dholliday
deconstructed rep
Last films watched, pretty good run:
original Jurassic Park on modest dvd...haven't seen it since mid-90's...fx still hold up! Great pacing, acting and setpieces. Not much depth but it's a blockbuster, innit. Laura Dern is damn fine. 8/10.
The China Syndrome: not seen before, also excellent acting, and quality dialogue and setup, very realistic. No OTT drama. Perhaps a little too dry but still worthy 8/10.
Contact. another one not seen since the 90's...very good, clever, trusts its audience rather than spoonfeeds it. leaves the ending open to interpretation. philosophy a little 'pop', and lacks the high-end art of 2001, but then so do most films. another 8/10.
Looper. was undecided if i liked it due to both main characters not being particularly compelling, but the ending really sold it (
). 7/10.
Whiplash...i do like my fusion-jazz, tho' this style wasn't represented i still felt a musical connection to the film...it's a real love-letter to jazz in general. was blown away to find out Miles Teller actually played those drums! even with edits/cuts it's still excellent playing. gorgeous camera-work, no melodrama, phenomenal performance from Simmons...only complaint was i felt his character was too OTT, and Miles's obsession to be the best wasn't exactly making me sympathetic to him. but the perfect ending saved it. another very enjoyable 8/10.
Hellraiser 1 & 2. first one was meh, great fx but not that interesting. 5/10. part 2 is where it's at: truly horrific yet fascinating scenes, memorable dialogue and imaginative otherworld. favourite line must be the: "and to think...i hesitated". i originally scored it a 7, due to some dialogue/scenes being a bit cringe, but i kept thinking about it, so deffo an 8 or even 9/10. watched it on grainy dvd, gonna hunt down the bluray and rewatch.
Altered States. One of the best films of all time, already seen it once but that were many yonks ago. even better second time round. bordering on a rare 10/10, requires a third watch to confirm. one for the psychedelic heads.
some more i watched 'n rated (imdb, lad) since my last post here 13 months prior:
Watcher in the Woods 5/10
Scanners 5/10
Dawn of the Dead (1978)...2/10
Trading Places 6/10
V for Vendetta 2/10
Collateral 2/10 (sorry @Prevenger17 )
The Goonies 7/10
The Island (2005)...5/10
Mission to Mars 4/10
The Others 6/10
Hereditary 6/10
Knowing 8/10
Invasion of the Triffids (1963)...7/10
Innerspace 7/10
The Witches 7/10
The English Patient 7/10
The Thing 8/10
Kairo (2001)...6/10
incidentally 26 films listed here, so me 'n the missus average about two films-per-month. are yous around that mark also?
original Jurassic Park on modest dvd...haven't seen it since mid-90's...fx still hold up! Great pacing, acting and setpieces. Not much depth but it's a blockbuster, innit. Laura Dern is damn fine. 8/10.
The China Syndrome: not seen before, also excellent acting, and quality dialogue and setup, very realistic. No OTT drama. Perhaps a little too dry but still worthy 8/10.
Contact. another one not seen since the 90's...very good, clever, trusts its audience rather than spoonfeeds it. leaves the ending open to interpretation. philosophy a little 'pop', and lacks the high-end art of 2001, but then so do most films. another 8/10.
Looper. was undecided if i liked it due to both main characters not being particularly compelling, but the ending really sold it (
especially the slow-mo scene with Emily Blunt calming her child in the field
Whiplash...i do like my fusion-jazz, tho' this style wasn't represented i still felt a musical connection to the film...it's a real love-letter to jazz in general. was blown away to find out Miles Teller actually played those drums! even with edits/cuts it's still excellent playing. gorgeous camera-work, no melodrama, phenomenal performance from Simmons...only complaint was i felt his character was too OTT, and Miles's obsession to be the best wasn't exactly making me sympathetic to him. but the perfect ending saved it. another very enjoyable 8/10.
Hellraiser 1 & 2. first one was meh, great fx but not that interesting. 5/10. part 2 is where it's at: truly horrific yet fascinating scenes, memorable dialogue and imaginative otherworld. favourite line must be the: "and to think...i hesitated". i originally scored it a 7, due to some dialogue/scenes being a bit cringe, but i kept thinking about it, so deffo an 8 or even 9/10. watched it on grainy dvd, gonna hunt down the bluray and rewatch.
Altered States. One of the best films of all time, already seen it once but that were many yonks ago. even better second time round. bordering on a rare 10/10, requires a third watch to confirm. one for the psychedelic heads.
some more i watched 'n rated (imdb, lad) since my last post here 13 months prior:
Watcher in the Woods 5/10
Scanners 5/10
Dawn of the Dead (1978)...2/10
Trading Places 6/10
V for Vendetta 2/10
Collateral 2/10 (sorry @Prevenger17 )
The Goonies 7/10
The Island (2005)...5/10
Mission to Mars 4/10
The Others 6/10
Hereditary 6/10
Knowing 8/10
Invasion of the Triffids (1963)...7/10
Innerspace 7/10
The Witches 7/10
The English Patient 7/10
The Thing 8/10
Kairo (2001)...6/10
incidentally 26 films listed here, so me 'n the missus average about two films-per-month. are yous around that mark also?
