Essential Coli-members what's the last thing you watched?

[TheNatureBoy]

I can see why it might have been divisive to some, with what Garland chose to focus on and what some might have been expecting. I did think it was shot really well and I enjoyed it more than Men.

 

[Black Excellence]

U Turn (1997) - 7.5/10

This whole movie from the music to Oliver’s signature in scene cuts to the acting is just sublime. Stone legitimately had fun making this because the way I was entertained

 

[Black Excellence]

Le Samourai (1967) - 8/10

I noticed the influencers immediately with The Transporter, David Fincher’s The Killer & a little bit of Drive. I also can see why Drive got the criticisms it did.

This film is the definition of meticulousness and honestly takes itself too seriously. I really appreciate the older films and their commitment to story & character building but we do not need a scene where doors are being checked for neighbors, a door is unlocked, walking around in an apartment, going through keys, placing an object and locking a door all of which spanned for damn near 3 minutes. I kept saying to myself a good 30 minutes of this shyt could’ve been edited out.

The good tho, goddamn the dialogue is fantastic, the colors work perfectly to capture Jef and the bleakness around him, the single camera use is very effective with getting those one take scenes. It felt like every frame was valuable with the lack of cuts. The plot is very good, doesn’t hold your hand and I loved the ambiguity of the ending.

 

[Black Excellence]

Husbands and Wives (1992) - 8.5/10

Dialogue. Dialogue. Dialogue.

You FEEL like they’re talking, it doesn’t have a movie sense to it in the context of, you say a line then I say a line, rinse and repeat. I’m not sure if this begun in the 80’s, 90’s or even the 70’s but goddamn this felt like people you knew having actual conversations. Blow Out was mentioned on the previous page and THAT movie comes to mind when you think of flowing conversations like the ones presented in this.

This is my first time watching a Woody Allen film and I gotta give him his flowers for this.

One last thing, I’ll try not to spoil but there’s a character in this and……he’s never beating the allegations

Definition of returning to the scene of the crime