Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Cheers.

I guess.
I mean, none of us had any idea what this movie was about when we went into it and, while the giallo was obvious, I thought he took the form and did something fun and cool with it so I wasn't judging it versus The Bird With The Crystal Plumage.
I thought the direction and cinematography were aces and the performances outstanding, for the film that he made. How they compared to the best giallo, I actually didn't do that math in my brain. I just enjoyed what was on the screen.
And I'm not saying that comparisons are the only reason people didn't like it, I'm just saying that has been brought up as the biggest detraction for a lot of people and I'm just explaining how it wasn't for me.

Treat yo'self

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Well, you also might just not have liked it as much as me, which is fine. This was definitely my bag, but I'm not here to tell anyone who didn't like it as much that they're wrong.

Thanks!

Oh, I know, but I'm just acknowledging that I really wasn't in the proper mindset when I saw it. I might rewatch it sooner than later and see where the chips fall.

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Gandhi - (1982)

I watched Gandhi last night for a peculiar reason (maybe peculiar is too strong a word, but doesn't matter) - I was interested in why Das Boot didn't win the Oscar for Best Cinematography the year it was nominated, and saw that Gandhi had won it. I thought that I'd seen Gandhi before, but I would have been a kid and I obviously took little of it in. So, I thought it's an important film - when you're making one about possibly the best and most important figure of the 20th Century you automatically get kudos. It's probably impossible to really do justice to him with a biopic, and this one wades into a few familiar territories, but overall I came away from it feeling wiser, and fonder of the man. If your movie can do that, then well done. Also, Ben Kingsley's performance is a work of art. I have a newfound respect for the film Gandhi now - but still think that cinematography Oscar should have gone to Das Boot - Gandhi can certainly have the rest.

8/10

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) is one of my favorite movies, but I just want to give you a heads up about it. Don't expect a typical Hitchcock suspense movie. It's a rom-com.

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Yeah, I know. I think that's one of the reasons why I've unconsciously stayed away from it

You can stay away from it if you're looking for a good suspense movie, but if you like rom-coms, I highly recommend it.

Trouble With Harry is the one from that list that I'd say is a must-see.
The rest range from "pretty good" to "I remember nothing about this" for me.

I had The Trouble with Harry on some little list we're doing now.

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Bad Education (2004)


As I am learning Spanish, I am only watching movies in Spanish, and watched this one about gay guys doing gay things. It's kind interesting but not excellent, Almodovar tries very hard to appear shocking and countercultural in his movies but I don't remember much of the plot after a few days. After watching half of his filmography I can say that Almodovar is a competent director but he is not a Miyazaki. 6/10

A Fantastic Woman (2017)


While browsing "art movies" in spanish on Netflix I stumbled across a movie about how Latin American society is bigoted. Main character is transwomen who reminded me of Ozzy Osbourne circa 1975, but she gets harassed by everybody all the time for no reason other than being trans. I watched only half of the movie since the message was clear in the first 15 minutes and there was nothing else to it. Artistically it is a complete failure, don't recommend it. 1/10

That would be my pick as well.

It’s a well made film. It just swaps the ugly subversiveness of the giallo genre in favor of something that tries to be girl power empowering and collapses in on itself by accidentally being mildly racist and feeding into evil stereotypes about sex workers. As one who considers themselves fairly “woke,” there’s nothing like trying to swap a genres retrogressive politics for progressivisms and utterly fall on its face.

In short, it’s just a stupidly written film. The craft is nice though, so I can’t hate it.

I liked it, didn’t love it. The third act brings it down. I was lucky to see this in the theaters, considering how hyped I was to see it. I think the performances help this along in a big way.

While I though Anya Taylor Joy was as mesmerizing as ever, I felt like Thomasin McKenzie gave an awkward and ultimately unappealing performance, leaning into a baby voice and awkward limp to add depth where there was none.

Smith, Rigg and Stamp were uniform in quality though.

Really neat little film about a girl who is content to live a life of solitude in her small flat, but she has her reasons why which unfold throughout the film. It has a very mysterious tone, and there are plenty of things happening in the background in several scenes. Hong Seong-eun wrote, directed and edited it and has never done anything in the industry before as far as I can see. Looks to be a supreme talent.

7.4/10