I had not watched either series until this spring and summer, and I thought series 1 was better, but not by much. The focus on just two characters played by more charismatic actors than what we got in series 2 meant that the first series leapt out of the gate and just swept you along until the interview parts were…

I consider The Departed to be close to the worst film Scorsese has made and its Oscar-win something of a travesty. The only thing "better" in the remake was that I am more used to seeing white people on screen and so was less confused about who was who at times. The original was clever and had a darkly brave ending,…

The whole Rollo Tomasi plotline is there just to conveniently make Exley suspect [Redacted], and was wholly invented for the film. In the book I seem to remember that this was much more complicated.

It is basically 99% perfect apart from the "Rollo Tomasi" reveal that has always struck me as a desperate and kind of lazy attempt to cut down on plot and running time.

It makes the story more coherent maybe, but I think I got 95% of the story without needing the extra footage. I expected to like the Ultimate edition better (The Watchmen Ultimate Cut is the best superhero movie ever in my opinion), but it felt very much the same.

It is thematically very similar to Gravity, just with a shark and with a seagull in stead of Clooney. I liked it very much until the resolution which was kind of stupid…

I watched a Herzog box last year and saw a few movies for the first time; Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo were great (as i already knew), I liked Woyzeck, repected Nosferatu but I absolutely loved Cobra Verde. It is in many ways "problematic" today, but I think it captures how almost impressively bonkers the personalities…

The thing with Tree Of Life is that while it is not perfect and begins a bit stiltedly and ends with kind of a whimper I consider the middle hour as the finest hour of film making by far this new century. I feel the same about Knight Of Cups; I have not had a better experience watching a new movie this year, but this…

Maybe this is a European thing, but I think the less American Anderson is the better he is, so my favorites are "Life Aquatic…" and "Grand Budapest", while "Moonrise Kingdom" left me cold, as did "Rushmore" and "Royal Tenenbaums" the first time I saw them (though the last one has grown on me).

It's a "theme" film (totally unconcerned with plot) that is about how important music is when you grow into adulthood (like "Distant Voices, Still Lives" "Music" is kind of an uncredited character in this). I would only rank "Mulholland Drive" and "Tree Of Life" higher since 2000.

I don't understand the hate some people have for Malick in general and Knight of Cups in special; I consider Malick as the only true US filmmaking artist with a coherent vision and worldview, and Knight Of Cups is still the best movie I have seen this year (especially first hour). A Malick movie is not about plot at…

Beware rule 35!

Saw Mulan a few years ago and liked everything except that dragon. Singlehandedly keeps the movie from being top tier Disney…

I have only seen one great new movie this year (Knight Of Cups), one that had greatness in sight but couldn't quite get there (Hail Caesar) and a few that works well as movies but can't quite transcend genre (Green Room, The Nice Guys, The Shallows until last ten minutes). Have yet to watch 10 Cloverfield Lane, The…

Will this be the same way as in many of the Marvel movies where they get a non-action director to make sure the non-action parts (acting, staging, general look) is up to par and then hand off the action scenes to 2nd unit directors that make sure that they are what people expect? In that case I am a bit concerned; I…

I 100% agree with this review; slight but charming.

If you image search for "Teresa May nude", you will get what you expected (I remember her from my relative youth). The added "h" apparently gives you more class…

That is three of my top four that year (I had Take Shelter at second). Had great expectations for Only God Forgives based on trailers, but could never get into it. Maybe I'll try again one day…

The Woody/ScarJo collabs are fun but pretty inconsequential, but I find it weird that to me these are the movies that has made Scarlett Johansson feel most like a sex symbol. There is something about her as a slighly dim blonde with her voice that is really appealing; in the 50s I would guess she would be cast more in…

"Drive" is a very good movie, but I consider the opening scene up to and including the credits as probably the most perfect, unimprovable sequence I have ever seen; it is kind of a Stendahls Syndrome thing for me. That same year also had the second hour of "Tree Of Life" that also had the same effect on me, and no…