My Week in Movies: December 1 - 7
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jetpack_monkeyI was going to say that I didn't watch that much, but it ended up being seven movies, which is probably more than most people reading this watch in a week?
Movies in italics are ones I've seen previously.
War of the Worlds (1953)
Delicatessen (1991)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Knives Out (2019)
8 Women (2002)
The Italian Job (1969)
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (2007) withsol_se
Delicatessen is a delight. It's reductive to call it Gilliamesque, especially since Caro & Jeunet are their own thing, but there's a lot of visual overlap. It's also in one of my favorite subgenres: cannibalism comedy, although the comedy and the cannibalism are separate things here.
Muppet Treasure Island is a disappointment on all fronts. Some of the puppets look shoddy AF, the songs are terrible, and Tim Curry does not steal scenes the way he should. The lead lad was kind of just there. I had better memories of this film, but they didn't match up.
I loved loved loved Knives Out. The entire cast is wonderful, the plotting is *chef's kiss*, the design elements are magnificent. I don't want to say any more so as to not spoil anything.
I made a good call following Knives Out with 8 Women, a French musical murder mystery, where a group of mostly-related women try to figure out who killed the head of the household, all while singing solo numbers about their relationship to love. More great casting and excellent production design.
I enjoyed The Italian Job well enough. Michael Caine is great. There are too many characters involved in the heist, so you never really get to know any of them except Caine and Noel Coward. I don't know about that ending, honestly.
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets ended up being a perfect Saturday movie date for sol_se and I. I spent a lot of the movie making faces and facepalming, which is what we really look for. I also did a lot of bad Nicholas Cage impersonations.
Movies in italics are ones I've seen previously.
War of the Worlds (1953)
Delicatessen (1991)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Knives Out (2019)
8 Women (2002)
The Italian Job (1969)
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (2007) with
sol_se Delicatessen is a delight. It's reductive to call it Gilliamesque, especially since Caro & Jeunet are their own thing, but there's a lot of visual overlap. It's also in one of my favorite subgenres: cannibalism comedy, although the comedy and the cannibalism are separate things here.
Muppet Treasure Island is a disappointment on all fronts. Some of the puppets look shoddy AF, the songs are terrible, and Tim Curry does not steal scenes the way he should. The lead lad was kind of just there. I had better memories of this film, but they didn't match up.
I loved loved loved Knives Out. The entire cast is wonderful, the plotting is *chef's kiss*, the design elements are magnificent. I don't want to say any more so as to not spoil anything.
I made a good call following Knives Out with 8 Women, a French musical murder mystery, where a group of mostly-related women try to figure out who killed the head of the household, all while singing solo numbers about their relationship to love. More great casting and excellent production design.
I enjoyed The Italian Job well enough. Michael Caine is great. There are too many characters involved in the heist, so you never really get to know any of them except Caine and Noel Coward. I don't know about that ending, honestly.
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets ended up being a perfect Saturday movie date for sol_se and I. I spent a lot of the movie making faces and facepalming, which is what we really look for. I also did a lot of bad Nicholas Cage impersonations.
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Date: 2019-12-09 03:45 am (UTC)