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[Karl Henning]

Captain Fantastic





This is quite a different take on the alternative style of living. It is excellently acted by every member of the family and it is definitely worth seeing.

Title makes me think of Do Not Adjust Your Set

[aligreto]

Title makes me think of Do Not Adjust Your Set

I had actually put off watching that film for a while because I thought that it was going to be another one of those blockbuster things. How wrong I was, thankfully.

[FelixSkodi]

Going to watch this tonight. Feels very ... appropriate.

[aligreto]

I Origins





This is the story of a scientist who meets a woman with a spiritual side to her and the questions and consequences that arise from that relationship over a time period. It is very well done and definitely worth a watch.

[aligreto]

A good one.

[71 dB]

I have been watching many movies on Blu-ray recently. Here's two of them which had quite an effect on me:

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I have been into 70's movies and this movie contains a lot of the vibe I like about the era. Camera is pretty still and cuts are slow. I love how in these older movies you can actually study the environment the actors are in. Oh, that kind of glassware on the shelf. Oh, the paint of the door is in bad shape. The lenses are often wide and objects far and close are sharp, in focus. Newer films often use handheld shaky camera with narrow lenses, only actors in focus and cuts every nanosecond! It's so fatiqueing and annoying. Older movies in general have superior camerawork and I think 90's is when camerawork really started to go downhill. Toys Are Not For Children is a weird exploitation film from 1972 by Stanley Brasloff who directed only two movies. I think this movie has good acting. Brasloff has theatre background and it shows: Camerawork is simple and functional allowing the actors to shine. I find this movie beautiful and ugly at the same time.

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In the early 2000's I saw Irreversible and it was something! Not only is the movie shocking, but Gaspar Noé's style is pretty eclectic. Enter the Void was one of my first Blu-rays nearly 10 years ago. Climax blew me away. A dance group has rehearsals and sangria party after that, but someone added LSD into the sangria and the group starts to go crazy when the LSD kicks in tranforming the happy party into a hell on Earth. Tons of "electronic dance music", great dancing and edgy madness! Gaspar Noé's style of directing (superlong takes, hovering camera) works brilliantly.

[Papy Oli]

A Quiet Place





This is the finest Horror film that I have seen in a long time. It is well paced and filled with tension. It made me jump a few times. It is quite different and comes well recommended.

Watched that one yesterday Fergus...on a laptop and heaphones... Said laptop nearly flew off my lap in a couple of occasions  A good'un overall.

[FelixSkodi]

A good one.

For sure, and given the US political climate, quite eerie.

[aligreto]

Watched that one yesterday Fergus...on a laptop and heaphones... Said laptop nearly flew off my lap in a couple of occasions  A good'un overall.

Glad that you liked it Olivier.

[greg]

I liked the ladies in this film. You really have to pay attention to details and events to understand what's going on. It's a very quiet film, too. It's 100% a slow burn, though IMO the payoff will have differing opinions... to me it was just more "so what?"

But that sort of stuff is less important to me than the vibe, which was pretty good, so I'd rate it as mildly good.

A Quiet Place





This is the finest Horror film that I have seen in a long time. It is well paced and filled with tension. It made me jump a few times. It is quite different and comes well recommended.

I might have to give this one a shot.

[Ratliff]

Man of La Mancha.  Wonderful stuff... Peter O'Toole as Don Quixote is about as good a piece of casting as you're ever likely to find. 

For me nothing matches the voice of Richard Kiley as it is heard in the broadway cast album.

[SonicMan46]

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) w/ Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, et al - excellent restoration, rated 4.5/5 video & 4/5 audio HERE - nominated for Oscars in 6 categories and won just one, but was for 'Best Picture'.  Two remakes: 1) 1962 w/ Marlon Brando & Trevor Howard, a 3-hr bore IMO; 2) 1984 w/ Mel Gibson & Anthony Hopkins - much better as I recall but don't own the film - might be worth a re-watch?

Music of the Heart (1999) w/ Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn, & Gloria Estefan, plus plenty of famous guest violinists at the end - short synopsis below; this is a musical bio-drama based of the life of Roberta Guaspari - according to the link, she was still teaching violin as of 2017.  We watch this film about once a year, and I must admit that I still get 'choked up' w/ the ending scenes and the Carnegie Hall performance - if the summary and true life story appeal, then highly recommended.  Dave
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After being abandoned by her husband, depressed music teacher Roberta (Meryl Streep) lands a job teaching violin to underprivileged children in Harlem, New York. Despite initial friction from school principal Janet Williams (Angela Bassett) and the students, the program succeeds and attracts public recognition. After 10 years, however, the program is suddenly shut down following budget cuts -- and Roberta, together with Williams and her former pupils, works to hold a fund-raising concert.

 

[greg]

This was one awesome movie! 

[FelixSkodi]

Tonight, I depress myself:

[aligreto]

I might have to give this one a shot.

Slow but good. Do report back on whether or not you liked it.

[aligreto]

Big Night





Two Italian born brothers with different standards and ideals try to run a restaurant in the Italian community in America. As the film progresses the underlying tensions and differences between the two emerge. It is a touching and human story that is well worth a watch.

[FelixSkodi]

"Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh." (Anthony Burgess)

[FelixSkodi]

Dubbed, but you likely won't notice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCowIGE8JmM

[SimonNZ]

Second watch. Undemanding, but well made, and you'd be forgiven for believing they really did shoot this in Iraq.

The commentary track led me to a book on the WMD stuff called Imperial Life In The Emerald City, which hadn't been on my radar before, and also to the original WMD fabricator "Curveball":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball_(informant)

[aligreto]

Forces of Nature





This is a sort of Rom Com but one with a difference as two conflicting personalities are thrown together by a set of circumstances. It is amusing and watchable.