Didn’t you have time to watch any this week, life has been busy, but I’m sure you all have, so let’s discuss!
I’ve been on vacation so I rewatched the LOTR trilogy. What a week!!
Such classics!
The Red Turtle
Basically, we saw a giant turtle and Studio Ghibli so decided to watch. I was with my youngest daughter and we both enjoyed it a lot.
That’s been on my list to watch for a while!
Watched “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)”. An artist’s tough life growing up in rural American in the 50s, and her raise to fame living in New York. Her life story is told as back drop to her fight to have the Sacklers’ (family behind the marketing of Oxycodone as a “safe” drug and resulting opioid epidemic) name removed from Art galleries around the world.
Tank Girl, under-rated 90s, fun punk feminist cult classic.
Interesting, thanks for the suggestion!
Only movie I watched was Dobermann a french 90s trashy action gangster movie. Very fun to watch, would recommend
Barbie. Maybe it’s not for me. Partner like it.
Saw it last night, was pleasantly surprised.
Greyhound, short and sweet with a lot of Tom Hanks but well done overall. Problem is its only on apple tv +, as far as I know.
Lifeforce is pretty good. Oldie but goldie.
Such a crazy concept movie. And with quite the budget on top.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter - was an interesting take on the old Dracula legend. The movie had great atmosphere and some solid performances.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It certainly stayed true to its roots, maybe too much so (it took a long time to get where it was going, just like most late 60s movies). I would’ve said the movie was meandering and meh but the last 10 minutes were my favorite 10 minutes in any movie this year.
I just finished Destination Wedding and I should’ve hated it. I thought it was going to be a sunny, goofy romcom but instead it was like the poor man’s Woody Allen. Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder were playing way far against type, seemingly miscast. But I enjoyed seeing them in such different roles playing relentlessly miserable weirdos. Their sex scene was the best at being the worst.
Finally saw Dazed and Confused. Other than a couple pretty extreme bullying/abuse scenes it’s a really cozy slice of life.
I just dived into some Linklater too! I watched Before Sunrise and Me and Orson Welles. I love Linklater’s portrayals of youthful optimism. They make me excited for the future.
Bigbug - robot uprising comedy. Killer.
They Cloned Tyrone. Was invested in every minute and was a very well done movie and great concept.
I watched Amsterdam, a 2022 comedy/mystery set in the 1930s, starring Margot Robbie and Christian Bale and a big cast of others including Mike Myers, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro and Chris Rock.
It is loosely based on The Business Plot, an actual political conspiracy in the US in the 1930s. I’d never heard of this before.
It was an interesting and ‘different than the usual’ type of movie. A lot of the focus was on the witty dialogue between characters. Pretty nice movie visually too. Overall I enjoyed it and would give it about 7/10.
Babylon feels like a similar style too, altho tbh I much prefer Babylon
Babylon is infinitely better and better executed though they might seem similar. I was put off by the trailer for Babylon just seeming like a big ensemble cast and 1920s extravagance movie but I loved it and showed how shallow Amsterdam was IMO.
Yeah, that’s on my to watch list.
I watched The Dark Knight (2008) for the first time just now. It was a film that I wanted to watch for a while.
Aside from the Two-Face scenes, which get old very quickly, I think that the Dark Knight is an absolute banger of a film.
