Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 30/07/2025
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I watched 'In the Heat of the Night' (1967). Good film, but I was a little surprised to see that it was nominated for 7 Oscars and won 5, including Best Picture. It relies very heavily on the dynamics between the main characters and its major themes; the mystery plot is secondary/background to everything else and feels quite underdeveloped. I guess it is a product of its time in many ways and the major messages, whilst still relevant, don't have the same impact nearly 60 years later.
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The Big Heat (1953)
4/5Fritz can sure direct a movie. A rarity where I’m glued to the screen the entire time. Glenn Ford is definitely not your typical lead but it’s certainly a powerful performance.
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
4.5/5Smiled the whole time. I want to live in this incredibly colorful world.
Paris, Texas (1984)
5/5Finished the last 45 minutes or so after being unable to finish it a couple months back. What a beautiful film. Some truly emotional, very long cuts at the end are quite remarkable. Stanton puts on one hell of a performance.
Blue Collar (1978)
4.5/5All three of our protagonists really nail it. The whole movie is raw, from the fact that it’s Shrader’s first go at it, to the soundtrack, to the gritty, dangerous work of building cars in the 70s. Prior somehow manages to standout even with Keitel and Kotto putting in strong performances.
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
4.5/5I just watched it today and it took over half an hour for my brain to start forming a string of thoughts again. I was utterly captivated. The dub is terrible. Shot-to-shot congruity is nonexistent. The environment is steadily more alien. The hubris and brutality of man is on full display. It’s a boon that’s there’s very little spoken word and even less actual dialogue. I am in utter awe of the sheer audacity of even attempting to tell a story in such a remote location in the 70s. I felt like Kinski was gonna reach through the screen and throttle me at any moment.
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Ghost of War (2020) - Decent WW2 Nazi occult horror that turned out to be somewhat unique. It's not a great movie, but I think fans of horror/thrillers will enjoy it.
Les Visiteurs (1993) - French comedy from my childhood with Christian Claver and Jean Reno. A fun middle ages to the 90s time travel comedy. A little stupid at times, but funny and wholesome.
Orion's Key (1996) - A dumb scifi-action b-movie about an alien artifact found in Africa. I enjoyed it, but I would only recommend it if you like sci-fi and 90s b-movies.
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City Hunter 4/5: This shit was so fucking goofy, but honestly it leaned into it just the right amount. Funny, horny, and also kind of exactly the same plot as season 1 of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 3/5: This is a great dad movie. Just a lot of really well done ship drama, and well acted. Not mind blowing but not atrocious either
I Know What You did Last Summer (2025) 2.5/5: I liked it better than the original. It had to spend some time doing references to the old one which made it spend less time on the nonsense plot, which is to its benefit. Also I'm younger and the young people jokes landed better than the old one did
Eddington 2/5: Ignoring the insane incident that happened to me at the theater, this is basically Don't Look Up but for 2020 instead of climate change. It's less tone deaf and condescending but still kinda sucks at delivering its less than paper thin message
The Core 3/5: I know this movie is frequently regarded as one of the least scientifically accurate movies ever made, but that's kinda what I like about it. I said a similar thing about Looper recently but when a movie basically stares down the barrel of the camera and says "stop thinking too hard about it nerd" I have some respect. The early 2000s disaster movie needs to come back
Superman (2025) 3/5: There's several things I genuinely appreciate about this movie: it's goofy as hell, they use DC characters we haven't seen a million times, Superman isn't complicated, he genuinely wants to be as good as possible. However it gets really slow in parts and a lot of the camera work was so weird it actively brought me out of the movie to ask, who the fuck chose to do this?
