What movies have you seen recently?

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The Haunting (1963)
Directed by Robert Wise, Director of Cinematography Davis Boulton

GOJIRA (1954)

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I'm afraid I haven't seen the mini-series. I've heard good things, though.

I sat through Teenage mutant Ninja turtles 3. I thought my younger brother's knack for rifftracking would help get us through it, but for a majority of the film, he had nothing to say. That's how bad this movie is. It gives you nothing to hang onto or work with.

I saw the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Wasn't terribly impressed to be honest. I can't imagine that story was begging to be told. It felt more like an IP development project to me.

In the past week I’ve seen two horror classics, The Invisible Man (1933) and Nosferatu (1922). With Nosferatu I had the pleasure of viewing it with live music played by a local university ensemble. Both are fantastic films for different reasons. The next paragraph has some trivial spoilers for both movies, so be aware, but nothing super big.


I really liked Nosferatu’s take on vampirism, it felt more grounded while also being somewhat humorous, probably unintentionally. For instance, Nosferatu has to be in close proximity to the dirt he was buried in, so you see him just running around carrying a giant box. The Invisible Man had really impressive effects, especially for the 30s, and I liked how they addressed the realistic struggles with invisibility, like how if he’s eaten food recently you can see it in his stomach.

Last night we watched:

Coco [2017]
<=>"The celebration of a lifetime"



I was trying to suggest films that seemed appropriate for around Halloween, well...
My bride got agitated because it was November 2 and Coco is about Día de (los) Muertos!

\/S T R O N G\o/R E C O M M E N D !\/

◦ It is a really, really good film!
◦ IMDb currently lists it as being one of the top 100 films (specifically, #72).
◦ It appears it was only nominated for two Oscars...the two it won. It has other awards, as well.
◦ I recommend watching it in as high-definition as you can. Maybe put your glasses on, too.
=>We watched a 4K recording of the film on a 65" 4K UHD TV. Even the disk menu was fabulous!

The Merchant of Venice, 2004.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379889/

Al Pacino does an excellent Shylock.

The hordes of bare-breasted ladies were a bit of a surprise.

Now I know where the phrase "The quality of mercy is not strained" comes from.

Thanksgiving (2023)

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000). Saw it many times and saw it again today. Love the story, humor and music too.

Mrs. Warren's Profession, 1991: A Bernard Shaw play about a young woman who comes to learn that her mother derived her wealth through prostitution. The play provoked a scandal when it first came out over 100 years ago. The play was very verbose--I have no idea how the actors could have possibly memorized all of their lines.

Antony and Cleopatra, 1972: an adaptation of the Shakespeare play, starring Charlton Heston. For Kraichgauer: a bit of T&A. The play seems almost identical to the Cleopatra movie, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (which was a remake of the 1934 movie starring Claudette Colbert). The play and the movies never mention that Cleopatra had one child that was Julius Caesar's, and three that were Marc Antony's. I thought that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor gave much better performances.