Widows. Sure, there's action and explosions and stuff, but those are just punctuation on a character-driven story. Well worth seeing.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Brilliant. Not sure what other words to say about it, but it was the best movie I've seen a pretty long time.
Have you read A Prayer for Owen Meany? The film was adapted from that book. Not a huge John Irving fan, but that book was worth reading.
Yep ... and the fact that Irving forced the filmmaker to change the title and the name of the lead character speaks volumes about the quality of the film.
Being a big fan of Viola Davis (but I will not watch How to Get Away With Murder because it's hot trash), it was a given the wife and I were going to see Widows. What? No CGI? Not a sequel, remake or relaunch? No big fight between a pure good guy and an evil bad guy? Man, what a scam. Director Steve McQueen co-wrote the screenplay with Gillian "Gone Girl" Flynn and they made Widows as an adult story for adult sensibilities?
And instead of a "stinger" for a Widows 2--which incidentally will never be made--we get a new Sade track with the end credits??!! Well, don't I feel like a real putz.
Give it an "8" on a ten scale. Nothing particularly profound or deep happens, but this is as good as casts gets in flicks like this and I appreciated all of them. Go see Widows.
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Watched "The Man Who Invented Christmas." If you're a writer or wanting to be one, then you'll laugh through this movie. It's about Charles Dickens writing "A Christmas Carol." Probably like 95% fictional, but Dickens' writing process reminds me of my own. It was nice to see yesterday when I was feeling bad about my work.
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The movie was so bad - the anachronism soup was insane; the dialogue was corny; the villains were completely ridiculous; the modern allegory was totally over-the-top; the action was quite simply impossible...
So, there is no good reason why I should have loved it so much. It's like I just checked my brain at the door and rode it like a roller coaster.
I loved that book. For some reason, I didn't read any other of Irving's after it which is strange.
Last movie I saw was Wind River. I liked it but it felt slightly insubstantial somehow like it never really got started. I like slow burn movies but there wasn't really enough burn.
Last night I made my housemates watch 'The Muppet's Christmas Carol', undoubtedly the best adaptation of the work.
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The Woman in Gold with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds not being a wise-ass. Instead, he's an inexperienced attorney helping an elderly friend of his mother's get back Klimt (sp?) paintings seized by the Nazis, and the Austrian government ain't havin' any of it.
Much better than anticipated. It had been sitting in the queue for quite some time.
Much better than anticipated. It had been sitting in the queue for quite some time.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. I love the books it's based on (the grand oeuvre of Patrick O'Brian), and I love this movie. Gorgeous look, gorgeous soundtrack, great casting, and it really captures the spirit of the novels even though it doesn't actually reproduce any of the plots directly. I wish it had succeeded in launching the hoped-for franchise, but it stands alone just fine.
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My brother rounded Cape Horn on the Europa. A couple of crewmates on that trip were crew on that movie, literally flying from closing scenes to the Europa.
I Tonya, which was surprisingly good. Didn't realize Tonya Harding had it so tough during her early life. Her mother seemed to be a puke. She could have at least placed in the finals had she not resorted to the devious plan to take Nancy out of the competition. And I do believe Tonya orchestrated that attack, so I have little sympathy for her.
While I love the Alastair Sim version, I believe I agree with you.
Yeah, no. This is a fact.
Widows was very good. Gorgeous cinematography, great acting, great writing. I hope it wins some awards this year; it deserves them.
While I love the Alastair Sim version, I believe I agree with you.
Yeah, no. This is a fact.
I am inexplicably fond of the Mr Magoo version.
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Netflix DVD: Kramer vs Kramer
yup, a little old school movie to help pass the time when you are feeling crappy over the weekend.
yup, a little old school movie to help pass the time when you are feeling crappy over the weekend.
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Our weekly movie education with our 16-year-old son has taken a break for Christmas movies.
Friday night: Elf (We missed our Sunday night Christmas movie because my husband was sick.)
Sunday night: Die Hard (Yes, it's a Christmas movie. Fight me.)
Friday night: Elf (We missed our Sunday night Christmas movie because my husband was sick.)
Sunday night: Die Hard (Yes, it's a Christmas movie. Fight me.)
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Eddie The Eagle, staring Hugh Jackman (sp?). This one crept up on me and left me dazzled a bit--in a good way. The movie is just so far out there. It IS an inspirational flick, though. I've watched it three times to absorb all it.