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[0128672]

I saw the Swedish-language one. The first one made... very good.

I too prefer the original Swedish version with Noomi Rapace in the lead, Michael Nyqvist and Lena Endre (who I like from the original Swedish Wallander series). Although it's been a while since I've watched it, I recall a sharper edge, more tension, and great cinematography.

What I'd forgotten was that the original Swedish title is translated as "Men who hate women."

 

[7thson]

I too prefer the original Swedish version with Noomi Rapace in the lead, Michael Nyqvist and Lena Endre (who I like from the original Swedish Wallander series). Although it's been a while since I've watched it, I recall a sharper edge, more tension, and great cinematography.

What I'd forgotten was that the original Swedish title is translated as "Men who hate women."

I’ve read the three books and seen the Swedish trilogy of films. Very, very good stuff all around. It’s such a well written trilogy of books and the Swedish film adaptations really captured the atmosphere of the books. It’s a series I think about frequently, maybe my ancestral roots are calling out to me through them, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I loved that dark journey and it’s crazy cast of characters like I knew them. How it ended for the author was just a Shakespearean level of tragedy though. RIP Steig Larsson.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I watched Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday Night.

RIP Christopher Plummer.

 

[44267547]

Side Effects [2013]

Such a cleverly developed plot and the entire cast was excellent in this movie. Altogether, this was a great thriller/suspense.

Plot:

A female (Rooney Mara) starts experiencing side effects to an anti-depressant she’s prescribed from her doctor, [who is Jude law], and then ultimately it turns into a situation where she sleepwalks and murders her husband without having any recollection of the events, now the tables have turned on her doctors prognosis/procedures to investigate the situation.

As a fan of Jude law, I would say this his strongest performance. I generally like to nitpick films, but I don’t have anything negative to say. It’s just a film that hits all the cues on being a true suspense.

Sometimes when you have movies like this, they tend to draw too long, this was the perfect amount of time to give the viewer everything they need to know without feeling they missed something or the movie went too fast to the credits. All around stellar.

 

[44267547]

MoneyBall [2011]

I don’t care for baseball as a sport, but you don’t even have to like baseball to really enjoy this movie.

I thought it was interesting to understand how Sabremetric works, and the process they use to determine a players ‘On-base’ percentage versus batting stats.

More than that, I think the movie does a great job showing behind the scenes of the constant transition of trading players to make your team work and operate. It’s like a puzzle, and you constantly are trying to find these right pieces that create some type of symbiotic relationship that is cohesive as a unit.

I see now why to be a general manager of a professional sports team must be just a crazy amount of stress in the off-season to build your team not just to win games, but to win the championship. I know professional players make quite a bit of money, but what a ruthless business to be in, especially with competition constantly against you.

Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie for everything it offered, and I had this movie on my backlog to watch for over two years, I finally got to it, and I’m glad I did.

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Also, I was really pleasantly surprised by the musical score, really moving in a lot of pieces and just well constructed for certain scenes. I’m not familiar with this composer, Michael Danna; but he Did a superb job. One of the best pieces in the movie he composes called “It’s a process”, highly recommend to check out that particular track.

 

[ucfgrad93]

MoneyBall [2011]
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I don’t care for baseball as a sport, but you don’t even have to like baseball to really enjoy this movie.

I thought it was interesting to understand how Sabremetric works, and the process they use to determine a players ‘On-base’ percentage versus batting stats.

More than that, I think the movie does a great job showing behind the scenes of the constant transition of trading players to make your team work and operate. It’s like a puzzle, and you constantly are trying to find these right pieces that create some type of symbiotic relationship that is cohesive as a unit.

I see now why to be a general manager of a professional sports team must be just a crazy amount of stress in the off-season to build your team not just to win games, but to win the championship. I know professional players make quite a bit of money, but what a ruthless business to be in, especially with competition constantly against you.

Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie for everything it offered, and I had this movie on my backlog to watch for over two years, I finally got to it, and I’m glad I did.

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Also, I was really pleasantly surprised by the musical score, really moving in a lot of pieces and just well constructed for certain scenes. I’m not familiar with this composer, Michael Danna; but he Did a superb job. One of the best pieces in the movie he composes called “It’s a process”, highly recommend to check out that particular track.

While I like baseball and appreciate the inside look, I didn’t like MoneyBall.

 

[yaxomoxay]

MoneyBall [2011]
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I don’t care for baseball as a sport, but you don’t even have to like baseball to really enjoy this movie.

I thought it was interesting to understand how Sabremetric works, and the process they use to determine a players ‘On-base’ percentage versus batting stats.

More than that, I think the movie does a great job showing behind the scenes of the constant transition of trading players to make your team work and operate. It’s like a puzzle, and you constantly are trying to find these right pieces that create some type of symbiotic relationship that is cohesive as a unit.

I see now why to be a general manager of a professional sports team must be just a crazy amount of stress in the off-season to build your team not just to win games, but to win the championship. I know professional players make quite a bit of money, but what a ruthless business to be in, especially with competition constantly against you.

Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie for everything it offered, and I had this movie on my backlog to watch for over two years, I finally got to it, and I’m glad I did.

***************************

Also, I was really pleasantly surprised by the musical score, really moving in a lot of pieces and just well constructed for certain scenes. I’m not familiar with this composer, Michael Danna; but he Did a superb job. One of the best pieces in the movie he composes called “It’s a process”, highly recommend to check out that particular track.

Great movie, book is great too!

 

[Mefisto]

Scott Cooper: Out of the Furnace (2013)

I watched this a few years ago for the first time, and stumbled upon it tonight so decided to revisit it. The film stars Christian Bale and Casey Affleck as brothers Russell and Rodney Baze living in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Rodney is a vet who has a hard time adjusting to civilian life after four tours of duty and the horrors that come with them, and Russell is trying to build a life for himself working at the steel mill in town, like his father did before him. Some unfortunate events lead to the disappearance of Rodney, and Russell sets out to find out the truth about what happened to his brother.

A really great movie, even at the second viewing. All of the cast do a stellar job, but the standout performance is definitely Woody Harrelson as the sleazy Harlan DeGroat, whose introduction in the first scene of the movie really sets the tone for things to come.

Great flick, it's a real shame it didn't apparently even recoup its budget of about $22mil. The film definitely deserves to.

 

[7thson]

Scott Cooper: Out of the Furnace (2013)

I watched this a few years ago for the first time, and stumbled upon it tonight so decided to revisit it. The film stars Christian Bale and Casey Affleck as brothers Russell and Rodney Baze living in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Rodney is a vet who has a hard time adjusting to civilian life after four tours of duty and the horrors that come with them, and Russell is trying to build a life for himself working at the steel mill in town, like his father did before him. Some unfortunate events lead to the disappearance of Rodney, and Russell sets out to find out the truth about what happened to his brother.

A really great movie, even at the second viewing. All of the cast do a stellar job, but the standout performance is definitely Woody Harrelson as the sleazy Harlan DeGroat, whose introduction in the first scene of the movie really sets the tone for things to come.

Great flick, it's a real shame it didn't apparently even recoup its budget of about $22mil. The film definitely deserves to.

I remember watching it and being really struck by its tone and use of locality and imagery. My wife, from PA, even commented that it reminded her of some of the stories she heard growing up. Turns out that it’s semi-biographical and that a family, also named DeGroat, felt that portrayal of their namesake in the movie was defamatory enough to file defamation charges against the producers and studio. The lawsuit went nowhere and is summed up on this wiki page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Furnace
Good movie and I too am surprised at its limited exposure.

 

[Huntn]

The Invitation (2015)- 69% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Viewed on Netflix, labeled a thriller. A reunion of old friends is not what it seems, especially at the end. The less you know up front the better, crazy California. Not the best, but good enough.

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[Blowback]

I saw the Swedish-language one. The first one made... very good.

Agreed....the Swedish one was excellent! I find the overall quality of EU productions to better and less 'bang; bang...sex; sex for sex sake' than our (US ) productions....many of which are copies! Goes all the way back to shows such as 'Archie Bunker' ......and don't get me started on our versions of British car shows!!!!

 

[Blowback]

MoneyBall [2011]
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I don’t care for baseball as a sport, but you don’t even have to like baseball to really enjoy this movie.

I thought it was interesting to understand how Sabremetric works, and the process they use to determine a players ‘On-base’ percentage versus batting stats.

More than that, I think the movie does a great job showing behind the scenes of the constant transition of trading players to make your team work and operate. It’s like a puzzle, and you constantly are trying to find these right pieces that create some type of symbiotic relationship that is cohesive as a unit.

I see now why to be a general manager of a professional sports team must be just a crazy amount of stress in the off-season to build your team not just to win games, but to win the championship. I know professional players make quite a bit of money, but what a ruthless business to be in, especially with competition constantly against you.

Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie for everything it offered, and I had this movie on my backlog to watch for over two years, I finally got to it, and I’m glad I did.

***************************

Also, I was really pleasantly surprised by the musical score, really moving in a lot of pieces and just well constructed for certain scenes. I’m not familiar with this composer, Michael Danna; but he Did a superb job. One of the best pieces in the movie he composes called “It’s a process”, highly recommend to check out that particular track.

Hoffman was another great actor lost too soon!

 

[Blowback]

Scott Cooper: Out of the Furnace (2013)

I watched this a few years ago for the first time, and stumbled upon it tonight so decided to revisit it. The film stars Christian Bale and Casey Affleck as brothers Russell and Rodney Baze living in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Rodney is a vet who has a hard time adjusting to civilian life after four tours of duty and the horrors that come with them, and Russell is trying to build a life for himself working at the steel mill in town, like his father did before him. Some unfortunate events lead to the disappearance of Rodney, and Russell sets out to find out the truth about what happened to his brother.

A really great movie, even at the second viewing. All of the cast do a stellar job, but the standout performance is definitely Woody Harrelson as the sleazy Harlan DeGroat, whose introduction in the first scene of the movie really sets the tone for things to come.

Great flick, it's a real shame it didn't apparently even recoup its budget of about $22mil. The film definitely deserves to.

I saw this years ago and really liked it also....will have to re-visit. Just re-watched 'Chernoble' (sic) which was awesome.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I watched Se7en last night. I think the one movie I can compare it to is Silence of the Lambs. Very good psychological thriller.

 

[0128672]

Actually, tonight, I watched it from start to finish.

And yes, agreed, it is a terrific movie.

And to others reading this thread, I would argue that the Laendler dance scene is a superb scene, one which treats of desire, and the shock of suddenly (and belatedly realised) mutual attraction, all flawlessly executed in a stunning and exquisitely expressed (and completely silent and superbly acted) meticulous dance sequence.

It's funny but ever since you mentioned Laendler, I found myself humming it throughout the day; that, and The Lonely Goatherd on which it's based.

 

[0128672]

Hoffman was another great actor lost too soon!

I so agree. I very much miss looking forward to his next work.

 

[Huntn]

The Girl with the Dragon tattoo [2011]
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I’m pretty convinced David Fincher [Director of the movie], is not just a great script writer, but is also a genius. He also directed my other favorite with ‘Gone girl’.

The movie includes Rooney Mara, (who I’m actually not really all to-well-familiarized with her as an actress), she was excellent in this movie. And of course Daniel Craig who we all know. The plot surrounds a murder that was unresolved from 40 years ago, and Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig‘s character team together to help resolve this murder.

It’s a very dark movie, with a little bit of satire mixed in, but it’s also very lengthy film that really does an excellent job showing you piece by piece how this murder is resolved and who is behind it.

Also, if anybody’s familiar with ‘Gone girl’, it has an excellent musical score, and this film actually uses the same soundtrack incorporated into this film, but tuned a bit different. Interesting that Fincher decided to use the same musical score twice.

I saw the Swedish-language one. The first one made... very good.

I too prefer the original Swedish version with Noomi Rapace in the lead, Michael Nyqvist and Lena Endre (who I like from the original Swedish Wallander series). Although it's been a while since I've watched it, I recall a sharper edge, more tension, and great cinematography.

What I'd forgotten was that the original Swedish title is translated as "Men who hate women."

Girl With The Dragon Tatoo
I’ve seen the Swedish version, the English version and read the books. All excellent, however my critique is that the books are a bit stiff or off but I attribute that to the English version being translated.

“Men who hate women”- what a horrible title that would have been.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

It's funny but ever since you mentioned Laendler, I found myself humming it throughout the day; that, and The Lonely Goatherd on which it's based.

It's been in my head, and mind, since, also.

However, for a beautifully expressed - and exquisitely shot - superb scene which positively oozes romance, sexual desire, mutual attraction (granted, perhaps belatedly realised) - and not a word spoken - the Laendler dance scene is hard to beat.

 

[Huntn]

Actually, tonight, I watched it from start to finish.

And yes, agreed, it is a terrific movie.

And to others reading this thread, I would argue that the Laendler dance scene is a superb scene, one which treats of desire, and the shock of suddenly (and belatedly realised) mutual attraction, all flawlessly executed in a stunning and exquisitely expressed (and completely silent and superbly acted) meticulous dance sequence.

For anyone who wants to watch that scene:

 

[Andrea Filippini]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Wikipedia

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[44267547]

Cold Mountain [2003]

It’s been along time since I’ve watched this one, but I forgot how much of a good movie really it is. But to be perfectly honest, I think for someone who thought this was like a western-ish vibe mixed with a war setting would be inaccurate, it’s an underlying love story, and a very lengthy movie at that teetering at almost 3 hours.

What really made this movie wasn’t really just the ‘storyline’, it’s the scenery and the shot locations are amazing from the fields, snow covered mountains and overall countryside. In terms of movies within the last 20 years, this one is very visually appealing to capture the momentum of nature.

 

[ucfgrad93]

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

One of my all time favorites.

 

[Huntn]

Cold Mountain [2003]
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It’s been along time since I’ve watched this one, but I forgot how much of a good movie really it is. But to be perfectly honest, I think for someone who thought this was like a western-ish vibe mixed with a war setting would be inaccurate, it’s an underlying love story, and a very lengthy movie at that teetering at almost 3 hours.

What really made this movie wasn’t really just the ‘storyline’, it’s the scenery and the shot locations are amazing from the fields, snow covered mountains and overall countryside. In terms of movies within the last 20 years, this one is very visually appealing to capture the momentum of nature.

I don’t know, I disliked the book and the movie, as in what’s the point? I know, that’s a bad attitude. But I felt the same way about The Road. These kinds of movies have to grab you emotionally, you have to be vested in the characters to put up with stories about suffering and not happy endings.

 

[7thson]

I don’t know, I disliked the book and the movie, as in what’s the point? I know, that’s a bad attitude. But I felt the same way about The Road. These kinds of movies have to grab you emotionally, you have to be vested in the characters to put up with stories about suffering and not happy endings.

You mentioned The Road and I started thinking about what I liked about it. I only watched once, 10 or so years ago. I remember being completely absorbed by the post apocalyptical landscape. I feel like it was a reasonable representation of how humanity will devolve in the event of societal collapse. That really struck me at the time and is my biggest take away from that film.
Just now I remembered the storyline of the wife/mother and that being a big part of the character arc and feeling like it was just so overstated compared to how bad things all around had gotten. Like that was supposed to be the sad part? Compared to the atmosphere being on fire? It didn’t work for me.

 

[Apple fanboy]

One of my all time favorites.

Agreed.