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PilgrimsProgress said:
Anyone else here who likes to see movies about people handling the complexities of human life in this present time?

I'm off to see "Youth" tomorrow with Michael Caine.........

I can't help feeling that the more whiz bang technology a movie has, something else will suffer - usually the plot. :(
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Is a plot a pseudonym for conspiracy to rise as a floating story ... or perhaps a story gone adrift as soul ... with dark portions ...
 
PilgrimsProgress said:
Anyone else here who likes to see movies about people handling the complexities of human life in this present time?

I'm off to see "Youth" tomorrow with Michael Caine.........

I can't help feeling that the more whiz bang technology a movie has, something else will suffer - usually the plot. :(
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I like a lot of movies in this category, too. I am the kind of guy who can watch the Avengers today and a slice of life drama tomorrow. However, I rarely see the latter in theaters. I usually watch them with Mrs M and she prefers watching at home in case she needs something explained. Between English being her second language and a difficulty in recognizing faces, she sometimes finds movies hard to follow.
 
Inannawhimsey said:
You mean how a lot of people seem to understand how to buy a house, utilize a bank, raise a family, have a job & buy groceries? :3
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Some movies do have all those things. I'd rather watch that then some farcical adventure-in-space shoot 'em up.
 
I agree about only seeing flashy blockbusters in theatres and even that is rare - maybe twice a year. Star Wars and James Bond most recently...
But I definitely prefer dramas and tearjerkers. I wait until they come to the library on dvd though so that I can see them for free. Youth, Carol, and The Danish Girl are on my must see list at the moment.
 
I was disappointed with "Youth".......

Rather depressing seeing these unhappy rich folks (mainly old) swanning around a beautiful health resort in Switzerland. It had some interesting themes - like your better days behind, rather than ahead, of you......

Maybe because I'm getting on in years, but realistic emotional life seems to be lacking in movies today- it's either lightweight sentimental romance or over the top melodrama......

Bah humbug! Bring back understated British drama. Either that, or anything from Scandinavia.....
 

Eastwood is a genius -- one of my fav movies by him

One of the most honest movies I've ever seen

Werner Herzog has a talent for getting to the Truth (a docu examining capital punishment) -- my favourite bit is the prologue, where he gets the reverend to go past his surface ideas and feelings to the authentic core -- and his humanity is revealed

Following different people in this world of transcendence & mud -- how do they process & deal with it?
 
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Encore: emotionally real movies

These two movies are another example of why I think that people who call people evil aren't really thinking, they are just like a movie, playing by the script...humanity is much more complex than that

In 1965-66, Indonesia went through a horrific period of murders of human beings who were suspected of being Communists, Leftists & ethnic Chinese. Someone managed to do a movie long after the fact, getting in touch with a lot of the perpetrators and to get them to talk aboot why they did it, what they did, and so forth...these are people who, in their country, are not persecuted for their crimes...


The Sequel, where a man whose brother was murdered in this period, tries to confront his brother's murderers.
 
Mendalla said:
I think @PilgrimsProgress more likely films about human relationships and how people confront challenges like illness and disability or handle conflict in ways other than blowing stuffs up.
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i was also thinking aboot the common fiction conflict of present a puzzle to the protagonists that they have to solve to move the story forward

puzzle movies...hmm...

mike bay not admitted :3
 
Hilary said:
Lost in Translation is a beautifully weird movie.
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that was the movie that expanded my awareness of Bill Murray as an actor, that he could do more than be a comedian :3

a similar thing happened to me and Punch Drunk Love for Adam Sandler
 
Inannawhimsey said:
that was the movie that expanded my awareness of Bill Murray as an actor, that he could do more than be a comedian :3
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Bill Murray in the 21st century is a bit of an odd duck. He's still skews a bit weird and manic, but in a quieter way. I really liked him in Lost in Translation and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou but there's a part of me that still wants to see him go balls-to-the-wall crazy like he did at times in his early movies (e.g. Meatballs and Stripes) and even in his mid-period stuff like Scrooged. Still very much one of my favorite actors after all these years.
 
Inannawhimsey said:
that was the movie that expanded my awareness of Bill Murray as an actor, that he could do more than be a comedian :3

a similar thing happened to me and Punch Drunk Love for Adam Sandler
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I haven't seen Punch Drunk Love, nor do I typically like Adam Sandler. But Spanglish is a lovely movie that shows a great deal of Sandler's range.
 
Mendalla said:
Bill Murray in the 21st century is a bit of an odd duck. He's still skews a bit weird and manic, but in a quieter way. I really liked him in Lost in Translation and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou but there's a part of me that still wants to see him go balls-to-the-wall crazy like he did at times in his early movies (e.g. Meatballs and Stripes) and even in his mid-period stuff like Scrooged. Still very much one of my favorite actors after all these years.
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Saw The Life Aquatic at the movie theater, and was not impressed. I see Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 56% (rotten) score on its Tomatometer. I thought Bill Murray was okay in his role, but I certainly didn't consider it one of his best performances. My favorite movie of his is What About Bob?
 
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