What Movies Are You Watching Lately

[beargonefishing]

reviews are fascinatingly polar so i think i will finally see The Thin Red Line.

If you like Malick, you will probably like it. If not, probably not.

 

[Adsky Luck]

Commenced watching this... seems promising so far. Going Places (aka the Bollocks in literal translation avec Miou Miou tou

 

[King Calder]

Watched these on Criterion over the weekend. I’ve seen a number of Kurosawa’s samurai epics but am working through some of his more modern movies.

This is very much top tier Kurosawa. Went into this just knowing to pay attention to the blocking and it is amazing how cleverly this movie is put together. Expected it to be great and was still blown away. Basically four movies in one, all of them feel archetypal to many of my favorite movies yet still remarkably modern.

Very tonally different. Didn’t enjoy this as much as High and Low but found it be be quite moving. The past year has made me think a lot about my white collar job and this hit all those same notes quite hard.

 

[double00]

i enjoyed ikiru, an interesting exploration of grief

 

[Blake Stitched Blues]

reviews are fascinatingly polar so i think i will finally see The Thin Red Line.

I'm not really a Malick fan but TTRL is one of my favourite films of all time.

 

[The Ernesto]

I'm not really a Malick fan but TTRL is one of my favourite films of all time.

Same. Deeply affecting.

 

[Joffrey]

Any one interested in catching this when it's released for streaming this Friday? I read and enjoyed the book when it came it out a few years back and was pleasantly surprised to learn it was adapted to a film.

 

[ter1413]

Set in Chicago/mid 60's....this brilliant tale follows 4 high school seniors as they navigate the usual paths attempting to make it to the next step in their lives.

The 2 main characters are the poet/slacker and the basketball star. One wants to make it to Hollywood and the other wants to attain a college scholarship.

Along the way, the 4 friends attend house parties, drink/get high, hang around the neighborhood, and of course, hit on girls.

Now, what Chicago 'hood would not be real without the gangs, bad dudes and bad decisions. The friends will encounter each element during this tale which became the precursor to many that followed: Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society, etc.

It's a fun and also sad look at what life was like on the north side of Chicago for 4 friends just trying to live life.

The soundtrack is top notch!

4.25/5.

 

[Jmm722]

It’s a couple years old now, but The Death of Stalin is on Netflix in the US and hilarious. Highly recommended if you haven’t seen it.

The Dead Don’t Die - one of the slowest movies I’ve ever seen. Waste of a fantastic cast. There’s a difference between quirky and slow and just horribly long with nothing happening.

 

[NavySuitBlackShoes]

Watched these on Criterion over the weekend. I’ve seen a number of Kurosawa’s samurai epics but am working through some of his more modern movies.

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This is very much top tier Kurosawa. Went into this just knowing to pay attention to the blocking and it is amazing how cleverly this movie is put together. Expected it to be great and was still blown away. Basically four movies in one, all of them feel archetypal to many of my favorite movies yet still remarkably modern.

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Very tonally different. Didn’t enjoy this as much as High and Low but found it be be quite moving. The past year has made me think a lot about my white collar job and this hit all those same notes quite hard.

I prefer Kurosawa's samurai films. Yojimbo is my favorite Kurosawa film. Have you seen The Bad Sleep Well?

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I was not a fan of who the culprit ended up being in High and Low. Nevertheless, I gave the film an 8/10 on IMDB. An 8/10 means I would rewatch it. How did you rate it on IMDB?

 

[NavySuitBlackShoes]

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Crazy movie, made by crazy people in crazy conditions

Have you seen Aguirre, the Wrath of God or the documentary about the relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski?

 

[double00]

started Newsies, cried already when Bale's character sings about Santa Fe.

 

[King Calder]

I use Letterboxd and gave high and low 5/5. I found the last 45 minutes to be among the most interesting and powerful. From the dancehall scene to the ending I was all in. I think besides Gondo the movie is driven by class more than character, so while I can understand being disappointed in the identity of the character it’s very much in line with the through line of class relations over the course of the movie.

 

[wojt]

Have you seen Aguirre, the Wrath of God or the documentary about the relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski?

Yeah I have the movies are similar though they touch on a diffrent themes. Aguirre is one of my favourite movies. Having read The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad I can't help to think it was a heavy influence on the movie. Being an avid movie watcher, especially when it comes to older cinema once in a while there comes a movie that is still novel, different and well that's what both of those movies are.

I've heard the relatioship was pretty toxic including death threats etc. When you watch both of those movies btw, you got the feeling that Kinski like his characters is not eintirely sane himself. Can't imagine those movies with another actor.

 

[javyn]

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Crazy movie, made by crazy people in crazy conditions

This was my fave Herzog flick, by far.

edit: And yeah, seems Kinski was an evil nutjob.