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MyHeartIsYours
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Brooklyn (2015)
I had not seen this movie before but I really enjoyed it, a beautiful and really uplifting story! It reminded me of my grandparents too which was nice
I had not seen this movie before but I really enjoyed it, a beautiful and really uplifting story! It reminded me of my grandparents too which was nice
Juliette
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Dr. No. I love James Bond.
I love James Bond.
One year waiting till Avengers 4 tho :-(((
Nicholas123
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Pascal Logieur is back with another horror movie!
Just watched this tonight! Not a masterpiece, like "Martyrs", but still good. I'm sure Nikoreindeer will soon put it as his new desktop wallpaper!
Just watched this tonight! Not a masterpiece, like "Martyrs", but still good. I'm sure Nikoreindeer will soon put it as his new desktop wallpaper!
Eulaliya
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RainyWoods
Croak-kay
I just watched something I never thought i'd see be made in my lifetime. A biopic on the final three years of Nico's life. As a humongous fan of the Velvet Underground's siren vocalist and icon of the 60s, a woman who was quite literally the inventor of goth music, there's obviously some bias at play here from me. At the same time though, I was worried about how overly critical i'd be of all the small details and portrayal of a person I must have spent over the years hundreds of hours watching any footage of that I could get a hold of. However, Danish actress Trine Dyrholm is mesmerizing in the role of Nico, and even convincingly performs the songs herself (best Nico channeling i've ever experienced, besides my bathroom renditions of Janitor of Lunacy of course). Her vocals on These Days brought tears to my eyes, and the way she performed My Heart Is Empty was astounding.
I can't honestly say what someone with no interest in Nico or The Velvet Underground would make of the film, but for me it was a treat and it touched me hard. It's harrowing to watch at times as Nico is injecting heroin into her leg at any sneaky moment she could find, but the dark moments are broken up by amusing ones. Nico as a person was unintentionally very funny in her deadpan ways. I found it particularly amusing seeing her attachment to a rather large portable audio recorder that she'd carry around, along with a sizeable microphone that she'd hold up in the air, whilst wearing a big pair of headphones. She was always capturing sounds, and sometimes at the most inconvenient of times.
The movie is essentially a road trip on a rock and roll tour through Europe. Nico's band is comprised of "amateur junkies", and they all along with a rather forgiving and blind eye turning manager find themselves in some hairy situations along the way. Ultimately the film is heartwarming by the end, as it's reaches a very poignant conclusion. Throughout the biopic you see flashbacks to Nico's younger years and childhood spent in a Nazi occupied Berlin, and I think it helps you to put pieces of her puzzle together. She never seemed to quite get over that trauma, and her years when she was a model only admired for her beauty was a further dent that shaped her into the very dark being that she had become, ravaged by heroin and at times extremely aloof.
Nico's discography is very precious to me, so to see a film like this was an event. Something very special. It doesn't gloss over the ugly, but it also showed she was still at heart human. Just a very different one. The director, Susanna Nicchiarelli has created something I won't forget.
MyHeartIsYours
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I didn't manage to see this in the cinemas so glad I finally I got to see it... I still don't think any actor has ever managed to absolutely nail Sir Winston, but Gary Oldman did very well on the look and mannerisms. Overall I thought it was a great film, really enjoyed it - I especially liked the Tube scene
Darkest Hour reminds us of how grateful we should be to our greatest Prime Minister and our country's greatest generation who saved our asses during our "darkest hour".
RainyWoods
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[MENTION=13314]DaFlo[/MENTION] I only remember catching the latter half of Kick Ass on tv once, but years ago I had such an obsession with the Red One produced Mika song from the soundtrack
The movie looks good. Nicolas Cage has a role in it so automatically golden.
The movie looks good. Nicolas Cage has a role in it so automatically golden.
DaFlo
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Just signed up for Netflix again. Recommendations pls!I want something truly dramatic or some horror or just Idk help
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Annihilation
Just signed up for Netflix again. Recommendations pls!
I've recently delved into Netflix's movie library and made a list with stuff to watch (so i dont know how good they actually are i just went by the description lol). Soooo let's see:
- How it Ends
- Extinction
- World War Z
- Veronica
- The ritual
- The open house
- Before I fall
- Anon
- Hush
- also what flo suggested, that looks cool
I have many more but while writing this I realized that we might not have the same movies since Netflix is a bish and offers different stuff to different countries.
Anyway, i hope you have some from this list ^^
Oh yes, that was a great Scorsese movie!
But as always with Scorsese's movies you need nerves of steel to watch it.
Sammy
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Oh yes, that was a great Scorsese movie!
Very true!