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Uh, no. Marnie came out after the first two Bond films had been released.
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
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Uh, no. Marnie came out after the first two Bond films had been released.
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Come Rain Come Shine (2011)
A really lovely character study from Korea. It's about a couple who have been married 5 years and the wife tells him she has been cheating and she is leaving him. The opening of the film is a 9 minute one take car ride where she basically tells him that.
The rest of the film takes place in their house where they are stuck because of torrential rains. This is where you really get to know the husband. He seems to display ambivalence to her leaving, not that he wants her to leave, but that he is either incapable of reacting with/to passion or anger. She actually gets mad at him for not being mad at her. You learn about him in particular, his meticulous nature displayed in the things he does (cutting food, wrapping/packing her dishes, and he makes single cup drip coffee! What!), how he even gave up his art for architecture because he can make money at it.
My technical issues with it are that a lot of Korean cinema seems to have forever panning shots. Back and forth, back and forth, slow/fast, it gets annoying. In some of the scenes it took a lot away from the awkward stillness that was otherwise so strong. Also, I wanna scold the set dresser. There was too much stuff in this big house. They had cupboards filled with dishes, but tons of dishes on their counters. A basement filled with stuff, offices filled with stuff. It was too much. That said, the camera work does use the architecture of the house (he didn't design the condo they are in) to show a void in the substance which in turn mirrors their relationship, I get it.
The actors were lovely, the husband in particular who I've been following through a few projects. I really like the characters he chooses. He's becoming one of my favorite young actors.
A really lovely character study from Korea. It's about a couple who have been married 5 years and the wife tells him she has been cheating and she is leaving him. The opening of the film is a 9 minute one take car ride where she basically tells him that.
The rest of the film takes place in their house where they are stuck because of torrential rains. This is where you really get to know the husband. He seems to display ambivalence to her leaving, not that he wants her to leave, but that he is either incapable of reacting with/to passion or anger. She actually gets mad at him for not being mad at her. You learn about him in particular, his meticulous nature displayed in the things he does (cutting food, wrapping/packing her dishes, and he makes single cup drip coffee! What!), how he even gave up his art for architecture because he can make money at it.
My technical issues with it are that a lot of Korean cinema seems to have forever panning shots. Back and forth, back and forth, slow/fast, it gets annoying. In some of the scenes it took a lot away from the awkward stillness that was otherwise so strong. Also, I wanna scold the set dresser. There was too much stuff in this big house. They had cupboards filled with dishes, but tons of dishes on their counters. A basement filled with stuff, offices filled with stuff. It was too much. That said, the camera work does use the architecture of the house (he didn't design the condo they are in) to show a void in the substance which in turn mirrors their relationship, I get it.
The actors were lovely, the husband in particular who I've been following through a few projects. I really like the characters he chooses. He's becoming one of my favorite young actors.
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I saw it at the theatre when it came out with my then little and still little brother. We both enjoyed it even though it was panned by many critics at the time.
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Jack Reacher
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Mud. Took the wife this time. Excellent movie.
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Appears to be something I would like to view. Sadly, not a flick I expect will reach our neck of the woods. Fortunately, there is Netflix.
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I'm like that with Zulu. One of those films where I practically know the dialogue of every character.Bullitt
Yeah I have it on DVD, but I'll still watch the movie when it comes on, especially if I've caught it close to the big chase scene.
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Re-watching 'Bucket List'. Enjoyable thing to do.
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You are correct. An error on my part. Thank you.
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You are correct. An error on my part. Thank you.
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The cotton Club.
Some great clothing, from the shoes to the hats.
CCJ
Some great clothing, from the shoes to the hats.
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"The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" - I stumbled across this on Showtime late last night... Errrr.... errrrm..... We had families like that in the Projects where I grew up. We all knew em and some of us feared em, but never thought to make a movie about em. Interesting documentary but I wouldn't exactly call it illuminating except for how working for the coal companies in W.V. was as close to legalized slavery as one could get in this country for many years.
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Con Air.
... I need to stop watching tv.
... I need to stop watching tv.
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Cage's accent really bothered me in that one. I mean really bothered me. "I couldn't get over it" kind of bothered me. It was a "kind of makes me angry" bothered me. I won't watch it again it so bothered me.
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The Professional. Gary Oldman shines in this flick.
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Cage's accent really bothered me in that one. I mean really bothered me. "I couldn't get over it" kind of bothered me. It was a "kind of makes me angry" bothered me. I won't watch it again it so bothered me.
You're not alone on that one.
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Once again and even though I have it, Sunset Boulevard, in a few, on retroplex.
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'Black Sheep' A Ukrainian war film. It was ok, except that the plot had some enormous holes in it. It turns out it was edited down from a four one-hour episode tv mini-series into a two hour film. Which meant that there was no explanation of who the central character was or what he was doing (i.e. is he a german agent, a Ukrainian nationalist, or something else?).
Other elements were really good, such as the often overlooked element in war film of needing to reload weapons. And it had a really novel killing: a Russian soldier (who is slight-of-hand expert, former circus performer, con-man, pick-pocket) is confronted by a German who is about to shoot him. He steps back and passes something to him saying 'Is this yours?'. It turns out to be the pin from the German's grenade which he has pulled without the German noticing!
Other elements were really good, such as the often overlooked element in war film of needing to reload weapons. And it had a really novel killing: a Russian soldier (who is slight-of-hand expert, former circus performer, con-man, pick-pocket) is confronted by a German who is about to shoot him. He steps back and passes something to him saying 'Is this yours?'. It turns out to be the pin from the German's grenade which he has pulled without the German noticing!
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