Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[XhcnoirX]

Never Take Sweets From A Stranger (1960): A small town tries to bury a case of pedophilia when it involves a member of a powerful family. In essence it's a good movie with a powerful message, but I found it very slow and dull at times. 6+/10

[cigar joe]

The Greenwich Village Story (1963) Surprisingly well made independent feature that explores the "Beat" culture just before the "Age of Aquarius" hippy era, bookended by more modern footage. An interesting time capsule and even relevant concerning politics today. 6-7/10

Catch it fast currently on Youtube.

[dave jenkins]

The Greenwich Village Story (1963) Surprisingly well made independent feature that explores the "Beat" culture just before the "Age of Aquarius" hippy era, bookended by more modern footage. An interesting time capsule and even relevant concerning politics today. 6-7/10

Catch it fast currently on Youtube.

Thanks, I watched the first half on your tip.  Obviously the Coens had this in mind when they were making their own Greenwich Village story. One thing, though, I have to wonder about ILD now: where are the cops? Clearly, they were a very noticeable presence in the Village at that time. The Coens are guilty of giving us a very sanitized version of the times.

[cigar joe]

Thanks, I watched the first half on your tip.  Obviously the Coens had this in mind when they were making their own Greenwich Village story. One thing, though, I have to wonder about ILD now: where are the cops? Clearly, they were a very noticeable presence in the Village at that time. The Coens are guilty of giving us a very sanitized version of the times.

I noticed Mel Stewart from Odds Against Tomorrow and Trick Baby was part of the cast. Also Tani Guthrie one of the Bellamy Sisters from I, the Jury (1953).

[noodles_leone]

Cat People (1942) 6.5/10
Nice one. Some of the "horror" scenes still hold on today. Especially the swimming pool one (although the scene where she's walking in the street at night is more often quoted/referenced/discussed).
I like how they didn't know what shrinks were at the time. The one in this film is even more ridiculous than a Hitchcock shrink: he looks and act way more like a magician than like an actual analyst. He even carries around a sword stick. Also, it seems like he doesn't know shit about psychology... yet again, he has a sword stick so that's cool.

[dave jenkins]

Also Tani Guthrie one of the Bellamy Sisters from I, the Jury (1953).

Thanks! I knew I'd seen her somewhere before.

[dave jenkins]

Doubles vies (Double Lives)/Non-fiction (2018) - 9/10. I liked this a lot. Unhappily, the wife, whom I'd dragged along to the showing, was less pleased. "It's just about food, endless chatter, and fucking," she said. "And your point is . . . ?" "Where's the human warmth?" "Human warmth? Honey, the French aren't human--more like very advanced insects." "We could have gone for a second viewing of John Wick 3!" Well, she had me there. Now she'll probably want to pick the next film we see, and I'll end up having to watch that crappy Rudolf Nureyev film. Damn you, Olivier Assayas!

P.S. What's with the use of Super 16 in this? Assayas wants the colors to look washed out?

[noodles_leone]

Doubles vies (Double Lives)/Non-fiction (2018) - 9/10. I liked this a lot. Unhappily, the wife, whom I'd dragged along to the showing, was less pleased. "It's just about food, endless chatter, and fucking," she said. "And your point is . . . ?" "Where's the human warmth?" "Human warmth? Honey, the French aren't human--more like very advanced insects." "We could have gone for a second viewing of John Wick 3!" Well, she had me there. Now she'll probably want to pick the next film we see, and I'll end up having to watch that crappy Rudolf Nureyev film. Damn you, Olivier Assayas!

P.S. What's with the use of Super 16 in this? Assayas wants the colors to look washed out?

There was human warmth in it! She has to understand that for us it's part of the concept of "food" and doesn't exist outside of it.

[dave jenkins]

Shin Gojira/Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7/10. This is a Toho reboot, premised on the idea that Godzilla has never been seen before AND has never even appeared anywhere previously in popular culture (the bit where they come up with a name for the creature is fun). Further, it becomes clear that this is basically the Fukushima crisis of 2011 replayed as a monster movie. Well, why not? Godzilla is, after all, a walking nuclear reactor. Anticlimactically, though, the solution to the problem is exactly what was done at Fukushima--pour in the coolant. At the end there's a notion that Godzilla is a sleeping threat requiring eternal vigilance, and everybody--the international community included--will have to live with it (crazy metaphor, what?). The first part of the film is the best, with the Japanese bureaucracy ineffectively trying to make sense and then deal with an unprecedented crisis. With the world going to hell, the inter-departmental squabbling is pretty funny. And, of course, there is plenty of fun to be had watching your favorite landmarks in Tokyo getting smashed or flamed (poor Tokyo station!).

[noodles_leone]

Personal Shopper 6/10
Heavily flawed but I enjoyed the ride. Assayas and K.Stewart work well together. A couple of scenes stand out and the film is pretty smart.
DJ, have you seen it? The search engine doesn't find anything about the film on this board.

[dave jenkins]

Personal Shopper 6/10
Heavily flawed but I enjoyed the ride. Assayas and K.Stewart work well together. A couple of scenes stand out and the film is pretty smart.
DJ, have you seen it? The search engine doesn't find anything about the film on this board.

Haven't seen it, but if you recommend it I'll give it a shot.