This evening's viewing: a long-overdue revisit to Wings of Desire. First seen many years ago at my beloved Filmhouse, this was the #film that introduced me to Wim Wenders, who would become one of my favourite film-makers.
Achingly beautiful piece of cinema. How many amazing works did the Filmhouse introduce me to that I'd likely never have seen otherwise? So looking forward to its return later this year...
Happy birthday to the great Peter Cushing, who was born on this day in 1913. I'm sure a lot of my lifelong love of #horror came from late night viewings of many Hammer films with Peter and his good friend Christopher Lee, probably at an age when I was too young for them but didn't care, because I loved them.
Ridley Scott's wildly uneven sociopolitical thriller/carnage porn is propelled purely by star wattage. Russell Crowe's Foghorn Leghorn accent is at least a diversion.
After the disappointment of "Out of Sight", to-night, I'm watching "Plane". This is an action thriller starring Gerard Butler, as a pilot whose plane is hit by lighting, and has to make an emergency landing.
The character must've been written for Butler. When speaking to his character's daughter he asks her to prepare "homemade haggis, neeps and tatties".
Then, when asked by the co-pilot if he was English, he replies "Hell no. I wouldn't lower myself to that. I'm Scottish." 😃
The Glassworker is a really intriguing feature-length anime-style film from #Pakistan 🇵🇰.
As a friend of mine observed, the studio did some interesting design choices that obviously was meant to appeal to an international audience. The depicted nation appears to be fictional but has elements of European and Middle Eastern cultures in it.
Watched Perfect Days (2023) by Wim Wenders. I liked it. Recommended if you like contemplative films like Paterson (2016) and/or Lost in Translation (2003).
If you're watching a film recorded in a language which you don't understand enough to follow the dialogue, what do you prefer to use to get a language that you do understand?
(I generally prefer dubbing, as I find subtitles require too much attention)
An overwhelming response for subtitles over dubbing in films, I thought subtitles were more popular but not 90%...
We discussed Mobile Suit Gundam I at film club last night, which only had subtitles (and unrelatedly came near the bottom of our ratings). Next up are Gozilla Minus One (just out on Netflix) and Star Wars: A New Hope (our 100th film, which one regular has never seen).
Jennifer Lopez trapped in the boot of a car with George Clooney turned out to be the highlight of the movie. After that scene the humour (it was billed as an action comedy) very much dried up. Too much time spent watching hoodlums driving around in cars.
Clooney and Lopez had some chemistry, but, it wasn't enough to hold my attention.