What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[nosferatu42]

From the looks of it you are on a roll with some classic films at the moment so i would definitely recommend it while you are in the mood.

Sunset Boulevard that you mentioned was another i put off for ages but really enjoyed.

Still never seen Singing in the rain though.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

From the looks of it you are on a roll with some classic films at the moment so i would definitely recommend it while you are in the mood.

Sunset Boulevard that you mentioned was another i put off for ages but really enjoyed.

Still never seen Singing in the rain though.

Just picking out some movies I haven't watched.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

The Red Shoes

This film was the basis for the Kate Bush mini-movie / song 'The Red Shoes'

[Justin101]

I've wanted to watch The Red Shoes (also The Tales of Hoffmann) for so many years, just never got around to buying it, I'm going to make an effort to pick it up in my next round of purchasing

[Demoncrat]

It's worth the wait J.



Alps (2011, Yorgos Lanthimos)

Well then.
Went back to this one in anticipation for his new effort.
Like all his films, you are brought into a world where things just seem ... off ... somewhat.
We follow a bunch of folk who make an unusual commitment, and the consequences of these actions.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Singing In The Rain. 1952.

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Sunset Blvd. 1950.

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

The Red Shoes

A Masterpiece.

9/10

I completely with you about Singin' in the Rain, a delightful and superbly made film that is rightfully acclaimed as one of the greatest American films – I have it in my top 10 of the best films ever made.

I am writing this and thinking of the songs in the film, with particular highlights being Good Morning, All I Do Is Dream If You, Make 'Em Laugh, and You Were Meant for Me, which were carefully adapted from similar songs in older films and Singin' in the Rain as a joyous original song for this film.

The performances from Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, and Jean Hagan are brilliant, with tangible chemistry between Kelly and Reynolds, and Hagan hilariously tone deaf as the silent movie stars struggling to make it in 'talkies'.

Similarly, Sunset Boulevard looks at the way in which some actors (specifically Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond) were left behind when cinema and the sound era.

It is one of my favourite films noir, a delicious black comedy, which is very cleverly written, superbly acted by Swanson, William Holden, and Erich von Stroheim, and skilfully directed.

It isn't my favourite Billy Wilder film as that honour goes to Some Like It Hot, but it is equal of The Apartment, Double Indemnity, and The Last Weekend as Wilder's finest five films.

Of all the films made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, I think The Red Shoes is probably the best, closely followed by Black Narcissus, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and A Matter of Life and Death, my personal favourite Powell and Pressburger film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Just picking out some movies I haven't watched.

Should be fairly easy. You've watched every dodgy indie horror ever but never seen any classic Hollywood.

Good times are coming.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jonah Hex (2010)

A scarred bounty hunter with a price on his head is offered a pardon by the US military to stop a terrorist wrecking the upcoming July 4th celebrations.

Although the first twenty minutes of the film are actually okay and more than watchable the rest is like watching fifty minutes of deleted scenes cobbled together to make an incomprehensible movie. It's like watching the deleted scenes without having seen the film itself.

The only plus point is the score from the band Mastodon and composer Marco Beltrami which is way superior to the film itself.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I completely with you about Singin' in the Rain

I am writing this and thinking of the songs in the film, with particular highlights being Good Morning, All I Do Is Dream If You, Make 'Em Laugh, and You Were Meant for Me, which were carefully adapted from similar songs in older films and Singin' in the Rain as a joyous original song for this film

'Make 'Em Laugh', written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, and sang by Donald O'Connor in 'Singin' In The Rain'...

...is strangely reminiscent of 'Be A Clown', written by Cole Porter, and sang by Gene Kelly in the 1948 film 'The Pirate'

Not that this a bad thing, of course. Both are great films and great songs

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

The same is true for All I Do Is Dream of You from Sadie McKee, given a higher tempo and a bit more joy as a flapper-style ensemble piece.