Last (x) movies you saw

Theatrical or full miniseries cut of F&A? Cause only having seen the latter, I cannot imagine a single thing being cut, let alone a couple of hours worth of the film.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4/5
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present 3/5
Army of Shadows 4/5
Casa de Lava 2/5
The Expendables 2 3/5

Savages 2/5, has to be seen for the Benicio scenes.

it was the theatrical version. they have a stream of it on the lovefilm site. it worked well imo but I'm sure the long one is better.

Pretty sure the theatrical cut lacks the chair story scene, which is my favourite single scene in any movie ever.

The Sting (Hill, 1973) B-
Christmas Vacation (Chechik, 1989) B+
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Henson, 1992) C-
Live and Let Die (Hamilton, 1973) D-
The Mill and the Cross (Majewski, 2011) B-
Summer with Monika (Bergman, 1953) B
The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) C
Living in the Material World (Scorsese, 2011) D
Chinatown (Polanski, 1974) A
A Night To Remember (Baker, 1958) B+

Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton 1970)
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino 2012)
The Masseurs and a Woman (Hiroshi Shimizu 1938) -- now I'm convinced that Robert Altman was a time traveler and went back to pre-WWII Japan to make movies occasionally

the new version of "On the Road" is pure unadulterated bullshit; i left about halfway thru

Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, 1966) 4.5/5 - I got the Artificial Eye collection for xmas so I'm catching up on the ones i havent seen. For the first two thirds its a beautiful/thoughtful historical epic, but the last third is especially top notch. By the end i was actually on the edge of my seat/entranced.

The Bourne Farrago (2012) - 2/5
Killer Joe (2012) - 2/5
In Another Country (2012) - 4/5
The Queen of Versailles (2012) - 4/5
Django Unchained (2012) - 3/5
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1968) - 3/5
Oasis (2002) - 3/5

This is 40: I really liked the way this film reminded me of mid-life films of the late 70's and early 80's like The Four Season's but NOT like The Big Chill.

Forks: was afraid that, well, was more sure of that...still going to try and view. Morbid curiosity.

Living in the Material World (Scorsese, 2011) D

Curious about this one. Why so low?

Fawning and dull, with none of Scorsese's usual momentum. Reactions to the film will probably depend on the level of one's interest in the subject, of course, but its all too easy to suspect that his heart really wasn't in this one. It has the feel of an assignment, not a labour of love. Ridiculously padded at nearly four hours, too; it speaks volumes on the level of animating passion behind the project that Scorsese could fill four hours of one decade of Dylan's career in one film and yet feel like he's stretching to get the same amount of screen time out of Harrison's whole life. Not to mention that at least 90 mins (possibly more) is devoted to Harrison's spiritual journey, which is an absolute slog to sit through.

Still, only the 2nd worst Scorsese film of 2011.

yeah it was disappointing

i enjoyed it. maybe that's from being a huge beatles nerd but conversely i felt like there was a *lot* of love in it, didn't feel forced to me.

and the spiritual aspect was almost his entire persona in the last part of his life, there's no way to really dial that back I don't think?

anyway, i get that it's not everyone's cup of tea

he was a crabby guy and I wanted more crabbiness, especially the last twenty years.

Nightbirds (Milligan, 1970) D
Despicable Me (Coffin, Renaud, 2010) C+
The Hunter (Nettheim, 2011) B
The Hitch-Hiker (Lupino, 1953) A- Would have been an A if it weren't for the anticlimatic ending.
Beyond Tomorrow (Edward Sutherland, 1940) C+ This was sappy and dull in large parts but still had me welling up thanks to it's gloriously manipulative ending. Definitely ripe for Hollywood to remake it.
Cosmopolis (Cronenberg, 2012) B-
Delicatessen (Jeunet, 1991) C
Dark Shadows (Burton, 2012) C+
Brave (Chapman, Andrews, 2012) B-
The Happiest Days of Your Life (Launder, 1950) B Loved the anarchic spirit of this. Definite feeling of casting off the shackles of war, ahead of something more liberated. Sim and Rutherford in fine form, sparring with each other. Fine support too, especially the wonderfully droll Richard Wattis.

Cosmopolis (Cronenberg, 2012) B-

I'll take that as an A+

The Bad Sleep Well (Akira Kurosawa, 1960) - starts off great, tails off a bit into over-moralising. A medium Kurosawa would still be anyone else's career high though. (4/5)

The Threepenny Opera (G.W. Pabst, 1931) - needed more songs! Worth seeing, but not sure I can be bothered to watch the French-language version on disc 2. (3/5)

Where The Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger, 1950) - no-one did furtive mid-century American guilt quite like Dana Andrews. (4/5)

Watching someone's meaningful spiritual journey is like watching someone play video games. I get that it was a significant part of Harrison's life, but cinematic it ain't.

Dr. No (3.5/5)
Fargo (5/5)
The Central Park Five (3.5/5) – don’t know what I was hoping for, but slightly disappointing
Once in a Lifetime (4/5) – nothing as a film, and I don’t know anything about soccer, but a great cast of characters
Viva (0.5/5) – found this in a delete bin, and thought I was buying some Tarantino-sponsored reissue of the real thing...would probably be marginally less awful if you didn’t get the joke
Heaven’s Gate (3.5/5)
From Russia with Love (3/5)
Capote (4/5)
The Sweet Hereafter (4/5) – watched this and Capote the weekend after Newtown, so there was some added resonance
The Last Days of Disco (4/5)

les statues meurent aussi (chris marker and alain resnais, 1953)
immensee (veit harlan, 1943)
the crowd (king vidor, 1928)
the legend of surami fortress (sergei paradjanov, 1984)

persona
modern times
the idle rich (chaplin)
bringing up baby
osaka elegy

getting the most of my hulu sub.

bad santa
django unchained
inglourious basterds
cabin in the woods x 2
adventures in babysitting
overboard

it's been a weird holiday

forksclovetofu knows how to roll.

And everything I've read/heard about Adventures In Babysitting makes me think I should see it ("Nobody gets out of here without singing the blues!")

i loved it as a kid, hadn't seen in at least 15 years. now it's more of a weird cautionary tale about the ~evils~ that lurk within the city.

but the blues part is cool, southside johnny is the frathouse band, and d'onofrio is still great as "Thor".

i dunno that i'd *recommend* it, but if it's on tv maybe check it out

the glass-roofed building in that movie will never not be the "adventures in babysitting building"

kind of dug it at the time, no idea what i'd think now. remember thinking of it as after hours for tweens.

django unchained - excellent
livide - love it to death despite many flaws
take shelter - good, slow
martha marcy may marlene - pretty okay
holy motors - best of the year
lincoln - dull, but w good performances
anna karenina - awful

also:

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Disappointing
Herzog's The Dark Glow of the Mountains (vintage)/ Ballad of the Little Soldier (too disturbing to really appreciate honestly)/ Precautions Against Fanatics (Werner's lost episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia!)

The Earrings of Madame de... (Ophuls, 1953)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Vakavejev, 1971)

I'm fine, just a bit of whiplash.

cold fish (sion sono, 2010)
candyman (bernard rose, 1992)
walkabout (nicolas roeg, 1971)
the last wave (peter weir, 1979)
cosmopolis (david cronenberg, 2012)

Hobson's Choice is SUPERAWESOME

clouds, etc - pl don't deprive us of yr ratings!!

idk, i feel like i'm bad at it

ratings phaps overrated

Next to listing, et al.

Electra, My Love (Jancso, 1974) - his rarefied primitivistic ballet (a world perhaps no one else has constructed, he p/much came up w/this in Red Psalm, only shades of Pasolini and Parajanov were in any way similar) is here used to address Hungary's own situation and tension(s) with a directness, hard to believe he wasn't jailed or reprimanded (luck of draw in eatern satellitle states). Anyway, this is cut up by the appearance of a red helicopter towards the end, giving us a moment of truly outstanding surrealism (a word often used for things that I feel are seldom surrealistic). It was unexpected and funny and re-energised a film that was so good for 40 mins but had been flagging for the next 10 mins.

Amour (Haneke, 2012) - on the thread.

Breaking Bad (Season 1-3) - TV I know, but I'm told this is better than the movies now. Currently a third of the way through season 3.

It's certainly more cinematic than many movies now.

Know what you mean but in a few eps you get that moment where the narrative (interesting for TV but utterly conservative by the standards of much European and even US film of certain eras) is broken up by pretty shots of speeded up clouds, sunrises and sets, and everytime I bury my face in my hands.

I'd probably say 8/10 for Earrings, but I wouldn't begin to know how to rate WR. I don't think I got into the headspace that Makavejev wanted me in -- but who knows? I did laugh a couple of times, and the film held my attention to the end, but a rating? Uhhh...

yeah how can you rate "sweet movie"

since the new year:

in the loop
les amants du pont-neuf
two days in paris
certified copy

8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963) Didn't finish. I started watching it late and got through an hour. The next day I couldn't face watching the rest. One day, one day.
Nostalghia (Tarkovsky, 1983) Lovely stuff. The pool scene is as good as everyone says.

try satyricon or juliet of the spirits

clouds, etc - pl don't deprive us of yr ratings!!

― Ward Fowler, Friday, January 4, 2013 12:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

lol.

Yesterday I saw Madagascar 3 in the morning with my daughter and Melancholia in the evening. Both contained horses and sunsets and were much better than I expected.

should i watch sweet movie?

Sure, bro.