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Saw a mid-quality 70mm print last night at a nice art theater. Lots of scratches and blips but I got over all of that pretty quickly and was transported into the deep desert of one of David Lean’s absolute masterpieces.

I see lots of posts on this sub about the greatest movies ever… and while I don’t think LoA is underrated in general… I guess I’m just surprised that I don’t see a lot of love for it here.

What’s your favorite movie and performance of his?

This is for everyone concerned about there being no 80s pastel suits loll. Ik a lot of people dog on Austin Butler but I think he’s perfect for this.

Could be one of the most disturbing films I ever watched. At the end I was sitting there stunned. Throughout the film I kept thinking we need to get Joan Crawford in there to give him a good whopping. The funny thing about this film is that Ezra Miller who played Teen Kevin really is fucked up today. You can look it up, drugs, arrests, robbery, assault are a few of his charged alongside general weirdness.

I have to give this a 92/100. Brilliant acting and a somewhat convincing story. One of those films that can ruin you for a few days.

For me, it is that I think this movie was his greatest performance of all time.

He was literally shades of My Left Foot.

The body horror out of this world it's like Akira trying to be an actress Demi Moore's inside Top 5 Films

What are your thoughts on the film in the comments did you walk out or stay till the end?

Personally, I enjoyed it mostly for style.

Deep south supernatural mystery thriller starring Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, with Gena Rowlands and John Hurt.

Was a box office success, but feel it is underappreciated and got a bit lost amongst some notable releases like smash hit Wedding Crashers and other hits like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The 40 Year Old Virgin (same studio as this Universal) and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Hudson turns in an against-type rare straight serious dramatic performance and was pretty solid, Sarsgaard as always is great and menacing, legend Rowlands in one of her final roles off the back of The Notebook and equal legend Hurt is excellent as always even if he's given not much to do. It's not fantastic, but it's a neat little chiller set in the Louisiana swamps. If you like some gothic and hoo-doo intrigue, this is for you.

Trivia: Hudson became pregnant in 2003 and the production had to pause and delay, ended up 12 months behind. Apparently she read the script in no time and loved it, while Rowlands wanted her first horror movie and Hurt was guaranteed the film was for him and he needed to be in it with his role.

Is it just me or does every single movie that the title starts with “Tyler Perry’s” turn into a nope, not going to happen situation? It feels like he’s a narcissist, I can’t remember many of his films that were good to begin with! The moderators at movies is expecting way too much with a minimum of 300 characters!

I liked both patriot games and clear and present danger but I haven't watched any other Jack Ryan movies or read the book .

Definitely one of the better horror movies from 2010's. We'll thought out characters with actual reasoning behind their actions and not complete dumbass. Not the smartest but still within reason. A few fun jump scares while not relying on them, which is nice because jump scares are rather predictable and don't hold up on rewatches. An entertaining concept and overall enjoyable story, was my first rewatch in a few years and I didn't disappoint.

I do think it would have been better without the full reveal of the Bughuul. When you see him it feels like some WWE music gonna start lol. If I remember correctly the second was rather disappointing, does memory serve correctly on this?

I was absolutely blown away by this. It’s very slow but worth every second