The way this works is that you post a review of the best film you saw last week. It doesn't have to be a new release, just any film you have seen over the last seven days that you feel is worth talking about. Here are some rules.
1. Check to see if your favourite film of last week has been posted already. If so, please reply to that comment instead of making a new thread.
2. Please post your favourite film of last week.
3. NO TV SHOWS!
4. ALWAYS use spoiler tags. Report any comments that spoil recent / little-known films (e.g. Ghost in the Shell) without using the spoiler tag.
5. Comments that only contain the title of the film will be removed!
Here are some great comments from last week's thread:
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Kimi No Na Wa/Your Name. It was only playing at one theater in my area for a single night, so i decided to check it out. It was fantastic. The characters were very well written, Mitsuha and Taki were very relate-able and charming, and I was especially surprised at how well written the side characters were. The animation was fantastic, i was amazed at how great the city/country and items in the environment looked. It is easily the best animation i have seen in the Japanese style. The story was incredibly intelligent and an absolute emotional roller coaster. The twist was great, and the movie surprised me at multiple points. It wonderfully balances heartwarming moments, humor, and scenes of heart-pounding dread. It had the best ending of any movie that I've seen in 2016, and i wouldn't dream of spoiling it. Although i was a bit confused as to when Mitsuha and Taki were in each others bodies during the beginning, i understood it more towards the middle, and i feel that if i watch it again this problem would be erased. This is easily my second favorite animated film from 2016, it is absolutely criminal this didn't get nominated for Best Animated Feature. Although i did like Zootopia slightly better (i know that might be a bit of a controversial opinion) i would have been just as happy if Your Name won.
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I watched the Colombian film Embrace of the Serpent. Kermode recommended it as one of the top 10 films of 2016, and I usually enjoy films that are evocative of Heart of Darkness, so I watched it. It is one of the best films I have watched in recent years. It is not an easy movie to watch by all means. It's in black and white --gorgeous cinematography nonetheless, and felt like a documentary at times. But there were intense moments of magical realism, deep human connections and emotions, and incredible imageries and sets. The ending of the film was so powerful that I cried like a baby. The actors are all very good ---the acting was very natural, and you felt like you were in the Amazonian jungle yourself. The story is about one German and one American explorer who went deep into the Amazonian jungle in search of a particular plant that a particular unnamed tribe holds dear. But the story is not really about them at all, lol. I've never seen a film like it. But some people think it's in the same vein as Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, or Apocalypse Now. Give it a watch. It will change you.
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A Clockwork Orange - I was fully aware of the many controversial moments that would be in the film and was still shocked, albeit not offended, by some of the material. Even more surprising was the fact that it had actually toned down several parts of the film from the original novel. Still, I was throughly impressed by the acting, pacing, cinematography and particularly the writing. Perhaps the most enduring element to me though was the incredible and original ways in which the film juxtaposed audience expectations against what occurred onscreen. The film often had other subtle moments. I especially enjoyed how his group wore white (a color generally associated with goodness) during their heinous acts while Alex wore a very dark suit after being released from prison. The film really is a marvel to watch and it is rife with so many relevant themes that still reflect today's society. Probably preaching to the choir on Stanley Kubrick's brilliance, but I am continuously astounded by the boundaries he pushed in creating some of the most magnificent films I have ever seen.
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