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diff --git a/film/2018.page b/film/2018.page index 1aae06f..af6694c 100644 --- a/film/2018.page +++ b/film/2018.page @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ I would take 8 1/2 over this film in a heartbeat. Infernal Affairs II --------------------- -Saw it on the plane and don't remember much, which was a losss. +Saw it on the plane and don't remember much, which was a loss. Die Hard -------- diff --git a/film/2019.page b/film/2019.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4f6438 --- /dev/null +++ b/film/2019.page @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ + + +"Recent Godard Film" (can't remember title) +--------------------------------------------- + +This was a "hard" serious film, and to be honest I didn't follow a single +minute of it. I think rmo, who I saw it with, saw and connected much more, but +even his explanations didn't make any sense to me. Still not sure if +disapointed in myself (for not knowing more context?) or the film (for being +inscrutiable, and/or indulgent and vapid). Reminded me of the Orson Wells film +from last year. + + +John Wick 3 +-------------- + +Saw with mouse; I think most of my enjoyment came as spill over. The library +scene was fun, the desert shootout with doggies was gripping. The degree of of +style but total ridiculousness is new to me. I liked the type-writer +score-keeping room entirely run by punk (women?) in starched white shirts. + + +Southland Tales +----------------- + +Re-watched this at home in SF with Lucy and Will. They didn't love it, but +could stomach it, I think. Had recently visited LA and it was sort of fun to +remember real locations. Just after screening I felt disapointed and over it +(heavy-handed, long, slow, plot is a mess, gag-oriented, indulgent, whatever), +but now months later I still feel like I love the film for it's weirdness, the +musical scene, and Dwayne Johnson. + + +"Flamboyant Portugese Film" (can't remember title) +--------------------------------------------------- + +Mixed/weird feelings about this one. It wasn't very good overall, lots of slow +or "ugh" jokes and moments, but there were enough surreal visual gags to be +compeling. + +I liked the undercover character, and of course the pink puppy football +sequences. Having it be another culture (Portugal) and language made it easier +to laugh, though very close to the bone (Trump era). + + +Crappy MCU Films +----------------- + +Guess I watched a bunch of these this spring? Final Avengers film, Captain +America? Can't even remember now. I love a summer blockbuster; I fondly +remember escaping NYC heat and humidity for giant robot battles, and the +spectacle of Cinerama action films. But feel like the pattern of shutting off +higher brain function and letting the high-production-value slurry drain down +has become addictive and un-fun. + + +The Farewell (2019) +--------------------- + +Saw with Lucy at the Egyptian in Seattle. A good film, would recommend in +general, but it particularly touched both Lucy and me for being so close to her +personal family story and travel experiences in China (both her own trips and +us together to see her family). The theater was full of couples in tears. + +I liked this so much more than "Crazy Rich Asians", though it probably won't +reach as wide an audience. + |