list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

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Past Shadows (2021 - US): Christendom fantasies... It is fine by me. I'm not anti-religious. Good that the fantastical element -an ancient Middle Eastern relic made of glass- was not the central element of the plot. As it was insufferably stupid. Like something that my 15-year-old self could come up with. Well, it could be central, but not in a way that one would expect. Its storyline on IMDb is deceiving, and most of the reviews there are presumably fake. 10/10? Are you serious guys?  Anyhow, it was not boring and was very easy to watch. I had already been used to watching such movies, shown in late hours on some Turkish TVs. This was one of the average ones of them. 6/10

Edited by Shadowyzard - January 12 2022 at 15:18

El aviso (2018 - Spain): I've developed an interest in such Spanish movies with some twisted plots. They are generally good, and this was not an exception. 7/10

^ I was about a third the way through it last night when our whole village lost power. Downed power lines just south of town apparently. Overnight temp outside was around -21c (-35c with the windchill). It didn't come back on till 9:40 this morning. So once we thaw out a bit I'll have to get back to it.

Extinction (2018 - US): One of the fun Netflicks (palinpropism). Betwixt, there lurk some surprising plot twists. So, wait till the second part. Am I spoiling the fun? The following movie ruined my fun, so I want you to share the same fate with me.  Flashy-clashy sci-fi of a good quality. It has a premonitory value and a morally ambiguous ending too. 7.5/10

Clara (2018 - Canada/US): Where should I begin?.. It was like a "work hard - party hard" type of movie. But, a crapfest inside a movie is not that nice. I'm quite tolerant to nonsensical, implausible things in the movies, so long as the craftsmanship is satisfactory. This movie is more believable than, say, Tabernacle 101. But, it is not enough. The first 3 quarters of the movie DEMANDS a different continuation and ending. Interstellar did this MUCH BETTER. This movie was a total failure. And the sad thing is that, it had a fantastic potential. One thing to conclude: That scientist is not that smart. Just a fragile person masking it with sternness and rigidity. A smart person would/should interpret all those events differently. But, he "needed" that kind catharsis and took them all literally. The major problem of the movie was, it was neither plausible nor dramatic enough. All those events can really happen, you know, anything can happen. But, the word "plausible" took its roots from the Latin word for "to applaud". And, this movie does not deserve it. 5/10

Edited by Shadowyzard - January 16 2022 at 16:07

Citizen Kane: 10/10
Vertigo: 10/10

A Hero (Asghar Farhadi, 2021). Saw this film this week. I very much like Farhadi's first feature films: About Elly and A Separation. I was less convinced by his subsequent films. A Hero is a solid film: a great script - a bit in the vein of A Separation - and great acting (and direction of actors). Cinematographicly speaking it is rather sober; as such it serves the script well, but I think he could have been a bit more inventive in the image department. Great film though, that I can recommend to those who like social justice themes.

The Irrefutable Truth About Demons (2000 - New Zealand): This was quite a sight. One of the, if not the, best satanic movies that I've ever seen. Could be unsettling for some, but not that much, I guess. Great addiition to the horror genre. Deserves far better recognition. 9/10

Tenet (2020)