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Catenaccio! wrote: »Is her directing anything like her fathers?
Thankfully not. Nothing like boxing helena either. If you do decide to watch it forget who directed it. Also don't google it too much in advance
I picked it on the basis of Bill Pullman & Julia Ormond being in it, knowing nothing about it in advance - it is surprisingly good. 0 -
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On Saturday/Sunday I watched:
Vargtimmen (1968)
Put this on at 2am last night thinking it was a werewolf movie, didn't realise it was an Ingmar Bergman film, and was very pleased by it. "Hour of the Wolf", refers to the time before dawn when your dreams are most disturbing, when insomniacs are haunted by their fears, when most babies are born, when most people die. An artist, tormented by the past, living in isolation with his wife on an island... very atmospheric, some great scenes, a movie that you could discuss for hours I think. One of my favourite Berman flicks for sure!
Appaloosa (2008)
A western starring Ed Harris, a sharp-shooting marshall with bad vocabulary, and his deputy (played by Aragorn). It gets one and a half thumbs down. I see what they were trying to achieve, but it fell flat and was not believable in the least, and it was a huge mistake casting Renée Zellweger whose face is all swollen up like an allergy to a bee sting or something.
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Straight into another Ed Harris movie, completely by coincidence. Don't know how I've gone for so long without watching this. It has been referenced so many times in popular culture, it is nice to finally see where Old Gill came from Very obviously a play more so than a movie, but so many great monologues like this one, which I can't quote on here because of the obscenity count. Was actually disappointed when this abruptly ended, I could have watched another two hours of these guys in action.
The Bank Job (2008)
Based on a true story, which makes it somewhat interesting. I'm going to say that it was decent but not particularly memorable, because to be honest, I've forgotten most of it already. The characters were weak, but the plot was good, but the movie was carried well by Jason Statham - technically a weak actor, but he has great charisma in these "rough but amiable geezer" roles. Worth a watch mainly because it really happened.
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
Documentary film about torture practices of the US, by Alex Gibney, who did "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room". Starts with a taxi driver in Afghanistan who gets tortured to death in prison. Disturbing stuff.0 -
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Watched this this morning
Felon: From a brief reading of it's synopsis you'd imagine this is another cookie cut prison movie. In a way it is, it ticks all the usual boxes. But it is also so much more. Brilliantly acted, and effectively portrayed, it kept me gripped for the entirety. Conveys a sense of realism also that I've rarely seen in films of it's ilk.
That being said, I heard "Waaaalt!!!" chime off in my head more than a few times, damn you LOST
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Watched this this morning
Felon: From a brief reading of it's synopsis you'd imagine this is another cookie cut prison movie. In a way it is, it ticks all the usual boxes. But it is also so much more. Brilliantly acted, and effectively portrayed, it kept me gripped for the entirety. Conveys a sense of realism also that I've rarely seen in films of it's ilk.
That being said, I heard "Waaaalt!!!" chime off in my head more than a few times, damn you LOST
Val Kilmer is almost unrecognisable too!
Not the best picture, but the only one I could find with him wearing glasses too!0 -
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