What movie are you watching

Absolutely, I found the music amazing.

And I think that the fact that I didn't grow up in the era definitely affected my view of it. There were a couple of times while I was watching it I felt like there was just some big part of this I wasn't getting and all of that is probably from that sort of thing.

I'll look for it at the library next. I just happened to find Repo Man.

 

Same on both counts.

 

Been a while since I watched it. Some movies I remember better than others.

 

Saw this and thought of you, @Jiggly_333:

https://mashable.com/2018/07/07/film-movie-directing-online-course-sale/#vf3C1.78Uqq0

 

Has anyone of you guys seen Babylon Berlin?

 

After Hours

I think I'll like this more than Repo Man.

 

I did. A lot more. It's a good movie. @bunge

 

Meant to suggest this when you said you like "long boring bits," but check out The Passenger if you haven't already. 1975 Jack Nicholson, its a movie almost entirely composed of 'boring bits', but I think its a really good film (I use it when teaching philosophy classes*). Also, from what I have read about it, cinephiles love the penultimate shot, which is a really long tracking shot right before they were easy to do.

*fwiw, my students usually put it bottom on the list of movies I make them watch when I ask them to score them based on how much they liked it. This years winner was Grave of the Fireflies, with a 8.7/10 average. Last time, it was Castaway on the Moon, a really great Korean 'romantic comedy' (not really a good description of the movie but thats what wiki says) that used to be on netflix, but now you can only watch it illegally.

 

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance.

 

I think After Hours is great.

 

I think you are great.

 

"Grave of the Fireflies". Wow. I tried watching it one time and just couldn't get through it. Way too sad for me. I might try again sometime but that one hit hard.

 

Something was wrong with my class last year. They got their choice of 6 movies to watch for the assignment, and over a third of the class put that as their first preference (having basically only heard my description of it as being incredibly depressing).

Its definitely worth a watch, but you have to be in the right headspace for it. Read Roger Ebert's review of it at some point too. His concluding remark is that it "belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made."

 

Apparently all of Princess Nine is on Youtube, so guess what I'm doing for the next few days!
Honestly, it's really good. I like it.

 

Grave of the Fireflies is on my list of fantastic movies that you only need to see one time, right next to Requiem for a Dream. Another anime about the war that doesn't get as much love as it should is Barefoot Gen. It's not going to tug at your heart like a Miyazaki movie does but it's a very interesting look at the Hiroshima bombing and the aftermath.

As far as recent movies I watched Tau on Netflix. First 15 minutes were promising. The rest... not so hot.

I also just learned of the existence of "The Hooligan Factory" It does to Hooligan movies what the scary movie franchise does to horror movies. I'm sure it's nothing but terrible but as someone who loves loves loves hooligan movies I need to find a copy and embrace the camp.

***After looking for it on Amazon it's included with Prime! I know what I'm doing later***

 

I just finished all 26 episodes.

 

How it Ends (Netflix) was as bad as advertised.

Unfortunately, I hadn't seen any of the reviews and stuck it out to the bitter, terrible end.