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

[ilovepaydays]

Okay I love, LOVE the 1995 "Sense and Sensibility" but I want to see this one as well. "Pride and Predujice" taught me that there can be more than one good interpretation. And I just finished the delightul "The Other Bennett Sister" so this is so welcome:

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And it’s expected to release in on September 25 and in on October 16. I’m wondering if it will be entered into the Venice Film Festival . I think it may be too late for it to make it into TIFF .

 

[jadingirl]

Plus there's the issue where Amy Adams keeps making movies that are either divisive quality wise or just kind of bad. So while this does look like something I would watch, I'm going to wait for the reviews and decide if I want to watch it then.

I think Amy is trying desperately to find the vehicle that will win her an Oscar - she is very talented so it would be well deserved

Currently watching her in Cape Fear on Apple tv

 

[jadingirl]

I like the idea. Of course I liked the Robin Hood with Kevin Costner so that isn't saying much.

A little late but for everyone's consideration there is a Robin Hood from 2010 or so starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett which is palatable - at least I think it is! Some humor and some good action sequences directed by Ridley Scott

 

[PRlady]

For those of you interested in 1970s movies (whether you love or hate them) I highly recommend Breakdown 1975 documentary in Netflix, narrated by Jodie Foster: https://www.google.com/search?q=breakfown+1975&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#ebo=0

Those old enough to remember will get all nostalgic. Everyone else might be somewhat horrified.

I saw Pressure yesterday. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Very well done and an interesting story. I especially liked Kerry Condon's portrayal of Kay Summersby. Neither my husband nor I were familiar with the disastrous Tiger exercise.

We watched it last night. It was better than I predicted given the reviews, but poor Brandon Frazier will never be a good Eisenhower.

 

[PRlady]

And it’s expected to release in on September 25 and in on October 16. I’m wondering if it will be entered into the Venice Film Festival . I think it may be too late for it to make it into TIFF .

My daughter texted me yesterday demanding I commit to seeing the new S&S with her when it opens. Her husband is really not an Austen type! I was happy to do so.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Box Office Mojo - U.S. Domestic Box Office: Weekend 26

Yep, Supergirl is looking like a bomb.

Notable opening next week: Minions & Monsters, Enola Holmes 3 (Netflix), and Young Washington .

 

[Buzz]

I saw Supergirl and liked it. It looks like a cross between Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars. LOL

 

[her grace]

I liked Supergirl, too, and also noticed the Star Wars vibes. I liked that the back story was well-explained.

I can see why incels would hate the movie, though.

 

[Jay42]

I really liked Supergirl, minus one specific music cue towards the end that was a little WTF and my consistent desire to just see modern movies have more colour in them. But overall it was good, I don't think it deserves most of the shit it's getting from Rotten Tomatoes certified critics, it's in no way worse than Thor: The Dark World.

I will say, as a fan of the graphic novel series it's based on, it's not really a good adaptation of Woman of Tomorrow, the screenplay writer definitely misread the ending and no one corrected her on it. It also just needed to be longer to really sell the Woman of Tomorrow aspect (and be told from Ruthye's perspective but that would have been a gamble for re-introducing a hero and Hollywood is allergic to those). But on it's own, if you haven't read Woman of Tomorrow, it's a pretty good time. I enjoyed it a lot.

I also saw Disclosure Day and really enjoyed it, if Emily Blunt doesn't at minimum get an Oscar nomination I will be wuzrobbing her.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Just in time for Christmas……

Werwulf - Official Trailer

 

[my little pony]

my consistent desire to just see modern movies have more colour in them

they all really seem like an older movie left out in the sun

 

[jadingirl]

Tried to watch Office Romance but it was soooo bad turned it off after 30 minutes.

I watched an old movie The Water Diviner starring and directed by Russell Crowe. It came up as leaving Prime in a few days so thought I would give it a try. I thought it was really well done though the reviews were mixed. I don't know much about the Australian history in the wars so I found it very emotional and interesting and beautifully shot as well - gave me some Unforgiven vibes in a few of the scenes on the farm. Probably the last good movie Crowe has been in.

 

[jadingirl]

Also been watching alot of Marilyn Monroe movies as they were playing them on TCM for her 100th birthday.

ALways loved Bus Stop though now I don't know if I would say it's aged well.
Some LIke it Hot - always a favorite and the best ending ever! Marilyn is so gorgeous and funny in this movie and her singing is wonderful.

 

[vgerdes]

If you like older movies, anything with Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn in it is pretty good. They had electric chemistry.

 

[Jay42]

they all really seem like an older movie left out in the sun

They really do. At least this one wasn't lit as terribly as some movies I've seen, I could still see everybody in the scenes, the colour was just ugly.

If you like older movies, anything with Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn in it is pretty good. They had electric chemistry.

I just want to throw in my recommendation for their movie Desk Set. People usually bring up Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner when they talk about Hepburn and Tracy but Desk Set is genuinely so much fun and just a really good movie. I watch it at least once a year.

 

[vgerdes]

I just want to throw in my recommendation for their movie Desk Set. People usually bring up Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner when they talk about Hepburn and Tracy but Desk Set is genuinely so much fun and just a really good movie. I watch it at least once a year.

I think Desk Set is my favorite, actually.

 

[my little pony]

HA, desk set is the reason I have this plant that circles my whole office. im not even sure I like it but I can't part with it.

also, I thought that was a job I could have when I was little. I was training for naught.

 

[Wyliefan]

"Ma philodendron!"

 

[jadingirl]

Oh I haven't seen Desk Set so I will look for it to watch maybe tonight or this week at least

Thanks

I like the one with Cary Grant I believe Bringing up Baby I think it was called but I haven't seen it in ages - they was a leopard in it?

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh I haven't seen Desk Set so I will look for it to watch maybe tonight or this week at least

Thanks

I like the one with Cary Grant I believe Bringing up Baby I think it was called but I haven't seen it in ages - they was a leopard in it?

There was! That was a great movie too!

 

[Jay42]

Oh I haven't seen Desk Set so I will look for it to watch maybe tonight or this week at least

Thanks

I like the one with Cary Grant I believe Bringing up Baby I think it was called but I haven't seen it in ages - they was a leopard in it?

I love Bringing Up Baby too, though to be fair Katharine Hepburn is one of my all time favourite actresses so a lot of her movies feature on my random list of favourites. It's almost a shame that Bringing Up Baby was her only real foray into screwball comedy, she was so good in it.

I'm on a quest to make Katharine Hepburn my most watched actor on Letterboxd. It's John Wayne right now and with all due respect to the Duke he was never my favourite actor, but he's my dad's favourite and we watched a ton of his movies growing up. I'm mostly missing her later career TV movies but I've tracked pretty much everything I need down, and I can do it without watching the Love Affair remake she was in that Warren Beatty directed for himself and Annette Bening. With apologies to them, I love the 1939 version to much to watch a remake besides An Affair to Remember.

 

[my little pony]

I love her later career choices. I think my favorite performance of hers is Summertime. Well, really it is A Lion in Winter but that is too iconic to be just labeled a favorite.

 

[MacMadame]

But overall it was good, I don't think it deserves most of the shit it's getting from Rotten Tomatoes certified critics, it's in no way worse than Thor: The Dark World.

I haven't seen it yet but people whose tastes match mine say it's a really good movie. Not a great movie. But a lot of fun and well done. We will probably see it this weekend.

 

[Jay42]

I love her later career choices. I think my favorite performance of hers is Summertime. Well, really it is A Lion in Winter but that is too iconic to be just labeled a favorite.

I adore Summertime and in my heart that would be her second Oscar, I say having never seen The Rose Tattoo with Anna Magniani, which I will watch eventually because James Wong Howe won the Oscar for Best Cinematography Black and White, but in my heart Katharine Hepburn would have won for it and that stays true for the time being.

But The Lion in Winter is one of the mainstays of my four faves on Letterboxd, I have a habit of rotating things out sometimes but that one has never and will never leave. I saw that movie for the first time when I was 12 and I've adored it ever since. I love watching it at Christmas because it's the least Christmasy Christmas movie and working in retail sometimes you just need an un-Christmas Christmas movie.

 

[jadingirl]

But The Lion in Winter is one of the mainstays of my four faves on Letterboxd, I have a habit of rotating things out sometimes but that one has never and will never leave. I saw that movie for the first time when I was 12 and I've adored it ever since. I love watching it at Christmas because it's the least Christmasy Christmas movie and working in retail sometimes you just need an un-Christmas Christmas movie.

The Lion in Winter is the one with a young Anthony Hopkins isn't it? If so I have seen that movie and love it as well though I haven't watched it in ages. I'll have to look it up now with our new tv package we have a ridiculous amount of movies available to us.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

The Lion in Winter is the one with a young Anthony Hopkins isn't it? If so I have seen that movie and love it as well though I haven't watched it in ages. I'll have to look it up now with our new tv package we have a ridiculous amount of movies available to us.

Also young Timothy Dalton.

 

[Wyliefan]

But The Lion in Winter is one of the mainstays of my four faves on Letterboxd, I have a habit of rotating things out sometimes but that one has never and will never leave. I saw that movie for the first time when I was 12 and I've adored it ever since. I love watching it at Christmas because it's the least Christmasy Christmas movie and working in retail sometimes you just need an un-Christmas Christmas movie.

It's the ultimate Christmas family reunion movie.

 

[vgerdes]

The ultimate un-Christmasy Christmas movie is and forever will be Die Hard. With the original Lethal Weapon as runner up. LOL.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Two more weeks!

The Odyssey - Official Countdown Trailer

 

[my little pony]

I love watching it at Christmas because it's the least Christmasy Christmas movie and working in retail sometimes you just need an un-Christmas Christmas movie.

it's so hot, im interesting in watching some non Christmasy Christmas movies. A Lion in Winter is definitely one of my favorites in that category. Another favorite is We're no Angels.