This is… not what I expected from a Tony Scott movie? It’s… it’s really powerful? And strange? And sad?

It kinda feels exploitative? “Look at these odd people from the countryside.” But… It’s riveting?

The 2K restoration by the BFI is quite nice… the image generally looks great, but they haven’t done a lot with some specific glitches, which would require a lot more manual work, I guess?

But it looks great. For the most part.

Rosamund Greenwood is absolutely amazeballs here. She’s totally this character.

I also really like how Scott sets up an O. Henry twist… and then it fails.

OOPS SPOILERS.

Loving Memory. Tony Scott. 1971. ⚅

Well… this is kinda nice, innit? Stuart Walker isn’t a name I’m familiar with, but this seems quite modern for a British movie from 1934? I mean, it seems very technically accomplished — all mod cons, with a very mobile camera and actors that don’t look like they’d rather be on a theatre stage.

Oh, he was involved with all those Bulldog Drummond movies, but stopped directing the year after this movie.

I’ve seen other versions of this Dickens thing, of course, so the plot itself isn’t very … exciting? to watch? But it’s still nice.

Great Expectations. Stuart Walker. 1934. ⚃

Nice horns.

The first hour or so was very slow — all faffing around — but once the action started, it’s quite fun. Feel-good gore?

Well, I made it! I watched all three Hobbit movies in one day. I’m not sure I agree with everybody that says it’s obviously too long — if it had been a nine episode TV series, nobody would have blinked an eye. (It probably would have been a 24 episode TV series, though.)

But… there are bits that do drag. I didn’t feel the first movie had that problem — sure, there was a 45 minute supper scene, but it felt natural. But in the second movie… eh.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Peter Jackson. 2014. ⚂