so this would obviously exclude classics like The Godfather and Jaws. Interested in your opinions and in the end will help drive what I load onto the iPad for the next few months of air travel.
I enjoyed was Rudderless. About a dude who starts a band after his son passes away. The original music was surprisngly enjoyable (Not great) and it was Willam H Macy's directorial debut. Plus, Billy Crudup is one of the best out there and he doesnt fail to deliver.
Ex Machina was also trmendous. Not sure people who Aren't filmophile"s would enjoy it, however.
Wow, those were two crappy films. Stay away from those recommendations.
Crappy? Holy shit
Yes, crappy. Nolan is a severely overrated filmmaker. Interstellar was an overlong hot mess of a story with a final act that came apart at the seams. In other words, typical Nolan.
radar showing how much smarter he is than everyone else again...
More about taste. Awful story. Awful character development. One long absurd car chase.
It was neither great art nor great story telling. Just an adrenaline ride that abandoned every other aspect of great movie making.
Ehh, you didn't like it, just move on since your are making a fool out of yourself. Not art? There arguably isn't another director in the industry who can pull off the shots Miller did, all in daylight (except for maybe 5 minutes of the action), with real stunts and minimal CGI. Yeah, no art there at all, he only did the opposite of what everyone else in Hollywood does 99% of the time.
is Gone Girl. I though it had a horrible 3rd act which ruined the entire movie. Surprised Fincher took this project considering how weak the writing was in the book. The initial disappearance and investigation were fine but the wheels fell off and it turned into a comedy.
indie film entitled "Sing Street." Premise is a teenage boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress a girl he likes. Probably not the best mive I've seen, but a fully entertaining film with a great 80s British band soundtrack of Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, etc.
is Gone Girl. I though it had a horrible 3rd act which ruined the entire movie. Surprised Fincher took this project considering how weak the writing was in the book. The initial disappearance and investigation were fine but the wheels fell off and it turned into a comedy.
Yes. Gone Girl is not awful start-to-finish. But that third act absolutely casts it into the "do not waste your time" category. During the second act, you can sense the film starts coasting. Then that absurd third act...Best Picture nomination?! Major lulz.
Grand Budapest Hotel (was as beautiful as it looked visually)
Ex Machina (OMG, I feel in love with the girls in this one)
Pride (British movie about the Gay and Lesbian community helping the striking Welsh coal miners)
Edge of Tomorrow - just a total roller coaster of an action movie. (and I am NOT a Cruise fan)
Creed - thought it was a great script and really well acted.
I'll also put the Marvel movies (Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Deadpool and Civil War...just well done and fun) The others, not as much.
Also, I enjoyed Jungle Book. Thought it handled the memory of the original cartoon movie very well.
And, since I am a child of the 70's (parents took me to see the original when it came out for my 7th birthday. Star Wars. Like Creed, I think it played into it's history and held love for it's past and the people who grew up with the franchise.
I didn't care for was Birdman. Loved the directing, hated the movie (if that's even possible). I did enjoy the final 5-10 minutes, but as a whole the story did nothing for me.
Inside Out was awesome, such a deep animated movie that felt like it was made for adults. Right up there with Up and Wall-E.
I thought was pretty good not great. Didn't like how it ended. They beat you over the head with him having PTSD but never really went into any great depth with it. Just kept showing him not being comfortable back home but then kinda just stopped. I felt like it was a lost opportunity.
It seems silly to call a Best Picture nominee and Best Screenplay winner "underrated," but that was one of the most carefully crafted movie I've ever seen. The smallest details about "the future" were attended to.
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
brought the future to life in "Her" which was awesome. I just didn't care for his relationship with the PC. It was fine at first but then it just got ridiculous and their conversations didn't seem natural anymore. I did like it though, just not as much as a bunch of others the past few years.
Although some may have not been released in the past two years, they are still in rotation on "the movie channels".
The Departed - with Leo Di Caprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nickleson. Love this movie with all the twists. Even though I know how it turns out, I still watch it every time and feel like the first time, if that makes any sense. Great acting & directing by Scorcese.
The Martian - another Matt Damon movie. I swear I'm not his biggest fan or anything, but the guy can act & has been cast in some great films. Love the story. It has a way of making you question if/how you could handle surviving living alone on Mars until being rescued.
Star Wars, the Force Awakens - I never thought it would have been that good, being that it was so overhyped & anticipated. It actually not only lived up to the hype, but exceeded it. I find myself looking forward to the next chapter.
100 Foot Journey - This is one of those movies that you watch because there's nothing else on. Unlike most of those types of movies, this one is a very nice, original story.
It seems silly to call a Best Picture nominee and Best Screenplay winner "underrated," but that was one of the most carefully crafted movie I've ever seen. The smallest details about "the future" were attended to.
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
I wanted to like Her so much. I expected to love it. I like Spike Jonze, and I love good A.I. premises.
I shut it off in the middle. Just couldn't continue forcing myself through it. I just found it a massive disappointment. Mismanaged characters, mismanaged story, misplaced vulgarity. Just so disappointing.
was excellent, better in the theater on a big screen. Also "The Wrecking Crew" documentary was very well done. The movie "Frank" was very strange but I liked it.
It seems silly to call a Best Picture nominee and Best Screenplay winner "underrated," but that was one of the most carefully crafted movie I've ever seen. The smallest details about "the future" were attended to.
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
I wanted to like Her so much. I expected to love it. I like Spike Jonze, and I love good A.I. premises.
I shut it off in the middle. Just couldn't continue forcing myself through it. I just found it a massive disappointment. Mismanaged characters, mismanaged story, misplaced vulgarity. Just so disappointing.
I suppose this is why I call it underrated, ha. Your opinion is not an unpopular one. I've heard that often.
For the life of me I just don't get it. The only "misplaced vulgarity" I can think of is the scene with Kristen Wiig, but that was what, 3 minutes? One of my favorite movies ever, but to each his own :)
Props to whoever said Blue Ruin. MINOR SPOILER: there’s a scene where the main character steals a handgun, but can’t get the trigger lock off. So he gives up and moves on. Cue next scene. It was a great, real life moment which the film is full of. While not nearly as good, if you liked this film, check out Cold in July with our boy Dexter.
That's what I loved about it, it didn't feel like a "movie revenge tale", it felt like a story about what would happen if a regular, average guy set out to avenge a murder. Excellent movie.
Ex Machina was also trmendous. Not sure people who Aren't filmophile"s would enjoy it, however.
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Wow, those were two crappy films. Stay away from those recommendations.
Crappy? Holy shit
Yes, crappy. Nolan is a severely overrated filmmaker. Interstellar was an overlong hot mess of a story with a final act that came apart at the seams. In other words, typical Nolan.
best movie i've seen that was new in the last two years. Of course I've only seen like 3 new movies in that time frame.
More about taste. Awful story. Awful character development. One long absurd car chase.
It was neither great art nor great story telling. Just an adrenaline ride that abandoned every other aspect of great movie making.
Yeah but I'm lazy about my snobbishness.
Just watched Maleficent - enjoyed it very much.
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radar showing how much smarter he is than everyone else again...
More about taste. Awful story. Awful character development. One long absurd car chase.
It was neither great art nor great story telling. Just an adrenaline ride that abandoned every other aspect of great movie making.
Ehh, you didn't like it, just move on since your are making a fool out of yourself. Not art? There arguably isn't another director in the industry who can pull off the shots Miller did, all in daylight (except for maybe 5 minutes of the action), with real stunts and minimal CGI. Yeah, no art there at all, he only did the opposite of what everyone else in Hollywood does 99% of the time.
I very much enjoyed both of these as well. Also the Martian.
Yes. Gone Girl is not awful start-to-finish. But that third act absolutely casts it into the "do not waste your time" category. During the second act, you can sense the film starts coasting. Then that absurd third act...Best Picture nomination?! Major lulz.
Others I've seen recently that I really loved:
Black Mass
'71
Mr. Holmes
Animal Kingdom
Elite Squad (and it's sequel)
Mr. Turner
A Most Violent Year
Calvary
The Band's Visit
Child '44
Inside Out
Ex Machina (OMG, I feel in love with the girls in this one)
Pride (British movie about the Gay and Lesbian community helping the striking Welsh coal miners)
Edge of Tomorrow - just a total roller coaster of an action movie. (and I am NOT a Cruise fan)
Creed - thought it was a great script and really well acted.
I'll also put the Marvel movies (Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Deadpool and Civil War...just well done and fun) The others, not as much.
Also, I enjoyed Jungle Book. Thought it handled the memory of the original cartoon movie very well.
And, since I am a child of the 70's (parents took me to see the original when it came out for my 7th birthday. Star Wars. Like Creed, I think it played into it's history and held love for it's past and the people who grew up with the franchise.
Guardians of the Galaxy
American Sniper
Inside Out was awesome, such a deep animated movie that felt like it was made for adults. Right up there with Up and Wall-E.
Enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy with the kids... for plain old fun.
The actual war scenes were great though.
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
The Departed - with Leo Di Caprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nickleson. Love this movie with all the twists. Even though I know how it turns out, I still watch it every time and feel like the first time, if that makes any sense. Great acting & directing by Scorcese.
The Martian - another Matt Damon movie. I swear I'm not his biggest fan or anything, but the guy can act & has been cast in some great films. Love the story. It has a way of making you question if/how you could handle surviving living alone on Mars until being rescued.
Star Wars, the Force Awakens - I never thought it would have been that good, being that it was so overhyped & anticipated. It actually not only lived up to the hype, but exceeded it. I find myself looking forward to the next chapter.
100 Foot Journey - This is one of those movies that you watch because there's nothing else on. Unlike most of those types of movies, this one is a very nice, original story.
Mad Max
Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Star Wars
Boyhood
Still need to see Birdman, the Revenant, and the Big Short
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
I wanted to like Her so much. I expected to love it. I like Spike Jonze, and I love good A.I. premises.
I shut it off in the middle. Just couldn't continue forcing myself through it. I just found it a massive disappointment. Mismanaged characters, mismanaged story, misplaced vulgarity. Just so disappointing.
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It seems silly to call a Best Picture nominee and Best Screenplay winner "underrated," but that was one of the most carefully crafted movie I've ever seen. The smallest details about "the future" were attended to.
At one point Theodore is on a train. A scene that could've been just a guy on a train, but he had a cup of coffee and it was on his little table, and the liquid wasn't in motion at all. It was completely still. That's the type of thing one might expect from a train ride in the future, but would be impossible today. It's the type of detail that gives a film subtle character.
Then the story itself was just truly incredible and organic. The way Theodore doubted himself the entire way as he fell in love with his OS; the way he questioned love itself because he was actually able to fall in love with an OS.
Just a beautiful film. One of my favorites ever and I feel like it's been mostly forgotten.
I wanted to like Her so much. I expected to love it. I like Spike Jonze, and I love good A.I. premises.
I shut it off in the middle. Just couldn't continue forcing myself through it. I just found it a massive disappointment. Mismanaged characters, mismanaged story, misplaced vulgarity. Just so disappointing.
I suppose this is why I call it underrated, ha. Your opinion is not an unpopular one. I've heard that often.
For the life of me I just don't get it. The only "misplaced vulgarity" I can think of is the scene with Kristen Wiig, but that was what, 3 minutes? One of my favorite movies ever, but to each his own :)
That excellently explains how I feel, too. Perfect analogy regarding Lars.
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Props to whoever said Blue Ruin. MINOR SPOILER: there’s a scene where the main character steals a handgun, but can’t get the trigger lock off. So he gives up and moves on. Cue next scene. It was a great, real life moment which the film is full of. While not nearly as good, if you liked this film, check out Cold in July with our boy Dexter.
That's what I loved about it, it didn't feel like a "movie revenge tale", it felt like a story about what would happen if a regular, average guy set out to avenge a murder. Excellent movie.
- Moon
- Interstellar
- Sicario
- Grand Budapest Hotel
- Chef
- Burnt (with Bradley Cooper)
All excellent films. My favorites are probably Moon and Sicario.