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Post by simple on Dec 16, 2022 10:52:32 GMT
Of stuff that came out in 2022 my top list would be
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Fire of Love
Prey
Fire of Love is a documentary about a pair of French volcanologists that was in cinemas for about a week but is on D+ NatGeo
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Post by Gruf on Dec 16, 2022 11:05:55 GMT
It is just the best film you watched in 2022, does not necessarily has to have been released in 2022 Fire of Love is definitely one I am looking out for, scenery so spectacular it looks like CGI, and not the shit kind they use in all the Superhero movies  Folks coming late to There will be blood and Moana is delightful. My version of that was a film called Arctic from 2018 with Mads Mikkelsen, a gem. Been a year where Mads has risen to my must watch list. |
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Post by britesparc on Dec 16, 2022 11:33:00 GMT
The best films I saw from 2022 are Everything Everywhere All at Once and Prey, two absolute five-star masterpieces.
The best new old film I saw is The Shootist, the 70s western starring John Wayne and James Stewart. I was trying to watch a lot of westerns this year, I'd never seen that one before, and it's really, really good. Very sad and metatextual. You can see its echoes in stuff like Unforgiven and Logan.
I've also watched stuff like my beloved Captain America: The First Avenger and Paddington 2, and it being Christmas, I'm bound to watch Die Hard soon, so technically those are the best films I saw this year.
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Post by Lizard on Dec 16, 2022 11:40:42 GMT
Those bengalibengali videos were something.
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Post by harrypalmer on Dec 16, 2022 12:55:59 GMT
Just watched Guillermo del Torros Pinocchio and that might be my favourite now. Astonishing.
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Post by Gruf on Dec 16, 2022 13:00:58 GMT
Just about to settle down to watch that, good stuff |
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Post by geefe on Dec 16, 2022 13:39:31 GMT
Jimmy Stewart was always reliable. Winchester '73 is a good one. I can't watch Wayne movies on principle. Absolute cunt of a man.
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Post by Gruf on Dec 16, 2022 21:34:36 GMT
Pinocchio and All quiet on the Western front done. Both terrific in there own way
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 17, 2022 13:43:42 GMT
Pinocchio doesn't do a Pan's Labyrinth and end up being far more violent that you'd expected, does it?
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 17, 2022 13:54:13 GMT
Was Pan's Labyrinth surprisingly violent? It was definitely brutal, but it clearly had horror vibes, so wasn't out of nowhere.
Pinocchio seems to just be a PG, so unlikely to be particularly violent. I understand it is very dark though and probably not suitable for fairly young.
Not seen it yet. Mostly annoyed at Netflix doing its usual thing of only showing it in a couple cinemas. Will have to stream, but it is one I really wanted to see on the big screen. Had thought about trying to get London Film Festival ticket, but thought about it a bit late.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 17, 2022 14:00:15 GMT
I dunno, but I went into it expecting something more like Labyrinth. Which was not what i got.
I'd heard Pinocchio was dark, but I was wondering how dark. Never know with Del Toro.
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Post by Gruf on Dec 17, 2022 14:34:38 GMT
Not overly dark TBH but definitely has the patented Del Toro macabre in places.
Worth a watch for the sheer artistry involved in it's creation.
Though the story is very well trodden by this point, he weaves in a slight addition.
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Post by simple on Dec 17, 2022 22:50:16 GMT
I was surprised by that guy getting his face mashed in with the butt of a pistol in Pan’s Labyrinth. That was really brutal.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 18, 2022 6:58:37 GMT
^ yes. That.
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Post by geefe on Dec 18, 2022 8:27:45 GMT
The bottle face mashing scene is one of the few that makes me cringe. It's up there with the hobbling and when the Jackass people did papercuts between their toes.
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Post by Warrender on Dec 18, 2022 10:35:31 GMT
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. It blew my mind in a similar way The Matrix did when I first saw it at release.
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Post by Zuluhero on Dec 18, 2022 11:30:17 GMT
Yep Everything Everywhere for me too, total surprise.
Probably Nope for me as a 2nd.
Gonna have to check out this RRR now that every one here is raving about it.
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Post by Zuluhero on Dec 18, 2022 11:32:46 GMT
Oh it's an Indian film?
3 hours!?
This had better be worth it! 😅
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Post by Gruf on Dec 18, 2022 11:41:27 GMT
Oh it's an Indian film? 3 hours!? This had better be worth it! 😅 I don't think its possible to be disappointed by RRR Oh, and to the face stoving genre you can add All quiet on the Western front, yeesh. |
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 18, 2022 12:08:16 GMT
I need to watch RRR and All Quiet.
I always forget about films on streaming platforms or just never get around to them. Think that is why I still like using a delivery rental service. I can probably get many of the films through a streaming service (albeit often at lower picture and sound quality), but having a couple of discs delivered to me at a time with the need to post them back adds incentive to actually sit down and watch. When I can just watch it whenever, watch it later becomes watch it never.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 18, 2022 12:59:34 GMT
Oh it's an Indian film? 3 hours!? This had better be worth it! 😅 It’s far too long but it does have a natural break point right in the middle, so I would watch it in 90 minute chunks. A lot of the draw of it is that it makes you say ‘lol, that’s so stupid’ every five minutes rather than it being a fantastic movie. It’s a bit like the Eurovision Song Contest of homoerotic Bollywood action movies. |
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Post by Gruf on Dec 18, 2022 13:10:55 GMT
You definitely have to relax your brain and just accept chaos, something I generally am bad at doing. Stupidity has me reaching for the off button. But it is done with such style it wins you over. They are just very good friends Bongo, thats all thats going on here  |
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Post by geefe on Dec 18, 2022 13:37:38 GMT
It's weirdly wholesome, despite the WE'RE GAY FOR EACH OTHER overtones. It's really not subtle. I think the dance scene is just glorious.
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Post by Saul1138 on Dec 18, 2022 14:35:17 GMT
Just watched a relatively old film, The Lure (2015), after reading about something else by the same director. Perfectly unsettling, and just what I need before I head off to sleep before the night shift.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 18, 2022 14:46:43 GMT
RRR is too long (and a bit OTT), but break in middle and just revel in it. It's good fun.
And a bit mad. Hope you enjoy!
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Post by Zuluhero on Dec 18, 2022 17:59:10 GMT
If it's as awesome as something like Iron Sky I think I can manage it 😅
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Dec 18, 2022 22:05:03 GMT
It's much more entertaining than Iron Sky. Iron Sky was about 30 minutes worth of good idea, stretched to 90.
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Post by askew on Dec 18, 2022 22:07:47 GMT
Fire of Love is a documentary about a pair of French volcanologists that was in cinemas for about a week but is on D+ NatGeo
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