Movie Record 2024 Edition - The Bear and Badger

b0r1s

14. Incendies - Villeneuve does it again. I've just finished this film and I feel a bit broken. There are moments of pure horror here and it's made all the worse because you know it has happened and continues to happen. Nothing is shied away from, you either see or are lead to see in your minds eye the atrocities heaped on the victims. This is going to take some time to process.

This film bears his DNA that comes through in later work like Sicario, Arrival and Bladerunner 2049. The very considered shots are here, the landscapes are here, the use of time and memory, the realisation of events as they unfurl. It's a tragic and traumatic story that needs to be watched [9]

EvilRedEye

I've updated my list. My cinema membership has finally gone below the magic £5 per film mark. I'm seeing two more films tomorrow (technically today as midnight has passed) which means I'll have watched 60 films in Q1!

EvilRedEye wrote:

Kinda ignored movies last year but I’m gonna try to do 50 this year.

1 - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - No review - 01/01/2024 - ★★★★☆
2 - Saltburn (2023) - Review - 09/01/2024 - ★★★☆☆
3 - Shin Godzilla (2016) - Review - 12/01/24 - ★★★★☆
4 - Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) - Review - 13/01/24 - ★★★★☆
5 - Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) - Review - 20/01/24 - ★★★☆☆
6 - Teorema (1968) - Review - 25/01/24 - ★★★★☆
7 - Bloodsport (1988) - Review - 26/01/24 - ★★★★☆
8 - Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) - Review - 27/01/24 - ★★★☆☆
9 - King Kong (1933) - Review - 03/02/24 - ★★★★★
10 - The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Review - 04/02/24 - ★★★★☆
11 - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Review - 08/02/24 - ★★★★☆
12 - The Marvels (2023) - Review - 09/02/24 - ★★★★☆
13 - Dune: Part One (2021) - Review - 10/02/24 - ★★★★☆
14 - Casablanca (1942) - Review - 18/02/24 - ★★★★☆
15 - Them (1954) - Review - 18/02/24 - ★★★★☆
16 - The Zone of Interest (2023) - Review - 19/02/24 - ★★★★★
17 - All of Us Strangers (2023) - Review - 19/02/24 - ★★★★★
18 - Poor Things (2023) - Review - 20/02/24 - ★★★☆☆
19 - The Taste of Things (2023) - Review - 21/02/24 - ★★★★☆
20 - The Iron Claw (2023) - Review - 21/02/24 - ★★★★☆
21 - Mandabi (1968) - Review - 22/02/24 - ★★★★☆
22 - Aftersun (2022) - Review - 24/02/24 - ★★★★☆
23 - Wonka (2023) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
24 - In the Mood for Love (2000) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
25 - Tokyo Decadence (1992) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
26 - Shoshana (2023) - Review - 26/02/24 - ★★★☆☆
27 - Evil Does Not Exist (2023) - Review - 26/02/24 - ★★★★☆
28 - American Fiction (2023) - Review - 28/02/24 - ★★★★☆
29 - The Holdovers (2023) - Review - 28/02/24 - ★★★★★
30 - Evil Dead Trap (1988) - Review - 02/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
31 - Dune: Part Two (2024) - Review - 03/03/24 - ★★★★☆
32 - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) - Review - 03/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
33 - Morbius (2022) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
34 - Madame Web (2024) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★☆☆☆☆
35 - Wicked Little Letters (2023) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
36 - Past Lives (2023) - Review - 07/04/24 - ★★★★☆
37 - Maestro (2023) - Review - 08/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
38 - Anatomy of a Fall (2023) - Review - 08/03/24 - ★★★★★
39 - Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - Review - 09/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
40 - Cimarron (1931) - Review - 12/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
41 - Evil Dead Trap 2 (1991) - Review - 16/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
42 - Son of Kong (1933) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
43 - 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★★
44 - To Kill a Tiger (2022) - Review - 19/03/24 - ★★★★★
45 - Dustin (2023) - Review - 20/03/24 - ★★★★☆
46 - Napoleon (2023) - Review - 20/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
47 - Mighty Joe Young (1949) - Review - 23/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
48 - Witchfinder General (1968) - Review - 23-24/03/24 - ★★★★☆
49 - Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Review - 24/03/24 - ★★★★★
50 - Immaculate (2024) - Review - 24/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
51 - Perfect Days (2023) - Review - 25/03/24 - ★★★★☆
52 - Mothers’ Instinct (2024) - Review - 25/03/24 - ★★★★☆
53 - Robot Dreams (2023) - Review - 27/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
54 - Late Night with the Devil (2023) - Review - 27/03/24 - ★★★★☆
55 - Godzilla (2014) - Review - 28/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
56 - Kong: Skull Island (2017) - Review - 29/03/24 - ★★★★☆
57 - The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) - Review - 29-30/03/24 - ★★★★☆
58 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - Review - 30/03/24 - ★★★★☆

Films watched as part of my cinema membership: 19
Cost per film of cinema membership: £4.87

Short films:

1 - The After (2023) - Review - 10/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
2 - Invincible (2022) - Review - 10/03/24 - ★★★★★
3 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) - Review - 11/03/24 - ★★★★☆
4 - Knight of Fortune (2022) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
5 - Red, White and Blue (2023) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★★★☆
6 - Ninety-Five Senses (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
7 - The Barber of Little Rock (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
8 - The Last Repair Shop (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★★
9 - Island in Between (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
10 - Wish 143 (2011) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
11 - Letter to a Pig (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
12 - Pachyderme (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
13 - War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
14 - Our Uniform (2023) - Review - 19/03/24 - ★★★★☆

davyK

The Dark Unusual, Fargo-esque tale that is hard to pigeonhole. It's kind of a horror story about an undead girl but there's an alternative meaning to proceedings about humanity. Charming in its own little twisted way.

Rewatched Aftersun. It's unusual for me to rewatch something so soon after my first viewing. I have to admit to not reaching the conclusion. But I did feel that morose, depressed atmosphere throughout on first viewing and at a few places during it I thought the deed was in the air. I wasn't surprised when I googled about it and discovered what people read from it.

I rewatched to see what I missed and there wasn't much there - my failings are more to do with me. Rewatching reveals to me the exquisite acting some more and perhaps how unempathetic I can be when watching films.

I'm not sure people with mental health problems should watch this. It reminded me of the feelings I was having pre episode. That's a huge complement to all involved of course.

Skondo

Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

I didn’t even know there was a third one, so I had no expectations whatsoever. It was okay. It looks amazing, but it was messy and chaotic with a lot of poor jokes that don’t land. More Will Poulter would have improved things.

Two mixtapes out of five.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Yeah Will Poulter was great in that and I wished the was more of him

Skondo

The French Dispatch. Wes Anderson back on form doing his best Wes Anderson.

Structured like a magazine, there are features, an obituary and a travel section. A great cast seem to have a lot of fun, but Timothée Chalamet’s middle story is probably the least interesting. Of course, it all looks incredible.

Five berets out of five.

EvilRedEye

Last update for Q1. Managed 60 films! I think that might be a personal record for one year, never mind three months.

EvilRedEye wrote:

1 - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - No review - 01/01/2024 - ★★★★☆
2 - Saltburn (2023) - Review - 09/01/2024 - ★★★☆☆
3 - Shin Godzilla (2016) - Review - 12/01/24 - ★★★★☆
4 - Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) - Review - 13/01/24 - ★★★★☆
5 - Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) - Review - 20/01/24 - ★★★☆☆
6 - Teorema (1968) - Review - 25/01/24 - ★★★★☆
7 - Bloodsport (1988) - Review - 26/01/24 - ★★★★☆
8 - Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) - Review - 27/01/24 - ★★★☆☆
9 - King Kong (1933) - Review - 03/02/24 - ★★★★★
10 - The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Review - 04/02/24 - ★★★★☆
11 - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Review - 08/02/24 - ★★★★☆
12 - The Marvels (2023) - Review - 09/02/24 - ★★★★☆
13 - Dune: Part One (2021) - Review - 10/02/24 - ★★★★☆
14 - Casablanca (1942) - Review - 18/02/24 - ★★★★☆
15 - Them (1954) - Review - 18/02/24 - ★★★★☆
16 - The Zone of Interest (2023) - Review - 19/02/24 - ★★★★★
17 - All of Us Strangers (2023) - Review - 19/02/24 - ★★★★★
18 - Poor Things (2023) - Review - 20/02/24 - ★★★☆☆
19 - The Taste of Things (2023) - Review - 21/02/24 - ★★★★☆
20 - The Iron Claw (2023) - Review - 21/02/24 - ★★★★☆
21 - Mandabi (1968) - Review - 22/02/24 - ★★★★☆
22 - Aftersun (2022) - Review - 24/02/24 - ★★★★☆
23 - Wonka (2023) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
24 - In the Mood for Love (2000) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
25 - Tokyo Decadence (1992) - Review - 25/02/24 - ★★★★☆
26 - Shoshana (2023) - Review - 26/02/24 - ★★★☆☆
27 - Evil Does Not Exist (2023) - Review - 26/02/24 - ★★★★☆
28 - American Fiction (2023) - Review - 28/02/24 - ★★★★☆
29 - The Holdovers (2023) - Review - 28/02/24 - ★★★★★
30 - Evil Dead Trap (1988) - Review - 02/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
31 - Dune: Part Two (2024) - Review - 03/03/24 - ★★★★☆
32 - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) - Review - 03/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
33 - Morbius (2022) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
34 - Madame Web (2024) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★☆☆☆☆
35 - Wicked Little Letters (2023) - Review - 04/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
36 - Past Lives (2023) - Review - 07/04/24 - ★★★★☆
37 - Maestro (2023) - Review - 08/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
38 - Anatomy of a Fall (2023) - Review - 08/03/24 - ★★★★★
39 - Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - Review - 09/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
40 - Cimarron (1931) - Review - 12/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
41 - Evil Dead Trap 2 (1991) - Review - 16/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
42 - Son of Kong (1933) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
43 - 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★★
44 - To Kill a Tiger (2022) - Review - 19/03/24 - ★★★★★
45 - Dustin (2023) - Review - 20/03/24 - ★★★★☆
46 - Napoleon (2023) - Review - 20/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
47 - Mighty Joe Young (1949) - Review - 23/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
48 - Witchfinder General (1968) - Review - 23-24/03/24 - ★★★★☆
49 - Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Review - 24/03/24 - ★★★★★
50 - Immaculate (2024) - Review - 24/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
51 - Perfect Days (2023) - Review - 25/03/24 - ★★★★☆
52 - Mothers’ Instinct (2024) - Review - 25/03/24 - ★★★★☆
53 - Robot Dreams (2023) - Review - 27/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
54 - Late Night with the Devil (2023) - Review - 27/03/24 - ★★★★☆
55 - Godzilla (2014) - Review - 28/03/24 - ★★☆☆☆
56 - Kong: Skull Island (2017) - Review - 29/03/24 - ★★★★☆
57 - The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) - Review - 29-30/03/24 - ★★★★☆
58 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - Review - 30/03/24 - ★★★★☆
59 - The Iron Giant (1999) - Review - 31/03/24 - ★★★★★
60 - Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023) - Review - 31/03/24 - ★★★★☆

Films watched as part of my cinema membership: 20
Cost per film of cinema membership: £4.62

Short films:

1 - The After (2023) - Review - 10/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
2 - Invincible (2022) - Review - 10/03/24 - ★★★★★
3 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) - Review - 11/03/24 - ★★★★☆
4 - Knight of Fortune (2022) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
5 - Red, White and Blue (2023) - Review - 17/03/24 - ★★★★☆
6 - Ninety-Five Senses (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
7 - The Barber of Little Rock (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
8 - The Last Repair Shop (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★★
9 - Island in Between (2023) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
10 - Wish 143 (2011) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★★☆
11 - Letter to a Pig (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
12 - Pachyderme (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
13 - War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (2022) - Review - 18/03/24 - ★★★☆☆
14 - Our Uniform (2023) - Review - 19/03/24 - ★★★★☆

Moot_Geeza

Finished Road House. I actually quite liked it. It pretty much delivered on what I'd expect from a trashy dust up film inspired by a trashy 80s trashy dust up film. Controversial but McGregor waddling around like a coked up Garbage Pail kid with a bad case of piles made me laugh enough to give his ridiculous acting a pass. The tone wasn't far off where it needed to be on the whole - not too tongue in cheek, not too po-faced (although the nicechap thug annoyed me as I thought it was a lazy attempt to inject a bit of lightness into the mostly serious machomanstuff). Most of the one liners were naff and there were honestly three or four actors that I can't believe landed their roles (no way were the roadhouse manager or Dalton's nurse gf first choice from the casting sessions surely)...but I still had fun. I didn't expect it to be genuinely good so 'shit but enjoyable' worked for me. [7]

ShabbyMcCrabby

23. Joy Ride
I organised a movie night with friends to watch this and I think it's the way to go. In a group setting I was able to gloss over the fact that all the plot turns are done through happenstance and 'don't think about it, just go with it' scripting and just enjoy the laughs. It also covers up that a lot of the scenarios and jokes aren't as well executed as they could be. Which is a shame because I think with a bit tighter comedy and a little more effort placed in how the story moves forward I think it could have been a classic. It was just nice to watch a movie that had actual jokes at times instead of just improv bullshit.
[7]

24. Madame Web
It's fine really, perfectly cromulent and definitely not the worst thing ever. The score just takes knocks because the incessant ADR is as annoying as the zoomy shaky camera-work was quease-inducing. There's some fun to be had with it and also a whole lot of nits to pick but in a fun way. I like that CPR is the ultimate technique for all situations, I like that the song that is playing at the diner when she rocks up in the vision is playing when she gets in the car and has to speed to the diner to get there at the same time as when she strolled through the bush, I like that the 2003 setting means nothing except to remind you that so many big movies were this shit back then and maybe that's the point of using the time period? etc etc.
[3]

djchump

I think the time period usage was entirely so that it (and the presumed sequels) could tie into the Holland-Spidey films.

EvilRedEye

IIRC they weren’t originally sure whether they wanted it to coincide with the birth of Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man or Tom Holland’s Spider-Man during filming and they ended setting it at 2003 (which I think would be Tom Holland’s) in reshoots.

Olimite

I watched Interstellar [5/5] and Thor: Love and Thunder [2.5/5] yesterday.

ShabbyMcCrabby

EvilRedEye wrote:

IIRC they weren’t originally sure whether they wanted it to coincide with the birth of Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man or Tom Holland’s Spider-Man during filming and they ended setting it at 2003 (which I think would be Tom Holland’s) in reshoots.

Yes well because I'm a dum dum I didn't realise that

Spoiler:

EvilRedEye

Apparently Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man was born in 1995 and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man was born in 2001 so it does’t fit either!

LivDiv

Im sure it will all turn out not terrible.

djchump

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

EvilRedEye wrote:

IIRC they weren’t originally sure whether they wanted it to coincide with the birth of Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man or Tom Holland’s Spider-Man during filming and they ended setting it at 2003 (which I think would be Tom Holland’s) in reshoots.

Yes well because I'm a dum dum I didn't realise that

Spoiler:

Uncle Ben played by what's his face from Parks and Rec is in Madame Web and the baby that is born is Peter Parker himself. Apparently the timeline doesn't line up with Tom Holland Spidey though

Spoiler:

Cos

33. 20 Days in Mariupol
An important document of what happened in Mariupol and knowing everything that's happened since then possibly makes it an even harder watch in some ways. The drive to keep recording events and try to get the footage out in the hopes it might help is particularly hard to take and I can't imagine how it must have felt to see them waved away as fake news by Russian officials and others. It's devastating to watch and infuriating that the perpetrators have still not been held to account.

b0r1s

15. Ghostbusters Afterlife - great Saturday afternoon movie pays nice homage to the original without being too Easter Eggy. The two young kids were great, less so the Stranger Things kid. Rudd was typical Rudd so you know what you are getting. Overall really enjoyable and a nice touch at the end. Only negative? Could have been 20 mins shorter [8]

LivDiv

Its Tuesday b0ris!

b0r1s

Every day is a Saturday for me this week.

LivDiv

Saturweek

davyK

Berberian Sound Studio British sound mixer/engineer (Toby Jones) arrives in 70s Italy to work on a film that turns out to be something he wasn't expecting - akin to a torture porn film - supposedly telling the story of witchcraft trials. At times he has to stand in as foley artist - recreating gut wrenching sound effects to the film. It all takes place in a very unpleasant workplace which grinds against his gentle, old school character. It all gets weird towards the end with his mentality being affected by the goings on. Absorbing but slightly unsettling. On BFI.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Love that movie. Peter Strickland is such a unique director but doesn't get talked about enough

Cos

34. Fingernails
A test has been developed which can confirm if a couple are in love at the cost of a fingernail each. The premise is decent enough but feels like a film that doesn’t know what it is - not a rom com, not a drama, hints at some dark humour and consequently feels quite muddled. A few good laughs but most of the cast are on auto pilot and really wasted then the whole thing kind of fizzles out. [4]

The Daddy

Yeah, fingernails is a really odd. Feels like an extended black mirror episode. I think I’d give it [6] though.

Moon
Haven’t watched this since it came out, so I remembered the gist but hadn’t the foggiest about how things developed. Great film. [9]

Wookienopants

Bad Boys For Life

It was alright. Loud, explosive, stupid but somehow less stupid and offensive than Bad Boys 2.
Quite enjoyable in a dumb way

Olimite

Snack Shack

Surprisingly adept coming-of-age flick set in 90’s American suburbia. Only familiar face is Breaking Bad’s Gale but it’s highly watchable, if a little slow to get going.

davyK

The Outfit is a very slick gangster tale set in 50s Chicago centered around a high end custom tailor shop and his mob clientele with Mark Rylance playing an understated lead - but it plays out like an Agatha Christie mystery with a side order of Reservoir Dogs. Very entertaining.

poprock

Nice little film, isn’t it? Felt very much like a play adapted to the screen.

davyK

Yeah. All happens pretty much in one room.

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