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Rate The Last Movie you Watched
Lone Star.
I remember watching this when it was first on TV here, this is a 1996-film so must’ve been 1998 or 1999. I remembered loving it, but when Criterion released it it was too expensive to go on that memory (you can’t stream this here, not even rental, US and UK you can get it in 4K in the AppleTV-store). So when Criterion-sale happened in Europe too in November I bought this right away.
Finally watched it tonight. I was remembering right. An amazing film, just about perfect in every way. And the 4K transfer is absolutely gorgeous too. Can’t beat a movie shot on film in Texas.
Notice Seven is in cinema’s next week - thirtieth anniversary. I saw that at Odeon Leicester Square when it first came out.
Along_the_Wire You’ll never look at one of those Magic Tree air fresheners again without thinking about that film.
Homegrove I’m sure I’ve seen that recently, but can’t remember a single thing about it
The Day of the Jackel is a really shit film - I was hoping for better after it was recommended - the TV was bad, but this is worse. Awful acting left right and centre. 3/10
Which one? Edward Fox or Bruce Willis version?
zuzuzuzu Edward Fox. I definitely won’t be watching anything else based on that shit.
Along_the_Wire I really liked the Fox version when I initially saw it. Having rewatched it a few months ago I agree it hasn’t aged well. The less said about the Gere/Willis version the better.
Dry-Tinder lol. ffs dt, spent way too much time on your reply trying to suss it out. I guess the whole bit about them being “one” sort of explains that issue?
Election: First time watching this, mostly because I was surprised that it’s Alexander Payne. The poster does it no favours (looks like some sort rom com high school mean girls type movie). Everything about it is late 90s vibes, don’t think they would have gotten away with the stuff that happens to a 16+ year old Reese in the first 20 mins. It has its moments, the script and acting is strong, but overall it’s a bit of a borefest and the main issue is you don’t really feel anything for the characters, unlike About Schmidt, Sideways and Holdovers. Humour is missing for sure, and at our age not worth the time. 6.2 / 10
Along_the_Wire go see it for me. I was hoping for some screenings here too, but nope. Will have to settle for the 4K Blu ray of the new restauration. I’ve heard it looks amazing.
Along_the_Wire I watched this on the week of its release on a Sunday night iirc – packed cinema and the only film I think I’ve seen where there was absolute silence for some of it, no one dared even breathe
nicksneddon yeah same. The scene with the stiff in the bed was incredible. There hasn’t been a movie that I’ve seen since that had the same impact. One of the best.
It is indeed coming to theatres here too for one night. Ticket booked!
Phantom Thread (2017). PTA’s funniest film. Loved it.
Homegrove Great film that
Nosferatu is a great watch in the cinema, was impressed there were 7 other people at a 920am show. lol. A solid horror with some great jump scares. One of the better vampire movies that should be considered a classic eventually. Depp is superb, Skarsgaard and Dafoe as per. Agreed on the pacing being awkward. You’re all set to go guns blazing at the interval, but then the viewer is told there will be three nights for shit to go down and you’re sort of looking at your watch and thinking whoah there how much longer? Doesn’t really take away from the quality of the movie, thought the build and tension in the first half was actually very good. It’s very trippy and there’s some lovely camera trickery to fuck with you.
8.2 / 10
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Nosferatu (2024): 6.5/10
Old man from Eastern Europe causes shit in a German city.
I’ve noticed I’m giving a lot of 6.5/10 ratings on movies recently and that’s because I’m seeing quite a few decent ones but nothing that I think is very good or worth a rewatch down the line. This joins the list of Conclave, Heretic etc in that category.
So, the strongest thing I think about this rendition of the story is the script which I think is excellent and uses a lot of iambic pentameter which gives it a nice rhythm and suits the era in which it’s set. The A-list cast is decent and costume design is great. Eggers also avoids the temptation of going nuts with CGI so a lot of the suspense is created with shadowing and old school effects which work well.
Having said that, there isn’t any really any suspense as the story follows the old narrative pretty closely so you pretty much know exactly what’s going to happen. The ending is disjointed and makes no sense to me, I didn’t really get why Skarsgaard and Depp have the connection they do or what the connection is and it’s not stylistically impressive enough to be that memorable (for example, it’s a much better production than the Coppola/ Oldman version but of the two, I’ll remember the latter for the score (used on Oakenfold’s Fluoro) and the imagery.
It’s good, but I wouldn’t go out my way to watch it. Still rate the Christopher Lee’s 1958 version as the GOAT.