Recently Watched Films

this was awesome

Not Disney's best work, but the second one especially is loaded with the kind of satire I can appreciate. 

This may be one of those films that doesn't click without a second viewing, once you know what to expect from it. First go around and I couldn't make head to tail of it. 

Almost switched this off early, but saw it through after the twist become apparent. Rather messed up movie though. I wouldn't want to see it again, though it is quite visually stunning in terms of cinematography. 

Finally saw the original! That's another one ticked off the horror bucket list. It's a lot better than the remake (which I didn't think was too bad when I first saw it without having seen this, but now feels a lot weaker having actually seen this version). 

And finally we come to the best movie of this bunch, which I'm still reeling from. I'm not sure there's a movie ever where a twist ending has actually shocked me so much, and the sisters gasp as the penny drops on what her brother has found out is going to be living rent free in my head for a long time to come. 

Talk about sticking up for what you believe! If it was me I'd change my tune in seconds flat! Anyway, this movie looks amazing and has an incredible cast. A bit slow and talk-y in places, but this sometimes happens with stories based on real events.

I wrote essays about Pizzaro and the Spanish conquest of the Incas and South America in general when I was at university, but I always had problems visualising it. This really brings to life how perilous and foolhardy it all was. The folly and stupidity of some of the things these people did in the name of God and in pursuit of myths is astounding. It caused so much death and destruction.

Amazing movie. I've actually been to Gwang-Ju very briefly (I lived in Jeon-Ju, about 100 km north). I knew of student riots there, but not the extent and severity of it all. Song Kang-ho is brilliant as ever too, bringing a touch of bumbling comedy when needed in what's mostly a very serious movie.

'They call me, MISTER TIBBS!'

Ealing + Alec Guinness = win. 

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