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Brother Orchid (1940)
Awesome
Terrific in every way. Robinson, Southern , Bogart ,Jenkins , Crisp ,Bellamy ,and Paul Guilfoyle .all these actors are like friends , enormous favourites ,they can do no wrong. Old movies rock.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Batman is not a superhero, he is a crime fighter
The premise is absurd , Superman could kill batman in his sleep .Please , stop making these films about batman,spiderman ,and please no more marvel films, the marvel comics suck and so do the films .and focus on a fun superman ,and find a better superman ,bring back Jimmy Olson, Perry white, etc . And a Metal Men film, and a Stumbo the Giant film would be awesome
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Alfa Romeo 6C is too great to blow up
Why did Coppola blow up an Alfa 6C 2500 ? Sacrilege! Also, I would have liked it more if Sterling Hayden had rammed Al Pacino 's head up Loko Lava's ass, then repeat with De niro ,and james Caan ,and then the Consigliassho . as for Brando he was funnier in the freshman. For me , I get tired of all the actors acting ,same for Sopranos ,I just don't like the actors,except Sterling Hayden
Rio Lobo (1970)
Awesome
I don't pay much attention to actors abilities . Maybe Tuscadero is a great actor or not . As a comparison , Steve Mc Queen or James Dean are supposed to be great actors, but I like James Mitchum as much as his dad, and I just don't give a flip for the other two.
This film is good for 100 viewings or more .
Bait (2019)
Wonderful
I am crazy about it all - the story, the Cornwall coastal town in grainy b/w, and the likeably real people . I add this to the list of hundreds of favorite wonderful b/w films , and add it also to a short list of recent and favorite wonderful modern films
Lebenszeichen (1968)
Great visually and brilliant musically, and the land of a thousand windmills
Werner's first and best , yet not part of any compilation /collection/box set of his work . I have unsuccessfully tried to find a CD of the soundtrack ,but luckily found DVD -for a lot of dollars. I saw Dwarves,Fata, Land of Silence, Aguirre, Kaspar , Heart of Glass , ,Stroszek, Wozzeck , Nosferatu , Fitzcarraldo many times , and believe Woodcarver Steiner was best of short films ,also thanks to Florian Fricke/PopolVuh, pioneer of beautiful modern electronic music. Herzog and Kinskey at Telluride 1979, or was it 1980 a nice distant memory. What a legacy ! Werner is very much beloved .
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Stellar Stuff
The Tolkien books did not move me at age 10 like Sherlock and Nero Wolfe and PG Wodehouse , but 55 years later the 6 recent Tolkien films are fabulous , although fast forwarding is necessary at times . The music, scenery, costumes, actors, monsters, and all kinds of cinema magic is more than enough for a lifetime or two. The added relationships are very welcome and are wonderfully emotional in the films . Loving the films is easy , the books not much. Thanks to Peter Jackson and all involved.
PS the gollum thing gets old real fast (much fast forwarding ), as well
the spider scenes in the final LOTR film ,but Renee Fleming ,the eagles , and escaping morder was awesome . I would welcome a film about the life of Beorn ,and a film about aKili and Tauriel secret affair ,and their offspring ,or a later in life Legolas and Aragorn adventure with...
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The animated Clone Wars series is well done
Why bother ? I would rather enjoy a trilogy of Chewbacca , Jar Jar , and those cool tall flathead lifeforms from trilogy #2, , plus everyone flying around in lots of silvery sleek beautiful spaceships, and more great acting of those two funny diplomats from trilogy #2, , and interesting story lines about JarJar's girlfriends or his love life , Chewy's family life - his mom and dad and brothers and sisters , and why not try some new psychedelic music now and then. Moon Duo's new songs are worthy. And please- No more jabbas , or sam I jackson, but cameos with Gandfalf and Beorn and those eagles in space would be awesome. A story line about Yoda ending up for spare change or maybe ending up at a bantha rodeo at the Yoda- on -a -stick concession. Squashed flaming space orcs and space nazis and space climate commies , and individuals involved in space cartels but really getting some truly painful punishment is always a good for a happy ending