Movies November 2018

Last month I saw 35 movies and I finished watching 4 series.

11 of them I had already seen, why do I do this? Maybe out of comfort or nostalgia, or because I know beforehand how much I'll like them.  'Monty Python and The Holy Grail'  and the 'Matrix' movies are absolute classics, but 'the Parent Trap' and 'My Best Friend's Wedding' are ethically questionable movies when you re-watch them.

There where several movies I build up too high in my mind and were a sad letdown. 'A star is born', 'Incrdibles 2' and 'The crimes of Grindelwald' were overall very good movies but I was hoping they'd be the best movies I saw all year and they didn't even make my top three this month.

While 'The ballad of Buster Scruggs', 'On Chesil beach' and 'Eight grade' were movies I would recommend any film lover to go and see.  

My top three:

3) 'McQueen': The documentary on Lee Alexander McQueen shows you a glimp of the tormented brilliant British fashion designers life and work. It's inspiring and sad at the same time.

2) 'Snatch': This is a movie I already saw several times. I had forgotten how much I love it. It's clever, raw, funny and masterfully made.

1)'Bohemian Rhapsody': I had  goosebumps from start to finish and I cried at the end. Rami Malek carries this movie and delivers a masterfully performance. If you love the music, go see it in a theater, it's an experience you don't want to miss out on.

I watched the first series of 'Sick note' in one sitting. It's uncomfortable at times because there is a lot of sneaking around almost getting caught. But I like Rupert Grint's acting style and Nick Frost  is brilliant as the layabout doctor who misdiagnosed the young Grint with cancer and has to constantly cover-up mistakes while they both try to make the false diagnose stick.

'Silent witness series 19' is a police series. I've always liked the name because it's so appropriate, as we follow coroners who solve murders by examining the victims. As the series progress, I feel they get more and more involved with the investigative police side of things as they go and question suspects, they put themselves in more danger.

The second series of 'Broadchurch' is as captivating as the first. I find it so refreshing how the main characters are so broken and yet find their fighting spirit. No romance needed, just trying to get trough this case while maintaining their sanity. 

'American Gothic' is about a rich family that tries not to turn on themselves when one of them might be a serial killer. Dark family secrets surface while the plottwist keep you guessing until the end.  They used a lot of dual focus, like in 'Jaws', which sets a certain style throughout the series.