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  • falidorn@lemmy.worldtomovies@piefed.social•Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 06/08/2025
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    22 hours ago

    Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) - 2/5

    I feel really bad rating this so poorly considering how highly regarded it is to a lot of movie making people. I was frustrated the entire time. The directing felt clumsy and the actors all had very wooden performances. Most of the movie was me just being upset at Bresson conveying his ideas so amateurishly. Sorry Bresson fans.

    Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) 3.5/5

    I enjoyed bits of this but honestly a letdown considering how memorable Seijun’s other films I’ve seen are. There’s some really cool moments in here but it just never came together for me.

    Pedicab Driver (1989) 4/5

    I’d never seen a Sammo Hung directed movie before and this one caught be deliciously by surprise. I enjoyed this immensely and I was really close to giving it a 4.5. Great action with some really solid acting performances. This is gonna be a high recommend for me to anyone that likes Hong Kong action.

    Eastern Condors (1987) 3/5

    After watching the previous film, I am a bit disappointed with this one. It’s got a much higher budget and a bigger cast but it was way too schlocky. If you want an imitation of American 80s action movie with some solid fight sequences then you’ll probably love it.

  • falidorn@lemmy.worldtomovies@piefed.social•Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 30/07/2025
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    8 days ago

    The Big Heat (1953) 4/5

    Fritz can sure direct a movie. A rarity where I’m glued to the screen the entire time. Glenn Ford is definitely not your typical lead but it’s certainly a powerful performance.

    The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) 4.5/5

    Smiled the whole time. I want to live in this incredibly colorful world.

    Paris, Texas (1984) 5/5

    Finished the last 45 minutes or so after being unable to finish it a couple months back. What a beautiful film. Some truly emotional, very long cuts at the end are quite remarkable. Stanton puts on one hell of a performance.

    Blue Collar (1978) 4.5/5

    All three of our protagonists really nail it. The whole movie is raw, from the fact that it’s Shrader’s first go at it, to the soundtrack, to the gritty, dangerous work of building cars in the 70s. Prior somehow manages to standout even with Keitel and Kotto putting in strong performances.

    Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) 4.5/5

    I just watched it today and it took over half an hour for my brain to start forming a string of thoughts again. I was utterly captivated. The dub is terrible. Shot-to-shot congruity is nonexistent. The environment is steadily more alien. The hubris and brutality of man is on full display. It’s a boon that’s there’s very little spoken word and even less actual dialogue. I am in utter awe of the sheer audacity of even attempting to tell a story in such a remote location in the 70s. I felt like Kinski was gonna reach through the screen and throttle me at any moment.

  • falidorn@lemmy.worldtomovies@piefed.social•Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 23/07/2025
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    15 days ago

    I think the bar needs to be higher than a comic book romance. It’s probably hard to do it with a character in full costume but then again he did it with Shape of Water.

    The other thing I forgot to mention that still applies to the romance is that it feels like none of the characters have any agency of their own. They just get whisked along by whatever new plot device has suddenly appeared. There’s no plan at all. That only works if the characters have no time to breathe and plan but that’s precisely what Del Toro does mid movie. The secondary romance between the two “aliens” as Abe puts it doesn’t feel organic. It feels like it’s only there to drive the story along.