Last Movie You Watched and Rate It | Part#: Some High Number +5

[Puck]

Love and Monsters, Directed by Michael Matthews, 6.0

In a monster-infested world, Joel (Dylan O'Brien) learns his girlfriend is just 80 miles away. To make the dangerous journey, Joel discovers his inner hero to be with the girl of his dreams.

This film is average but given the dearth of content this year, I suppose for entertainment purposes, it could be bumped up to a 7.0 score. It deals with isolation and although the mortal threats are huge monsters not microbes, it's still well suited for a badass 2020. It's a light drama with funny moments, not really suspenseful, which is fine if you have had your fill of anxiety elsewhere.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

To be fair, I have not seen all of his feature-length films (Maybe 80%?) My ranking:

Lolita

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2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove

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Eyes Wide Shut
A Clockwork Orange

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The Shining

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Spartacus

Wouldn't argue against that.

 

[kihei]

My two cents on Kubrick:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Doctor Strangelove
Paths of Glory
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining

Full Metal Jacket
Spartacus
The Killing
Lolita
Eyes Wide Shut

His first five films I cant rank because I have never seen them.

 

[ORRFForever]

Put me down as the rare exception...

Someone who can't understand the appeal of ANY of his movies.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Put me down as the rare exception...

Someone who can't understand the appeal of ANY of his movies.

I remember finding A Clockwork Orange disturbing. Couldn’t get into Dr. Strangelove. Eyes Wide Shut was weird. I remember liking The Shining, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it. Those are the only Kubrick films I’ve seen.

 

[ORRFForever]

I remember finding A Clockwork Orange disturbing. Couldn’t get into Dr. Strangelove. Eyes Wide Shut was weird. I remember liking The Shining, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it. Those are the only Kubrick films I’ve seen.

You're not missing much.

 

[Jumptheshark]

in interesting take on the Trial of the 7

nearly all of the court scenes script was taken directly from the transcript of the case

 

[ORRFForever]

The Secrets We Keep (2020):

"In post-WWII America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her." - IMDB.

The Secrets We Keep is the most far fetched, unrealistic movie I've seen since 2013's Prisoners. The Secrets We Keep is absurd.

1/10

 

[Langdon Alger]

You're not missing much.

I can’t say I’ve loved what I’ve seen of his, or really have much interest in watching anything else he did. Maybe I should give 2001 a space odyssey a try sometime though.

 

[ORRFForever]

I can’t say I’ve loved what I’ve seen of his, or really have much interest in watching anything else he did. Maybe I should give 2001 a space odyssey a try sometime though.

Everyone else LOVES his stuff so... watch with an open mind.

 

[kihei]

They Are Everywhere (aka The Jews) (2016) Directed by Yvan Attal 7A

Israeli-French director Yvan Attal has concocted a clever satire regarding anti-Semitism. Concerned with growing signs of intolerance in France and elsewhere, They Are Everywhere consists of several skits that poke fun at common stereotypes about Jews. Yvan (played by the director) discusses his concern about French attitudes towards Jews with his somewhat perplexed psychiatrist (Yvan says he is not obsessed by Jewish matters but he knows the number of Jews in every country in the world). A series of comic sketches illustrate each recrimination that he brings up in the conversation—all Jews are rich or Jews control everything or Jews killed Jesus and so on. Some of the skits are a little edgy, such as when the Mossad, Israel’s secret service, sends an assassin back in time to kill Jesus in his infancy, but Attal usually hits his mark. At least I think he does. A portion of Jewish humour always makes me uncomfortable because it seems to me, ironically, antisemitic, so maybe I am not the greatest judge of this film’s approach to its subject matter. However, in my opinion, They Are Everywhere makes its points with intelligence and wit.

subtitles

Netflix

 

[NyQuil]

Of the Kubrick films I’ve seen:

-Paths of Glory
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-A Clockwork Orange
-The Shining
-Full Metal Jacket
-Dr. Strangelove
-Lolita
-Eyes Wide Shut

 

[Langdon Alger]

Of the Kubrick films I’ve seen:

-Paths of Glory
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-A Clockwork Orange
-The Shining
-Full Metal Jacket
-Dr. Strangelove
-Lolita
-Eyes Wide Shut

What’s your favourite and least favourite?

 

[NyQuil]

What’s your favourite and least favourite?

It’s in order.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I hate you all. The full scene, including the shot of Quilty sitting in the dark alone before Humbert's arrival, is so, so perfect. Love the photography of the film. Pretty, pretty.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Tried to watch Dogville last night, Lars Von Trier. Stopped it twenty minutes in when I realized that the entire film was set on the stage and it had a three hour run-time. I'm temped to go for it if it's worth it but the film appears so polarizing that I'm doubting myself as I find Von Trier extremely hit and miss (although really superb when he does hit) and don't know if I have the patience to watch 3 hours of what may just be torture porn. Anyone has any thoughts?

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Tried to watch Dogville last night, Lars Von Trier. Stopped it twenty minutes in when I realized that the entire film was set on the stage and it had a three hour run-time. I'm temped to go for it if it's worth it but the film appears so polarizing that I'm doubting myself as I find Von Trier extremely hit and miss (although really superb when he does hit) and don't know if I have the patience to watch 3 hours of what may just be torture porn. Anyone has any thoughts?

Liked it a lot, but LVT is more a hit and hit for me (apart from Manderlay, an unneeded sequel to Dogville, I like everything I've seen from him). One of the stengths of the film is in making you forget the heavily distianciative gimmick. To me, it's a tour de force in narrative absorption.

 

[NyQuil]

I hate you all. The full scene, including the shot of Quilty sitting in the dark alone before Humbert's arrival, is so, so perfect. Love the photography of the film. Pretty, pretty.

I have issues with Peter Sellars in anything aside from maybe Being There (and Clouseau obviously).

I find he's a bit like Jim Carrey where he always seems to be doing an impression, even in his most critically acclaimed work.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I have issues with Peter Sellars in anything aside from maybe Being There (and Clouseau obviously).

I find he's a bit like Jim Carrey where he always seems to be doing an impression, even in his most critically acclaimed work.

Ok, I thought you deserved the door for that EWS ranking, now get out.

 

[NyQuil]

Ok, I thought you deserved the door for that EWS ranking, now get out.

Well if you hate my opinion I must be on the right track.

 

[McOilers97]

I've seen 5 of Kubrick's films and would probably rank them:

1) A Clockwork Orange
2) The Shining
3) Eyes Wide Shut
4) 2001: A Space Odyssey
5) Dr. Strangelove

These are all good movies - regardless of whether you think he's a master or overrated, his movies are ambitious and he didn't lean on a certain genre or trick. None of these are remotely alike. Even a lot of today's top directors kind of have a defining genre/style.

Planning to watch his other 8 as well.

 

[Langdon Alger]

I've seen 5 of Kubrick's films and would probably rank them:

1) A Clockwork Orange
2) The Shining
3) Eyes Wide Shut
4) 2001: A Space Odyssey
5) Dr. Strangelove

These are all good movies - regardless of whether you think he's a master or overrated, his movies are ambitious and he didn't lean on a certain genre or trick. None of these are remotely alike. Even a lot of today's top directors kind of have a defining genre/style.

Planning to watch his other 8 as well.

The fact that his films are so different is part of the reason he is so highly regarded. There aren’t many directors who do that.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

The fact that his films are so different is part of the reason he is so highly regarded. There aren’t many directors who do that.

Yup. Extremely versatile. He had a fantastic nose for which literary projects to take on too. He admitted in an interview that he didn't think he had it in him to write an original screenplay, but man, he could produce one hell of a screenplay when he had someone else's novel or short story to begin with. From what I understand, the only author who didn't end up completely satisfied with the final film was Gustav Hasford (Full Metal Jacket).

 

[Langdon Alger]

Yup. Extremely versatile. He had a fantastic nose for which literary projects to take on too. He admitted in an interview that he didn't think he had it in him to write an original screenplay, but man, he could produce one hell of a screenplay when he had someone else's novel or short story to begin with. From what I understand, the only author who didn't end up completely satisfied with the final film was Gustav Hasford (Full Metal Jacket).

He was also the ultimate perfectionist. He was famous for doing many, many takes. Probably drove people nuts.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Yup. Extremely versatile. He had a fantastic nose for which literary projects to take on too. He admitted in an interview that he didn't think he had it in him to write an original screenplay, but man, he could produce one hell of a screenplay when he had someone else's novel or short story to begin with. From what I understand, the only author who didn't end up completely satisfied with the final film was Gustav Hasford (Full Metal Jacket).

Didn't Stephen King hate The Shining?

Kubrick's genius relies on taking a "good story" and adding to its themes with structural/visual or narrative touch ups. He just skipped right to the meat. But I would have loved to have an original screenplay by an old Kubrick.