The Year of Film

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie from the list. Long story. But I saw Psycho tonight and it was a great start to the new wave of movie-watching (or so I hope).

I’ll try to put up a review or something of it, but I don’t know if I’ll get to it. So I’ll just say for now that it’s a 10/10. For sure. It was wonderful. :)

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Anonymous asked: Have you done tumblrdatinggame(.)com yet?

Nope. I checked it out and it didn’t look like it was right for me. That did, however, make me decide to start an eharmony account…

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I saw Spirited Away a couple days ago… it’s finals week so I should have been studying, but oh well. It was really good! :)

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icimdekisess:

Bizden korkuyorlar, çünkü biz keyfi olarak öldürme gücüne sahibiz. Suç işleyen bir adamın daha iyi bilmesi gerekir. Birini öldürtürüz ve gayet iyi hissederiz ya da kendimiz öldürür, daha da iyi hissederiz. Yine de bu güç değil. Bu adalet, güçten farklı.

Güç, öldürmek için her türlü gerekçeye sahip olduğumuz halde birini öldürmemektir.

Güç budur.

I have no idea what that says. But Google translate helped me figure out it’s Turkish, and it’s quoting a line from the movie. I watched Schindler’s List tonight. And it was… mind rattling. It’s not that I didn’t know about the things that happened. It’s just that every time I learn something new about the Holocaust, I get put into this mood that I can’t easily shirk. At least this time it inspired me to action. I want to do something to stop some suffering on this planet. Not just something. A lot. But I don’t know how, yet. I can only do what I know. So I am. And we’ll go from there.

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Number 104: North by Northwest (1959): An unsuspecting advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and set up in several elaborate framing schemes attempting to get him killed or imprisoned. Meanwhile, he meets a beautiful, yet suspicious blond woman who comes to his aid.

I liked this one the best of the Hitchcock I’ve seen so far. I can’t really explain why. I think it was partially that none of the characters who were supposed to be heroes were at the same time despicable in some way or another. Now that I think about it, all the Hitchcock movies I’ve seen so far have involved characters that pissed me off in one way or another. Take Scottie Ferguson (James Stuart) from Vertigo (that I’ll review soon). I got so disgusted by his obsession to make Judy look like Madeleine. Or Maxim de Winter from Rebecca and his gruff style. Anyway, certainly all people have character flaws, but I guess I prefer a hero/protagonist like Roger Thornhill.

9.5/10.

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spacemonkeyfilms:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Like I’ve stated before, not usually a huge fan of movies in which guns play a large part, but this movie was so entertaining, hilarious, and full of such strong and vibrant characters that I could watch them do just about anything and enjoy it. They are so well developed that they’re no longer actors and become their characters. The plot was so intricate through the series of events that led to the ending that you almost need a time line to decipher it all, but at the same time, it’s not at all confusing. It’s meticulously written and developed and it shows. The end is so satisfying once you see how everything ends up. Great film.

9/10

This one’s on the list. Now I’m really looking forward to watching it soon. :)

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