seen on a double bill
https://letterboxd.com/film/christine-1987/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_(1989_film)
Spiderman: Homecoming. I like my MCU, but this one was disappointing. Wish there was more of the high school stuff than Spidey stuff.
Dunkirk. While mostly avoiding the big hero stories, aside from Tom Hardy, and being quite well written it was still a story of heroism and that doesn't sit well. It's been a while since I watched a war film and I am not sure I can really watch them. When you see the german planes strafing helpless soldiers on the beach you are angry, but the scale of this film just reminds me of the stupidity of the meat grinder of the war, even if they do give the (heroic) dad a statement along the lines of "it's men my age sending boys out to fight the war so I have to do my bit" it isn't enough.
So on the whole a good film for what it is, I just hadn't realised to what point I can no longer stand war.
No Country For Old Men. I first saw this film several years ago and despite pretty much knowing most of what happened I enjoyed it even more this time around, don't know why either.
double bill in a theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRd3Ro1L9zA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEpJn6F3cso
Dunkirk. While mostly avoiding the big hero stories, aside from Tom Hardy, and being quite well written it was still a story of heroism and that doesn't sit well. It's been a while since I watched a war film and I am not sure I can really watch them. When you see the german planes strafing helpless soldiers on the beach you are angry, but the scale of this film just reminds me of the stupidity of the meat grinder of the war, even if they do give the (heroic) dad a statement along the lines of "it's men my age sending boys out to fight the war so I have to do my bit" it isn't enough.So on the whole a good film for what it is, I just hadn't realised to what point I can no longer stand war.
I saw "Operation Dunkirk" and didn't realize it was the wrong movie until an hour in... It was disappointing.
Just watched ‘Paris, Texas’ (1984). Forgotten just how great a movie it is. This is the trailer with Ry Cooder’s music.
Mean Girls (2004), based on Rosalind Wiseman's (2002) book Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence (a 3rd edition appeared in 2016). Scenes of the movie are known to provide material for unfunny jokes about Trotskyist groups.
When the movie tries to don a sociological/anthropological hat, it turns to a cheap comparison with the animal kingdom. But the schoolyard dynamic is a valid subject of study in its own right, even aside from more "deeper" theorising as e.g. the "theory" of rackets, or Tiqqun's Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl (1999).
The notion of popularity/attention/fame/respect often is invoked to explain people's acts. For example the behaviour of bullying is explained by the laughter which the bully seeks to elicit from the crowd. Why do children start smoking? - to gain acceptance by their friends. Etc.
It could be just classified under conformism. But even if you say that you do not care about popularity, your anti-conformism still is marked by it.
And caring what your community/group (not the state) thinks about you is normal, in the sense that it indicates what is in the common ("moral") interest, otherwise you'd be a psycho.
Patti Cake$. Just see it, it's amazing and brilliant.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Saw it on Netflix. It's a kids film obviously, but I really enjoyed it. I loved Roald Dahl books as a kid and this didn't disappoint me.
A friend of mine saw the remake of Stephen King's It the other day and said that it is very good, more true to the book and so obviously better than the first film. It also appears that there is going to be a a sequel because they didn't get to the end and I believe the film was about three hours.
A Man Asleep. I have also read the novel. Great film, but the novel is better, especially considering the main point of interest of the film is the narration.
Libertarias. A film about anarchist women during the spanish civil war, written and directed by Vicente Arande.. I have mixed views on this film and found it's ending depressing (though ofcourse that reflects the reality of the end of the war and it's outcome). I thought the seance scene was silly and unnecessary and the bit where an anarchist guy grabs and forcibly kisses the main character was creepy. Also, the guy who played Durruti looked nothing like him. Other than that it was a good film.
The Beguiled. Quite good. It picks up in the second half.
Is that a remake you watched, or the original?
Just got round to watching the black and white 1954 film 'Salt of the Earth' a pro-working class, pro-feminist propaganda drama based on a 1951 strike of miners in New Mexico. Most enjoyable.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_of_the_Earth_(1954_film)
Just scroll down the list.
The Castle in the Sky, 1986, Studio Ghibli. Visually amazing and just a great film.
Just got round to watching the black and white 1954 film 'Salt of the Earth' a pro-working class, pro-feminist propaganda drama based on a 1951 strike of miners in New Mexico. Most enjoyable.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_of_the_Earth_(1954_film)
Just scroll down the list.
I hope it has a happy ending.
Kingsman : The Golden Circle. Don't bother, watch the first one. This is exactly the same only the fights are not as good, the plot is stupider the gadgets more nonsensical and the repeated and completely half-arsed attempts at drama which get forgotten immediately are annoying. It's just really lazy, it should also either commit to the silliness or actually have real characters in the story, there's no point having a big dramatic scene with no build-up character-wise that is then forgotten.
Anyone watch Blade Runner 2049 yet? I've not been able to make it to the theatre yet, but I am really looking forward to this one. Almost three hours long though...
I often get that when watching classic films and recognising the simpsons' parodies. I remember watching one film (cn't remember which one now) and realising that I had seen parodies in probably half a dozen shows without knowing where it originateD.
I thought I had put people off fist fight
City of Tiny Lights : attempt at a UK noir but the plot is a little convoluted as well as obvious. There are also a lot of bits that don't really make sense except to advance the plot. The camera work at times seems like the director is over-excited and trying to try new things (not his first film, which I thught might be the reason) for example in one scene he throws in some rather pointless jump cuts. The voiceover resurfaces for no reason in the middle of the film which is very intrusive and then again for the very cheesy ending (where Pork Pie from Desmonds is there!). The film isn't bad but it feels like it is trying too hard to be a noir film without quite understanding why people like them In general a bit of a wasted opportunity in spite of some nice moments.