Free State of Jones. Loved every minute, feel like it may have been a bit over the top to make white people feel good but it was still good.
A River Runs Through it. Yeah, it is not new, 24 years old now. But I like it (again). The book was a favorite of mine, well not really a book, more like a long short story. Brad Pitt is not a favorite but I didn't know who the hell he was when the movie was first made, shortly after I had read the book. So anyway Pitt is fine in this movie. I will probably watch it again if I see it on some night, like I do Road House and Masters and Commanders.
Once Upon a Time in The West --- Sergio Leone's Western about train expansion and desperados. One of the greatest films made in that era. Peter Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale.... but the best thing in it is Jason Robards. He's amazing in this film. Currently on Netflix.
I watched this movie in the theaters as a kid and loved it. It was so cutting edge for that time. Sat down to watch it on Netflix last weekend and couldn't even make it half way through. Today it just seems like a perfect (and over the top) satire of the genre. Plus the vocal soundtrack/Vocal dubbing (or whatever you call it) was a step off, making it seem even more intentionally satirical. Too, I guess I just can't handle Henry Fonda as a psychopath.......
No, I really don't like true stories very often. I didn't like Spotlight despite the great cast and great acting. I didn't think this would be very compelling but it was. I never know how accurate a "based on" type of movie is but this one impressed me. I do want to know if the Albert Brooks character really got railroaded by the FBI as it portrayed. If that is true there needs to be an investigation into just that part.
Nope, just googled it and already found out that it was bullshit. See, that is why I don't like so called "true stories" It was still a good movie.
By the way, do momma jokes offend you? Those are always my first instinct and I had a good one for this.
That was basically the entire point of the movie. Sergio Leone had become extremely popular from the Spaghetti Westerns but the copy cats had started as well. Every German/Italian producer was grabbing a camera and heading out to Almera, Spain and filming a shit pot collection of celluloid that made no sense. He began to hate what he'd help propagate. The Italian film aristocracy (like Pier Paolo Passolini, ugh there's a name for you) already considered him a low rent Southern Italian exploitation merchant to begin with. So he decided to get even. He invited film critic Dario Argento & director Bernardo Bertolucci too his villa to write a story than would be his final say on the art form. Together they got absolutely shit faced drunk and watched every Hollywood Western from the previous 30 years. Shane, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers.... Leone even shot background footage in the US to match for this film. What you see on the screen is a complete representation of Leone basically giving other directors the middle finger. He chose Fonda for the bad guy because he wanted the audience to say, "Holy Shit. It's Henry Fonda!" I think when you look at the film from this angle. His production of "My Name is Nobody," (which is just plain gonzo bonkers) makes even more sense. It's amazing how great directors know exactly how to fuck with what you see.
Not a movie, but Stranger Things. A kick as show full of suspense. Very Stephen Kingish. Though @HCP probably won't like it as it has Dungeons and Dragons in it, and the bullies get theirs.
Again not a movie, but watched the first couple episodes of Chance, a Hugh Laurie vehicle on Hulu...very good...weird to see Laurie as someone that basically the opposite of house...anyway if your a fan of Laurie take a look, cough @Dougnsalem cough...or even if your not. Also watching the 11/22/63 miniseries, on episode 6 out of 8, got to admit it is pretty addictive
