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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Feels like if you go to the circus. Very entertaining. Most of it is just a day at the circus. But there's a really good drama plot underneath. Most of the cast are actual circus performers (like the legendary Emmett Kelly (THE face you think of when you hear the phrase "sad clown") or pretty much everyone else.) Just the few main characters were actual professional film actors. Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, Betty Hutton and James Stewart delivered very good performances. The movie needs to be as long as it is, because of the sheer scale of it. Still very entertaining, like I already mentioned. Definitely worth a watch.

And then that last half hour or so. Mood totally changes. Huge accident. Death all around. Wild animals all around. Lions, tigers, other big cats. Elephants.
All exceptionally well trained. To be walking between parts of the wreckage with tons of people just being there as well. Holy fuck, those animal trainers must've been amazing at their job.

And Charlton Heston uses the exclamation "Judas priest" close to the end of the movie. As a swear word. In a "for fucks sake let me speak" kind of situation. Never heard that in that context before.

Oh, and it won Best Picture at the Oscars for that year. Do I agree? Not really, looking at the other great movies that year.

Dredd - okayish movie with a lot of action and blood. gave me a lot of cyberpunk 2077 vibes. you can watch it one time if you are bored.

Color Out of Space - 7/10 Nicolas Cage movie with a sci-fi/cosmic horror angle. Pretty scenary, slightly too long and has a weird third act, but Cage being Cage is fun to watch.

High Noon (1952)

Interesting cast. Nice cinematography. Good score. I'm not a huge western fan, so I didn't really like it as much as I thought I should.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Iconic music, very interesting story, great cinematography and cast. Hilarious comedy. Very wholesome. Definitely recommended if you wanna have a good time watching a movie.

(By the way, this was nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture at the Oscars for that year but lost to High Noon. It wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. What a shame!)

Code 8 is was okay, a lot changed from the short they made 4 years ago but it was a decent movie.

Ikiru (1952)

Remarkable cinematic experience about life, death, human nature and what it means to be living, rather than to just be alive. Ask yourself one thing: What would you do if you had just
6 months to live? Doesn't everyone deserve to be truly happy at least once before they die?

Fantastic performances (especially by Takashi Shimura as the protagonist), great story and plot, stunning cinematography. What a great movie. Maybe the best one of 1952. Truly thought-provoking masterpiece.

This concludes my 1952 week in movies after I realized last weekend that I hadn't watched a single movie from 1952. In fact I checked every year afterwards and the only other year from which I still haven't watched a movie is 1917. I watched at least one movie from every other year between 1887 and 2020. Any special recommendations for that one? :D

Last movie i saw was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, been a while since i saw it, so wanted to re-watch

but last new movie i saw was a while back, before the whole corona thing, saw The Call of the Wild in theaters earlier this year.

Gangs of London (S01) 👍

The Witcher (S01) 🤙

From Russia with Love 👍

The Fall (2006)

Stunning cinematography, beautiful set and costume design, just spectacular visuals. On top of that a great story with really good performances.

Goldfinger 👍

I watched Pokemon Detective Pikachu last night... was quite enjoyable!

Friends and I streamed a movie night together. John Wick 3

Extraction 🤙

Runaway Jury (2003)

Really good legal thriller with a great cast (John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz...) who are delivering fantastic performances, a captivating plot, and in the end humanity wins. Very entertaining movie!

Daughter of the Wolf (2019) - Marginally entertaining thriller featuring Gina Carano. The wolves kept me watching - they were magnificent.

The Wind Rises (2013) - Miyazaki's last movie felt his most personal. Great love story in the times of tuberculosis.

Italianamerican (1974)

Great documentary by Martin Scorsese. His parents really were quite some characters, especially his mother. Sadly this is not even 1 hour long, I could listen to those random stories for hours. At its core, it's about family. You'll see how important his parents where to Scorsese. It's simply fascinating.

The Big Shave (1967)

Caught my eye while watching Italianamerican, so I decided to watch it. (I should watch all of Scorsese's shorts some day, but that day is not today.)

This short is about a guy shaving and cutting himself a lot while doing it.

Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Nifty little programmer that has Anna May Wong go up against human traffickers. One of the few early Hollywood movies that features an actual Asian in the leading role.

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

Not as bad as I thought it would be. The CGI would be horrible nowadays but for 1992 it's great. There's not that much story, but some of the acting was good, some was bad. The biggest problem is that it has absolutely nothing to do with Stephen King's short story of the same name, even though the producers claimed it was. Nonetheless it was a very entertaining movie.

Guns Akimbo (2019)

Highly entertaining! Really good performances, great effects. Maybe a bit predictable, but who cares? If you just wanna have a good time, watch this.

Unforgiven (1992)

Hey, I actually enjoyed this western. Good story, great cast delivering very believable performances. It's more realistic than normal westerns in a sense. There are no real heroes or villians. The killing isn't as casual as it usually is in these movies. It's... yeah, I can just describe it as... real. There's a gravitas to everything.

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). My rating is 7/10.