camp as that_fjell_guy as I'm an artist and am used to spending days working on minute detail for hours on end...it would take a lot to bore me! My only worry is whether or not Deckard went back for his dog!
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Originally Posted by Wheeze
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
A superb little British film, which provides Annette Bening with a role to break your heart in a flawless three-handkerchief movie of understated subtlety.
I have heard of the actor Will Smith but never knew what he looked like.
I do now!
Given that actors, as Hitchcock said, are cattle, and usually only speak lines written by someone else, follow chalk lines on the sound stage and emote according to the Director's instructions - I thought he did very well to find his way to the lectern all on his own without twenty people in support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
I've watched some old classics just lately...
To Sir, With Love
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
The Bedford Incident (another great Sidney Potier film)
Buster (Phil Collins as a Great Train Robber)
The Caine Mutiny
The Odessa File (perhaps my favourite film i've watched since i first saw the Clint Eastwood Trio)
I watched Jacques Tourneur's Build My Gallows High again this evening. Made in 1947 it starred Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas and a memorable Robert Mitchum. It is a wonderful late 40s film noir.
I looked up the review in Monthly Film Bulletin for 1947. This was the British Film Institute journal of record and still is although now titled Sight & Sound . It said it was confusing, complicated, disjointed and required so much concentration as to be unentertaining, although the performances were good.
It is indeed some of those things.
I looked up a review from 2016 in a reference book I respect and so consult. It said it is stylish. atmospheric, highly watchable and a highly recommended masterpiece. It rates it ***** and outstanding.
I agree with the 2016 opinion and that is why (discerning?) people still watch the film nearly 80 years after it was made - but I suppose it illustrates how time influences opinions.
But then Citizen Kane was not universally received well upon release in 1941 and is now regarded by all sane observers as the greatest film ever made.
Alita battle angel on F4 at 9
After Pulp Fiction of courseQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Every decade Sight & Sound, which is arguably the most prestigious film magazine in the world, has a poll to dermine the "greatest film of all time"Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteS
In 1952 the winner was Bicycle Thieves (De Sica 1948).
In 1962/1972/1982/1992/2002 the winner was Citizen Kane (Welles 1941).
In 2012 the winner was Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958) and Kane was 2nd. I think those who voted had just got bored with voting for Kane every decade.
I think Vertigo is an over-clever, complicated and rather unpleasant film - but then Hitchcock was an unpleasant man.
Three months ago Sight & Sound published the Top 100 of the 2022 poll. Vertigo was 2nd and Citizen Kane was 3rd. Alas Pulp Fiction does not appear.
I have seen most of the films on the list which goes back to the 1920s and is international. For some reason and a sign of the times, Sight & Sound tinkered with the electorate and I had scarcely heard of the film which came first in 2022 although it was made in 1975, is not rentable on DVD and was only 36th in 2012.
It is Jeanne Dielman, 23 Qui Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles. directed by Chantal Akerman and was produced in Belgium/France.
Polls are funny things, electorates get bored so there is still hope for Pulp Fiction down the line.:)
Went to see The Boys in the Boat at the Rheged Centre today. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/t...ie-review-2023
What a fantastic film, particularly if you appreciate the fine art of rowing as a team.
I knew it was going to enjoy it as The Guardian only awarded it 3 stars.
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Originally Posted by Mossdog
Good looks and an attractive wife do not a film director make.
The Times gave it **, described it as a dud and went on to ask about Clooney (rhetorically I assume) "Is there any genre that he can’t do … badly?”)
No, but then I don't expect that there are many people who are labouring under the misapprehension that such attributes to one's life might correlate with directorial prowess. Anymore, than being able to make a splendid omelette; owning a cat; having a penchant for Geography; or being a whiz at flinging a frisbee, might contribute to one's ability in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Whatever, this is a thoroughly entertaining film. George has worked some magic here. Although that's only my lowbrowed, philistine opinion.
“No film critic’s going to say it, but Madagascar 3 is better than The Artist.”
―Chris Rock
:D
Dunno about Madagascar 3 but I thought The Artist was "a one hit wonder" and overrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Tar on the other hand I paid money twice to see last year.
PS The Times today has an article about the awfulness of Jeanne Dielman, 23 Qui Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles directed by Chantal Akerman and which was voted the best film of all time or some such rubbish a year ago.
Modesty prevents me referring you to my April 2023 post.:)
Thankfully this thread is so infrequently visited, your previous post is still on the same page. :)
Next on my list is La Haine. My son has recommended it, but it's one I'm saving for when Mrs Noel is out - I doubt it's her cup of tea.
Probably not. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
It's a film, even thirty years on, I have not found the time to revisit despite Time Out's "a vital scalding piece of work".
Ah yes. Agree. Tár is splendidly disturbing and I admired its attempts to puncture some prevailing popular 'liberal' narratives (Christ! That sounds pretentious. I must visit our chippy this evening for some right proper grounding).Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
The only film I've viewed twice recently was The Banshees of Inisherin, which, unfortunately, proved to be fashionably popular, consequently reaffirming my tastes as just solidly hoi polloi.
Previously, the film I'd seen twice was The Warriors, which according to Wikipedia "Sean Egan summarized its appeal: "Whereas the milieu of The Warriors was one normally only depicted in motion pictures as an examination of a social problem, this movie portrayed life from the street gang's point of view. It was an obvious but revolutionary approach that struck a chord with the urban working class, especially its adolescent subset.""
Yeap. Sean nailed it, although we rural working class chavs were equally entertained!
Even RottonTomatoes gave it a thumbs up.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/102...ritics-reviews
Ah yes. Agree. Tár is splendidly disturbing and I admired its attempts to puncture some prevailing popular 'liberal' narratives (Christ! That sounds pretentious. I must visit our chippy this evening for some right proper grounding).Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
The only film I've viewed twice recently was The Banshees of Inisherin, which, unfortunately, proved to be fashionably popular, consequently reaffirming my tastes as just solidly hoi polloi.
Previously, the film I'd seen twice was The Warriors, which according to Wikipedia "Sean Egan summarized its appeal: "Whereas the milieu of The Warriors was one normally only depicted in motion pictures as an examination of a social problem, this movie portrayed life from the street gang's point of view. It was an obvious but revolutionary approach that struck a chord with the urban working class, especially its adolescent subset.""
Yeap. Sean nailed it, although we rural working class chavs were equally entertained!
Even RottonTomatoes gave it a thumbs up.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/102...ritics-reviews
I liked the The Banshees of Inisherin and I see all McDonagh's work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Fashion is strange. I was asked to accompany someone to Saltburn which I thought was (mostly) excruciatingly awful and silly. But the gratuitously "shocking" moments introduced by the director - to be shocking - have captured the public imagination and it is now the most referenced film of the year. Quite bizarre.
A case of a film becoming famous through being infamous I suppose.
Got to be "A Few Good Men" for me.
Reminds me of life on the Forum.
"You can't handle the truth!"
;)
I agree...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
You are hoi polloi ;)
No I mean, I agree. That was a brilliant film.
Maybe, you being of independent mind, Madame Web will now appeal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Today The Times (Kevin Maher) gives it one star and a kindest comment of "Marvel's baffling new mess". :)