late last night I threw on Bad Company, which is a fairly straightforward spy thriller starring Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins, just because I was surprised something like that could exist without me knowing about it. it was so bad

wow, had me for a second there

thought you were going all classic rock on us (not that there's anything wrong with that)

The first hour of Baby Driver was flawless. Didn't stick the landing

more Wes Andyson. looks like Fantastic Mr. Fox 2.

It Comes As Night....

kudos to what they're going for but I don't think they pull it off, ultimately just a really frustrating movie

Mother! is batshit. Pretty straightforward allegory that just keeps pushing further into ultraviolence to prove its point. Really well shot, really great sound editing, really cool visual style, and it's genuinely frightening at times. Bardem and Pfeiffer are great. But it's one of the most harrowing film experiences I've ever sat through and I'll never do it again. I'm not even sure some of the most disgusting of the characters' actions have any real connection to the allegory it's trying to tell. And the implications of the moral are cynical and depressing. Aronofsky is a terrific filmmaker but he seems like such a dickwad

Warszawa wrote:

Rockinghorse wrote:

Warszawa wrote:Wind River was great

Agree. I didn't know who wrote/directed beforehand but right away picked up on the Sicario vibe. Not as much action as Sicario but much more disturbing.

Will be the great forgotten film of 2017

Finally got around to seeing this. Terrific film!

the boxing and fight scenes in Southpaw are some of the worst I've ever seen. rest of the movie is pretty shit too.

Saw a list on Facebook of the most disturbing films of all time and I'm disturbed just by looking at the movie descriptions

that's disturbing

Chan is Missing is a mystery set in 1982 San Francisco in the Chinese Community. It's kinda like early Jarmusch, mixed with Charlie Chan movies mixed with Dashiell Hammett noir. Largely it's about what happens to the identify of Chinese Americans, how they see themselves, when they live in America. It's also tied to conflicts between PRC & Taiwan. I thought it was excellent. Highly recommended.

Kingsman 2 was fine but nowhere near as good as 1. Julianne Moore was too weird. I prefer Samuel L with a lisp

Watched Road House for the first time in probably 20 years last night. It holds up better than I expected.

Blade Runner is incredible. a must-see in IMAX.

Warszawa wrote:

Rockinghorse wrote:

Warszawa wrote:Wind River was great

Agree. I didn't know who wrote/directed beforehand but right away picked up on the Sicario vibe. Not as much action as Sicario but much more disturbing.

Will be the great forgotten film of 2017

+1

Renner owned and Eliz Olsen would give a wolf a bone

i've decided to become the forum's "subversive film buff" i'll be periodically posting my letterboxd reviews + ratings in this thread all the time forever now. my reviews are concise and rarely actually give you any insight in to the film.

https://letterboxd.com/weedheadsteve/



Freaks 1932

★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Nov, 2017

i could watch 3+ hours of neorealistic circus vignettes

we accept you we accept you one of us one of us gooble gobble gooble gobble

(BACKSHEGOES BONUS: the hellishness of scenes featuring the normal people contrasted with the peaceful slice of life freak scenes really stood out to me on this watch)
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Good Time 2017

★★★★½ Watched 04 Nov, 2017

ORIGINAL SCORE BY ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER

*the crowd goes apeshit*

(BACKSHEGOES BONUS: robert pattinson does a real good job in this)
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017

★★★★ Watched 04 Nov, 2017

best Final Fantasy movie ever made

lots of goofy shit in this one
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Ingrid Goes West 2017

★★★½ Watched 30 Oct, 2017

we all know late capitalism is an existential nightmare and social media is bad

i like aubrey plaza

o'shea jackson is beautiful
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The Wolf Man 1941

★★★★ Watched 30 Oct, 2017

my man lon chaney be horny
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Point Break 1991

★★★★★ Watched 25 Oct, 2017

keanu reeves and gary busey ARE the worst fbi agents ever

patrick swayze is the prototype for heath ledger's joker

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Blue Steel 1990

★★★★ Watched 23 Oct, 2017

cop vs wall street guy: please, just kill eachother

The Oscar buzz for Get Out is ludicrous. But so are the Oscars I guess

Grotewold wrote:The Oscar buzz for Get Out is ludicrous. But so are the Oscars I guess

yeah it was fine.

Like best picture buzz?