What's on at the movies
shakahislop
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saw this, in a totally ridiculous american cinema with chairs that go all the way back until you're nearly lying down and a small popcorn that's bigger than my head. i don't really know what to make of this style of filmmaking. it feels really apparent that films is moving on. loads of good things about anora but the tonal shifts are strange and overall unsatisfying. i don't get what it's for, what it's trying to do to me.
shakahislop
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i like that someone bothered to make a film about that russophone world of south ('south south') brooklyn. the thing about armenians trying to make sense of new york girls rang true.
shakahislop
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both the films by him (sean baker) that i've seen have this thing going on of him being a rich man who's always been rich but who is massively sympathetic to poor people in america and wants to portray their lives. but in the end that's what it is, it's an outsider's perspective
shakahislop
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in a few things i've seen recently there are bits where they show this kind of excessive sex in a way that's deliberately not sexy. harmony korine did the same thing in aggro drift.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
shakahislop
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saw blitz. way cheesier than i'd expected. pretty didactic, a teaching machine for the masses.
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
just came back from seeing anora in the cinema, thought it was an awful movie, so extremely annoying. the first hour is two ridiculous people fucking and doing that hangover movie thing with all the partying, second hour is four people constantly shouting and screaming at each other up untill the point that i wanted to leave cos i couldn't bear it any longer. then the last bit was supposed to be dramatic but at that point i was too annoyed by the whole thing to even take it serious. i couldn't laugh at any of the jokes or "humorous" moments either. i thought the two "bad guys" looked a bit like the ones in home alone and that i found funny but i'm not sure if that's what the director was aiming for?
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
just came back from seeing anora in the cinema, thought it was an awful movie, so extremely annoying. the first hour is two ridiculous people fucking and doing that hangover movie thing with all the partying, second hour is four people constantly shouting and screaming at each other up untill the point that i wanted to leave cos i couldn't bear it any longer. then the last bit was supposed to be dramatic but at that point i was too annoyed by the whole thing to even take it serious. i couldn't laugh at any of the jokes or "humorous" moments either. i thought the two "bad guys" looked a bit like the ones in home alone and that i found funny but i'm not sure if that's what the director was aiming for?
dilbert1
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Saw Three Women finally, at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Not my favorite Altman but a standout of his, dark and trippy, very much enjoyed it. Then last night at Film Forum this British realist noir from the 40s, It Always Rains on Sunday. Most of the characters were broke and depressed, with all prospects of a better life dim or out of reach, and it did in fact rain almost the entire movie. Epic chase scene at the end, too.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Yeah I remember liking Three Women more than some of the more meandery/ambiant Altman films. Wasn't able to get into Nashville, and I ran into the same issue with California Split (which I had to stop watching early due to scheduling conflicts, but which I don't plan on finishing).
I forget if Short Cuts was like that at all, and I think MASH might have been, but I remember liking The Long Goodbye, The Player, and I loved McCabe and Mrs Miller.
dilbert1
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Interesting the dislike for Anora, the reason I thought dissensians might approve was that its very “now,” has that ADD iPhone brainrot vibe to it, everyone’s sort of petty and stupid. I can see it being revolting and I didn’t sympathize with any of the characters but I enjoyed the shitshow of idiocy and vanity I guess. The kid’s handler I thought was funny, and I kind of like movies where everyone’s yelling the whole time for some reason. Certainly very decadent, but I guess coming off the heels of the Joker sequel and Megalopolis in my last trips to the philistine cinema (aka new movies), both of which made me feel dismal, I was bound to be impressed and go easy on its flaws.
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
yeh i'm not sure, i've only been hearing good stuff about it, even was praised at cannes and people are talking about oscars. maybe something is wrong with me? maybe i went in with the wrong expectations? it felt like torture to me. there was a small scene in between all the yelling and shouting of the main characters where they were on an airplane and the protagonists were annoyed because there was a screaming/crying baby seated behind them. well that's actually how i felt the entire movie.
shakahislop
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i liked the thing about confused europeans trying to deal with mental american girls, that rang true
kid charlemagne
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I should watch more altman... ive seen 3 or 4 of them, all pretty great, but none have really stood out as a favorite.
dilbert1
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Forgot to mention the lead actress was “Googie Withers.” Most British name of all time?
kid charlemagne
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Some movies I saw recently
The Order: Easily one of my favorite new movies of the year. very much a movie "made for me" in many senses, but the elegantly photographed rural landscapes as the grounds and palette for a cops and criminals crime thriller speaks enough for itself in its quality regardless of how much it aligns with genres i like. Nic Hoult and Jude Law are brilliant in it, it is just under 2 hours but it flies by in exhilarating speeds, rarely slowing down, and maybe at times it goes too fast for its own good, but overall i liked it a lot, great movie.
Oh Canada: The new Paul Schrader film that rarely seems to be getting any buzz, possibly because it is only being released at select festivals and in major cities. I did like this film, but Schrader had been so long in that "man in the room" mode with his last three films, it was admittedly tough to adjust to a new framework of what a Paul Schrader movie could be, and with how fragmented the film is in how it plays with the past and memories and what is real and isnt, I had a hard time piecing together much meaning, or thoughts, but by the end of the film, and in the hours after, I felt it was a fairly remarkable and a real affecting statement at where Schrader is in his career, while it isnt another "man in the room" film like his last three, it is still very consistent with his themes of remorse and double lives.
The Order: Easily one of my favorite new movies of the year. very much a movie "made for me" in many senses, but the elegantly photographed rural landscapes as the grounds and palette for a cops and criminals crime thriller speaks enough for itself in its quality regardless of how much it aligns with genres i like. Nic Hoult and Jude Law are brilliant in it, it is just under 2 hours but it flies by in exhilarating speeds, rarely slowing down, and maybe at times it goes too fast for its own good, but overall i liked it a lot, great movie.
Oh Canada: The new Paul Schrader film that rarely seems to be getting any buzz, possibly because it is only being released at select festivals and in major cities. I did like this film, but Schrader had been so long in that "man in the room" mode with his last three films, it was admittedly tough to adjust to a new framework of what a Paul Schrader movie could be, and with how fragmented the film is in how it plays with the past and memories and what is real and isnt, I had a hard time piecing together much meaning, or thoughts, but by the end of the film, and in the hours after, I felt it was a fairly remarkable and a real affecting statement at where Schrader is in his career, while it isnt another "man in the room" film like his last three, it is still very consistent with his themes of remorse and double lives.
kid charlemagne
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I'll prob see Queer and the Brutalist pretty soon, and the bob dylan movie, but thats prob it for new 2024 films for what i feel the need to see