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I just thought it was a rip off of The Talented Mr Rippley. Without some of the weirder scenes pretty sure Saltburn would not have been noticed.
Being a Hitchock fan I have to recommend Rope. One of his lesser known films, shot just after WW2 with Jimmy Stewert. Shot to look like one continuous scene in a New York apartment. Again, a dark subject matter. Well worth watching if only for the camera work.
I watch a LOT of films but I'm also dumb so I'm not looking for films with a load of faffy dialogue and pretentiousness. So in answer to the original post here, my go to list of what I call comfort films is as follows.
Aliens - obviously Alien is the better film but Aliens is more entertaining.
Terminator - really the only truly essential one in the series.
Enter the Dragon/Bloodsport/Best of the Best - my three favourite fighting flicks.
Predator 2 - the most underrated sequel of all time.
Groundhog Day - my favourite Xmas movie (even if it's not even slightly a Xmas movie and is set in February).
Repo Man - the greatest film of all time.
The Thing (1982)/The Thing (2011) - John Carpenter's film is one of my top three. The sequel is underrated and has a good pace that makes it easy to watch. Yes, the CGI is a bit much.
The Man With Two Brains - an '80s Steve Martin film that has a joke a minute at least and they always land. It's amazing.
I tend to spend a lot of time these days watching modern horror films. Contrary to what people think, we're in a golden age for them. There are loads of really good ones and more getting made all the time. It Follows, Smile, Devil, Thanksgiving, Talk To Me.
And I'm a mark for anything that Nic Cage does these days.
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
You're the only person I know who's also seen St Maud.
I absolutely hated it and it's the only film I've actually walked out of. Goes to show it's all down to personal taste. Just looked to me like it was someone who'd just finished film school and was indulgently letting rip with the tomato ketchup and self loathing.
But I hated Saltburn and The Joker too, so what do I know!!!
I have mentioned previously that I am a bit of a weeb, so it'll come as no surprise when I say:
'Grave Of The Fireflies' by Hiyao Miyazaki. Simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking. Follows the fortunes of two Japanese orphans trying to make their way after WW2. One of my favourite anime. Tissues on standby. 'No I'm not: I've got something in my eye...'
He came out of retirement to make 'The Boy And The Heron' and won his second Oscar this year.
I liked 'Weathering With You' and 'Silent Voice' (if you're after non-Miyazaki titles). Beautiful stories and the animation is flawless.
However, my all time, heavyweight champion of anime isn't technically a film (although it had a Japanese cinema release): Starblazers 2199 (aka Space Battleship Yamato - Uchuu Senkan Yamato). Big mecha, fast jets and fcking great guns. In space! Hook it to my veins!
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
Of the Oscar films this year, I enjoyed the Holdovers the most. Really great to have a film with character and plot, well acted, well edited, and all round good watch.
I really enjoyed The Holdovers, so that's something. Excellently acted across the board. Good to see Carrie Preston on the big screen in a supporting role. She deserves to have more screen time.
Now you're talking! One of my all time favourite movies, and classic of its time and genre. I even have a copy of the original poster, I like it so much - and it's a great poster!
Regarding the issue of personal taste, in reference to some of the other films recently mentioned: I really liked Saltburn, but I thought the Holdovers what distinctly underwhelming, especially after all the hype about it. Although I agree with Nix that Carrie Preston is a great actor.
A film everyone keeps telling me about is Poor Things, so going to check that out next.
I struggled with Poor Things. Is it a misogynists wet dream or a feminist torch song? It looks great and the performances are all sound, but it does feel exploitative.
She turned the tables on most of the men who set out to exploit her. and seemed to become more confident in her directing her own destiny as the film went on.
I'm sure that there are aspects that could be considered dodgy but I certainly don't think Emma Stone would have done something that she believed to be misogynistic as she has a lot of say I can imagine in the roles she plays.
I share your opinions on that film. It was quite fun while it lasted but I've not thought about it since. In contrast, Zone of Interest continues to turn over in my mind.
I read the (Martin Amis) novel The Zone of Interest a few years ago and as a result don't know if I can bear to watch the film, the subject is just too horrific.
I don't know the novel but the film shows almost nothing of the camp so in that sense there's no horror on show. Of course, the sense of what's happening in the camp is palpable but it's the way the people live in the house next to the camp that's the real story.
It's not another film about a Nazi concentration camp. I've seen many and would not have wanted to see another. As Jonathan Glazer, the director has said, it's as much about our lives today as it is about Germany in the 1940s.
With all the plaudits Dune is getting, worth remembering that Denis Villeneuve has also made one of the best science fiction films of all time in the masterful Arrival
I don't really know what Barbie for adults actually means. That seems like a very superficial analysis.
I found the story gripping. It was about power relations, it was about how people are exploited for other people's ends, it was about facing and overcoming past trauma, it was about how we become more enlightened about our own lives through the eyes of our children. It was a subversion of how men use women for sex, with Emma Stone's character using sex to empower herself on her own terms. She threw off the shackles of female conditioning to start from scratch in how she interacted in the world.
It was funny, dark and quirky for me. But as I said earlier, each to their own.
I haven't yet seen Zone of Interest but I'm sure it will hold my attention as well.
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