In addition to better pajamas, Solaris also has actual human characters in it. 2001 only has plot-forwarding automatons with human shape. Beep-beep-beep now this happens beep-beep-beep
Citizen X
Stephen Rea as a Russian forensic expert turned detective trying to stop a mass murderer in the 80s-90s. Donald Sutherland is his immediate superior. He and Rea have to deal with the politics of the time while trying to investigate the crimes.
The past few films I've mentioned have been brain candy this is a drama with little to no action scenes. I really enjoy this film.
I wanted to watch that for Bill Burr, but it's not a priority. Supposedly, the story is based on that ugly actor's life, his dad having been killed as a firefighter.The King of Staten Island- Judd Apatow movie about a loser with emotional problems that still lives with his mom. I honestly couldn't sit through the entire movie because the main actor was so unbelievably ugly.
The King of Staten Island- Judd Apatow movie about a loser with emotional problems that still lives with his mom. I honestly couldn't sit through the entire movie because the main actor was so unbelievably ugly.
That guy has no talent.Maybe I'm just old fashioned but Pete Davidson was too young getting into show business.
Chikatilo was a real killer. The movie was great. Has the same vibe as the HBO miniseries Chernobyl.
I'm also not a fan of Apatow at all, so that was the other thing keeping me from watching it sooner. Some of the stuff he's produced is funny, but I don't like him as a director, and I think he comes off as a virtue signalling cancel culture douchebag in real life, quick to jump in on situations that have nothing to do with him.Yeah, I watched for Burr but he wasn't enough to get me to get through it.
In that case I'd definitely like to see it. Chernobyl was a series I adored.
I liked Superbad
To me, he still looked like a kid in his dad's clothes in that movie.Shutter Island
I forget why, but I looked this up recently. I had seen it in theaters and thought it sucked. So when I looked it up I was shocked to see how high its scores were. I gave it another shot. I still think it stinks.
The acting goes from 0 to 10 in several spots. Leo's Boston accent is gross and distracting unless he's saying "escape" (which most people here pronounce as "excape") and the attempts at surrealism are just cringeworthy. That frequent take on "the beauty of mental illness" really rubs me the wrong way. There are also a few very out of place Scorsese moment. That tracking shot where they're showing a line of nazis being shot and falling over from left to right is one of those scenes that doesn't make actual sense but for some reason feels right in a certain type of movie. It doesn't work here, but it's one of those things that would cause someone from Scorsese's era to stand up and shout "the art of cinema!" in the theater. Barf.
Hot take - Scorsese has way more misses than hits.
Also, I forgot how far back Leo's dad bod goes.
So, I actually decided to open up and watch a DVD I bought: X-Men First Class.
Best X-Men movie I've seen to date. Exploring Professor X and Magneto's early relationship in film was great and I liked that they chose the Hellfire Club as the villains (Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw was cool). I really dug Azazel, a murderous red Nightcrawler copycat too. I enjoyed the movie, but the absolute highlight was Hugh Jackman telling Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr to fuck off when they tried to recruit him while he was having a beer in the bar. That's the Wolverine I love!
Don't bother with the other 2 new X-Men movies, especially the third. Just watch Logan.
I think Days of Future Past is worth watching if M likes First Class.
I think Days of Future Past is worth watching if M likes First Class.