Rented District 9 the other night. Not bad, but I think I'm glad I didn't pay theatre prices. I probably would have enjoyed it a little more if I was more receptive to the not-so-subtle sermon.
My thoughts exactly, except I did pay theatre prices.
Rented District 9 the other night. Not bad, but I think I'm glad I didn't pay theatre prices. I probably would have enjoyed it a little more if I was more receptive to the not-so-subtle sermon.
Rented District 9 the other night. Not bad, but I think I'm glad I didn't pay theatre prices. I probably would have enjoyed it a little more if I was more receptive to the not-so-subtle sermon.
Fargo is an interesting film with superb acting. My favourite Coen brothers movie is still The Big Lebowsky, though.
I found the Blood Simple DC good but overrated. My 2nd favourite is Miller's Crossing. Probably not because the movie is better than their others, but rather because I like classic gangster films.
I've re-watched the original Dracula by Todd Browning, starring Bela Lugosi. Lugosi is great, but unfortunately the movie itself didn't age well. The first 15 minutes are still worth watching for the incredible atmosphere Browning created out of virtually nothing. Really classy. But after that the movie collapsed. Weak story, no suspense, no real climax.
The Christopher Lee Dracula series by Hammer is much better. Those movies still work. Excellent British actors (especially the legendary Peter Cushing), elaborate costumes and lighting and some violence. A bit slow compared to today's standards, but definitely still worth watching.
Just watched No Country for Old Men and Star Trek this last weekend. I felt theyre both pretty overrated. Star Drek was one unplausible action setpiece after another, I should have maybe seen it on the big screen instead. I was literally groaning as they rolled out each new incarnation of the old characters. Truthfully, I thought it was pretty awful.
I'm gettin old and crotchety like the sheriff in NCFOM or something, I should have had a good time w/ Star Drek.
What's the big hoo ra over NCFOM anyway?? I mean, guy finds money, crazy killer does crazy things, some crazy violence breaks out. Some old sheriff mumbles and grumbles a bit here and there. The movie ended and we both looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders…. that was it?
Sorry, that's all that I got from it. It was alright I suppose, but didnt think it deserves the near-universal praise i see it get as something I'd ever watch again.
Rented Inglourious Basterds this weekend and glad to say, enjoyed it a whole lot more than the last contemporary nazi movie we rented (Valkyrie with the unspeakably wooden Tom Cruise) This is the first Tarentino flick I've actually seen from beginning to end, and despite the too-graphic violence aspects, makes me want to go back and revisit what I've missed. In many ways it's a film-maker's film, a pastiche of a subject usually seen as too serious and daunting for pastiches (well, other than The Producers) and a supremely competent film on all levels. And Brad Pitt showed me once again why I consider him an actor and not a 'celebrity.'
NCfOM was great, maybe in my top ten. Some people just don't "get it" though, kind of like Pulp Fiction, most people either love it or hate it.