Absolutely love the movie
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Apparently Karla Sofia Gascon has gone the âfake newsâ route about her own tweets.
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Bold strategy, Cotton
I know itâs a Super Bowl ad, but hey, itâs funny:
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Companion (2025)
This movie isnât beating the âpoor manâs Ex Machinaâ rap, but thankfully Ex Machina is excellent enough that thereâs room to be clearly weaker and still be a pretty good movie. Thatâs where I land on this one; I got kind of tired of the concept at some point toward the end, but itâs generally pretty entertaining throughout.
Probably giving the nod to Presence as the slightly better January release (was released last week) because itâs the more original film, but in any case Iâm glad to have a Dumpuary that served up two solid offerings. Movie-wise: January 2025 > January 2024.
3/5
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Boston based ads have proven to be the funniest of all location based ads
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I think Iâve seen enough of the âYour cousin from Bostonâ Sam ads as well as the various Dunkâs commercials that Ben Affleck sleeptalks through.
This is a sad day. I was fine with the EP hate but was hoping to root for her on her own merits. Ah well. Back to watching anything Laverne Cox is in.
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Rewatchables this week is about the greatest film ever made.
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Before Sunset better than Sunrise? Not disagreeing but hmm
I need to watch Midnight again. That movie knocked me for a spin.
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Yep imo sunset is my favorite film ever made. All three are masterpieces though.
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This might be relevant to your interests. There are a couple of bangers:
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Had some things pop up in my life, but I did finally get to this and watched it over the course of 2 nights.
I have come to realize that I have a hard time separating âDo I think this is a good movie?â from âAm I having a good time watching this movie?â. So I watch something like Cocktail and yes of course I know itâs absolute garbage, but also I have a great time watching it and so my internal rating scale puts it like a 4/5 when obviously thatâs a ridiculous thing to say about a movie that I admit is garbage.
Anyway, The Hunt is a very good movie. I had virtually no expectations going on (I didnât even realize it was going to be in a foreign language), so I wasnât quite prepared for how dark it was going to be. Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic and even though there wasnât a great deal of action, I was on the edge of my seat for the last hour or so. So it clearly held my interest and I think itâs fair to call it a great psychological thriller. But I donât think Iâd ever put it in a âbest movies of the decadeâ type list simply because I so much did not have a great time watching it. It was tense and thought provoking and beautifully shot, but thereâs almost no chance Iâll ever want to watch it again.
It actually reminded me a lot of Anatomy of a Fall in those terms, especially when the overly-zealous dude was questioning Klara about what had happened - it very much reminded me of the overly-zealous prosecutor in Anatomy of a Fall. Obviously thereâs uncertainty about guilt in AoaF, and thereâs not in The Hunt (from the viewerâs perspective). But at the same time, the whole ending empasizes that in the actual film world of The Hunt, there continues to be uncertainty about guilt, and Lukas is going to have live with and suffer from the fact that many in his town continue to view him with the same degree of suspicion that I have towards Sandra in AoaF.
Good rec, thanks.
Next up: Grand Budapest Hotel. I checked this out from the library, but the disc wouldnât play. Fortunately, itâs now available on Hulu, so I hope to check it out within the week.
My big question is what Iâm going to do about the Before trilogy. These movies have been on my âto watchâ list forever. And theyâre never available streaming. Iâve seen so many positive things about them (maybe all from Clovis) and theyâre finally on The Rewatchables. So am I going to break down and pay to rent them, despite all that I have access to on my subscribed streaming services? In this economy? I donât know if Iâll be able to pull the trigger.
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Well, I did give fair warning at least.
This trilogy is excellent. Each installment is a demonstration of, âWhat if a Richard Linklater movie WASNâT ridiculously overrated?â I am annoyed that people insist on being as kind to the rest of his catalog as they do, but these movies deserve all the accolades. Youâre right that these are never on streaming, so if you canât get library copies you should just bite the bullet and rent. I trust that the first one will be sufficient to convince you of the need to continue.
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Speaking of Danish movies where you should brace yourself for unpleasantness, I did watch The Girl With the Needle (2024) last night. Itâs one of the nominees for Best International Feature this year. Itâs on Mubi. Itâs certainly an experience. The titular âgirl with the needleâ starts out working with a needle in a factory thatâs mass-producing military uniforms during WWI. Okay, so thatâs an innocent enough reason for why the movie is called that. Until you get about 45 minutes further along and she is (MAJOR SPOILER) using a large needle to try to give herself an abortion. And then the thing that I just placed in spoilers is somehow superseded for âmost unpleasant part of the movieâ later. Itâs a lot. And I frequently thought, âWhat twisted mind came up with this?â Apparently the inspiration was that it was based on true events (Iâm just putting this under a tag because the movie doesnât mention this until right before it rolls closing credits).
Of course, as evidenced by my superlatives about The Hunt, âunpleasantâ doesnât preclude a movie from being good or even great. This movie is one of those that, while operating in black-and-white, is better-looking than most color movies. Except, of course, when it makes you look away from the screen in revulsion. I respect how absolutely unsparing it is, but unlike The Hunt I couldnât exactly get to the point of seeing it as a particularly incredible film.
All in all, I still think I liked it? I definitely respected it. But man, the Danes run fucking dark.
3/5
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Release the Bourne cut!
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They sure do. One of their comedies is about teachers getting drunk during work because they think itâll make them better teachers only for one of them to become an alcoholic and die and theyâre like, âYeah, that happens when you drink a lot.â
Motherfuckers, his death is your fault!
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This looks pretty bad.
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