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Anyone seen Magnificent Obsession?
That's a gorgeous cover. I'm thinking it might be a nice one to get for Jen, depending on peoples' feelings towards it. If it's crap, I'll avoid it obviously.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I hope that some of you will give City of Ember a chance.
Also, I'm going to give Repo! a re-watch.
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) ***
I'll rent Magnificent Obsession and City of Ember, the latter to watch with my son.
I love Sirk, but strongly disliked Magnificent Obsession. It's a great-looking film, but easily his weakest from what I've seen.
How would you rate the films you've seen by him?Quoting Derek (view post)
I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?
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Yep. It's Repo time. El Norte looks interesting as well.
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
What is Repo! the Genetic Opera? Is it actually a good movie with Paris Hilton?
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
horrible cover for city of ember. which i'll be renting. i'll probably also check out magnificent obsession at some point.
ritch: I'm very excited to see Repo! Also, I totally watched El Norte in my fifth year Spanish class in high school, sans subtitles and understood enough of it to learn how to swear!Quoting dreamdead (view post)
I'm excited to see City of Ember--the book looked interesting, but this'll be quicker.
Good movie might be a stretch, but it's definitely something. It's a violent, exuberant rock opera that fluctuates wildly between embarrassingly awkward and inspired. Paris Hilton is not bad as she plays a character very close to herself. Fun if you like this sort of thing and are in the right mood. Possibly agonizing if you don't and aren't.Quoting fasozupow (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) ***
Renting Repo! and Max Payne.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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BUY:
Repo! The Genetic Opera
RENT:
City of Ember
Henry Poole Is Here (don't ask why, I don't know)
WTF:
Barack Obama: A Man and His Journey, specifically that smile he has on. How unflattering.
I will rent Ghost.
He looks stoned.Quoting eternity (view post)
I don't know about strongly dislike, but it is likely my least favorite as well. It's been a long while though, so I'll use this release as a reason to give it another shot.Quoting Derek (view post)
Not directed at me, but ranking:Quoting Melville
1. The Tarnished Angels [9.0]
2. All That Heaven Allows [8.5]
3. Imitation of Life [8.5]
4. Written on the Wind [8.0]
5. Lured [6.0]
6. Magnificent Obsession [5.0]
Next, I really want to see All I Desire.
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Thor: The Dark World (2013) **½
The Counselor (2013) *½
Walden (1969) ***
A Hijacking (2012) ***½
Before Midnight (2013) ***
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I guess I'll skip Magnificent Obsession. My ratings:Quoting Raiders (view post)
1. Imitation of Life - 8.5 or 9
2. All That Heaven Allows - 8
3. Written on the Wind - 6.5
I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?
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I think you guys know what just happened here. First scandal of the Obama administration, the story broke on Match-cut.Quoting SirNewt (view post)
It's awesome. Overall, I actually prefer his black-and-white films to his color, though the cinematography is equally stunning. All I Desire and There's Always Tomorrow also have Barbara Stanwyck, so that helps as well.Quoting Raiders (view post)
1) Written on the Wind - 9.5
2) All I Desire - 8.5
3) There's Always Tomorrow - 8.5
4) The Tarnished Angels - 8.0
5) All that Heaven Allows - 8.0
6) Imitation of Life - 7.5
7) Magnificent Obsession - 3.5
I'll give Magnificent Obsession another go as I saw it years ago, but I have A Time To Love and A Time To Die to get to first along with Tarnished Angels in 'scope. I regrettably saw the latter in pan&scan back when that was literally the only option.
Derek, have you seen Lured? Raiders is lukewarm on it, but the cinematography, by William H. Daniels, is top-notch (he shot Dassin's Brute Force the same year)...not a particularly strong script, but the appealing supporting cast makes it a worthwhile endeavor.Quoting Derek (view post)
Nope, I've had on my Netflix queue for a while, but never really heard/read much about it. I'll give it a bump up on your recommendation, plus Karloff and Sirk is too strange a pairing to miss out on!Quoting Russ (view post)
Still haven't seen Brute Force yet either. I'll have to fix that soon.
Has this situation changed without me being aware of it?Quoting Derek (view post)
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"Criticism can be monumentally creative, of course, at times highly artistic, highly personal. But it rarely relates to the work of art being assessed. It is an expression of the critic's own subjectivity." -Joyce Carol Oates, Journals
What's with the lack of El Norte love? First time on DVD you pinche gringos!
With the economic downturn causing blu-ray and dvd prices to plummet after Christmas, I already blew my wad. I'll just have to rent it.Quoting Pop Trash (view post)