It’s been a while since those, what are your latest gems?
New Mission Impossible is really good.
Also after reading first book I watched the extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring. Obviously a master piece…
You’d think it would be full of cliches, but I was pleasantly surprised how many plot twists it has and how unpredictable the ending was.
@jayrod@lemmy.film could we please have those threads set-up automatically using something like https://schedule.lemmings.world/auth/login?
I watched four films this week, all of which I’d seen before (so clearly I quite like them all):
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
Really tough to choose one, but would probably have to give the nod to Mr Smith. Jimmy Stewart is just too good.
I watched Citizen Kane for the first time. It’s one I’d never got round to despite it being so lauded. I’ll be honest, it being black and white and from 1941, I had prejudged it as I’ve not been a fan of other films of that era.
Thankfully, It’s pretty bloody good! In many ways it feels a more modern film than many that came after it. Yes, some of the acting is a bit hokey, but Orson Welles is great, and the directing, cinematography, and music are all stellar. There’s so many bold and interesting choices and often a tangible sense of heightened reality about it. It’s an odd film in that it outlines the entire plot in the first 10 minutes, but still hooks you with the central question. What is Rosebud? But, more importantly, who is Charles Foster Kane?