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Old 03-31-2018, 08:22 PM   #21231 (permalink)
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I last watched Conspiracy theory (1997) on VHS
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Old 04-01-2018, 09:37 AM   #21232 (permalink)
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The Titan. Which was actually pretty good.
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Old 04-01-2018, 03:10 PM   #21233 (permalink)
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The kind of people who watch Seven Seal and Metropolis in one sitting and proceed to think they're the piniccle of taste in film.
I don't get it, are those supposed to be bad films or something? Or do you just think they're too long?

The bashing of Tarantino is a rejection of the blind fanboyism that surrounds him imo. He's a great director but far from the be-all-end-all of auters. I think he's criminally underrated when it comes to camerawork, I only ever see people mention his dialogue (which to be fair is great as well).
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The Hateful Eight (the screenplay cover is cooler so I went with that)

Hadn't seen this one because I was so disappointed by Django, but had time for it today.

1. Ennio Morricone>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2. Good round characters, chemistry, and acting all around.
3. Really enjoyed the fixed setting.
4. Tarantino flexes his film nerd muscles. Lots of foreshadowing in the directionality and placement, well-planned framing, and loads of film references all over the place.
5. Overall a fun watch.
6. I dug a lot of the dark/ironic humour.
7. A bit drawn out.
8. Exceeded my expectations. I give it a 4/5

P.S. Samuel L. Jackson would be the best hype man.
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Old 04-03-2018, 02:32 AM   #21235 (permalink)
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Good morning Frown how are ya buddy?

I last saw ONE FLEW OVER THE COOCOOS NEST (1975) on VHS
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Old 04-03-2018, 01:25 PM   #21236 (permalink)
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The Reader

Really good. My brother insists the book is much better, but I still liked the movie a lot. Just a good drama. Not anything super original, although the story did go in a direction I didn't see coming at all, since I didn't even read a synopsis before watching it.

Det Erotiske Menneske

A pretentious snorefest. Much, much less insightful that it imagines itself to be.

300

Dumb macho nonsense. It didn't even have the decency to show much good action.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The second Herzog movie I've watched inside the last few months and neither of the two were any good. Cobra Verde was the other one. At least Kaspar Hauser felt a bit more like the script had some kind of direction to it.

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Watched this one a few days later to see if I'm just done with Herzog. Thankfully not so!
I'm not sure I understood it 100% but it was still really good. Herzog is forgiven! Michael Shannon knocked it out of the park in this movie.
EDIT: I just realized I've chosen a weird Turkish cover or something. The title of the movie is "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done".
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Herzog is strongest as a documentarian/narrator, but his Nosferatu film was pretty good.
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I watched My Best Friend, his film about Klaus Kinski, a couple years ago and it was great, so I'm definitely going to check out his other documentaries.

His fiction is pretty hit and miss for me. I've watched a few more years ago, but nothing I felt strongly about. I can't even really remember the Nosferatu movie. I guess it hit the right sort of atmosphere pretty well. I haven't even seen the original yet, so I can't compare.
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I think I agree that Tarantino is overrated, and I say this as someone who loves Tarantino. This is because I largely disagree with his first films being his greatest. I don't have much love for Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs. Even Kill Bill is a bit too facetious for me.

Inglourious Basterds, though, I think is Tarantino's best work, because I think it's his strongest story and I don't think he ever takes it to the cartoonish heights he does in Django Unchained or Kill Bill. I mean yeah, I understand the Tarantinoverse and the film-within-a-film thing, but I still don't think those stories are clean enough. The thing about arteurs is that sure, they get full reign over their creative vision, but that also means there's nobody to say "no, you need to tone it down and edit", and sometimes that's necessary. ****in' Django Unchained and Hateful Eight were probably 45 minutes longer than they needed to be. Inglourious Basterds though, I don't think it has any wasted scenes. And Christoph Waltz is a spectacle to behold as Hans Landa.
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I watched My Best Friend, his film about Klaus Kinski, a couple years ago and it was great, so I'm definitely going to check out his other documentaries.

His fiction is pretty hit and miss for me. I've watched a few more years ago, but nothing I felt strongly about. I can't even really remember the Nosferatu movie. I guess it hit the right sort of atmosphere pretty well. I haven't even seen the original yet, so I can't compare.
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