The Interview......Terrible
The Last Movie You Watched?
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Movie Theater - American Sniper
DVD - Alien Resurection
DVD - Alien Resurection
CITIZENFOUR - Confirmed conservatives and liberals seem to be united in their disdain for Edward Snowden, but CITIZENFOUR takes a different tack: how everybody may be at risk when basic freedoms are sacrificed in the name of "national security." If you're already aware of the issue from reading magazines like Wired, you're ahead of the game. If you're not prepared, watch this documentary and prepared to be shocked. This is this year's front-runner for Best Feature Documentary.***1/2 of four
Tree of Life. Dinosaurs, nebulas, birth, life, death.
Kumare--filmmaker from NJ becomes a fake guru from India in the western US, develops a real following, and then agonizes over exit strategy.
I have very mixed feelings about this one.
I am not surprised he "got over" as a guru. He had the spiritual and cultural background, certainly the look to do it, was about as flexible as any human being I have ever seen for yoga poses, and two good-looking women to help make the sale. And as for the morality of it, he preached finding the true guru within, and did not mock his followers, take their money, or sexually exploit them, unlike many of those who make what would be generally thought of as more legit claims to being a guru.
I have very mixed feelings about this one.
I am not surprised he "got over" as a guru. He had the spiritual and cultural background, certainly the look to do it, was about as flexible as any human being I have ever seen for yoga poses, and two good-looking women to help make the sale. And as for the morality of it, he preached finding the true guru within, and did not mock his followers, take their money, or sexually exploit them, unlike many of those who make what would be generally thought of as more legit claims to being a guru.
Taken 3 (2014) with Liam Neeson.Not knocked me out.
The interview. ..and Hunger games\mocking Jay
The Gambler............Mark Wahlberg
The Interview
Predestination - A very interesting sci-fi movie IMHO, had a unique twist/concept to it
I just finished watching The Old Man and the Sea. Spencer Tracy was a marvel in that.
However, it would be a total flop today, given the ten-second attention span of today's younger generations.
However, it would be a total flop today, given the ten-second attention span of today's younger generations.
Two out-of-the-mainstream movies have been chopped off the top of my Netflix queue;
Calvary: A film from Irish writer/director John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson. I liked their first collaboration (The Guard), so I watched this one hoping it would be as good. It was interesting, the plot involves a priest (Gleeson) taking a confession and being told he will be murdered at the end of the week. The day-by-day build up has the priest dealing with the people of the remote small town and their multitude of sins, all weighing on him as the time of his threatened murder draws near. It had quite a bit of humor and plenty of clever dialogue, which is one of the things that I love about Irish film, but the principal characters were just so unlikeable and unredeeming the movie became rather bleak. Gleeson was great to watch, but the movie was a bit too dour for my tastes
The Zero Theorem: This is a Terry Gilliam film and you go in knowing you are going to see a visually striking movie that is weird. Strong echoes of his movie Brazil, with an extra helping of satirical musings about pointless corporate existence OR it might be existential navel gazing. The main character, Qohen Leh, is a corporate drone who has lost all meaning in his life except for his work. The religious metaphors are troweled on heavy; most of the movie happens in an abandoned church, Management stands in for God, Bob (Mgmts young son) is sent to help Qohen get over his fears and reconnect with the world and Quohen is tempted to stray from work by pizza and a sexy young woman (standing in for the Devil). The movie is confusing, bizarre, laden with cameos, and more than a little pointless almost exactly what Terry Gilliam is known for churning out; but in my opinion, this one is tilted toward hardcore fans
I think I am going to select a couple of mainstream Hollywood movies next, just to cleanse my movie palate
Calvary: A film from Irish writer/director John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson. I liked their first collaboration (The Guard), so I watched this one hoping it would be as good. It was interesting, the plot involves a priest (Gleeson) taking a confession and being told he will be murdered at the end of the week. The day-by-day build up has the priest dealing with the people of the remote small town and their multitude of sins, all weighing on him as the time of his threatened murder draws near. It had quite a bit of humor and plenty of clever dialogue, which is one of the things that I love about Irish film, but the principal characters were just so unlikeable and unredeeming the movie became rather bleak. Gleeson was great to watch, but the movie was a bit too dour for my tastes
The Zero Theorem: This is a Terry Gilliam film and you go in knowing you are going to see a visually striking movie that is weird. Strong echoes of his movie Brazil, with an extra helping of satirical musings about pointless corporate existence OR it might be existential navel gazing. The main character, Qohen Leh, is a corporate drone who has lost all meaning in his life except for his work. The religious metaphors are troweled on heavy; most of the movie happens in an abandoned church, Management stands in for God, Bob (Mgmts young son) is sent to help Qohen get over his fears and reconnect with the world and Quohen is tempted to stray from work by pizza and a sexy young woman (standing in for the Devil). The movie is confusing, bizarre, laden with cameos, and more than a little pointless almost exactly what Terry Gilliam is known for churning out; but in my opinion, this one is tilted toward hardcore fans
I think I am going to select a couple of mainstream Hollywood movies next, just to cleanse my movie palate
Lawrence of Arabia
Non-Stop with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. Proof, once again, that you can take a great cast and make an unwatchable movie if you have a lousy script. Painful --- so bad there are LOL moments where you cringe at the plot and dialogue.
JOHN WICK - A retired contract killer returns to the underground of professional murder after crossing paths with the Russian mob. Violent and dark - but also compulsively watchable.*** of four
Jupiter Ascending.
Not so good. A space opera, like Guardians of Galaxy, but Guardians is 100X better movie...
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Stardust. Now my favorite fairy tale.
THE OFFICIAL STORY - A history teacher in the Argentinean upper class gets her own civics lesson when the learns the effects of a recent junta - and how her own family may have benefited from it. It helps to do your research before seeing the film; the political references are more pointed. Academy award winner for best foreign film. *** of four
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