Movie What's the last movie you saw? (7)

[Plugger35]

I've never watched Snowtown, I watched the Crime Investigation Australia episode about it on tv and that was bad enough.

I had no desire to watch a two hour movie about it.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Want to see this. Do you think it would be better at cinema or in quiet, dark at home?

If you have good home set up probably fine. I think the best for this type of movie is a small cinema screen like one of the 50 seaters underground at cinema nova.

 

[windyhill]

While we're young. Some genuine laugh out loud moments. Bloody cracker.

 

[GreyCrow]

that's all well and good, but it doesn't pertain to the context of the adage described, that the rest of us have been discussing

Dont ever quote me to say I cant enter a conversation any way I choose

 

[Roobs321]

Dont ever quote me to say I cant enter a conversation any way I choose

Consider it the eleventh commandment

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

On the topic of good film, won't watch again:

Snowtown.

It was well made and particularly well acted by the lead. But once is enough, I think the fact it is based closely on real stuff contributes to that feeling. It makes it less an experience in enjoying art and more being a sicko voyeur in a way

I started it and barely made it 10 mins, I think the opening had some sort of real grim child abuse themes and I was like "nup, dont need".

We Ozzie's do know a bleak drama, please add Little Fish and Jindabyne to this list, two films that came out around the same time and tuned me off local cinema for years.

For context though Requiem For A Dream and even Irreversible didn't bother me as much.

 

[GreyCrow]

Consider it the eleventh commandment

The correct response is '' yes you are right the conversation flows where it goes ''

 

[Roobs321]

The correct response is '' yes you are right the conversation flows where it goes ''

 

[Gralin]

HOW do you watch this more than once

 

[Ry009]

My wife had a ticket to Wicked the musical about 10 years ago, and surprisingly enjoyed it. So when we saw the movie both thought it was very good.

I can see how people who haven't seen the musical and get the OTT nature of it might not get it/enjoy it though.

I'm glad directors/producers in Hollywood are slowly pushing back on studios to make content for fans and faithful to source material and not so much for broader audiences.

 

[raskolnikov]

My wife had a ticket to Wicked the musical about 10 years ago, and surprisingly enjoyed it. So when we saw the movie both thought it was very good.

I can see how people who haven't seen the musical and get the OTT nature of it might not get it/enjoy it though.

I'm glad directors/producers in Hollywood are slowly pushing back on studios to make content for fans and faithful to source material and not so much for broader audiences.

Saw it this afternoon. Loved it.

 

[Warsaw]

Flow - 5 minutes in...probably not for me. 15 minutes in...I am bound to this cat for life. 8/10

Vox Lux - Weird to feel hype about a movie (The Brutalist) despite not having much of a relationship with the filmmaker's work. Rectifying that somewhat by watching Corbet's treaty on fame and American psyche since Columbine. I can see the hallmarks of a director that has ambition, even if the second half of the film did not work for me at all. Strange to reconcile the first 5 minutes of this film with the last 5 minutes...but I think that's the point. Flawed, but interesting. 6.5/10

 

[Roobs321]

Vox Lux - Weird to feel hype about a movie (The Brutalist) despite not having much of a relationship with the filmmaker's work. Rectifying that somewhat by watching Corbet's treaty on fame and American psyche since Columbine. I can see the hallmarks of a director that has ambition, even if the second half of the film did not work for me at all. Strange to reconcile the first 5 minutes of this film with the last 5 minutes...but I think that's the point. Flawed, but interesting. 6.5/10

I had a similar take at the time. Brutalist would be a big step-up but you can see some promise here. Tend to remember it in tandem with Her Smell, they both came out around the same time and dealt unflinchingly with a fictional ageing female music star.

I mean to catch up with Childhood of the Leader, remember when that was knocking around the festivals and haven't seen it in the wild much since then. One of those films that was always up against a fair hearing then, being (then twentysomething) actor Corbet's debut, the subject matter/ambition, then-Pattinson, etc.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

My wife had a ticket to Wicked the musical about 10 years ago, and surprisingly enjoyed it. So when we saw the movie both thought it was very good.

I can see how people who haven't seen the musical and get the OTT nature of it might not get it/enjoy it though.

I'm glad directors/producers in Hollywood are slowly pushing back on studios to make content for fans and faithful to source material and not so much for broader audiences.

It sounds like Ariana Grande was pivotal in ensuring the movie stayed true to the musical - for example, the director wanted a rap version of one of her songs and she pushed back.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Creep- good horror movie

 

[Gralin]

It sounds like Ariana Grande was pivotal in ensuring the movie stayed true to the musical - for example, the director wanted a rap version of one of her songs and she pushed back.

Yeah I have a real bugbear with the whole we're fans being faithful to the original material line when they're anything but

The musical is great why would you change the songs if you're making a movie musical

 

[Beerfish]

Escape Plan. 2013. Arnie and Sly team up to get out of a super duper super max prison. Could have been so much better than it was. But it wasn't. 5/10

 

[Neese]

Wicked Little Letters. I could watch Olivia Coleman swear all day. I loved it. Based on a true case in 1923 and just really entertaining. Great cast too.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Wicked Little Letters. I could watch Olivia Coleman swear all day. I loved it. Based on a true case in 1923 and just really entertaining. Great cast too.

I adore that movie.

 

[spinynorman]

A Real Pain

I've always liked Jesse Eisenberg - he reminds me of a more serious Michael Cera.

Tightly written and directed little dramedy about two cousins on a holocaust tour in Poland. Felt like a very personal story to Eisenberg - at times cringe-inducing and at times poignant. A brisk 85 minutes til the credits roll 7.5/10



Culkin's character (Benji) was insufferable no doubt, but we are seeing the movie through Jesse's POV and he was really struggling with the obnoxiousness of his cousin, which made it more palatable/relatable for me. I don't think Benji was celebrated because it was made clear he was a pretty flawed human.


Again I think this was well done because it was Benji, paradoxically, who addressed the fact they hadn't been engaging with any Polish people on the tour.

Totally understand your response and I was thinking about it while watching it. Basically I thought everyone's flaws and behaviours were sufficiently criticised within the film haha.

Fair enough, I guess I didn't see it that way and thought it took more of a "Jesse needs to loosen up a bit more" story. But maybe I'd connect better on a rewatch, God knows my view seems to be an extreme minority.

I did note Benji make the point about not engaging with any Polish people on the tour, but I also thought paradoxically the film itself didn't seem interested in any of the people who weren't the two leads in the film.

Anyway, onto other films...

Parthenope - a new Italian film from Paolo Sorrentino, whose The Great Beauty and Youth were popular arthouse fare a decade ago. This new one continues his Italian maximalism and the influence of Fellini and some of the other greats are very visible. Unfortunately, it's also completely empty and dull. Opening with the 1950 birth of its title character, the film mostly follows here growing up in Naples from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. The actress playing Parthenope is stunningly beautiful, but unfortunately this feels like the character's defining trait. Others comment on her great intellect and we have a few signifiers that tell us she's impressive, but we see nothing of it. It's an enormous hole in the centre of the film that sunk the whole thing, for me.

Good One - a very indie film that has an incredibly limited release, which is unfortunate as I think it's very impressive. A 17 year old girl is going with her father and his friend on a hiking and camping trip, an awkward trip after the friend's similarly aged son pulls out. She nonetheless makes the most of it, despite both adults having a lot going on with their lives at the moment that leave them as wrecks. There's a lot of light comedy that's very enjoyable, but also a growing tension as you wait for something to go wrong. It's a testament to the film that it maintains its sympathetic characters even as their actions are despicable. Strongly recommended, if you get the opportunity to see it!

 

[Xtreme]

Have watched this 5 times over the last month, its great!

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Have watched this 5 times over the last month, its great!

That’s excessive. Don’t think I’d watch anything 5 times in a month.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Conclave - good performance from Fiennes and I thought a decent watch even if there was some damage unlikely happenings going on. The predominant English and American accents sounded a little weird considering the subject. - 7/10

Paths of Glory (1957) - Kubrick anti war film loosely based on French court martial in First World War. Could see some of Kubrick technique beginnings here especially scene following Kirk Douglas as he walks through the trenches. Douglas good as always and helped produce the movie. - 8/10

 

[Xtreme]

That’s excessive. Don’t think I’d watch anything 5 times in a month.

I tried to resist but its great
I don't plan to do it with everything this year. That said I've watched and re-watched things a lot throughout my life (one example when The Dark Knight finally came out on dvd.... I watched it daily (or nightly rather) for a fair while after.. before the novelty wore off.

 

[Warsaw]

I had a similar take at the time. Brutalist would be a big step-up but you can see some promise here. Tend to remember it in tandem with Her Smell, they both came out around the same time and dealt unflinchingly with a fictional ageing female music star.

I mean to catch up with Childhood of the Leader, remember when that was knocking around the festivals and haven't seen it in the wild much since then. One of those films that was always up against a fair hearing then, being (then twentysomething) actor Corbet's debut, the subject matter/ambition, then-Pattinson, etc.

Yeah Her Smell is a good shout, one that came to mind too. Beyond the Lights is another about the troubled pop star that worked this genre better.