Dunkirk is one of the most purely cinematic films made in recent memory. The sheer tension and emotion Nolan squeezes out of fairly basic story with fairly basic characters is incredibly impressive. A true experience film, and easily one of the best of the year (currently my second favorite, and unlikely to budge).
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Another excellent Errol Flynn swashbuckler. He reforms his ways, slightly.
That’s a fun one. I’ve been slowly making my way through his films for the past five years or so. Still nothing tops Robin Hood.
Dunkirk put me into the war rather then seeing some other guy going through the war.
I watched Schindler’s List (1993) for the first time the other day. Holy shit, it is clearly Spielberg’s best film but I will never watch it again.
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Another excellent Errol Flynn swashbuckler. He reforms his ways, slightly.That’s a fun one. I’ve been slowly making my way through his films for the past five years or so. Still nothing tops Robin Hood.
Definitely. You can’t beat Robin Hood, nobody can beat Robin Hood.
Dunkirk put me into the war rather then seeing some other guy going through the war.
I watched Schindler’s List (1993) for the first time the other day. Holy shit, it is clearly Spielberg’s best film but I will never watch it again.
I will have to muster up a lot of courage to watch it again too myself. And yes, easily his finest work in my opinion. It is probably one of the most emotional movies I have ever seen.
Dunkirk is one of the most purely cinematic films made in recent memory. The sheer tension and emotion Nolan squeezes out of fairly basic story with fairly basic characters is incredibly impressive. A true experience film, and easily one of the best of the year (currently my second favorite, and unlikely to budge).
Nice to hear your thoughts! I have noticed that there are a few people I’ve talked to who fall on both ends of the spectrum for liking the movie or not. I guess it just didn’t click with me the first time I saw it. I will try to watch it a second time with a closer eye and get back to ya on it.
I found the silent film edit of Dunkirk extremely effective.
Dunkirk is one of the most purely cinematic films made in recent memory. The sheer tension and emotion Nolan squeezes out of fairly basic story with fairly basic characters is incredibly impressive. A true experience film, and easily one of the best of the year (currently my second favorite, and unlikely to budge).
Nice to hear your thoughts! I have noticed that there are a few people I’ve talked to who fall on both ends of the spectrum for liking the movie or not. I guess it just didn’t click with me the first time I saw it. I will try to watch it a second time with a closer eye and get back to ya on it.
If you’re expecting traditional character an plot development, I can see why you’d be disappointed. The idea is more to drop you into this intense situation and have you experience it from their points of view (with the blank slate nature of the characters helping that).
I found the silent film edit of Dunkirk extremely effective.
I haven’t seen that yet, but it doesn’t surprise me that it would be. Dunkirk basically works as a silent film already.
I like Dunkirk, possibly mostly for D.P. Hoyte van Hoytema. I like the way the movie looks. I also remember being quite impressed by the sound design.
EDIT: And that silent edit is fantastic.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Really, really good. 10/10
I just watched Dunkirk too to christen my new 4K setup. Christ almighty that is a brilliantly put together film.
Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
I so wanted this film to be awesome. It still has value, but man, they cut too much of the story IMO. Book is way better. Should have been a two part movie.
It does feel incomplete. It’s been too long since I read it (nearly 10 years probably) for me to pin down exactly what it is that was left out, but I did think while watching it that it should have been two parts. It’s also only about 90 minutes. Maybe they could’ve just added an hour?
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Yeah, that would have helped. I don’t know what they were thinking. The story has a great setup, but they just rushed through it all in the movie.
I just watched Dunkirk too to christen my new 4K setup. Christ almighty that is a brilliantly put together film.
Watched it the other week. Loved it. My family thought it was made unecessarily confusing. I enjoyed how it all came together.
And congrats on the 4K! My residential future is too uncertain for me to invest in any such thing for now (I’ll just end up having to move it 5 times…). But once I settle a 4K home theater setup will be the first luxury I budget for!
EDIT. I think future film purchases will be 4K/BD combos when available. Definitely for TLJ anyway. Time to future proof.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Glitch
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Hamlet (1990) - 3.5/5
MST3K (movies rated on own merits)
Hamlet (1961) - 2/5
(would be lower if not for Ricardo Montalban being the voice of Claudius in this dub)
Girl in Gold Boots - 0.5/5
Time Chasers - 1/5
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Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
Most books are.
Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
Most books are.
Except Harry Potter. SO ICONIC!
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Inglorious Bastards. Much better than I expected.
(ok, ok, last movie seen was actually Avatar, but there’s plenty of threads for that)
Was going to quote, but then realized I was on the first page. But what the hell. Finally watched it last night. Not an all time classic. Not even Quentin’s best. But pretty damn good.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Django Unchained
My first taste of Tarantino. Really great fun.
Django Unchained
My first taste of Tarantino. Really great fun.
That’s crazy.
You’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
Office Space
If you could just give this a glowing review, that would be great, m’kay?
Django Unchained
My first taste of Tarantino. Really great fun.
That’s crazy.
You’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
Not that much since he doesn’t have that extensive of a directing history.
But yeah that is crazy.