I loved the soundtrack and all the beauty that surrounded the Atlanta suburbs. Now obviously Atlanta and its suburbs are way different than what it was back in the 60s.
Interesting how this detective solved Lorraine Laribo's case, just using reverse psychology.
This film is considered the first Hitchcock's movie, but obviously, it is not actually, but anyways. This movie shows what this great English filmmaker would do during the rest of his successful career. "The Lodger" has everything one can ask about a film-noir movie: a great storyline, credible characters, a hero and a villain, plus the necessary dose of suspense. In this movie, Hitchcock tricks his audience, by showing things one would suppose that in the end result were the opposite. That's a very important feature about the Hitchcockian cinema, and the film-noir cinema overall.
The actors do a great job, especially Ivor Novello, who for nothing it is one of the most recorded British performers in history. This character, more proper of Edgar Allan Poe's tale, is quiet, mysterious, although has a unique personality that rivals his antagonist: his landlady's daughter's fiancé.
The topics touched in this film are diverse, and proper of a gothic novel as well: mystery, suspense, love, passion, vengeance, blood. This movie has everything and clearly shows the psychology of each character, all of them are unique, pointing more effect on Ivor Novello's character, the lodger, because of his uniqueness and mystery.
The techniques Hitchcock used for this movie were very innovative, the angles he took to show the audience the point of view of some characters, especially Daisy's one, pointing out that her point of view, her feelings, were important for the development of the story.
In conclusion, this movie is just perfect, a masterpiece of the silent era, a precursor of what in the next decade would become film noir. This movie marks the beginning of the interesting Hitchcockian filmography.
Well… that’s what you get when you play with fire if you know what I mean. Fire can be translated to a word starting with ‘m’ in this case lmao
Watched on Hulu. Becky was cute too. This Kevin could have been with her, but if he likes brunettes, I guess that’s good too. Now, I am watching this episode, and I see all these kids having romantic drama and things like that, while I’m almost in my thirties and never experienced that adolescent love. And now I’m alone, single and miserable. Fuck my life. Anyways, whatever. I’ll keep watching this show and maybe find some inspiration for my current lame, lonely life.
Watched on Hulu. I wish I had had the chance to jam rock with friends when I was a teenager, instead of being all alone and miserable. Although my adolescence wasn’t that bad compared to how my life is right now as an adult. I’d give everything to go back to 15 years ago!
Watched on Hulu. “We spend all our youth searching a partner, choosing and changing them”. Wow, what a powerful quote from this episode!
Watched on Max. Play with fire, you get burned. That’s how I can summarize this episode.
Watched on Hulu. Funny episode, but not very much. Kevin and Gina made a nice couple, everything in the boom of their adolescences. Oh, adolescence is always the best time in life! How much I would give to go back to those times!
Watched on Max. Reporter Nikki Burdine was so cute! That emo hairstyle of the 2000s reminds me of the good old times.
Watched on Max. I liked the episode, a tragic story with no ending about the disappearance of Billy Smolinski, a man who made the mistake of having a relationship with a divorced old man with adult children. Maybe he was feeling lonely and thought whatever, but a man should have standards, right? His ex (the one last named Noble) seemed even prettier and worth it. They could have dated again. She seemed to care about him. My theory is that mischievous children of that divorced woman took revenge on Billy because that man was becoming obsessed with their mother, that he couldn’t get over it, and he paid it dearly.
Watched on Hulu. What a boring case!! Predictable. I have the feeling that they made an episode like this because of diversity.
Great western movie, full of masculine cowboys out there in the west frontier. Something to remember about this movie: “a man with a friend is rich”. In America, true friendships are so rare that if you make a true friend, that’s so valuable because you know he will never betray you. That was very important in the old west to survive.
Watched on Discovery Plus. Perfect episode. A great overview of how important oceans are for this planet and the sustaining of life. How the killer whales killed the grey whale’s calf was so tragic!
Watched on Discovery Plus. Unfortunately this is more of some white trash showing off their psychopathic traits. That redneck killing his son because he was a witness of the fire he caused to get insurance money, are you kidding me? Then the blond girl who hung out and hooked up with two thugs, more Appalachian trash, like what? Was she a hooker? What type of 20-year-old girl would just “party” with two male strangers in their 30s? Something doesn’t add up here. The documentary is not telling us the whole story. Anyways, very sad that this type of crimes happens in the deep South, but also it’s a representation of what type of society we’re dealing with here. Sorry but that’s the impression I got.
Watched on Discovery Plus. Well, this basically confirms the stereotypes people talk about rural whites in the deep South. There are many people with mental deficiencies out there. Stanley Dishon and Bucky Brooks represent them.
This movie served as a practice for Scorsese and De Niro to become film stars. Experimental movie, yes, with a narrative not very well built and understood, maybe; but anyone can sense what Scorsese will make in the following years and decades. Early Scorsese was very avant-garde. I’ve never seen De Niro acting such a comedic character, like a jester.
After a week of watching this movie, I still don’t understand what the director was trying to say. One of the most strange movies I’ve ever seen, but not at the level of David Lynch.
Tony Soprano is a racist lmao!
Streamed on Hulu. Interesting how the very Christian Mormons also have their squabbles. Those Christians always talking about how much they love humanity, yet they commit heinous crimes. Anyways, interesting episode, not too predictable. Everybody was thinking that Thomas Nagger and Craig Martinez killed Brad Perry, but in the end it was Griffini.
Rented on Apple TV. I didn't know that the Coen brothers made a mafia movie set up in the past, in the chaotic 1920s. It is about a topic not too many people talk about, match fixing, and gangsters fighting for controlling the town. A curious thing that caught me up was the character Bernie, who represents the astute Jew nobody cares about and has to do whatever it takes to survive. I believe this yid is something personal for the also Jewish filmmaker. Overall, a good movie with a Coen touch.
Watched on Max. I found it a little bit ridiculous, but also it talks a lot about the racism among Italian Americans, and how the new generation (millennials) become brainwashed by the leftist college indoctrination of anti-racism, feminism and hedonism. Very well deserved to Tony for sending her daughter to college.
Watched on Hulu. So basically Kevin wants to be a Jew here lol. But it represents pretty well the lack of any national identity of the average white American.
Watched on Max. This episode pretty much summarizes what Livia Soprano represented to the family, a woman who despised her family and was despised by them. That woman was so hateful and did a lot of harm to her children.
Watched on HBO Max. Not really a great episode. Some unfunny jokes. The way the feds wire Tony’s house seems a little bit unrealistic but still shows how things are done by them. Let’s see what happens later or what the consequences are for all this drama.
Watched on Hulu. Probably one of the most depressing and realistic comedy episodes ever. This is sort of a thing that would precede inceldom among millennials and zoomers nowadays.
Watched on Hulu. I didn't like the episode. It looked a bit dumb, and the overall message was not very traditional. The way the episode ridicules the physical education teacher is not that good. Unfortunately, sports is not about including everyone, but to have the best of the best. If Pfeiffer can't perform well, then he should practice more, you know. Life isn't fair.
This was the end of Richie Aprile... hahaha. What a crazy family Ton has!
Watched on Hulu. I can't believe Dave was fired. And that kiss between Tim and Dawn, so cringe lmao. Funniest thing is this though: Dave dancing like an idiot (laughs).
Watched on Netflix. That scene of Martha crying on stage was a bit ridiculous. But Jonas going back to the past, and Ulrich finding out Mads is the kid found in 2019... wow! That was unexpected.
