Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Walk The Line tonight. Decent but not great biopic, but I did think Reese Witherspoon was particularly on form in it. Joaquin is always great.

[Carnage]

Funny, I thought she was the weak link in it, she really overdid the redneck accent (as much of a good ol' girl as June was, she wasn't quite that bad). Good overall, but I'd read the book, much more to his story (the tractor/lake scene never happened, what actually did was much more dramatic).

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Now watch Walk Hard

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Funny, I thought she was the weak link in it, she really overdid the redneck accent (as much of a good ol' girl as June was, she wasn't quite that bad). Good overall, but I'd read the book, much more to his story (the tractor/lake scene never happened, what actually did was much more dramatic).

Ha, funny that; I turned to herself at that point and said, "Guarantee this never happened!" I haven't heard June Carter speak since I was a kid, so I suppose I wasn't judging how well she was "acting as" (which, yeah, I guess is the point). Just found her performance convincing. But, as I said, overall it's decent but not great.

[StoutAndAle]

Watched "Richard Jewell" last night. I thought it was very good. Well directed (Clint still has the chops) and two brilliant performances by Paul Walter Hauser as the epoynmous Jewell and Sam Rockwell.

It's an interesting story well told but there's one scene between Jon Hamm and Oliva Wilde and another between Sam Rockwell/Wilde that felt had no place in the film. Even though the film is based on fact, I can't imagine either scene played out that way - if they happened at all. Too much Hollywood in an otherwise grounded film.

[open face surgery]

Two classics yesterday in The Wicker Man and Chopper.

[Cailleach]

Two classics yesterday in The Wicker Man and Chopper.

I have seen Chopper a few times and never tire of it. Eric Bana's performance was terrific.

[blessed1]

Watched the shape of water for the first time. I'd rank it up there as one of Del Toro's best.

[Cailleach]

Watched the shape of water for the first time. I'd rank it up there as one of Del Toro's best.

Yes. It's a very good film. Sally Hawkins is a great actress too.

[open face surgery]

Watched Parasite earlier which I thought was fantastic.

And just finished watching Martyrs there. Never saw it before. Wild ride but savage film.

[Carnage]

Which version of Martyrs? The original is brilliant, absolutely brutal ending. What I've seen of the remake wasn't the best.

[Emphyrio]

Forgot I watched Parasite recently. Definitely went off in an unexpected direction.

[blessed1]

Ya I really liked Parasite as well.

[Cailleach]

Which version of Martyrs? The original is brilliant, absolutely brutal ending. What I've seen if the remake wasn't the best.

Yeah the originial version is  hard to watch at times.

[open face surgery]

The original Martyrs. Didn't find it hard to watch which had me thinking about the extent of my own desensitization.