Recently Watched Films

Pretty grim material for it's time. Didn't really grab me. I watched a dubbed English version. It might be better subtitled.

You haven't seen the original M then unless you've watched an unofficial dub, which I'd be dubious of. I'm not sure an official English dub of the German version exists. 

Filmmaking was done differently in those days to produce alternate language versions. In the case of M, that means a lot of it was re-shot, often with different actors than appear in the German version (Peter Lorre is in both and the English version is his first performance in English). The director, Fritz Lang, is said to have not been involved in producing these alternate language versions of M. 

I believe the English one is also slightly shorter than the German. 

The film is best viewed in a restored German version. There's a lot of subpar releases of this film and quite a few shitty ones, including what can be viewed on Amazon Prime. In the UK the only release worth watching is either the DVD or Blu-Ray release from Eureka Entertainment. Not sure what the best available over your way would be. 

That got crazy, love it

Second watch of this one. Been a while so I didn't remember everything about it. It feels a little dated, but I'd say it's at least a cult classic. 

Another of the essential early gangster films, being released a few months after Little Caesar. I think this one tops that one. Cagney was the gangster actor in those days, thanks in no small part to this movie.

Weird and good. I spotted the 'reveal' early on though thanks to a pretty on the nose foreshadowing. 

The first act is a masterpiece. The second is only decent. Vincent D'Onofrio gives one of the best performances I've ever seen in this, especially during the climatic scene of the first act. 

He's from a well to do (read: snooty) family. She's from a family of eccentrics. Chaos ensues when they decide to get married. 

One of the funniest films I've ever seen to be honest. 

Wow, this is really well done. The fighting itself isn't the central focus of the movie, but the battle scenes that there are are excellent.

Basically Saw, without the blood and guts. 

A movie being meta way before it was cool. This was a lot of fun, with some good unexpected plot twists, although the further it went on, the more predictable it becomes. 

Could be so much more but it's not. I don't think they could have made the movie feel more lifeless if they'd tried.

Re-watch. Top tier Scorsese and not an effort to do the entire three hour film in one sitting. 

Suspension of disbelief very much required for this one. Not unfun once you switch your brain off though. 

I'd always expected this to be style over substance, but it's not. It's a powerfuland somewhat dark story with a thin veneer of happiness and glamour over the top. If it had been up against just about any other movie than The Godfather for best picture Oscar it would have won.

Divine and John Waters was a match made in B-movie heaven! Love his sense of the absurd and her OTT acting.

And magnificent they were.