Thoughts on films, old and new
Los Angeles, CA
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Thoughts on Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959): In terms of #JulesVerne adaptation, you're better off with the original 20,000 Leagues. But it's a got a cool lizard-as-dinosaur sequence. goo.gl/UCKWC9 @aoscott @rianjohnson
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Thoughts on @LionMovie: The first third is one of the most beautiful films of the year. Then @GoogleEarth gets involved and the whole thing falls apart goo.gl/3cmnF3
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In @SightSoundMag 2012 poll, the film placed 15th as the greatest ever made. Although the film is great, Autumn Afternoon I think is more deserving of the praise. goo.gl/s2J9R1m @aoscott @barryjenkins @rianjohnson
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Thoughts on @AlliedMovie: Between 1980 and 1997 Robert Zemeckis had arguably the longest streak of back to back great films. Then, come the turn of the new century, his work took a turn. goo.gl/D4QMp4 @aoscott
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Thoughts on Ride the High Country (1962): There is no overblown violence, slow motion wagon chases, or flashy cutting. It contains no more than it needs, allowing us to see a more cerebral side of Peckinpah. goo.gl/y1wLEJ @aoscott @leonardmaltin #Westerns @AmericanFilm
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@joncvack on #GoodbyeMrChips: "...a film with the near same plot and structure as Mr. Holland's Opus, except with Mr. Chips as a Latin teacher, who one day hopes to be headmaster, never quite reaching that point." @aoscott @tnyfrontrow #ClassicFilm @TCM goo.gl/9qFPc4
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Thoughts on @moonlightmov: From sexuality to race... challenges you to look a bit deeper at everyone you see, discovering that there’s no point in trying to place men into fine categories, as it may be one of saddest things you could ever do. goo.gl/h3qGHa @barryjenkins
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Thoughts on #DodgeCity (1939) - To be a Wild West Cowboy you can’t have a flawless European pencil mustache, perfect haircut, and talk with an English accent. #ErrolMorris just doesn't work. @aoscott @TCM @Netflix #Westerns
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Thoughts on @GreenRoomFilm - Anton Yelchnin (RIP) and @shawkatalia are phenomenal, but I was left wondering who Patrick Stewart's character was and why he went to Oregon to start a Nazi compound... goo.gl/bL4S57 @aoscott
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Second thoughts on @weinerdoc: I was left wondering how a man who seemed to have everything he wanted also appeared hellbent on self-destruction... willfully ignorant over what his actions could do and who they could hurt. @emilybazelon @aoscott goo.gl/wnyrhQ
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Thoughts on @weinerdoc - as @davidaxelrod on @theaxefiles often mentions, many politicians have a deep need for accolades and attention. They love the fandom and relish in the power. Anthony Weiner embodies this narcissism... goo.gl/FwQwJQ @aoscott
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Thoughts on @SpikeLee's #MalcolmX: Rare is it to watch a film and lose all awareness of the person playing the role. I didn’t think I was watching a story about Malcolm X; I thought I was watching a movie that included Malcolm X. @aoscott @tnyfrontrow goo.gl/dg5Lwy
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Thoughts on #TheMagnficientSeven - there have only been a handful of good American Action Movies from the last decade. @mag7movie is one of them. goo.gl/uGSde4 @aoscott @prattprattpratt @vincentdonofrio
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Thoughts on Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - Strikingly similar to Friday the 13th except way way better. An incredibly underrated horror film. goo.gl/VVbeB9 @unclecreepy @THETomSavini @aoscott @stephenking
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Thoughts on @american_fable - When I hear that more women need to be at the director’s helm, it’s a voice like Anne Hamilton’s which shows the grand potential. #womeninfilm @peyton_kennedy @Richard_Schiff @IFC @aoscott @SDFilmFestival goo.gl/SU3HSc
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Thoughts on #Pitfall - Serving as Ghost Story, Murder Mystery, Investigative Procedural, and Social Realism, #HiroshiTeshigahara's film swings from genre to genre with increasingly rapid pace, getting a bit too abstract for its own good @criterion @aoscott goo.gl/8RRzJz
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Thoughts on @HoHWmovie - the characters are so good, some camera work so breathtaking, the environment and voice so unique, and the questions and ideas so interesting that it’s easily one of the best films from 2016. @oscars @aoscott @tnyfrntrow #OscarNominee #WesternFilm
#HoopDreams "...could at least motivate people to try & do whatever they can to provide whatever opportunity they can for those on the downside of privilege, even if it’s as simple as accepting that gross or bigoted generalizations should no longer be part of the discussion."
On #GoodbyeMrChips: "It’s been so long since I’ve seen a Feel Good movie made by a great filmmaker, who simply wanted to explore a great person or joyful story, without the need for profanity, violence, or sex. It’s not an easy accomplishment." @aoscott @tcm @tnyfrontrow
Released five years after the original, #MajorLeague2 is the kind of film where the reluctance to preserve what worked in the first is sacrificed for some of the most uninspired character developments I’ve ever seen in a film. @MLB @Indians @whitesox @aoscott @StephenKing #MLB
