The Ladykillers was indeed a very funny film. Never saw the remake w/ Tom Hanks.
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The Ladykillers was indeed a very funny film. Never saw the remake w/ Tom Hanks.
"To The Wonder" the latest by Terrence Malick. "Days of Heaven" or "The Thin Red Line" this ain't. It features two truly beautful women and gorgeous cinematography, but is tedium upon tedium. Whispered dialogue where there is any. He's striving for a poetic meditation upon the possibilities of love - human and divine. But the film meanders and meanders endlessly. Avoid.
I have a couple of boxsets covering almost the entire Ealing canon, but The Ladykillers remains my favourite, although Kind Hearts and Coronets runs it close. One of the things which makes these films so precious is that their on-street locations capture views of London from the early 1950s which are gone forever. They're valuable social history documents as well as delicious comedies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
I've never understood the high standing of the mediocre to frankly dreadful Carry On series. Not one of them is worth five minutes of an Ealing classic.
Killing Zoe.
This is supposed to be a cult classic and is a crime caper taking place in Paris. But I thought it was a bad movie. Why? Nothing good about it. It was somewhat predictable in that the crime seemed unplanned and no surprise went badly. The love story was thin, the friendship not much elaborated on, and without any payoff. A waste of time.
Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard, 2012)
Audiard tends to make films about people who have difficulty expressing themselves and may live on the edge of mainstream society perhaps on the wrong side of the law; if they also lead unstructured lives then maybe, as in this film, they will discover a means of being different in a positive way. Although this is a conventional love story with an unconventional storyline, it is another powerfully made film from this director, yet lacking something his earlier films like A Prophet had -more tension? Marion Cotillard is wonderful as usual, someone whose name on a poster usually makes a film worth seeing.
Rust and Bones UK Trailer (English Subtitles) - YouTube
Crows II (Takashi Miike, 2009)
This film extends the story begun with Crows Zero and presents again the domination of a 'school' as the greatest prize in what may be Yakuzua apprentices. There are two extra pretty boys in this -one of whom is capable of extreme violence- and two girls who can't get laid because their guys either can't, or won't -reinforcing the 'brotherly love' of this genre....Miike's films are always well made, but this one was frankly just more of the same....
CROWS 2 de Takashi Miike (Trailer español) - YouTube
Finally "Argo" and yes it was a thriller - even though you knew the denouement.
Baraka (Ron Fricker. 1992)
I watched the whole of this film for free on YouTube then discovered there is another version with subtitles that identified the locations, which is a modest improvement. The film is beautiful to look at, has suitably 'meditative' pseudo-music which grates after a while, and loses its focus on spirituality at later stages; I don't really want to see bodies being cremated on the Ghats of Banares, I found that intrusive and unnecessary, and ultimately it didn't really tell me anything about faith -its just an often stunning film to look at, but if you point a camera at the Himalayas I guess that's what you get (did Kathmandu ever look so photogenic? Other parts of it are not so famous for it!).
The follow-up, Samsara may also be worth seeing as a poster recommended a while ago
Baraka _HD 720p_Engsub - YouTube
my wife and i have sworn off movies in the theater until May. We just don't think anything that is coming out in the next 2 months would be worthwhile. anyone agree?
The link will take you to a list which includes the mind-boggling decision to remake Dirty Dancing, The Hangover 3 (as if the previous two were not bad enough, Yasmin Lee notwithstanding), another crack at Superman (Man of Steel), sci-fi/futurist/world-gone-zombie-mad films with Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise etc.
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1905...of-summer-2013
Or you could wait in anticipation for this British film (The Lotus Eaters) of which the promo reads:
Follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. The story centers on ex-model and aspiring actress Alice (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) as she struggles with her relationship with Charlie (Johnny Flynn), her drug-addicted ex-boyfriend. The fashionable group of friends epitomizes a new modern “lost generation” reminiscent of Ernest Hemmingway and his cohorts.
Maybe best to stay at home, or go to Cannes!