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adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
All those were watched between May 23rd and July 9th.
I know this because I keep track at http://letterboxd.com.
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BigBrown
Lurker
Had an urge to rewatch some Clint Eastwood movies recently so I binged. Think I'm good for a couple of years now, urge satiated.
Gran Torino
Clint plays a mean, racist, crotchety old man who befriends some Hmong neighbors in a neighborhood terrorized by gangs. Probably my favorite later era Eastwood movie.
8/10
Unforgiven
A former gunslinger now family man reluctantly has to do one last job but struggles to find his old ruthless self. What can you say, a classic with top actors on top of their game. A near perfect movie.
9/10
High Plains Drifter
A stranger visits a small town with a dark history and agrees to help them fight off a group of outlaws but there's more to it than it would appear. Exciting beginning and end but the middle is a bit plodding. A good movie but the main problem is a lack of likable or memorable characters.
6/10
Pale Rider
Similar to High Plains Drifter in that Eastwood once again is a stranger who agrees to help a community out against more well armed foes but also similar in other ways that I won't spoil here but should be clear to anyone who has seen the movies. Pale Rider definitely has stronger characters but the story is a bit more generic.
6/10
The Outlaw Josey Wales
A Confederate soldier has to survive as he's hunted by the Union and bounty hunters. A bit long but mostly entertaining and lots of memorable scenes.
7/10
White Hunter Black Heart
Eastwood plays an eccentric director making a movie in Africa who is more interested in big game hunting than filming. Not good. Ugh. Tedious and with little payoff.
4/10
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
One of my favorite movies of all time. Epic, atmospheric, funny, dramatic.. everything you want in a movie. Still get goosebumps in certain sections. I watched the remastered bluray extended edition which had some new scenes I hadn't seen before even though I had previously seen some other uncut version. Didn't really care for the new ones with some awkwardly edited in place by fading to black and dubbed years and years later by the actors (2002 I think, with Lee Van Cleef being dubbed by a voice actor) who by then had noticeably different voices. Rarely felt like they added anything significant to the story. So stick with an older uncut or just the theatrical for simplicity's sake.
10/10
Gran Torino
Clint plays a mean, racist, crotchety old man who befriends some Hmong neighbors in a neighborhood terrorized by gangs. Probably my favorite later era Eastwood movie.
8/10
Unforgiven
A former gunslinger now family man reluctantly has to do one last job but struggles to find his old ruthless self. What can you say, a classic with top actors on top of their game. A near perfect movie.
9/10
High Plains Drifter
A stranger visits a small town with a dark history and agrees to help them fight off a group of outlaws but there's more to it than it would appear. Exciting beginning and end but the middle is a bit plodding. A good movie but the main problem is a lack of likable or memorable characters.
6/10
Pale Rider
Similar to High Plains Drifter in that Eastwood once again is a stranger who agrees to help a community out against more well armed foes but also similar in other ways that I won't spoil here but should be clear to anyone who has seen the movies. Pale Rider definitely has stronger characters but the story is a bit more generic.
6/10
The Outlaw Josey Wales
A Confederate soldier has to survive as he's hunted by the Union and bounty hunters. A bit long but mostly entertaining and lots of memorable scenes.
7/10
White Hunter Black Heart
Eastwood plays an eccentric director making a movie in Africa who is more interested in big game hunting than filming. Not good. Ugh. Tedious and with little payoff.
4/10
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
One of my favorite movies of all time. Epic, atmospheric, funny, dramatic.. everything you want in a movie. Still get goosebumps in certain sections. I watched the remastered bluray extended edition which had some new scenes I hadn't seen before even though I had previously seen some other uncut version. Didn't really care for the new ones with some awkwardly edited in place by fading to black and dubbed years and years later by the actors (2002 I think, with Lee Van Cleef being dubbed by a voice actor) who by then had noticeably different voices. Rarely felt like they added anything significant to the story. So stick with an older uncut or just the theatrical for simplicity's sake.
10/10
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
sheesh...you couldn't work Dirty Harry/Magnum Force in there. Quitter.
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BigBrown
Lurker
What can I say, the wild west beckoned me. I'll get around to watching Dirty Harry again soon enough but for now I'm all filled up with squinty eyes and clenched teeth.
santiclaws
I was in the pool!!
Hell, he didn't even get to Hang'em High, A Fistful of Dollars or A Few Dollars More. What a pussy.
Not to mention only giving Unforgiven a 9. Pfft.
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BigBrown
Lurker
I don't know if I've even seen Hang'em High before. Hmmmm. Maybe this isn't over quite yet.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
No, no... you can forget that one...
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
WEEKEND PLAYLIST: SPAGHETTI WESTERN CLASSICS FROM ENNIO MORRICONE
http://nerdist.com/weekend-playlist-spaghetti-western-classics-from-ennio-morricone/
Leads you to an absurdly awesome EM playlist on spotify.
http://nerdist.com/weekend-playlist-spaghetti-western-classics-from-ennio-morricone/
Leads you to an absurdly awesome EM playlist on spotify.
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chaingunsofdoom
Lurker
Watched 'White Bird in a Blizzard' last night. Just meh. Eva Green always good. Decent 80s soundtrack. Horrible ending. 2 stars (and not for Woodley doffing the duds).
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BigBrown
Lurker
Catching up...
The Maze Runner
A community of kids trapped in an ever changing maze. I thought the premise and the mystery of the maze was interesting enough and since I found The Hunger Games to be better than expected I gave this a shot but it's predictable and the ending is weak.
5/10
John Wick
An ex-assassin out for revenge. Doesn't get much simpler than that. I kept hearing good things like it's a better version of Taken but I was disappointed. I think I'm done with Keanu Reeves, even in a movie focused on action he's painful. The action was pretty entertaining but not good enough to save what essentially is just another dumb action movie with nice coloring.
5/10
Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man selling footage to TV News station and trying to get to the top by any means necessary. Gyllenhaal is just uncomfortable to watch, he does an outstanding job of being creepy in this and is easily the highlight of the movie.
8/10
Under the Skin
Speaking of creepy. Scarlett Johansson plays a seductress taking willing men away for sinister, unearthly reasons. Really different and I would recommend it on that alone. You have to fill in a lot of blanks yourself, not everything is handed to you and when it's over I know I had many questions still unanswered. But yeah, creepy and different, not for everyone.
7/10
Lucy
Another Scarlett Johansson movie. Her character unlocks the full potential of the human mind with violent results. From what I had heard most people didn't care for this movie but personally I was pleasantly surprised. Good action, good sci-fi story, a built in escalation due to her mind becoming increasingly powerful with time, all wrapped in a short and sweet 90 minute package.
7/10
Timecop
A time travel officer has to travel back in time to save his wife. Widely considered Van Damme's best and a movie I dug as a kid but had not watched for 15 years. Doesn't hold up as well as I'd like, time travel stuff feels very generic with the glut of time travel movies there are these days. Still a nice action flick.
6/10
Point Break
Surfercops and surfercriminals ride the waves and crimes. Confession time, this is the first time I've seen Point Break, had the "Holes in your movie resume" thread been written a couple of months back I would have had to put this on the list. I'm sure it was awesome in the 90's but speaking as a man with zero nostalgic ties to this movie I gotta say it's garbage. Sorry folks. A few decent action scenes and a whole lot of surfing and cringe worthy cliches.
5/10
The Theory of Everything
The Stephen Hawking movie, dealing mostly with him and his wife dealing with his disease. Touching and very well acted. Not much to say, good movie.
7/10
City Island
An unhappy family learns that honesty is the way to go. Yes, complete drivel. This movie had a 7.4 on IMDB and I was shocked at how predictable and cheesy it was. Conflict is portrayed by family members shouting over eachother for several migraine inducing minutes at a time, then once they figure out how to calm down and be honest with eachother (a lesson learnt from an unlikely source in an ex-con obviously) everything works and they live happily ever after.
4/10
The Woman in Black
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A guy goes to stay at a haunted mansion in a remote village and sees ghosts. Packed with jump scares because why not. Can you tell I don't like horror movies?
5/10
The Imitation Game
Based on a true events (for what it's worth these days), mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the "unbreakable" enigma code during WW2. Tight and engaging story that also touches on prejudice and what's wrong and right. Great acting with both funny and dramatic moments.
8/10
The Maze Runner
A community of kids trapped in an ever changing maze. I thought the premise and the mystery of the maze was interesting enough and since I found The Hunger Games to be better than expected I gave this a shot but it's predictable and the ending is weak.
5/10
John Wick
An ex-assassin out for revenge. Doesn't get much simpler than that. I kept hearing good things like it's a better version of Taken but I was disappointed. I think I'm done with Keanu Reeves, even in a movie focused on action he's painful. The action was pretty entertaining but not good enough to save what essentially is just another dumb action movie with nice coloring.
5/10
Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man selling footage to TV News station and trying to get to the top by any means necessary. Gyllenhaal is just uncomfortable to watch, he does an outstanding job of being creepy in this and is easily the highlight of the movie.
8/10
Under the Skin
Speaking of creepy. Scarlett Johansson plays a seductress taking willing men away for sinister, unearthly reasons. Really different and I would recommend it on that alone. You have to fill in a lot of blanks yourself, not everything is handed to you and when it's over I know I had many questions still unanswered. But yeah, creepy and different, not for everyone.
7/10
Lucy
Another Scarlett Johansson movie. Her character unlocks the full potential of the human mind with violent results. From what I had heard most people didn't care for this movie but personally I was pleasantly surprised. Good action, good sci-fi story, a built in escalation due to her mind becoming increasingly powerful with time, all wrapped in a short and sweet 90 minute package.
7/10
Timecop
A time travel officer has to travel back in time to save his wife. Widely considered Van Damme's best and a movie I dug as a kid but had not watched for 15 years. Doesn't hold up as well as I'd like, time travel stuff feels very generic with the glut of time travel movies there are these days. Still a nice action flick.
6/10
Point Break
Surfercops and surfercriminals ride the waves and crimes. Confession time, this is the first time I've seen Point Break, had the "Holes in your movie resume" thread been written a couple of months back I would have had to put this on the list. I'm sure it was awesome in the 90's but speaking as a man with zero nostalgic ties to this movie I gotta say it's garbage. Sorry folks. A few decent action scenes and a whole lot of surfing and cringe worthy cliches.
5/10
The Theory of Everything
The Stephen Hawking movie, dealing mostly with him and his wife dealing with his disease. Touching and very well acted. Not much to say, good movie.
7/10
City Island
An unhappy family learns that honesty is the way to go. Yes, complete drivel. This movie had a 7.4 on IMDB and I was shocked at how predictable and cheesy it was. Conflict is portrayed by family members shouting over eachother for several migraine inducing minutes at a time, then once they figure out how to calm down and be honest with eachother (a lesson learnt from an unlikely source in an ex-con obviously) everything works and they live happily ever after.
4/10
The Woman in Black
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A guy goes to stay at a haunted mansion in a remote village and sees ghosts. Packed with jump scares because why not. Can you tell I don't like horror movies?
5/10
The Imitation Game
Based on a true events (for what it's worth these days), mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the "unbreakable" enigma code during WW2. Tight and engaging story that also touches on prejudice and what's wrong and right. Great acting with both funny and dramatic moments.
8/10
santiclaws
I was in the pool!!
This movie was very decent, but would have probably SUCKED if it was two plus hours long. Why does everyone feel the absolute need to make a movie 2+ hours long, stuffing an extra 30 minutes of nothing useful in, when a tight 90 minutes will do?
Lucy
Another Scarlett Johansson movie. Her character unlocks the full potential of the human mind with violent results. From what I had heard most people didn't care for this movie but personally I was pleasantly surprised. Good action, good sci-fi story, a built in escalation due to her mind becoming increasingly powerful with time, all wrapped in a short and sweet 90 minute package.
7/10
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BigBrown
Lurker
Amen. While most of my favorite movies are really long I don't know if I'd have even watched Lucy if it was two hours plus. That's a big commitment. But I'll happily take a chance on a 90 minute movie with promise any day of the week.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
So unecessary. So many good actors either acting in different movies OR doing a table read. I chalk that up to a foreign director and his first big profile gig. But this has soooooo many flaws besides. Lame villain, motivations only expressed through exposition...just a mess. Not even bad enough to be memorable. Just a hollow echo of a movie that existed in spite of it's shortcomings. No amount of money can duplicate desperation.
"feel good movie of the summer"
No. Not at all. I don't usually DO oscar bait. But this was on, and I was morbidly fascinated. Ok. So...are we at all confused? Was Slavery NOT a good thing? This movie hammers you until you bleed with the white mans guilt. I thought we were clear on the whole issue. This movie comes off as Lemon to the Eye of anyone who thought it was a good idea. Why though, does anyone with common sense need to be exposed to this. The white folk should be in White Face. It's that broad. Geez Fassbender goes all Caligula even. Just misery heaped upon misery while you almost see this...
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
This was on last night. It is an overlooked Kurt Russell GEM. And a love letter to days gone by, when movies didn't cater to focus groups. and this price is too ****ing high!!!
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chaingunsofdoom
Lurker
Severely disappointed with It Follows. Was it watched by people with eyes by those who gave it those glowing reviews online? LOL
Sure it may be low budget indie "horror" but it was still poorly executed. Not scary. No apparent rules. Breaks its own rules for convenience. Those twirling circular shots (3 of them?) were so jarring as to induce nausea.
Cannot give this more than a 2. One of the lowest rated I've seen this year.
Sure it may be low budget indie "horror" but it was still poorly executed. Not scary. No apparent rules. Breaks its own rules for convenience. Those twirling circular shots (3 of them?) were so jarring as to induce nausea.
Cannot give this more than a 2. One of the lowest rated I've seen this year.
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