This is my all-time favorite. One of my favorite memories of this movie was — when I showed it to a way less idealistic friend of mine, he felt so sad when the last of the memories is being removed. I did not expect him to do that let alone like the movie.
This tread has been a moment of personal discovery. In trying to imagine what movie I've seen this month I realized I haven't seen a movie yet this year - unless you count standup specials which live in the movie section of Plex.
I'm like 80% sure the last movie I watched was the Bob's Burgers Movie. What happened to me?!
Dune. While there's no way to perfectly capture the magic of the intricate machinations of (Frank) Herbert's universe, the movie gets about as close as anyone could, I think. The only thing in its league is Jackson's LOTR trilogy, and I think Dune is at least as good if not slightly better. Can't wait for the second (and hopefully third!) one!
the action is absolutely insane, just like extraction 1. the 20+ minute "one take" shot near the beginning had me picking up my jaw from the floor afterwards.
The prison break was definitely the highlight of the movie. Really blown away. The battle in the tower feels like it was made by a different director, it wasn't nearly as good.
Usually not my cup of tea, I watched an Indian movie, two of them actually: Bahubali and Bahubali 2.
Yes, it's cliché and cheesy but all in a very fun and spectacular way.
It's basically life-action anime but with more musical and dancing bits.
Emily the criminal was pretty decent. Good acting, the story is okay, but nothing special. Enjoyable.
Then I watched Oh Lucy! With Josh Hartnet. That was a downer of a movie somehow. It's about a japanese lady who is kinda unsatisfied with her life, tries to change things up, opens up a bit, but it's not as successful as one expects. Not bad, rather weird movie!
Do the final two episodes of Star Trek: TNG count? If so, that.
For a series with its ups and downs, they really nailed everything that's great about Star Trek in the final two episodes with none of the lows. Relevant social commentary, intelligent dialog, an intriguing science fictional mystery, some action, and a superbly dramatic Picard! Not just Picard either. Almost everyone in the cast gets a chance to shine across the three time periods. Brent Spiner especially gets a nod for the subtle changes to old Data's character.
It's not a new one, but I rewatched the 1998 film Dark City (IMDB/RT) 2 weeks ago and totally forgot how atmospheric it was. Whilst it takes it self seriously there's some pretty bizarre moments, I totally cracked up at a scene where one of the 'strangers' exclaims "HE CAN TUNE!" which is followed by a shot of a child stranger smiling and chattering their teeth (YouTube clip)
Across the Spider-Verse of course (respect the hyphen), however I also just watched Submarine (written and directed by Richard Ayoade) and thought that was really good.
Watched Disaster Artist this week. I thought James Franco doing a stupid fake accent for an entire film would get annoying, but honestly surprised at how it doesn't just make fun of Wiseau and frames him somewhat sympathetically.
'The Wandering Moon' directed by Lee Sang-il and based on the novel by Yuu Nagira. The story contains some controversial themes but it's beautifully shot and put together with a lot of care and love. At two and a half hours it's a really nice length to just sit back and allow yourself to get fully immersed in the visual experience. It has that sort of slow, melancholic beauty that appears in a lot of modern Japanese art. If you've ever read a Murakami novel you'll know what I mean.
Across The Spiderverse is still my top movie so far for this year. Another movie I recommend even if it's not as good is Transformers Rise of the Beasts. It's a pretty fun and fast paced action movie that's of much higher quality then the Bay stuff.
I enjoyed Fool's Paradise. Wasn't perfect but I feel privileged to watch Charlie Day's creative mind at work. Also the cast was great, if not utilized to the fullest extent. Satire of the film industry is always a favorite of mine.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). I knew nothing going in and just enjoyed. It was modern and thought-provoking about war and what we owe our veterans. The coolest part is that it asks the tough questions about a war that few of us question as being necessary (World War II).
Across the Spiderverse was absolutely amazing too but I expected that and it surpassed my expectations.
It's not normally the type of movie I'd watch, but it was a random suggestion that came up and my thoughts were "Well, at the moment I don't have anything better to do" - I really enjoyed it, even if the ending was easily guessable.
I haven't really watched any movies aside from that this month and its definitely not a new movie like Spiderman but I'd still recommend it if you're just looking to unwind/relax.
Evil Dead Rise was really good. I heard the 2013 Evil Dead was better than this, so I watched that a couple of weeks ago. Nah, for me this one is definitely better. Adding kids to the equation really ramps up the tension.
We watched Extraction 2 (and #1 before that). I had zero expectations, but was surprised that they both were quite good! Avoided some tropes, leaned into others, action was innovative without going full John Wick. Not bad, Netflix!
I watched Elemental, Across the Spider-Verse, Murder On the Nile, Escape Room, Renfield, and Creed III. I liked Across the Spider-Verse best, and probably Creed III second best. All the others were pretty good except for Renfield, which I didn't like.
Apocalypse Now. Watched it in an airplane so wasn't as good of an experience as it should have been, but it was an incredible movie regardless. My favorite Vietnam movie definitely