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@leonardoalfonso7080 5 сағат бұрын
Excellent video! Please do a review on Annihilation.
@ben_has_hobbies 20 сағат бұрын
As a native German speaker the film is almost unwatchable. The bad German of most of the cast breaks any immersion. Especially Tilda Swinton as Klemperer is just laughable. Of course that isn't a problem for most viewers since they are likely to not speak German. For me it turned this into a pretty looking student movie.
@Bibidrego578 9 күн бұрын
RIP DELON
@brandonhamaguchi 17 күн бұрын
I think you are wrong in some parts of your conclusion, you say "humanity is saved by a rapist and murderer", but the murdered alien changed his mind, she dropped the mission, she is a traitor of the upper hierarchy aliens, she isn't anymore what humanity needs to be saved for.
@ShootMeMovieReviews 15 күн бұрын
That's a good point, but there's a couple of things to consider then. First, from the rapist's perspective, he only knows that she's an alien thing and is impelled to kill her. It's that instinct that (if anything) will save us. If she hadn't been starting to change, his act would have been a more perfect 'rescue', and acts of violence from such as he would in future attempts be our best hope. So, my point stands in that regard. But even if the message is that any possible redemption/mutual understanding would be undermined by human nature, it's still both nihilistic and a total condemnation of humanity. So either way, I'm not seeing value in the story. Is the blackness an image of hopelessness, or of the necessity of evil? Either way, I'm out.
@brandonhamaguchi 17 күн бұрын
Your videos and the movies that you choose to cover are awesome! Hope you come back someday ❤
@ShootMeMovieReviews 17 күн бұрын
I'd really like to. What stops me is that KZfaq is so unreasonable with its copyright policy that it blocks about 1/3 of my videos, and they're too much work to do only to be discarded by an algorithm that doesn't understand Fair Use.
@brandonhamaguchi 17 күн бұрын
If you like this one, check The Face of Another, to me it covers similar themes but goes more deep about identity and the style is bolder and refined
@ShootMeMovieReviews 17 күн бұрын
It's another fascinating film. If pressed, I'd say I prefer this one, but both are definitely worthwhile and would make an interesting double-feature.
@olive3700 18 күн бұрын
Thank you for this great review. After I watched this last night all I could think of was Alice's awful, hopeless predicament. She held onto her virtue while dating George for quite a while and only "gave in" after he invited himself into her room and almost forced himself on her. Later on, she went to a doctor hoping he would "help," her but he made it clear he would do no such thing. At that time pregnant women could not work and she knew she would be fired as soon as she started to show. This left her in a desperate situation, leaving her with no choice but to nag and then yell at George to do the right thing. It bothered me to read the reviews of this on IMBD where most of the talk is about the great tragic love story between the two beautiful actors, Clift and Taylor. How quick we are to sympathize with good looking people and write off a plain girl with a whiney voice, as though her death was not as important as George's.
@maymalone1505 19 күн бұрын
Ripple is no more hollow than the upper class twits, in my view they are more hollow😮
@sangjeongkimcho293 27 күн бұрын
I’m starting to notice movies made by Europeans are SIGNIFICANTLY worse than those made by Americans ☹️
@jeffryhammel3035 27 күн бұрын
Beautiful analysis.
@klamlk7466 29 күн бұрын
in the german dub the final phrase is "Play me the Tune of Death" wich gives less Context as to the Brother, but man the phrase hits hard
@jeanledoux3793 Ай бұрын
This was a brilliant film. Congratulation for all the performers and director.
@thalastkg Ай бұрын
My all-time fav Movie ever.
@valbond8197 Ай бұрын
Thanks for this, helped me clear this movie up a bit
@dougo2641 Ай бұрын
The absolute GOAT of motion pictures. 1st time watching was early 80s as a kid and I was mesmerized. The opening train scene with Bronson cannot be beat.
@dougo2641 Ай бұрын
And my mom said when it came out it mostly failed because women hates Henry Fonda’s villain character at the time. Now it’s a masterpiece.
@BrandonBorradaile Ай бұрын
Can anyone tell me about Frau Tanners necklace/coin purse made of hair? I am so curious about how they use the girls hair and bodily fluids lol. Is that how they keep an eye on them? Or control?
@NateHomeless Ай бұрын
I feel like i was way too young to watch this movie
@tmrwtoas Ай бұрын
I watched this movie when I was in juvie for a week at like, 16. Literally feels like a fever dream and I never want to watch it again LMAOOO
@AlgisKemezys Ай бұрын
I love your info and more.
@joelcohen5936 2 ай бұрын
Comic relief from Don Gordon's Delgetti and Simon Oakland as the best boss you can have are under appreciated.
@zonesquestiloveunderworld 2 ай бұрын
I can't understand anyone who disliked this film's ending. No other film has ever left me bawling uncontrollably like an infant as this one did and still does, even in my late 30s. In my eyes "A.I." is an irrefutably flawless film, profoundly moving and heartbreaking. Kubrick and Spielberg combined created something truly magical... not to mention deeply haunting and bittersweet.
@MamaMia84oo7 2 ай бұрын
Turned it off after an hour. It’s such a stupid story. It doesn’t make any sense.
@jmoney2535 2 ай бұрын
This is a great movie 🎥 about mental health
@kentsigmon268 2 ай бұрын
Very good job of summing up this movie in the short time you used to do it. I first saw this movie on TV when I was a teenager. My dad was a big western movie fan and he got bored with with it in the opening first 15 minutes and went to bed . I could tell it was going to be good and I was right. I'm 66 years old and watched it many times. I always hated my dad didn't stick it out . He missed a damn good movie.
@andrewwilson9057 2 ай бұрын
The visuals are incredible but sound scape really got me, noises that linger, build, stop, start had me in suspense as crazy as this sounds i could watch this film blind folded and still be blown away. the sound of the windmill lives in my head
@ShootMeMovieReviews 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely. I could make a long video about the use of sound in this film. Unfortunately KZfaq is one-by-one blocking all my videos. But the use of ambient sound both as score and as a story-telling device is unparalleled. The cicadas' sudden silence that warns McBain that someone is out there in the tall grass is absolutely chilling.
@kevinp3550 2 ай бұрын
PS, please🙏 make another video of this movie!
@kevinp3550 2 ай бұрын
For you freaks reading this. Pick up a copy of Christopher Frayling's, "Something to do With Death", a fantastic analysis of this movie. And that isn't to take anything away from this most excellent video!
@kevinp3550 2 ай бұрын
Greatest movie ever made? ABSOLUTELY F-ING RIGHT! And it should be pointed out that Leone directed his extras like no other. I'm very happy that other people love this movie like I do. Excellent review!
@Joe3pops 3 ай бұрын
Jill's train arrival and plenty of wood. No that's complimentary!
@mirrorblue100 3 ай бұрын
One grim fairy tale - exceptional performances by Ferland, Fletcher and McTeer. I've watched this film 3 times - and now wondering if Dickens is the son of Noah and Dell -- making him and Jeliza-Rose half-siblings and adding another creepy twist to an already macabre setting.
@Vlad65WFPReviews 3 ай бұрын
on Morant, after reviewing the film on my own channel I read a book on The Breaker by an Australian (Peter Fitzsimons), and that book underlines the crimes of the real unit were actually worse than depicted in the play and movie - even shooting children. The book postulates much of the bloodshed was driven by Capt Taylor (who smoothly escaped charges) while Morant was insanely murderous after the death of his friend Capt Hunt - as Morant fully expected Hunt's influence would give him great prospects in England after the war.
@ShootMeMovieReviews 3 ай бұрын
That's interesting, but I'm really only concerned with the film as a story, not any sort of attempt at being a historical document. Apparently both stories take their inspiration from true events, but the movies themselves are independent works. The themes of the film are important in a completely unrelated way. One important real-life aspect, though, is that there was a lot of ill-will generated by having Australian soldiers under English command executed by the English. I believe the case contributed to the adoption of a policy of having soldiers commanded by officers from their own country of origin. Regardless of the guilt or innocence of these particular men, their was a perceived injustice in apparently scapegoating soldiers who were regarded as disposable.
@Vlad65WFPReviews 3 ай бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews yes, there was a strong reaction in Australia and a resolution that only Australian authorities could charge or deal with an Australian service man.
@kensvideos1 3 ай бұрын
It will be cool when meca learn moreabout themselves from this antique. Ohhh that what humans are.doing right now! And eliminating the exclusionary code.
@kensvideos1 3 ай бұрын
I saw a version where the ending has no expposion indeed no dialogue for the last 10? Minits
@Pablo113 3 ай бұрын
.....a Masterpiece!!!!!!
@williampenn3766 3 ай бұрын
Both movies which I have seen many of times are actually based on true events during ww1 and the South African Boar /English war
@larryditkoff7058 3 ай бұрын
Maybe it's me, but this film is overrated due to plot homes. 1) Bruno has no leverage over Guy. He acted unilaterally. 2) Bruno has no way of knowing that Guy doesn't have an airtight alibi. He is a well known person and could very easily prove he wasn't there. 3) Guy says act normally. His wife has been killed and he talks about playing tennis. 4) the police would have already searched the fairgrounds and could not conceivably place the evidence. It is no longer a crime scene. 5) the cop at the end fires into a spinning Merry go round with children on it. Ridiculous. Also nobody cares that the Merry go round operator is killed. Full is too far fetched
@kaisailor1 3 ай бұрын
I am a Former English teacher who has had a long love affair with Film Noir. It's how I found Highsmith and Ripley....actually Ripley, then Highsmith. Having always enjoyed the gritty, grainy context of Film Noir films I first saw TTMR and enjoyed it but knew nothing of its origins. So I began my research and was elated to find all the other Ripley movies. Then when I realized that John Malkovich portrayed Ripley I found myself fence- sitting, because JM had never been a favorite of mine. Don't get me wrong, I liked him in some things but not so much in others. Although I'll admit that he is a unique actor with an uncanny style. And his acting pedigree does wind like a vine, through a great many classic and obscure Hollywood movies. I just never quite knew how to feel about him I suppose. Maybe that is what makes him a noteworthy actor. When he appeared in the new Netflix Ripley, I felt completely different about him than I did in the earlier iterations. I actually felt that his cameo's lent a massive amount of credibility to the new Ripley and I was glad to see his familiar face in it. It was like this new younger Ripley was approved by the former and even coaxed into his role a little...almost like a father and son or a mentor/mentee relationship. So last night I watched the entire season of the new Netflix Ripley. Honestly, I was just so happy to find it. I mean, WOW! I tried to explain it to my sister and my nephew, but I don't think they had any idea what I found so fascinating about the story. They were not at all enthusiastic about the story based upon my description. And even though my sister had seen the movie, she knew nothing of the original story, backstory or the books author. I am yet to completely watch Purple. I began watching it once, a long time ago, after I watched TTMR, but got busy or lost interest...I really can't remember. So I'm watching it this evening. I think Ripley is a great story and Highsmith a great writer. I've listened to the audiobook at least a dozen times as well. None the less, when I was teaching high-school English. I used TTMR for my Advanced G-11 and G-12 Movies as English mini-course. The story is a great story and when broken down by chapter, with an in-class reading and acting component, it was a big hit with the students. Another key aspect of both the book and the movie is that it has nearly -0- cursing or nudity. There's one butt scene of Dickie getting out of the tub and like 2 minor curse words, so it fell within the guidelines of the admins. directives for outside content to be used in class. As I said, I'm revisiting Purple tonight to try and finish it up. I had almost forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder. Ciao' Everyone!
@ShootMeMovieReviews 3 ай бұрын
I'd be interested in what you think of it. My understanding is that many fans of the book don't like this version because it doesn't accord with Highsmith's thematic intent and presents a fairly straightforward morality tale. It may be that familiarity with the source material could be a detriment to enjoyment of the film. I hope you'll share your thoughts after watching.
@es6544 3 күн бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews I think "Under the purple sun" is too complicated and deep for general public to appreciate. It's just too much for many.
@rochelle2758 3 ай бұрын
I know it’s not a movie, but are you considering looking at the new Netflix Ripley? Also, I’d love to see your thoughts on Double Indemnity (which is one of my favorite movies, but doesn’t strike me as a true noir in quite the nihilistic way of, say, Out of the Past).
@ShootMeMovieReviews 3 ай бұрын
I love Double Indemnity. I'm not sure if I would have anything to say that hasn't been said about it, but I'll definitely consider it as a subject. The Ripley show, I'm not that interested in. I've never read the books and maybe that would be a better next-step.
@bluex610 4 ай бұрын
Reminds me a bit of The Last of Us 2. The hunt for revenge ruins lives. And of course, it never brings the dead back but brought more to the dead...
@adamdominguez656 4 ай бұрын
Nice try movie. Revenge is awesome
@sheilabloom6735 4 ай бұрын
Read the books. How can Matt Damon look like Jude Law?
@ShootMeMovieReviews 4 ай бұрын
Ha - well, this is why in the newer version he makes a point of avoiding being seen by anyone who might know Greenleaf. I also recall American Psycho, in which the wealthy idle are so interchangeable that they believe they recognize one-another even when they don't. (Many people seem to miss in that movie the fact that it emphatically doesn't matter whether Patrick really killed Paul Allen or not.) They all sort of blur together - maybe there's similar intent here. I'd like to read them - something to add to a long to-do list.
@Cosmopolitm 4 ай бұрын
I really enjoy the third act
@lolah3838 4 ай бұрын
Maybe because I saw the 1999 version first, I felt that Delon was too beautiful to be Ripley and that he would have been a better Greenleaf.
@ShootMeMovieReviews 4 ай бұрын
I know what you mean, but I'm assuming it was a matter more of who was available and maybe what Delon preferred. It makes sense to me that Greenleaf would be the older, more self-assured of the two, so ultimately this cast works for me. However, I guess you could also say that Delon's Ripley really has everything going for him except wealth, which sort of narrows his envy to a singular focus that doesn't really accord with the character. He wants everything Greenleaf has, not just his money.
@es6544 3 күн бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews His beauty makes the movie even more cruel and leaves one wonder if money has corrupted everything and nothing left untouched under the sun, if even such a perfect creation had so little chance.
@glambertini4709 2 күн бұрын
In reality, Delon had been approached for the role of Greenleaf but insisted on playing Ripley. He understood the character, also coming from poor origins, the cinema having saved him from a life of banditry which tempted him in his youth. That's why he's so natural in the role, Ripley could almost have been him.
@georgesunday9855 4 ай бұрын
First, A Place in the Sun, is NO An American Tragedy, the book it’s based on. With that out of the way, the film on its own and with your review, seems much richer than I remember it. I will look at it again soon, with your review as a guide. When Clift played both George and Morris, the characters seem a tad more sympathetic than they should be. His voice, mannerisms and especially his eyes make me feel he can’t possibly be the scoundrel the characters definitely are. It’s like the directors in both films are deliberately setting up the viewer to keep us uncertain.
@Fenris77 4 ай бұрын
Actually I found the ending after the statue thing to be even more tragic not terrible perhaps but immensely tragic. David's bliss is a false one as Monica Swinton by that time has been dead for possibly millennia and the one he gets his perfect day with is just as you said a simulation a clone with a seriously shortended lifespan. This was the most tragic movie I have probably seen in my life and not one I would want to see more than nessecary as I do not feel comfortable with the emotions it creates in me.
@apawstate 4 ай бұрын
0:00 I can't believe it took me 10 years to find out that was Eve Plumb (Jan from the Brady Bunch) in the climactic ending scene in the right.
@Halsyan 4 ай бұрын
I would like to see footage of Ben giving advice & speeches to Dwight intercut with home alone clips so that it looks like Ben is talking to Kevin McCallister.
@jayw7682 5 ай бұрын
The soldiers in Breaker Morant murdered prisoners and civilians though. It wasn't "unjust" that they were tried, and it probably wasn't unjust that they were found guilty.
@ShootMeMovieReviews 5 ай бұрын
This is addressed in the video. First, the 'civilian' in question was believed to be a spy - hence not a civilian. The broader point is that the reason they were prosecuted is not because their superiors believed they'd done something wrong, but rather to make a display for political purposes.
@jayw7682 5 ай бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews Was the civilian who was "believed to be a spy" tried and convicted by the authorities? No. It's not up to soldiers in the field to guess at who they think might be a spy and then murder them. The facts are nowhere near as sympathetic to Morant as you seem to think. He and the others went on a murder spree and were properly tried and convicted for it. His unit actually killed several civilians (not just the supposed "spy") and these included small children. Even Morant's own men objected. A group of them wrote to the army authorities to complain about the killing of prisoners, which is why there was a trial. You claim in your video that it was common to shoot prisoners and that these were Kitchener's verbal orders, but there is no evidence for this. That was the excuse of the guilty men (but they would say that, wouldn't they?), but I doubt you would accept the "I waz only following ze orderz" excuse if they were Nazis, and the Nazis genuinely were following orders. The fact that Morant's own men rebelled against killing prisoners shows that it was, in fact, not common and that there almost certainly weren't any "verbal orders". The accused men never provided any evidence to support that claim. And, incidentally, in the British Army soldiers were not obliged to follow illegal orders - i.e. killing prisoners and civilians. Your remarks about men from one "colony" being made to go and fight another are also misinformed. Australia was a self-governing dominion and couldn't be made to send soldiers anywhere. The soldiers themselves were all volunteers. They joined up for an adventure, some fighting and some money, they were not drafted or forced to go.
@jayw7682 5 ай бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews Was the civilian who was "believed to be a spy" tried and convicted by the courts? No. The facts are nowhere near as sympathetic to Morant as you seem to think. He and the others went on a murder spree and were properly tried and convicted. His unit actually killed several civilians (not just the supposed "spy") and these included small children. Even Morant's own men objected and wrote to the army authorities to complain about the killing of prisoners, which is why there was a trial. You claim in your video that it was common to shoot prisoners and that these were Kitchener's verbal orders, but there is no evidence for this. That was the excuse of the guilty men (and they would say that, wouldn't they?), but I doubt you would accept the "I waz only following ze orderz" excuse if they were Nazis, and the Nazis genuinely were following orders. The fact that Morant's own men rebelled against killing prisoners shows that it was, in fact, not common and that there almost certainly weren't any "verbal orders". The accused men never provided any evidence to support that claim. And, incidentally, in the British Army soldiers were not obliged to follow illegal orders - i.e. killing prisoners and civilians. Your remarks about men from one "colony" being made to go and fight another are also misinformed. Australia was a self-governing dominion and couldn't be made to send soldiers anywhere. The soldiers themselves were all volunteers. They joined up for an adventure, some fighting and some money, they were not drafted or forced to go.
@jayw7682 5 ай бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews Are you deleting my comments? Why? Because they show that your video is wrong?
@jayw7682 4 ай бұрын
@@ShootMeMovieReviews Was the civilian who was "believed to be a spy" tried and convicted by the courts? No. The facts are nowhere near as sympathetic to Morant as you think. He and the others went on a murder spree and were properly tried and convicted. His unit actually killed several civilians (not just the supposed "spy") and these included children. Even Morant's own men objected and wrote to the army authorities to complain about the killing of prisoners, which is why there was a trial. You claim in your video that it was common to shoot prisoners and that these were Kitchener's verbal orders, but there is no evidence for this. That was the excuse of the guilty men (and they would say that, wouldn't they?), but I doubt you would accept the "I waz only following ze orderz" excuse in other circumstances. The fact that Morant's own men rebelled against killing prisoners shows that it was, in fact, not common and that there almost certainly weren't any "verbal orders". The accused men never provided any evidence to support that claim. And, incidentally, in the British Army soldiers were not obliged to follow illegal orders - i.e. killing prisoners and civilians - even if Kitchener had been there with them ordering them to do so, which obviously he wasn't. Your remarks about men from one "colony" being made to go and fight another are also misinformed. Australia was a self-governing dominion and couldn't be made to send soldiers anywhere. The soldiers themselves were all volunteers. They joined up for an adventure, some fighting and some money, they were not drafted or forced to go.
@randolphstephenson 5 ай бұрын
Good Bad Ugly/Outlaw Josey Wales/ Once Upon a Time in the West.TOP THREE!🤔
@andrewfairburn4220 5 ай бұрын
Excellent review. Very impressive. I'm just 3 years late to get to it!! :)
@ShootMeMovieReviews 5 ай бұрын
Never too late. I hope people will continue to discuss these films for many years to come.