Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

8/10 - No Dress Code Required is a 2017 documentary about a gay male couple in Baja, Mexico who wish to be married. They apply for a marriage license…and then are made by different individuals at various levels of government to jump through one hoop after another. Their struggle for equal rights is excruciating at times, but you can’t help but admire their perseverance. This is a great example of documentary filmmaking.

Trailer for No Dress Code Required: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65u9ENjBbFQ
 
I went to the theatre once after I was vaccinated to see The Suicide Squad. The theatre wasn't doing a very good job of abiding by the rules their website had which made me very nervous but since we can reserve seats anyway my brother and I were off in a corner by ourselves so it wasn't too bad. I'm also in an area very prone to people not wearing masks which didn't help as masks weren't mandatory in the theatre and I thought they were. I've missed the theatre a lot but it was low key stressful. Masks are mandatory in the province again and the theatre is re-emphasizing their distancing procedures so I would consider it now but I've had some other health stuff which has me off work so I've not had the chance to go recently.
 
Jay42 said:
I went to the theatre once after I was vaccinated to see The Suicide Squad. The theatre wasn't doing a very good job of abiding by the rules their website had which made me very nervous but since we can reserve seats anyway my brother and I were off in a corner by ourselves so it wasn't too bad. I'm also in an area very prone to people not wearing masks which didn't help as masks weren't mandatory in the theatre and I thought they were. I've missed the theatre a lot but it was low key stressful. Masks are mandatory in the province again and the theatre is re-emphasizing their distancing procedures so I would consider it now but I've had some other health stuff which has me off work so I've not had the chance to go recently.
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I've been to the theater for movies maybe 4 times since they reopened. So far I've only been to the local AMC that has the large reclining seats with tons of room between them. When I went this week, our seats were by one wall and the closest people were by the opposite wall. I haven't felt nervous about it yet. We kept our masks on, only lowering them to take sips of our wine, and we both had booster shots two weeks ago. I haven't yet been to our favorite Landmark theatres or the film center downtown that show more foreign films, one reason being that all of them haven't reopened, another is that I'd be more concerned about distancing in a smaller space.
 
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In one of the early scenes of Submarine (a 2010 coming of age drama), a teen girl is horribly teased by three other teens for an extended period of time before something even more awful happens. After that, she is spoken about a few times, but this movie focusses on two of the other teens as they explore their first relationship. The teased girl was never meant to be a central character, but my mind kept drifting back to her and the cruelty she endured. I eventually was able to focus on the tale in front of me, but I'm still wondering what happened to that girl! In the DVD making of featurette, the director talks about how teens can be selfish and cruel. And how teen love stories can often be about these perfect teens...but what if those teens were not perfect, and actually had a bit of a mean streak to them? This thought from the director was interesting to hear, but I didn't get this perspective from how he wrote and directed this movie. If I hadn't watch the featurette, I'd still be stuck on this untold story. So...do I recommend this one? I guess so, if you like quirky independent dramas. The characters are offbeat, they made me think of the movie Harold and Maude. Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor play the boys parents and Paddy Considine plays on old flame of Sally Hawkins. Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians, Captain Marvel) is also in this movie, but her role is tiny and I'm not even sure if she has any line in this.
 
8/10 - The Invisible War is a 2012 investigative documentary about rape within the US military. This is a very well made film and tackles a very serious issue in an informative way, yet not overwhelming. Tough to do with sexual assault as the topic. The Invisible War was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 Academy Awards (but lost to Searching For Sugar Man). It did win best documentary at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and also won two News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

Trailer for The Invisible War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fBaFQk6aE0
 
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Black Adam trailer.

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"You've Been Trumped" is a documentary that delves into one of Donald Trumps escapades prior to his recent presidency in which he aspires to boost Scotland on the world map by constructing a world-renowned golf course on its land.

Met with varying levels of resistance, especially by locals on/near the land in which the golf course is to be built, Donald Trump ruthlessly plows forward with its construction with declarations of how wonderful and spectacular it will be, both for the people of Scotland and the world-economy.

This documentary captures the polarity amongst proponents both for and against the construction of a golf course on the beautiful lands of Scotland.

I have no doubt that a Trump golf course would be spectacular, and a real treat to the few that could actually afford to play the fields, but in consideration of the current fragility of the natural environment and the local residents of Scotland that inhabit the lands in which the golf course is to be built, is it truly worth it??
 
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I have no doubt that a Trump golf course would be spectacular,
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It's been built and the review don't make it seem like it's spectacular. Especially considering he wrecked the sand dunes he promised to protect:

www.businessinsider.com

Satellite photos show how Trump wrecked a sensitive sand dune system in Scotland to build a luxury golf course

Trump built a luxury golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 2012. The sand dune system on which the course is now almost completely destroyed.
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www.huffpost.com

Scottish Dunes Trump Promised To Protect On His Golf Course Are Ruined

Before and after photos of the course reveal dramatic change.
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Court case coming:

www.reuters.com

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The Batman trailer
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THE BATMAN – Main Trailer – Warner Bros. UK & Ireland

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The Flash
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THE FLASH Trailer (2022)

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Aquaman 2 first look
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AQUAMAN 2 AND THE LOST KINGDOM Teaser (2022)

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7/10 - After Parkland is a 2019 documentary about the aftermath of the shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school where seventeen people were killed. Many family members of those who were killed are interviewed for this movie. And we see many of them as they work to make change in laws to ensure this kind of tragedy does not happen again. I thought this was a good movie, but I expected it to have a greater effect on me than it did. Maybe the film balances the emotional (how people were personally affected) and the factual (efforts to bring about change through rallies, demos and attending meetings) rather than only focussing on the personal hurts so many must be feeling. If it was the latter, I would have been on the floor in a puddle. Maybe it’s a better movie for going for this balance rather than being just one thing?

Trailer for After Parkland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tz7ksT9Bfo
 
Arrest made in the death of indigenous actress Emerald MacDonald.

A deal have been reached between producers and the union representing production staff like hair dressers, set designers, carpenters etc.
www.theguardian.com

Hollywood strike averted after union and producers reach last-minute deal

Up to 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers had been set to strike from Monday over claims of excessive hours and unliveable wages
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I watched the movie Julia again yesterday, while I was fully awake. I picked up on a lot of detail that I had missed while sleepy. Then I watched it again, that is back to back. This time I didn't pick on any new detail. However, I looked up the biography of Lillian Hellman on Wikipedia. I wanted to know if the story was something real from her life. It appeared in her book Pentimento.

A lot of the things matched, except one. She was accused of a lie, that the story was not from her life, but from that of another woman. The facts were verified As something from the other woman's life. The story of that woman was not a published one, so it cannot be plagiarism, but it has a different name (I will have to look it up).

Now the question is - why would a successful writer like Hellman feel the need to lie about her life? Did she fantasize after Hammet Dashier, her long time lover died? Who knows what was in her mind? She died long ago, so nobody does.

She was not involved in writing the screenplay for Julia, according to Wikipedia. It won the adapted screenplay Oscar.

I also learned that her play 'Childrens Hour' was the basis for a movie and it's remake in the 1960s, which starred Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McClaine. Now I want to rent that Dvd.
 
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I also learned that her play 'Childrens Hour' was the basis for a movie and it's remake in the 1960s, which starred Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McClaine. Now I want to rent that Dvd.
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I saw that. Not sure if I struggled with some of the themes or not...but think it's worth seeing. And not just because of the two phenomenal leads. Although they alone are worth seeing the movie.
 
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I also learned that her play 'Childrens Hour' was the basis for a movie and it's remake in the 1960s, which starred Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McClaine. Now I want to rent that Dvd.
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I saw that movie when I was a child on Saturday morning when they used to show black & white movies and I loved it. I think there is a remake that I haven't seen.
 
MacMadame said:
I saw that movie when I was a child on Saturday morning when they used to show black & white movies and I loved it. I think there is a remake that I haven't seen.
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Previous version in the 1930s called "These Three" changing the accusation in the plot, IIRC, to a straight love triangle to circumvent the film Production Code's ban on overt LGBTQ themes and relationships.
 
MacMadame said:
I saw that movie when I was a child on Saturday morning when they used to show black & white movies and I loved it. I think there is a remake that I haven't seen.
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I searched IMDb for a later version. All I could find was a Spanish movie, Spanish names. Not sure if it is the same story.
 
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I searched IMDb for a later version. All I could find was a Spanish movie, Spanish names. Not sure if it is the same story.
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So it turns out that The Children's Hour was a remake of the film "These Three" which was based on the play "The Children's Hour" and the remake I was thinking of was actually a stage production that doesn't seem to have been filmed. It starred Kiera Knightley and Elizabeth Moss and was produced in London.

www.theguardian.com

What to say about … Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss in The Children's Hour

Leo Benedictus: The hysteria in Lillian Hellman's play is no match for the hype surrounding leading ladies Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss
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We saw the National Geographic film The Rescue today, a documentary on the 2018 international efforts to rescue a boys soccer team stranded in a flooded cave in Thailand. This was made by the filmmakers who did Free Solo and was told from the point of view of the cave divers, particularly those from the UK. It was very interesting seeing how the rescue came about, with details I don't remember seeing in the press originally. It's really incredible that they were able to do it. There's a lot of actual footage plus some recreations, but they don't identify what was recreated. I assume those were underwater scenes. Apparently Netflix owns the rights to the boys' story, so I expect to see that eventually.

This was special because we saw it at one of our favorite independent downtown theatres that just reopened. It was a great feeling being there again and seeing trailers for films that we won't be seeing anywhere else. I think there were 6 people in our theatre.
 
8/10 - God Loves Uganda is a 2013 documentary about American Christian evangelism spreading throughout Uganda with a specific focus of promoting anti-LGBTQ laws via the government. At one point, one act called for the death penalty against gay people. This one is worth watching on many levels with one of those being witnessing how evil Christians can be.

Trailer for God Loves Uganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ims7_3wud7A
 
I saw The Last Duel yesterday, I thought it was very good. The sets and performances were excellent. There were a few scenes that were difficult to watch. The movie was split into three "chapters" showing events from three different perspectives. I went to a 12:45 pm show and was the only one in the theater, other people who were buying tickets must have been seeing Bond or Halloween.

The two trailers that caught my attention were Last Night in Soho and Dune. The cinematography in Dune looks ?.
 
Recent re-watch of Dances with Wolves, I still love it. That led me to watch The Last of the Mohicans, it was just ok to me, but what a beautiful looking movie.
 
Matilda is a 1996 fantasy comedy film based on the Roald Dahl novel. Danny DeVito directs and stars in this, alongside his wife Rhea Perlman. They play the adoptive parents of a child prodigy (played by Mara Wilson) whose phenomenal intelligence (along with other gifts) go completely unnoticed. Wilson is great as the title character, you might remember her from Mrs. Doubtfire or the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street. Matilda as a film is difficult to describe because at times there is a sweetness to it and at other times, very cruel. There is a darkness befitting a Brothers Grimm tale. I’m wondering if the goal was to make a child’s fable…for adults. I don’t think this movie should be shown to kids, although maybe older ones with an understanding of and a penchant for dark humour. So NOT your average kid. I enjoyed this, but kind of wish DeVito as director had chosen to stick with sweet OR dark for the tone. Sweet and sour doesn’t always work for a movie.

Trailer for Matilda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGHWje7liM
 
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