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The lair. 2022. Dir. Neil Marshall.
2/10.
A fighter pilot gets shot down and unleashes a creature.
Directed, co written, edited and co produced by Marshall. It start OK for about 10-20 minutes then just became a cringe bore fest.
There just seemed to be nothing to keep me interested. When the main character leaves the underground bunker, with the 'monster' seemingly locked inside within the first act. It lost me. From there the soldiers she meets are led by a bloke with a eye patch. The monster looks like a guy in a rubber suit.
I flicked thru to the end and just didn't care.
Marshall early films are his best. Dog soliders, The decent, Centurion and to a degree Doomsday.
Might be appealing to some people, but a dud for me.
watched today. it was okay.
Jon if I remember correctly a while back you mentioned the movie goodnight mommy . Theu finally did a version in English so I managed to get toh to watch it with me. Was a damn good movie. Thank you for recommending it.Scorsese: journey through american movies.
9/10
Doco narrated by Scorsese as he discusses film from the silent era thru to the late 60's.
He looks at what he saw and influenced him as well as what was happening at the time. It's a master class in cinema appreciation with many examples of films from different directors who were doing different things at the time. Some of it is purely about the art form, the transition from silent to 'talkie'', black and white to colour and the introduction of wider screens. The depth of knowledge on all levels is impressive and kind of overwhelming. Some of the more interesting parts were the directors who directly challenged the establishment.
It finishes with him saying that he can't talk about films of the 70's, when he starts, due to him being part of the new wave of directors. Spielberg, De Palma, Lucas, Coppola.
His recent essay criticizing generic superhero films churned out by the studio, not the film maker, when film makers before have had careers crushed by studios for daring to be different is a testament to someone who knows what they are talking about.