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[Psy-Fi]

The Man Who Died Twice (1958)

Crime film about a nightclub owner who dies in a fiery car wreck and is burned beyond recognition, leaving his nightclub singer wife to run the club. The deceased man's brother arrives in town, unaware of his brother's death a few days prior, and starts befriending his brother's wife at the request of the local police, who suspect she may be involved in a large narcotics operation. The title of the film gives away a key element of the story, so it ended up like I thought it would, but it was still an entertaining crime film.

[Psy-Fi]

Crashout (1955)

B&W crime film about a group of prison convicts who conduct a large-scale prison escape. The story focuses on a group of six of the convicts as they try to elude law enforcement while seeking a hidden stash of money which one of them buried before he was sent to prison.

[Psy-Fi]

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

Crime film about a member of an organized crime family who comes home from combat in WWII as a changed man. He decides to quit the organization to go into a legitimate business and become a law-abiding member of society and raise a family with his new wife. The head of the organization wishes him well but he soon finds out that there were unseen strings attached to his resignation.

[jimmy jazz]

Watched Schindler's List again, with my dad, as I only managed an hour the first time before switching it off.

Its not shit. But it's not something I'd watch again either. Just kind of drags and is boring.

It gets 2.5/5 from me.

[Janszoon]

Flow (2024)

The original Latvian title is Straume. The animation in this movie is astonishing and beautiful. It's also an extremely relaxing viewing experience. Highly recommended.

[costa_oscura]

Flow (2024)
The original Latvian title is Straume. The animation in this movie is astonishing and beautiful. It's also an extremely relaxing viewing experience. Highly recommended.

I loved the movie.  Definitely beautiful to watch.  However, "relaxing" is not a term I'd apply to it.  I was so worried for the cat and other animals throughout the whole film.  Watching the flood waters close in and rise was very frightening.  Watching them try to survive was scary.  I've been there myself and understand that kind of terror.  I think if you've lived through it, or anything similar, you'd empathize with the characters and not find it relaxing.

[Guybrush]

Watched Schindler's List again, with my dad, as I only managed an hour the first time before switching it off.

Its not shit. But it's not something I'd watch again either. Just kind of drags and is boring.

It gets 2.5/5 from me.

Whaaat.. Well. I only saw it once and that was nearly 20 years ago. It made a huge impression and I thought it was absolutely great, but I haven't really had the urge to go back to it. I might see it with my kids when they get a little older.

[jimmy jazz]

Whaaat.. Well. I only saw it once and that was nearly 20 years ago. It made a huge impression and I thought it was absolutely great, but I haven't really had the urge to go back to it. I might see it with my kids when they get a little older.

Just didn't do anything for me.

Did you know the story beforehand?

Next up is that Bob Dylan film.

[Janszoon]

I loved the movie.  Definitely beautiful to watch.  However, "relaxing" is not a term I'd apply to it.  I was so worried for the cat and other animals throughout the whole film.  Watching the flood waters close in and rise was very frightening.  Watching them try to survive was scary.  I've been there myself and understand that kind of terror.  I think if you've lived through it, or anything similar, you'd empathize with the characters and not find it relaxing.

I found the music and animation relaxing. My wife did too. I think a lot of people would.

[costa_oscura]

I found the music and animation relaxing. My wife did too. I think a lot of people would.

I don't understand this.  Are you lacking some empathy?

[costa_oscura]

Whaaat.. Well. I only saw it once and that was nearly 20 years ago. It made a huge impression and I thought it was absolutely great, but I haven't really had the urge to go back to it. I might see it with my kids when they get a little older.

Is Schindler's List a great movie?  In my estimation, it is in the sense that it tells an important story, chronicles an important part of history, and does it extremely well.  Is it a fun, enjoyable watch?  No, it's definitely not, but it's not supposed to be.  It's not just simple entertainment.  Would I want to see it again after the 1.5 times I've watched it?  No, not again.

I saw Schindler's List in '93 when it was first in U.S. theaters.  I was a recent college graduate, working minimum wage jobs, barely getting by, and I rarely had any weekends off because I worked so much.  However, I had a free Saturday afternoon to myself one weekend, so I went to the theater to see Schindler's List.

The movie had just started when my boyfriend showed up to the theater and sat down next to me.  I was surprised to see him because he'd told me he didn't want to see the movie, which is why I was there on my own.  I think he ended up being bored that weekend with nothing else to do and decided he didn't want me to see the movie without him, so he showed up.

We were about halfway through the movie, maybe a little less, when he suddenly got up and left the theater.  I had no idea why.  We'd been sitting there in stunned silence, watching the movie, not saying anything to each other, when he suddenly stood up and walked out.  I assumed he was angry at something, but I didn't know.  Reflecting back on this incident years later, I now know he needed to make the whole thing about himself, take my attention away from the movie and put it back on him, which is how he often was.  But I was in my early 20s at the time and still clueless to these kinds of twisted motivations.

So even though I didn't want to leave and wanted to finish the movie, I got up and followed him out.  He was sitting outside the theater, sulking.  I asked him what was going on and he launched into a rant about the movie - how horrible it was, Spielberg should have never put that stuff on film, etc, etc.  He didn't mean it was a "bad movie," per se; just that it's not something he felt people should see, specifically he shouldn't see, even though no one forced him to watch it.  He'd made that decision on his own.

I didn't say anything, just listened to his rant and waited for him to calm down and feel better.  We didn't go back in and finish the movie.  We drove to a nearby park and relaxed there for the rest of the afternoon.  He got what he wanted - my attention - so he felt better.

Years later, when the movie was available to rent, I had a free evening to myself, so I decided to give Schindler's List another chance.  I rented it, went home and watched it all the way through to the end.  As I wrote above, it's an important story to tell.  I'm glad I saw it.  Would I want to see it again, though, more than the 1.5 times I've seen it?  No.  That's enough for me.  I think everyone should see it once all the way through, which I've done.  I wouldn't want to do it again. 

[Guybrush]

Just didn't do anything for me.

Did you know the story beforehand?

Vaguely, I think, though it's hard to remember to what extent.

By the end, we were moved to tears. That happens very rarely for us.

Years later, when the movie was available to rent, I had a free evening to myself, so I decided to give Schindler's List another chance.  I rented it, went home and watched it all the way through to the end.  As I wrote above, it's an important story to tell.  I'm glad I saw it.  Would I want to see it again, though, more than the 1.5 times I've seen it?  No.  That's enough for me.  I think everyone should see it once all the way through, which I've done.  I wouldn't want to do it again.

I agree with this, though I wouldn't mind seeing it again today. It's just there are other things grabbing my attention.. but watching it with my kids is definitely gonna happen.

Just gotta try and aim for the right time / age 🤔 I'm not the best judge of this, but I'm thinking 9 is probably still way too young.

[jimmy jazz]

9 is definitely way too young.

I'd leave it until they're at least 13. The scenes where people get shot are brutal.

[Psy-Fi]

Watched Schindler's List again, with my dad, as I only managed an hour the first time before switching it off.

Its not shit. But it's not something I'd watch again either. Just kind of drags and is boring.

It gets 2.5/5 from me.

I went to see it in a theater when it was first released. Not many people in the audience at the time. I stayed to the end but it did seem to drag on a bit. Not a bad film but not something I have any desire to see again. I'd probably rate it about the same as you did.

[costa_oscura]

I agree with this, though I wouldn't mind seeing it again today. It's just there are other things grabbing my attention.. but watching it with my kids is definitely gonna happen.

Just gotta try and aim for the right time / age 🤔 I'm not the best judge of this, but I'm thinking 9 is probably still way too young.

As a professional educator who has worked in the profession for nearly 25 years and knows kid psychology, I'd agree.  9 is way too young.  I'd wait until age 15 or 16, and even then, it might be too traumatic for them.  Not that they don't need to learn about the Holocaust, but there are other ways to do it.  The Diary of a Young Girl (aka The Diary of Anne Frank) is standard curriculum in U.S. middle schools, when kids are around 12 years old.  It's a good, relatively child-friendly introduction to the Holocaust.  There's a reason it's been part of U.S. middle school curriculum for so long.  ...Although with the current administration, I sometimes wonder how long that will last.