I rented it on Prime for 5.99. I really did want to see it in the theater.
Hamnet
(Unsurprisingly, and appropriately, autocorrect tried to make this Hamlet).
An interesting, emotional experience. For the early part of this film, I was worried my partner would be bored by this and at the same time felt it was very slow. There is little plot, minimal music, nothing spectacular in terms of shot composition or scenery, and yet… the longer the film went on, the more drawn in I became as the characters were fleshed out and things developed. By the end I was fully invested and although the most significant event occurs during the middle of the film, the most emotional gutpunch for me was at the end. Coming out of the screen, I was delighted to hear my partner was fully in agreement with me.
There’s been a lot of talk about the two central performances in this film, quite rightly because they are superb, but in fact the whole cast are excellent. And if Owen Cooper can (justifiably) win an Emmy for his performance in Adolescence, then please Academy give Jacobi Jupe a best supporting Oscar because the lad was tremendous.
I’ve seen this one time, in the theater on the weekend of its release. We liked it back then.
Taking a bathroom break during the latest Avatar and I gotta say: I don’t have the slightest fuck what’s going on, but damn is this a beautiful movie.
Last week I watched The Shining. This weekend I watched Doctor Sleep. I will say that it is a worthy sequel to the original and was much better than I expected. I don’t read a lot of fiction, but think I want to pick up both novels now.
I prefer Doctor Sleep over The Shining. I have not read The Shining, though. I’ve seen both Kubricks’ movie and the TV miniseries version. I have read Doctor Sleep and seen the movie adaptation.
That was my reaction to the first two movies. They just left me cold. (Sorry if you’re a fan.) I have no intention of seeing this one.
I watched this a few months back after seeing it listed as a movie which people love and hadn’t heard of it. It was ok, the only weird thing I found was the big build up to the competition at the end… which didn’t really get shown at all. It was a bit of an anti climax for it for me, and did sort of take the shine off a feelgood romantic movie, to have the end just a sort of “and then the kids were rescued by, lets say, moe”.
One of my favorite books from adolescence and probably my favorite Stephen King book (and I used to be a big fan). It doesn’t quite reach the heights of peak It, but it also doesn’t have the lows (like the icky-scene-that-makes-most-everyone-cringe). It might just be his best book overall, though it is certainly arguable.
I’d highly recommend it if you have the interest to tackle a longish novel. I think objectively most would agree it’s a better book that Doctor Sleep, even though I like DS just fine.
I bet it is. I am an oddball, though. I prefer Doctor Sleep as a film over either previous version of Shining.
I did read Doctor Sleep, so I was able to determine some of the major differences between Shining book and movie(as in, hotel gets blowed up real good in the book).
Primate
Not recommended.
Chimpanzee is rabid and attacks some teens, who mainly hide out in a pool. It’s dumber than this even sounds. Nah, to be fair, the chimp attacks are actually quite well done. One sequence is more violent than I’d expect.
Strangely, this one girl gets bit by the chimp early in the movie. There is a clear shot of the monkey biting her leg. Does this come up? Nope. It’s like Chekov’s gun just sitting there.
Mostly boring and kind of lame.
Bring Her Back
Just gross and not nearly engaging enough to justify the grossness. Stay away.
Huh? That was a huge plot point that was talked about throughout the film.
Promising Young Woman (2020) was extensively discussed in “Part 1” of this thread, but I just re-watched it and dammit, I’m gonna discuss it again because it’s such a terrific movie. As a guy I can see the downside, because it’s a cynical feminist take on men that portrays them all as morally bankrupt and shallow sexual predators, but the reality is that so many are that it tells a plausible story with a building tension as it progresses. The final 10 minutes or so, while somewhat contrived, is artistically and emotionally one of the best endings I’ve seen in a movie in a long time, but then, I’m a sentimental old softie. If you haven’t seen this movie, see it!
I never took it to be that. I don’t see myself in the type of person who approaches a woman like that (I’d talk to the barstaff and make it clear that she needs help). The movie just seemed to me to be showing there are plenty of that type (and there are, especially in that sort of bar she targets), but not that all men are that type,
Thinking about it, I do remember there being something (a log book, or a line) which said that not all the men had attempted anything.
The Alfred Molina scene is fantastic.
Same. And agree that is a fantastic movie, but dark.
It is, but the final ending still brings tears to my eyes, it’s just so emotionally powerful. Not everyone will agree, but I’m just susceptible to that kind of emotional trigger.
Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 Directed by Bryan Singer. With Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton
I had resisted watching because I already knew Freddie Mercury descended into a horrific spiral of drugs, debauchery and eventually AIDS.
I was pleasantly surprised Freddie was depicted as somewhat eccentric but grounded at the beginning of Queen’s success.
His downfall began with his manager Paul Prenter. The movie claims he gradually introduced Freddie into a more drug filled and sexual lifestyle. It seemed to me that Freddie kept trying to live up to his flamboyant image. Getting more and more outrageous as the years pass. What can I do even bigger and wilder this year?
Prenter eventuality separated Freddie from Queen. Freddie was isolated from his soulmate Mary Austin and his bandmates. Prenter died of HIV/AIDS, in August 1991, just a few months before Mercury died
It makes me appreciate Queen’s performance at Live Aid even more. The band overcame a lot to reunite with such an epic performance.
It’s a good movie and I’m glad that I finally watched it. Once is enough for me. It’s depressing to see such a great talent as Freddie consumed by his own demons.
Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton performances are excellent. Rami became Freddie Mercury in this movie.
Rating 8.5 out of 10