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This is basically movie thread, what you watched recently, discuss things. Similar to the book thread but for muh visual things.
Anyways, I finally got around to watching Tarkovsky's Solaris and it was so fucking good but bleak. Got around it by watching old hollywood classic royal wedding which was a fun watch, Fred Astaire dancing on all the walls and the ceiling in the room=absolute cinema.
 
During my past week holiday in Scotland, I basically rewatched some of my favourite movies on the DVD player i borrowed from my dad (it was actually his birthday present lol)

House
Meet The Feebles
The Lawnmower Man
Gummo
Audition
you name it


but there was one new movie I watched during the week, it was Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie..... it wasn't as comical as the TV show it's based on but hey at least it was alright, A bit of Austin Powers-esque elements here and there
 
I had watched Bugonia (2025) and Mickey 17 (2025).

I want to specifically give respect to entire crew of Bugonia, holy fucking shit I never seen film that is so greatly filmed, greatly written, every fucking decision and happening make sense (as far as imaginary event can go) , great actor play, great lighting and composition, everything, I watched so much junk and then there is something like that, I would not even say anything about it to not spoil what the movie is about, it is just great. It also have very thin line of dark humor, which I also enjoyed. The only film where I ever cared to look for the cast, it was so sad that I learned that people who were responsible for that film never made any other film together before, they seem to have great symbiosis that I crave and no one in film industry delivers.

Mickey 17 was pretty special movie as well, it just unique and special, not something you can see often either.

So I would recommend both movies in case you didn't watch them and want something new.
 
sheldonsnooper said:
I had watched Bugonia (2025) and Mickey 17 (2025).

I want to specifically give respect to entire crew of Bugonia, holy fucking shit I never seen film that is so greatly filmed, greatly written, every fucking decision and happening make sense (as far as imaginary event can go) , great actor play, great lighting and composition, everything, I watched so much junk and then there is something like that, I would not even say anything about it to not spoil what the movie is about, it is just great. It also have very thin line of dark humor, which I also enjoyed. The only film where I ever cared to look for the cast, it was so sad that I learned that people who were responsible for that film never made any other film together before, they seem to have great symbiosis that I crave and no one in film industry delivers.

Mickey 17 was pretty special movie as well, it just unique and special, not something you can see often either.

So I would recommend both movies in case you didn't watch them and want something new.
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heard many great things about bugonia but I really don't like watching movies while they're hyped; specifically I'll even wait as long as 5+ years sometimes to watch something, ESPECIALLY if it's hyped to the point of something like bugonia or sinners, because it becomes either a huge dissapointment or "ooooh this is actually kino" moment, no inbetween.
 
Finally got around to seeing Kids from 1995, and holy fuck if it isn't one of the greatest anti drug movies i've ever seen. It's raw, it's visceral and it's creepy as fuck but does its job so well.
 
Countzer0 said:
Finally got around to seeing Kids from 1995, and holy fuck if it isn't one of the greatest anti drug movies i've ever seen. It's raw, it's visceral and it's creepy as fuck but does its job so well.
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Yeah, the drugged out guy fucking the passed out girl that just found out she had some major STDs was pretty raw if I say so myself.
 
Heidi the girl said:
Yeah, the drugged out guy fucking the passed out girl that just found out she had some major STDs was pretty raw if I say so myself.
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rawdogging it

*badumptiss*
but yeah it was a pretty fucked up spectacle
now I'm relaly looking forward to Gumbo, and I might watch ken park as well. I'm on a roll with all these uncomfortable movies
 
From my two latest reviews on Letterboxd:
Gummo (4 1/2 star)
This is ultimately a movie about life. It's I think, probably misunderstood for being purely a shock movie; but what I found in this film was something profound. The movie is essentially about life, and what happens when you either embrace it or you don't; of course, in the most fucked up way possible, do the best possible thing you can in a fucked up situation.
There are so many great lines in the film, the dialogue is deadpan and needs to be for the most part; but when it's loud it makes a statement. An otherwise fantastic film, a great movie and will probably watch again.


Charade (4 star)
Finally got around to watching this on youtube and it was a relentless never ending ride. There are so many great lines in this film, and I loved the twists; every act had at least one, and some acts had more and they kept piling up. The chemistry between Audrey and Cary Grant was fantastic, and I loved especially the final twist. It was beautifully shot and the sequences that were comedic were fantastic beats, and sometimes even the scenes that weren't comedic in intent were sometimes funny. An overall fantastic experience; did not feel like almost 2 hours.
 
I had an overall SOLID weekend.

06/27

My name is nobody 3½/5*

This was a great watch. I love the physical comedy, but some of the bits were genuinely terrifying.
The first shaving scene had me on the absolute edge of my seat.
The bar glass shoot sequence was awesome!
The huge landscape photos were awe-inspiring and again, Sergio Leone makes nature another character in the movie.
The soundtrack was a bit too on the nose from good, the bad and the ugly but I kind of get it. It just works.
The ending monologue was also fantastic.

The mirror 5/5*

Me, at minute 10: Wow, I love the poetic spoken word fragments
Me, at minute 30: Okay woman, who hurt you
Me, at minute 40: What am I even watching anymore
Me, at minute 60: I gave up trying to understand this movie, went along with all the five stages of grief and loved it. I pretty much had an existential crisis that made me question my own surrealism beliefs by the halfway point of this film.
After having watched this, I planned on another movie, but I had to take a break. It’s one of the most profound and strange movies I have ever watched; Yet it’s both depressive and healing at the same time. This is the first standalone movie that wasn’t an adaptation of a book that I watched from Starkovsky, and it held up fantastically on its own. My favourite thing I watched all year.

06/28

Leningrad Cowboys go America 3 / 5*
Me: I want to go and watch Spinal Tap!
Mom: We have Spinal Tap at home
Spinal tap at home:

This was a fun watch. Not Aki’s best work, but it’s a fun time. The dead pan humor is doing its work. The beer cans just falling out of the car, right before the guys ask “I wonder where he gets all his beer from”, is absolutely hysterical and had me howling with laughter.
That being said, some of the sequences like the travel montages just don’t hold it for me, and could easily have been cut; so could the village idiot character Igor. I know he’s a meta joke, as a roadie but he just does not work. The humor here falls flat and could have been cut entirely. Overall, a fun time.

For a few dollars more 4 / 5*
It’s interesting to see Eastwood and Van Cleef explore other roles together. This time as dubious allies. The film does not have as many of the big nature shots that we know Sergio Leone is capable of; instead, what we get is a character driven spectacle. And it’s gorgeous. Indigo is set up as a fantastic villain; while this doesn’t bring anything new to the genre, it’s a perfectly capable film. The payoffs are fantastic, and the soundtrack; oh my god what a gorgeous soundtrack.

A night in Casablanca 4 / 5*
This movie is a fun time. It’s almost non stop craziness and a gag in almost every scene. Is there one bit that could have been cut? The harp sequence just didn’t do it for me. Some lines are clear references to other noir films also, and they only work in the context of if you’ve watched those films; otherwise, this movie is mostly great comedy. The wardrobe hiding sequence is way too long but makes it even funnier, I love how it’s all almost one shot, the camera pans to the characters and it’s great fun.
 
Countzer0 said:
Anyways, I finally got around to watching Tarkovsky's Solaris and it was so fucking good but bleak
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That ending tho

Countzer0 said:
Finally got around to seeing Kids from 1995, and holy fuck if it isn't one of the greatest anti drug movies i've ever seen. It's raw, it's visceral and it's creepy as fuck but does its job so well.
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Kids is another classic

Ever seen Gummo?
 
fleacollerindustry said:
That ending tho


Kids is another classic

Ever seen Gummo?
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look at my review for Gummo in this thread. It was a fantastic movie, genuinely misread as pure shock value.

Solaris, yeah, that ending. holy crap.the mirror was in my opinion better, and it actually shoved off trainspotting t2 over my favourite four on letterboxd, surprisingly enough
 
Countzer0 said:
look at my review for Gummo in this thread. It was a fantastic movie, genuinely misread as pure shock value.
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Reading is for losers

But I'm glad you enjoyed it!

How about Koyaanisqatsi? I know it doesn't have much of a plot per se but it's still fairly engrossing
 
6/31

Second Chorus (1940) 2/5 stars

Not even Fred's dancing could save this one; it has mostly lackluster performance, and I honestly think it comes down to Fred playing a gigantic piece of shit. Maybe that's who he actually was in real life; considering the stories that have recently come out against him.
But I'd like to keep the "film" version of him, because I know he can do so much better.
Paulette stole the show, and she's the real main character; sadly being reduced into a few quip lines here and there, given her work as a manager and how efficient and good she is, she should have been given more screen time and story time. I liked it for what it was, but not Fred's best; I still enjoy a good musical with good music in it, and good music it has.
 
07/06

Top Secret 2 ½ / 5

A fun but confusing movie. It's at its best when it fully commits to a gag but rarely ever does.
At times I didn’t know if I was watching a musical, noir, a spy or a war movie parody.
It’s at its best when it does noir and war; the rest just falls flat. Especially the music, they could have picked some star who actually knew how to sing and play the guitar for those bits, or alternatively have multiple actors in it for the whole gag which would have been priceless.
I have faint memories of having watched this before and honestly, I only really remembered the movie from when everyone with ridiculous names showed up; that just about sadly, sums up the movie.
The music drags on for way too long and while the Beach Boys shtick in the first sequence is fun, the rest are just…cringeworthy.
It’s not really making fun of anything, really.
A mostly okay time with some good laughs along the way, but it doesn’t quite sell the movie completely.

“All right, be an asshole”.

07/07

Punch Drunk Love 4/5

This is another evidence of when Adam Sandler actually tries, he’s great at acting.
I love the film, and it was just the perfect length; the funny sequences are often the ones who don’t attempt to be.
It’s slow and almost somber when you actually think about it, and almost Nordic in the way the pacing goes.
The movie is eerily depressive and also funny at the same time.
Adam Sandler’s character is honestly the biggest chud to chad story I have ever seen.
It’s good at depicting male loneliness, and what happens when someone eventually wants to break out of it.
 
Nobody 2 / 5

I walked into this not expecting a whole lot, to be fair. All I knew was that it was action, and Bob Odenkirk was in it. And honestly, it sort of tracks. The movie starts out fast paced, the robbery sequence is great and then….it drags. I was really hoping for something, because that action sequence with the armed robbery was great; not overly cut, and if cut it was just at the right moment, and they let the action flow.
The rest? Honestly, you’re supposed to stay engaged with the family situation afterwards but…I kind of forgot about that. I just wanted the story to move on. And it took roughly 28 minutes until it did. But when it did, it was a lot of fun; the action sequences have a lot of what I asked Hollywood to do, like ten years ago when they were overcutting everything and not for effect mind you, so they could over-use stuntmen and fake hit without looking like they actually did, which in here; they must have gotten a few actual impacts in and you can tell when it registers, because wow the action works when it works.
And then…more drag. What I really appreciate about this also, which is not “typical” Hollywood, is that they actually speak the language of whatever balkan area they’re trying to have as an angle in a B plot for the story, and that’s refreshing. It’s another welcome trend; I sadly didn’t have subtitles on, so I just kind of sat in the dark, but honestly it was a fun ride and gave away for some true confusing immersion that was kind of great.
All that being said, what ultimately drags the film is the identity crisis it has. It tries really hard to be a spy thriller with an investigative plot but it drags, and it fails to do drama which drags too, and what could have been a fun ride becomes a slow snooze fest. It felt way longer than a 90 minute film which is honestly a crime when it comes to action films; There’s other movies that’s done this genre of cinema better in modern times. Bullet Train comes to mind. Even the Jack Reacher movie was a more riveting experience than whatever this attempted. I tried really hard to find something to like in this, and ultimately walked away with Bob Odenkirk’s performances when it comes to action; and he can do drama, just not in this film.
 
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