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Shé (Snake) 2023
Marks off for some of the really weak audio on some of the dialogue (had to put the subtitles on).
Marks regained for the WTF factor and some of the boggin' horror on show.
Here endeth a slightly underwhelming month of first watches.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
IMDB top 250 challenge 90/111.
Hmmm, that's quite a subdued performance from Jimmy Stewart. Aww look at Jimmy playing with his hat while being all smitten. Jimmy's getting crushed by these evil dudes. Jimmy's throwing down some majestic poetry here. Jimmy! Stop it with this masterclass in acting.
Yip, James Stewart hitting home run after home run here and he's still got plenty more in the tank. As much as I felt the film was built around him (and why…
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Tokyo Story 1953
IMDB top 250 challenge 89/111.
Simplistic in its script, delivery, camera positioning and understated performances, Tokyo Story becomes this unusual enigma in that because I found the structure to be maintained for more than 2 hours, it began to outstay its welcome. Everything about the fractured family unit and the treatment of one another in a post world war 2 environment are all there. I'm going to sound like one of the ratbag children and say I could see the…
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988
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When I went to see Franz Ferdinand play a gig at The Barras on Friday night, their walk on music was the theme from Naked Gun. So I thought the film was worth a re-visit.
It's weird, I've likely seen the third film the most and couldn't recall much of the first 2. As the puns, one liners and physical gags came flying off the conveyor belt, I was 10 years old again, watching this for…
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