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[HDFan]

After giving a plug for Moonrise Kingdom a few days ago I realized how could it not be good? Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman - an incredible ensemble in a Wes Anderson film. The attention to detail, the music, the visuals (that treehouse!) saturate the vision and audio senses. No wonder it is a Criterion release.



So I decided to revisit another Wes Anderson Criterion release - the Grand Budapest Hotel.



Again an exceptional ensemble of actors: Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, William Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, F.Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman. Amazing color palate. Nothing like the Marvel "cut and paste" model - not that I don't enjoy Marvel films. Own most of them.

My Netflix copy of Wes Andersons' "The French Dispatch" will arrive shortly. Can't wait to see it.

9 Film Directors Who Have Spoken Out Against Marvel Movies

The latest movie buff to express disinterest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is director Denis Villeneuve.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Huntn]

After giving a plug for Moonrise Kingdom a few days ago I realized how could it not be good? Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman - an incredible ensemble in a Wes Anderson film. The attention to detail, the music, the visuals (that treehouse!) saturate the vision and audio senses. No wonder it is a Criterion release.

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So I decided to revisit another Wes Anderson Criterion release - the Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Again an exceptional ensemble of actors: Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, William Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, F.Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman. Amazing color palate. Nothing like the Marvel "cut and paste" model - not that I don't enjoy Marvel films. Own most of them.

My Netflix copy of Wes Andersons' "The French Dispatch" will arrive shortly. Can't wait to see it.

9 Film Directors Who Have Spoken Out Against Marvel Movies

The latest movie buff to express disinterest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is director Denis Villeneuve.

www.newsweek.com

I disagree with Denis Villeneuve about Marvel. No, they are not all great or outstanding but some of them represent highly entertaining, creative, worthy stories. I’d put Guardians of the Galaxy at the top of any Marvel list.

 

[Queen6]

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

Solid film, well worth the watch. Strong storyline & strong performances...

Q-6

 

[pachyderm]

I disagree with Denis Villeneuve about Marvel. No, they are not all great or outstanding but some of them represent highly entertaining, creative, worthy stories. I’d put Guardians of the Galaxy at the top of any Marvel list.

Comic books come to life? Count me in. I watch, and enjoy, those films because I love the comics they came from.

I'm not looking for an Oscar worthy performance when I start a superhero film.

Looking forward to your thoughts on The French Dispatch.

 

[bradl]

I disagree with Denis Villeneuve about Marvel. No, they are not all great or outstanding but some of them represent highly entertaining, creative, worthy stories. I’d put Guardians of the Galaxy at the top of any Marvel list.

While I agree with you, I can put Villenueve's stance into three simple words:

Howard. The. Duck.



BL.

 

[robertjoe]

Watching the legendary crime thriller "The Godfather (1972)" movie last night.

 

[Crowbot]

Watching the legendary crime thriller "The Godfather (1972)" movie last night.

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I loved the way Brando interacted with the cat in the first scene.

 

[jenelemond]

Actually started to watch the movie Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (2021) last night but couldn't finish hopefully will finish it today !?

 

[DrWho42]

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

 

[MrAverigeUser]

crime and Comedy at their best:


„Mona Lisa“ with Bob Hoskins

“Snatch“

 

[HDFan]

Looking forward to your thoughts on The French Dispatch.

It is in the same category as Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel except it is more anthological with a strong common connecting thread. Similar techniques, such as the the vertical stair shots shots - a waiter carrying a tray to the top floor of the press building. Not a complete different template such as the fantastic Mr. Fox or the Isle of Dogs. Pretty much the same base list of actors (Norman, McDormand, Murray) but quite a few additions. Actors must really want to work with Wes Anderson. Must be other movies with such a list of A list talent but I'm not aware of them.

Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, Mathieu Amalric, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Cécile De France, Guillaume Gallienne, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Revolori, Rupert Friend, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Hippolyte Girardot, Anjelica Huston, Kate Winslet, Lois Smith, Griffin Dunne, Denis Ménochet, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Macaigne, Félix Moati, Alex Lawther, Fisher Stevens, Wallace Wolodarsky, Pablo Pauly, Alexandre Steiger

If you like the other two movies you'll like this one. Amazing detail and visuals, unexpected and interesting dialogue, very humorous. Set is a Kansas newspapers' european edition based in Paris. Movie chapters are - well, don't want to describe since that would spoil the fun. Loved the story with McDormand as a reporter and Chalamet as a revolutionary.

Must for my collection. Setup a CamelCamel price alert on Amazon for the Blu-Ray version. 4K only available via streaming right now.

 

[rhett7660]

I watched Encanto a few nights ago. I really liked the music but the plot was a little on the thin side. I think Coco was better.

I agree on all accounts with this. Coco is one of my favorites, hits home every time. Is someone cutting onions in here??!?!?!

 

[rhett7660]

While I agree with you, I can put Villenueve's stance into three simple words:

Howard. The. Duck.



BL.

Hey HTD had Lea Thompson!!!! ?

 

[bradl]

Hey HTD had Lea Thompson!!!! ?

Okay.. I'll give you that one. However...

Ghost Rider.

The David Hasselhoff one.

It's hard to figure out between Ghost Rider and HTD which one is Marvel's Leonard, Part 6. ?

BL.

 

[rhett7660]

Okay.. I'll give you that one. However...

Ghost Rider.

The David Hasselhoff one.

It's hard to figure out between Ghost Rider and HTD which one is Marvel's Leonard, Part 6. ?

BL.

Oh those are all horrible movies lol... I won't argue that at all...

 

[pachyderm]

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It is in the same category as Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel except it is more anthological with a strong common connecting thread. Similar techniques, such as the the vertical stair shots shots - a waiter carrying a tray to the top floor of the press building. Not a complete different template such as the fantastic Mr. Fox or the Isle of Dogs. Pretty much the same base list of actors (Norman, McDormand, Murray) but quite a few additions. Actors must really want to work with Wes Anderson. Must be other movies with such a list of A list talent but I'm not aware of them.

Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, Mathieu Amalric, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Cécile De France, Guillaume Gallienne, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Revolori, Rupert Friend, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Hippolyte Girardot, Anjelica Huston, Kate Winslet, Lois Smith, Griffin Dunne, Denis Ménochet, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Macaigne, Félix Moati, Alex Lawther, Fisher Stevens, Wallace Wolodarsky, Pablo Pauly, Alexandre Steiger

If you like the other two movies you'll like this one. Amazing detail and visuals, unexpected and interesting dialogue, very humorous. Set is a Kansas newspapers' european edition based in Paris. Movie chapters are - well, don't want to describe since that would spoil the fun. Loved the story with McDormand as a reporter and Chalamet as a revolutionary.

Must for my collection. Setup a CamelCamel price alert on Amazon for the Blu-Ray version. 4K only available via streaming right now.

I liked it as well. Not in my top 5 for him though.

 

[MrAverigeUser]

I will recommend from time to time also films that I do not necessarily watch at that specific moment but which I think are worth to be watched or be watched multiple times over years because they are IMHO icons and both art and make one think about things that touch all of our lives and societies more or less...

Being There - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

a wonderful comedy containing some serious thoughts...

Absolute Power (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Bridges of Madison County (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Million Dollar Baby - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Good Bye, Lenin! - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(This is a film which has a serious side and a very humanistic side: it makes you understand a little bit the big cultural shock people in eastern Germany had to face when their communist system in which they grew up changed completely from one day to another - by using a very wet-done comedian base of situation and very smart humour.
Even the things of daily use they bought for tens of years or always had (if there was any offered) did disappear in the months after the reunification of both parts of Germany. Even people that had been very active opposition before the reunification at last happened, and risked their career, to be prisoned had many problems to adapt at a completely different system. A film very funny but with a serious thought about "regime change" if you think about a little bit deeper).

The Lives of Others - Wikipedia

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(THIS is an absolute MUST-SEE.
this film is not made from a fantasy-script made in Hollywood - it describes exactly the „StaSi“-methods of the german "democratic" republic in the eastern part of Germany. It was indeed that bad.
Some of the very best german actors, many of them grown-up in the communist system of eastern Germany.)

The Tin Drum (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(This is the film based on a novel written by nobel-priced german Günther Grass who was an adolescent while the Nazis made their way to power in Germany and he had to serve as a young man at the front of the war-Lines during WW II. A complex, very intelligent film made with respect to the novel on which it is based. Directed by a famous German and with absolutely first-class actors and a iconic "must-see" film)

Coming Home (1978 film) - Wikipedia

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"Coming home" with Jane Fonda and other excellent actors ... makes you think about human relations, real-life politics, pseudo-heroism and real heroism... and female liberation. A wonderful film.

Munich (2005 film) - Wikipedia

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A masterpiece made by Steven Spielberg - based on real tragic history, begins with bad and good guys and analysing in a sometimes more intimate play-like film showing more and more that politics that seem to be simple to be judged are in reality much more complex... and that people with initially good aims get abused by both sides of the political game... very complex and analytic, but entertaining as well...

and because I wrote about serious but good films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter

again a fantastic film about how people get abused and destroyed by politics...an iconic film.

Paths of Glory - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick

As well an iconic film, a masterpiece.


Some of these films are more actual than ever at the moment. It is about brutal career-priority, misleading honest people, victims of propaganda (mostly on both sides), and fatal decisions leading to chaos, and awe....

Reality is often much more complex than most people think. We need always to think enough before judging and making own decisions...

sorry for the long posting.
cheers

 

[pachyderm]

MrAverigeUser​

Being There is one of my all time faves for sure.

 

[MrAverigeUser]

MrAverigeUser​

Being There is one of my all time faves for sure.

yes, it is also one of my favorites….

there are some parallels (especially its black British humor) with Stanley Kubricks

Dr. Strangelove - Wikipedia

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which is also an iconic film….

 

[pachyderm]

yes, it is also one of my favorites….

there are some parallels (especially its black British humor) with Stanley Kubricks

Dr. Strangelove - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

which is also an iconic film….

Another fave.

 

[Crowbot]

Another fave.

Both were blessed by the presence of Peter Sellers. I found tis interview with him and George C Scott. Watch Sellers do his accent riff. Amazing.

peter sellers split screen interview strangelove

 

[rhett7660]

Watched the first Star Trek with Chris Pine last night... I had forgotten how much I liked this movie. There are some really good scenes in this one.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Watched the first Star Trek with Chris Pine last night... I had forgotten how much I liked this movie. There are some really good scenes in this one.

I really liked that reboot.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Peppermint. Always been a Jenifer Garner fan and this didn't disappoint.

 

[Huntn]

Shawshank Redemption (1994)- Magnificent story telling, bombed at the box office, went on to be acclaimed.

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