Unforgiven. Hackman in a solid supporting role. Eastwood as the retired outlaw was great. It was surprising that the most brutal violence was offscreen, and both us the audience and Eastwood learn of it days later, much like in the old west. Lots of steamrolled buildup to the few actual shootouts. Very enjoyable
Watched a couple movies.
The Gorge - went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. Some really cool designs for creatures and environment.
Story needed some refinement though.
Loves Hurts - I enjoyed it, but it was tonally inconsistent which really hurts the whole imo.
Watched The Gorge recently aswell.
Wouldn’t go as far as saying that i was pleasantly suprised, but it’s one of those movies where I use very different metrics compared to movies i go in with the expectation to watch something actually good. It definitively falls into the category of mindless entertainment, which despite the somewhat negative name has its purpose. In that regard it does fulfill it’s role adequately for me, which is really all i was looking to get out of it.
I’d agree that the creature/environment design was interesting. The biggest downfall of the movie is that it tries to be too many things at once instead of comitting to one single thing: suspenseful slow paced thriller, romance, horror, action, character study, historical mystery, and so on. Can’t be all at the same time and in the end everything suffers from it.
Tbh biggest suprise is that it’s an appleTV+ instead of Netflix movie.
The World‘s Fastest Indian - old guy builds a racing motorcycle in his shed and then takes it to a race.
The Ordinaries - A fantasy world where society is divided into lead (elite) and background (working class) characters, as well as outtakes (underclass). Very meta story about stories and class in society. Can be streamed for free, might need VPN to Germany.
I haven’t watched Indian in ages. From what I remember, Hopkins is great in it
