Sunday, June 2, 2013

Films I Saw in May

The Seventh Continent

The Best:

1. The Seventh Continent - ****
2. The War Zone - ****
3. Sin Nombre - ****
4. Titus - ****
5. Drunken Angel - ****
6. La BĂȘte Humaine - ****
7. Drugstore Cowboy - ****
8. What Richard Did - ****
9. Julia (2009) - ****
10. The Tin Drum - ****

The Rest:

The Abyss - ****
Alexander Nevsky - ***1/2
Alexander's Ragtime Band - ***
Algiers - ***
Arch of Triumph (1948) - **1/2
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - ***1/2
The Beachcomber - **1/2
Boys Town - ***
The Burning Plain - **
Camille Claudel - ***
The Company You Keep - ***
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover - ****
The Cove - ***
Dead Calm - ***1/2
Drag Me to Hell - **
The Edge of the World - ***
Enemies: A Love Story - ***
Fast & Furious 6 - ***1/2
Four Daughters - ***1/2
The Girlfriend Experience - ***
The Great Gatsby (1974) - 1/2
The Great Gatsby (2013) - ***1/2
Henry V (1989) - ***1/2
Iron Man 3 - **1/2
Joan of Arc (1948) - **1/2
The Killer - ***
The Limey - ***
Lore - ****
Man on the Moon - ***
Marie Antoinette (1948) - ***
Monsieur Hire - ****
Mud - ***1/2
Nine Lives (2005) - ***1/2
Office Space - ***
Our Town (1940) - **1/2
Port of Call - ***
The Private Life of Henry VIII - ***
Pygmalion (1938) - ***1/2
The Secret in Their Eyes - ****
Shadow Dancer - **1/2
Sidewalks of London - ***1/2
Star Trek Into Darkness - ***1/2
The Straight Story - ***
Sweet and Lowdown - ***
Syrup - **
That Evening Sun - ***
35 Shots of Rum - ***1/2
Three Comrades (1938) - ***
Trance - ****
Trucker - **1/2
Waltz with Bashir - ***1/2
Welcome to the Punch - ***

Rewatched:

Cloud Atlas - ****
Lorna's Silence - ****
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - **1/2
Pitch Perfect - ****
Spring Breakers - ****
Star Trek - ****
The Trip (2011) - ***
Where the Wild Things Are - ***1/2

70 Films Watched - 62 New, 8 Rewatched

12 comments:

  1. That's a nice list of films. I hope to see The Tin Drum next year as I plan to do an all Palme d'Or edition for next year's Cannes marathon.

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    1. Thanks man. That's a great idea. I've only seen 25 of the winners, so I've got a lot left to see.

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  2. I am so watching La Bete Humaine. If only for Simone Simon. It's amazing how many movies you watch in a month. I envy you and need to get to that level.

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    1. This is the most I've ever seen in one month. Not sure I'll ever get back to this number. :) But some people on Letterboxd are going for 100 films in June. That's impressive.

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  3. My goodness! The number of movies you saw always put mine to shame, Josh! 70 movies, wow!

    Btw, are you going to review The Seventh Continent? The premise sounds very intriguing! Oh I LOVE The Abyss too, I actually own the Blu-ray.

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    1. Haha. I was surprised too, until I saw that Toby at blahblahblahgay saw 116 last month.

      Ooh, that's a great one to own on Blu-ray. Since you ask, I'll try to review The Seventh Continent this week. :)

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    2. Awesome Josh, looking forward to it. Yeah, James Cameron's films usually look beautiful on Blu-rays :D

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    3. Review should be up on Thursday. :)

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  4. Good to see you loved The Seventh Continent, which I gave 9/10 on letterboxd.
    I agree The Tin Drum is great, that young actor who played the boy I'll never forget.

    Did you see the longer director's cut of The Abyss? it's actually a more haunting version of the film I think, and includes an unforgettable beach scene.

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    1. Glad you dig those picks. Yeah, I saw the longer director's cut. LOVE that film.

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  5. You are one prolific movie viewer! :-)

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    1. Ha, I had a good month, but I want to know how some people can manage over 100. That's commitment.

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