What did you watch this week you Marvelous Moviechatter? (03/04-03/10)

Blood Simple (1984) - The Coen brothers first movie. A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. A very good film noir with good performances from M. Emmet Walsh and Dan Hedaya. Low budget but solid. 8/10

The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - This has all the makings of a great film noir but there is one major problem - The plot does not make sense !! I went back over the threads and tried my best to understand this movie, it doesn't make sense. Plus the George character is a bit too much. Rita Hayworth is hot as a blonde. May have cut a few too many scenes from this movie. 6/10

City of God (2002) - Finally got to see this Brazilian film which follows two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Based on true events which makes it disturbing and compelling. 8.5/10

Veronica (2017) - A Spanish film. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates. Based on a 1991 police report from a Madrid detective. Better than I expected. The teen girl was great. 7/10

Criss Cross (1949) - Another film noir with Burt Lancaster and a very sexy Yvonne De Carlo. Dan Duryea plays the heavy to perfection. An armored truck driver ( Lancaster) and his lovely ex-wife (De Carlo) conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route. 7.5/10

Blue Velvet (1986) - This David Lynch movie is weird, weird and weird. It has a cult following and a 7.8 rating. There will be a lot of unanswerable questions after watching this. A tough movie to rate as sometimes it almost seems like a black comedy. 7/10.

Godfather and Godfather 2 are both 9/10, imo

My son was into The Lion King twenty years ago. Good to hear your young son likes it.

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My ratings of what you watched:
The Godfather 10/10
The Godfather Part II 10/10
The Lion King 9/10

My ratings of what I watched:
Deconstructing Harry (1997) 7/10
Frozen River (2008) 9/10
The Beguiled (2017) 8/10
Cavalcade (1933) 4/10
Celebrity (1998) 7/10
Paradise Now (2008) 9/10
Jabberwocky (1977) 6/10
Night of the Living Dead (1968) 9/10
Everything, Everything (2017) 8/10
Body Double (1984) 9/10
Bed of the Dead (2016) 7/10
Footnote (2011) 7/10
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) 9/10
Manhunter (1986) 8/10
Gifted (2017) 8/10
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) 9/10
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) 8/10
Get Low (2009) 6/10
Barbarella (1968) 8/10
Garfield Gets Real (2007) 6/10
Stoker (2013) 2/10
Porcupine Lake (2017) 8/10

I'm always a little jealous of someone experiencing Godfather I and II for the first time. I rate both 10/10, but I think your criticisms are fair.

P.S. If you have any questions about either, I would be happy to answer and hopefully clear up the confusing stuff.

Hi Stone!

The Walking Dead: i know im in the minority on this but i just love the show
Cant stop Wont stop!
I even have a Negan T-Shirt so yes...im THAT idiot you see at Walmart

Life: an 'Alien' ripoff but probably the best of them...almost nothing in this was original but the actors were engaging, the plotline ticked off all the usual points quite effectively and the ending was a real beaut!
Damn good effects too

The Survivalist: a loner encounters two women during the end of the world, sex is exchanged for resources, romance blooms...drama results
Good script, pretty grimy and hopeless atmosphere, very similar tone to The Road but with way less walking around...i 'enjoyed' it for what it was but felt like a shower was in order afterward

Demon Wind: moronic horror film from 1990...im a sucker for the older horrors and watch them when they pop up
It was good, silly fun

Blood Beat: the ghastly spectre of an ancient Samurai stalks and murders a bunch of farmers in Wisconsin...awful SFX, brainless plot and silly hambone acting...i loved it but my tastes are questionable so...1983

Psychos: 3 young women decide to strike back against an abuser from years earlier
Bloody, 'twisty,' very small budget but pretty engaging...i admire the low budget indies and this one was worth my time

Godfather 2 was amazing and yes to the DeNiro scenes!
They really created a believable turn of the century Lower East Side in this movie
I just love that era in American history...Hopeful immigrants, corruption, old traditions transplanted to a new world...wonderful stuff

Movies:

-Friday the 13th (2009)
Absolutely horrible remake. Only watched it again to remind myself how bad it was.

-The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
I have to admit I didn't see the whole movie. Despite Vincent Price being in it, the movie was boring and hardly resembled Poe's short story.

-The Fugitive (1993)
Solid 90s action thriller. Ford and Jones especially were excellent. Despite being Dutch, I thought Krabbé was awful.

-U.S. Marshalls (1998)
Definitely not as good as The Fugitive. Just too silly.

TV Shows:

-The X-files - "Familiar"
I liked the idea of the episode, but it has the same problems as the rest of the revival and season 11 in particular. It was just boring and its execution did not feel like X-files. And Duchovny and Anderson look and sound so tired and uninterested.

-Midsomer Murders - "Death of a Hollowman" and "Faithful unto Death"
British detective shows are really good and I have always much preferred Troy as Barnaby's assistant.

-The Flying Doctors - "Public Property"
A favourite from my childhood. But season 1 is not my favourite season and I didn't really like this particular episode.

-Man about the House - "My Son, My Son"
Not quite as good as earlier seasons and also not one of my favourite British sitcoms, but amazing how this typically 70s show still works.

-The Lucy Show - "Lucy with George Burns"
Maybe it was just this particular episode which was nothing more than a silly comedy act with George Burns, but I did not like it at all. I wish they would show I Love Lucy instead!

-Step by Step - marathon
I can't say I was ever a fan of this 90s sitcom, but I've been watching for the nostalgia. The early seasons were actually okay, but this last season sucks big time.

-Hotel - marathon
I decided to check this show out online for nostalgic reasons, but could only find episodes in German. Which actually adds to the "so bad it's good" factor!

-Unsolved Mysteries - marathon
This show was great, why can't shows be like this anymore? Love Robert Stack, who also happened to be in an episode of Hotel.😁

-Buffy The Vampire Slayer - "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest"
I happened to catch these episodes on German tv and I just had to watch. Love it, love it, love it! The first 3 seasons are almost perfect tv for me!