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SandboxGeneral said:
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

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I'm enough of a 50s-noir fan to like even the semi-noir ones that manage to draw me in against my better judgment and end up worth the viewing. This was kind of anomalous for Mickey Rooney I guess, but I thought he was perfect in the role.

I've just watched Blow-Up for the nth and perhaps last time. I suppose one either appreciates that film for a fairly innovative (and obliquely searing) critique of the times, or else one loathes it for the pretensions noticed during a first and perhaps only watch. But I couldn't quite decide, so I kept having another look at it once in awhile. And a few times I found it more than worth the watch. Now I find myself liking it a little less on each re-watch. That may even have been part of Antonioni's intent, who knows: a little joke that his critique of the times will eventually bring home the fact that all avant garde-ish times end up being experientially... boring?

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LizKat said:
I'm enough of a 50s-noir fan to like even the semi-noir ones that manage to draw me in against my better judgment and end up worth the viewing. This was kind of anomalous for Mickey Rooney I guess, but I thought he was perfect in the role.

I've just watched Blow-Up for the nth and perhaps last time. I suppose one either appreciates that film for a fairly innovative (and obliquely searing) critique of the times, or else one loathes it for the pretensions noticed during a first and perhaps only watch. But I couldn't quite decide, so I kept having another look at it once in awhile. And a few times I found it more than worth the watch. Now I find myself liking it a little less on each re-watch. That may even have been part of Antonioni's intent, who knows: a little joke that his critique of the times will eventually bring home the fact that all avant garde-ish times end up being experientially... boring?


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Yesterday the Criterion Channel launched after that scuttling AT&T did to FilmStruck last year. Drive a Crooked Road was the first film I picked to watch when trying out the new service. I love the Noir genre and usually try to pick one I've not seen before. It was a good one and I enjoyed Rooney's performance too.

I've never seen Blow-Up before so I'll have to see if I can find it.
 
LizKat said:
I'm enough of a 50s-noir fan to like even the semi-noir ones that manage to draw me in against my better judgment and end up worth the viewing. This was kind of anomalous for Mickey Rooney I guess, but I thought he was perfect in the role.

I've just watched Blow-Up for the nth and perhaps last time. I suppose one either appreciates that film for a fairly innovative (and obliquely searing) critique of the times, or else one loathes it for the pretensions noticed during a first and perhaps only watch. But I couldn't quite decide, so I kept having another look at it once in awhile. And a few times I found it more than worth the watch. Now I find myself liking it a little less on each re-watch. That may even have been part of Antonioni's intent, who knows: a little joke that his critique of the times will eventually bring home the fact that all avant garde-ish times end up being experientially... boring?


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What a nice movie!
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SandboxGeneral said:
Yesterday the Criterion Channel launched after that scuttling AT&T did to FilmStruck last year. Drive a Crooked Road was the first film I picked to watch when trying out the new service. I love the Noir genre and usually try to pick one I've not seen before. It was a good one and I enjoyed Rooney's performance too.

I've never seen Blow-Up before so I'll have to see if I can find it.
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I am very undecided on Criterion Channel. On the one side, $10/mo seems pretty reasonable considering the type of material (which includes David Lynch's movies). On the other side, I don't know how much I'd use it.
 
LizKat said:
I'm enough of a 50s-noir fan to like even the semi-noir ones that manage to draw me in against my better judgment and end up worth the viewing. This was kind of anomalous for Mickey Rooney I guess, but I thought he was perfect in the role.

I've just watched Blow-Up for the nth and perhaps last time. I suppose one either appreciates that film for a fairly innovative (and obliquely searing) critique of the times, or else one loathes it for the pretensions noticed during a first and perhaps only watch. But I couldn't quite decide, so I kept having another look at it once in awhile. And a few times I found it more than worth the watch. Now I find myself liking it a little less on each re-watch. That may even have been part of Antonioni's intent, who knows: a little joke that his critique of the times will eventually bring home the fact that all avant garde-ish times end up being experientially... boring?


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I think I remember this film, as far as the premise, but don’t remember much about it. :-/
 
Watched Upgrade (2018) earlier today.

Written and directed by Leigh Whanell (of the Saw franchise fame), and starring Logan Marshall-Green as Grey Trace, a man, sort of a Neo-Luddite, working on old fashion cars in a future where there are surveillance drones flying everywhere, cars driving themselves and houses that talk to their owners. One evening while returning home from a client he has just sold a car to, Grey and his wife get into an accident, or rather a "situation" that changes his life forever.

A fun little sci-fi flick, this one. Some really nicely directed and choreographed fight scenes, with usually some rather gruesome end results. The central tech aspect and how it relates to the plot is really nothing new, but the film is executed in an entertaining manner so the lack of originality is really not a deal breaker. What's remarkable is that apparently the budget for this was only around $5 million dollars, which is pretty darn low by today's standards, and makes the film all the more impressive.
 
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Mefisto said:
Watched Upgrade (2018) earlier today.

Written and directed by Leigh Whanell (of the Saw franchise fame), and starring Logan Marshall-Green as Grey Trace, a man, sort of a Neo-Luddite, working on old fashion cars in a future where there are surveillance drones flying everywhere, cars driving themselves and houses that talk to their owners. One evening while returning home from a client he has just sold a car to, Grey and his wife get into an accident, or rather a "situation" that changes his life forever.

A fun little sci-fi flick, this one. Some really nicely directed and choreographed fight scenes, with usually some rather gruesome end results. The central tech aspect and how it relates to the plot is really nothing new, but the film is executed in an entertaining manner so the lack of originality is really not a deal breaker. What's remarkable is that apparently the budget for this was only around $5 million dollars, which is pretty darn low by today's standards, and makes the film all the more impressive.
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Ok, I’m interested. :)
 
Bad movie day. Watched The Secret which was about a man whose wife and daughter were in a car accident. The wife dies but her soul is transferred into the daughter’s body. It’s a cringe-inducing as it sounds. One line of dialogue from the wife/daughter as she is kind of seducing her dad/husband “I’m a a 36 year old woman in a 16 year olds body. I’m every man’s wet dream”.

Now in the middle of Nicholas cage and Frodo in The Trust, a Las Vegas set heist movie with jerry Lewis in his last role.
 
MasterControlOp said:
Bad movie day. Watched The Secret which was about a man whose wife and daughter were in a car accident. The wife dies but her soul is transferred into the daughter’s body. It’s a cringe-inducing as it sounds. One line of dialogue from the wife/daughter as she is kind of seducing her dad/husband “I’m a a 36 year old woman in a 16 year olds body. I’m every man’s wet dream”.
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Wow. That does sound like a bad movie day. That's nothing at all that I desire to see. What an unseemly plot.
 
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Anyone know if you buy a 4K movie for streaming (Amazon Prime) how will it appear on your 2k TV? I’m thinking of the near future and would assume it would appear ok? But best to check. :)

MasterControlOp said:
I am watching him in edge of tomorrow right now. A fun, very rewatch able flick.
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There are quite a few Tom Cruise movies I enjoy, Risky Business, Top Gun, Knight and Day, Oblivion, War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible (original), Interview with a Vampire, A Few Good Men, Rainman, and Minority Report.
 
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Huntn said:
Anyone know if you buy a 4K movie for streaming (Amazon Prime) how will it appear on your 2k TV? I’m thinking of the near future and would assume it would appear ok? But best to check. :)


There are quite a few Tom Cruise movies I enjoy, Risky Business, Top Gun, Knight and Day, Oblivion, War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible (original), Interview with a Vampire, A Few Good Men, Rainman, and Minority Report.
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I like all of those except for K&D. I love the mission impossible films. Really glad that they are sticking with the guy who wrote/directed the last one for the new two.
 
The Mummy Returns (2001)- This sequel is a close second to the original. Gripping final!
Imhotep calls for help from his eternal love: “Anck-su-Namun sebuwai! Anck-su-Namun!”
“Nien!” She yells, as she runs away...but the killer dung beatles! :)

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