I enjoyed The Good Liar as well, but I thought the reveal of theSpoiler: 05-20-2020 11:41 AMSt. TroyQuote:Not that I saw that coming, but
Spoiler: 05-20-2020 12:18 PMMerlin1958Caught a couple of decent one's on Amazon Prime. The first was: Line of Duty I give it a 3.5-4 out of 5 depending on whether you like these kinds of flicks. Lotsa action crime film stars Aaron Eckhart. The film also incorporates current internet/media/tech reporting angle that gives it a nice twist.
Second one I found is a sort of mini-series with a little different angle on drug trafficking titled "ZeroZeroZero" starring, Gabriel Byrne of "Usual Suspects" fame. The film looks at the trade from primarily the wholesale angle of international shipment and has some nice twists. I gave it a 3 out of 5 though it has much better production values than "Narco's" IMO. I enjoyed it though I think I've pretty much had my limit on Drug trafficking films/statements.
Both are worth a look and a shitload of popcorn!! lol :sharepopcorn: 05-20-2020 02:37 PMRickyQuote:
Spoiler: 05-20-2020 02:57 PMDoctorDodgeIn some ways, that doesn't surprise me. Tarantino certainly has some interesting taste in movies. I think what he's very good at doing is taking all the things that directly appeal to him from such a wide range of genres and presenting all of it to us in a new and distinctive way. 05-20-2020 03:15 PMwebstar1000The Wrong Missy. I don’t care what anyone says... I laughed far to much at this flick. Haha 05-20-2020 03:22 PMfernanditoI actively stay away from anything Adam Sandler and his little lackeys are creatively overseeing. Is he still doing dick and fart jokes? 05-20-2020 03:27 PMwebstar1000Rate The Last Movie You Saw. 05-20-2020 03:30 PMfernanditoDidn't he produce it under his Happy Madison company? We all know what we're getting when we see that logo pop up lol.
It's tempting but, at 36% RT score... I'll just have to pass :redface: 05-20-2020 03:46 PMwebstar1000 05-20-2020 03:51 PMRickyI understand the trepidation around Sandler's comedy, but I really was pleasantly surprised by Murder Mystery last summer. I laughed a lot. 05-21-2020 02:04 AMJeanQuote:Precisely.
05-21-2020 02:11 AMJeanDays of Heaven
Bears are still under impression, still feeling uneasy, still distressed. Wow.
I wasn’t very hopeful after I read the description. I suspected it would be very American and very… magnificent, if you see what I mean. I’d seen dozens of those, some of them superclassic: with the fields, golden wheat, green pastures, from sea to shining sea, and ponderous self-importance sprouting from the very impeccable harmony the director contrived to create in every frame. As if, you know, the earth itself breathes the glorious history, and may my American friends forgive me, all that epic grandeur is as a rule rather annoying. That’s what I kinda expected.
Fat chance.
True, every frame is more perfect than perfection itself. And at the same time every one is – hard to find the right word – as if marred by a jarring personal note, as if a worm of destiny is eating this ideal apple from inside. What you see is never a centerpiece, it is never balanced, never propped by anything logical around it: it is always random, always gone way too fast, and scratching you with its sharp edge while going. As if everything is caught in the process of falling, just one moment because it hits some unspeakable bottom and smashes to smithereens – for ever.
This feeling of alarm, of doom is very personal, as any story of death should be. Everything about this film is about its rhythm; not full, free breathing, but a labored, intermittent gasping of a dying man. It’s the uneven heartbeat of guilty conscience, of what is wrong and never can be put right. Nothing sits firmly on its bottom; everything slides down to hell.
This movie does not have a good story (allusions aside) or a good dialog; neither does it need those. I personally prefer the films which do need – and have - story and dialog, but this is because my type of cinema is cinema-prose, and this is cinema-poetry. One does not expect a sculptor to set his oeuvres to music, or a composer to photograph his symphonies. And, although it is not my type of film, this particular movie will stay with me forever as one of my favorites.
Thank you kingfan2323, and many bearhugs. 05-21-2020 08:11 AMkingfan2323 05-21-2020 08:12 AMfernandito 05-21-2020 08:13 AMwebstar1000We Have to Talk About Kevin... holy hell I could not stop this movie and had to hit the sac... BUT will finish it before bed this evening. SO unsettling!!! 05-21-2020 08:13 AMfernandito 05-21-2020 08:21 AMMattrick
From what I've heard it's the most competent thing he's produced under Netflix. It's not perfect, but the few reviews i've read said it offered some laughs and didn't feel insulted as you watched it. I imagine Jennifer Aniston wouldn't sign on to do anything abjectly awful...even Just Go With It was a decent Adam Sandler comedy and they do have a natural chemistry on screen. 05-21-2020 08:23 AMRandall Flagg 05-21-2020 08:29 AMwebstar1000 05-21-2020 09:10 AMMerlin1958AMEN!!! The guy had the one fairly decent film (Happy Gilmore) and IMO has had a series of bombs since. I'm sure many will disagree, but I feel the same way about, Will Ferrell movies. As long as we're at it how the fuck does, M Night Shamyalan (however the hell you spell it) keep getting funded. He had "Sixth Sense" and has since had more bomb's than were dropped on Dresden. "I see Movie Flops"!!! LOL
Just for the record this is simply my opinion. I just don't see the attraction for these guys. Obviously, I'm in a minority as they are all rich as hell!!! 05-21-2020 09:27 AMRickyOkay, I'll add The Wrong Missy to my list as well. I'm always down for a comedy.
Watched Fantasy Island last night. It wasn't bad, but it was too long and there was just so much stuff going on it was like 4 different competing movies in one. Like a lot of the reviews say, there's a good movie hidden in there somewhere. 05-21-2020 09:33 AMGarrellThe Wrong Missy is so wrong......you have to laugh. Lauren Lapkus makes the movie work and she herself is worth it. Stupid, silly, fun and predictable. Makes you laugh out loud:) 05-21-2020 02:04 PMRickyIs it a "clean" comedy, as in not relying on sex and language for its humor? 05-21-2020 02:57 PMGarrellLOL. No, she has a sailor's mouth. Her unfiltered mouth is humor in itself.