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Warfare (2025)
This is about as well-made as this sort of movie can be, which I guess is to say that I simply miscalculated when I decided Iād better see it before it leaves theaters.
I donāt really struggle to separate Alex Garland the grade-A dunce from Alex Garland the brilliant filmmaker, so that aspect isnāt much of a bother here. I know from Civil War last year, and from Ex Machina previously, that I can very much enjoy his work regardless of his vapid worldview. However, the technical quality of his work simply couldnāt overcome the fact that battlefield-heavy war films are really low on my list of preferred subgenres. I love what he does with the camera in this, I feel like heās objectively good at pacing and setting up a mood, and my objective admiration for these things is utterly detached from my overall reaction to the work as a whole.
This film is brutal, itās intense, itās relentlessly unpleasant with good causeā¦but I donāt know that I ever really found it that engaging. Iām still in for future Garland work; I just hope he finds a new lane soon.
2.5/5
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If you were on a desert island and had to pick the filmography of one of the cast of Alien, which one would you choose?
Other than the best movie of all time, Alien, hereās the highlights (tell me what I left out):
Yaphet Kotto: Live and Let Die, The (original) Thomas Crown Affair, Blue Collar, Brubaker, Othello, The Running Man, Midnight Run
Veronica Cartwright: The Birds, Serpico, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Right Stuff, Wisdom, The Witches of Eastwick, Speed, Kinsey, Twisted, The Invasion
Ian Holm: Chariots of Fire, Time Bandits, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Brazil, Henry V, Hamlet, Naked Lunch, Big Night, The Fifth Element, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King, The Day After Tomorrow, Garden State, The Aviator, Lord of War, Ratatouille, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Battle of the Five Armies, Alien: Romulus
John Hurt: Midnight Express, Watership Down, The (old) Lord of the Rings, The Elephant Man, Heavenās Gate, History of the World Part I, 1984, Spaceballs, King Ralph, Rob Roy, Contact, The Climb, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 & 2, Snowpiercer
Harry Dean Stanton: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Fistful of Dollars, Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part II, The Missouri Breaks, Up in Smoke, The Rose, Private Benjamin, Escape from NY, Christine, Repo Man, Paris Texas, Red Dawn, Pretty in Pink, The Last Temptation of Christ, Twister, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Green Mile, Anger Management, Inland Empire, The Avengers
Tom Skerritt: M*A*S*H, Harold and Maude, Big Bad Mama, Up in Smoke, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, SpaceCamp, Wisdom, Steel Magnolias, The Rookie, Poison Ivy, A River Runs Through It, Singles, Picket Fences, Contact, Outbreak, Ted
Sigourney Weaver: Annie Hall, The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghostbusters I & II, Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl, Alien3, Dave, The Ice Storm, Alien Resurrection, Galaxy Quest, Holes, Wall-E, The Cabin in the Woods, Chappie, Avatar, Avatar, the Way of Water
Wow, this did not go the way I expected. If you look at every movie the actorās ever been in, not just the ones they have a big part in, I think itās Ian Holm or Harry Dean Stanton for me. Although Sigourney is very close. I might end up going with her after studying this more closely.
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Iām not sure that any of those lists are irresistible, but I guess Stanton is probably my choice. And even then, I feel like thereās a bunch of the movies in there that I just donāt get in the way that others seem to. With his list, thereās at least a bunch that I still absolutely need to see and havenāt yet. That would include Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, supposed to be a strong western. Also The Wrong Man, which is a well-regarded Hitchcock starring Henry Fonda.
Thereās probably a bunch more good movies on everyoneās list that I just didnāt immediately recognize. I think Ian Holm kills the most time with reasonable content.
Donāt forgot Across 110th Street
Also, I thought you were goofing on us, but HDS is actually in The Avengers! Heās the guy who gives The Hulk some spare pants.
HDS wins hands-down imo. Much better movies.
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As foretold in Red Dawn.
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Looking at Yaphetās wiki page, and damn as good as P-Stew was as Picard, Iād love to see what could have been.
A memo from Paramount indicates that Kotto was among those being considered for Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role which eventually went to Patrick Stewart.[14]
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Stanton wins that running away imo. Repo Man alone beats half those lists
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Awww shit, Final Destination:Bloodlines opens with a 91% RT on 45 reviews.
Lets fuckin go
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So uh has anyone seen the Tim Robinson/Paul Rudd movie yet? Reviews look pretty great. In limited release but I canāt find anything near me.
I donāt think itās been on offer anywhere outside of NY/LA. Itās coming here next weekend. Definitely looking forward to it.
Im going this weekend. Will report back.
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This is such a brazen attempt at thievery, Iām left wondering how many times someone got away with it.
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