2021 will be arguably my most anticipated year of film. EVER.
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2021 will be arguably my most anticipated year of film. EVER.
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
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Ghost Story - 5/5
Jojo Rabbit - 5/5
The Art of Self Defense - 4/5
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzog directs Klaus Kinski as the titular creature of the night. It's got the characters of "Dracula" (incl. Jonathan Harker, Mina, Renfield, Lucy, and Van Helsing). And of course Count Dracula himself. But this is not Bela Legosi's Count, this is a reimagining of Max Schreck's Count Orlock. But, totally against type, Kinski plays his Dracula as a mopey, perpetually sad vampyre. I kept waiting for him to bust it out, but he never really did. (The film was rated PG fercryinoutloud). Very atmospheric, however. Afterwards, I just had to go watch Coppola's 1994 version, which has everything a good Dracula movie should.
Oh, and it has the most annoying Renfield in the history of film.
2.5 stars
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Hoo boy, where to start? Werner Herzog, again directing Klaus Kinski. Yes, this is that movie. The one with the huge actual ship in the Amazon rain forest. I watched the movie; watched it again with the commentary; read various articles about the making of the movie (as well as the real-life "Fitzgerald" would-be rubber baron on which this film is based), which led to reading up on the anger-challenged Kinski and how the director and other cast tried to handle him. Usually, it involved threatening to kill him. Literally. It seems that the number of movies where someone threatened to kill Kinski was more than those where they didn't.
For example, at one point during the jungle shoot of Fitzcarraldo, one of the indigenous extras came up to Herzog and offered to kill Kinski for him. Not "threatened" to kill him, but offered to kill him, as a favor to the director, the cast, the crew, and possibly for the rest of humanity. Herzog thought it over long and hard (he himself had pointed a gun at Kinski during Aguirre and was all geared up to shoot the raging psychopath if he stormed off the set one more time), and decided against it. Herzog had already had to reshoot half of Fitzcarraldo when the original actor (Jason Robards) got dysentery and had to quit the picture. And Herzog was damned intent on getting that ship over the jungle mountain. And he did. And only 3 people (if I recall) died during filming; not including the one crew member who was logging trees when he got bit by a very deadly snake. So he decided that rather than die right there in the jungle, he'd take his handy dandy chain saw and saw off his own foot. Well, he lived.
I really need to read/watch some of the documentaries and autobiographical works about Herzog and Kinski. This stuff is fascinating.
I guess I haven't actually discussed the movie itself. Well, my rating is 4.5 stars, mainly for the sheer audacity and spectacle. No other director would have done this. No other director could have done this.
Seven Psychopaths - 4/5
The Ritual - 4/5
The Death of Stalin - 5/5
Super Dark Times - 3/5
I recently saw How To Lose Friends & Alienate People. I checked it out because it has Simon Pegg, but this is much more rom-com territory, which is not my thing (although I can probably think of 5 or 6 rom-coms that I've enjoyed, so maybe I should be honest with myself).
Anyway, because of that, it wasn't as enjoyable as I'd have liked (and my dislike for Megan Fox didn't help), but it was good enough often enough, I suppose.
It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth
I can see across the whole of London and beyond
Have I mentioned that I recently saw It Chapter 2?
It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth
I can see across the whole of London and beyond
It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth
I can see across the whole of London and beyond
Thought you would slip one by me, huh? No way!!! You've gotta see someone about these strange desires you have for, Tim Curry in clown make-up!! "Kiss me, fat boy" is not and will never be the basis for a lasting relationship!!!
The Gentlemen
I am not the in depth reviewer others here are, but I know what I like and I enjoyed the crap out of this film. Guy Ritchie, doing what he does. He entertains us with quick witted, fast paced story telling of a criminal nature. A little heavy on the Brittish colloquialisms, which can be a little daunting, but otherwise a fun ride through the criminal enterprises across the pond!!!
5 of 6 beers
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
2020 hasn't gone as planned from a moviegoing standpoint, but The Gentlemen was by far my favorite theater experience of 2020. It deserved better than to be buried in January.
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I won't offer a review of this film, but TRUST ME this is a no doubt MUST SEE:
The Last Full Measure
Cast Includes:
Samuel L. Jackson
Ed Harris
Christopher Plummer
William Hurt
John Heard
i confess to never having heard a word about this film. Neither a trailer or online, nothing. DTV doesn't list it as a straight to video or VOD, but it's a gem available for rental and perfect for 2 hours time well spent during the quarantine. If you enjoyed "Hacksaw Ridge", see this!!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I remember seeing a trailer for The Last Full Measure shortly before it was released, but I don't know if it ever got released around me. Maybe it came and went without me noticing.
I will throw another film out there that just got released. Hugh Jackman in Bad Education. I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe I'm just starved for something new, but I really enjoyed it.
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28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Watched a couple films last night
- Sorry to Bother You - 4/5
- Triangle - 4.5/5
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