So much potential but the script is just terrible. Could have been edited down a bit too. I was intrigued by the idea of an all Engrish film (and the appearance of Tarantino) but it just wasn't very enjoyable.
Very enlightening doc about the failed war on drugs, and the prison-industrial complex. I highly recommended this movie. It covers an important issue that we need to fix.
Is it as good as the first movie? No. But if you enjoyed Machete, you should see this movie. There are some great moments. The best part to me was
the extent they go to in order to set up Machete in Space. It actually works and is funny. The trailer at the beginning of the movie makes you think they won't make a third movie after all, but by the end you realize they will.
Also, Mel Gibson is great in this movie. I wished they handled his character a little better, but he was cast perfectly.
Very well done prison escape movie. I love the amount of time they spend showing them actually digging / filing away at things. It should be so monotonous but it ends up being very immersing.
Laurel & Hardy are a boring and unfunny pair. Most of the humor comes from Laurel slightly messing up (getting a vet instead of a doctor), or taking things literally ("you're yellow!" "Really?"). Add some average slap stick and what you get pales in comparison to anything the Marx Brothers ever did.
I'm not big on melodramas, but this movie looks great. I love the way colours look in early colour films. The outfits are reminiscent of '38 Robin Hood in their bold colours, and the lighting is similarly beautiful.
There's nothing quite like Ruby Keeler doing her awkward little dance (which I love), while three characters gawk and say something like "this kids got chops!"
Also, the fact that this movie has the gag where the women are so hot that a blind man (who straight up has a sign that says "blind man" around his neck) lowers his glasses to get a better look is just fantastic.
Probably Berkeley's strangest movie, maybe not his best but it's up there.
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Movie comment on Top Hat
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Amazing dance performances of course, but do yourself a favour and skip past the plot.Movie comment on Speed
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Incredibly dumb, but so enjoyable.Movie comment on My Man Godfrey
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Over ratedMovie comment on Dayereh
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Realist feminist film that is quite upsetting. Masterful directing in this, some really great long takes aswell.Movie comment on Sukiyaki uesutan Jango
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So much potential but the script is just terrible. Could have been edited down a bit too. I was intrigued by the idea of an all Engrish film (and the appearance of Tarantino) but it just wasn't very enjoyable.Movie comment on In a Lonely Place
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If there's a more incredible ending to a film, I haven't seen it. Absolutely fantastic. Bogart's best performance.Movie comment on Les parapluies de Cherbourg
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The great music combined with colour and style make this a very enjoyable movie. Plus I'm a sucker for French stuff and boy is this film ever French.Movie comment on A Day at the Races
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Some great moments (the operation scene for example) but there are a few too many dull scenes. Not the brothers' best.Movie comment on The House I Live In
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Very enlightening doc about the failed war on drugs, and the prison-industrial complex. I highly recommended this movie. It covers an important issue that we need to fix.Movie comment on Brief Encounter
JStein
Wow. The last 5 minutes are very emotionally powerful. Great movie.Movie comment on Machete Kills
JStein
Is it as good as the first movie? No. But if you enjoyed Machete, you should see this movie. There are some great moments. The best part to me wasMovie comment on Theodore Rex
JStein
Holy shit this is a real movie.Movie comment on Le trou
JStein
Very well done prison escape movie. I love the amount of time they spend showing them actually digging / filing away at things. It should be so monotonous but it ends up being very immersing.Movie comment on Sons of the Desert
JStein
Laurel & Hardy are a boring and unfunny pair. Most of the humor comes from Laurel slightly messing up (getting a vet instead of a doctor), or taking things literally ("you're yellow!" "Really?"). Add some average slap stick and what you get pales in comparison to anything the Marx Brothers ever did.Movie comment on Du rififi chez les hommes
JStein
Classic heist masterpiece.Movie comment on The Phenix City Story
JStein
Thematically reminiscent of 12 Angry Men, with the style of the best noires.Movie comment on All That Heaven Allows
JStein
I'm not big on melodramas, but this movie looks great. I love the way colours look in early colour films. The outfits are reminiscent of '38 Robin Hood in their bold colours, and the lighting is similarly beautiful.Movie comment on Pickup on South Street
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Quintessential late noir. Great stuff.Movie comment on Dames
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There's nothing quite like Ruby Keeler doing her awkward little dance (which I love), while three characters gawk and say something like "this kids got chops!"Also, the fact that this movie has the gag where the women are so hot that a blind man (who straight up has a sign that says "blind man" around his neck) lowers his glasses to get a better look is just fantastic.
Probably Berkeley's strangest movie, maybe not his best but it's up there.