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My Week in Movies: December 15 - 21
Dec. 22nd, 2019 04:57 pmThis week, I decided to prep for Rise of Skywalker by walking through all of the non-prequel Star Wars movies.
Movies I've seen before are in italics.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Dark Victory (1939)
Star Wars (1977) (I will go to my grave insisting that it's called that)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of those films where it says what it is on the tin but I still didn't understand. It's not passion like feelings. It's passion like a passion play. Her trial, judgement, and execution, done largely in close-ups and only half of the (silent) dialogue intertitled. A very good film, but very difficult to watch.
Dark Victory is like the ur-example of the woman who's dying of a horrible disease but looks perfectly healthy up until she drops dead. Bette Davis kills it, though. Humphrey Bogart's also here, trying for an Irish accent.
The many Wars of Star held up. I was especially nervous about rewatching The Last Jedi, because I fought for it over the last two years and what if it doesn't stand up? Well, dear reader, it stands up. I love it! Just a great movie altogether.
Movies I've seen before are in italics.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Dark Victory (1939)
Star Wars (1977) (I will go to my grave insisting that it's called that)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of those films where it says what it is on the tin but I still didn't understand. It's not passion like feelings. It's passion like a passion play. Her trial, judgement, and execution, done largely in close-ups and only half of the (silent) dialogue intertitled. A very good film, but very difficult to watch.
Dark Victory is like the ur-example of the woman who's dying of a horrible disease but looks perfectly healthy up until she drops dead. Bette Davis kills it, though. Humphrey Bogart's also here, trying for an Irish accent.
The many Wars of Star held up. I was especially nervous about rewatching The Last Jedi, because I fought for it over the last two years and what if it doesn't stand up? Well, dear reader, it stands up. I love it! Just a great movie altogether.
