An account of the life of the legendary Ip Man, famed Chinese martial artist, his rise to fame, his rivalry with Gong Er, a female martial artist, and his exploits. A great Hong Kong action drama/
love story with exhilarating, beautifully-choreographed fight scenes and a philosophical aura.
“Well who’s not filling a fucking hole, amirite?” – Satan, South Park
A family movie but satisfying for the elder or former gamer. A film about courage, overcoming and the problems of toxic masculinity. Good voice acting! And the nostalgia with the bowser tail-throw! Nods to various Mario, Luigi and DK characters, levels, games. Strong recommend.
Another Terrence Malick great. A phenomenal war film more interested in the individual views of people and their thoughts on life and death and the meaning of life itself rather than the glorification of war. Very philosophical. Stellar cast and serene, tropical visuals.
Sidenote: a well known Heideggerian thinker at Berkeley talked a lot about how this film exemplified Heidegger’s philosophy, which influenced Malick a lot
“If there is a god, he’s got a shitload of explaining to do” – Tommy
“This isn’t a cigarette: it’s a flotation device” – Tommy
Real-life documentary footage captured by a marine serving in Afghanistan in 2011-2012 which was originally intended to be used for propaganda but ended up being the basis for this film which, for better or for worse, depicts the everydayness of a marine serving in Afghanistan
I quite appreciate Heidegger’s formulation of ‘throwness’, and I think it very accurately states the existential situation all of us find ourselves in, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not. He was a coward politically, but some of his ideas turned out to be influential.
A winner of the Cannes film award, the Palme d’Or, this beautiful, touching film remembers the origins of the universe as part of its meditation on the childhood of a boy trying to find meaning in love, life, loss and the richness of the experience of being in the world.
A film about a play about a diverse group of actors, scientists, brainiacs, cowboys and Catholics who curiously end up together in the middle of nowhere trying to cope with unfolding otherworldly events much like how we are here together trying to make sense of our world everyday.
Terrence Malick is pretty interesting. Best known for his films such as Tree of Life (starring Brad Pitt), which won the top award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the acclaimed war film, The Thin Red Line, he also nearly completed a PhD in Philosophy on a Rhodes Scholarship, failing to do so only over a disagreement with his advisor over the meaning of a concept in Heidegger’s thought. Still, he went on to translate a book of Heidegger’s (which is no small feat), and taught at MIT before transitioning to film. Now he’s pretty reclusive, apparently. What a life…
Bearer of Pity 