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The last sequence ( around 45 minutes) is amazing, sure it's filmed on the longest
Runway in the world, but all over the top fun.
Crimson Peak (2015)
(spoilers)
Okay, this was a good movie. BUT there's something I need to address:
Remember a little film from a few years ago called Cold Creek Manor? It got lots of much deserved hate for having a trailer that made it look like a haunted house movie, when it was actually more like a lame realtor dispute.
To a lesser scale, that's what we've got here.
There were many, many parts of the trailer that made Tom Hiddleston's character look like he was either a ghost, or hundreds of years old. He's not. He's just a guy who weds women and kills them to inherit their Will. The eerie exterior of the Manor with what looks like blood seeping through the snow (admittedly a cool image) isn't blood. It's just clay.
These are forgivable, however annoying, points.
Less forgivable is the fact that literally every ghost in the entire movie is seen in the trailer (except for an important spoilery one at the end)
Like Terminator Genesys, movie trailers are seriously hurting the movies they're trying to sell!!!
Now that's out of the way.... the movie was breathtaking to look at. Guillermo del Toro's best visuals, no doubt. Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska (who's new to me) are all great in their roles.
All in all, the movie is just striking to look at, the sets are real (but the ghosts are CGI unfortunately) and there are some genuine scares here and there.
I'd give it 2.5 out of 5.
Also, here's a funny visual for you. There's a sex scene between Tom & Mia and she wears her poofy dress the whole time. When she 'mounts' Tom, the audience had a laugh because she looked just like Princess Toadstool from Mario Bros 2
Just waiting for SPECTRE
I liked it. A nice original film while having some good nods at Bond. liked the Main Title Sequence homage. Liked the song better than Writing's on the wall. :P A fun movie. Statham was the highlight for me.
I just can´t watch other movies when I´m waiting for the new installment in my beloved franchise. Maybe when I´ve seen SP about 3-4 times I can mange to see other movies.
So Max, see ya in couple of weeks...
I thought Bridge of Spies was very good too. The sort of movie James "Jimmy" Stewart would've made back in the 60's. I also agree with your list, Sicario tops it for me so far.
They have always been my favourite band. I love Kilmer's portrayal of Jim Morrison. However, after reading the book written by the drummer, John Densmore, I see that there are a lot of inaccuracies as well as Stone perception of Morrison in the film as a violent, drugged up alcoholic for most of the film. I read that it was not always the case in real life in which they left out a lot of how Morrison was a great poet and a great friend.
Has plenty of funny moments, the do take the p*ss out of "The Rock"
The hound of the Baskerville's. With Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
Love the old Hammer films, and this is a great version of the story.
The private lives of Sherlock Holmes. Another Sherlock film, also very
Funny but keeping true to the character.
It feels a bit on autopilot but the staging is great and it's snappy. The Tosca scene is, for me, the highlight of Craig's tenure so far...
Last film I saw in the cinema was actually Interstellar... Nov 7th 2014, the day before my son was born. Just haven't managed to get to the movies since then, that's was having kids does for you!
So Spectre will be my first film at the cinema for a full YEAR when I see it next week...
I haven't seen that movie in ages, and I suspect it would irritate me a lot now. It's sort of like a tabloid version: simplistic, exaggerated, seeking for scandals and the negative, not too careful with facts, not caring about being balanced. But it pretty much made me properly discover the band when it came out 24 years ago, I think I saw it a few times, and just bought all 6 cds right away. I would probably still enjoy Kilmer's work in it, he was great, and the beginning of the movie might still make me go all mmmmm as well.
For the movie's shortcomings I blame Stone, but anyway, it was effective when I first saw it, and it started me on becoming a fan of the band. Therefore it remains one of the two things I'll forever be grateful to Stone for. (The other being him getting the hell away from American Psycho.)
I bought the film right after I had listened to a few Doors songs with a friend. That's all it took as well, as I deployed a few months later and listened to them every day until I got home.
That is commitment.
I liked it. While it was pretty similar to the last film I enjoyed it. Bring on the Civil War.
Stars Kevin Costner, Directed by Luc Besson.
Oh dear is all i am saying.
I must be the only one who enjoyed that film. :(
Early Tarantino. An incredible achievement. Tremedous acting, great dialogue and a wonderful use of music. Great way to start an impressive career.
8/10
True Romance
Written by QT, directed by Tony Scott. In the days when Slater was still relevant and Arquette was still young and hot, True Romance showed me that even with a title like this, one can be in for a few surprises. Gary Oldman is delicious in this film and Gandolfini... Wow! Just wow!
8,5/10
Natural Born Killers
Based on a script by QT, directed by Oliver Stone. No, I'm not a fan of this movie. Mickey and Mallory are despicable people and I never want them to end up victorious. Tarantino didn't want that either but rewrites of his script made it happen nevertheless. Brutal violence in which the satire was lost...
6/10
A teen time travel movie, slow to get going and not much of a story. :(
One of the troubling consequences of watching a great deal of horror, like I do, is that it becomes tougher and tougher to actually get scared again. After a while, you feel like you've seen it all, like you've grown immune to jump scares and spooky images.
It Follows is the first film in a long time that's managed to elicit the desired response from me. The plot is simple enough. Through intercourse, people pass on some sort of curse. Ghostly creatures, which no-one else can see, come after you. If they touch you, you die. Did someone say The Ring? Well, in truth, it does feel like a bit of a The Ring rip-off, but with a different spin on it and some fresh ideas pumped into it. And what they do with this seemingly been-there-done-that formula is good enough to keep us going for about 90 minutes.
Fracture
Sort of kinda good, but not really. The Anthony Hopkins character was a bit too... familiar to be properly interesting, and so on.
Drive
A re-watch. Liked it - again.
Up
This was was a mix of very adult and very kiddie stuff, and that felt slightly jarring at first, but I got used to it. On the whole a lot of fun as well as very emotional, and very well done.
The Place Beyond The Pines
A fascinating story and very well told. I was so glad I didn't know what it was about. I immediately decided to watch Cianfrance's (writer/director) Blue Valentine ASAP, and will definitely see the upcoming The Light Between Oceans (the cast of Fassbender, Vikander and Weisz doesn't hurt, either). The Place Beyond The Pines was exceptionally well written and it was just mesmerizing to watch the story unfold. Well acted and directed, too.
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Visited the cinema last Friday, too, to see this little thing called Spectre... will be seeing it again in a week or two.
An American family relocate to a far east country during an uprising. They have to try to escape their hotel and flee the country.
Pierce Brosnan plays a supporting role but his involvement is integral to the storyline. I was surprised it got a low 46 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
A great chase film. Simple plot, very dramatic in places. If you like tense chase type films with gritty violent action, I highly recommend it. :)
Or why I don't hate this movie
Signs and The Village left me stone cold concerning M. Night. Lady In The Water got me angry with the man. At that point I knew he'd have to work hard to get me back on track. I skipped The Happening for that reason. I saw After Earth and what can I say: I didn't hate it? But I recently discovered Devil and liked it very much. So now I wanted to give The Happening a try. Despite bringing in a lot of cash, this film is quite unpopular. Even Wahlberg officially stated he didn't think this is a particularly good film. I had no idea what I was in for.
Right from the start we build mystery and suspense. Okay, weird stuff happening, what is it? I'm sucked in like dust in a vacuum cleaner. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying some of the stuff on screen. Wind blowing through grass and the trees: HEAVEN! Beautifully shot and with excellent sound. But I'm still wondering what further clues M. Night will drop to explain the events.
By the third act, it all falls flat on its butt. Like there never was any conclusion at all. Sure, I understand what was implied in the emotional climax between the lead protagonists, but I resent that. Wahlberg plays a scientist who applies the scientific method to this thing and while for a moment I'm thinking along with him, there's nothing scientific about any of this. Some esoteric crap is what I have to take away from the film instead.
Honestly, The Happening is offensive for two reasons. A) Wahlberg is a scientist who nevertheless quotes 95 % of the world - the dumb 95 % - by saying "it's just a theory" and sounding like he means it. That right there is worse than a soccer player kicking the ball in his own goal. Of course I have to put all the blame on M. Night, who wrote this stuff. Dude, if you think true scientists ever use those words, you don't understand science like a toddler doesn't understand Shakespeare. B) Esoteric crap is offensive - period. This is the 21st Century and we have three challenges to face: global warming, terrorism and magical thinking. The average American teenager seems to think that ghosts are living in the house, that plants talk back to us and that some holy water can cure disease better than actual pharmaceuticals. Because of that, because that level of thinking is throwing us back to the Stone Age, I hate stories that drop a scientific explanation in favour of some magical rubbish. Hell, I'd prefer alien spores to that if we must go mystical.
M. Night, here's a tip. It's easy to think up mystery events for the opening of your film; it's tougher to reach a satisfying conclusion. So maybe next time, hire a script doctor or something.
But overall, The Happening kinda worked for me, for the most part. So while I don't think this is a particularly good film, I don't HATE it either.
Death scenes, but it's just not a great film.
Not as bad as it might have been, but also not as good as it probably hoped to be.
Town
Well, it was okay. I do wish Ben Affleck would cast better actors than himself for lead roles (maybe Casey was busy elsewhere), but oh well.
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Pretty boring and cliched. (Of course, when it comes to movies about the art of cooking, about the importance of culinary delights, food memories, and family and other relationships in and out of kitchen, nothing is ever likely to beat Ratatouille, anyway... ;) )
The Walk
Okay, but nothing special. I had seen (Man On Wire, so I knew the story, which is interesting enough to make a movie about, but nothing in this movie elevated it in any way. I never got any real sense of passion and drama from it, and at times it felt more like a tribute to the Twin Towers than to Philippe Petit.
Killing Them Softly
The best of this bunch. About capitalism and economic crisis - in a criminal setting. The last few lines (by Brad Pitt's character Cogan) were better than most last lines in most movies... I had to watch the ending a couple more times...
I was recently at my Uncles funeral (great guy- happened completely out of the blue and far too young) and his son went up to say a few words. He said a quote from his favorite movie gave him comfort. The quote was "No matter where you go, there you are."
Afterwards I asked what movie it was and he said it was from 1984's Buckaroo Banzai.
I've heard of it but never got around to watching it. Could never get past the title, lol. But now curiosity had me, and I had to check it out.
I admit I wasn't fully engaged for the first 20 minutes- perhaps I started the movie too late in the evening- and turned it off. But the whole next day I couldn't get the movie out of my head, and went back to finish it!
It's definitely one of those movies that grows on you, and with a hell of a cast and a main character whose profession you can't even make up (the son of an American mother and Japanese father who is a combination physicist, neurosurgeon, martial arts master, secret agent, and rock star. Quite a mouthful!). Even now, having just finished it a few hours ago, I kind of want to watch it again already! :))
With that, it's no surprise that it became a cult hit- and Peter Weller gave us a very cool character, who's incredibly quotable. We were really robbed of a potentially ongoing movie series. If you haven't seen it, give it a chance!
I did seem like more of the same didn't it? I'm very much looking forward to Civil War too. Last I checked, it was definitely 'Captain America 3', but with the huge cast, it certainly seems more like the third Avengers movie instead!
I think it worked so well exactly because it was "slow" and at times (literally) quiet. I really liked Clooney in it as well.