I've seen the movie. Big fan of Zooey Dechanell, I especially like New Girl. Guess I'd have to wait for Automn...
Every once in a while you see a film that is more relevant then the day was made. "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" an Italian winner for Best Foreign Film, reads like a story that could easily exist in the America of Trump and The Patriot Act. And that's not a good thing. Gian Maria Volontè, Clint Eastwood's nememsis from the first two Fistful of Dollars film plays maybe sleeziest police detective in movie history. He's just been given limitless power and wants to tests the limits of democracy. If you've ever said "fuck the police" you really need to see this film. There is no better film about the nature of corruption.
Logan 8.5/10 (loved it, probably better than an 8.5 didn't even think about the plot don't care) Get Out 7/10 (odd but entertaining movie) LaLa land 6/10 (ok and pretty well made but overall nothing spectacular) Hidden Figures 8/10 (very entertaining but one of those hard to cover racist areas where it's either too feel good or too preachy) Sleepless 5.5/10 (Jamie Foxx in a Taken ripoff that is just a paint by numbers type of thing but looks good and is fast paced) Gold 7/10 (entertaining but apparently not that accurate, still worth a go if you like Matthew Mcconasdlfjleef) The Great Wall 3/10 (beautiful looking but just boring with little of anything interesting)
I just saw on Amazon it's 28 bucks. Jeeeeez. May have to rent it for 3.99. They have a 4k digital version, was pretty surprised.
Get out is the most overrated movie. I went into it all hyped because everybody said it was so amazing and then I realized the only reason they were saying that was because it deals with racial shit but honestly the movie is very mediocre. Despite the few musical parts of la la land which I hate, had a pretty good story and acting. Was alright. I really really liked Logan
john wick 2 was very entertaining, still like the first one more. New fast and furious is meh, it's a pile of shit honestly just makes them a lot of money
Get Out was interesting but I don't think would have been made if a nobody pitched it. Peele is a known entity so it got done. It had a Purge Anarchy B movie type vibe to it and some cliche black characters that a white guy probably would catch hell for creating. Loved the TSA dude though, he was pretty good. I didn't expect much so I wasn't disappointed. I watch pretty much everything at home so I can't wait for John Wick 2.
I didn't even try to think about the plot of Logan. I just loved the darkness and despair of the characters and the acting was great. Hugh really cracks me up and we just really enjoyed the whole thing.
Also on Get Out. SPOILER..... I was kinda leaning towards it being a slave movie which really could have been interesting if rich white people were doing it in a way they couldn't get caught. Then it had the sci fi medical part and it was alright but a bit off if you think about it. It assumed that we really are post racial in this country and nobody would ever care.
I got it on Netfix. I usually go the DVD queue unless I want something rare they don't have. Then I just buy it online or order it.
I would of appreciated get out if it genuinely was a good movie. I liked the actor, I first saw him in a black mirror episode. Other than that the plot wasn't really keeping me interested and it was pretty stupid. The horror aspect wasn't scary at all to me. I mean all it takes is a spoon by some lady to get them into some trance, it was just ridiculous to me. And the whole time it just told me that "black people have superior genetics", referenced several times and part of the reason they were put into this whole slave thing. It just was some Hollywood leftist nonsense to me
Sucks to hear that Get Out is overrated. Still got to see it myself. I've been disappointed in some films I watched lately. Rented a bunch of neo noir films like Night Moves and The Long Goodbye that were supposed to be cult classics. They weren't classics. They were just fucking terrible.
