panzerwolf
Celluloid Junkie
Member Since: 10 Jul 2008
Location: Finland
Bio: My movie interests include things such as cars, westerns, samurai stuff, zombies, WW2, werewolves, horror and crime. I don't have a favourite genre, but I watch a lot of action, drama and horror.
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The Big Country (1958) - Rated 12 May 2025
"A damn solid western with a different approach. The hero isn't out to build up his ego and that is what drives many people who witness him to believe that he is a coward. The good guys are really not good and the bad guys are really not bad. The women in the movie are interesting enough and not just on the sidelines with everything. Cinematography-wise it's not the best-looking western, but remains kind of mediocre yet purposeful."
The Prestige (2006) - Rated 12 May 2025
"It is a long movie, but it doesn't feel that way. Starts out pretty simple but as it goes on, you understand there's more to things than meets the eye, something happening in the background, which of course is the theme of the entire thing. Great (and kind of weird!) cast and a compelling story that unravels as you watch it. Might be interesting to watch it a second time to notice all the signs that point towards the ending of the movie."
Run Hide Fight (2021) - Rated 12 May 2025
"Kind of a weird, mixed bag. The initial weirdness is doing a movie about a school shooting, but the second, even bigger weirdness, is making it into an action movie. Now this is a painful, horrible subject. In 'Run Hide Fight', everything seems like an action sequence and they've inserted in the whole 'cool factor' and that really alienates you from the topic."
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) - Rated 12 May 2025
"This should have been my choice of an anxiety-inducing film for my seasonal challenge, because wow, if I didn't feel anxiety over these two girls. Putting themselves in danger in a strange place because the other one needs help, I was constantly doubting just about everyone they met. A beautiful, subdued movie that is as much about surviving abuse as it is about being lost in a strange place where the nights drag on and you have nowhere to go. The moods were real here."
Mean Creek (2004) - Rated 12 May 2025
"A very hard-hitting coming-of-age film. It just reminds you how as a kid, you're just stupid. You think you're doing something kind of smart, but it's the most stupid thing ever. When you get older you realize it, but in that moment it somehow made (almost) perfect sense. Amazing acting from all of the young actors here and I really enjoyed all the subdued moods of the river, or driving back home when the morning is already painting the sky red on the horizon."
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) - Rated 12 May 2025
"It's not horrible. But it is very mediocre. The story is amazing and compelling, but the overly dramatic way things are presented just really takes away from a story that would have worked in the most simple of forms. Slapping away grenades, slow-motion charge, sappy music. The brutality of war was presented in a great way but the cheesy presentation of the rest of the things just made me roll my eyes. Also, that romance could have been spent a lot less time on in the beginning."
In a Valley of Violence (2016) - Rated 11 Mar 2025
"Starts out pretty stylish, but I think that the cinematography falls to mediocre levels after the start. It kind of bothered me and the plot wasn't nothing to write home about. The dynamic with the two sisters was interesting but I think I can think of one other movie where the fate of a dog drives a man to revenge and that one did it a whole lot better. It's got a strong cast and it's still very entertaining, though. Just not one of Ti West's best, for sure."
The Street Fighter (1974) - Rated 11 Mar 2025
"I never realized that this was the movie that introduced the whole 'X-ray impact" we saw later in fighting games. Just a really cool, bloody and violent film that rides less on the plot (it's not that special) and all on Sonny Chiba's charisma and the brutal fights. His character is utterly ruthless and I found it interesting, watching his interview afterward, just how much he did not like that, or any form of karate where you aim to kill or hurt someone in the worst way."
The Deliverance (2024) - Rated 11 Mar 2025
"This is such a disjointed mess. The family dynamics just feel weird. It feels more like random people thrown in rather than a family, and I get the fact that families can argue and hate on each other a lot, but I just didn't get any emotions either positive or negative here. Other than that, it is just kind of weird. The plot is nothing new and then the Jesus-stuffs feels a bit too serious, almost, like the movie is trying to convince you that it's real."
My Little Eye (2002) - Rated 11 Mar 2025
"I wasn't expecting much, but this was such a chore (and a bore) to go through. If you like watching stuff like Big Brother, then this one is for you. It's literally just what it promises to be; people hanging around in a house. When the horror part of the story starts, it's messy and horrific only in how boring it is."
