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BitchKeepsBitchin
Stones related movie:
The Quiet One, Bill Wyman's documentary. I saw it on Hulu. It was good and Bill is factual. Not especially exciting, but interesting and worth the time.
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DEmerson
I really loved Swan Song with Udo Kier - star of Warhol's Frankenstein and Dracula, among many other films. It's a small, quiet, film (starts out slow), but it's excellent IMO.
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TheGreek
James Bond No Time to Die
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liddas
007 wasn't a bad film in itself, but it was an abysmal James Bond movie. WTF, if they want a new "modern" 007, call him/her something else, double 0 schwa or whatever, but there was no need at all to sacrifice 007's myth on the altar of politically correctness ...
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rayrad
my other half is a voting BAFTA member
so every december, we end up watching as many films as we can in advance of first round voting in early january
65 this year
these were our way out ahead faves:
Passing - Rebecca Hall's remarkable fever dream of a movie about two african american women in 20s NYC, one of whom is passing for white
The Worst Person In The World - Joachim Trier's wonderfully sympathetic portrait of a millennial woman and her relationship with an older comic book artist. heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure
Licorice Pizza - another age gap romance - but between a 15 year old boy (Phillip Seymour Hoffman's son in his first acting role) and a 25 year old woman (Alana Haim of the band of the same name) in 70's LA
The Hand of God - Paolo Sorrentino's adaptation of his own youth in 80s napoli. and (tangentially) his (and every other neapolitan's) obsession with maradonna. incredibly, every insane thing that happens is apparently true
C’mon C’mon - Joachim Phoenix is a podcasting anthropologist who unexpectedly finds himself taking his 10 year old nephew on a working trip across the country. gentle, (seemingly) simple and very moving. Gaby Hoffman is fantastic as his sister, the boy's mother
those were our top 5 - but all of the below deserve an honourable mention:
Compartment No. 6
First Cow
Riders of Justice
Paris, 13th District
Surge
Fever Dream
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
I’m Your Man
Ali & Ava
After Love
The Bike Thief
The Card Counter
Cyrano
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Free Guy
Lamb
Red Rocket
Silent Night
it's subjective, of course, but below are the films we couldn't get on with at all (despite blanket critical praise for some of them...)
The Lost Daughter
Power of the Dog
Spencer
Dune
The Green Knight
The King’s Man
Last Night In Soho
Titane
Zola
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liddas
007 wasn't a bad film in itself, but it was an abysmal James Bond movie. WTF, if they want a new "modern" 007, call him/her something else, double 0 schwa or whatever, but there was no need at all to sacrifice 007's myth on the altar of politically correctness ...
You know, I was semi-expecting expecting the movie to be a load-of-nonsense, politically correct, woke-fest. However, I really didn't think it was. I thought Bond was his cliched self. Not quite how Connery or Moore portrayed Flemming's creation, yet Daniel Craig has the rawness of the former, definitely. Are you talking about further Bond movies? Undoubtedly, things will change, and whether it'll be worth watching despite this, well, who knows?
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liddas
I saw only 4 movies of 2021.
No great films.
Two were absolutely a waste of time and money.
Matrix IV was exceptionally stupid and bad. A real insult to the legacy of Matrix I (I haven't seen episodes II and III, so the legacy might have been already compromised)
007 wasn't a bad film in itself, but it was an abysmal James Bond movie. WTF, if they want a new "modern" 007, call him/her something else, double 0 schwa or whatever, but there was no need at all to sacrifice 007's myth on the altar of politically correctness ...
Only one fell in the "not bad" category, "Diabolik" (the new movie adaptation of a very famous Italian cartoon). Probably this could even work abroad.
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LeonidP
I'll go w/ the latest Spider-Man movie!
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LeonidP
I'll go w/ the latest Spider-Man movie!
I struggle with this ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ thing. I don’t know if it’s just a mental block I have, but I simply don’t ‘get’ why these movies are so popular. I’d have undoubtedly loved them aged ten, but adults? They seem to be the biggest fans! Don’t you want a little more substance?
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pftw04
Best movie of 2021 is cry maccho. He is still riding horse at 90
I also seen House of Gucci which was good as was Lady Gaga who I am no fan of , and Al Pacino . The actor who I was most impressed with besides Adam Driver was Oscar winner Jeremy Irons whose acting was superb in this film and really made me take notice . I did not want to go to the theatre to see this film as I thought it was going to be a snooze fest and this movie started out and just picked up steam and was a really wonderful story . Highly recommend it !Quote
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TheGreek
James Bond No Time to Die
Good pick. The only film I saw at the cinema that year, actually. I hadn't seen any of Daniel Craig's Bond outings, yet was really quite impressed.
As for other films, I'm not really sure. I primarily view everything on Netflix and, admittedly, don't always note the year.
I am a big fan of the James Bond franchise and to me Daniel Craig's 007 was a dark brooding bad ass unlike Connery, Moore , Brosnan ,whom I love all of them , but the darkness in how Daniel Craig portrayed 007 was very refreshing to me and he sure did love his drink a LOT ! . Disappointed that they killed him off but that to me shows me how good the writing was where they took the fork in the road and surprised me . 5 Bond films puts Craig in the top of the Pantheon with Connery and Sir Roger Moore ! Who probably is my favorite Bond as he was such a ladies man and a total bad ass as well !Quote
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liddas
007 wasn't a bad film in itself, but it was an abysmal James Bond movie. WTF, if they want a new "modern" 007, call him/her something else, double 0 schwa or whatever, but there was no need at all to sacrifice 007's myth on the altar of politically correctness ...
You know, I was semi-expecting expecting the movie to be a load-of-nonsense, politically correct, woke-fest. However, I really didn't think it was. I thought Bond was his cliched self. Not quite how Connery or Moore portrayed Flemming's creation, yet Daniel Craig has the rawness of the former, definitely. Are you talking about further Bond movies? Undoubtedly, things will change, and whether it'll be worth watching despite this, well, who knows?
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TheGreekI also seen House of Gucci which was good as was Lady Gaga who I am no fan of , and Al Pacino . The actor who I was most impressed with besides Adam Driver was Oscar winner Jeremy Irons whose acting was superb in this film and really made me take notice . I did not want to go to the theatre to see this film as I thought it was going to be a snooze fest and this movie started out and just picked up steam and was a really wonderful story . Highly recommend it !Quote
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TheGreek
James Bond No Time to Die
Good pick. The only film I saw at the cinema that year, actually. I hadn't seen any of Daniel Craig's Bond outings, yet was really quite impressed.
As for other films, I'm not really sure. I primarily view everything on Netflix and, admittedly, don't always note the year.
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Rockman
Havent seen yet but what's Tom like in Licorice Pizza ?????
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angee
rayrad, I agree on Licorice Pizza, and The Worst Person in the World, which I'm glad I caught at a film festival.
You didn't care for Power of Dog? I have to admit, if I had seen it alone, I might not have been able to take it. I saw it with a friend and we were both wowed by the intensity. I looked it up after to get a handle on sections I didn't understand, and liked it even better.