A Fistful of Dollars

It's no G.B.U. but it's PRETTY DOPE. Cool to finally see the rebirth of that genre. Eastwood's character in the trilogy is an icon

The wife and future daughter in law started Momma Mia in the living room. I got out just in time.

Watched Ready Player One. I knew I would hate this movie going in and I wasn't disappointed. It was boring and it was just a money grab to the 80s kids with all the "nostalgia". I couldn't stand the actors, I mean, any of them. I read they at making a sequal, and I wish they would stop.

Grave of the Fireflies. BRUTAL! And beautiful animation

(Thanks Toti)

Finally watched Blade Runner 2049, since it is free now. I liked a certain number of elements in the film, some of which seem borrowed from Tarkovsky, so I liked it more than I expected. Just not as much as the original.

My biggest issue is all tied to Wallace:

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Wallace's motivations just don't make sense. He's building replicants to "better" mankind but can't make enough to meet demand, so he wants to be able to help replicants reproduce. So he......fights with the replicants who also want to learn how to reproduce? That doesn't make any sense. He should be working in conjunction with them, if anything. He isn't motivated by money or another, so that's not a factor. Him gutting the replicant that fell out of the bag as a "new model" was just stupid and gratuitous. Made zero sense. Would have been better if Wallace was hooked up with the replicants somehow and the human cops (lead by Princess Buttercup) were the antagonists.

The Big Lebowski

Good stuff. Jeff Bridges kills it, he cracked me up throughout. His reactions to the weird shit around him were hilarious. 7/10

Watched The Prestige. Such a good movie. Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it yet.

Lawrence of Arabia

WHEW! That was a lot of movie, four hours. Made Winter’s Sleep look like a short film

It was great. Everything I expected and more really. The cinematography and scale were both outrageous, every other shot was a work of art. The score is one of the best ever. Lawrence had way more characterization and development (some of it pretty dark) than I would’ve imagined. The quicksand scene, the execution, his breakdown asking for the lemonade. All great. A definite classic that I’m glad to have finally seen

Curtis @ 16/7/2018 7:00

Lawrence of Arabia WHEW! That was a lot of movie, four hours. Made Winter’s Sleep look like a short film It was great. Everything I expected and more really. The cinematography and scale were both outrageous, every other shot was a work of art. The score is one of the best ever. Lawrence had way more characterization and development (some of it pretty dark) than I would’ve imagined. The quicksand scene, the execution, his breakdown asking for the lemonade. All great. A definite classic that I’m glad to have finally seen

Yes.

yes

i just finished lady bird

i've come to accept that i'm just not that great of a movie critic, because typically i tend to like most movies

this one included! it was good. i thought the actors did great jobs, especially the mom

tbf I think it'd be hard to say anything BAD about that movie. Some people like it less than others but I don't know anyone who actively disliked it

The only negative thing I've heard about it is that it was overhyped but still enjoyable.

Curtis @ 10/7/2018 7:28

A Clockwork Orange prettyyyyy good. A lot of stuff I liked, not much that I flat out disliked. Some really instantly iconic scenes. The use of music was the best part of the movie for me It was WAY different than what I thought it’d be. I really didn’t know much going in at all which is weird for how popular it is, but I assumed it was gonna be closer to what the first half hour was. I had no idea the bulk of it was about his jailing and reformation, that really surprised me. Second half was good but I liked the first chunk better, I wish it was more about the crimes of the foursome and that society, I really liked the look of the four as classic villains. Some of those opening moments were brutal and fucked up I’m probably at a 7/10 Our Letterboxd ratings are funny and show how divisive the movie is: Jacob: 8 Havo: 1 Miko: 10 JJ: 5 Boc: 6 Curtis: 7 All over the place

lol this movie is so weird - I actually own it. I received it as a gift and it took me a while to watch. I'm glad I did but just super strange.

itsbrianyay @ 17/7/2018 18:53

i just finished lady bird i've come to accept that i'm just not that great of a movie critic, because typically i tend to like most movies this one included! it was good. i thought the actors did great jobs, especially the mom

I thought I'd like it more than I did because I love Saoirse Ronan... it was okay for me.