Watched The Hill! Let me understand the story!! They take soldiers who can't follow order, send them to that place to be abused and beaten which is against military code to do that to a soldier - until they learn to follow orders again. Then send them back out into the battlefield to die? Fack that. Keep me out on the battlefield.
Watched Midway and Uncut Gems today. Midway was CGI heavy of course. Both entertaining enough to not feel like a complete waste of time.
Midway surprisingly got half decent reviews from the critics. It didn't save it though from being a box office flop.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I haven’t seen it but I know “Doctor Sleep” got pretty mixed reviews by the critics. It also didn’t make nearly the box office splash that WB was expecting.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The only thing keeping me from watching it is the length. I used to love 2.5hr movies, but since the quality of filmmaking has declined so much, the movie has to be seriously impressive for me to want to invest that amount of time in one that long.
I should think the episode on 'England's Deadliest Snakes' would be very short and dull. We only have one, not even that deadly, and being English would probably apologise if it had the temerity to bit one. "SSSSSorry".
Finished watching The Qeen´s Gambit on Netflix. Never thought chess could have such suspense. I did enjoy Anya Taylor-Joy´s acting, and shes from Miami
Interesting drama.
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I saw two movies a weekend ago and two movies this weekend:
1) "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" - 3 stars out of 4. I expected an anthology movies similar to "Trick R Treat," but instead met a movie that made the characters part of stories that were being written within the movie as part of the evolving plot. Hard to describe without giving much away. If I were younger and had not seen thousands of horror movies like I have, I would likely consider this a classic. If the production values were not so high, and the plot was not so well put together and original, I would have rated it lower. Personally I was not moved by the film like I would like to have been, but I recognize quality when I see it, thus a higher rating than I normally would give. To me, a testament to a good horror movie is one that either...
a) Gets me to shout at the screen b) Evokes some sort of latent emotional reaction inside of me, either during the film, or later, such as the morose uneasiness I felt after watching "Maniac" a month ago.
2) "The Beyond" - 2 stars out of 4 Supposed to be a horror classic, and I guess if gore gets you off, it might be, but otherwise dragged. A week later I forgot what the title was. Worth seeing for horror fans, if only to experience a piece of history.
Kevin Bacon weekend begins! (and copious hotties)
3) "Trapped" - 3 stars out of 4 Thriller from last decade that was entertaining, and I swear I've seen before. Tight plot, well done, very entertaining. I enjoyed this, and Charlize Theron was a bonus. The ending was a little campy though, but whatever.
4) "Where the Truth Lies" - 3 stars out of 4. This one I enjoyed, for like Trapped, was well written. This film was clearly adapted from a novel due to how scenes and events were structured, along with the narrative voice. I have debated giving it a 2.5 instead of a 3 for a couple of reasons: I wasn't as emotionally invested in the ending as I could have been, for the tension was not progressive and instead, to me, seemed to stall and smooth out, thus losing effect. I suppose to many who watch this film, they might be shocked, or even appreciate the "plot twist," which I won't give away, but let's say that it is relevant to modern "progressive" trends, and in a movie that was released in 2005. I then checked and saw that was the year that "Brokeback" came out, so, I shouldn't be so surprised, after all. I watched the movie initially because of the striking hottie in the lead role--she was very easy to watch, but the mysterious story was pretty good throughout. I suppose normally I'd say that a film like this might be duplicitous in nature, but the writing quality made up for that, which is odd.
A point on how I choose a movie to watch:
I don't watch previews. I don't read full reviews, only look at he scores, and skim at best.
Most of the time I know nothing about a film I am about to watch, and often randomly spin the roulette wheel and see where I land. The only criteria I use to pick a movie to watch are... a) The genre b) The writers c) Ratings and reviews d) The actors - sometimes I want to see some hotties, other times I want to see a particular dude or gal be their badass persona, etc.
So I end up watching films I would otherwise never watch, had I been fully aware of what they were about. This is good and bad. Good in that I see things I would not have, thus keeping me abreast of cultural trends, etc., and bad in that I see things sometimes that I have to close my ears and eyes on, to get past.
Most of the time I have absolutely no idea what I am about to watch, beyond a few pictures, along with the title and description.
The only thing keeping me from watching it is the length. I used to love 2.5hr movies, but since the quality of filmmaking has declined so much, the movie has to be seriously impressive for me to want to invest that amount of time in one that long.
I think a viewer truly realizes just how great "Seven Samurai" is when they come to the realization that the film is almost 3.5 hours and not one minute seems to be extraneous fluff.
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The only thing keeping me from watching it is the length. I used to love 2.5hr movies, but since the quality of filmmaking has declined so much, the movie has to be seriously impressive for me to want to invest that amount of time in one that long.
I think a viewer truly realizes just how great "Seven Samurai" is when they come to the realization that the film is almost 3.5 hours and not one minute seems to be extraneous fluff.
Yep, they exist. I call them "like watching candy." "Scarface" and "The Godfather" are two of them.
100 missions? That's a whole lot of lots! In World War II it was 25 missions. This is 100! No pilot can survive 100 and go home alive without being shot down first or killed.
No pilot can survive 100 and go home alive without being shot down first or killed.
And yet they did, so why post such a silly declaration?
US federal spending per person per year, in constant 2025 dollars: 1925 - $153.00 2025 - $20,497.00
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