Movie #1: Dream Scenario
This is a thread I’ve done 2 times before, sharing short reviews of every movie I watch in a year. My goal is to watch about 100 movies this year.
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Movie #4: A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)
It's 17 minutes, but I'm counting it since this is how long films were in the very early days.
Movie #6: Memento
Minor spoiler in the review text if you don't know the general setup for this film.
Movie #11: The Marvels
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Movie #17: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
This is the sort of thing that makes me a Star Wars fan.
Movie #20: Big Trouble in Little China
If I know anything about doing these reviews, giving an 80s movie an "okay" score is going to go over poorly 😛
@DavidAnson So it’s an interesting question and it’s something I do try to be mindful of when watching anything. There’s definitely something to be said for watching something in its time that you just can’t get watching the same thing decades later.
That said, I don’t think movies invariably get better as time moves on, and some movies have a more timeless quality than others. Kinda like how some jokes are always funny, while others “you had to be there.” if that makes sense.
@DavidAnson On the Star Wars thing, if I ever criticize a 40+ year old movie for having poor visual effects compared to today, I’ve jumped the shark, stop me!
If the story is boring though, that’s more timeless IMO. FWIW I think Star Wars has a great story told well, which is a big reason is the most culturally significant piece of media created in the past 50 (100??) years 😁
@DavidAnson Absolutely. I do think about Ghostbusters vs Ghostbusters (2016) or or new Star Wars vs old Star Wars as examples of newer *looking* better, but most people would agree the older ones were better.
I guess it all comes down to art being subjective. Hell, my mood that day can change how I respond to a movie! I thought Mad Max Fury Road was kinda blah the first time I saw it, but rewatched it last year and was like “this is remarkable!” 😝
@joshginter Oh wow, I actually didn’t look up any trivia about this one, but that’s wild. I just looked up more deets and it sounds like Tony Gilroy came in and rewrite & reshot nearly half the movie.
Didn’t Ron Howard take over Solo midway through as well and have to save that one? The behind-the-scenes drama of making Star Wars films seems like a lot.
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