The case with Ponyo is that it is only for children whereas other Miyazaki films have themes that can be understand and celebrate by all age groups . I can't explain why but I feel that way and it's just my opinion 😊
Timestamps and ratings: 0:16 Ponyo 4/5 0:44 mouchette 3/5 1:20 The big heat 4.5/5 1:49 Don’t bother to knock 3.5/5 2:18 The Umbrellas Cherbourg 5/5 2:40 The last picture show 5/5 3:32 Star 80 4/5 4:10 the general 4.5/5 4:34 Only yesterday 4.5/5 5:15 The heartbreak kid 5/5 6:05 passages 5/5 6:38 What up doc 4/5 7:07 Oldboy 5/5 7:45 Amour 4/5 8:43 Showgirls 4/5 9:48 How to watch John Wilson n/a
You are obviously an old soul, watching and appreciating all those old movies! I love that you liked The Last Picture Show. Did you notice it was based on a novel by Larry McMurtry who also wrote the source material for Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove and Brokeback Mountain? My favourite older movies tend to be those based on stage plays. I forget if you have seen A Streetcar Named Desire or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Any movie based on a play by Tennessee Williams is very much worth seeing.
Honestly one of the less spoken about films in your list, What's Up Doc, is just awesome. I really did not enjoy romance movies that much, or romance-comedies, but happened to see this and it was right up my alley, even if i didnt know I even had this alley. Not perfect, not a cult classic, and certainly not the movie that gets appraise and like Ponyo and Only Yesterday like i see in the comments, but still just a very fun movie, it definitely sticks in my mind, just has plenty of fun memorable moments, some scenes are just expertly efficient with jokes and wordplay and back-and-forth verbal bits.
Have u thought abt adding the years to the titles? I.e. “what I watched in august 2023” ik it’s easily accessible in the description but might be easier for searching/archiving purposes! Not sure if its even possible to edit tho
Ponyo was the last movie I watched with my mom before she died. It's a spectacular movie but I do not think I can ever watch it again. Oldboy I will certainly never watch again lol that twisted had me so fcked up
What I watched Requiem for a Dream. 5/5 Braindead/Dead Alive 5/5 (one of my favorite movies ever) The Nice Guys. 4.5/5 Death Proof. 2/5 Collateral. 4/5 What We Do in the Shadows. 3.5/5 Joker. 4/5 Chinatown. 5/5 Liar Liar. 4/5 First Reformed. 5/5 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. 4/5 Carlito’s Way. 5/5 Lady Bird. 4/5 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. 4/5
I thinK the most fun I had in August was Gran Tourismo, I got to be very picky about motorsport (and rolled my eyes whenever Geri Halliwell Horner made a brief appearance). Just watched Passages this afternoon, not quite my favourite of the year, but loved it (people eating crisps and popcorn at certain points wasn’t great. I’m no fan of crunchy food in the cinema, but was really the wrong film for smelly crunchy food.).
You're one of the only people online I've seen genuinely enjoy and praise showgirls. Trying to describe why the movie is actually good is like pulling teeth. Following you just for this i trust you with my life
If you are looking for another studio ghibli film to watch, the tale of princess kaguya is very different stylistically and so beautiful. A great foreign film (if you are ready to get sad) is Come and See, which is about the Belarusian Genocide duration kg ww2. The entire film was put on UA-cam for free by the film studio.
I watched Ponyo maybe last year for the first time and I'm pretty sure, that everyone is dead at the end of the movie...so idk if it's really THAT wholesome.
would love if you left the title of the movies on screen while u review them :) sometimes i miss the title but then u sell me on it and i won’t remember the name lol
Ponya will check out thx mouchette yeah maybe later big heat later as well dont bother same umbrellas must watch? Castelnuovo 🤤 last picture show idk.. star 80 mmm general no only yesterday interesting heartbreak kid cake on face? added passages missed it somehow. Rogowski ♥️ past lives stuck with you? nothing to watch there except for Yoo Teo whats up dock weird nice oldboy saw reboot only amour 🙌🙌 if you think olding is nice be careful show girls ... htwjw is superb doc
i saw oldboy for the first time and i don’t think i’ve ever been more shocked by a plot twist in my life. i almost saw it with my dad, but thank god he hates subtitles lmao
I've been watching since the very first "what I watched in august" and each month I love getting recommended unique and different films, let's gooo Karsten!
Only Yesterday is the single most underappreciated Ghibli film imo. Sure it's a lot slower paced than their other works and sure it doesn't have any fantastical elements, but I think its overall direction is so strong that it manages to take what would otherwise be an unfocused mess of a narrative and transforms it into a deeply heartfelt, personal journey about what it means to live. So glad you liked it, since I don't see it get nearly enough love
I'm the same age as Taeko and it just affects you differently when you are. And I'm happy he did too, in the Jello Apocalypse Ghibli video it was talked very negatively of which disappointed me immensely.
Amour is some of the most I have ever cried at a movie, and it's not in a manipulative way in the slightest. It's such an incredibly made movie all around.
Two Miyazaki films id like you to check out is castle in the sky and Nausicca valley of the wind, the world and setting to me felt so fascinating and unique to me. Its one of his earlier films, might even be his first two.
I watched/re-watched a whole lotta movies in august and i’m going to list them all here for anyone who cares (yes i have too much time on my hands): Scream VI 7/10 really great new take on the franchise Hereditary 9/10 One of the most disturbing experiences Following 7/10 Kinda forgettable but you can really see the talent that comes thought in christopher nolan’s later films Memento 9/10 THAT ENDING THOOOOO What We Do in the Shadows 10/10 One of my favourite comedies ever Eighth Grade 10/10 I feel seen. Bo Burnham you've done it again Promising Young Woman 6/10 Bo Burnham carried this movie Insomnia 7/10 That was weird Evil Dead Rise 8/10 weakest of the franchise but that really says a lot because I LOVE this Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 8/10 A great new coming of age film X 8/10 the definition of not for kids Hunt for the Wilderpeople 9/10 I love Taika Waititi and this is one of his hidden gems Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 9/10 one of the most quotable movies in my house, but no i won’t be watching the show Perfect Blue 10/10 YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS, some of the most eerie media i’ve seen since get out The Princess Bride 10/10 one of my most nostalgic movies Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 9/10 Probably the greatest biopic of all time Oppenheimer 9/10 Ok, this is awesome Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 9/10 trash (joke… i was joking, don’t kill me) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 9/10 who would of thought the sequel to the shrek spin-off is one of the best animated movies of the year Blade Runner 2049 10/10 Yeah, it slaps Talk to Me 9/10 a fresh vivid take on this type of story which i really needed to see right now Palm Springs 8/10 J. K. Simmons jumpscare The Batman 9/10 The most emo movie I've ever seen Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 8/10 I cried The World’s End 8/10 Edgar Wright has not missed Dinosaur Hotel 3/10 wtf is this movie The Truman Show 10/10 need i say more? Dinosaur Hotel 2 3/10 yeah i watched the sequel… it was also trash, but kinda funny you know? The Edge of Seventeen 9/10 touch, that hit close to home Meg 2: The Trench 4/10 pretty stupid… I loved it Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 3/10 dreamworks really went from puss in boots 2 to this? Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 9/10 it actually feels like a conclusion Lady Bird 9/10 If hormones were a movie The Fifth Element 7/10 bruce willis for the win!!!! Barbie 10/10 unironically my favourite movie of the year, one of the only movies I re-watched in theatres fair enough if it didn't work for you but I think it was amazing and fresh and it just makes me feel happy Ok after all that, thank you for reading or a least skimming this have a great dayyyy (also yes i do have a letterboxd letterboxd.com/matui/ follow me hehehe)
Nice! I haven't seen most of these I think. But reading the list, seeing ur taste, I added "True blue" to my watch list bc u said "you have to watch this", so thanks for the recommendation I may or may not watch, u said it's eerie & horror isn't rlly may thing so idk we'll see.
@afictionalnerd Oh yeah it's "perfect blue" not "true" lol. I wrote it correctly in my list tho so that's what counts. You're welcome for reading it. Hope you have another great month of watches!
Movies: Insidious: The Red Door Gran Turismo Cobweb Infinity Pool Touki Bouki Blue Beetle Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Another Round Drive My Car Where is The Friend’s House? Causeway Saint Maud The Animatrix Possession Fresh (1994) Bottoms Equalizer 3 Shows: Batman: The Animated Series (last few episodes) Superpowered: The DC Story (Docuseries) Ladies First: A Story of Woman in Hip-Hop (Docuseries) Akame Ga Kill
I also watched The Last Picture Show this month! I watched 14 movies... Le Samourai (4/5) Melancholia (2/5) Princess Mononoke (4/5) North by Northwest (4/5) Manhattan (2.5/5) Bad Lieutenant (3.5/5) Only God Forgives (3/5) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (3.5/5) Oldboy (4/5) Inherent Vice (3.5/5) The Mother and the Whore (4.5/5) The Last Picture Show (4.5/5) Clue (4/5) Late Spring (4/5)
I feel alone for not watching literally all of these movies, but they all look very interesting, especially Oldboy as I’ve heard so much hype about that film.
Please, I wish I could see some of these for the first time again. People who look at a slate like this and go "boringggg" are the ones who should be ashamed, not you for simply being fashionably late to the party.
Here is what i watched this month: Clerks - 9.5/10 Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 9/10 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - 7.5/10 Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 9/10 Playground - 8/10 Snuff - 7/10 (short film) Rejected - 10/10 (short film) Captain Voyeur - 8/10 When A Stranger Calls - 8/10 (short film) The Animation Show - 9/10 (short film) The Big Shave - 7/10 Multiple Maniacs - 8/10 Scary Movie 4 - 6.5/10 (short film) The Cat With Hands - 8/10 (short film) Henry Eats - 7/10 (short film) Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 8/10 Maniac Cop - 8.5/10 Asteroid City - 8/10 The Love Bug - 9/10 Chopping Mall - 8/10 (short film) The Snails - 9/10 Haunted House (1941) - 6/10 Favorites: Clerks, Kill Bill 1, Rejected Least Favorite: Haunted House
Thanks for sharing your love of movies each month, Karsten! BTW, after seeing several Ghibli films, have you consider take a look at works of Shinkai or Hosoda?
I finally finished watching Naruto this month (I've been watching it for over a year) & all I can say is that it was quite a journey. Also watched the canon Naruto movie (The Last: Naruto the movie) & didn't liked it at all (1.5/10). The only other movie I watched in August is The Flash & it was surprisingly pretty good (7/10). But the best thing I watched in August is The Bear. I binged both seasons & it was phenomenal, genuinely one of the best shows I've ever seen (10/10). Also watching Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 (weekly).
no 1997 cult film classic "romy and michelle's high school reunion"( hope it would be in the next "what i watched this month" or better in entire new video about it
I watched a lot in August, but here’s some highlights- The Long Goodbye (1973) - 4/5 WarGames (1983) - 4/5 It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - 4/5 Election (1999) - 4/5 The Other Side of the Wind (2018) - 4/5 Becoming Cary Grant (2017) - 5/5 The Killing (1956) - 5/5 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) - 4/5 Detachment (2011) - 4/5 Ordinary People (1980) - 5/5 Seven Chances (1924) - 5/5 The Hunt (Jagten) (2012) - 5/5 The Apartment (1960) - 5/5 Seven Years In Tibet (1997) - 4/5 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 4/5 All for the first time. Also had a bunch of rewatches, like I revisited Charade (1963, 5/5) and Sunset Boulevard (1950, 5/5).
Here’s everything I watched in August in a little ranking with ratings. Overall, it was a solid month for me although there were a few mid films. Because I’m quite generous I usually have multiple 10/10 films per month but I only managed one for August. Oh well, at least the one film was the best movie I’ve ever seen 16) Fear and Desire (3/10) It’s inspiring as a young filmmaker to see what NOT to do but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s BORING!!! 15) Scooby Doo (6/10) I watched the LA Scooby Doo movie for the LOLs and yeah, it was fun. Would like it more if I was actually nostalgic for it 14) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (6/10) I didn’t mind it all too much but I have kind of forgotten its existence. Was fun enough nonetheless 13) Wild at Heart (6/10) My first David Lynch film and as I predicted, he doesn’t seem like a director for me 12) Rambo: First Blood Part II (7/10) I can’t help but love cheesy 80s action flicks but I like this one a bit less because it kind of misses the point of the original 11) Moonraker (8/10) I DON’T CARE!!! I love this movie despite how goofy it is. I watched it with friends and it was an absolute blast as well as having great performances and direction 10) TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (8/10) A really solid, fun movie which I enjoyed a lot despite not being too knowledgeable about the turtles. I will eat up any film with the stylised animation 9) Glass Onion (8.5/10) Took a while to get going but was overall really fun, subversive and memorable 8) The Darjeeling Limited (8.5/10) This film honestly gets better for me the more I think about it. I really got into the setting and the themes and especially the characters and it was overall a fun time 7) The Plague Dogs (9/10) A nice wholesome family film… is NOT what this is. But it was brilliant nonetheless 6) Rushmore (9/10) It took me a while to figure out what I thought of this film but overall I found it absolutely fantastic and really compelling and intriguing 5) First Blood (9/10) One of the most unexpectedly compelling and emotional action flicks I’ve seen. I was expecting something mindless because it’s Rambo but instead I got a surprisingly deep story. Shame that the sequels didn’t follow through on this 4) Megamind (9/10) Easily one of my favourite Dreamworks movies. I always have a blast with this film and I love its themes of nature Vs nurture and its warnings of incels 3) Stalag 17 (9/10) A classic golden oldie from Billy Wilder which was simultaneously hilarious and really compelling 2) The Spy Who Loved Me (9.5/10) Easily my favourite Bond film due to being a blast from start to finish with great humour, action, direction, pacing etc 1) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (10/10) As I said at the start, the best movie I have ever seen. Everything about it is just perfection
I like Wild at Heart significantly more than you but I watched First Blood for the first time last year and these are my exact thoughts on it. Should've gotten to it sooner.
I can not wait for the month I'll find a portuguese film entry on this series! I'd suggest Metamorphisis of Birds, Mutants, and Wolf & Dog to do so. Keep it up Runq!
I think Haneke’s honest treatment of the bleaker, tougher side of aging ironically makes the Amour one of his sweeter, humanist films. Through showing us the harshest things that the man is willing to put himself through to keep his promise to his wife, Haneke really shows us the power of love in what it pushes people to do for those they care for. Hence, ‘Amour’.
I also watched The Last Picture Show this last month, and man. It truly is such a coming of age movie and hits you hard. I bought the Criterion BBS Story boxset back in 2021 but never got around to watching all of the films in the set until this summer.
Great video as always. I'd like to also suggest you check out some Spanish films, I haven't seen any in your channel, or at least i can't recall, and we have one of the biggest and most diverse film industries. To get a good idea you should check the "Premios Goya", our equivalent to the Cesar or the Oscar, alongside checking the classics, Berlanga, Almodóvar, Buñuel, Amenabar, Trueba, Bardem, Alex de la Iglesia, Cuerda and more.
Man I just want to say that I love your monthly recommendations. You inspired me to keep a list of all the movies I watch every month, and a lot of the ones I loved I discovered them thanks to you. So… thank you really! 😊
I’m learning Italian and watched ponyo with the original audio with Italian subtitles. Watching it and not understanding a lot of the characters dialogue made me appreciate the animation style even more.
What I watched this month: Network (1976) 7/10 Kwaidan (1964) 7.5/10 Crash (1996) 7/10 Singing in the Rain (1952) 8.5/10 Yi Yi (2000) (Rewatch) 9/10 Mulholland Drive (2001) (Rewatch) 9.5/10 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 6.5/10 The Long Goodbye (1973) 6.5/10 Thirteen Lives (2022) 7/10 Throne of Blood (1957) 8.5/10 The Hidden Fortress (1958) 8/10
@@joedorben3504 Kwaidan didn't live up to expectations personally but tbh The Long Goodbye I wasn't paying as much attention as I should've. Still recommend watching both!
8/5 Barbie 8/6 Velvet Buzzsaw 8/7 The Usual Suspects 8/8 Sick of Myself Past Lives 8/12 Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Pianist 8/18 The Disaster Artist 8/19 V for Vendetta 8/21 Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse 8/22 Her 8/23 American Phyco 8/24 Fantastic Mr. Fox 8/25 The Shining 8/26 Dune Aftersun Closer 8/29 Children of Men 8/31 Hush
What I watched in August: Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior Thief No Country For Old Men Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Robin Hood (1973) In The Mouth of Madness Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (again) The Hunger Games Police Story Mary and Max Madagascar (2005) (again) The Hunger Games Catching Fire Rope Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion The Nice Guys Sleeping Beauty Army of Darkness
Nice to see that with this month, the films watched had a higher level of quality. It was clear there was more passion from Karsten with his praises for the films, which was nice.
What I watched: -Bee movie -Puss in boots: The Last Wish -Despicable me -Avatar (episodes) -Mean girls x2 -Monsters vs aliens -Barbie x2 -Coraline (theater showing) -Across the Spider-Verse (Edit), Reviews: -Avatar - Watched season 3 up to ep. 8. I will say it feels like there's been a lot of lounging around for it being the 1st half of the final season, I definitely thought it would kick off more. But ik they're planning for an ambush & the fire nation is supposed to be thinking they might can relax for now, but still it feels like not enough has happened in the amount of episodes there have been, but the last few episodes have had some great development so it seems to be picking up now, & I do get what they're going for. -Bee movie - I honestly like it even more now than when I was a kid, I can appreciate more how it's just so not a typical movie, & it rlly is a great time. -Puss in boots - Great movie, beautiful animation, it's the best variation of the spider-verse style I've seen so far. Nothing much to say, I have very few problems, & they aren't major. I see why everyone raved about it. -Despicable Me - I have total childhood bias for this movie, but in trying to put that aside, it's no masterpiece but I think it gets put aside as just kid movie candy too much, I think it's pretty well put together, fairly funny at times, genuinely cute. If you compare it (& the sequels) to a more recent illumination movie, Mario, or actually takes appropriate time to have character moments & be genuine, & I don't think they're bad moments, which I think counts for a good amount. - Mean Girls - Great movie. I love it. I watched it twice bc it was getting taken off Netflix. Loved it both times. I think it's so well paced, I love how Lindsay Lohan progressively becomes plastic herself. I love when it culminates into the whole school fighting each other. I love the movie intro & character intros. I love how it uses music at times. All the performances are great. Love it. -Monsters vs Aliens - Nothing THAT special, but it's pretty neat. I think they could've done a better job introducing the main character, Susan, but I still feel for her, & the bond she grows w the monsters. There are some pretty dang good moments of animation where you can rlly feel the size of large things in the movie, some pretty funny jokes here & there. A childhood movie I'd still watch again. Mb not many times though. -Barbie - I have a harder time trying to look at this movie on a technical level than most films. I definitely enjoy it, I think it's a lot of fun. Can't think of a bad performance, obviously Robbie & Gosling get talked about most, as they should, but I think the daughter, Sasha, doesn't get enough credit for how good a child actress she is. It might be a bit cheesy at times, but if so only a bit, & I rlly buy her as a moody middle school girl, she does a great job. Also Kate McKinnon & the president character I think turn in some noteworthy short performances, it's my favorite McKinnon performance I've seen. & The 2nd main Ken. But I could go on bc everyone's great. & I think ppl are being stupid over the political discourse, it OBVIOUSLY is not 1 sided like they say it is, & in coming years I think ppl will talk about how Barbie was secretly genius in its hidden messaging as well. Idk if I'd say that but people will. -Coraline - Got to watch it in a theater, which was super awesome. I'd probably say what anyone else would say about it. Great atmosphere & tone, very intriguing, lots of sympathy for coraline, legitimately intense around the end. Great performances, stellar animation. A lot to think on. Great movie. -Across the Spider-Verse - What even is there to say? Best looking movie I've ever seen. Brilliant score, some great record drops. Great stakes & moral questions tied into the spidey mythos, fantastic performances, so on & so on. I will say I think it's a bit overrated, just a bit. I think Into the Spider-Verse is better, I think, without taking into account that it's part 1, the 1st 45 minutes of the movie does drag some, & there's other stuff too, but how can you really focus on all that when the rest of the movie is right there, & so damn great?
Glad to see another viewer of the overlooked What’s Up, Doc? It has a Mel Brooks-esque so I see it as a Brooks flick than the director of the film himself, Peter Bogdanovich. As of now it's my all-time favorite comedy.
I too watched oldboy for the first time… unfortunately I made the mistake of watching the American remake, thinking it was the original movie. Kinda sucks that I already know the plot twist now
Damnnn I have no idea that the horrendous Ben Stiller Heartbreak kid is a remake!! Miss Hoff from high school picked this one for the class for “movie day” and I was scared forever lol
Giving showgirls a 4/5 unironically is hilarious to me. I love the camp and so bad it’s good. I agree the hype and culture adds to it. Its well made trash.
Herrow, I watched: Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami (2006) 8/10 The Exorcist (1973) rewatch 9/10 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) rewatch 5/10 In the Mouth of Madness (1994) 6/10 Demony wojny wg Goi (1998) rewatch 8/10 Ga, Ga. Chwała Bohaterom! (1985) 9/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) 6/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 8/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) 7/10 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) rewatch 9/10 Joint Security Area (2000) 10/10
I cannot understand the appeal of Passages. I was laughing everytime the lead was on camera, I just couldn't get the tone. I just couldn't get into it.
Man I can hear you even don’t want to talk about „L’Amour”. This must be a tough one. For me it was a great and packed month: Our Folks (1967) - 4/5 Take It Easy (1974) - 3.5/5 12 Angry Man (1957) - 5/5 (hits as hard as on the first watch) Vanishing Point (1971) - 4/5 (Hidden gem) The Nice Guys (2016) - 3/5 (Had so much potential 😢) Enter The Void (2009) - 4.5/5 (This film makes a lot of mistakes but man it delivers feelings that you wouldn’t get anywhere else) Killer Joe (2011) - 4/5 (R.I.P. Friedkin you madman) Past Lives (2023) - 3.5/5 Unforgiven (1992) - 4/5 How I Unleashed World War 2 (1970) - 4/5 Divorce Italian Style (1961) - 3.5/5 (Mastroianni my beloved ❤) Pacifiction (2022) - 5/5 (If you haven’t seen it yet - go watch it now) The Brown Bunny (2003) - 4/5 Barbie (2023) - 4/5 Oppenheimer (2023) - 4/5 La Grande Bouffle (1973) - 3.5/5 (Fantastic concept but too much typical for 70’s moralisation) Camouflage (1977) - 5/5 (Amazing performance by Zapasiewicz, perfect depiction of cynicism and again… if you haven’t seen it - go watch it now) Cairo Station (1958) - 3.5/5 (but it looks absolutly stunning) Sorcerer (1977) - 4/5 If someone read it all - I hope you found here some new recommendation 😊 My lb: Mt_zal
Yeah I had never seen Oldboy and I would have never wanted to see it outside of a theater the first time. It was horrible and amazing and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But yeah go see it
It took me like half the movie to get that the two leads in Only Yesterday were actually the same character as a child and an adult, they looked nothing alike???
"Showgirls" is the epitome of "So Bad, It's Good." It's memorable for all of the wrong reasons, and Elizabeth Berkley sure got her wish when she wanted people to recognise her as more than just Jessie Spano.
Ponyo was one of the first movies I ever watched when I was like 4. It’s so special to me
It’s one of the few Miyazaki movies I’ve never seen, I gotta check it out
How old you is? Ima say 15
@@azula3906 I’m 18
I’ve never seen it so it’s not that special to me
The case with Ponyo is that it is only for children whereas other Miyazaki films have themes that can be understand and celebrate by all age groups . I can't explain why but I feel that way and it's just my opinion 😊
I need to watch more movies
watching a new movie everyday or every couple of days changes your entire life lmao
Me too 😅
I feel the same way while still watching a new movie a day
@@ksanchez90565 im watching them in a far deeper and more autistic way then you
Timestamps and ratings:
0:16 Ponyo 4/5
0:44 mouchette 3/5
1:20 The big heat 4.5/5
1:49 Don’t bother to knock 3.5/5
2:18 The Umbrellas Cherbourg 5/5
2:40 The last picture show 5/5
3:32 Star 80 4/5
4:10 the general 4.5/5
4:34 Only yesterday 4.5/5
5:15 The heartbreak kid 5/5
6:05 passages 5/5
6:38 What up doc 4/5
7:07 Oldboy 5/5
7:45 Amour 4/5
8:43 Showgirls 4/5
9:48 How to watch John Wilson n/a
you forgot don't bother to knock
Thank you boss 🙏
"The Last Picture Show" and "What's Up, Doc?" made me love Peter Bogdanovich -- "Star 80" erased all that.
As soon as I saw the "OldBoy" poster in the thumbnail, I clicked. I wish they released it over here in India
You are obviously an old soul, watching and appreciating all those old movies! I love that you liked The Last Picture Show. Did you notice it was based on a novel by Larry McMurtry who also wrote the source material for Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove and Brokeback Mountain? My favourite older movies tend to be those based on stage plays. I forget if you have seen A Streetcar Named Desire or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Any movie based on a play by Tennessee Williams is very much worth seeing.
Honestly one of the less spoken about films in your list, What's Up Doc, is just awesome. I really did not enjoy romance movies that much, or romance-comedies, but happened to see this and it was right up my alley, even if i didnt know I even had this alley. Not perfect, not a cult classic, and certainly not the movie that gets appraise and like Ponyo and Only Yesterday like i see in the comments, but still just a very fun movie, it definitely sticks in my mind, just has plenty of fun memorable moments, some scenes are just expertly efficient with jokes and wordplay and back-and-forth verbal bits.
Only Yesterday is in my top five favorite films. So glad you enjoyed it - Takahata is an incredible artist
I love what's up doc! I try to keep track of the suitcases everytime I watch to no avail
i would be lying if i said this wasn't what karsten watched in august
I’m so excited for the bottoms review 🔥🔥🔥
Watched Oldboy for the first time last night and it’s so damn dark and funny, I immediately wanted to watch it again
Have u thought abt adding the years to the titles? I.e. “what I watched in august 2023” ik it’s easily accessible in the description but might be easier for searching/archiving purposes! Not sure if its even possible to edit tho
Ponyo was the last movie I watched with my mom before she died. It's a spectacular movie but I do not think I can ever watch it again.
Oldboy I will certainly never watch again lol that twisted had me so fcked up
What I watched
Requiem for a Dream. 5/5
Braindead/Dead Alive 5/5 (one of my favorite movies ever)
The Nice Guys. 4.5/5
Death Proof. 2/5
Collateral. 4/5
What We Do in the Shadows. 3.5/5
Joker. 4/5
Chinatown. 5/5
Liar Liar. 4/5
First Reformed. 5/5
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. 4/5
Carlito’s Way. 5/5
Lady Bird. 4/5
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. 4/5
Please we need your review on Past Lives and Shortcomings!
I loved passages it was great and yes I’d watch it again! I love Ben and Franz is such a great actor!
Ponyo Is Dua Lipa's fav anime
felt 'Princess Mononoke' was as colourful,if not more colourful than 'Ponyo'. Though darker context.
I thinK the most fun I had in August was Gran Tourismo, I got to be very picky about motorsport (and rolled my eyes whenever Geri Halliwell Horner made a brief appearance). Just watched Passages this afternoon, not quite my favourite of the year, but loved it (people eating crisps and popcorn at certain points wasn’t great. I’m no fan of crunchy food in the cinema, but was really the wrong film for smelly crunchy food.).
You're one of the only people online I've seen genuinely enjoy and praise showgirls. Trying to describe why the movie is actually good is like pulling teeth. Following you just for this i trust you with my life
If you are looking for another studio ghibli film to watch, the tale of princess kaguya is very different stylistically and so beautiful.
A great foreign film (if you are ready to get sad) is Come and See, which is about the Belarusian Genocide duration kg ww2. The entire film was put on UA-cam for free by the film studio.
I watched Ponyo maybe last year for the first time and I'm pretty sure, that everyone is dead at the end of the movie...so idk if it's really THAT wholesome.
I've really enjoyed the Old Boy movie, but the manga not so much.. But thanks to the manga we got this awesome movie !
*Miracle in Milan* (Vittorio De Sica, 1951) - 8/10
*12 Angry Men* (Sidney Lumet, 1957) - 8/10
*Underground* (Emir Kusturica, 1995) - 8.5/10
*Like Someone In Love* (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) - 8/10
*Before Midnight* (Richard Linklater, 2013) - 8.5/10
*C’est La Vie!* (Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano, 2017) - 7/10
*Wildlife* (Paul Dano, 2018) - 8.5/10
*How To Blow Up A Pipeline* (Daniel Goldhaber, 2022) - 8/10
*A Hundred Flowers* (Genki Kawamura, 2022) - 7.5/10
*Riceboy Sleeps* (Anthony Shim, 2022) - 7.5/10
*Parade* (Titas Laucius, 2022) - 7/10
*I Have Electric Dreams* (Valentina Maurel, 2022) - 7/10
*Inshallah A Boy* (Amjad al Rasheed, 2023) - 8/10
*A House in Jerusalem* (Muayad Alayan, 2023) - 8/10
*Critical Zone* (Ali Ahmadzadeh, 2023) - 5/10
*I Know This Much Is True* (2020) - 8/10
*The Leftovers* (2014-2017) - 5/10
Karsten please watch bojack horseman i think its a show that you would absolutely adore
Did Kirsten ever watch Kimi no nawa?
Please watch more Haneke!
would love if you left the title of the movies on screen while u review them :) sometimes i miss the title but then u sell me on it and i won’t remember the name lol
Ghad damn I’ve never clicked on a video that fast
i nned rgis every month
So august was a depression session for y’all too huh
great video daddy
Ponya will check out thx
mouchette yeah maybe later
big heat later as well
dont bother same
umbrellas must watch? Castelnuovo 🤤
last picture show idk..
star 80 mmm
general no
only yesterday interesting
heartbreak kid cake on face? added
passages missed it somehow. Rogowski ♥️ past lives stuck with you? nothing to watch there except for Yoo Teo
whats up dock weird nice
oldboy saw reboot only
amour 🙌🙌 if you think olding is nice be careful
show girls ...
htwjw is superb doc
You gave showgirls an 8 bro?? Are you trolling... This is one of the worst movies ever made
i saw oldboy for the first time and i don’t think i’ve ever been more shocked by a plot twist in my life. i almost saw it with my dad, but thank god he hates subtitles lmao
Same. Twist had me absolutely shaken to my core. And didn’t see it coming at all.
Father and Daughter reunited after fifteen years (GONE WRONG)
WHERE DID YOU WATCH IT I CANT DIND IT ANYWHERE
@@nolankern4966amc was showing it recently cause it got remastered
@@nolankern4966movie theater
I've been watching since the very first "what I watched in august" and each month I love getting recommended unique and different films, let's gooo Karsten!
Only Yesterday is the single most underappreciated Ghibli film imo. Sure it's a lot slower paced than their other works and sure it doesn't have any fantastical elements, but I think its overall direction is so strong that it manages to take what would otherwise be an unfocused mess of a narrative and transforms it into a deeply heartfelt, personal journey about what it means to live. So glad you liked it, since I don't see it get nearly enough love
did not expect to see you here lmfao
I'm the same age as Taeko and it just affects you differently when you are. And I'm happy he did too, in the Jello Apocalypse Ghibli video it was talked very negatively of which disappointed me immensely.
Nah, Only Yesterday is well appreciated, the singke most underappreciated is My Neighbors The Yamadas.
karsten never fails to make a video.
except for when he does and we don't even know
Watched Showgirls with friends while on acid and being snowed in. Best decision ever
It sounds like Karsten needs a hug after all the downers he watched in August
Past Lives really deserves all the praise in the world, I've never seen such an empathetic film, everybody please watch it
I thought it was ok. Maybe I will like it a lot more if I watched again like I did with “decision to leave”
August was a book month for me as I worked through my backlog post-Barbenheimer. And I'm finally ready to check out Umbrellas of Cherbourgh
Amour is some of the most I have ever cried at a movie, and it's not in a manipulative way in the slightest. It's such an incredibly made movie all around.
Ponyo is undoubtedly one of my favorite films, the way the colors mix with the beautiful animation style is incredible.
I first watched Amour last year with my mother, just a few weeks after my grandpa died. Needless to say we bawled our eyes out. Great Movie tho
Two Miyazaki films id like you to check out is castle in the sky and Nausicca valley of the wind, the world and setting to me felt so fascinating and unique to me. Its one of his earlier films, might even be his first two.
nausicca is iconic absolutely stunning
Those are two of my favourite films of all time
Both beautiful films 👌
I watched/re-watched a whole lotta movies in august and i’m going to list them all here for anyone who cares (yes i have too much time on my hands):
Scream VI 7/10 really great new take on the franchise
Hereditary 9/10 One of the most disturbing experiences
Following 7/10 Kinda forgettable but you can really see the talent that comes thought in christopher nolan’s later films
Memento 9/10 THAT ENDING THOOOOO
What We Do in the Shadows 10/10 One of my favourite comedies ever
Eighth Grade 10/10 I feel seen. Bo Burnham you've done it again
Promising Young Woman 6/10 Bo Burnham carried this movie
Insomnia 7/10 That was weird
Evil Dead Rise 8/10 weakest of the franchise but that really says a lot because I LOVE this
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 8/10 A great new coming of age film
X 8/10 the definition of not for kids
Hunt for the Wilderpeople 9/10 I love Taika Waititi and this is one of his hidden gems
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 9/10 one of the most quotable movies in my house, but no i won’t be watching the show
Perfect Blue 10/10 YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS, some of the most eerie media i’ve seen since get out
The Princess Bride 10/10 one of my most nostalgic movies
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 9/10 Probably the greatest biopic of all time Oppenheimer 9/10 Ok, this is awesome
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 9/10 trash (joke… i was joking, don’t kill me)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 9/10 who would of thought the sequel to the shrek spin-off is one of the best animated movies of the year
Blade Runner 2049 10/10 Yeah, it slaps
Talk to Me 9/10 a fresh vivid take on this type of story which i really needed to see right now
Palm Springs 8/10 J. K. Simmons jumpscare
The Batman 9/10 The most emo movie I've ever seen
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 8/10 I cried
The World’s End 8/10 Edgar Wright has not missed
Dinosaur Hotel 3/10 wtf is this movie
The Truman Show 10/10 need i say more?
Dinosaur Hotel 2 3/10 yeah i watched the sequel… it was also trash, but kinda funny you know?
The Edge of Seventeen 9/10 touch, that hit close to home
Meg 2: The Trench 4/10 pretty stupid… I loved it
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 3/10 dreamworks really went from puss in boots 2 to this?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 9/10 it actually feels like a conclusion
Lady Bird 9/10 If hormones were a movie
The Fifth Element 7/10 bruce willis for the win!!!!
Barbie 10/10 unironically my favourite movie of the year, one of the only movies I re-watched in theatres fair enough if it didn't work for you but I think it was amazing and fresh and it just makes me feel happy
Ok after all that, thank you for reading or a least skimming this have a great dayyyy (also yes i do have a letterboxd letterboxd.com/matui/ follow me hehehe)
Nice! I haven't seen most of these I think. But reading the list, seeing ur taste, I added "True blue" to my watch list bc u said "you have to watch this", so thanks for the recommendation I may or may not watch, u said it's eerie & horror isn't rlly may thing so idk we'll see.
@@pe_stroud4891 oh thx for reading all of it, Perfect Blue might not be your thing, but i thought it was mindblowing
@afictionalnerd Oh yeah it's "perfect blue" not "true" lol. I wrote it correctly in my list tho so that's what counts. You're welcome for reading it. Hope you have another great month of watches!
@@pe_stroud4891 thank youuu, you too
Mubi is such an awesome sponsorship, I love the content they have, basically just amazing movies there
Badlands - 4.5/5
Paper Moon - 5/5
Talk To Me - 4/5
Kinda funny how we both converged in a Bogdanovich mood this month.
How artsy is Badlands? I’ve wanted to get into Terrance Malick for awhile but am aware of how artsy his films are.
Movies:
Insidious: The Red Door
Gran Turismo
Cobweb
Infinity Pool
Touki Bouki
Blue Beetle
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Another Round
Drive My Car
Where is The Friend’s House?
Causeway
Saint Maud
The Animatrix
Possession
Fresh (1994)
Bottoms
Equalizer 3
Shows:
Batman: The Animated Series (last few episodes)
Superpowered: The DC Story (Docuseries)
Ladies First: A Story of Woman in Hip-Hop (Docuseries)
Akame Ga Kill
I also watched The Last Picture Show this month! I watched 14 movies...
Le Samourai (4/5)
Melancholia (2/5)
Princess Mononoke (4/5)
North by Northwest (4/5)
Manhattan (2.5/5)
Bad Lieutenant (3.5/5)
Only God Forgives (3/5)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (3.5/5)
Oldboy (4/5)
Inherent Vice (3.5/5)
The Mother and the Whore (4.5/5)
The Last Picture Show (4.5/5)
Clue (4/5)
Late Spring (4/5)
Yay for top marks for Princess Mononoke, Clue and Late Spring and for low ones to Manhattan. 🙌
That’s nice very nice 👍
Princess Mononoke is so good 😊
I've had enough. Where can I watch Oldboy!! I've been searching online for so long, I need guidance.
I feel alone for not watching literally all of these movies, but they all look very interesting, especially Oldboy as I’ve heard so much hype about that film.
Oldboy got a re release a week or two ago, I think that’s why everyone’s mentioning it again
i almost wrote oldboy off and didn’t see it but it is very worth the watch
Yep. On August 16th it was having 20th anniversary screenings in participating theaters. Great movie. Was my 2nd time watching it
Please, I wish I could see some of these for the first time again. People who look at a slate like this and go "boringggg" are the ones who should be ashamed, not you for simply being fashionably late to the party.
Oldboy is really good. I also recommend Ponyo and Only Yesterday too 😊
k-man are you gonna go see bottoms? i think you’ll like it
Here is what i watched this month:
Clerks - 9.5/10
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 9/10
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - 7.5/10
Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 9/10
Playground - 8/10
Snuff - 7/10
(short film) Rejected - 10/10
(short film) Captain Voyeur - 8/10
When A Stranger Calls - 8/10
(short film) The Animation Show - 9/10
(short film) The Big Shave - 7/10
Multiple Maniacs - 8/10
Scary Movie 4 - 6.5/10
(short film) The Cat With Hands - 8/10
(short film) Henry Eats - 7/10
(short film) Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 8/10
Maniac Cop - 8.5/10
Asteroid City - 8/10
The Love Bug - 9/10
Chopping Mall - 8/10
(short film) The Snails - 9/10
Haunted House (1941) - 6/10
Favorites: Clerks, Kill Bill 1, Rejected
Least Favorite: Haunted House
Showgirls is cinema… pure cinema
Thanks for sharing your love of movies each month, Karsten!
BTW, after seeing several Ghibli films, have you consider take a look at works of Shinkai or Hosoda?
What's Up Doc is such a good movie!!!!!!
I finally finished watching Naruto this month (I've been watching it for over a year) & all I can say is that it was quite a journey. Also watched the canon Naruto movie (The Last: Naruto the movie) & didn't liked it at all (1.5/10).
The only other movie I watched in August is The Flash & it was surprisingly pretty good (7/10).
But the best thing I watched in August is The Bear. I binged both seasons & it was phenomenal, genuinely one of the best shows I've ever seen (10/10).
Also watching Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 (weekly).
karsten when is the ghibli ranked coming
Great video Karsten, in the month of august I saw The Outsiders, Pink Flamingos, and All That Jazz, and recently saw Bottoms. Great month for watches.
All that jazz 🥺
All That Jazz is really good 👍
Marilyn Monroe film recommendations: Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Bus Stop.
no 1997 cult film classic "romy and michelle's high school reunion"(
hope it would be in the next "what i watched this month" or better in entire new video about it
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is really a masterpiece! Love Ponyo, Only Yesterday and The Last Picture Show too.
I watched a lot in August, but here’s some highlights-
The Long Goodbye (1973) - 4/5
WarGames (1983) - 4/5
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - 4/5
Election (1999) - 4/5
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) - 4/5
Becoming Cary Grant (2017) - 5/5
The Killing (1956) - 5/5
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) - 4/5
Detachment (2011) - 4/5
Ordinary People (1980) - 5/5
Seven Chances (1924) - 5/5
The Hunt (Jagten) (2012) - 5/5
The Apartment (1960) - 5/5
Seven Years In Tibet (1997) - 4/5
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 4/5
All for the first time. Also had a bunch of rewatches, like I revisited Charade (1963, 5/5) and Sunset Boulevard (1950, 5/5).
Here’s everything I watched in August in a little ranking with ratings. Overall, it was a solid month for me although there were a few mid films. Because I’m quite generous I usually have multiple 10/10 films per month but I only managed one for August. Oh well, at least the one film was the best movie I’ve ever seen
16) Fear and Desire (3/10) It’s inspiring as a young filmmaker to see what NOT to do but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s BORING!!!
15) Scooby Doo (6/10) I watched the LA Scooby Doo movie for the LOLs and yeah, it was fun. Would like it more if I was actually nostalgic for it
14) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (6/10) I didn’t mind it all too much but I have kind of forgotten its existence. Was fun enough nonetheless
13) Wild at Heart (6/10) My first David Lynch film and as I predicted, he doesn’t seem like a director for me
12) Rambo: First Blood Part II (7/10) I can’t help but love cheesy 80s action flicks but I like this one a bit less because it kind of misses the point of the original
11) Moonraker (8/10) I DON’T CARE!!! I love this movie despite how goofy it is. I watched it with friends and it was an absolute blast as well as having great performances and direction
10) TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (8/10) A really solid, fun movie which I enjoyed a lot despite not being too knowledgeable about the turtles. I will eat up any film with the stylised animation
9) Glass Onion (8.5/10) Took a while to get going but was overall really fun, subversive and memorable
8) The Darjeeling Limited (8.5/10) This film honestly gets better for me the more I think about it. I really got into the setting and the themes and especially the characters and it was overall a fun time
7) The Plague Dogs (9/10) A nice wholesome family film… is NOT what this is. But it was brilliant nonetheless
6) Rushmore (9/10) It took me a while to figure out what I thought of this film but overall I found it absolutely fantastic and really compelling and intriguing
5) First Blood (9/10) One of the most unexpectedly compelling and emotional action flicks I’ve seen. I was expecting something mindless because it’s Rambo but instead I got a surprisingly deep story. Shame that the sequels didn’t follow through on this
4) Megamind (9/10) Easily one of my favourite Dreamworks movies. I always have a blast with this film and I love its themes of nature Vs nurture and its warnings of incels
3) Stalag 17 (9/10) A classic golden oldie from Billy Wilder which was simultaneously hilarious and really compelling
2) The Spy Who Loved Me (9.5/10) Easily my favourite Bond film due to being a blast from start to finish with great humour, action, direction, pacing etc
1) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (10/10) As I said at the start, the best movie I have ever seen. Everything about it is just perfection
I like Wild at Heart significantly more than you but I watched First Blood for the first time last year and these are my exact thoughts on it. Should've gotten to it sooner.
That’s really awesome 👏
I love Megamind too. Probably my favorite Dreamworks movie.
I have yet to see TMNT: Mutants Mayhem.
@@bespectacledheroine7292I will concede that Wild at Heart is a well made movie. However, it’s weirdness just isn’t my cup of tea
Would highly recommend Bottoms which just came out, really hilarious movie
Ponyo is my favorite movie its so sweet😭
would love to see a video all about how to with john wilson!!
I can not wait for the month I'll find a portuguese film entry on this series! I'd suggest Metamorphisis of Birds, Mutants, and Wolf & Dog to do so. Keep it up Runq!
I think Haneke’s honest treatment of the bleaker, tougher side of aging ironically makes the Amour one of his sweeter, humanist films. Through showing us the harshest things that the man is willing to put himself through to keep his promise to his wife, Haneke really shows us the power of love in what it pushes people to do for those they care for. Hence, ‘Amour’.
I also watched The Last Picture Show this last month, and man. It truly is such a coming of age movie and hits you hard. I bought the Criterion BBS Story boxset back in 2021 but never got around to watching all of the films in the set until this summer.
Great video as always. I'd like to also suggest you check out some Spanish films, I haven't seen any in your channel, or at least i can't recall, and we have one of the biggest and most diverse film industries. To get a good idea you should check the "Premios Goya", our equivalent to the Cesar or the Oscar, alongside checking the classics, Berlanga, Almodóvar, Buñuel, Amenabar, Trueba, Bardem, Alex de la Iglesia, Cuerda and more.
Man I just want to say that I love your monthly recommendations. You inspired me to keep a list of all the movies I watch every month, and a lot of the ones I loved I discovered them thanks to you.
So… thank you really! 😊
I’m learning Italian and watched ponyo with the original audio with Italian subtitles. Watching it and not understanding a lot of the characters dialogue made me appreciate the animation style even more.
Still waiting for you to check out BLUE BEETLE, NIMONA, and 'Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken'!!!!!!!!
What I watched this month:
Network (1976) 7/10
Kwaidan (1964) 7.5/10
Crash (1996) 7/10
Singing in the Rain (1952) 8.5/10
Yi Yi (2000) (Rewatch) 9/10
Mulholland Drive (2001) (Rewatch) 9.5/10
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 6.5/10
The Long Goodbye (1973) 6.5/10
Thirteen Lives (2022) 7/10
Throne of Blood (1957) 8.5/10
The Hidden Fortress (1958) 8/10
I have been wanting to watch Kwaidan and The Long Goodbye for ages now. Were they somewhat disappointing or just didnt live up to expectations?
@@joedorben3504 Kwaidan didn't live up to expectations personally but tbh The Long Goodbye I wasn't paying as much attention as I should've. Still recommend watching both!
8/5
Barbie
8/6
Velvet Buzzsaw
8/7
The Usual Suspects
8/8
Sick of Myself
Past Lives
8/12
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Pianist
8/18
The Disaster Artist
8/19
V for Vendetta
8/21
Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse
8/22
Her
8/23
American Phyco
8/24
Fantastic Mr. Fox
8/25
The Shining
8/26
Dune
Aftersun
Closer
8/29
Children of Men
8/31
Hush
What I watched in August:
Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior
Thief
No Country For Old Men
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Robin Hood (1973)
In The Mouth of Madness
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (again)
The Hunger Games
Police Story
Mary and Max
Madagascar (2005) (again)
The Hunger Games Catching Fire
Rope
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
The Nice Guys
Sleeping Beauty
Army of Darkness
Nice to see that with this month, the films watched had a higher level of quality. It was clear there was more passion from Karsten with his praises for the films, which was nice.
I noticed this too! So nice to see
What I watched:
-Bee movie
-Puss in boots: The Last Wish
-Despicable me
-Avatar (episodes)
-Mean girls x2
-Monsters vs aliens
-Barbie x2
-Coraline (theater showing)
-Across the Spider-Verse
(Edit), Reviews:
-Avatar - Watched season 3 up to ep. 8. I will say it feels like there's been a lot of lounging around for it being the 1st half of the final season, I definitely thought it would kick off more. But ik they're planning for an ambush & the fire nation is supposed to be thinking they might can relax for now, but still it feels like not enough has happened in the amount of episodes there have been, but the last few episodes have had some great development so it seems to be picking up now, & I do get what they're going for.
-Bee movie - I honestly like it even more now than when I was a kid, I can appreciate more how it's just so not a typical movie, & it rlly is a great time.
-Puss in boots - Great movie, beautiful animation, it's the best variation of the spider-verse style I've seen so far. Nothing much to say, I have very few problems, & they aren't major. I see why everyone raved about it.
-Despicable Me - I have total childhood bias for this movie, but in trying to put that aside, it's no masterpiece but I think it gets put aside as just kid movie candy too much, I think it's pretty well put together, fairly funny at times, genuinely cute. If you compare it (& the sequels) to a more recent illumination movie, Mario, or actually takes appropriate time to have character moments & be genuine, & I don't think they're bad moments, which I think counts for a good amount.
- Mean Girls - Great movie. I love it. I watched it twice bc it was getting taken off Netflix. Loved it both times. I think it's so well paced, I love how Lindsay Lohan progressively becomes plastic herself. I love when it culminates into the whole school fighting each other. I love the movie intro & character intros. I love how it uses music at times. All the performances are great. Love it.
-Monsters vs Aliens - Nothing THAT special, but it's pretty neat. I think they could've done a better job introducing the main character, Susan, but I still feel for her, & the bond she grows w the monsters. There are some pretty dang good moments of animation where you can rlly feel the size of large things in the movie, some pretty funny jokes here & there. A childhood movie I'd still watch again. Mb not many times though.
-Barbie - I have a harder time trying to look at this movie on a technical level than most films. I definitely enjoy it, I think it's a lot of fun. Can't think of a bad performance, obviously Robbie & Gosling get talked about most, as they should, but I think the daughter, Sasha, doesn't get enough credit for how good a child actress she is. It might be a bit cheesy at times, but if so only a bit, & I rlly buy her as a moody middle school girl, she does a great job. Also Kate McKinnon & the president character I think turn in some noteworthy short performances, it's my favorite McKinnon performance I've seen. & The 2nd main Ken. But I could go on bc everyone's great. & I think ppl are being stupid over the political discourse, it OBVIOUSLY is not 1 sided like they say it is, & in coming years I think ppl will talk about how Barbie was secretly genius in its hidden messaging as well. Idk if I'd say that but people will.
-Coraline - Got to watch it in a theater, which was super awesome. I'd probably say what anyone else would say about it. Great atmosphere & tone, very intriguing, lots of sympathy for coraline, legitimately intense around the end. Great performances, stellar animation. A lot to think on. Great movie.
-Across the Spider-Verse - What even is there to say? Best looking movie I've ever seen. Brilliant score, some great record drops. Great stakes & moral questions tied into the spidey mythos, fantastic performances, so on & so on. I will say I think it's a bit overrated, just a bit. I think Into the Spider-Verse is better, I think, without taking into account that it's part 1, the 1st 45 minutes of the movie does drag some, & there's other stuff too, but how can you really focus on all that when the rest of the movie is right there, & so damn great?
I watched
Gran Turismo
(3.5/5)
Shin Ultraman
(3/5)
Steamboat Willie
(0/5)
Barbie (Rewatch)
(5/5)
Glad to see another viewer of the overlooked What’s Up, Doc? It has a Mel Brooks-esque so I see it as a Brooks flick than the director of the film himself, Peter Bogdanovich. As of now it's my all-time favorite comedy.
Ponyo was my first studio ghibli movie that I’d seen and it’ll always have a special place in my heart!
I too watched oldboy for the first time… unfortunately I made the mistake of watching the American remake, thinking it was the original movie. Kinda sucks that I already know the plot twist now
Damnnn I have no idea that the horrendous Ben Stiller Heartbreak kid is a remake!! Miss Hoff from high school picked this one for the class for “movie day” and I was scared forever lol
Giving showgirls a 4/5 unironically is hilarious to me. I love the camp and so bad it’s good. I agree the hype and culture adds to it. Its well made trash.
Herrow, I watched:
Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami (2006) 8/10
The Exorcist (1973) rewatch 9/10
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) rewatch 5/10
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) 6/10
Demony wojny wg Goi (1998) rewatch 8/10
Ga, Ga. Chwała Bohaterom! (1985) 9/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) 6/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 8/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) 7/10
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) rewatch 9/10
Joint Security Area (2000) 10/10
Only yesterday and ponyo are my personal favorite ghibli movies even if I think mononoke, Nausicaa, and spirited away might be better
I cannot understand the appeal of Passages. I was laughing everytime the lead was on camera, I just couldn't get the tone. I just couldn't get into it.
Man I can hear you even don’t want to talk about „L’Amour”. This must be a tough one.
For me it was a great and packed month:
Our Folks (1967) - 4/5
Take It Easy (1974) - 3.5/5
12 Angry Man (1957) - 5/5 (hits as hard as on the first watch)
Vanishing Point (1971) - 4/5 (Hidden gem)
The Nice Guys (2016) - 3/5 (Had so much potential 😢)
Enter The Void (2009) - 4.5/5 (This film makes a lot of mistakes but man it delivers feelings that you wouldn’t get anywhere else)
Killer Joe (2011) - 4/5 (R.I.P. Friedkin you madman)
Past Lives (2023) - 3.5/5
Unforgiven (1992) - 4/5
How I Unleashed World War 2 (1970) - 4/5
Divorce Italian Style (1961) - 3.5/5 (Mastroianni my beloved ❤)
Pacifiction (2022) - 5/5 (If you haven’t seen it yet - go watch it now)
The Brown Bunny (2003) - 4/5
Barbie (2023) - 4/5
Oppenheimer (2023) - 4/5
La Grande Bouffle (1973) - 3.5/5 (Fantastic concept but too much typical for 70’s moralisation)
Camouflage (1977) - 5/5 (Amazing performance by Zapasiewicz, perfect depiction of cynicism and again… if you haven’t seen it - go watch it now)
Cairo Station (1958) - 3.5/5 (but it looks absolutly stunning)
Sorcerer (1977) - 4/5
If someone read it all - I hope you found here some new recommendation 😊
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Yeah I had never seen Oldboy and I would have never wanted to see it outside of a theater the first time. It was horrible and amazing and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But yeah go see it
It took me like half the movie to get that the two leads in Only Yesterday were actually the same character as a child and an adult, they looked nothing alike???
Can’t believe Karsten dropped five what i watched in augusts in a row the man cannot be stopped
Buster Keaton, Old Boy🤔 Are you listening to the Blank Check Podcast?
“This movie was depressing.” Karsten, you okay?
imo I would like to see you categorize the timeline of the video to the movie you are talking about.
The Last Picture Show will always be my favourite movie.
"Showgirls" is the epitome of "So Bad, It's Good." It's memorable for all of the wrong reasons, and Elizabeth Berkley sure got her wish when she wanted people to recognise her as more than just Jessie Spano.