The first Mission Impossible and Pirates of the Caribbean films are really brought down by the rest of their respective franchises. Pirates turns into campy schlock and MI simply becomes another type of story altogether.
The cloak and dagger aspects of De Palma’s film are really well done. The Langley infiltration alone is such a spectacular set piece.
The first Pirates is truly a “perfect” adventure film. And honestly, probably the last proper action/adventure swashbuckling film since The Mask of Zorro. It’s an amazing love letter to the genre as a whole.
seems link is broken, it's control from 2007, story of ian curtis of joy division]
Control was interesting. Makes me think of the equally (if not more) interesting Love & Mercy, the story of Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys struggling with schizophrenia.
Nice package, but do you think 4k UHD really adds anything to a film that was deliberately made to look old?
I think Black and White specifically gains a significant amount from the higher resolution and, much more importantly, the increased Dynamic Range of more advanced disc formats.
High resolution and High Dynamic Range done well thrusts these monochromatic films into a more 3 dimensional feel than it does many color films because of the subtle tonality that exists in the monochrome format and it is better expressed and texturized by HDR.
My film students were a bit surprised when I told them I had seen John Wick 4. Then I explained the opening homage to the famous match cut in Lawrence of Arabia and things returned to normal.
Watched Mulholland Drive again this morning. (Criterion has a bunch of Lynch films this month.)
I understand viewers attempt to figure it out, but sometimes it's better to simply let a movie wash over you. Films aren't puzzles that need decoding necessarily.
John Wick 4 - bang bang bang slash slash aargh! snap bang bang thud crash bang I'm gonna kill you bang smash bang stab stab ooh look I got shotgun with flaming shells! woosh aaaahhh!! bang bang
Every action sequence goes on too long. They're not as inventive as in part three either. Nothing as creative as horse fu, although there is some dog fu. Watching an endless number of identical looking minions getting killed the same way gets a bit tedious. And the sequence shot from a top down perspective comes straight out of a video game.
He just bought a house in RI. Hope to see him around town.
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Have you ever visited the Jewish Cemetery in Newport, of the poems? I was just reading The Flowering of New England and Brooks mentions it.
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Watched Mulholland Drive again this morning. (Criterion has a bunch of Lynch films this month.)
I understand viewers attempt to figure it out, but sometimes it's better to simply let a movie wash over you. Films aren't puzzles that need decoding necessarily.
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I agree with this. If you are interested in making movies, it can be fun to take them apart and see how they work, but their main purpose is to entertain. I always try to let them do it.
Watched Mulholland Drive again this morning. (Criterion has a bunch of Lynch films this month.)
I understand viewers attempt to figure it out, but sometimes it's better to simply let a movie wash over you. Films aren't puzzles that need decoding necessarily.
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I just celebrated this post by watching Punch-Drunk Love. I have no opinion as to whether there was anything to figure out.
John Wick 4 - bang bang bang slash slash aargh! snap bang bang thud crash bang I'm gonna kill you bang smash bang stab stab ooh look I got shotgun with flaming shells! woosh aaaahhh!! bang bang
Every action sequence goes on too long. They're not as inventive as in part three either. Nothing as creative as horse fu, although there is some dog fu. Watching an endless number of identical looking minions getting killed the same way gets a bit tedious. And the sequence shot from a top down perspective comes straight out of a video game.
I'm somewhat mystified by the apparent success of John Wick. They are very stylish, look great and have some nice call-backs to other action movies. However, I'd actively avoid sitting through repeat showings.
I'm somewhat mystified by the apparent success of John Wick. They are very stylish, look great and have some nice call-backs to other action movies. However, I'd actively avoid sitting through repeat showings.
Despite running for nearly three sodding hours, this one has the least to it of all the films. I guesstimated that Keanu said little more than 100 words. Turns out it's less than 400, which is still a very low number for the protagonist in a film this long. He delivers every word in this oddly stilted way. They were aiming for a stoic and mysterious hero. They've ended up with a vague one instead. Attempts towards the end to give Wick some emotional depth fall flat because they haven't done the groundwork.
I re-watched the first one with my OH this week as she hadn't seen it. We always discuss movies after watching, and the first thing I said was 90mins was the perfect length for such a film.
John Wick 4 - bang bang bang slash slash aargh! snap bang bang thud crash bang I'm gonna kill you bang smash bang stab stab ooh look I got shotgun with flaming shells! woosh aaaahhh!! bang bang
I don't think a movie about 'Game Sprites' is a great basis for a film... no matter how stylish it may be.
HOWEVER, 'Fury Road' taught me otherwise... I love that Movie.
I just celebrated this post by watching Punch-Drunk Love. I have no opinion as to whether there was anything to figure out.
I've been showing Punch-Drunk Love to my film course every semester for the past couple years. Probably my favorite PT Anderson film.
And, yes, I have visited the Jewish cemetery in Newport. The Touro Synagogue is the oldest in the country. Around the corner is The White Horse Tavern, believed to be the oldest restaurant in the US. It has a small but nice bar, complete with fireplace for winter days.