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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:

Maaaatt Daaaamon isn't in it that much. Ed Burns annoys me more. And that he survived when all the cool guys were killed. Glad that guy and his shitty films have all but disappeared.

Spielberg was the absolute GOAT. Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, Indy 1-3, Purple, SL, Ryan, Jurassic Park. Hasn't done anything for a while though.

I refused to see Indy 4 and am fůcked if I'm watching the latest one. Seems like it's bombing worse than Dresden so I'm clearly not the only one who considers it an epic pisstake.

I like him. He’s pretty damn cool in my opinion. Paradoxically enough I agree with you on his movies though. Too independent and “talky” for me.

I liked him in this though….

He came right in the end and fought well when they were defending the bridge.

I’ve heard Indy 5 is way better than 4 so I’m hoping for the best.

Big fan of Ed

MiketheSnow

Just went through the list

1920-1999
Watched 50

2000-2009
Watched 7

2010-2019
Watched 5

2020-2023
Watched 1

Best decade IMHO
1970-1979

Patton
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs. Kramer

Tim

@Victor-Meldrew I was a Ballard superfan when I saw it, so that may have biased me, but I was very disappointed by it. Probably impossible to adapt though, and I should revisit it as an older moviegoer.

Victor Meldrew

@Tim

Haven't read much Ballard only a couple of short stories. Big fan of Cronenberg and remember enjoying it, though not in the same league as Videodrome or History of Violence

Tim

@Victor-Meldrew I love Cronenberg, but that one didn't work for me.

Ballard's book is a like a thermonuclear blast.

Tim

Tordah

all the talk about Oscar candidates, let's get back to those the academy deems unworthy, because they don't address racial injustice. Three recommendations from me:

How about Upgrade (2018), it was a surprisingly fun little movie, even for people who don't really enjoy action movies (I don't - most of the time). Really neat camera work in the action scenes.

Barbarian had some of the most exciting 45 beginning minutes to a movie in a while -and then I was laughing my ass off (the measuring tape scene), and then it became a bit bland. Still, well worth a watch for the first half of it. Just unfortunate for the 2nd half.

I also liked The Worst Person in the World, a scandinavian movie about a woman and her complicated love life. Sounds gay (in a heterosexual way), but I enjoyed it a lot. Got weird, too.

Tim

@Tordah said in Movie review thread...:

How about Upgrade (2018), it was a surprisingly fun little movie, even for people who don't really enjoy action movies (I don't - most of the time). Really neat camera work in the action scenes.

Got a 5/5 review from blu-ray.com the other day, so will definitely check it out.

Catogrande

@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

Just went through the list

1920-1999
Watched 50

2000-2009
Watched 7

2010-2019
Watched 5

2020-2023
Watched 1

Best decade IMHO
1970-1979

Patton
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs. Kramer

Couldn't agree more. I've seen them all bar KvK as I didn't like the subject matter and found Meryl Streep very annoying - or at least she played very annoying people convincingly.

In fact apart from Patton, I've seen them all multiple times and will watch them all again no doubt.

Catogrande

@Tim said in Movie review thread...:

D Day!

Tim

Once again I am watching The Insider. Michael Mann is such a master of mood.

Bovidae

@MiketheSnow Yeah, when I was scanning the winners the 1970s stood out by far.

I've only seen a few of the pre-1970s movies but one of those is the original All Quiet on the Western Front.

The Silver Fern

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