This is one of those "so it sounds like I hated it but I'm telling you I liked it!" scenarios.
Because of the hype train, I find some of my thoughts on this film aren't really about the film itself but a bunch of other things. Suffice it to say, I could write a book about how film press (let alone film Internet) is a necessarily evil (at best, perhaps) and even though I think Killers of the Flower Moonβ¦
In Spielberg's body of work, only E.T., Jaws and Schindler's List rival Munich on a whole scale and yet it is without a doubt his most complex and complicated film. Not merely in regards to subject matter, a rough enough territory on its own, but in aesthetics. The fact that aesthetics rarely come into play when films are generally discussed (the term is often mistaken for style, design, visual effects and so on) help explain why some feel that Munichβ¦
Oldboy was highly acclaimed at the time and apparently it remains a classic for many. I liked it enough at the time though I remember having many issues with the far-fetched plot and the "what does it all mean?" of it all. However I was 19 when I saw it in early 2006, I forget where, and it was so well directed, and felt like so little else at the time, that I threw in my mental yes vote inβ¦
As my 1993 November Sleaze-a-thon comes to an end I file Caught in the Act under H for "Hey not so bad"; it's not "real movie"-decent (like When a Stranger Calls Back) but it's far from the GTFO-Yass-o-meter (see Die Watching). Story involves schmucky wannabe actor who goes to auditions pulling guns as a practical joke, getting involved with your average mystery girl. Suddenly someone has put millions of dollars in his bank account and people start dying. There's theβ¦
Catching up with Bergman 16/20
Elliot: Hi. I'm Elliot Gould. Is this a Bergman movie? It seems I'm in Sweden.
Bibi: Oh, yes hello, we're two Swedish actors who have worked with Ingmar for more than twenty years, let's speak English for a while
E: Okay, um. Here's a line for you, Bibi: I love you
B: You do?
E: Yes
B: I probably love you too
E: That's fine.
B: I mean I'm not sure. I'm pregnant?
E: Sorry,β¦
