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American Psycho
 
 
I don't know why I held off on seeing this film for so long. Probably because I really don't like films with an emphasis on violence toward women, which is what I misunderstood this movie to be.
 
I've heard hints in the last couple of years that it was something else altogether and was pleasantly surprised to see that it was pretty much a dark comedy - and not even that dark - it was all out funny.
 
I think it has more in common with Fight Club than any other movie - violence born out of the apathy and disgust that the more sentient of us have for the daily soul sucking grind.
(I haven't read either book - that was just my interpretation)


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I have read the book, and the film is very different - perhaps as a result of having a female director and screenwriter it's a lot more focused on satirizing masculine vanity. A lot of the grisliest stuff in the book was left out, or not described anywhere in as much detail.
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Interstellar 

holy crap.

I'm not easy to impress - this film was incredible.
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Beyond the Edge

Reasonably engaging mix of original footage and dramatization illustrates Edmund Hillary and legendary sherpa Tenzing's historic climb to the summit of Everest in May of 1953.   Not the best mountaineering film I've ever seen but not bad.
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Da Blues Brothers - 8/10
couldn't get some of these tunes out of my head afterwards! 
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Royal Flash - 1975 Malcolm McDowell
 
I found this in a sales bin on the weekend - I had no idea it existed.
 
Also starring Alan Bates and Oliver Reed .... 3 of my favourite actors in one film..
 
fun british comedy based on the Harry Flashman books
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Silverado - i revisit this from time to time. Not as good as Tombstone as far as modern westerns go - but it's very entertaining.

The Anderson Tapes : Weird little Sean Connery film i've never seen before that boasts the credit: Introducing Christopher Walken.

An unorthodox heist caper with an oddball score and a straight forward - almost dull -  story made interesting by the performances.

based on a story by Lawrence Sanders, directed by Sydney Lumet (1971)
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Whiplash [9/10]

An aspiring jazz drummer suffers his incredibly abusive director because he knows it's exactly what he needs to succeed.
Something about this movie really clicked with me.  It seemed pretty relevant in today's world where soccer moms everywhere claim everyone's a winner and your best is good enough, etc.  Awesomely shot and it really makes you feel the intensity music.  
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...huh.


Good, or no?  I have this on my Nook, but haven't watched it yet.


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Still Crazy

Quite funny British comedy starring Bill Nighy and Stephen Rea.
This night wounds time.
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Rounders

Though this buddy/caper flick is largely entertaining, one does get the impression an outstanding script was compromised to suit the quick-process industry standard and two colorful characters cut down to size by the banalities of Damon and Norton.   Still, the language and minutia of card sharking is its own lead player and is enough to carry a movie that's potential outshines its reality.
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Originally posted by ole-the-first ole-the-first wrote:

Still Crazy

Quite funny British comedy starring Bill Nighy and Stephen Rea.
 
fantastic film
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Batman Begins
The Dark Night
The Dark Knight Rises
 
felt like revisiting.
One thing that stood out this time - I like Nolan's fight scenes.
Most directors/editors these days present a hyper kinetic fight scene edited in such a way that
you could make 2 old grannies look like bruce lee fighting himself.
 
The batman fight scenes - while the action is quick - the camera is not too close and you see the finished moves.
Not sure if Bale did his own fighting but whoever did it looked good ..


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^ the choreography was quite interesting, especially with Bane--  two large, well-armored combatants with few martial arts or other traditional fighting; not necessarily real-world either, but very good.   I love the Nolans' interpretation of the character, they seem to be the only ones willing to take a superhero seriously.
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Snowpiercer 

Highly original future-shock adapted from the GN Le Transperceneige puts us on a perpetually moving train traversing a frozen, post-catastrophe Earth and follows the uprising of the trains' lower classes.   Refreshingly unique and with a distinct Asian worldview, Seolgungnyeolcha possesses an acuity not often seen in modern action movies and is as engaging as it is disturbing.   Tilda Swinton is hysterically chilling as the sadistic controller who manages the hordes, and John Hurt equally good as their spiritual leader.




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I like everything I've seen by the director, so I should probably get around to viewing Snowpiercer at some point. That kind of violent dystopian SF seems to be very popular right now, probably because the world's economy has spent the last 6 years in the toilet. (just like the late 1970s and early 1980s, last time that stuff was really popular)
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I was surprised to see Captain America in the lead, he was actually good-- I think he'd be a far better Bruce Wayne than Affleck.   God I'm dreading that.
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^ Yeah, I remember you saying something like Affleck making poor project choices. I think I can already see that: a fan fiction universe-crossover film.
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