How does that work? Did you have the 3-D glasses, and do they work at home?
I’ve been meaning to watch Worth (2020) with Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci, about how Ken Feinberg handled the process for the 9/11 victims’ fund. My wife didn’t seem interested, so while she was out at a meeting last night, I decided to watch it.
I was a few minutes in when I realized it was the anniversary. I hadn’t planned it or thought of it before starting. 
The movie is good, showing Feinberg’s naivete in starting out with good intentions, but not realizing what the survivors wanted from the process, and his growth as the process verges on failure.
Yep. Anaglyphic glasses – that’s the kind with one red lens and one green or blue. The colored filters only let you see one of the two images projected on the screen with each eye, so you get two slightly different views, with appropriate parallax.
It works well with The Maze because it’s a black and white film. The method can work surprisingly well with colored films, too, although frequently the colors look “off”. I have a 3D copy of the color movie Gog that doesn’t look at all bad in anaglyphic. Sometimes they’ll use a black and white print of a 3D film so that the colors won’t look odd (as with my copy of The Bubble/Incredible Invasion of Planet Earth)
Rebel Ridge
Not recommended.
I was on board for this movie in its first hour and the final 15-20 minutes do a bit of redemption, but the majority of the second half of this movie fails to deliver. I’ve heard comparisons to Rambo(First Blood, specifically). Yeah, it feels like that first Rambo movie initially, but it does not deliver what we are hoping for.
Disappointing. Not absolutely atrocious and perhaps some folks will like it quite a bit more. I was disappointed.
I am blaming my mistake on carpal tunnel syndrome and typing with a splint lol
I have to comment on Pearl. I resisted watching it, partly because it stars Mia Goth but mostly because I didn’t think it sounded interesting. Wrong! As soon as it started I was hooked. The story being set in 1918 is an interesting element and at times it has this bizarro, ‘Wizard of Oz gone wrong’ vibe. And, despite her not being my favorite, MG did an outstanding job. There very last shot of her face sent chills up my spine.
It’s a fantastic film!
I love the brother - what a great character.
Yes, they made another one this year called Maxxxine. It was OK, but Pearl is the best of the three movies in the series.
Carrying over from the previous thread.
Re: *The Parallax View
I saw it tonight on TCM. You’re right, that scene was at the very beginning.
What a strange movie. Boarding an airplane without a ticket? William Daniels with stubble? We’re through the looking glass here, people!
I know! When I saw it recently that scene was a real WTF. It was like he was getting on a bus.
That used to be possible on the Eastern Shuttle between LaGuardia and Washington National or LGA to Boston; just show up, board the plane and pay the flight attendant in cash.
Just saw the remake of Speak No Evil. It’s nothing more than a generic Hollywood thriller that doesn’t hold a candle to the original. They completely neutered what made the original so disturbing.
Last night: The Parallax View
Today: Vertigo
Damn. Now I need a stiff drink, a long shower, and a nap.
Anybody got any happy movies I can watch tomorrow?
I saw the original before any remake was planned. What did they do, provide hope? It’s a deeply hopeless, grim movie. Did they not go that route?
I just watched The Sandlot for the first time and it was quite happy and fun.
As I expected. From the trailer I can see James McAvoy playing his part well but the rest doesn’t appear to capture the creepiness and underlying doom of the original. Is it at all good on it’s own? Would it be effective if you weren’t comparing it to the first one?
On its own it’s a fairly standard well-made Hollywood thriller, but it doesn’t really have anything that noteworthy about it. I’d rate it 5 or 6 out of 10 pretty much on the strength of James McAvoy.
It definitely really plays it more comedic wtf rather than bleak and disturbing unease.
Upon purchasing an iPad, I received three free months of AppleTV+. Scouting the site for a movie to watch on a Saturday night, we came upon “Tetris,” a based-on-true-events tale of all the machinations that went into the international debut of one of the most popular of early computer games. Who would have thought that a video game would have sparked so much political intrigue? Earnestly acted and well paced (though occasionally confusing), we found “Tetris” to be an entertaining watch in which all the blocks fall into place.
I saw Civil War on MAX yesterday. This is the 2024 movie by Alex Garland about a new, more-or-less present day civil war in America. Pretty scary, all things considered.
I think that film is going to be up for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar next year for an uncredited role.