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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 5, 2024 9:02:14 GMT -5
I just finished watching a film that just might hit that francophone sweet spot for you Roquefort Raider : Under Paris or Sous la Seine( I guess us English speakers are expected not to know what the Seine river is). It's a schlocky summer shark fest, and the science is... let's say questionable at best, but there is a lot of fun to be had. Oh, wow, I never knew that there was a live-action remake of that old Misterjaw cartoon...
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 5, 2024 11:35:46 GMT -5
I just finished watching a film that just might hit that francophone sweet spot for you Roquefort Raider : Under Paris or Sous la Seine( I guess us English speakers are expected not to know what the Seine river is). It's a schlocky summer shark fest, and the science is... let's say questionable at best, but there is a lot of fun to be had. Wouldn't a French shark be a pretty picky eater, though? I suppose he first slathers his victims in butter and garlic, before cooking them over a high flame and adding some truffles and asparagus. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 5, 2024 13:15:36 GMT -5
I just finished watching a film that just might hit that francophone sweet spot for you Roquefort Raider : Under Paris or Sous la Seine( I guess us English speakers are expected not to know what the Seine river is). It's a schlocky summer shark fest, and the science is... let's say questionable at best, but there is a lot of fun to be had. Wouldn't a French shark be a pretty picky eater, though? I suppose he first slathers his victims in butter and garlic, before cooking them over a high flame and adding some truffles and asparagus. The movie apparently makes use of the swimming competition that will be part of this Summer's Olympic triathlon. That is silly. No self-respecting French shark would be interested in fast food. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 5, 2024 14:21:09 GMT -5
Wouldn't a French shark be a pretty picky eater, though? I suppose he first slathers his victims in butter and garlic, before cooking them over a high flame and adding some truffles and asparagus. The movie apparently makes use of the swimming competition that will be part of this Summer's Olympic triathlon. That is silly. No self-respecting French shark would be interested in fast food. I'm also getting this vision of the shark smoking Galois cigarettes and engaging in an existentialist debate, in the New Wave version. That, and complaining about the influx of foreign sea life in his territorial waters. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 5, 2024 14:31:06 GMT -5
The movie apparently makes use of the swimming competition that will be part of this Summer's Olympic triathlon. That is silly. No self-respecting French shark would be interested in fast food. I'm also getting this vision of the shark smoking Galois cigarettes and engaging in an existentialist debate, in the New Wave version. That, and complaining about the influx of foreign sea life in his territorial waters. Just a little scent of blood in the water, and the shark is brought back to its youth... |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 22, 2024 5:38:17 GMT -5
Finally got around to watching Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die (2019) last night...
And ... it's all right. I really can't say I've ever not liked anything done by Jarmusch, and I've always liked the sort of understated, dry humor that runs through so many of his films. However, here I think everything was just a bit too understated. It wasn't bad, and it's certainly watchable, but I would consider it a lesser effort by Jarmusch.
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Post by berkley on Jul 30, 2024 3:54:50 GMT -5
Finally got around to watching Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die (2019) last night... And ... it's all right. I really can't say I've ever not liked anything done by Jarmusch, and I've always liked the sort of understated, dry humor that runs through so many of his films. However, here I think everything was just a bit too understated. It wasn't bad, and it's certainly watchable, but I would consider it a lesser effort by Jarmusch. Looking up his wiki page, I'm a bit surprised that I can only say I've seen two of his movies: Ghost Dog (when it came out) and Mystery Train (at a local cinema just a few months ago). Bt both of those were outstadning so I have a very positive impression of his worka nd will probably try t see everything eventually, unless I hit a dud that turns me off so much I give up. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 30, 2024 8:01:12 GMT -5
Looking up his wiki page, I'm a bit surprised that I can only say I've seen two of his movies: Ghost Dog (when it came out) and Mystery Train (at a local cinema just a few months ago). Bt both of those were outstanding so I have a very positive impression of his worka nd will probably try t see everything eventually, unless I hit a dud that turns me off so much I give up. Yeah, Mystery Train is quite good; I also really like Dead Man, Broken Flowers and, esp. Night on Earth, which is by far my favorite of his films. |
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Post by DubipR on Jul 30, 2024 9:54:29 GMT -5
Finally got around to watching Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die (2019) last night... And ... it's all right. I really can't say I've ever not liked anything done by Jarmusch, and I've always liked the sort of understated, dry humor that runs through so many of his films. However, here I think everything was just a bit too understated. It wasn't bad, and it's certainly watchable, but I would consider it a lesser effort by Jarmusch. Looking up his wiki page, I'm a bit surprised that I can only say I've seen two of his movies: Ghost Dog (when it came out) and Mystery Train (at a local cinema just a few months ago). Bt both of those were outstadning so I have a very positive impression of his worka nd will probably try t see everything eventually, unless I hit a dud that turns me off so much I give up. Early Jarmusch is his best work, in my opinion. Down by Law, Stranger Than Paradise are good indies of the late 80s. Mystery Train is great; good concept with fantastic actors. Looking up his wiki page, I'm a bit surprised that I can only say I've seen two of his movies: Ghost Dog (when it came out) and Mystery Train (at a local cinema just a few months ago). Bt both of those were outstanding so I have a very positive impression of his worka nd will probably try t see everything eventually, unless I hit a dud that turns me off so much I give up. Yeah, Mystery Train is quite good; I also really like Dead Man, Broken Flowers and, esp. Night on Earth, which is by far my favorite of his films. Night On Earth is my favorite of his films. I remember seeing this in the theater. Its really good. I love the Tom Waits soundtrack |
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Post by berkley on Jul 31, 2024 0:03:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll probably try to see the 80s and early 90s ones first since I'm watching other things from that era. Actually there is another Jarmusch movie that I've seen that I didn't notice when I skimmed through the filmography - Coffee and Cigarettes (2003): I remember I liked it but not many details, never having seen it since then.
I'm surprised I don't recall hearing about Broken Flowers, as it won some big awards and I knew about Jarmusch by then, even though I hadn't seen much. Possibly it slipped off my radar if it was marketed as a Bill Murray film - not that I don't like Murray, but he isn't someone whose films I usually go out of my way to see.
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Post by berkley on Jul 31, 2024 0:21:03 GMT -5
The only new movie I've seen so far this month was Furiosa, the latest in the Mad Max series and a sort of prequel to the previous one, Fury Road. I thought it was really good and having caught Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome, and Fury Road at the same local cinema last summer (and remembering Mad Max itself pretty well as I've seen it several times over the years), I came out of it feeling that this might be the most consistent movie series or franchise going: there isn't a single entry that's been less than first rate, to my mind.
My only serious criticism of this one is that I really think they should have brought back Charlise Theron as the title character, in spite of the age situation. The replacement, playing a younger Furiosa, wasn't bad, and you could see they tried to get someone who kind of looked a bit like Theron, but she didn't quite have the screen presence needed to hold her own with some of the other actors. In her climactic revenge scene, for example, Hemsworth's villain takes over the show when the focus really should have been on Furiosa. His character is even given a ton more lines than her in that scene, so I wonder if Miller sensed the same thing. It might be argued that his character is very verbose and flamboyant and Furiosa, as established in the previous film, is the opposite, but for me that still doesn't justify his character ending up the focus of attention in a scene where it should have been on the title character.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 4, 2024 3:41:57 GMT -5
If you want a pretty solid two-hour diversion, I'd recommend The Tomorrow War (2021)... If you watch that trailer, it explains the basic premise pretty well: basically, in about 2050 the human race is on the verge of extinction (only about 500,000 people left worldwide) as the planet was - seemingly out of nowhere - attacked by an extremely aggressive and hard-to-kill invasive alien species that reproduces like rabbits and, among other things, eats humans. The future humans figure out how to activate brief wormholes that open up 28 years in the past and they travel back to ask for humans in our present to volunteer for 7-day tours of duty in the future to help fight the aliens. The focus is on Dan Forester (played by Chris Pratt), an Iraq war vet and high school biology teacher, who eventually gets drafted into this service and makes it through his tour in one piece, but realizes it's all hopeless if he doesn't do something... There are no real surprises here (and if you're familiar with Terminator 2, you'll definitely see a thematic similarity), but this is a well-paced action movie with a few rather surprisingly gripping scenes. Besides Pratt, other recognizable cast members include Yvonne Strahovski (of Chuck fame) as a high-ranking military officer in the future, J.K. Simmons as Dan's estranged father, and Betty Gilpin (who was excellent in the recent series Mrs. Davis) as Dan's wife, and they put in solid performances. Like I suggested at the start, this is a pretty enjoyable popcorn movie. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 5, 2024 3:20:27 GMT -5
Just got around to watching Us (2019) last night...
I've probably noted before in this and other threads that I'm not the biggest fan of horror, but I can appreciate it if it's done well. And Jordan Peele really delivers on that latter mark. The build-up and the creepiness in this one is off the charts. Also, I appreciated that the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, CA is a key location here - esp. since the prologue is set in 1986. The first time I ever visited the Boardwalk (and rode on the Giant Dipper) was in the summer of 1986. (And I loved the callback to that "Hands Across America" event.)
However, I didn't like this one as much as Peele's directorial debut film, Get Out.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Aug 22, 2024 21:23:24 GMT -5
This looks interesting, it's in production still from a Dutch studio. The King & The Thief (a tale of Karel and Elegast) it's an adaptation/inspired by a Dutch medieval epic poem from the Charlemagne cycle (i.e. Karel or Carolus). Elegast is some sort of Elfin or fae spirit/creature from what I gather. The names sound familiar, but I am not sure if I have read that epic or a excerpt from it at some point, or just a reference to them in some other medieval work. MrsMRP saw this in her youtube feed and brought it to my attention. The fight choreography in this scene in the trailer is very good.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Aug 22, 2024 21:48:27 GMT -5
Mrs.MRP also brought this one to my attention, another animated feature, this one based on Native American folklore...
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