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Watched the GodFather 1 last night.
What film did you watch last night?
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The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
I'm not afraid to admit that I say I literally spent about 80% of the film with misty eyes or simply in tears (thank God I was at home!). The entire thing is just so stunningly beautiful. When you think about how the vast majority of animated films these days are largely CGI or digitally animated (even it it's "2D"), and then you watch a film like Kaguya, it just breaks your heart that such an art form is on the brink of extinction (especially with the news that Ghibli may be closing their doors).
It was funny, moving, wonderfully nostalgic, breathtakingly animated with a fantastic soundtrack to compliment. Oldboy has been my #1 film since I saw it, but I think this has it beat. It moved me like no other film I can think of.
20/10.
I'm not afraid to admit that I say I literally spent about 80% of the film with misty eyes or simply in tears (thank God I was at home!). The entire thing is just so stunningly beautiful. When you think about how the vast majority of animated films these days are largely CGI or digitally animated (even it it's "2D"), and then you watch a film like Kaguya, it just breaks your heart that such an art form is on the brink of extinction (especially with the news that Ghibli may be closing their doors).
It was funny, moving, wonderfully nostalgic, breathtakingly animated with a fantastic soundtrack to compliment. Oldboy has been my #1 film since I saw it, but I think this has it beat. It moved me like no other film I can think of.
20/10.
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The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
This was a fantastic demonstration that handdrawn animation can still cut it in the modern era. Beautiful to look at, delightful in its details, and deep and courageous in its story-telling this was the kind of animation that the West simply seems incapable of doing. Not quite as good as Princess Mononoke, but it was still Ghibli showing that they really are the very best at this sort of thing.
It won't say it was perfect: some parts of it swung alarmingly out of left-field and the pacing of some parts felt a little off but it was a fine, fine piece of cinema and worth a watch for pretty much anyone. There was more than one misty eye in the cinema at the end too.
9/10
This was a fantastic demonstration that handdrawn animation can still cut it in the modern era. Beautiful to look at, delightful in its details, and deep and courageous in its story-telling this was the kind of animation that the West simply seems incapable of doing. Not quite as good as Princess Mononoke, but it was still Ghibli showing that they really are the very best at this sort of thing.
It won't say it was perfect: some parts of it swung alarmingly out of left-field and the pacing of some parts felt a little off but it was a fine, fine piece of cinema and worth a watch for pretty much anyone. There was more than one misty eye in the cinema at the end too.
9/10
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I finally got around to watching 300 Rise of an empire last night and thought it was great. 8/10
The Gambler 6/10
Not stunning but not bad worth a watch I suppose. can probably be summed up as Guy gambles, fails, gambles, fails, gambles, fails, gambles wins.... end of story.
Taken 3 6/10
Basically they've morphed taken into the fugitive, good action though.
Not stunning but not bad worth a watch I suppose. can probably be summed up as Guy gambles, fails, gambles, fails, gambles, fails, gambles wins.... end of story.
Taken 3 6/10
Basically they've morphed taken into the fugitive, good action though.
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Superfast (1/10)
A parody of Fast and Furious films, god awful, wish I could unsee
Also for Easyrider
I loved Interstellar, but there are definitely some silly bits
Seen it twice now, the first time was an 8/10 but the second around 6.5/10...
I guess we all have an opinion.. But don't state it as fact. Especially when that fact is incorrect
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Interstellar 7/10
Just plodded through it really and had to wiki it after to explain it a bit further. As said, the ending went into the ridiculous. But then it's sci-fi, so who am I to call it ridiculous.
Just plodded through it really and had to wiki it after to explain it a bit further. As said, the ending went into the ridiculous. But then it's sci-fi, so who am I to call it ridiculous.
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Watching Amelie since forever and never realise before how the colours red and green punctuate throughout the movie in almost every scene. I really do love this movie, lots of movie come and go as "best ever" but for me, this is as close to a perfect movie as it gets. It's hard to give a film get 10/10 as that would be perfect with nothing to improve but if I had to pick one, this is it.
It's just sublime from idea to execution, the characters, the music, the photography, the story, the way it all come together and all the tiny little touches. It is utterly brilliant filmmaking on so many levels.
It's just sublime from idea to execution, the characters, the music, the photography, the story, the way it all come together and all the tiny little touches. It is utterly brilliant filmmaking on so many levels.
The identity of the man in the torn photos ranks as one of the best reveals in film for me.