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R52. Home Alone - Catherine O'Hara is amazing in this. All-time great Christmas classic.

Though I've only seen it once, I think his performance in The Fighter may top it.

116. Disturbia - Although it had a decent amount of suspense and generally succeeded on that front; it was just too bland and offered nothing special as a whole. I really like David Morse, but feel like he didn't pull off this role at all. It's impossible to avoid comparing it to Rear Window, yet it...

Funny thing about Aloha... never heard of it before about a couple weeks ago; it showed up as a preview on The Walk. I thought "hey this looks really good, and has an amazing cast! And Cameron Crowe generally makes good stuff." So I was all set to go order the DVD on instinct, but thought ...

115. Collateral Beauty - What a strange hot mess of a movie. It's not good, but it had some good stuff. It's pretty well-known at this point that the trailer for this movie completely lied about what the movie is about. It does contain one of the best twists I've seen in a movie, immediately followe...

114. The Walk - Absolutely loved it. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is almost unrecognizable as he disappears into the character. Zemeckis creates stunning visuals, although they are largely all stuffed towards the end. But most of it was really a heist film. And I didn't know anything at all about the real-w...

112. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - It was good, but needed "more" to be great. It felt like it was just short and a bit shallow in plot. At 44 minutes long, it somehow felt shorter than a 30 minute Christmas special. Maybe I just like the characters and world so much that i...

109. Dog - Pretty good. Reminded me a lot of The Lucky Ones. I like Channing Tatum, but I'm not sure if he's quite able to carry a dramatic performance all by himself like this film requires. Not that he was bad or anything. A good story, both heartwarming and funny. R49. A Charlie Brown Thanksgivin...

R48. The Lorax (1972) - Fun fact, I watched this because I was trying to watch the newer one that I hadn't seen before, but pulled out the wrong DVD by accident. Anyway, this is good. Great music, pretty animation, amazing story. 108. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Very good. The whole thing was l...

You might be the only one I know who likes Beowulf that much. I saw it in theaters and wasn’t impressed; basically didn’t remember anything about it shortly after. And I love Zemeckis in general.

107. Uncharted - Pretty good. Basically a version of National Treasure except a bit bigger and crazier. It was fun, and the ending scene with the ship chasing was over-the-top ridiculous and creative in a good way. But nothing all that special; National Treasure had more charm and a better villain.

105. Bone Tomahawk - Meh, it was ok. It was really slow until the end. Very little horror or suspense; it just felt like a typical western, and I don't generally like westerns much. The end was better, when it actually got into more horror-type elements. The cast was great, I always like Richard Jen...

104. Paradise in Harlem (1939) - Quite good. Easily one of the better 1930s musicals I've watched this year. Good acting from the lead, a few different good musical numbers. and an actual real story. Some stuff was hard to follow in the story with understanding some of the different characters. But ...

103. Turning Red - Very interesting. Probably the most ambitious thing Pixar has done; certainly since WALL-E at least. The themes explored aren't all too different from things like Inside Out, but they definitely step it up a bit in maturity. But then there's the actual style of the film. Pixar's f...

Seven Samurai is definitely my most-desired movie to watch that I still haven't seen yet.

Yeah feel free to talk about whatever if you think it could help!

R46. Men in Black - Watched this a week ago, that's how bad I've been about posting. This holds up. I've seen it a bunch, but it's always fun. Tommy Lee Jones stands out as the best part. 101. BlacKkKlansman - Powerful. Hard to watch, but it's supposed to be. Excellently made. The Birth of a Nation ...

100. The Duke is Tops (1938) - Not bad, but nothing special. Some good musical numbers, and the elixir sales scenes were pretty funny.

98. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation - Not as good as the first two. Not terrible, but it lacked a lot of the charm and originality of the others. I didn't realize it until after watching part 3, but part of what made both of the first 2 good is that they weren't action-adventures. The main plo...

97. The Shining (1997) - Much better than I was expecting. Granted, I went into it with the lowest expectations possible. Both because I'd heard bad stuff, and because it's a remake of the greatest horror film ever made. But it really was enjoyable for the most part. The family dynamic between the 3...

94. That Obscure Object of Desire - Wow. So I bought this movie about 13 years ago in response to making a thread on IMDB asking people to name a movie I should buy. Don't remember for sure who recommended this. But finally got around to watching it! It's excellent. One of those movies where I want ...

93. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Really good. I watched the remake shortly after it came out and don't remember much other than not really liking it. But this was great. A bit slow to get going, but once it did it was exciting and suspenseful throughout. The simultaneous messaging of having the...

92. Made for Each Other (1939) - Quite good. Jimmy Stewart is always a joy to watch, and you really want to root for his character here. There's not a whole lot to the plot, but a lot of funny moments as well as others that were quite somber and even hard to watch (not as bad as Trainspotting or any...

91. Tangled - Loved it! Good music, beautiful animation, nice unique story. Mother was the most evil and terrifying villain Disney has created. Normally their villains are over-the-top evil, but Mother was just way too realistic a portrayal of abuse. Flynn was also a refreshing change from the avera...

89. Paddington 2 - Excellent. I don't know if I liked it more than the first one, though it did seem at least as good if not better. It fixed the only issue I had with the last one, with Hugh Grant being a great and entertaining villain. The only problem with it is that it didn't offer much that was...

Falling behind here... R45. Fracture - For some reason this movie got on my mind and I wanted to watch it again. It's pretty good. In general I just like movies about a smart person outsmarting everyone. 87. Black Hawk Down - Good, but brutal. Not a feel-good film, that's for sure. It does a great j...

One of my great shames when it comes to movies is that I haven’t seen almost any Kurosawa. Only Yojimbo, which I remember liking. Seven Samurai has been on my wish list forever.

Goodfellas (1990) 10/10 Casino (1995) 10/10 Taxi Driver (1976) 10/10 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 9/10 Silence (2016) 9/10 Shutter Island (2010) 8.5/10 Raging Bull (1980) 8.5/10 The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 Cape Fear (1991) 8.5/10 The Aviator (2004) 8/10 Gangs of New York (2002) 8/10 The King of Co...

I haven't actually seen anything by him. Really only seen 3-4 French films total...

85. Paddington - Amazing. I'd heard good things (mostly about part 2, actually), but still didn't expect a silly kids movie based off of a silly kids book to be this well done. Almost every aspect was great; the cast, the actions, the jokes, the story. The thing is, they didn't have to actually do a...

Just finished watching this whole show start to finish. I'd never heard of it until recently, when I saw a few random YouTube clips. Bought the complete series on DVD. It's amazing. Nathan Fielder is comedy genius. He blends the line between fiction and reality so well. The show is presented as a re...

84. Mulan (1998) - Not bad, but Disney has done better, especially in that era. No particular complaints, it just didn't impress me much. The music and scenery were pretty good.

83. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - I have no idea how to judge this film. It's like Terry Gilliam actually had restraints on when he made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but no restraints at all when he maid this. It's just pure insanity the entire time. Entertaining insanity, though. There we...

R42. Get Out - Great film, and probably better after you know the ending. R43. October Sky - Good stuff. Chris Cooper is pretty much fantastic in everything he's in; and he stands out here. We watched this while visiting a coal town in West Virginia; that whole history is both interesting and tragic...

82. Due Date - Pretty much terrible. I was expecting a stupid comedy, but stupid comedies can still be good (see above, re: Zoolander). Never been into whatever genre it is you call Grownups , Neighbors , Hot Tub Time Machine , Knocked Up , etc... but I thought this might be different because of RDJ...

81. The Lucky Ones - I bought this movie 100% blind, having not heard of it at all, due to Neil Burger and Michael Peña. (More accurately, I hadn't heard of Neil Burger by name, but it said it was from the director of The Illusionist , which was all I needed to hear). I really liked it. It's a bit o...

Just finished playing through Katamari Damacy Reroll for the Switch. Fun game. Did 100% of course, which was pretty challenging. The last couple object to collect were a bit of a grind to get good enough to do it.

Lord_Lyndon wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:43 amI think Kubrick's The Shining is not only the best horror film of all time, but also one of all time great films.

Absolutely. One of the very few horror movies that has actually made me feel scared.

I plan to watch the much less-well received King version soon.

80. Murder with Music (1948) - Very poorly done but still entertaining. Apparently the movie is mostly footage from an older movie which was never released, with some new scenes shot to add in music and such. And it really shows. The plot makes no sense at all, and the entire murder, investigation i...

Happy birthday, Brandon…

75. In the Good Old Summertime - Pretty good; definitely better than the remake, You've Got Mail . This is also a remake of a movie based on play which hd a Broadway musical based on it later on, so popular story to tell. The whole love story part of it wasn’t even that much of a focus it seemed; re...

Yeah I still haven’t seen Eternals after all this time…. Normally I don’t like watching MCU out of order. I’ll get to it soon; but pretty much everyone seems to agree with your opinion on it.

Always enjoy random thoughts on random films!

I've seen M! Loved it.

72. The Suicide Squad - Not to be confused with Suicide Squad lol. This was pretty great. James Gunn's dark humor really shines. The cold opening was fantastic; easily one of the best cold openings out there. So glad I didn't know anything about the film going in; to not have any of that spoiled. Th...

Welcome back! Not too long an absence considering the ridiculously low posting rate around here in general. I’m not familiar with any of those films.

Yeah my friend who has been recommending it to me for years since it came out (i-am-robin from IMDB in case anyone happens to remember) said that he re-watches it all the time and can't get enough of it. 71. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Pretty bad, but a little entertaining. Aside from the story and...

70. Onward - Excellent. Up there with some of the best Pixar like Up, Inside Out, and Coco. It was a fairly unique story, or at least told in a unique way. The characters were interesting and fun. The ending was fantastic in terms of how they went against the common expectations of such films. Maybe...

66. Upstream Color. . .I missed so much about the actual plot and just not understanding what was happening. But after reading a couple plot summaries, I just want to watch it knowing what I now know. Loved this movie. Everything does come together pretty well on a second viewing. I personally appr...

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