Recent movies you saw - recommend or no
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Quite the visceral shift
Have not made up my mind on it.
Ebert likes it
others not so much.
Civil War movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert
Whatever you're expecting, this movie will give you something else.www.rogerebert.com
Civil War review – Alex Garland’s delirious dive into divided US society
Fratricidal warfare has exploded in North America, and war photographers including Lee (Kirsten Dunst) are eager to capture the money shot in this delirious action thrillerwww.theguardian.com
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Civil War is an arresting journalism film lacking a real thesis
A24’s Civil War doesn’t dig into the substance of its arresting imagery.www.theverge.com
I really want to see this.
I’ll wait until it’s available via (legal) streams.
It’s only in theatres currently.
A lot of John Woo's stuff is really good. Especially the early stuff. Just don't look for any deep meanings
"Mission Impossible: 2" is, however, absolute junk. Well, I'd say that about pretty much all of them anyway, since I watched the original TV show when it was first released. To me it's supposed to be a psycho-thriller, not action-adventure.
A lot of John Woo's stuff is really good. Especially the early stuff. Just don't look for any deep meanings
"Mission Impossible: 2" is, however, absolute junk. Well, I'd say that about pretty much all of them anyway, since I watched the original TV show when it was first released. To me it's supposed to be a psycho-thriller, not action-adventure.
Broken Arrow was a decent romp.
The Zone of Interest on Prime. Pretty intense and it continues to haunt me after two days.
Its sub-titled but there is very little dialogue. Its the back ground "noise" from the camp that's important. There's a reason it won Best Sound at this year's Academy Awards.
The Zone of Interest (2023)
7.5 | Drama, History, War
Its sub-titled but there is very little dialogue. Its the back ground "noise" from the camp that's important. There's a reason it won Best Sound at this year's Academy Awards.
The Zone of Interest (2023)
7.5 | Drama, History, War
"Wonka" - I thought that I'd give it a go, on the basis of people whose opinions I respect giving it a thumbs-up, but it's really not my thing. The Gene Wilder movie used incidental music as a form of punctuation. This one is just a classic musical in which people break into song, for absolutely no reason. Movies of that sort that I have actually liked are virtually non existent.
Stumbled on Moby Dick on Prime and quite taken with the visual quality.
Falling asleep and the sun is wrecking the TV image ....will resume later but remarkable visuals for a 50s movie. The TV might be upscaling nicely. 
The special effects were certainly good for the time and the cast excellent.
In the Heart of the Sea is the true story of a sperm whale that sank a whaling ship
and the crew set off on epic small boat voyages of thousands of miles. Only two survived and were not believed until a journal of the ships boy was discovered a few years ago that verified the original account.
Chris Hemsworth does an admirable job in the movie and the special effects of course much improved over the Moby Dick effort.
The book of the same name is very engaging....on a par with Blighs open boat voyage but all his men survived....only two in this case and the tale is incredible.
Both worth your time IMNSHO
The special effects were certainly good for the time and the cast excellent.
In the Heart of the Sea is the true story of a sperm whale that sank a whaling ship
Chris Hemsworth does an admirable job in the movie and the special effects of course much improved over the Moby Dick effort.
The book of the same name is very engaging....on a par with Blighs open boat voyage but all his men survived....only two in this case and the tale is incredible.
Both worth your time IMNSHO
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Saw it last week, it's not good. Reviewers were all trying to make political points I think. It feels absurd the way the movie fetishize war photography and try to put them on a pedestal to be worshipped or something. At times I thought I was watching some kind of mockumentary like Spinal Tap.Quite the visceral shift
Have not made up my mind on it.
Ebert likes it
others not so much.Civil War movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert
Whatever you're expecting, this movie will give you something else.
Civil War review – Alex Garland’s delirious dive into divided US society
Fratricidal warfare has exploded in North America, and war photographers including Lee (Kirsten Dunst) are eager to capture the money shot in this delirious action thriller
Civil War is an arresting journalism film lacking a real thesis
A24’s Civil War doesn’t dig into the substance of its arresting imagery.
I avoided this film for years
Ebert when he did his 4 Star review had not known Charlize was in it until the credits....with good reason.
But .....I want to see what the glowing reviews and awards were all about
I like Ricci too.
Rough movie and based on a true and sad story. I understand Charlize has some personal trauma in her background too.
I'd much rather remember her in Cider House Rules. .....sigh.
Ebert when he did his 4 Star review had not known Charlize was in it until the credits....with good reason.
But .....I want to see what the glowing reviews and awards were all about
I like Ricci too.
Rough movie and based on a true and sad story. I understand Charlize has some personal trauma in her background too.
I'd much rather remember her in Cider House Rules. .....sigh.
