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.
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Here are some great comments from last week's thread:
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The China Syndrome (1979). Directed by James Bridges and starring Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, and Jack Lemmon. Well that's a film with some uncomfortable parallels to the present. This is a rather chilling look at the operation (or lack thereof) of a fictional nuclear power plant that had the unfortunate timing of coming out just prior to Three Mile Island's accident. Free publicity of the worst (best?) kind. Even without the publicity it'd be an excellent film. That's largely down to its leads. Fonda is great as a reporter who wants to do more investigative work but is repeatedly saddled with fluff pieces due to her looks. She's got multiple little mannerisms in the film which express that frustration without needing to straightforwardly lay it out with heavy-handed dialogue. Douglas is great as a very concerned cameraman who refuses to let the nuclear company or his own media bosses sweep a potential disaster under the rug. But the real star here is Lemmon. Jack Lemmon is amazing in whatever he does and he's electric here once he decides to do what he thinks is right. There's little more powerful than an honest man with nothing to lose, particularly if he's pitted against a system designed to crush him. That is what happens here, but not without him achieving a small measure of victory. That's maybe all he could have hoped to achieve, but Lemmon sells the hell out of his attempt with thoroughly believable confusion and desperation for a man in his position. The parallels to today are obvious and unsettling. I'm pro-nuclear energy (when it's handled well), so I don't see this movie as anti-nuclear, despite its history. I do, however, get a chill when I think about a company losing money and deciding to risk the lives of thousands in order to make a quick buck. The connections to modern energy companies' approach to environmental disasters is apparent and deeply frustrating.
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They Live (1988). I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect about this movie. They Live, portrays CEO's and other big business people as aliens, that dictate how society is run. The Aliens have overrun all points of the social construct of society, when the Aliens see a non-conformist, such as George Nada (Roddy Piper) and his partner Frank Armitage (Keith David), the Aliens try to subdue them and eliminate the threat. Francisco X. Perez the make-up artist did a great job. The make-up was simple yet elegant. (South Park fans) The "cripple fight" scene was kinda thrown out of nowhere. Frank (Kieth David) throws out a sucker-punch just because he didn't want to put on the glasses. Even though Nada (Roddy Piper) was being forceful and a bit insane when he was trying to explain to Frank. I give this movie a 8/10. TL;DR It's a great fucking movie!
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Iron Giant. Brad Bird does it again! I loved Ratatouille, and The Incredibles is my personal favorite animated movie, so i can't believe it took me this long to watch Iron Giant. Just like his other films, Iron Giant does a great job of evoking emotion and developing character. It was great watching the bond grow between Hogarth and the Giant, as well as watching the Giant coming to terms with his own violent nature. When the Giants true purpose is discovered, i thought the movie did a great job of showing how humans and the military would react to it. The fear and confusion (especially of the main villain) felt very realistic. As always with Brad Bird Films, the characters are fantastic. Hogarth was an amazing representation of a budding youth, and i would rank him with some of the best child characters i've ever seen. The Giant was great too, i loved the contrast of a hulking war machine being so playful and innocent. Hogarths mother was fantastic, i honestly felt like i saw some of my own mother in her character. One extra thing i appreciate about this movie was it's accuracy towards the period of time. Brad Bird perfectly captured the slang and cultural attitudes of the 50's. I would have to re watch Ratatouille to really solidify my opinion, but right now, i would say that Iron Giant ranks behind the Incredibles while ranking just slightly in front of Ratatouille in terms of my favorite Brad Bird films.
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