The Sentinel (1977)

"Since you have abandoned the Church and Jesus Christ you have been lost and without guidance. Once you have re-embraced Him the guilt within you, that breeds suspicions and deceptions, will vanish. The Lord brought you here; the Lord will protect you. For each one of us, He has a purpose. Embrace Christ, my child. Trust again."

Policiais vs. Bandidos (1975), dir. Kinji Fukasaku.

Review originalmente postada: 01/Mar/2023 no Letterboxd.

O diretor Fukasaku manteve seu estilo de direção e quase todo o elenco de Yakuza Papers em seu próximo filme, criando uma conexão quase como se fosse da mesma franquia. Inspirado por eventos reais, o filme utiliza imagens de jornais que dão uma sensação de documentário, agregando ainda mais profundidade à história. Além disso, O estilo de direção de Fukasaku é bem característico, com a utilização de câmera na mão e cortes rápidos, criando um ambiente de tensão e urgência nas cenas de ação. Aqui Fukasaku chega com uma forte crítica social, este filme aborda de forma mais aprofundada a ideia de como o Japão se tornou corrupto no pós-guerra, mostrando como a violência se tornou uma justificativa para os problemas sociais que surgiram na época. Nenhum personagem policial ou político segue a lei, tornando-os ainda menos honrados do que os próprios membros da Yakuza. É curioso notar que um dos personagens policiais é mais preocupado em perseguir comunistas do que em prender criminosos, o que é visto como um fator de ironia e humor no filme. Uma algo que me chamou atenção no protagonista, interpretado novamente por Bunta Sugawara, é a mudança de seu papel em relação ao filme anterior Yakuza Papers. Se antes ele era um bandido honrado, agora ele é um policial corrupto que trabalha em conluio com a Yakuza. Essa transformação revela a versatilidade do ator e sua habilidade em interpretar personagens complexos e distintos, mesmo dentro do mesmo gênero cinematográfico.

favorite Angus Tully's quotes, The Holdovers (2023) dir. Alexander Payne

"There is no greater love than to give one's life for friends."

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (2023) dir. J. A. Bayona

Crying cuz this is the place where they almost kissed - where EVERYONE at that party can see them. You go to your friend's party with your family and you randomly look up and you see his teenage son making out with his girlfriend.

One more doodle of my favorite line from the Jungle Book.

Oh what to Paint.. Hmm..

This is very messy!!! But.. I think I like it like that! I have realised that its fun to mess around a lot more with my style! Even if that does mean I'm switching between styles day to day.. AH!

Remember, friends! Have fun with your doodling and take Good care of yourselves! Now I'm going to get a nice long rest.. Sleep well or have a very Nice day!

(Ooh! Also! In future I may have my signature as my regular one, with my Name! Rather than catliker49! So.. beware of that! haha :o))

h-how do you ever finish any of your work? genuine question because you seem to be productive despite your agreste syndrome and I need to learn your ways. but also how do you ever finish any of your work

unclear. last night i stayed up and finished a report worth 25% of my grade at about 5am, arrived on time for my 9am lecture, and spent about half of it zoned out while thinking about seventeen year old emilie agreste. and i was one of the most active participants in the class discussion

i think we should talk more about the sound design in the batman (2022)

specifically in this scene

Godzilla Minus One has done the impossible in a Godzilla film.

Actually made me care about the human characters.

Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

"Aurggh! Huarghhh!"

the sole and devastating problem with monkey man is that it will literally never be able to push past the people who think the concept of the film disrespects hanuman ji to be exposed in an environment where people see it for more than its name.

do u have any actual disturbing movie recs? :3c

these lists from my letterboxd may help- in regards to the second list the reason why I can’t rewatch some are due to more personal triggers and not because they’re THAT fucked up.

my favorites out of these are the hunt, the skin I live in, suicide club, and audition. the hunt is heartbreaking though like genuinely so heartbreaking

figured id visualize something i said today

I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron (apart from I skipped some overly long action sequences) and I am not sure so can someone tell me whether or not Tony Stark was the baddy in that film? Because about halfway through I was sure he was but then it was maybe just an evil robot after all and I am confused because either this film was surprisingly subversive or it was about robots hitting each other.

the dungeon food people are getting to me

I see Marcille and the bird girl(Falin?) everywhere but the chilchuk/senshi stuff might be the last straw

Dont know when but I think I'm gonna end up watching it lol