Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (27 Viewers)

Dostoevsky

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So I just came back home after watching 1917. What an amazing movie that was, holy shit, it was beautiful. You see the scary & ugly part of the war, yet passively. You see allies, passively, yet strong scenes that shows regular human part of the war. This movie gets you totally in there, it feels like you're the third person walking with those two guys, it's so emotionally gripping with the minimal dialogues. Roger Deakins is a cinematography genius. Yet ANOTHER beautiful movie with totally amazing shots, both wide and portrait. This movie being one shot scene makes it totally crazy, unique and beautiful in it's own way as it shows the two guys going straight through everything which stays in the background. Emotionally and visually gripping, totally gets you engaged... Perfect. I loved it.
 

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Dostoevsky said:
So I just came back home after watching 1917. What an amazing movie that was, holy shit, it was beautiful. You see the scary & ugly part of the war, yet passively. You see allies, passively, yet strong scenes that shows regular human part of the war. This movie gets you totally in there, it feels like you're the third person walking with those two guys, it's so emotionally gripping with the minimal dialogues. Roger Deakins is a cinematography genius. Yet ANOTHER beautiful movie with totally amazing shots, both wide and portrait. This movie being one shot scene makes it totally crazy, unique and beautiful in it's own way as it shows the two guys going straight through everything which stays in the background. Emotionally and visually gripping, totally gets you engaged... Perfect. I loved it.
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How does it compare to Dunkirk in regards to the cinematography?
 
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Cerval said:
How does it compare to Dunkirk in regards to the cinematography?
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Both are amazing so it's a very hard question and fuck you for that. However, both have quite different goals and while both succeeded at those, I'd say that more complex stuff was done in 1917 making it more gripping. It's a must watch to experiece it, and yeah, preferably in the cinema.
 
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Dostoevsky said:
The Shining - It's been a while since I saw a movie this stupid.

I watched Home Alone 1 and 2, again, it's just for this time of year.

Room - I can't say I'm really impressed. It's a decent movie and I didn't find it boring, but bar acting from Brie Larson I wouldn't highlight much of it.

The Third Man - Pretty disappointed. It started off rather well but last 1/3 of the movie was really bad. Also, I can't think of many movies that had worse music. It was just horrible.

Ben-Hur - I loved it. It had some silly stuff but it's minor and I totally ignored it. It's a bit less than 4h long yet I found it very entertaining. It's an epic movie for sure. Oh and just to make myself clear, I'm talking about an old one, not the remake dogshit.

Once Upon a time in America - Brilliant. I loved it. It's by far the best movie with De Niro in it. I watched some long ass 4.5h version of it and I enjoyed every second of it. The ending is just awesome. It has no flaws and it lets you sink in. Morricone's music is perfect and sounds like from another planet, crazy stuff, absolutely beautiful.

The Elephant Man - The surface is pretty good. It's entertaining and the pacing is great. However, the layers of it and the creature on the surface and it's soul is something that mocks the modern society and for such it's very well made. I think it's an amazing movie by Lynch.

Akira - I was postponing this one for quite a long time due to me wanting to read manga, so I waited the translation, but no, I just couldn't wait no longer and gave it a shot. And what a shot it was, as this is one of the best animated movies that I've ever seen. It's easily up there with Miyazaki's best work. The influence by Jean Giraud (Moebius) is quite obvious which makes that guy literally a legend considering the influence he left behind him. It was entertaining and it had depth, layers and hidden meanings. There's no need to please me more in order to say it's darn perfect.

Jojo Rabbit - Waika Waititi is surely crazy. It's a fun and entertaining movie. He created quite a lot with so little. However, I think Hunt for the Wilderpeople is way, way better movie. I'd probably give this one a 7.

Seppuku - Amazing. Unlike Ran, I really enjoyed this one.

Ford vs Ferrari - It's fine. Nothing special really. Can be easily skipped.

Andhadhun - It was great! Totally surprised by it. I loved the ending, it was amazing.

Klaus - Wonderful animation and a great one for the winter days. It's not like it has depth but for what was given it's great.

Barry Lyndon - Another 3+ hours movie which I really, really liked. Quite an adventure and an eye candy.
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You really are watching a lot of films these days. And some great ones. Once Upon a Time in America and Barry Lyndon are two of my favorite films of all time. You are super harsh on The Shining and Room though. :D

I'm not the biggest The Third Man fan either, but the music is surely a highlight. :D
 
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Völler said:
You really are watching a lot of films these days. And some great ones. Once Upon a Time in America and Barry Lyndon are two of my favorite films of all time. You are super harsh on The Shining and Room though. :D

I'm not the biggest The Third Man fan either, but the music is surely a highlight. :D
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Once Upon a time in America is indeed wonderful, there's no surprise it's on your list so high. :tup:

The Shining is a horrible movie. Room is decent but I don't get the hype. I know exactly why is it being hyped but I don't like it. The Shining, however, that's just garbage.

And yeah, I watched plenty of movies recently but that's due to a lot of free time and me being overwhelmed by the books as I needed a break from reading (I read way too much). So a lot of that focus went on the movies and I gotta tell you... I bloody enjoyed it. :p
 
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