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Walter Hill effing with us again. =D>
Still not got round to Hugo, I know very little about the film. Check out Mean Streets and Cape Fear if you have not watched them.
I do recommend seeing Hugo, even if you don't normally like more kid-friendly films. It's pretty well-done. I still have to see Mean Streets then. I've seen, enjoyed, and own Cape Fear.
Cape Fear is one of the better remakes and is a good homage to Hitchcock, watched it again recently De niros Max Cady still as intense.
I'll have a look at Hugo, I believe its a homage to cinema?
Basically yes. But there's still more to it than that. Each individual character is very interesting, even the minor ones. I still have to see the original Cape Fear actually, but I agree De Niro's Cady is very intense. One of the scariest performances I'v seen.
Mitchum is pretty menacing as Cady, though he had earlier proved what a great villain he was in The Night of The Hunter which I highly recommend to anyone who has not seen it.
I think Hugo is on Sky movies at moment, ill definaty watch it.
A very powerful film with great performances. It's hard to believe people were treated this way. A
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Pretty boring film, didn't care much about the characters, the action was ok, the story wasn't really engaging - I fell asleep half way through. I did like the art direction however. I laughed at Sean Connery's subtle reaction to the guy who recruited him was named M. D
I didn't realize it when it came out, but it was Connery's retirement film. I just wish it had been directed by Spielberg- that would have made it something very special.
I know I would too that's why I don't watch it.
I just can't watch movies anymore with racism as the main topic. It just gets to me too much. I'm sure 12 Years is a marvelous movie though.
Yeah, I kinda wish SC had retired with a high rather than a film like this.
The last part was really hard. I was upset that his kidnappers and others involved got away without any consequences. And Lupita Nyong'o's character, I felt so bad for her and wanted to know what happened to her in the end, but I'm guessing it wasn't good.
Angel heart - Mickey Roourke and Robert de Niro in this bloody great 1955 tale of PI & religion.
Angel heart I absolutely love that film, yet to get it on Bluray I really must. Falls into the same bracket as the likes of Chinatown, Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential for me, I think its that good.
I managed to get an old dvd copy of this hard to find film noir thriller.
It boasts a great cast, including Woody Harrelson in the lead, Elizabeth Shue as the femme fatale (hotter than ever), Gina Gershon (sultry as ever), along with Chloe Sevigny, Michael Rappaport & Tom Wright.
Harrelson plays Harry Barber, a reporter just out of jail for a crime he didn't commit. He runs into Rhea Malroux (played by Shue), who just happens to have a job for a down on his luck fella. Things get out of hand and all is not as it seems.
Filmed on location, it as a distinctive feel, very similar to Body Heat. They used to make quite a few of these kinds of thrillers in the 90's. Pity they don't any more.
Shue is excellent in this, as is Gershon and Harrelson.
Late on C4 last night. Saw it was written and directed by Michael Mann.... then fell asleep within ten minutes. Did you see The Keep @DarthDimi?
I wrote a review of the film probably hundreds of pages ago. ;-) It's Mann's worst IMO, totally out of touch with the filmmaker that he is. I bet he took the job because, well, he was still young and relatively new in filmmaking and you just don't turn down a job then. But yeah, Mann's made infinitely better films since. And even his cinematic debut, "Thief", is leaps and bounds beyond The Keep. And all of this despite the presence of Jurgen Prochnov and Ian McKellen.
Before I fell asleep, I thought this was like a typical horror movie with its minimalistic music and weird camera angles. Glad I didn't miss out. In fact you were the reason I attempted to watch it!
Angel Heart leaves those others you mentioned in the dust. Like Ridley Scott, Alan Parker has been a bit up and down with his films, but when he gets it right-pure cinematic genius.
The book it is based on, FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsgaard, is also brilliant and slightly different.
It's one of those movies best reserved for watching it without knowing anything about it in advance.
I like JW very much. In fact it was the highlight for me last year (after Spectre of course).
I was 18 when Jurassic Park hit the theaters in 1993, now you can imagine what an impact it had on me!
Last Summer I was 40 years old and to travel back in time and more or less relive all the feelings and emotions I had in 1993 was a real treat.
Even judging the movie by itself it is one of the most entertaining movies of this decade.
I would only rank Guardians Of The Galaxy, Spectre and Mad Max Fury Road above Jurassic World.
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I had a holiday weekend away from home, and went to see 8 movies during the 3 days - well done me. :D (The original plan was to see 9, actually, but I needed a nap on Friday afternoon, not having slept the night before.)
Friday:
99 Homes
Very good, glad I finally saw this.
Anomalisa
Considering all the praise I expected something more special. Still liked it a lot, though.
Saturday:
Tangerine
This was vibrant and fun. Shot with smartphones, apparently. Looked fine though.
Song Of The Sea
An absolutely beautiful Irish animated movie. Beautiful story, beautifully done. Hand drawn. I wish there was more quality animated stuff like this. This was more Miyazaki than Hollywood. The director said American studios wanted computer stuff and to change the story to make it more commercial - some crap I'm sure. Thank goodness the makers refused, and the result is very special. I went and personally thanked the director Tomm Moore afterwards. One rarely has a chance to do that, and so, since he was present and I loved his movie, how could I not tell him so.
I had planned a late lunch/early dinner between movies 2 and 3 of the day, but since there was the director q+a after movie 2, well... I had a banana and some chocolate. The hotel's breakfast had been plentiful, and I had dinner a bit before midnight, that was fine.
Knight Of Cups
I mentioned a few days ago I wanted to see this again, soon. Well... said and done. Gorgeous.
The Forbidden Room
Wtf was that? I honestly haven't got a clue. It was funny at times, and weird all the way through. It was interesting, and certainly not bad, but but but... Eh??? Has anyone seen it?
Sunday:
Trumbo
Much better than I expected, actually. I enjoyed it.
The Dressmaker
For some reason I thought this was a normal period piece drama. It wasn't, far from it. It was bigger and bolder and stranger and funnier than I thought it would be, and all the better for it. There sure was drama, plenty of it, but not quite the kind one might think considering the name, or the 1950s rural Australia setting. Comedy and tragedy and very high stakes.