And, of course, The Shape of Water, which won him both Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars.
My third watch of Inglourious Basterds. What a delightful film that is.
“Bonjourno!”
He had a lot of help from C. S. Forester, who wrote the book upon which it was based. Greyhound fell a bit short for me as a failure in adaptation. Not that it doesn’t follow the book (very) closely, but that the screenplay fails to make necessary changes to translate the story to screen and bear out the Captain’s inner conflicts more effectively. Either through dialogue or, perhaps best, through flashbacks to various moments in his career as he has to make decisions under pressure or as he has cause to doubt himself. Would have loved to see a scene of him thinking back to being “fitted and retained” as he’s trying to think through how to give orders to the rest of the convoy.
ETA: Come to think of it, he might have taken some notes from the screenplay for Sully, which he also starred in.
If there was a poll for “Funniest moment in a non-comic film”, this would be my choice.
I suffer from intrusive thoughts, and every time I had one today, I thought about that moment and I just couldn’t take anything seriously anymore. I may be onto something.
Every time one of The Hobbit movies pops up on television it’s always The Desolation of Smaug, so when all three films popped up on Prime I grabbed the chance to finally watch The Battle of Five Armies.
There’s…a lot of fighting in it. And not much else.
Yep. Just fighting. For two and a half hours.
I consider myself a hard-core Tolkien geek. I counted down the days until the Lord of the Rings movies were released, and I’ve seen them multiple times.
I’ve never seen any of the Hobbit movies and probably never will.
My take: They are not as bad as some of the reputation they seem to have suggests. I’ve heard people compare them to Phantom Menace or other massive disappointments. They are flawed, but there is some great stuff in those Hobbit movies.
I think you should check them out.
Watched Steve Jobs (2015) on Netflix. Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels. This kept my attention. It featured the dramas behind three product introductions over the course of 14 years, and it moved fast. Dialog by Aaron Sorkin.
Jobs was portrayed as a damaged person, almost always an asshole. I’ll give it an A. Maybe an A-, since the historical accuracy is disputed.
I enjoyed watching his daughter grow up – played by three actresses. The last sequence featured her at 19, and at certain moments the actress set off a “where have I seen her before” puzzlement. It turned out she was the six-year-old child in Kill Bill 2, the Bride’s daughter..
Because it was real!
I fell asleep during an Unexpected Journey when the dwarves were dancing and singing and throwing plates around, and woke up and they were still doing that.
Maybe he could’ve cast his son Colin as the younger him!
IMO Aliens (the second movie in the franchise) carries the distinction of the finest movie ever made. Just wow. Outstanding in every respect. I also liked AVP-1, though the movie was critically panned.
Recently re-watched A.P.E.X (1994) and Quiet Earth (1985). Both underrated good movies, if you don’t think too much about plots and stuff. 
I loved the LOTR trilogy (despite some nitpicks) and have seen those movies several times, with pleasure; I was very disappointed in the Hobbit trilogy and doubt I’ll ever watch it again. Massively padded, with near-manic action sequences. At times they seemed more like a videogame on the big screen than movies. Not at all what Tolkien intended. Blecch.
I also liked the LOTR triology and found only a few parts of the Hobbit triology entertaining. The last film had a huge battle that just ended because reasons? It really had a massively underwhelming ending and also featured the secret power up elf level featuring Legolas.
//i\\
Just watched Spotlight again.
2015 Oscar winner- well deserved, about the the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team as they investigate and expose the Boston Catholic Church’s child sex abuse scandal.
Great ensemble cast with Michael Douglas, John Slattery, Leiv Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo and more.
Its a procedural, but it grabbed me from the start and held me till well after it was over.
A MUST see.
I am currently watching Traxx, starring Shadoe Stevens. This movie is a trash/parody/WTF??? of an action film, the very definition of “so bad its good”.
I watched a cheesy horror movie the other night. The Woman In Black. Relied on the usual quick cuts and jump scares, but it actually was pretty darn good. Waaay creepy vibe and gave me the chills! And no stupid ‘happy ending’. It kept my attention and I would say I enjoyed it, pretty much.
There’s two The Woman In Black, one from 2012 with Daniel Radcliffe, a remake, and a 1989 UK TV Movie which it was based on which had (I’m told) a scare at the gap for the commercial break. Apparently it was a Christmas movie back then, and caused quite a thing with that…