Inspired by some posters here, I watched “Killers of the Flower Moon” yesterday. I agree, it was really well made movie, really handled with a deft hand. I hadn’t read the book first. All I’ll say is, it is a very different feeling from a lot of Scorsese, and the humor is almost nonexistent. Go for powerful performances and a primer on history.
My top 10 of his films are: “Shutter Island”, “Hugo”, “Casino”, “The Irishman,” “The Departed”, “Goodfellas”, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, “Raging Bull”, “Gangs of New York” and maybe “Cape Fear” or “The Aviator” in 10th place.
I really didn’t enjoy “Age of Innocence”, “Silence,” “Mean Streets”, or “Taxi Driver.”
I saw Killers of The Flower Moon last. So I goto the theater, there was 3 other people there. 2 talked through the entire movie and the 1 other guy kept looking at his cellphone and walking in and out of the theater for 3 hours. So that didnt make it the best viewing experience for me. But I still watched and enjoyed it (as much as you can with subject matter of that kind).
I think me and Seb are gonna do an FC podcast episode about it, should be interesting to express our thoughts on Martys latest.
Avoid ‘Silence’ at all costs ! … ‘Age of Innocence’, though technically well made, felt like Wee Marty trying to do an epic David Lean style movie, a la ‘Doctor Zhivago’ … it’s watchable, but not really engaging.
‘Hugo’, I haven’t seen … but I’m not in a hurry to either
I consider myself a relatively calm and polite guy, but when it comes to my movie experience, I have no problem telling people to be quiet. My family always complains about the fact that I hush them if they say a word during a film.
yeah youre right i shouldve told them to STFU actually. these 2 ladies were acting they never went to a movie before. i grew up in the 80s/90s when going to a movie was an event and noone just talked through an entire film. to me its disrespectful to the filmmakers and the audience.
i rarely go to the movies these days, not sure when ill go back. at least at home i can watch a film without some idiot ruining it for me
I stopped going to the cinema nearly 20 years ago for the same reasons - It’s an international problem … and it seems a lot of people think it acceptable to behave with no consideration for the rest of the ‘paying’ audience - If you talked or distracted someone during a theatre performance you would be asked to leave … same rules should apply for the cinema.
For cinemas, I mainly go to the Cinematheque here in Oslo. The people that watch movies here are actually interested in watching the movie, and not just sitting on tiktok or talking or whatever. When I saw Killers of the Flower Moon /in a normal chain cinema), a few people talked. I told them to shut up, and they did. If you have an Alamo Drafthouse or a cinematheque in your are, I would consider going there. The one in Oslo shows older movies, often film prints.
I still watch constantly new films in the theatres. I rarely had any problems with a talking or otherwise annoying audience, not in the last years, not in the decades before.
Killers of the Flower Moon was one of the lesser films I watched there in the last years, overlong and far from exiting as so many Scorsese filme were before 2000. Scorsese has still aesthetic ambitions, but these ambitions don’t transform into fascinating movies anymore.
When I saw it there were also two members of the audience who checked their phones too often . . . and that wouldn’t even bother me if they had the decency to have the backlight on low! But they were bright! I just thought to myself how sad it would be to have their short attention span, haha.
and of course these cellphoner people always sit right in front of you so when they flip on the phone its like a flashlight in the dark. no distraction there.
Yesterday I went to a special screening of [ Esercito di cinque uomini, Un] and [ Cipolla Colt]
Both movies were introduced by Dutch director Koolhoven.
The picture and sound quality of both movies was far from good, a bit like the old rental tapes with lots of scratches but overall it was nice to see them on the big screen.
The introduction and special screening made it a nice evening. Although I went for the first movie the setting made union movie more bearable. I am not fond of these comedic like movies.
I took my son along who did not see much of the spag westerns, he is more into fantasy but even he had a nice evening.
Strangely enough, Ridley Scott’s first three feature films are also his best in my eyes: The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982). Napoleon certainly won’t change that. The battle scenes were okay and the best thing about the movie—Toulon (1793), Embabeh/Imbaba (1798), Austerlitz / Slavkov u Brna (1805), Borodino (1812) and Waterloo (1815). I could have done without the annoying love story between Nap. and Joséphine de Beauharnais, to which a great deal of time is devoted. On the other hand, there are no interesting, well-developed secondary characters in the entire movie. Disappointing, really. But of course it’s very impressive that Scott is still directing such huge projects in his mid-eighties.
Saw The Red Shoes for this first time at the cinema yesterday. Bloody brilliant film and so glad I got to experience it on the big screen. I was in awe for the whole thing, especially the ballet sequences.
A few months ago, I watched I Know Where I’m Going! (1945), which I hadn’t seen before. Another wonderful movie by Powell and Pressburger. Mostly their films are a sheer delight.
If you haven’t seen them, The Departed and Last Temptation of Christ are worth watching. Controversy or not, Last Temptation is an incredible film as far as visuals and performances. Most people either didn’t watch the movie and believed the hype, or didn’t watch the movie the whole way through to the end. And for David Bowie fans, the Man Who Sold the World is cast in the role of Pontius Pilate.
