Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[dave jenkins]

M. Night Shyamalan.

Cannibalism plays a part in Mr. Shyamalan's latest, so that doesn't surprise me.

[XhcnoirX]

Beau Séjour (2017): A girl wakes up all bloody in a hotel room, but (almost) nobody can see her, because she's been murdered. As she sets out to find her killer, her death starts to cause tears in the small town community she's from. Not a movie, but a brilliant dark & intense 10-episode TV series from Belgium. I haven't been this touched by a TV series in a long long time. Supposedly it's been picked up by Netflix for international distribution. Don't miss it. 9/10

[PowerRR]

The Idiot - 5/10
I've seen twenty-something Kurosawa films, and sadly this one joins Sanjuro as one that I just don't like very much. I don't think the four hour cut would have helped, either.

BoJack Horseman - 8/10
First three seasons, caught up to this point. Excellent stuff. Of those I've seen, one of the most unique animated sitcoms in terms of long form narrative storytelling. Oh, and more importantly, it's fucking funny.

[stanton]

Beau Séjour (2017): A girl wakes up all bloody in a hotel room, but (almost) nobody can see her, because she's been murdered. As she sets out to find her killer, her death starts to cause tears in the small town community she's from. Not a movie, but a brilliant dark & intense 10-episode TV series from Belgium. I haven't been this touched by a TV series in a long long time. Supposedly it's been picked up by Netflix for international distribution. Don't miss it. 9/10

I'm lust watching this, it is entertaining, but so far I'm not as enthusiastic as you. After 6 episodes a 7/10

[noodles_leone]

BoJack Horseman - 8/10
First three seasons, caught up to this point. Excellent stuff. Of those I've seen, one of the most unique animated sitcoms in terms of long form narrative storytelling. Oh, and more importantly, it's fucking funny.

BoJack all the way, dude. I really like it. You just have to hold on a little for the first few episodes: they aren't as funny as the show can be, and the power of the narration really strikes towards the end of season 1 ("Am I a good person?"
I love the show, especially it should be nothing more than an animated version of Californication and really succeeds in becoming much more than that. But if you're looking for groundbreaking animated show, Rick and Morty is the hottest thing right now.

Beau Séjour (2017): A girl wakes up all bloody in a hotel room, but (almost) nobody can see her, because she's been murdered. As she sets out to find her killer, her death starts to cause tears in the small town community she's from. Not a movie, but a brilliant dark & intense 10-episode TV series from Belgium. I haven't been this touched by a TV series in a long long time. Supposedly it's been picked up by Netflix for international distribution. Don't miss it. 9/10

I'm lust watching this, it is entertaining, but so far I'm not as enthusiastic as you. After 6 episodes a 7/10

Thanks guys, I'll keep an eye on this as soon as it's available on Netflix.

[cigar joe]

Beau Séjour (2017): A girl wakes up all bloody in a hotel room, but (almost) nobody can see her, because she's been murdered. As she sets out to find her killer, her death starts to cause tears in the small town community she's from. Not a movie, but a brilliant dark & intense 10-episode TV series from Belgium. I haven't been this touched by a TV series in a long long time. Supposedly it's been picked up by Netflix for international distribution. Don't miss it. 9/10

Sounds a bit like Siesta (1987) http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/forums/index.php?topic=12661.msg184571#msg184571

[XhcnoirX]

Sounds a bit like Siesta (1987) http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/forums/index.php?topic=12661.msg184571#msg184571

That one is on my watch list (I seem to recall you also posted that review on te old IMDb boards)... Thanks for the reminder, I'll have to move it up a few spots

[XhcnoirX]

I'm lust watching this, it is entertaining, but so far I'm not as enthusiastic as you. After 6 episodes a 7/10

I used to visit Dilsen-Stokkem, where it takes place, quite regularly, and some of the characters and the way they interact really brings back memories. So yes, my high rating is partly triggered by that

[PowerRR]

BoJack all the way, dude. I really like it. You just have to hold on a little for the first few episodes: they aren't as funny as the show can be, and the power of the narration really strikes towards the end of season 1 ("Am I a good person?"
I love the show, especially it should be nothing more than an animated version of Californication and really succeeds in becoming much more than that. But if you're looking for groundbreaking animated show, Rick and Morty is the hottest thing right now.

Thanks guys, I'll keep an eye on this as soon as it's available on Netflix.

ive heard many great things about rick and morty from bojack fans, will consider watching. "Am i a good person" is definitely the episode that pulled me in for good.

[noodles_leone]

ive heard many great things about rick and morty from bojack fans, will consider watching.

Every single person involved in screenwriting should watch Rick and Morty season 2 as soon as possible.

"Am i a good person" is definitely the episode that pulled me in for good.

"Am I a good person" is the scene I show to people who stopped watching BoJack after a couple of episodes.

[dave jenkins]

La gueule ouverte / The Mouth Agape (1974) - 9/10. A woman with a terminal illness dies at home while her family--her husband, adult son, daughter-in-law--look on helplessly. But life goes on and the men get laid as often as they can (they're French). Pialat eschews all melodrama here--there's certainly none of that fantasy BS that ruined Amour--and we get the experience as naturalistically as possible. The scene where they put the actress in a coffin and screw the lid down is not something I will forget soon. There is no non-diegetic music in the film. What the hell happened to French cinema?

[noodles_leone]

The Nouvelle Vague and its politique des auteurs happened. It was great at the time but was used as an excuse for the 2 following generations. And those who try to rebel against this heritage tend to go too far and try to mimic the worst in American films.
Also, the state support system became extremely wicked and destroyed the whole industry bit by bit. I could go into detail to explain all of this but in the end, the only thing that matters is that the next 2 decades may very well be a new golden age. We shall see.

[dave jenkins]

Kolya(1996) - 8/10. Everything in this Czech feature works well, including the integration of the personal story with the political one. And the production was really, really lucky with the Russian five-year-old they got to play the title character. Usually I just want to take a tire iron to these midgets, but I didn't mind this kid at all. And it never hurts to have plenty of Dvorak on the soundtrack.

[XhcnoirX]

Marlowe (2007): Pilot for a TV series that never happened. Stars Jason O'Mara as Philip Marlowe, but aside from a few quotes that come from Chandler's books/movies, he and this movie/episode bears little resemblance to the classic Marlowe. It's not bad, but it's pretty generic & instantly forgettable. 6/10

I cam across this on the excellent Mysteryfile site which also has an embedded YT video of the pilot: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=38710

[cigar joe]

Marlowe (2007): Pilot for a TV series that never happened. Stars Jason O'Mara as Philip Marlowe, but aside from a few quotes that come from Chandler's books/movies, he and this movie/episode bears little resemblance to the classic Marlowe. It's not bad, but it's pretty generic & instantly forgettable. 6/10

I cam across this on the excellent Mysteryfile site which also has an embedded YT video of the pilot: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=38710

Thanks for the heads up.