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Post by Username Too Long on Jul 14, 2015 4:29:53 GMT -6
The Clowns - Dir. Federico Fellini (1970)
A TV doc about clowns, I kinda loved it. Fellini indulges his passion travelling looking for the great clowns. The tone is slightly melancholy as it was already then a dying art, and in spite of the protests of some of the interviewees, this comes across as a celebration for the past more than anything else.
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Post by vomas on Jul 14, 2015 5:27:39 GMT -6
A deeply disappointing horror double-bill.
The Boogey Man looked great in the trailer, but might actually be the worst-paced film I've ever seen - it's about 80 minutes long but feels endless. The disembodied spirit of a murdered man escapes from a mirror and goes on a killing spree... except somehow it's really boring despite the best efforts of a decent synth score and a couple of fun kills.
Humanoids From The Deep has a reputation for being trashy 80s fun, but it also has a completely superfluous 90s TV remake and I stupidly bought the wrong one. It still had a certain charm, and a fairly interesting cast (including Cher's GBF from Clueless - first time I've ever seen him in anything else), but it definitely felt like a watered-down version of something else, even if I haven't seen the original.
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Post by helpimabug on Jul 14, 2015 6:34:06 GMT -6
Hercules went the distance
The newest episode of Steven Universe was good, but frankly I hope the show isn't drama drama drama from here on out; I could use a character behaving nicely about now.
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Post by theysayboourns on Jul 14, 2015 7:13:03 GMT -6
As I was forced to watch Minions on the weekend, I watched both Despicable Me films, 'cause I'm a crazy person.
Needless to say, they were pretty dreadful, especially the unbelievably boring second one.
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Post by tdwightdavis on Jul 14, 2015 7:54:36 GMT -6
I already answered over on fb, but here it is again:
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I knew it had horrible reviews, but my wife and I have been watching Twin Peaks for the first time in anticipation of the continuation so I figured we had to watch it. I regret that decision.
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Post by seankgallagher on Jul 14, 2015 8:04:46 GMT -6
As I mentioned on the Facebook thread, the season premiere of Masters of Sex, which I found disappointing, considering how much I had liked the first two seasons.
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Post by Gillianren on Jul 14, 2015 11:53:53 GMT -6
I actually liked the first Despicable Me movie more than I was expecting to, in that I liked it. The second one was pretty vile, though.
Something Wicked This Way Comes It's been so long since I've read the book that, while it felt very different, I couldn't begin to tell you how.
A Somewhat Gentle Man I'm guessing that, for ex-cons, there are some decisions that you make even though you don't want to because you're afraid that any other decision will end with your going to prison. Doesn't quite explain how the main character ends up sleeping with three women, though.
Somers Town An immigrant boy and a poor British boy become friends despite complications. Not bad.
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Post by theysayboourns on Jul 14, 2015 14:45:39 GMT -6
GillianrenThe first one was okay, I guess, but way too predictable in its story beats. Something Wicked This Way Comes, however, is a really great book. Haven't seen the film, though.
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Post by Gillianren on Jul 14, 2015 14:51:17 GMT -6
Yeah, it was predictable, I agree, but there were bits I did like nonetheless. Including the subtle gag that Gru's ticket to the ballet was number 072069--or July 20, 1969, which is the date of the first Moon landing.
I remember really liking the book of Something Wicked This Way Comes, but I think I last read it in junior high.
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Post by vomas on Jul 15, 2015 4:36:27 GMT -6
Chef. The reviews didn't really give me any particular interest in seeing this (despite being generally positive), but my sister recommended it to me recently so I thought I'd give it a shot. I didn't think it was particularly well written, and I had some problems with the casting - the use of major stars in supporting roles seemed to be at odds with Jon Favreau attempting to make a smaller scale film after his adventures in blockbusters, plus the natural charisma of Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr really made it clear that Favreau isn't really a leading man - but it has such a feel-good vibe about it and the food looks so amazing that I had a good time despite my complaints. I really enjoyed John Leguizamo's character too. I was shocked to read afterwards that he's 50 years old now, he still looks about 30!
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Post by Username Too Long on Jul 15, 2015 5:02:15 GMT -6
Chef. The reviews didn't really give me any particular interest in seeing this (despite being generally positive), but my sister recommended it to me recently so I thought I'd give it a shot. I didn't think it was particularly well written, and I had some problems with the casting - the use of major stars in supporting roles seemed to be at odds with Jon Favreau attempting to make a smaller scale film after his adventures in blockbusters, plus the natural charisma of Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr really made it clear that Favreau isn't really a leading man - but it has such a feel-good vibe about it and the food looks so amazing that I had a good time despite my complaints. I really enjoyed John Leguizamo's character too. I was shocked to read afterwards that he's 50 years old now, he still looks about 30! I haven't seen it, more or less for the same reasons as yours, but these days (maybe age is doing it), I enjoy more and more watching a movie knowing it won't be uber-depressing, to get a bit off-topic, everyone gets a frisson of transgression watching pre-code movies (and why not, plenty of great movies were made then), but through quirks of programming I've been watching a few 30s-60s movies lately, and there is something nice about knowing that no matter how bad things seem, everything will turn out all right(ish some times) in the end. Sorry for the old man rant.
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Post by Username Too Long on Jul 15, 2015 5:21:09 GMT -6
Touch of Evil - Dir. Orson Welles (1958) Truly amazing, not sure why I hadn't seen it before. The pervasive darkness is suffocating, and it impressively manages to suggest an entire world that goes far beyond what is seen on screen. And it's Welles so it looks amazing, but even more than the celebrated opening shot, I was impressed by the end (which I guess it's difficult to talk about without spoiling it).
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Post by theysayboourns on Jul 15, 2015 6:10:30 GMT -6
The Teasers (1975)
I watched this incredibly stupid, unerotic and unfunny Italian sex comedy as part of the German TV show "Die Schlechtesten Filme Aller Zeiten" (Worst films of all times), which is like a German version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (although, admittedly, nowhere near as good.)
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Post by theysayboourns on Jul 15, 2015 6:12:22 GMT -6
Touch of Evil - Dir. Orson Welles (1958) Truly amazing, not sure why I hadn't seen it before. The pervasive darkness is suffocating, and it impressively manages to suggest an entire world that goes far beyond what is seen on screen. And it's Welles so it looks amazing, but even more than the celebrated opening shot, I was impressed by the end (which I guess it's difficult to talk about without spoiling it). I love Touch of Evil. Its opening shot is one of the reasons I fell in love with cinema in the first place.
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Post by Username Too Long on Jul 15, 2015 6:56:59 GMT -6
theysayboourns And it was all the more impressive that it never lets up, the whole movie maintains pace and tone from beginning to end. It can't really be considered underrated or underseen, but it's always nice when a praised movie more than lives up to the hype.
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