2019 Film Thread! — Page 4

Miles2Go2 said: "pushdabutton said: "Has anyone seen The Goldfinch? I found it painfully slow moving and felt the 3 hours running time to be way too long."

That’s disappointing to hear. I’ve started the book and I’m loving it so far. Unfortunately, I rarely finish books I’m reading anymore as I get distracted."

We actually ended up walking out of The Goldfinch. I didn’t read the book but the movie was one of the most dull pieces of drivel I’ve seen in ages. The performances were really bad too, especially the children.


I may end up finishing it sometime, just because I hate not finishing something but I’m in no hurry.

My favorites this year have been Under the Silver Lake and The Last Black Man in San Francisco. I caught both of them on Amazon and regret not seeing them in theaters because they're both amazing films. I keep telling my friends to see UTSL and their response is always, "Never heard of it. What is it? Okay, I'll check it out," and then they never do.

Me. I'll see anything she directs.

The most memorable movies I've seen this year have been Official Secrets, RocketMan, The Art of Self Defense, and Hustlers. Honorable mention goes to John Wick3:Chap 3 despite Keanu & Halle both appearing a bit long in the tooth throughout.

I saw "Knives Out" this weekend and even though I figured out the culprit towards the very beginning (it was VERY obvious even though some the "how" caught me off guard), I don't think you should go for the mystery aspect of the movie but for the ensemble of great actors and the pure fun of the movie.

I just saw Knives Out last night, & it was very fun. A very old-fashioned movie. But, I didn't love Daniel Craig's accent, & wonder if he was listening to Liza's version of "Losing My Mind" from her late 80's album Results?

Tonight I went & saw Marriage Story as it was playing one night in a local indy theatre. I like Adam Driver a lot, & also director Baumbach. Had its moments but overall a pretty lousy film. Interesting comments above about the legal holes in the plot. Seeing it on a big screen, a lot of flaws show up in the physical production that you may not notice watching it streaming. The titles were atrocious, worse than on one of those 70's shows on videotape. Also, when it comes to storytelling, I wonder if there is a lack of discipline since this is made for streaming, & most people who end up watching probably won't watch it in one go, but will watch a bit then pause & come back to it. I've heard so many bad things about The Irishman as well in the same regard, that it just drones on tediously going no where.

Speaking about Adam Driver, my little brother is a die hard Star Wars nut, & has filled me in on all the spoilers re the new film, as well as all the drama from the disasterous test screenings & reshoots to desperately try to salvage something. It seems so strange that Disney couldn't get someone to come up with some kind of over arching plot for 3 movies, similar to how they plotted out all the Marvel things before filming. Instead with Star Wars they seem to just fly by the seat of their pants with no clue.

Before I went out, TCM was playing a couple versions of Little Women tonight, & while making dinner (on West Coast) I watched some of the Katherine Hepburn version - which I've never seen before. It doesn't seem to matter which version I watch, I always end up balling my eyes out. And not just over the big things. I was crying when Katherine Hepburn had to tell Laurie at the ball that her dress had a patch in it & he danced with her in the other room. But honestly there is zero reason to make another version of this. I would rather Gerwig had done another original script.

Updated On: 12/17/19 at 01:12 AM

I still have to see "Uncut Gems" and "Little Women" before I am able to make my top 10 movie list. I was really hoping to catch "1917" since it is showing up on a few people's #1 spot but it's no where near me until January.

I was pretty meh on Little Women. I thought Emma Watson and Florence Pugh were bad but the rest were fine. Didn't think Gerwig brought anything new to this tired old story other than some pointless and jarring time jumps.

I don't go out to the movies now these days, something has to completely peak my interest to invest the time and money to go see a film in an actual movie theater, so I've seen very few films. My favorites this year - - - in no particular order:



Knives Out

Little Women

Toy Story 4

Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood