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Lawrence Kasdan recommended Red River (1948) in Movies (curated)

 
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
1948 | Action, Adventure, Drama
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"One more. I’d have to say Red River. Great Western. John Wayne, Monty Clift — Monty Clift couldn’t be more wrong for a Western, and yet it totally works. When they finally have their fist fight at the end, they’ve taken and shot Wayne to even out the fight, because Wayne was about six inches taller than Clift, and 80 pounds heavier, and the fight works fine. The spirit of the cattle drive is extraordinary, the amount of drama that happens; the father and son struggle — in essence the Oedipal struggle, even though he’s not actually his son — between Clift and John Wayne, is magnificent. It’s pure Hawks: Men on the trail doing something dangerous, and doing it well. You can’t ask for a better Western. It talks about the whole opening of Texas, and it talks about the relationship between men. It talks about the dynamics of leadership, talks about betrayal. It’s Shakespearian, really, without any pretention. Pure Hawks."

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Scanners (1981) in Movies

Oct 12, 2020  
Scanners (1981)
Scanners (1981)
1981 | Horror, Sci-Fi
8
7.7 (14 Ratings)
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Horror-SF from David Cronenberg. A man with psychic powers is sent to infiltrate a dangerous network of others with similar abilities: they have many subtle telepathic and telekinetic powers, such as being able to make people's heads explode.

Actually rather less graphic and icky than the film's reputation (and advertising) might suggest; the really spectacularly gory bits bookend the movie, and much of the rest of it looks like a relatively conventional thriller. The film is arguably ahead of its time in its suspicion of the military-industrial complex and big pharma; there is perhaps a subtext about the souring of 60s idealism as free-thinkers are persecuted or exploited by vested interests. Pretty good performances from the hero and the villain, but (not really surprisingly) Patrick McGoohan steals the film as the protagonist's father-figure. A thoughtful and intelligent film that isn't afraid to really go for the splatter now and then.
  
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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated You Get Me (2017) in Movies

Aug 25, 2020  
You Get Me (2017)
You Get Me (2017)
2017 | Drama, Thriller
9
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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After being dumped by his girlfriend Ali, Tyler meets another girl Holly and they go to a party together and end up hooking up. They get on well but Tyler decides he doesn't want to be involved with her and leaves to get back with Ali. He thinks he's gotten away with it until Holly turns up as a new student at his school. She tries hitting on him but when he knocks her back he sees another side of her he hadn't seen before. From then on, Holly's behaviour becomes strange. She befriends Ali, Tyler's friends, sends Tyler pictures of herself and stalks him, it is soon evident that she is one dangerous girl.
All in all I enjoyed the movie, it very much reminded me of swim fan. The acting throughout was spot on and believable, however, there was one small scene when Holly only yelps when she is hurt which made me laugh at how unrealistic it was, but I can let that go.