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Bea needs to watch more films

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darcyynic:
Here are some of my absolute FAVOURITE films! They are so beautiful and heartfelt and meaningful. :)

- The Royal Tenenbaums by Wes Anderson
- Moulin Rouge by Baz Luhrmann
- The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino
- Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
- Carol by Todd Haynes

beatroot:

--- Quote from: Joseph41 on December 15, 2018, 02:46:57 pm ---I have only heard of 4.5 of the movies in your list of 27. Is that unusual?

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Completely fine! Not everyone enjoys watching films :)


--- Quote from: EllingtonFeint on December 16, 2018, 10:49:13 pm ---I definitely think you should watch The Giver. Right now that is my favourite movie. Would love to know what anyone else thinks of it if they’ve seen it!
So I actually watched this before I read the book and although I truly adore both I kinda consider the book and the movie to be completely unrelated! They’re just so different! So if you haven’t read the book yet, watch the movie first! I feel like it makes it so much better,
ALSO the piano is this movie is so beautiful that I literally went out and learned the song AND the violin/dance/wedding part and composed an ending to it on piano and played it at my school’s awards night. Also I love the actors.

Some other movies I utterly adore and definitely recommend are...
-The Great Gatsby
-Tintin
-Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
-Hugo
-A Series of Unfortunate Events
-Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them

All have such gorgeous cinematography

And Clueless cos I am practically Cher incarnate.  ;)



OH! And one more, I dunno if I recommend this or what but I just watched Roma. Sorry, I didn’t like it, BUT it is a really good movie. Also I watched The Great Wall with my dad and had literally no idea about anything about it except that Mark Wahlberg’s in it and woahhhhhh that was pretty bizarre.


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Added all your suggestions! Are you referring to 'The Piano' by Jane Campion? If so- then that film is a definite on my list as well! She's probably the most famous and successful graduate from my film school so it would make sense to watch her films. We were even lucky to watch some of the short films she directed while she was a film student. I heard some parts of 'The Great Gatsby' were filmed in Sydney (specifically at ICMS in Manly) so would like to watch that. I've watched 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'- the film's production design was fantastic and distinct though the story was different to the books so the film puts me off a bit. I very much prefer the Netflix series much better (minus Neil Patrick Harris' depiction of Count Olaf. I still preferred Jim Carrey's portrayal). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was quite slow at first ngl but was drawn as soon as the action started to build halfway through the film. Editing and special effects were fantastic *bad dum tss*

And Clueless ?? As if! Love love love Clueless! It's iconic. My favourite scene has to be when Cher realises she has feelings for Josh. Makes my heart warm up a little.


--- Quote from: darcyynic on December 16, 2018, 11:23:48 pm ---Here are some of my absolute FAVOURITE films! They are so beautiful and heartfelt and meaningful. :)

- The Royal Tenenbaums by Wes Anderson
- Moulin Rouge by Baz Luhrmann
- The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino
- Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
- Carol by Todd Haynes

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Everything's been added to my to watch list! I need to get on Whiplash ASAP too because I really liked La La Land and also- if I had a dollar everytime Whiplash was included at my lecture, I could probably pay off all my student fees.

beatroot:
I managed to hit two birds with one stone today- I watched 'Die Hard' AND I watched it at the cinema as well (special screening session).

Die Hard (1998)
Dir. John McTiernan

Even though I watched the film in 35mm, the quality wasn't actually too bad and all the technical aspects were fantastic. Loved the screen music- how they used Christmas music and make it sinister to match with Hans and his men. But also reflect the Christmassy vibes of the film. Everything was fine besides how unrealistic the plot was. I understand it was an 80s cop film but my goodness I just couldn't believe that John hadn't died after placing himself in numerous life threatening situations.

At least I finally understand all the Die Hard references in Brooklyn Nine Nine.

My rating of the film has to be 3.5/5.

Got some good laughs from the film but I just couldn't look past on how unrealistic the plot was. Story is the main priority within film- way way above cinematography, sound, editing, etc.

beatroot:
Merry Christmas everyone!

I have treated myself to four films- two on Christmas Eve and two today.

Love Actually (2003)
Dir. Richard Curtis

A Christmas romance film that follows a number of love stories- though since there were so many going on at once that the stories were not developed easily and therefore I could not appreciate all the characters. The only love story that I liked from start to finish was the Prime Minister and Natalie's. Rating: 3.5/5

Love Rosie (2014)
Dir. Christian Ditter

A lovely romance story that follows best friends Rosie and Alex and somewhat very realistic depiction of lost loves. Lily Collins and Sam Clafin were fantastic and were so emotionally raw. Would recommend this film for sure! Rating: 5/5

Miss Stevens (2016)
Dir. Julia Hart

A film about an English teacher who escorts three students to a drama competition during one weekend. All technical aspects were beautiful (especially the cinematography and colour grading my goodness!). Though the characters of Lili Reinhart and Timothee Chalamet were irritating that it drew me away from the story. Rating: 2/5

The Bad Education Movie (2015)
Dir. Elliot Hegarty

A film made for the fans of the TV show 'Bad Education'- follows the story of history teacher Alfie Wickers and his students of Class K as they tour through Cornwall. You can only appreciate the film if you've watched the TV series. Jokes were a bit immature and plot was very unrealistic. Although the characters of Alfie Wickers (played by Jack Whitehall) and his students added warmth and depth to the film. Rating: 3/5

beatroot:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was an experience to watch and I appreciate its stylistic editing ;D

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