Last movie you've watched

[Chorizo]

 

[r3gg13]

I recently watched Crazy Rich Asians. Without a doubt, it is one of the best crafted films that I have seen in a long while (since Interstellar)

It is a wonderful movie that encapsulated not only Singaporean culture but also to some degree Southeast Asian culture as a whole- in a form that is easily palatable for Western viewers. For me, an Filipino-American married to a Singaporean, it was truly relatable especially our differences in perspective and mindset vis-a-vis family and individuality, filial piety. The dumpling scene and the mahjong scene were out of this world. They capture the dynamics of a Southeast Asian family, and the power struggle between generations.

Also, it was lovely seeing one of my relatives in an international movie; I was cheekily cheering for her for the few minutes that she was on screen

 

[RainyWoods]

Leatherface = Not bad at all

I went in expecting something not great as the reviews were generally mixed to incredibly poor (especially from some fans), but what I got was an interesting origins story that made for a surprisingly gripping, well acted, story driven road movie. It's not your typical Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie for sure. I think it's impossible to capture again what the very first movie managed, but Leatherface does a decent job. Some absolutely shocking scenes, beware.

The Wailing = Holy fricking amazeballs

Oh my.... gosh. This is how you do a horror movie. Perhaps the best modern one i've seen. It's incredibly long clocking in at over 2 hours and 40 minutes, plus you're going to have to read subtitles unless you speak Korean (I found it easy to follow though). Murders are being carried out in a Korean village, and the film follows a cop as he tries to solve the mystery. I can't really say much more without spoiling it. The film at times gave me Forbidden Siren vibes (kudos to you if you know that amazing video game). The Wailing is stunningly shot, clever, funny, charming and terrifying without using any jump scares I don't think whatsoever. It gets so tense during the final half hour or so, and you really feel like you've been on a journey. Such a satisfying pay off for giving the film your patience. It really isn't your typical zombie/ghost/demon movie. I thought it was absolutely masterful and I feel like watching it again straight away, which is something I rarely experience with films, let alone ridiculously long ones. Hwang Jung-min is my new movie star crush also. Nothing like a hot shaman in a brown poloneck.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Definitely recommend it! Really great film - go Simon!

My favourite scene gotta be

 

[DaFlo]

Fav - BlacKkKlansman
Least fav - Paper Towns​

 

[Ana Raquel]

I watched Sierra Bfjdhdhk is a loser. It was... not good.

 

[Ausesken]

This weekend I'm going to see The Nun, I'm really looking forward to it!

Some people give nice ideas on twitter:

"Me in the cinema using filters not to be scared"

 

[JSSArcos]

Tomb Raider it was a fantastic movie that I think

 

[Eulaliya]

Bollywood time again - this time a thrilling movie featuring the brave flight attendant who sacrificed her life for the passengers' safety.

 

[Nicholas123]

The Wailing = Holy fricking amazeballs

Oh my.... gosh. This is how you do a horror movie. Perhaps the best modern one i've seen. It's incredibly long clocking in at over 2 hours and 40 minutes, plus you're going to have to read subtitles unless you speak Korean (I found it easy to follow though). Murders are being carried out in a Korean village, and the film follows a cop as he tries to solve the mystery. I can't really say much more without spoiling it. The film at times gave me Forbidden Siren vibes (kudos to you if you know that amazing video game). The Wailing is stunningly shot, clever, funny, charming and terrifying without using any jump scares I don't think whatsoever. It gets so tense during the final half hour or so, and you really feel like you've been on a journey. Such a satisfying pay off for giving the film your patience. It really isn't your typical zombie/ghost/demon movie. I thought it was absolutely masterful and I feel like watching it again straight away, which is something I rarely experience with films, let alone ridiculously long ones. Hwang Jung-min is my new movie star crush also. Nothing like a hot shaman in a brown poloneck.

Yesssssssss, The Wailing is amazing, indeed!

 

[Nando]

 

[B3stbeats]

Anna Frank. I've got recorded in a CD

 

[AlekS]

From left to right:

Easy (2017) - I like dark comedies and this one is based on a true story. Depressed Italian man had to ship dead Ukrainian man in coffin to his Ukrainian relatives and got lost.

The Pass (2016) - Of course I was attracted by Russell Tovey, hot bodies and sports (used to be a swimmer, chess player with achieved classification/skill level, athlete and a gymnast myself). I found a lot of familiar themes here & I perfectly understood both lovers ... all the troubles in sports career, relationships. Not familiar with being closeted tho. My first thought "can't believe the whole movie is about dialogues" but in the end I was thinking "the best gay-themed movie I've ever seen".

Can't believe they refused from a threesome The ending is obvious but it's like experiencing the whole drama yourself, finding any good reasons to save those relationships (which are doomed) instead of blaming each other. Just be together, goddammed!

Chuzhaya molitva / Another's prayer (2017) - Ukrainian Schindler's List from Haytarma's director (this is a prequel). Based on real-life events. Crimean Tatar girl saves 88 Jewish children from nazis.
You're gonna cry your tits out like a baby.

There are some controversial scenes too - shooting a child, interrogating/physically assaulting little children so they would confess they're jews, a kid witnessing mass execution. Jewish kids learnt muslim prayers, she gave them muslim names, she got them fake IDs. They lived in front of German commander and she managed to keep everything secret. When the Soviets came she convinced them that these are Jewish kids but she was separated from them and deported... she survived (unlike half of her people) but she was allowed to come back to her home only when USSR was gone. The story is told by Israeli grandpa who was one of those kids. The film director meets him at Yad Vashem memorial.
1944 is the theme song. The best Ukrainian movie ever, imo.

The Revival (2017) - hot relationships between young preacher and a drifter. All the "beauty" of being a closeted gay guy in homophobic christian society. Really disappointed by the ending :|


Propala hramota / The Lost Letter (1972) - almost avant-garde comedy-masterpiece adapted from the Gogol novella about Ukrainian cossacks. The movie was banned by Soviet censorship (Ukrainian language, jokes about religion, everything is Ukrainian - costumes, food, traditions). The movie was released after USSR has collapsed.

ABBA: The Movie (1977) - I haven't seen this one until last week My parents had their vinyl so I discovered them even before Eurovision)) I like the idea with a messy radio DJ who travels around Australia. So many crazy kids


Kona fer í stríð / Woman at War (2018) - Icelandic eco-"terrorist" wants to adopt Ukrainian child but she's in so much trouble it becomes problematic to leave Iceland. Awesome movie which was submitted by Iceland to the Oscars. I really like the whole mood, the musicians who appear in the scenes and play at the background 3 Icelandic guys (drums, accordion, sousaphone) are joined by 3 girls from Ukrainian choir. The lead actress is super charismatic. Almost like superhero escaping from night-vision drones & police.


Brama / The Gateway (2017) - Chernobyl granny who enjoys "mushrooms" receives a warning about upcoming disaster so she's on a mission to warn the modern generation. The movie was shot in the "grey zone" and premiered in Chernobyl. Awesome dark comedy/horror with a deep meaning that youngsters shouldn't stay passive when it comes to serious questions like politics or eco-safety. The play is also incredible, as well as the book. The lead actress is 40 years younger than her character and looks gorgeous in the real life.


Haytarma (2013) - the movie basically starts in the end of "Another's Prayer" though it has been shot 4 years earlier. It centers around Soviet crimes against Crimean Tatars and how Crimean Tatar war hero (at the Soviet side) faced deportation. Ukrainian "The Grey Zone" though it's less violent (still as shocking) and much more beautifully shot.


Koly padayut' dereva / When the Trees Fall (2018) - mystical drama directed by a woman (she was nominated for the best newcomer at Berlinale this year) about 2 lovers who want to escape from poverty, criminals and their families to a better life. Its violent & raw mood changes to calm & beautiful and vice versa. The little girl tries to find a white horse during the whole plot... really fitting metaphor. The movie has already become scandalous because religious orthodox people were outraged (as always ) by its incredibly erotic scenes. Raw night sex outdoors, some sweet loving on the tree, a beautiful group scene in the water (which is a part of another metaphor). It made me blush (not only :twisted: [/TMI]) but it's nothing pornish. The movie is so beautiful that it sucks you in from the start.

 

[B3stbeats]

Superman III (1983) A classic movie

 

[JSSArcos]

It's already old, and I was to see it a long time ago

 

[RainyWoods]

I ended my Cowboy Bebop journey by finishing off with the feature length movie simply titled: Cowboy Bebop The Movie. It was the hot sauce, the cool beans and everything else good imaginable rolled into one. I loved it immensely and i'm actually really sad how very quickly I consumed everything Cowboy Bebop there was to devour. I should have slowed myself down to savour the experience more but I was so hooked. I feel a strange emptiness now. I can see why this cult franchise is beloved by so many, and held in such high regard. Everything about it resonated with me so strongly, especially the characters and their philosophical moments. It's so thought-provoking and beautiful. It oozes something that's one of a kind.

When I was a teenager I was crazy for manga art and my fondness of video games has meant i've always had a connection with Japanese culture, but as I aged I eventually grew tired of the cliches, the predictable protagonists, the whining, even the art style. I didn't think i'd ever get back into this stuff again and I believed that the Studio Ghibli films would remain the only anime I cherished, but taking a chance on Cowboy Bebop was the best thing i've done in ages. Having said that though, I went straight onto Attack On Titan (something that i've been curious to see for a while now) after I was finished with Bebop, and one episode was enough to put me off watching anymore. "Wah wah wah *questions self* wah wah wah *questions self more* wah wah wah wah wah" *turns off Netflix*

 

[Nicholas123]

Watched it yesterday. It was fine, i just did not go gaga (no pun intended ) over it.

 

[Nando]

Beautiful movie

 

[AlekS]

From left to right:

Krotkaya / A Gentle Creature (2017) - the movie was nominated for Palme d'Or in Cannes. Young woman visits a jail to give some stuff (mainly food) to her husband but she's refused. The country is not mentioned but you easily guess Russia right from first minutes. She experiences all kinds of humiliation ... the movie is so real you forget it's a movie. It's based on real life stories. Disabled person behind bars, corrupt cops, even ordinary people are evil & sadistic, the rights watch organization episode was almost unbearable to me - just from hearing what police did to a woman... Loznitsa always shoots basing on real-life events so realizing that this really happened made everything even more scary/creepy. The ending turns into surreal Soviet arthouse fairytale where you realize that the present times are really similar to 1917-1937 era.


Gifted (2017) - watching Chris Evans for 100 minutes is already good by itself. Not to mention my fave Octavia Spencer Charismatic cast, awesome drama about finding what's good for your genius kid's future, a balance between real/happy life with a modest income and excessive perfectionism at work.


Fasandræberne / The Absent One (2014) - detective drama about sadistic "golden youth" that continues commiting crimes when they become adults. Human life means nothing to them, absolutely disgusting perception of life. No happy ending though it's logical and inevitable.


The 15:17 to Paris (2018) - The movie is the half-documentary of the real-life event - the terrorist attack in a French train which was stopped by passengers including 3 American guys. The guys and some passengers "play" themselves All 3 of them are actors btw. The core idea (imo) is to ask the viewer "how would you act in such situation?" and to show 3 personality types for comparison. I'd shot the terrorist... and that would be my mistake

ps. I didn't expect to hear Volare in the middle of the movie (ESC fan inside me squealed & hyperventilated).

::na Boss, I Love You (2014) - Chinese 30 minutes short film about a young driver falling in love with his boss.

Actors don't say a word during the whole movie. I understand Asian mentality but beating a guy for "failing" his work and going personal with the client... also I understand the poor guy's obsession but if the boss takes female whores & drinks heavily, is he really able to appreciate your love? F no. This is what you've got in the end. Reality calls, lol.

Youth (2015) - older people have so much drama :twisted: I'm glad that at least 1 of them understood what really matters for him in life.
Paloma Faith gave a foot massage to Diego Maradona, Jane Fonda was a super bitch, Korean opera diva performed in front of the Queen - it's like watching Eurovision


Entebbe (2018) - the film is based on 1976 Operation Entebbe, a brilliant operation by Israeli forces against terrorists who hijacked a plane & Ugandan militaries who gave shelter to those terrorists. + trolling of modern Israel politicians a-la "peace is impossible without negotiations". Imo, even if political leaders will stop fueling hate, they are powerless against fanatics/radicals who won't stop. So far powers who support one particular side clearly don't want peace, moreover a lot of them are a little bit... sick in the head, negotiations won't help there.


ok, from serious business to something slutty

Dream Boat (2017) - This documentary helped me to become less prejudiced against gay cruises. It tells about many problems too - body shaming, HIV, homophobia, inability to find love, coming out to parents etc. I feel happy for the Indian guy now, when gay sex is legal there. All the guys It's fun but cruising at the cruise is still not for me though((.


RBG (2018) - documentary about the US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This incredibly smart and cute lady fought discrimination on the basis of sex (not just against women) for decades. Didn't know she's of Ukrainian origin. I wish I could exercise at a gym like that at such age also I wish I could have such relationships with my future bf.


Some Freaks (2016) - I was glued to the screen during this one. One-eyed teen falls in love with an overweight girl, they've got a gay "unattractive" friend. Basically a "freak" coalition. All 3 have quarrels with each other and even increase each other's insecurities. It doesn't end well for all of them but they had to go through all this crap to test their friendship and grow up learn something.

 

[Sammy]

Touched me deeply!