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@peter, thank you! I hope you enjoy whatever it is you select.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is worth the watch, IMO – although it was nothing special. I'll post a short review when I've seen The Organization. Will watch it soon. :-)
A fantastic Cold War satire made and set in 1961 Berlin(both West and East). Terrific performance from James Cagney as the head of the West Berlin division of the Coca Cola Company. Pamela Tiffin's finest hour. The score makes great use of "The Sabre Dance"
by Aram Khachaturian:
Post-war disaster drama starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bonds very own Bernard Lee. A British Submarine lead by Lt Cmdr Peter Armstrong (Mills) on a routine exercise collides with a mine left over from the war, the resulting collision kills 53 crew members in both the Bow and Stern, leaving only 12 Amidship, to sink to the bottom of the ocean. With the Submarine in its present state there are only two ways to escape, each can only take 4 men, and can only be used one time. The final four men are left to wait in the Submarine, praying that the salvage team on the surface are able to bring the Submarine up before it's too late.
King of Jazz is a delight, a revue of wonders. You don't have to be a jazz fan to enjoy it either--Whiteman didn't really play jazz in the Louis Armstrong sense, what he delivered was syncopated but pre-arranged popular music. The songs in King of Jazz are a panorama of American pop in the late 1920s--if you don't like one song, you'll like another, especially when the songs include "Happy Feet," "It Happened in Monterrey," and "Rhapsody in Blue." And the visuals are so consistently impressive that even someone who's not keen on the music will have their eyes entertained by the spectacle. Here's an excerpt from "Rhapsody in Blue":
As for Burning...I wish I'd liked it as much as you did. But I thought it was pointlessly slow and eventually stopped caring about what really happened and what didn't. A thriller with no thrills.
As for Burning, I think the inevitable revelation (and possible) twist kept me going throughout. I still feel like I overlooked something and could've enjoyed it even more than I did my first viewing, so I'll have to return to it eventually to see.
As for me well Me and Amanda are likely going to be snowed in on sunday so this is gonna be a longer post
Moonstruck
This is an odd movie, not aweful just odd. Shrugs I don’t hate it but I don’t love it
Beverly Hills Cop 2
My favorite of the trilogy honestly Eddie just feels natural in the role the movie has a great pace
Walk the line
My wife owns this movie and between wanting to see Jaquien Phonex before he does his Anti Trump thesis... also known as The Joker a story of a true hero... and I have a soft spot in my heart for Reese Witherspoon (and a hard spot elsewhere in my body for her) so I figured why not.
And while it is well acted I feel it’s just not my thing I fear I don’t like Johnny Cash’s music no disrespect and I hope his music is continually sold so his family is well provided for for generations to come but sadly not my thing. (Fun fact the actor playing Johnny’s older brother is Lucas Till who would go on to be Macgyver)
Licence to Kill what can I say I still love this movie
Films I saw in 2019
1. Licence to Kill
2. Beverly Hills Cop 2
3. Casino Royale 1954
4. Highlander
5. Moonstruck
6. Hitman agent 47
7. Walk the line
Highlander series
1. Highlander
Bond series
1. Licence to Kill
2. Casino Royale 1954
This is a rather disturbing film and was quite difficult to get through. I managed it, but only just. On it’s face, it’s the self confessed intricately visualized memoirs of a serial killer, starting at the very beginning with his first victim and progressing through a greatest hits of increasingly horrific murders. It doesn’t include only physical crimes, but insulting verbal abuse as well. It’s narrated by the killer himself, Jack (played convincingly by Matt Dillon), as he travels towards some undisclosed location (we realize where at the end) with an unnamed companion. Their ongoing conversation, between flashbacks to murders, deals with art, engineering, history and architecture (Jack is an architect). He seems to suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder among other things, as he’s never able to finish designing or building his dream home and continually demolishes the model and site. The director, Lars von Trier, is supposed to be a bit of a visionary provocateur and the film he’s made here appears to be some sort of allegory on society and unfulfilled ambition. I normally appreciate those sorts of films (like High-Rise or Mother!) but in this case the sadistic and gratuitous violence interfered with my ability to understand the message, if there is in fact one. Riley Keough and Uma Thurman also star.
Seeing it this Saturday coming and looking forward to it. Glad to hear you liked it.
Absolutely. It has cemented the Unbreakable series as one of my favorite trilogies. I personally don’t understand the hate being directed at Glass. I really hope you enjoy it too. For me, it was satisfying and highly enjoyable.
Good to read that @FoxRox. I tend not to be influenced by these reviewers. Many a time even when they laud a film I think it's useless. I'll try to get to it during its theatre run.
Well I watched True Detective and was impressed but not wholly convinced Fukunaga was right for Bond. Gritty, sombre, though gripping, if a little drawn out.
Then I watched Jane Eyre, well acted, impressive visuals, though still not jumping for joy at his choice.
Now I have just watched Beasts of No Nation.
All I can say is...Wow! Brilliant film, the tale of civil war in Africa, a Warlord (Idris Elba, superb) recruiting boy soldiers to join his band of guerillas! Stunning visuals, great acting, visceral action..I think we are in for something special from Cary Fukunaga for Bond 25!
Am really excited now for filming to start!
I really can't afford to go to the cinema that often so reviews can be used as a good gauge to see what I'll make the trip for.
Although in the case of Glass I've waited for it for too long so the reviews can go to hell. Also there are some amongst the negative that have been most praise worthy.
I watched Unbreakable yesterday and have a viewing of Split planned before. I don't mind Split but Unbreakable is masterful and alongside TDK my favourite CB film.
Mark Kermode liked it, who cares of it's about 39% or whatever on rotten tomatoes
Unbreakable is one of my all-time favorite movies. Definitely would be in my Top 5 CB films. Split is very enjoyable as well but I do prefer the style of Unbreakable a bit more, as well as James Newton Howard's soundtrack. Glass does an excellent job of blending the two styles without making it feel awkward. In order of my preference for the trilogy, I'd rank them as:
1. Unbreakable
2. Glass
3. Split
You definitely can't ever put too much stock in reviews. I fully acknowledge Shyamalan has failed before, but for my money he really delivered a great one with Glass. I'm a big fan of Signs and The Village as well, which don't have the most stellar critic reviews either.
I don't mind Signs but The Village I really liked, a friend of mine took offence at the twist but I found it really clever and made sense.
I'm encouraged that you'd have it second and that it blends the styles of both effectively. I'll let you know after my screening.
And the Jukebox is Open I figure I will do not all the music movies but the ones me my wife or both
Anyways let’s talk about the doors is it historically accurate probably not but the music is great the acting is good and the film is really good
Films I saw in 2019
1. Licence to Kill
2. Beverly Hills Cop 2
3. Casino Royale 1954
4. Oliver Stone The Doors
5. Highlander
6. Moonstruck
7. Hitman agent 47
8. Walk the line
Highlander series
1. Highlander
Bond series
1. Licence to Kill
2. Casino Royale 1954
Jukebox
1. Oliver Stone The Doors
2. Walk the line
I just finished this rather disappointing second sequel to the Johnny English series. I enjoyed the first one and really liked the follow up, but found this third effort a bit tired. In this film English starts off at a boarding school where he teaches spycraft, having long retired from active duty. A series of cyber attacks result in his services being required again after all current spies are ‘outed’. Tech is the enemy here, in the form of Jason Volta (Jake Lacy), a sort of Mark Zuckerberg Silicon Valley billionaire type. He’s got plans to dominate England’s infrastructure after ingratiating himself with Britain’s Prime Minister (Emma Thompson). However, he fails to anticipate English & Russian spy Ophelia (Olga Kurylenko, looking like she hasn’t aged a day since QoS). This proves to be a costly mistake. You see English may be a klutz, but he’s also lucky and that’s good enough to save the day - and heroically too. There are a few funny scenes, a lovely Aston Martin DBS, & some callbacks to classic Bond films (GE with the Ferrari chase, LALD with Mrs. Bell, SF with the old ways are best etc. etc.). Despite all this, I felt the film lacked the freshness factor of previous installments and the gags weren't quite as impressive. Recommended only for die hard fans.
Waiting for this to become available on digital download here in Norway. Shame if it isn't as fun as the first two, as I enjoyed them. But, it's a film that includes Olga Kurylenko, so I will surely find something to enjoy about it. :-D
Watched Johnny English Reborn on TV Saturday, and it's still very enjoyable having watched it several times before. I think it's fun that both JE sequels includes former Bond girls!
I hope you like it more than I did. It's not bad, but perhaps I expected too much.
PS: Emma Thompson seems to be getting a bit typecast (like Gillian Anderson before her) as a sort of female boss thing. She's in the upcoming MiB film in a role like this too.
Time will tell; I hope I have a good time with this one when it's available for download!
Expected Gillian Anderson to return in this one, but Emma Thompson isn't a bad casting. Never thought about it, but she might be typecast these days as female bosses. She could probably have made a decent M, come to think of it.
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Peppermint (2018)
I was pleasantly surprised by this actioner. It’s your typical vigilante flick. A woman’s family is brutally killed by a bunch of thugs. The system fails her miserably and therefore she is compelled to take the law into her own hands and dish out her own brand of permanent justice. You know the drill. Given this had a female butt kicker in the lead I was wary and expected it to be a bit heavy on the emotion and angst, but it really wasn’t. Jennifer Garner is fit and very credible as an aggrieved widow and mother here. One feels she’s truly capable of beating the living daylights out of someone, which she does frequently. The film itself gets to the action relatively quickly and it never lets up during its runtime. It has a bit of a mid 80’s feel but also feels contemporary (like Wick). As is customary for this genre, there’s a bit of dark humour that pervades throughout too, which I liked. Diector Pierre Morel is of course quite familiar with this sort of thing, having directed The Transporter and Taken. Good brainless generic fun.
This didn't even get released where I am. I had forgotten about it, but thought it looked good. Reviews weren't kind, but I can always sense that certain reviews were being overly harsh, even without having seen the film.
Racism/xenophobia was certainly one of the things most often mentioned as a negative. I am sure it was overblown. I'll hopefully catch it on Netflix or something soon. I like Garner, she's a badass.
With a few months' hindsight I say I do prefer Johnny English Reborn's larger sense of scale and intrigue, but I still overall prefer this film to it. The humor is more in the vein of the first one. Would you agree?