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Interstellar (2014)
Tremendous. Worth a rewatch
When I finally watched interstellar completing the trilogy of films that everyone freaks out when I say that I haven't seen them, that is to say Blade Runner, 2049 Ex Machina and Interstellar. There's nothing wrong with these films. There's no reason that I didn't see them immediately. But perhaps that they are all well over two hours. However, well over two hours spent with the fantastic plot of Interstellar is two hours of good time, three hours even. Fantastic story about a world falling apart and Matthew McConaughey attempting to save it, or perhaps escape it. Are they attempting to colonize other worlds? Or are they attempting to come back to Earth and save the people by escaping the disaster environmental disaster that has become our beautiful planet? A wonderfully thoughtful and beautifully directed film with perfect special effects. Interstellar despite its three hour length is pretty much a must see. Again, like Ex Machina one of the few films of recent memory that I would actually rewatch and I believe thoroughly enjoy the details. And the sentiment, as well as the brilliant character played by Matt Damon. I'd heard that he didn't want to do too many space films becoming typecast as the space film guy with the Martian and Interstellar but with fantastic scripts like these, it may as well become the space film guy. He was also in Elysium, another kind of space film, but not nearly as good as Interstellar, a great film along with Ex Machina, that I believe will become a classic rewatched and thought about for years a modern 2001 A Space Odyssey. I hope you'll enjoy Interstellar.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Looking forward to part 3
I went out to the theaters to see Spider Man into the spider verse too. And there's one thing I didn't know about it that perhaps if I had known about it in the beginning, I would have been able to judge it less harshly and enjoy it more. Spider verse two is part two of what they now are going to call the spider verse trilogy. That is to say it's a lot more like Empire Strikes Back is the first part of a two part movie. So I really don't know that I can review it that well, or say too much about it and the plot and the story, but when I can say is the into the spider verse to like spider verse one is incredibly beautiful. Each of the world has their own graphic art style, which is lovingly applied by the animators reminding us that there can be movies in more than just generic Disney Animation, or generic Pixar Animation, that there are many options when it comes to animation and they're all about the same price. Although some of these do use expensive computer animation to make it look like paper or our oil painting, or animated pencil animation. The film is full of fun references to other Spider Man films, Spider Man comic strips and even internet Spider Man rumors about Donald Glover becoming Miles Morales. The plot hums along and it's slowly develops who the main villain would be. At first it's hard to tell. It also develops the relationship between Spider Gwen and the main character. Not my littles blouse, the other Spider Man. Anyway, there's a lot of spider man and there's a lot of spider man in this film. I wish there would have been more spider pig and his excellent humor. I'm curious to see where the series goes in the third installment, which I assume will unite perfectly with the second film like Empire with Return of the Jedi. And at that time, perhaps I'll be able to better understand if it was great or not. But yes, it makes a big difference knowing that it's part two of three and that there will be no ending giant cliffhanger. Until next time
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Ex Machina (2014)
Brilliant. Thoughtful.
And I also took a long time to see Ex Machina. But whenever you can see it, that's the best time to see it. Ex Machina is a brilliant and fascinating picture about artificial intelligence and what it could do to us. It moves slowly and thoughtfully leaving the viewer wondering which direction it will go. Obviously dystopian and Black Mirror ask. The viewer is in constant fear for all of the characters, a fear that turns out perhaps to be real, brilliantly directed, brilliant special effects, a thoughtful clusion and a rare film of recent years. That I would actually consider watching again, and then be completely enraptured. Seeing it in a completely different manner, with all the questions being answered, And then wondering how well it fits together. When you think about it. Backwards. Probably pretty well. An excellent film, a good use of time. Despite its incredible length. I very much enjoyed Ex Machina.
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Moody. Hypnotic.
Again, I'm late to the party, but I very much enjoyed Blade Runner 2049 The fantastic new film that's not directed by Ridley Scott, but maybe he produced it. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryan Gosling doing the usual, not talking very much Gosling, similar to his film drive, which was also excellent. Gosling is a robot hunting other robots that they have decided to get rid of the old robots perhaps could malfunction and the new robots are tasked with killing them. Similar to the last film, it's very moody and very thoughtful. There's a mystery about Gosling's past and others that slowly resolves through the film, leading to the cameo of cameos Harrison Ford it's a very atmospheric film. It's a little slow and a little long, but still a good entry in the Blade Runner series, of which I doubt but perhaps there will be more. I wasn't crazy about the original film either, but it was such a seminal sci fi film for its visuals and its first use of an amazing Philip K Dick short story or actually book which led to of course, dozens of Philip K Dick properties being adopted in Hollywood. A trend that really should and hopefully will continue. I enjoyed Blade Runner 2049 There's no reason for me to wait. So long to see it. Except for saps. It's phenomenal length.
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Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Maybe they never played the game
I watched the old Super Mario Brothers movie so that I could get ready for the new one. And what an awful mess they made out of it. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo do their best with an absolute monstrosity of a script that doesn't really make any sense and features Dennis Hopper in a variety of terrifying poses, and character costumes. A strange thread of the mushrooms helping them along the way. Bizarre, inexpensive and inexplicable special effects and the path that really doesn't seem to match up well with a video game. A strange adventure Super Mario Brothers 1993 which no doubt led the Nintendo Japanese company to avoid Hollywood for about the next 25 years until they do a far better job with the amazing Super Mario Brothers movie. Not this one though.
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Objectified (2009)
One piece plastic chair
Objectified is a rather dated, but still interesting documentary about objects and their importance in our society. One of the main things that I remember from the film is the absolute genius of the plastic, practically disposable chair that is made out of one piece that it could be made in one mold. One machine clamps coat closed, and in the next second the man pulls out a chair. Everywhere you will see this chair in different designs but the key is one piece of plastic, one single mold. Sometimes it's not the most beautiful design that wins. But the most utilitarian reminded me a lot of my visit to the Design Museum in Cologne, where I saw fantastic chairs, tables and other early design objects as well as an IBM Selectric typewriter, an iPod, an iMac and other objects that I have once owned. Design is important in our life. Look at the rounded corners of the phone you're holding. I enjoyed objectified
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The Greatest Showman (2017)
A great musical
I am very late to the greatest showmen on Earth. But it was fantastic. Normally I don't want to watch a musical that's more than two hours long. But it turned out that Hugh Jackman and crew led a fantastic journey through the freaks the swells the creation of a show, the destruction of a show, and then the creation of a show again, all with some really nice songs that even though it still makes no sense the characters, breakout singing in the middle of a conversation in a musical. At least they sing some pleasant songs. I very much enjoyed the greatest showmen on Earth
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
A fine end
The new Guardians of the Galaxy movie was fine a fitting into the series, but I didn't think it'd be so much about vivisection and animal cruelty and animal torture scene after scene of Rocket Raccoon and his three cuddly and cute towels all just about to be tortured and then you know how it turns out. Other than that, there were incredibly colorful backdrops and characters. Dancing through wonderful blue screen animations that really looked good. It seemed larger than life. A proper end of the series. Lack of closure on Gomorrah and StarLord but in perhaps a nice direction forward with Rocket Raccoon leading the team. A good film, Guardians of the Galaxy three
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BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Great film. Worth watching.
After watching the movie Get Out I went immediately to the Spike Lee movie Black Klansmen? Much like get out. I hear the same chorus of people telling me oh my goodness, I can't believe you haven't seen black Klansmen? Well, now I've seen black Klansmen and I could agree with everyone else that it was fantastic. Spike Lee prevents presents an excellent movie with no unnecessary style or appearances by Mars Volta the star Spike Lee character from she's got to have it and other pictures. Spike Lee tells the story of a police officer who goes after the K K K investing hitting them undercover, but through a quirk of fate, the African American officer is the voice of the member who wants to join the clan on the phone while the white officer Adam driver from the Star Wars movies is the white version that goes to the meeting. Together they unravel the kk k, at least as far as they were allowed to go. Unfortunately they were stopped eventually by politics and powerful people. A good reminder of the real life hateful, racist secret societies that do seem to exist around us despite our better efforts. A great picture much better than what I thought it was which I thought it would be more similar to Old Brother Where Art Thou where the the black. The black guitarist was literally underneath the clans robes, a black Klansmen and I thought that that would be a much harder film to pull off. As it was this was a more straightforward investigatory type film similar to the film Zodiac. Well worth seeing an excellent film. A great film from Spike Lee
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Jexi (2019)
First Her, now Jexi
I watched jacksie a few days ago on Netflix and I'm glad I did. Jaaxy is very similar to the Joaquin Phoenix Film her, which features Scarlett Johansson as an all powerful voice assistant that allows the character to grow emotionally and become a better person and keep track of your appointments and your calendar invites. Jacksie is much the same, except a little bit more psychopathic. Jacksie is a program with errors that has gone wrong and is now attempting to improve one of the guys from workaholics life, whether he wants to or not. It's not quite as funny as you want it to be. But the idea of this interactive human assistant that solves all your problems, combined with the psychopathic ex girlfriend nature of the the assistant makes for an enjoyable and watchable film, and an exploration of some good science fiction ideas that aren't too far in the future. Despite its comedic nature and lack of drama, I do think that Jaaxy will be included in the conversation with her. And it's an important conversation about these assistants, which, like Douglas Coupland said we have no alternatives to allowing them to get better and better and better. I would watch jacksie It was fun.
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The Clapper (2017)
Kinda sad but has Tracy Morgan
I watched the clapper with Ed Helms on Netflix it looked kind of interesting. It's about a man who goes to multiple infomercials. And as a job answer ask questions in the audience that the infomercial people with pre selected at first his life is pretty normal and pretty sad. He hits on the girl at the mobile gas station. He does his terrible work for the infomercials and seems to live a sad life Unfortunately for him, his infomercial gig is discovered by basically a form of the David Letterman Show. The host realizes that this man who he calls the clapper has been in multiple infomercials, usually asking questions and wearing ridiculous disguises including mustaches and hats. He begins a quest to find the clapper, which pretty much ruins and helps life. It was a nice film. It wasn't that funny. It wasn't that dramatic. And I'm glad it wasn't that dramatic. It had a nice ending. I won't reveal here, but it's a good story that gets you along to where it's going. Features Tracy Morgan as the best friend in another fantastic Tracy Morgan role. You wish there was more here? You wish there was some dramatic build up but it pretty much fizzles out quickly at the end, likely because of its small budget and inability to do anything larger. It's a cool idea Ed Helms is still likable as the clapper. I think we still see him as the character from The Daily Show, or of course the popular hangover series.
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Nobody (2021)
Well worth seeing
I finally got around to watching nobody with a great Bob Odenkirk from Better Call Saul. It was great to see him in another role rather than saw and he said the same in his recent appearance on the YouTube show hot ones. Nobody starts out Odenkirk is a normal guy living a normal life until his house is robbed. In a dramatic moment, he could help his son defeat the robbers. Instead he allows them to escape with some of his money and his dignity and pride. Odenkirk then goes on a quest to find the robbers revealing that he was some kind of assassin in his past. What a great story what a great build. Odin Kirk's the ultimate surprise hero. You don't expect him to be this martial artist. You don't expect him to have all this weapons training. Suddenly he does. And also I think he gets beat up in a lot of these fights, which adds to the realism of the movie and shows him to be more of this character that just keeps coming back like Mel Gibson and payback Odenkirk is perfect as the action hero but it is that fantastic switch that surprise, like Jim Carrey in the mask, where he goes from being the total average nobody into the incredible martial artists almost on the level of say a John Wick John Wick film. I would definitely recommend nobody. It was fantastic. And I look forward to nobody to
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30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Guy from social network delivers pizza. Almost watchable.
I watched 30 minutes for less for free on Netflix. It was pretty average it contains the guy from the social network who always seem like Mark Zuckerberg to me, except now he's down on his luck pizza. Pizza delivery boy who is blackmailed through the use of explosives and invest into robbing a bank. The bank robbery goes really well. There's more chaos and confusion. It tries to be kind of a mad cap heist movie with a lot of ins and outs but doesn't quite get there features a traditionally unimpressive performance by Danny McBride. But he's still he's still kind of good as the main protagonist. It just doesn't seem very realistic. I suppose if taken only for the comedy, it would be satisfactory. It's passable. It's watchable, Not much happens. And I think it also features as ease and sorry as the nervous friend who's nervous all the time. It's on Netflix. You could do worse You could watch RIPD, or you could watch this.
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UHF (1989)
A timeless classic
I watched UHF because it was free on YouTube. Which doesn't make any sense because I also own the movie on Apple movies. And of course it probably downloaded it before. UHF is a constant classic that only gets better every time I watch it. You weird out. The parody master of rock and other music becomes the parody master of movies in a movie. It was so ahead of its time, but no one liked it. Except for us nerds and geeks. Who watched it on VHS video, only dreaming of a chance to see it in a big theater. It tells the story of a character very similar to weird owl, who was trapped in horrible non creative jobs, who was then suddenly set free with the ability to run his own television station. A magnificent story. Great character actors. There are no small parts only small actors. Fantastic appearance by Fran Drescher and many others. UHF is a timeless classic. I've probably seen it at least five to 10 times before, and I'll gladly watch it again.
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Hot Rod (2007)
Andy Sandberg is so darn likeable
I watched Hot Rod again because it was free on YouTube. I don't really like movies being on YouTube. But if they're going to be free and they're going to put it right in front of my face and it happens to be hot rod, I'm going to push the button. Hot Rod feels like the Lonely Island guys make a movie. Andy Sandberg is the star, and some of the other characters are featured as well. Andy Sandberg plays a young kid growing up in the 70s or the 80s dreaming of becoming a stuntman. Like his hero Evil Knievel. Unfortunately, he's a terrible stunt man. Along the way, he managed to attempt to win the heart of Islam Fisher, the beautiful wife of Ali G. Sacha Baron Cohen, the genius behind this is America and so many other great shows allergy for addicts cetera. It's a fun movie. Kind of like an 80s or 90s music video. Very similar to the Lonely Island guys other movie The Jose Conseco Mark McGwire 1980s 90s Oakland A's bash Brothers film, and that it's a celebration celebration of 80s and 70s culture in a way that only people who live through it can feel. I think we all had those ramps that we built that were terrible. We didn't try to jump over school buses or anything with terrible ramp, but we all built them. And this is a movie that gives you that feeling and takes you back to that time. Not a great movie. Not that funny on rewatch either but still just kind of full of heart. Kind of like a Disney movie for Generation X Generation Y millennial adults.
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Going to the mattresses. Stay for the Godfather references.
I watched you got mail again, because it was on YouTube for free. It's surprising how long the film is. But it's also surprising how good the film is. Not only does the film correctly predict the demise of all small bookstores and the triumph of large bookstores like Barnes and Noble and previously borders, and in the film, Fox books, F O X. It also shows the future by how many people find their romances through the internet, writing back and forth, although not emails, short messages through sites like Tinder and OkCupid. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks are great in this Phil, despite not really sharing the screen very much in many ways. I like this better than Sleepless in Seattle, which I rarely watch. This one seems endlessly rewatchable because of the minor characters and the excellent plots that Nora Ephron creates having.
Make Ryan's ex boyfriend is obsessed with typewriters and a bit of a Luddite. It's a fantastic character turn, as well as Tom Hanks, with his continued recitations from the Godfather, telling her to go to the mattresses, and so forth. Excellent character is brought to life three dimensionally, and I even believe that it's much sweeter than I thought it was the first few times. It seemed like he was kind of tricking her towards the end. But now I feel it's just much more romantic, that he's trying to soften her and setting her up to really like him and give him a chance. Even though he is the evil businessman that put her out of business, which let me tell you in reality she would never have forgiven him for they gloss right over that quite a bit. She would be in severe financial crisis because of his actions, and he laughed it off several times. Still, despite the goofy title, the film is actually very, very good, incredibly well written. And it's disappointing that we don't have more, nor fram films, like You've Got Mail
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Get Out (2017)
Modern horror classic. Would watch again.
I finally watched get out. Yes, I know what do you mean you didn't see get out? I had heard about it many times I understood the basic plot. I support the basic plot. I want to be an ally and so forth. But sometimes you just don't see a film. And for whatever reason, I just didn't see get out until now. But now that I've seen get out, I can join everyone in celebrating how great it was. What an interesting horror and also commentary on our society that it was reminding me of the purge movies and made by the same production company at Blum house. Very enjoyable, a few surprises here or there, and some very strange hypnosis, and other things that are worth finding. Out about. If you like, I haven't seen get out. You should go see it. You should go rent it and check out get out. It was fantastic.
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Elvis (2022)
I can't think of any way it could have been better.
When I finally watched Elvis and I loved it, I'd worried that it would maybe be too long but it felt like a short movie. Baz Luhrmann continues to impress, with not only his writing and choice of subjects, but with that cinematic style of multiple images appearing on the screen, a mixture of computer graphics and classic 70s cutting, bringing in the split screens and the quad screens and so forth. Really kept the film moving. It's strange, it feels like a biopic it feels like something taken from far away. I don't feel so much about Elvis his childhood or how he became a star. It seems to mainly cover the period after that, and his troubles with the Colonel Tom Hanks previously, so likable in so many movies, plays a pure monster in the colonel who controls Elvis, and won't let him travel or sign other contracts and pretty much attempts to ruin his career. At almost every turn the Austin Butler playing Elvis is fantastic. Kind of robbed at the Academy Awards, although I'd have to see the other performances to really be sure. But a magnificent Elvis truly showing how his voice and his style his charisma catapulted him to the top but his evil manager. His ability to inability to escape, held him down, left him fat on drugs, dying old Elvis. It was sad to see the part that Las Vegas played in the downfall of Elvis so many think of it as a celebration, a celebration of Elvis, but actually it seems like he was trapped here. Unable to tour internationally, losing tons of money because of his evil manager who had a gambling problem and lived in the room. Right below him the penthouse apartments, the International Hotel, the International Hilton, shown in many aspects in the film. It seems almost a prison to Elvis earlier on, and then it seems like a triumph at the end as Colonel Parker brags about building the international Hilton. The Hilton at the time, having the fantastic Star Trek exhibit and not looking like a pile of garbage as it does today as the West Gate celebrating its past with a few leftover things from the Star Trek exhibit, and a few leftover things from when Elvis performed there. I can't wait to watch it again. It even makes me consider watching Gatsby, though I don't want to because it will destroy my image of the book, Elvis by Baz Luhrmann a great film, well worth seeing
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I watched Elvis again my second time in about two weeks. Still a masterful recreation of Moulin Rouge casted into Elvis. The evil Harry Ziggler becomes the evil Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. I still enjoyed the movie. I thought Austin Butler was fantastic. I enjoyed all the past scenes. I really could see how the colonel made a wedge between Elvis and his mother. The way that the colonel used his insider knowledge of Elvis his family and their belief system to snow them and I was once again practically watching the film through the eyes of the colonel focused on this idea of snow and show and how if you took it some ways, perhaps the colonel thought that he and Elvis were both con artists the whole time brothers in the con, and that he felt they were truly partners and he thought that Elvis is sexy rock and roll act. And the music was just a show. But it seems to Elvis there was a much more religious thing much more a combination of multiple cultures. The gospel music of the tent revivals and the jazz and blues music of the kind of underground culture, which he was granted access to because he lived in a poor neighborhood. And because it was what he liked. Still not sure about the strange musical choices made by Baz Luhrmann to include modern music in the film in the past, it does heighten the film and make it feel more exciting than the way that the move on we use musical that I attended in London was heightened by having the decibels above 90, which allow the audience's ears to bleed but made it more exciting this exciting music in first watching and in second does give some credence to the idea of Elvis as musical visionary Elvis combining different things together Elvis hearing sounds before anyone else and in that way, the music perhaps comes from Elvis's frantic head, where he can already hear Lady Gaga and he can already hear techno enhanced drumbeats and so forth. I could see them editing it out in future versions, returning it to a more of a biopic but it does have that Baz Luhrmann over the top cinematic directing, and I think again, it's well worth watching the first time second time, and probably many more like Moulin Rouge in the past another fantastic film from Baz Luhrmann.
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R.I.P.D. (2013)
It's Men in Black... with dead people!
I watched rip D rest in peace department because of a strange article on the internet that Said. Said that Ryan Reynolds worst film was trending. When I went to Netflix I found out that it was indeed true. A strange film with Jeff Bridges the great look, The Big Lebowski, and Ryan Reynolds Deadpool Van Wilder, on a police department that chases after dead people, full of special effects and almost a contract rip off of the Men in Black Plot. The film documents a bizarre plea police department where a detective who's really just a gunslinger or a sheriff from the 1800s is hooked up with a slick police officer Ryan Reynolds aka Deadpool to fight dead people who don't want to be dead or something like that. Film was kind of a disaster full of special effects and plot that doesn't make sense. But again, they pretty much follow the Men in Black formula to the end and probably expected to make many sequels of I don't think that's happening. Slightly funny, slightly full of plot. Slightly worth watching, but probably not. I probably should have read the rest of the article. But the Ryan Reynolds film that no one likes is trending on Netflix. I'd never even heard of it before. So it was fun to jump into a film without any knowledge, maybe that'd be fun for you.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
A fun picture, not as bad as everyone says
I watched the Ant Man quadro mania in IMAX 3d At the nearby alley on teh theaters. The IMAX 3d was impressive the characters did seem as though they were separated from the backgrounds standing out in three dimensions for at least the first 15 minutes of the movie until your eyes adjust and you forget about it. The film mainly shot in the quantum realm of blues and purples gives an amazing otherworldly feeling to the picture. Although I feel that it lacks some of the humor of earlier Hitman films, as it rarely is in San Francisco, and does not feature at man's crew of foolish criminal robbers, who are excellent supporting characters. Much missed in this film. The plot pretty much a direct ripoff of Star Wars, does not impress and even gets slightly laughable at times with the female character, his daughter declaring how great she is, and then starting off the entire crisis because of her greatness. Hubris perhaps. Still, I feel it was an excellent introduction of Kang the Conqueror into the MCU and that it will set up the other movies as they intended it to. Many have complained about the special effects but as a novice, I didn't see any major glaring mistakes or holes. I'm sure they're there. But as a movie goer and enjoyer of movies, it was delightful entertaining, comic book fair. Can't beat it.
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Pleasantville (1998)
Far greater than it's given credit for
I rewatched Pleasantville for probably a dozen time and it did not disappoint. While at once when I was younger I saw the film is very much a generational struggle of values. Now I see it much more as a struggle between expression and non expression, conservatism and liberalism, the amazing burning of the art, the discovery of the art, the way in which the characters change from being black and white to color and the reasons why each characters go through their transformation. It is just beautiful to watch time and time again, both cinematically and thematically. The film is a triumph. It is far greater than anyone noticed in the time, and in some ways perhaps has been forgotten, but should be celebrated. As a great and fantastic piece of American cinema. Watch Pleasantville watch Pleasantville often, and learn from Pleasantville.
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The Rocker (2008)
Alot better than I remembered
Watching it again years later, the ensamble cast rules and Rainn Wilson is great as the main character, a rocker loser who can somehow still play the drums perfectly despite a 20 year absense.
You have to be in the right kind of mood to enjoy this movie and the other day I certainly was. Rolling laughter after Rainn's audition at the prom where at first he only slightly steals the show before taking it all.
Rainn Wilson carries the show and provides hilarity with every open mouth and dry eyed expression. Totally unexpected viral turn leads them to a chance to open for the band that he was once a member. Will they play the big show? Will they go big or kick the old guy out?
Hilarious movie. Enjoy it some night when you're in the right mood.
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Woulda been better with Matthau
Very uneven comedy/action conspiracy drama. Sometimes they're being hunted and almost murdered, other times stealing cars and spinning out in comedic hilarity. I think it would have been better with Walter Matthau.
Good to see Jack Lemmon again, but not much for him to do as he plays a cheap version of HW Bush/Reagan matched up against Maverick's Clinton/LoverBoy.
The film can't quite decide if it's a comedy or a international spy thriller. The cast is much more apt for comedy. The real fun is when Lemmon and Garner are insulting eachother, really insulting the Presidents they are portraying. Slightly satircal, but not really.
Hadn't seen it till now, and not really improved by seeing.