A lovely afternoon...
& a lovely lunch at the Plume of Feathers!
30 January 2025
Walking: Sherbrook Valley 2... anti-clockwise!
Sunny, but significantly cooler... jacket & hat!
Out & about, & not damp though...
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Cinema list 25
Nosferatu: well, that was very Gothic indeed... who would have thought?
Lovely photography & art; coupla great performances (Hoult & Defoe)...
but, long, gobby, & plenty of stilted dialogue (& acting... the Depp lass).
Glad I was on my own for this... not necessarily glad I was at this!
Gladiator II: was I not entertained?
Denzel has hoots revamping his Training Day bastardy; Pascal was good if wasted.
Bad baboons, rhino riding, shark show, & upwardly-mobile monkey aside,
it was pretty much a lesser remake of Gladiator. Bum-numbing, but
I didn't hate it! A mass of CGI, crass dialogue, poor characterisation,
& a hugely portentous testicle of an ending. Sequel doesn't mean replay!
Bring Them Down: very naughty shepherds go on (various, linked) rampage!
Early loss, trauma, & toxic masculinity has been done (& done, & done) before,
but Chris Andrews, writing & directing his first feature, gives us tense, tight,
gory unpleasantness in spades. The story constructs as a juggernaut.
Cinematography is central & brilliant. The cast act the fuck out of it...
& there's no 'dee-idlee-idlee Oirish' humour breaking the bleak!
Very much not an easy watch...
the more I reflect, the more I feel this is a really good movie!
Nickel Boys: a truly magnificent artistic event!
A harrowing tale from Jim Crow America, yet brimmed with love & hope.
Characterisation & acting was uniformly great; with the leads scintillating!
Visuals were beautiful, oft entrancing; the POV cinematography on occasion stunning, subtly mirrored by the actors emotional responses to 'the camera'.
I really need to see this movie again!
A Real Pain: this one needs thinking about
I'm Still Here: b
September 5: b
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