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American Honey - I knew next to nothing about this going in, except that I thought the trailer was intriguing. Solid performances, even from Shia LeBeouf. Really good writing and directing. The more I think about this one, the more I like it. I would not recommend this to everyone, but for me it goes straight into my favourite 5 for 2016.

I had to look for the poster art for this post, because it's much better and more germane to the movie than the crappy Blu-ray cover.
 
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Saw this yesterday. Not sure if intentionally bad. Or some weird alternate reality where it was some strange new form of intentionally intentionally bad.


Then again, I may just not have been high enough.
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Well, you must've been pretty high if you paid good money to see it. mhihi:

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Actually. not very high. And you'd be surprised what lengths I would go to to find a new weird treat.

That didn't sound right.

Or did it?
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Watched Keeping Up With the Joneses today. Pretty good spy comedy.
 


Saw this last weekend. Above average...was expecting M Knight to go low fi, like his The Visit, which got him out of jail. And, he kinda did. Professor X...who I haven't really been impressed by, turns in a showy, B movie worth performance which is surprisingly restrained. Most of the small cast, especially Betty Buckley, do a swell job.
Strangely, it was more serious than I expected.
Longish too. Not at its own expense...just unfolded differently than I predicted.
And then...spoilers


SPOILERS


SPOILERS





THIS happened

 
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Had to see it to finish out my Coen Bros. checklist. It was Coen Brothers light. Unlike Fargo, practically all tension from the criminal plot is lost to comedy. Glad I saw it. Entertaining because the Bros. are always interesting, however, not up to their highest standards.
 
Just looking for a movie to watch and decided on "John Wick: Chapter 2" since it got 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Neither my wife or I had seen the first one so we didn't know what to expect. We both hated it, wish we had left half way through it. He must kill at least a hundred guys but of course they can never seem to kill him, it's ridiculous.
 
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Saw this yesterday. At two and a half hours it is overlong by at least 40 minutes. But...it's beautiful looking, and compelling throughout. If you squint your mind's eye and don't try to pick at threads too much, it's actually a pretty entertaining flick. And it has the added benefit of being bat**** crazy. I couldn't help but feel like Guillermo Del Toro would have rocked the **** out of this material. Gore Verbinski can't rein it in enough to give it steady momentum. A lot of false endings, stop/starts. Like I said, it is a flawed flick. One very good performance ALMOST raises a character who is simply there for exposition, but then either editing or lack of interest just kinda runs out. Jason Isaacs, as always is terrific...and he gets to do some nice Udo Kier like hamming. So...if you go in with adjusted expectations this movie is easy to appreciate if for nothing else than it's effort.

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We snuck into this. See, this is why I appreciated A Cure for Wellness. While it has problems at least it wasn't created by a formula. That isn't to say that Fist Fight is not a satisfying movie. It works. Especially a senior prank on Hank/Dean Norris, the beleaguered Principal of, what is the WHITEST school with inner city type violence issues. But, it really is a movie where they put more effort into casting than writing. Natural chemistry works...Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Tracey Morgan, Jillian Bell...all do what they were paid to do. But we ain't talking rocket science here.

End result. I am glad I paid for A cure for Wellness. As glad as I am that I didn't for Fist Fight. The latter was clearly the more successful movie...but only because it had such little ambition. Meanwhile, I am pretty sure that ACFW, while bombing at the box office, will maybe gain appreciation in time.
 
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John Wick 2 was great, pretty much the same as the first but still damn enjoyable.
Lego Batman was solid but I much preferred the original for whatever reason.
 
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Funny that you mention John Wick. Finally watched...boycotted this movie for the one scene in the movie that really works...WEEPWEEPWEEP

and, while I enjoyed it, not sure I understand why this was any different than anything else. Maybe 'that scene' just put me off too much, I dunno...
 
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Saw this last night. The one thing I was wondering after reading the reviews was ' is the praise earned or is it overcorrecting because of the subject matter?'
I'm happy to say it was earned. Removing the racial element of the story, the movie is techically very sound and more proficient than you would expect from a first time director. This is a thriller/horror movie first and wrapped in social commentary secondly. It never feels like the framework of the movie was altered to fit the message. VERY strong sound design and music complete the package. The casting does not hurt either. Daniel Kaluuya, who was really good in Sicario, is a smart and likeable lead. And among a very strong cast Stephen Root(as always) is terrific in a glorified cameo. The science of the movie(you'll know what I am talking about if you see it) kind of gets a rushthroughitandtrytomaketheaudiencenotlooktooclosely treatment, which is understandable. But it's a minor flaw.

Look, It Follows got ridiculous credit for having a good idea. Nobody mentioned that the good idea was never developed, the framework of the movie was as derivative as could be(it's not homage if you rely ENTIRELY on identifiable tropes), and the third act just kinda wandered towards it's inevitable and cliched ending.
This movie is FAR better. And deserves the mainstream kudos that It Follows did not.
 
Introduced our daughters to this classic. Forgot how much I enjoyed the movie even though I enjoyed the book more.

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Watched this one last night as the spousal unit had read the book and loved it. I would recommend this movie to anyone. It is a good story and has some good comedic moments.

We are going to borrow the movie noted above the title as well ("The 100 Year Old Man Who ... Disappeared") - the trailer was before Ove and looked hilarious!

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It's been said elsewhere, but Logan is good. It's real good. It's real, real good.

I was concerned about this going in, because James Mangold, despite having a fantastic track record on the whole, also directed The Wolverine, which I thought was not particularly good. Mangold redeems himself—and pretty much the whole X-franchise—with this work. Or maybe I was just extremely hungry for a really good X-Men movie, but this took me on a ride with treasured friends that made me feel like a comic-book-loving kid again.

If you're wondering about the R rating, it has a lot of very graphic violence and its fair share of swear words. The context of the violence is slick and cool, the kinds of things one probably imagines Wolverine doing. So, bear those things in mind when trying to make the decision to see for yourself or your family.
 
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It's been said elsewhere, but Logan is good. It's real good. It's real, real good.

I was concerned about this going in, because James Mangold, despite having a fantastic track record on the whole, also directed The Wolverine, which I thought was not particularly good. Mangold redeems himself—and pretty much the whole X-franchise—with this work. Or maybe I was just extremely hungry for a really good X-Men movie, but this took me on a ride with treasured friends that made me feel like a comic-book-loving kid again.

If you're wondering about the R rating, it has a lot of very graphic violence and its fair share of swear words. The context of the violence is slick and cool, the kinds of things one probably imagines Wolverine doing. So, bear those things in mind when trying to make the decision to see for yourself or your family.
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Good point RE: The Wolverine/Mangold. That allays a lot of my fears about going to see this. Thanks
 
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Kingsqueen and I were lucky enough to see a sneak of this last night at Cinefamily, our home away from home lately, last night. I wasn't a huge fan of Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones, but this was much more my speed. Ethan Embry, a complimentary player usually, gets a chance to lead, and does real nice work. Pruitt Taylor Vince, another great 'that guy', also comes off really well. This flick reminded me a lot of old school horror flicks, like House, Poltergeist and a few others. The one thing that Byrne seems to get is that in order for you to be scared you really have to feel for the people in the movie. And, you do. Even the 'bad guy'. The sound design is especially brilliant, combined with other production elements, really convey the possession angle that they were shooting for. Highly recommended.

And, it's reallllly METAL!!!!!!
 
I think the last thing I saw Ethan Embry in was Cheap Thrills. Good actor. Good flick.
 
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