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Unread post by GekkoP » Fri May 10, 2019 7:50 am

Last night it was time for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Better than the second chapter, pretty much on the same page as the first one. Everything here seems to pave the way for the last 45 (!) minutes of massive destruction. Not sure what to make of this, though.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Tue May 14, 2019 12:35 pm

Fortunately, Josef Von Sternberg put me back on my tracks for great cinema: "Morocco" last night was just outstanding.

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Unread post by vic » Sun May 19, 2019 8:46 pm

This weekend I have watched two movies, both ok time wasting entertainement. "Gone Girl" is a thriller drama about a wife that goes missing...then there was "What Happened To Monday", a dystopain sience fiction about an overcrowded earth. A bit simple, but...
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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon May 20, 2019 1:11 pm

I'm still in my Von Sternberg loop. His works with Marlene Dietrich are so great I can't be possibly bothered with what's out there in cinemas these days.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Wed May 22, 2019 1:53 pm

Unpopular opinion: I can't laugh with Jerry Lewis.

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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Wed May 22, 2019 2:37 pm

^ Me neither I think. In fact I cannot even remember watching seriously a movie where he was in.
But then I am not that into laughing when I want to watch something.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Wed May 22, 2019 2:48 pm

^ I laugh, but only when the comedy really gets to me. Bringing Up Baby makes me laugh, Chaplin makes me laugh. Carlo Vanzina makes me vomit. :)

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Unread post by GekkoP » Wed May 29, 2019 1:06 pm

Some rambling about my favourite horror director: https://www.filmsinwords.eu/cinephilia/ ... ooper.html

(Along with Romero and Carpenter, I might say.)

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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Wed May 29, 2019 3:49 pm

Thank you for sharing again Gekko.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Wed May 29, 2019 8:04 pm

^ Always a pleasure. Despite spending way too much time on Letterboxd comments, that blog is still my favourite place to ruminate about cinema.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:17 pm

I really wasn't expecting it, but Domino, the latest work from master De Palma, is pretty solid and overall great. 78 and still doing his thrillers like a maverick. What a man.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:13 am

Found this floating on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vz06QO3UkQ

Essential story, decent documentary.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:36 am

Finally got to see The Beach Bum. It may not be the best Korine's, but frankly, this is my Big Lebowski.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Sun Jun 16, 2019 6:56 pm

Shyamalan is not exactly a favourite of mine, but the Unbreakable trilogy impressed me even more on a second viewing. I wrote something about Glass, the third chapter, but if you haven't seen it yet and you intend to, postpone the read because it's not spoiler free.

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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:27 pm

I did not know about the sequels.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:11 am

^ They are all pretty different from each other. Split is more horror oriented, and IIRC it's the only superhero film totally centred on the villain. Glass is a complete twist on the superhero cinematic genre, an unpopular approach (well, within the framework of a director that always aims for popular works) to say the least.

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Unread post by wuxmedia » Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:02 pm

I figured there were going to be sequels. I'd forgotten about them though. Might check them out on-call this weekend
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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:08 am

The American is one hell of a film I skipped for no good reason whatsoever back when it came out. Yes, including the body of Violante Placido of course.

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Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:29 am

Watched the new Dumbo, I thought it was pretty good. not outstanding - at least (I suppose like Burton's Alice in wonderland) at least he told a different story. I think I liked the not quite 'this is a musical' aspect of it, meaning they kept the songs to a minimum. There were somethings which didn't make any sense to the story but got screen time - like the relationship of the French lady apparently beholden to Keaton's ringmaster, which just didn't pan out into any meaningful way (like he could have been paying to look after her sick mother or something) Anyway the kids sat through it (at home) and everyone else enjoyed it - that was it's main function :)
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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:57 am

I finally found Cattle Queen of Montana, so I got the pleasure to appreciate Ronald Reagan's fine acting skills (...). Well, Stanwyck is the Queen here, and she could've managed without Reagan's support to be honest.

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