Okay, so here's the deal.
Three years ago, I went back through the years for all the dramas and comedies I missed out on by being a junkie for the superhero, sci-fi, and horror genres.
You may remember this.
These were the lost movies.
Or, as I called them back then "Movies I Missed".
Well, I had a tantrum, and tore the reviews all down.
Then, I posted this post.
So, those movies were re-lost.
Double lost.
Hence the title "lost-lost".
But, those reviews were hard fucking work, and I lost conversations in comments along with them.
There's been a hole in my soul over tearing it all down.
So, I'm reconstructing the list at least.
After pecking away at it with Google and my own memory for a couple days, I think I got it all back.
1997-2000
(Back to J-World days).
Amistad (1997). Loved it.
LA Confidential (1997). Loved it.
Titanic (1997). Dug it.
Donnie Brasco (1997). Wavey hand.
A Simple Plan (1998). Loved it.
American History X (1998). Loved it.
Enemy Of The State (1998). Hated it.
PI (1998). Despised it.
Boys Don't Cry (1999). Dug it, but depressing.
Requiem For a Dream (2000). Eyeroll.
2001-2007
(Back to TrekBBS days).
Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Hated it.
Punch-Drunk Love (2002). Loved it.
Big Fish (2003). Hated it.
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004). Loved it.
Brokeback Mountain (2005). Meh. Depressing.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Hated it.
The Bucket List (2007). Dug it.
(The beginning of the blog before I started reviewing).
Tropic Thunder (2008). Loved it.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). Loved it.
The Road (2009). Dug it, but depressing as fuck.
Drag Me To Hell (2009). Hated it.
True Grit (2010). Worship it.
The Town (2010). Loved it.
Real Steel (2011). Loved it.
The Muppets (2011). Dug it.
(The start of my reviewing here)
Looper. Loved it.
Lincoln. Loved it.
Moonrise Kingdom. Loved it.
Argo. Dug it.
Life Of Pi. Despised it.
12 Years A Slave. Loved it, but it pissed me off.
Fruitvale Station. Ditto the above.
Saving Mister Banks. Loved it.
Dallas Buyer's Club. Dug it.
American Hustle. Hated it.
Gone Girl. Worship it.
Grand Budapest Hotel. Loved it.
Fury. Loved it.
John Wick. Dug it.
The Imitation Game. Dug it.
Room. Loved it.
Spotlight. Loved it.
The Witch. Loved it.
Carol. Dug it, but sad.
Sicario. Hated it.
Kubo And The Two Strings. Masterpiece.
The Nice Guys. Loved it.
The Founder. Loved it.
Lights Out. Dug it.
Moonlight. Liked it, but depressing.
The Big Sick. Loved it.
The Post. Loved it.
I, Tonya. Loved it.
John Wick 2. Dug it.
Shape Of Water. It was okay.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Loved it. Bawled.
Blakklansman. Loved it.
Bohemian Rhapsody. Loved it.
Ralph Breaks The Internet. Loved it.
Bird Box. Loved it.
Front Runner. Dug it.
Upgrade. Dug it.
Annihilation. Complicated feelings.
A Quiet Place. Frustratingly predictable.
Green Book. Hated it.
Hereditary. Hated it.
Greta. Hated it.
Booksmart. Loved it.
Alita: Battle Angel. Love it.
Toy Story 4. Dug it.
Leaving Neverland. Gross and depressing, but good.
The Dead Don't Die. Dug it.
John Wick 3. Dug it.
Lego Movie 2. Meh, not as good as the first.
Detective Pikachu. Meh, cute.
Us. Meh.
Serenity (Matt Mahingahey, not Firefly). Horrid.
Franchise catch-ups-
Fast & Furious series. Meh.
Hunger Games. Loved it.
Planet Of The Apes trilogy. Loved it.
Daniel Craig Bond. Loved Casino Royale and Skyfall.
Insidious quadrilogy. Meh.
5 comments:
Three years ago, I had a really long "to buy" list off this, but with 3 years of reflection, I think I'll only get Kubo and Alita.
The rest cycle through cable pretty regularly.
I remember saying Kubo fits in neatly with old 80's animated quest fantasies like "Last Unicorn" "Flight Of Dragons" and "Secret Of Nimh". It occurs to me if I get Kubo, I probably ought to upgrade all of those others to blu-ray while I'm at it.
So...I've got a list after all.
I watched Peter Jackson's "Get Back" for free on some site that had the whole eight hour thing in three parts before Di$ney takes it down.
I sure am glad that I didn't pay for it. I don't hate it but it's not a "documentary" just expanded and reedited old footage filmed in 1969 for the "Let It Be" film. Since it's all just fly on the wall stuff, it's like an eight hour DVD special feature than a real documentary.
The only big takeaway is that the Beatles were very funny and sarcastic ALL THE TIME. Nonstop joking from all of them every minute. But that's it.
Well, I wanted to answer the Scream and Doctor Sleep stuff, but I didn't have anything useful to add. Sorry about that.
I tried. Inspiration doesn't always strike. That's on me.
My bad.
As for the Beatles, we're down to two.
Who do you think is going to stand victorious?
My money is on Ringo. That'd be a great upset surprise.
If it's Paul, he's gonna be smug.
I just don't wanna put up with that.
Please let it be Ringo.
I'm sure Peter Jackson more than made his money back on that Beatles footage.
He's not gonna go hungry, and his kids will go to the good schools.
Speaking of piracy, Taika Waititi openly admits he pirated "Thor: The Dark World" to re-edit it into a sizzle reel to audition to Disney for "Thor Ragnarok".
Funny how Disney didn't sue him, or slap him on the wrist, or even wave a finger at him.
Almost like corporations only like to slap around plebes who can't fight back.
Almost like they're hypocrites or something.
All the same, be careful out there.
Some studios are using IP sniffers and booby-trapped files to catch you.
Well, not the studios personally, they hire shyster lawyers, the same type that sniff for copyright violations on Youtube.
Nine times out of ten, they complain to your ISP, and the ISP sends you a little traffic ticket to stop being naughty, and if you get enough of them, you lose your internet.
One times out of ten, they sue you for all you're worth.
You don't wanna win that lottery.
Fun fact, statute of limitations on copyright violation is 3 years.
So, y'know, if you should get a little traffic ticket, you can set the clock.
I dunno why, but somehow, once in a blue moon, Google leads people to my "Brownies In TV Dinners" post.
I almost answer these people, but...I don't really wanna talk about brownies.
I just wanted to get that rant out of my system like a standup comedy routine.
You're weird, Google.
https://dickynoo.blogspot.com/2011/08/brownie-in-tv-dinners.html?showComment=1644811395172
Beatles - God knows, but Ringo looks a bit healthier for a guy past 80. I guess it'd be his victory since he had the least songwriting talent of the four (his drumming was actually a bit underrated though, serving as a reminder that drummers do matter--can't imagine Pete Best doing "She Loves You" or "Tomorrow Never Knows" very well, and of course Ringo had the most acting talent of the four, not that it matters much since they made only one good movie.) He sang my favorite Beatles song ("With A Little Help From My Friends") but also wrote their worst one ("Don't Pass Me By.") It's weird to think he and George Carlin had the same job (hosting Thomas the Tank Engine.)
Paul McCartney is kind of two people now.
One of them is Paul the celebrity, who is the kind of slightly annoying old zillionaire that people like to sling the term "limousine liberal" at, who puts "McCartney/Lennon" as the songwriting credit on his live tours, who married the one-leg chick and everyone ended up hating her, who seems to occasionally say dumb awkward shit in interviews that makes him look bad, whose job is to basically go on TV and spout smarmy peace and love slop every now and then, who cares. Nobody likes that guy much anymore.
Paul the musician can still do some cool things from time to time, though. Some of his albums in recent years, even as old as he is, were not half bad. He did a cute little Nirvana reunion thing where he played a lost Nirvana song, though that was a decade ago. I guess he can do some uncool things too, like trying to record classical music and electronic music and the "Liverpool Oratorio" and schlock like that, that last one REALLY got him scoffed at since the classically trained people he worked with were exasperated that a guy who can't read music tried to write classical.
Yoko will be 90 next year. Gee, I guess she doesn't record anymore. The few minutes you have to hear her sing in "Get Back" are the worst part of the movie; I don't believe she broke up the Beatles, but the slagging off her own music has received over the years...I'm afraid she really did deserve it. Screaming and screaming and screaming, gawd it's awful.
Final word on old rockers: I do not want to be anywhere near magazine racks when Springsteen bites it. The king-size Rolling Stone issue that will hit news stands the week he dies will probably be the most fawning thing ever written by anybody about anybody.
This is where I watched "Get Back." https://www.documentaryarea.tv/
I used a public computer, I don't want eight hours of stuff to watch on my phone. I watched it over the course of about a week.
I bumped into the brownie thing, too. I've never eaten a Hungry Man dinner, but I do love Pasta Roni, which is $1.00 a box, which I consider a good deal.
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