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I thought The Grand Budapest Hotel was quite good and fun. I've seen it a couple of times. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Can never go wrong with Fiennes. I think it is on Tubi at the moment.
It's a nice movie, and easy to enjoy. But the US civil war there is just the collection of letters in the phrase "US civil war", no life or thought, no realism behind it.Civil War - It's not big on politics or explanations. It doesn't really tell us how the war started or why Texas and California decided to team up but there are some hints in the movie. Instead it aims to deliver a message which is 'War is hell' and it does that successfully. There are a couple harrowing scenes that have stayed with me after the movie ended. Overall it's good but it's a tough watch.
I do love the classic action movies . 1/10 seems harsh for Barbie... my impression/review back when I saw it was that I was glad I saw it, but I wouldn't necessarily call it "good"... I read your original review, all fair points... FTR your original 1/5 seems slightly more fair than 1/10, although still harsh.Been a while since I did a movie dump, mostly because I fell off the wagon with watching solo and I've been showing a friend old action flicks that they missed out on somehow, and that didn't really feel worth sharing at the end of March.
Commando. Rewatch, still holds up. 9/10! Probably my favourite performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Con Air. Rewatch, still holds up. 9.5/10! Probably my favourite performance from Nicolas Cage.
Boyhood. I found out about this movie due to a music event I'm running, and someone submitted a song from this. Really interesting concept where they follow the characters growing up over the course of a decade. I mean that in a literal sense. They could have handled the time skips better, but overall it's an enjoyable movie. It does not really follow a standard beginning-middle-end system. The pleasure is in the journey. Worth a watch, I think. 9/10.
True Lies. Rewatch, still holds up. 9.5/10! Probably my favourite performance from Jamie Lee Curtis.
Barbie. 1/10. I think I talked about this movie here already, so I won't rehash.
Trolls. A friend made me watch this because they told me I'm like Branch. Okay! 9/10. Actually a pretty great movie, and it has enough nostalgic music and innuendo to keep an adult audience interested.
The Day the Earth Stood Still. This had potential but it loses steam pretty quickly and ends up mediocre. 6/10, at best.
Saltburn. This sure is a movie. 7/10. That may be generous, but it was weird enough to leave an impression.
The Menu. I thought this would be a fairly boilerplate horror movie that involved cooking. First thought is something cannibal related. Not so. This was a fantastically pleasant surprise, and Anya Taylor-Joy was great in this. 10/10.
En Man Som Heter Ove. I watched the English version of this last year and liked it a lot. Per that music event I mentioned above, someone else sent in a song from this movie, so I decided it was time to watch the original Swedish version. It was fine. I prefer the English depiction of Ove, but I prefer the Swedish depiction of Sonja. 8/10.
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BB is an eighties’ movie. FGT is very good.Buckaroo Bonzai, 1972. Um. Peter Weller is a physicist/test pilot/singer who suddenly becomes privy to the fact that Earth is being invaded by little green men (or normal-sized brown men). A campy SF comedy.
Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991. A story about the bond between two women forged after a man who they both loved (one as a sister, one as a potential wife) dies. One of my favorites, and a re-watch. I visted the filming location in Juliette just yesterday, which inspired my re-watch.
BB is an eighties’ movie. FGT is very good.