What Movies Are You Watching Lately

[barutanseijin]

The Bad Lieutenant

Harvey Keitel is great, but on the whole, the forgiveness/redemption thread was too Catholic for me.

How much does the message of Christ resonate in the mind of a sex addicted, crackhead junkie with a gambling problem? (Or for that matter, sociopathic killers like the Corleones or the Sopranos). The conflict between conventional morality and life of everyman seems to be more of an issue for people like Chase, Scorsese or Coppola than it is for their criminal characters — and for this little bit of the audience.

 

[Kaplan]

Rewatched this in theater last week. I only saw it on vid before. Wow.

I love this one - the scene on the bridge is spectacular. And great soundtrack by Tangerine Dream - who also made soundtracks for Michael Mann's Thief (1981) and his The Keep (1983) and one of the two soundtracks for Ridley Scott's Legend (1985).

The original version of Sorcerer, the black & white Le Salaire de la Peur from 1953 with Yves Montand is also worth a watch.

 

[double00]

I love this one. And great soundtrack by Tangerine Dream - who also made soundtracks for Michael Mann's Thief (1981) and his The Keep (1983) and one of the two soundtracks for Ridley Scott's Legend (1985).

The original version of Sorcerer, the black & white Le Salaire de la Peur from 1953 with Yves Montand is also worth a watch.

i've read different opinions on Sorcerer , i'd really like to check it out soon .

I am very ambivalent about that generation of filmmaker and the whole director-as-enfant terrible nonsense , for instance the stolen shot in French Connection and how these guys are lauded for basically being irresponsible . I can't even watch anything by John Landis anymore and he made some great flicks .

also I had no idea they adapted The Keep ! will check that out too

 

[Joffrey]

Some recent movies:

Solis - Engineer for mining ship gets stuck alone in space after an explosion. He must be coached to safety (?) by a guide entirely via radio. The movie is basically the actor speaking to his counterpart - of course there's some solid drama. Not bad.

Apolo 18 - Found footage movie documenting why NASA cancelled the Apolo program. The pilots land on the dark side of the move only to realize they are not alone. Meh. Not terrible but not a fan of found footage films given the sometimes awkward camera angles.