#851

Does anyone have any thoughts on Paprika or My Son My Son What Have Ye Done? Both being shown at my local for one night each and sound intriguing but don’t immediately grab me.

#852

Went to see The Shape of Water last night. It was a bit of an odd experience. I couldn’t specify a flaw with it - It looked amazing; the fantastical elements and period elements blended perfectly; it was well-acted (admittedly by some typecast actors); well paced; it’ll deserve Oscars for production design, cinematography and director if it wins them… But I didn’t feel emotionally engaged at all. I wanted to like it more than I did, but I just couldn’t connect with it. :confused:

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#853

Talking of heist movies up there, particularly The Killing, I went to Tufnell Park Film club last night and saw a little know 50’s film called Gun Crazy, a heist movie that was a big influence on French New Wave, New Hollywood (esp things like Bonnie and Clyde) and Tarantino.

It was really good, very watchable and modern and had a great long 1 take shot during one of the robberies but you never actually see inside the bank.
Worth checking out.

#854

My son my son is decent. Great performance by michael shannon. Not life-changing but worth a watch I’d say.

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#855

MSMSWYD got quite lukewarm reviews but I found it enjoyable when I saw it. can’t remember too much, but I think the response came from the fact it’s Herzog and Lynch so people expected more. Definitely worth a watch though, did find it interesting

#856

Both well worth seeing, especially Paprika on the big screen which would be quite a ride I imagine.

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#857

watched Coherence last night. i liked the way it dropped little clues along the way as to what was happening, it never became too confusing and was pretty satisfying. just read that it was mostly improvised which makes sense, the characters were pretty convincing on the whole though. definitely get the Primer comparisons. also, Xander!

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#858

Felt like more than the sum of its parts to me - in each moment i wouldnt necessarily be that blown away but by the end it all came together to form a satisfying experience.

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#859

Haneke’s doing a tv series

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#860

I hope it’s on ITV and stars James Nesbit.

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#861

oh awesome, well up for that. obviously he’s made TV movies before but kind of a big thing that he’s gone proper TV now. guess even canal+ must be a bit fucked.

#862

have you ever seen any of his tv movies? have The Castle as part of the Haneke box set but never got round to it

#863

yeah i’m quite fond of it but it is a bit flawed. it doesn’t really feel much like kafka does have a weird TV cheapness to it somehow, but still well worth a bash for a fan though.

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#864

Yesterday was Coco. Loved this, felt a little light to begin with but I was a blubbering wreck by the end. Loved the vibrant animation and thought it was a beautiful story. All the use of music was top notch and I really appreciated the decision to not use subtitles on the Spanish phrases and music.

Today was Early Man. I hadn’t picked up that this is a football film through and through so was a little surprised. You really can’t tell from the trailer for example:

Agree with what was said upthread about it being a little slight, not really a patch on stuff like the Wererabbit. Still stop motion of this pedigree is always a pleasure to watch. The football match was pulled off really well, I could have done with another match actually.

Would make a cracking double bill with Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

#865

I saw this at the Edinburgh film festival a few years ago and properly enjoyed it. They showed it late night as well, so being kinda tired really enhanced the confusion the characters go through. Glad to see people enjoying it!

#866

watching Kinetta, the first from the bloke who did Sacred Reindeer or whatever it was called

its utter rubbish

#867

Watched Mistaken For Strangers last night. Thought it was pretty good, and enjoyed the relationship between the brothers and how the success of one affected it (or not), but there was an air of artifice over the whole thing that I couldn’t shake off. Felt like a lot more work and planning had gone into it than maybe we were led to believe.

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#869

Downsizing was really bad - agree with the posts in this thread, especially that Jonze/Kaufmann could’ve made it good. Was quite excited by the trailer but what a mess. Barely made use of what should’ve been a fun concept

#870

they did say at the time that some of it is staged, because it’s a younger brother’s project as an aspiring filmmaker, I quite enjoyed that level of meta-ness

#871

saw the Sleaford Mods documentary Bunch of Kunst (which is a fucking great title by the way) with a q&a from the director, turns out it’s a largely german production!

anyway it was really great, if you’re not seeing them live I’d say seeing this film is next best thing (so above their actual albums)