are we still doing this? that's the movie thread I found...
I can't remember the last time I had watched a movie but this weekend I saw two:
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
Incredibly creepy, sad and disappointing yet very interesting. apparently it premiered at Sundance festival but ended up released straight to TV, probably because it' a slow paced movie with no climatic ending. it's about a 23 years old girl returning home after spending 17 years kidnapped in an underground basement.
It is totally about character study with no action and no clear message. just a study on Stockholm syndrome and human psychology. it could've been great, if it wasn't so contrived - the girl was just sent back home with one half assed therapist treating her and no one treating the parents - most likely a setup for the weird dynamics that take place when the girl was supposedly "safe back home";
The Revenant (2015)
Very cool, very well done, and overrated as fuck. overly long too - after 2 hours I was just hoping it would end. it still dragged on endlessly with the same cat and mouse story. apparently the movie was an excuse to make use of the wonderful cinematography and cutting edge new special effects the studio developed.
Or did I miss out on stuff? It was so long since I had watched a blockbuster movie in the theatre, I may have un-learned. but by the end I couldn't keep track anymore of who was who doing what...
overall this movie is just not my style. when DiCaprio's character survived the waterfalls, that was it for me. I mean, I could live with the bear attack, the thousands shootouts where he one shot kills people and no one hits him, the fact that his wounds healed magically, that he was immune to the cold and freezing water... but the waterfalls killed it for me.
still, it was very fun and if it was cut a half an hour short I would have no complaints;