Thursday, November 1, 2012

Films I Saw in October

This month's best has a little something for everyone...or not.

The Best:
1. Cloud Atlas - ****
2. Pitch Perfect (x2) - ****
3. Oslo, August 31st - ****
4. Heartbeats - ****
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - ****
6. Bride of Frankenstein (theaters) - ****
7. Argo (x2) - ****
8. Sleepless Night - ****
9. Six Shooter - ****
10. Frankenstein (1931) (theaters) - ****

More after the cut.

The Rest:
Arbitrage - ***
Bachelorette - ***
Bernie - ***
The Cabin in the Woods (x2) - ***1/2
Cosmopolis - ***
Delicatessen - ***
Detour - ***
Family Plot - **
Frankenweenie (2012) - *1/2
Fright Night (2011) - ***
Hysteria - **1/2
The Living Daylights - ***1/2
Lola Versus - *1/2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) - ***
New Nightmare - **1/2
Nobody Walks - **1/2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - **
The Secret World of Arrietty - ***
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - **1/2
Seven Psychopaths - ***1/2
She's the One - ***1/2
The Snowtown Murders - **1/2
Taken 2 - **1/2
Topaz - **
Under Capricorn - ***
Virginia - ***
Won't Back Down - **1/2

Rewatched:
The Birds - ****
City Lights - ****
Dial M for Murder - ****
The Double Life of Veronique - ****
Eyes Wide Shut - ****
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - ***
Halloween (1978) - ****
Hugo - ****
Lawrence of Arabia (theaters) - ****
Licence to Kill - ***
The Lovers on the Bridge - ****
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - ****
Prometheus - ***1/2
Psycho (1960) - ****
The Silence of the Lambs - ****

52 Films Watched - 37 New, 15 Rewatched

10 comments:

  1. Woah, that is a lot of movies! I'm not planning to see Cloud Atlas, but I finally saw Argo this week and it was really great.

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    1. Yay! Glad you liked Argo. Initially, I love Cloud Atlas, but I want to see it again to find out whether or not it holds up on a second viewing.

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  2. You've seen lots of new releases, I'm jealous! Oslo, August 31st I thought was really powerful, the director Joachim Trier's first film Reprise (2006) is also worth a look.

    I pretty much watched two horror films a day for a while in October, so needless to say I got through a lot!

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    1. Haha. I'm catching up, but I still have more to see from earlier this year. Reprise is on my watchlist.

      Nice. I still have some horror films I want to see this month.

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  3. Wow dude that's a lot. Dying to watch Cloud Atlas, Argo and Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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    1. Yeah, I watch a lot. ;) Hope you like those films!

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  4. Oh my goodness! How in the world do you have time to watch sooo many films?? There's no way I could do that with a full time job, ahah. Glad to see you see Dalton's Bond movies, though bummer you didn't rate 'em higher :(

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    1. Well, being currently unemployed does have its advantages. ;)

      Really liked them both, but I don't rate many Bond films 4 stars.

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  5. I'm glad you didn't only see great films this month, a lot of films under 2.5 stars. Does this mean you pick badly or have high standards do you think?

    I'm sad you didn't like Pirates! Band of Misfits. I guess you got the experience that I expected to have whereas I had an enjoyable time with it.

    I haven't seen a single one of your "ten best" picks either.

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    1. Probably high standards. Then again, sometimes you just really like a movie that you never thought you would (like Pitch Perfect) or vice versa (like Pirates! BOM).

      I wanted to like Pirates!: BOM more, but it was a big letdown for me. I thought the story was a bit thin for a feature, and the trailer made it look much better.

      Take your time, but I'd recommend seeing any of them you can. :)

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