OT: TMB Movie Club - Use this thread for feature films in theaters or streaming....
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No mention of All Quiet on the Western Front? I thought it was incredible. The French counter-attack near the end is the most harrowing cinema I've seen since the opening of Saving Private Ryan blew my head off in the theater.
The book is better, the movie doesn't do the best job of getting in the characters' heads, but it's still a great insight into WWI trench warfare.
The book is better, the movie doesn't do the best job of getting in the characters' heads, but it's still a great insight into WWI trench warfare.
I have not put it on my schedule yet but will now. How does it compare to the recent 1917. That was wild, a continuous shot thru the entire film.
I thought 1917 was excellent, but it was a different kind of film. That was a thriller set in WWI. This is a WWI movie. It's anti-war but not in your face. They spend a good amount of time behind the front, but their time at the front is visceral and horrifying. One minute they're killing men in cold blood, the next minute they are stuffing themselves on those mens' charcuterie and French bread & cheese because they have eaten nothing but potatoes for the last year. You get to know Paul and his friends, but if you've read the book...
The clock is ticking down to armistice as people are thrown into the fire like kindling, to keep the bonfire burning for some perverse reason. Honor? Glory? There's nothing honorable or glorious about this.
Anyone have thoughts on the new Steven Spielberg movie?
slate.com
Spielberg’s Autobiographical New Movie Targets a Surprising Character for Criticism
Best Picture frontrunner The Fabelmans isn’t the gooey valentine to the movies you probably expect.
I have skipped to page #3 - so I hope the following movie titles are not a repeat.
#1 - 'Land' .... Robin Wright - hopeful triumph over despair and hopelessness, filmed in Canada
#2 - 'Infinite Storm' .... Naomi Watts - true, filmed on Mt Washington, bravery beyond words
#3 - 'Night Owls' .... a football coach theme (?)
#4 - 'Before We Go' - Chris Evans and Alive Eve - where is that special Love we can struggle through life with
#5 - 'It Was Always You' - should have this Romance statement in your Life !
#6 - 'The Family' - Dinero
My movie list of special favorites is 4 pages in length -- let me know if you would like to have it !
#1 - 'Land' .... Robin Wright - hopeful triumph over despair and hopelessness, filmed in Canada
#2 - 'Infinite Storm' .... Naomi Watts - true, filmed on Mt Washington, bravery beyond words
#3 - 'Night Owls' .... a football coach theme (?)
#4 - 'Before We Go' - Chris Evans and Alive Eve - where is that special Love we can struggle through life with
#5 - 'It Was Always You' - should have this Romance statement in your Life !
#6 - 'The Family' - Dinero
My movie list of special favorites is 4 pages in length -- let me know if you would like to have it !
Watched on Dropbox and what a wonderful movie. A nice change from war, superheroes, sci-fi, and horror. So well done I highly recommend it.Anyone have thoughts on the new Steven Spielberg movie?
Spielberg’s Autobiographical New Movie Targets a Surprising Character for Criticism
Best Picture frontrunner The Fabelmans isn’t the gooey valentine to the movies you probably expect.
Thanks looking forward to seeing that.
I watched Devotion on Pramount+ the other night and liked it. Maybe a tad too long but other than that I thought it was well done. Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell were very good together.
Best actress to not win an Oscar. Would for her to get one but it’s a tall order against overwhelming favorite Cate Blanchett.
Weird winners happen all the time at the Academy Awards. Have not seen Tar yet. Has not shown up on Dropbox yet. The site to go to for current films. Need the email and PW from insiders.
I think CB is about as much of a lock as there is this season but sure - stranger things and all.
Williams is very deserving and way overdue.
Thought this was a hell of a documentary, but then, I’m close to 74 yrs old.
Even those who don’t like Don McLean’s song “American Pie” have you to admit that it’s a distinctive pop culture achievement. A nearly eight-and-a-half minute allegory that goes from mournful to infectious to mournful again, the monster 1971 radio hit is seemingly known to all generations and still sung at bar-closing times the world over.
“That last fact is according to this reverent documentary about the song. Directed by Mark Moormann, the movie travels all over America to bring home the idea that “American Pie” says something profound about the country. It interweaves McLean’s biography with an account of the last days of the ’50s rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, creating a compelling narrative about the effect the plane crash that took their lives in 1959 had not just on young McLean, but American music itself. The movie then alternates with a history of McLean’s professional career (including his mentoring by the folk legend Pete Seeger) and scenes in which stars including Garth Brooks rhapsodize about the song.”
Even those who don’t like Don McLean’s song “American Pie” have you to admit that it’s a distinctive pop culture achievement. A nearly eight-and-a-half minute allegory that goes from mournful to infectious to mournful again, the monster 1971 radio hit is seemingly known to all generations and still sung at bar-closing times the world over.
“That last fact is according to this reverent documentary about the song. Directed by Mark Moormann, the movie travels all over America to bring home the idea that “American Pie” says something profound about the country. It interweaves McLean’s biography with an account of the last days of the ’50s rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, creating a compelling narrative about the effect the plane crash that took their lives in 1959 had not just on young McLean, but American music itself. The movie then alternates with a history of McLean’s professional career (including his mentoring by the folk legend Pete Seeger) and scenes in which stars including Garth Brooks rhapsodize about the song.”
Watched The Menu on HBO Max last night. I highly recommend it (though it also most certainly will not be for everyone - it's a black comedy of sorts). It was also not at all what I was expecting, but I absolutely loved it.
I liked the movie; don’t know how crazy I was about the ending.
Also loved it - posted a separate thread sort of linking it to the closing of Noma….
Thread 'FC/OT: One of the best restaurants in the world is closing…and HBO Max’s ‘The Menu’….'
https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/...-is-closing…and-hbo-max’s-‘the-menu’….849799/
Yes! So happy it was renewed. There’s a lot of material to cover but they nailed the first season.
On 1 show 3. When he took the mini dragon from cain and able I teared up
I'd watched the Chef's Table episode on Noma, and it was exactly what I was thinking about early on in this movie.
I was really worried I wasn't going to like how it ended, but for me it landed well. I completely understand why many wouldn't like it though.
Apparently I was mistaken, it must’ve been the Bourdain Parts Unknown episode on Copenhagen when I saw Noma. The Magnus Nillson episode of Chef’s Table is what I was thinking of. One of the dishes is a scallop with evergreen branches around it. Felt exactly like the scallop on the rock dish on The Menu.
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Started watching this and did Nillson’s episode first - just so ambitious and creative and inspiring to watch. He seems like a pretty good guy too; the scallop dish and the ashy egg dish are tremendous. I read that the restaurant is closed now.
@Midnighter: Tar is a real slow moving film with quite a bit of classical music/composing scenes and background. This film is not mainstream at all, Blanchett is good in it but, IMO, compared to Michelle Williams in the Fabelman’s, no contest. Tar will not be for everyone which means it will win all the awards! 
I see All Quiet on the Western Front is up for some Oscars, as it should be. I can't believe no one else has anything to say about this powerhouse war flick.
On my to watch list. Maybe will
watch today in between shoveling treks.
Intense film. No popcorn though, I may have barfed it up watching some scenes.
I just re-watched the attack and counterattack sequence again, that is hardcore.
"Soldiers March"
I fudged this up it sucks posting on my phone with all this BS ads moving around.
On the fence about seeing Infinity Pool. Looks crazy but I can only stomach so much Cronenberg body horror.
What I’ve seen of Netflix’s You People has been a joy ride of cringe-inducing comic genius.
Full disclosure: am only 56 minutes into it with another 60 to go. That’s plenty of time for it to round back into mediocrity.
Full disclosure: am only 56 minutes into it with another 60 to go. That’s plenty of time for it to round back into mediocrity.
