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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave(1968) - 7/10
The Ghost Writer(2010) - 6/10
The Karate Kid Part II(1986)(re-watch) - 5/10
The Bride with White Hair(1993) - 7/10
Hacksaw Ridge(2016) - 7/10
Trump was certainly not the best candidate for president, but he was easily a better choice than the corrupt, immoral, warmongering Hillary Clinton.
Does it get any worse than Oldboy? Although, the original Carrie and One Hour Photo affected me a bit too.
That depends on what type of eye are you referring to. If it's for technical perfection and meticulous attention to detail, then Fincher, hands down. His movies are always shot and edited perfectly, and done the exact way Fincher wants them to be done. Trying to find a technical flaw in a Fincher flick would be like trying to find a virgin in college. However, in regards to creativity and audience manipulation, then perhaps Spielberg is better. His style of shooting and blocking is far more creative than Fincher and while it's not quite as meticulously done, Spielberg arguably has a better sense of shot psychology. His movies tend to leave bigger emotional impacts on audiences regardless of genre, and his body of work is far more diverse than Fincher, who mainly sticks to the realm of thrillers and murder mysteries.
Personally, I consider Fincher to be the better technical craftsman but Spielberg to be the more effective storyteller.
When did he say he was a big fan of Tony Scott?
When did Trump say he wants to get rid of our amendment rights and impose a fascist, totalitarian dictatorship upon us? You shouldn't get all your news from CNN.
Uh yeah, last I checked, name calling and insulting people isn't quite the same as restricting freedom of speech. Nice try at hyperbolically villainizing Trump, though.
Come on, Marceau was a freaking Bond girl. McCormack just looked average to me.
She's right. We already have tons of female representation in modern movies, TV, and games. Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, the Bride, Buffy, Samus Aran, Selene, Black Widow etc. The filmmakers likely agreed with her as they chose to specifically downplay the whole "girl power" angle in the film and focus more on broader themes about the violent nature of mankind and our tendency to start wars and cause destruction amongst each other. That way, regardless of how you feel about modern day feminism, you can enjoy this film. They chose the safe route, but at least it wasn't a gender baiting SJW flick the shitty Ghostbusters remake was.
Fuck no.
Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, John Woo, Tony Scott, David Fincher, Alfonso Cuaron, among many others come to mind.
Being slow and based on a true story doesn't necessarily make it cerebral, though. There's nothing particularly special about this film. It's just an above average docudrama that happens to have some quality acting in it. By comparison, Birdman, the previous Best Picture winner starring Michael Keaton, while a bit try-hard, was a much more intellectually stimulating film overall. This film though, won't likely be remembered in the years to come.
It's her birthday today.
What does exposing the truth behind pedophile priests have to do with blowing up churches? You're making yourself sound like some overly sensitive Catholic pussy.
Agreed. It was just an above average docudrama that belonged more on TV than anything. There was nothing particularly cinematic about it. Everything was lean and to the point and while it's refreshing how they chose not to overdramatize the story for once, it also makes for a very slow, somewhat dull film. It certainly won't be remembered as a classic, that's for sure. Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, and The Martian will all be talked about much more in the years to come.
Good idea.
It's meant to show how overworked and deprived of pleasure she's been. I mean, come on, she literally hasn't been fucked in years.
I'm not a fan of mono sound either as I find some of the dialogue a bit hard to understand without subtitles, but bad acting? Really? If you're talking about early talkies, then I can kinda get what you mean, but the black and white films of the 50's and 60's became much more subtle with their acting as they went along. Check out Psycho, Lolita, To Kill a Mockingbird, Paths of Glory, and 12 Angry Men to see some good examples of subtle acting in black and white movies.