Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 172

ive been doing a deep dive of all the 70s films that are on netflix and yeah simply fantastic! i love gene hackman too, rewatched the quick and the dead recently and went from there to watch others i hadnt seen with him

 

1970's in film. • forum.chorus.fm

 

dang El Topo didn’t get a single vote

this is on me

 

Let’s do one of them again

 

We will start with 1888 in film.

 

I expect the debate over Dickson Experimental Sound Film versus Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze to get HEATED in 1894

 

The Arrival Of A Train and A Trip To The Moon fans where you at

 

The 70s is my favorite decade of horror. Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Exorcist, Suspiria, Black Christmas, Dawn of the Dead, The Brood, Phantasm, Zombie, The Amityville Horror, Tourist Trap, Alien, Carrie, Shivers, Martin, Prophecy...just so much amazing cinematography, music, lighting, and innovative, genre-defining scares.

 

they don’t make em like they used to

 

I'm pretty sure I voted for El Topo so not sure where my vote is!

Although maybe I changed my vote to The Godfather to stop Jaws winning? Lol.

 

Wild! I gotta go 80s for horror (and I think overall for cinema)

 

Mean Girls is about what you'd expect from the movie-turned-musical-turned-movie. Doesn't lose any of its charm along the way, but doesn't really add anything of substance, either. The songs are mostly just okay, and the choreography can sometimes get just downright awkward. Reneé and Auli'i are great, though.

 

Godzilla Minus One Minus Color - 9/10
First viewing, caught the Minus Color version in theaters. It really is that good. I mean, I Had a feeling it would be good, and the first act was (Godzilla has never been scarier than in that opening sequence). Then the middle got heavy and started to border on great, even though it was emotionally challenging. But that third act? Perfection. The only thing I would cut is that stinger at the end. I was worried about missing out having not seen the color version, but this translates so well (even with the CG) that it's hard for me to imagine it anything other way. A very good drama that touches on war, PTSD, sacrifice, and morality. An excellent Godzilla film.

 

I watched it in color and was thinking of seeing it in black and white but decided on something i haven't watched instead which is pretty ironic because Mean Girls is basically still Mean Girls

 

Spotlight - 8.5/10
I have no memory of whether this was considered Oscar bait at the time of release, but I sure hope it wasn't, because the ensemble cast here actually puts in the work on a story that deserves to be told responsibly. It's also a snapshot in time, the kind of movie that doesn't really bother beginning or ending so much as it just unfolds in front of you. A relatively dry procedural in the best kind of way, like Zodiac without the killing. Just two hours of Mark Ruffalo scavenger hunting for documents and Michael Keaton being likable but intimidating. (McAdams and Schreiber also crush their roles.) What more could you want?

Saw X - 8/10
Still in awe of how good this is, not just for a Saw movie but as a horror film in general. I'm imagining a world where Saw II was the only Saw movie ever made until this prequel, which then deservedly goes on to be named one of the best legacy films ever made for an original horror film. Am I crazy for thinking Bell is giving a career-defining performance here?

wildly different movies that both accomplish what they're going for with flying colors, lol

 

People tried to make the "Oscar bait" tag stick on it, but at least anecdotally it seems like people called bullshit on that pretty regularly. Speaking as someone from Boston, that movie was absolutely necessary, not bait.

Also how good is Howard Shore's score?

 

Yesss, SO good. Shore always crushes it.

 

if you like Mark Ruffalo going through boxes watch Dark Waters too

 

Dark Waters > The Post > Spotlight.

 

Love all three, but yes Dark Waters reigns supreme.

 

Does Mark Ruffalo also go through boxes in Zodiac?

The last thing I saw him in was Poor Things which I really enjoyed

 

I am almost certain he digs through boxes in Zodiac lol

Hollywood's go-to digging through old files guy

 

Have not seen dark waters but the post and spotlight are both great.

 

I just hope Mark Ruffalo looking through boxes becomes a sub-genre

 

Just watched The Beekeeper.

It features Statham fucking people up. And tons of bee puns. This was all I wanted in this film, and its exactly what I got. Fantastic, no notes.

A+