🎥 Films
🎥 The Pale Blue Eye, 2022 - ★★★½
3 stars from me, 4 stars from Jax. I likeChristian Bale’s work, I thought the ‘Poe’ character was excellent … but in the end, I didn’t really care, even with ‘twist’ at the end.
🎥 RRR, 2022 - ★★½
I wanted to like it … nay .. love it. I really did. But it was not to be. Definitely extraordinary scenes of ‘spectacularity’ within, but they weren’t enough to create a 3 hour movie and even at under 2 hours would have still been a push. Sorry.
‘🎥 MyFilmReviews’ and ‘🎬 MyFilmReferences’ are now clearly delineated and once the MicroBlog category filter catches up and gets back into synch it will be a lot easier to find relevant posts.
PS - I am fully aware that only I care about (or even use) the categories.
🎵 This Is The End
I wrote an email this morning, responding to something that had been sent to me, announcing - and I paraphrase - that despite the longevity of the work that he had been personally driving for decades, he has decided that this was indeed - ‘the end’.
I guess it is one of those days, where every where you look, every page you turn emotion takes over and (at least for me), music takes hold.
Because I - and indeed he - are ‘of a certain age’, ‘The End’ came to mind. (If you aren’t of a certain age - I commend you to watch just one (if not all three) of the YouTubes below.) If you are of a certain age - you don’t need me to tell you.
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes again
“Every time I hear that song, it means something else to me. It started out as a simple good-bye song… Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood."
💬 Jim Morrison
If you want a really good cry, the images most certainly do nothing to distract from the pain of the song …
If you want to listen to the original recording of nearly 11 minutes that took just 30 minutes of studio time (think about that) …
If you are of the live music persuasion… in the US you had Woodstock. In the UK we had The Isle of Wight …
🎥 if...., 1968 - ★★★
I had it at 4 Stars in my head when I first watched the film. I checked it out again recently. It’s dated … and not as great as I remembered. Because I’m older? Or just more considered.
I still like the idea of never quite putting your finger on when it suddenly went the character’s tipping point occured.
🎥 The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001 - ★★★★
I love Wes Anderson … so of course … but even if you don’t, you need to try this one out.
🎥 In Bruges, 2008 - ★★★★
I watched this for the second time … inspired by how great ‘The Banshees’ was. Just as good as I remembered it. Excellent … and on Netflix at the moment.
🎥 Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 - ★★★★
One of those very different, really excellent movies. Don’t miss it.
🎥 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004 - ★★★★
It’s a long way from Ace Ventura! Great movies.
Apologies for the mini timeline flooding with movies. Sorting out and categorizing - if I am not done - I am nearly done.
[My Film Category](https://john.philpin.com/categories/films/) now has two different emojis in the title
🎬 is just a comment on ...
🎥 is a movie ‘review’ that ties back to Lettrboxd - where I followed a few MicroBloggers just last night.
Probably not all of you - but if you are here and want a follow - reply to this thread.
🎥 The Parking Lot Movie, 2010 - ★★★½
Accidentally found this movie on TV … q super way to spend an hour and ten minutes … a documentary revealing humor and humanity.
🎥 The French Dispatch, 2021 - ★★★★
Wes Anderson Hasn’t Changed With ‘The French Dispatch.’ And That’s Perfectly Fine.It was on my ‘to watch’ list even before I read this;
> “But the most endearing thing about Wes Anderson is that he’s a hopelessly romantic filmmaker, and these worlds he creates clearly mean a lot to him. His latest film, The French Dispatch, is a love letter certainly—to journalism, to writers, to art in general and filmmaking specifically—and rather than change or adapt in the way some want to see, he gloriously doubles down on his style, making for his most maximalist, hyper-imaginative film yet.”
🎥 The Hitman's Bodyguard, 2017 - ★★★★
If you are thinking about watching the sequel - watch this one instead.
🎥 Mrs Lowry & Son, 2019 - ★★★½
Slow and gentle and worth curling up with if you in the right frame of mind.
🎥 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, 2022 - ★★★★
Lovely - just lovely - with occasional cringeworthy self help one liners.