I keep confusing this title with that 5 hour, similarly titled film and retreating from the prospect of viewing it, but now that the Blunt connection has been jogged, I think it's time to queue this one up.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
I keep confusing this title with that 5 hour, similarly titled film and retreating from the prospect of viewing it, but now that the Blunt connection has been jogged, I think it's time to queue this one up.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
Yes. I find him very interesting. If I actually had time right now to write a director profile, he is who I would have chosen for that American Cinema Redux project.Quoting origami_mustache (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Crisis of faith. That's one crisis I'll never have to face. I would think though that, if anything, Bergman's work would grow more potent later in life.Quoting SirNewt (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
I think Ordet leaves the door wide open for that very reading. Dreyer was struggling with his faith -- or so I've read anyway -- and crafted an ending that both believers and non-believers could appreciate.Quoting Qrazy (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Weekend:
Le Boucher
Suburbia (1984)
The Edge of Heaven
I Am Cuba
Speaking as a non-believer, I couldn't appreciate Ordet's ending at all. I would have almost liked the movie without it.
Weekend
The Silence
Cries and Whispers
Mon Oncle
Lucifer Rising
Maybe something in theatres, probably Harold and Kumar 2, Iron man or Maman est chez le coiffeur
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I think you've got to be a pretty big fan of Fear and Trembling to like Ordet's ending. It makes a lot of sense in that context. At least, it does to me.
Wishful thinking, perhaps; but that is just another possible definition of the featherless biped.
Weekend:
Iron Man
Southland Tales
Sleuth (an acquaintance won't stop asking me about this, so she's basically forcing me to watch it just to shut her up)
Some of The Office (S2) and Golden Girls (S2)
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The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
I've heard some bad ideas in my time, but that's the baddest idea that ever badded. The ending is already an exemplar of negative capability. Keats would have loved it, I'm sure.Quoting Qrazy (view post)
I hadn't read Fear and Trembling when I first saw and loved Ordet, but I agree that the two depict Christian faith in the same way: as absolute faith even in the face of the contradictory.Quoting Duncan (view post)
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I disagree. It actually makes perfect sense. I imagine all so-called miracles have just such an explanation. To a believer, such a thing is a confirmation of faith. To a non-believer, it's something to laugh about. I think Dreyer was playing it both ways.Quoting Melville (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Weekend:
El Dorado
Bus 174
My weekend will consist of going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and seeing a few plays. Might watch Germany Year Zero today. I have The Golden Compass and Cloverfield on the way from Netflix, though I probably won't get to them until Sunday night or Monday.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
Weekend:
Iron Motherfucking Man
That is all.
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
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Yeah, I wouldn't go so far as hate. There were parts of it I really liked, but ultimately found it pretty much shrug-worthy.Quoting DavidSeven (view post)
Well, the reviews sure are good. Too bad I've never even heard of Iron Man -- the character that is. Is it some new Marvel character? Or some old as the hills Marvel character? Is it even a Marvel character? (If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm not much of a superhero/comicbook fan.)Quoting Watashi (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
The only incarnation of Batman that I truly enjoyed was the old TV series. I imagine this admission has truly painted me as a summer movie lost cause. I know I found what Nolan did to the character dreadfully boring. Maybe his next one will work for me.
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
I liked Batman Begins a great deal. But nevertheless.
Bale's Batman < West's Batman
Iron Man has been around for a long time. Along with Spiderman and the Hulk, he's Marvel's most popular superhero.Quoting fasozupow (view post)
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
- Stay Puft
When I was like 8 years old, my parents forbid me to watch Batman -- too violent they said. I'd always talk my sitter into letting me watch it and it really felt like I was getting away with something. My favorite episode now is when Batman goes surfing and all he changes is the shorts part of his costume into swim trunks.Quoting Sycophant (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
I'll have to check it out. I do like Spiderman a lot.Quoting Watashi (view post)
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Yeah, I actually liked his version of Halloween, and I remember you mentioning you did as well. I think he is more interesting than a lot of people give him credit for.Quoting fasozupow (view post)
Weekend:
Ulysses' Gaze
Umberto D
In Front of Your Face (Hong Sang-soo, 2021) - 6
Introduction (Hong Sang-soo, 2021) - 6
True Mothers (Naomi Kawase, 2020) - 8
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021) - 7
Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2020) - 7
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021) - 9
Don't Look Up - (Adam McKay, 2021) - 4
The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021) - 4.5
Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, 2021) - 7
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Weekend:
TCM Viewings
*The Naked Spur(1953)
*Blacula(1972)
And that's pretty much it, seeing as studying for finals and last minute homework will occupy the rest of my time.
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Keaton's Batman > all. Never saw Clooney's.Quoting Sycophant (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
You are out of your mind.Quoting Boner M (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***