I watched Joker the other night, or at least tried to. That POS got nominated for an Oscar? Just a horrible movie. I made it a little past halfway and had to turn it off.
Parasite is the best picture of last year, and rightly deserves the Oscar. My second favorite film of the year is Jo Jo Rabbit. It's probably the one I'll watch every couple of years. Joker was ok. I'll never watch it or probably even think about it again. 1917 felt like a 2 hour Call of Duty campaign with better graphics and plot. It was good for what it set out to do, I guess. But it's at best a distant third to my top 2. Uncut Gems was one I was looking forward to, but god it was so damned noisy. People talking and yelling and swearing over each other constantly. It was like watching an un-funny, stressful version of Sunny in Philadelphia with Kevin Garnett. I gave up halfway through. Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's best film. Saw it the other day with my sons. The Gimp scene was Uncomfortable Family Viewing. But the payoff of my sons knowing how much "I'm pretty far from OK" can mean is probably worth it. And there's a great lesson in there about illegal drugs.
Parasite Joker 1917 JoJo Rabbit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Irishman Ford v Ferrari Marriage Story Uncut Gems would slide in at number 3 if it had been nominated as it should have. Didn't see Little Women. Very happy Parasite won Best Picture and Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor.
For the Best Picture nominees: Jojo Rabbit: A Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A+ Joker: A (you either love it or hate it) 1917: A The Irishman: B- Parasite: B+ (Good, but I doubt I'll ever watch it again) Ford vs. Ferrari: A- Marriage Story: Haven't seen yet Little Women: Haven't seen yet My favorite of the Year is pretty close between three of them but I'll go with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, edging out Jojo and 1917.
Will Ferrell is promoting his new movie Downhill on Colbert, but both of them have neglected to mention that it is a remake of a Swedish movie called Force Majeure. Force Majeure is excellent.
I just watched Ford vs Ferrari last night. Excellent movie. Probably the 3rd or 4th best I've seen of the highly acclaimed movies of the past year.
I watched JoJo Rabbit last night and really liked it. Patiently waiting for 1917 to be available to rent on Xfinity. Probably going to watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood soon.
Parasite was really good, and probably "great" if you have never seen a foreign film before. But best movie? I don't think so.
Took my family to see the new "Call of the Wild" remake. Enjoyed it a lot. Almost felt like two separate short movies. The CGI dog was a little distracting at first, but you get used to it after a while.
I might try to watch Marriage Story. But as a guy currently going thru a divorce (not my choice), not sure about watching it.
I recently watched the old movie "An American in Paris" starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Nobody, but nobody was a better dancer than Gene Kelly whom I would rate above Fred Astaire. Didn't hurt that the music was conducted by none other than George Gershwin, America's greatest composer, for this movie. Kelly's tap dancing is nothing short of spectacular.
That really sucks man; I'm sorry to hear that. You know we're always here if you need someone to vent to.
Just watched Midway last night and found it entertaining with great special effects and sound. I watched Pitt and DeCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and found it rather boorish and slow with a couple actors that were acting like they really didn't care.
Yeah, that's my next one to watch in the next couple days as I grew up around car racing and spent a lot of days when I was a kid out at the Portland Speedway, Jantzen Beach dirt track as well as many nights watching the motorcycles at Sidewinders race track.
I can out-old you - I just watched Gold Diggers of 1933 and Busby Berkeley's production numbers were SPECTACULAR. And a little bit risque:
Have you guys seen “Timmy Failure” yet? It’s a Disney + original and it is excellent. I laughed aloud many times and cried at the end. And it takes place in Portland! There is one brief appearance of the pinwheel. I highly recommend it.
