First Man is one of the most boring movies of all time. Even the most awesome scenes of flying rockets and experimental planes seem so disorienting and boring, having no music doesn’t help much – That were my initial thoughts while watching the 1st part of First Man. Luckily I continued to watch the second half of the movie a couple of days later. Still slow .. slow .. family .. slow.. and then spoiler alert comes the moon landing, and the orchestra starts playing the best haunting yet calming music, and the same disorienting shorts of flying the spacecraft become the most exhilarating moment in the history of cinema (after Interstellar docking scene – of course) I might re watch this movie again once, some day, but I have watched the moon landing scene with full volume almost every night for a month, and occasionally now. Its scenes and music like these make even a bad movie worth watching.
Month: July 2021
The Greatest Game Ever Played
I’m sure most of us don’t like Golf, but “The Greatest Game Ever Played” is much more than just golf. The direction and acting is quite spectacular. Highly recommended to watch as it is quite rewatchable. As Shia LaBeouf once said “Just do it!”
The Raid
The Raid is not your regular action movie. I have watched quite a few Japanese, Chinese, Korean action movies, they are known for their grace and elegance. But not this World renowned Indonesian movie. It shows you brutal and ugly hand to hand combat scenes one after another, that you yourself like the protagonist are out of breath. Would not recommend to people with weak stomach, but to all else do watch the movie once. Not very rewatchable unless you are really into hand to hand combat scenes. But it is a movie you will get recommended a lot, so lets get it done with.
Fight Club
Well, Fight Club is a classic all time best movie. If you are among the lucky few who hasn’t already seen this movie, just watch it. Don’t google it or talk to anybody about it, nothing. Just watch it. I’m sure many of us watch to re-watch it like its the first time again.
Transcendence
Transcendence is a good movie. It has a great concept, life after death by transferring your consciousness into an AI and then the AI does much more. Such a brilliant concept, but the movie felt a bit straightforward. Visuals, music, cast everything is great, just the story could have been much better. Nevertheless, Transcendence is a good watch. I have watched it a couple of times now, might watch it again after a few months.
Liar Liar
1997 ‧ Comedy/Fantasy ‧ 1h 27m Well sometimes you just need to kickback and enjoy a Jim Carrey classic. Liar Liar is a 90s classic movie that can be re-watched quite often. Jim Carrey proceeding to act like Jim Carrey best sums up the movie.
Top 10 films by Christopher Nolan
Insomnia – 2002 ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧ 1h 58m Dunkirk – 2017 ‧ War/Action ‧ 1h 47m The Dark Knight Rises – 2012 ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 2h 44m Batman Begins – 2005 ‧ Action/Fantasy ‧ 2h 20m Tenet – 2020 ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 2h 30m Memento – 2000 ‧ Thriller/Mystery ‧ 1h 54m The Prestige – 2006 ‧ Mystery/Drama ‧ 2h 10m The Dark Knight – 2008 ‧ Action/Adventure ‧ 2h 32m Interstellar – 2014 ‧ Sci-fi/Adventure ‧ 2h 49m Inception – 2010 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 2h 42m
Death Note
2006 ‧ Mystery/ Thriller ‧ 37 episodes Start watching at your own risk, as you want not be able to stop watching. I don’t usually binge watch animes or tv series, but Death Note is among the few that I have watched non stop and completed in just 1 or 2 sittings. perhaps the only anime/tv series/ movie that I have sacrificed my sleep for, watching it overnight. This captivating thriller is well worth for repeat viewing too.
Groundhog Day
1993 ‧ Comedy/Romance ‧ 1h 41m Groundhog day is my all time favorite feel good movie. Its actually a pretty inspiring movie. Living the same day over and over is done by a handful of movies now, but for most of the movies it usually revolves around a life or death situation or getting the girl. This movie also tries to be about getting the girl initially, but that’s not what the movie is about, and ends with the simplest and best ending. Quite rewatchable actually! would recommend watching once…
On The Nature Of Daylight
2004, Contemporary Classical, Max Richter Notable Usage: Shutter Island Arrival