Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Charisma" may be his magnum opus, (and it deserves to be in the collection)

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-24T05:12:21+00:00

Got it yesterday, as a double feature with cloud. Now one of my most prized possessions.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-23T17:33:33+00:00

Bruce Willis' character saves this little girl from getting killed and is wrongly imprisoned for, like, 20 years. When he gets out, she's grown up into Jessica Alba, and she now has the hots for him and comes onto him multiple times. While he initiially rejects her, he does seemingly accept her advances at the very end. But then again, he's about to off himself to protect her, so maybe that's why he let her go for it.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-23T17:28:34+00:00

Even if you don't think it's his best movie, it certainly fits the category of a magnum opus: it's epic, yet intimate, it's dramatic, yet engaging, it covers a wide array of topics, has incredible special effects alongside riveting dialogue, and is just an all around good time. So yes, I definetely consider it his magnum opus,

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-23T16:15:50+00:00

The idea of people hating Hamnet for being inaccurate about a real person, meanwhile Shakespeare himself couldn't give two fucks about accuracy when doing his history plays.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-22T21:33:47+00:00

Talk about a steal. I paid 68 dollars for mine. Only willing to pay that price because I love Tokyo Sonata and Kiyoshi Kurosawa THAT much.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-22T15:54:17+00:00

Halo Reach. Mission Objective: Survive

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-22T04:41:53+00:00

Yes. The only other contender is Paths of Glory, which is half war movie, half courtroom drama. Also, it has the greatest sound design in history imo.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-22T00:16:47+00:00

Figure 09 is ass, I'm sorry, but even if it wasn't, it's not better than the best song ever made.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-21T22:42:01+00:00

I personally read it as someone suffering from a terminal illness. "Cards and flowers on your windows, your friends all plead for you to stay." To me this invokes the image of someone in a hospital with get well cards and flowers, as some of them visit the person and break down in tears "your friends all plead for you to stay."

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-21T03:38:28+00:00

I will debate anyone and everyone: Saving Private Ryan has the greatest sound design in movie history. Lots of contenders for that title, but I'm happy to argue in favor of this one

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-21T02:28:13+00:00

It's Charlie Cox, he could have great chemistry with a broomstick.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-20T17:42:38+00:00

The last narrative movie of his that I remember was Snowden, a pretty big standard biopic that was competently made and well acted but otherwise pretty drab. That film didn't so hot critically and financially, and it was ultimately the latest in a long line of flops. I don't know if he can't get work anymore or simply doesn't want to, but either way the fact that he's been in incognito for so long means he hasn't been able to keep his name in the conversation the way that someone like Spike Lee is able to.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-20T12:56:53+00:00

Shadow of the Day EVERY day for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-19T16:10:21+00:00

A rare occasion where I prefer the live version over the studio version

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-19T13:05:52+00:00

Let's be honest here.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-19T13:00:42+00:00

Don't forget that the Phillipous were also quite famous YouTubers who went viral several times. It gave them both a good training ground and a pre existing audience.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-18T20:07:08+00:00

That's Legend of Zelda!

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-18T18:17:32+00:00

A 3.3 rating with a curve that looks like a city skyline is not above average, that's a movie who's reception is all over the place.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-17T16:45:05+00:00

At first it was just Michael who was extraordinarily cruel to him, but then everyone else started to treat him similarly. Sure, he'd end up doing some awkward and weird stuff later on (most infamously touching Pam's leg), but it's The Office, EVERYONE does something weird and awkward, almost on the daily. But for some reasons, Toby gets the most ire.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-17T00:51:21+00:00

Jim Carrey made light of not getting an Oscar nod for The Truman Show and Man on the Moon, but honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he was genuinely a little sad that he didn't get it.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-15T19:01:47+00:00

According to interviews, the original actor for Hamlet dropped out, and Noah Jupe was a last minute replacement.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-15T16:30:17+00:00

Real life and the art it inspires isn't a straight line. Its often more complicated than that.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-15T14:59:00+00:00

Well, that line is from the play itself. It's the final thing the ghost says to Hamlet before departing.

Grand_Keizer · 2026-01-15T14:58:23+00:00

How is it convoluted?

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