BP Movie Journal 5/2/24
In BP Movie Journal 5/2/24, David discusses the movies he’s been watching lately, including Wicked Little Letters, Occupied City, Birth/Rebirth, One from the Heart, BlackBerry, Our Body, Boudica, Coonskin, Heavy Traffic, One Hand Don’t Clap, First Time Female Director, Close to Vermeer, La région centrale, The Tuba Thieves, Delicate Arch, Immaculate, We Grown Now, Summer Vacation 1999, Housekeeping for Beginners, The Song of Styrene, Civil War, Igualada, On the Waterfront, The Wild One, Not a Pretty Picture, Paul Gauguin, Guernica, Bumpkin Soup, The Crazy Family, The People’s Joker, All the World’s Memory, Slam, In a Lonely Place, The Big Heat, Van Gogh, Air Force One and In the Line of Fire.
Movies discuss in BP Movie Journal 5/2/24:
Wicked Little Letters
Occupied City
Birth/Rebirth
One from the Heart
BlackBerry
Our Body
Boudica
Coonskin
Heavy Traffic
One Hand Don’t Clap
First Time Female Director
Close to Vermeer
La région centrale
The Tuba Thieves
Delicate Arch
Immaculate
We Grown Now
Summer Vacation 1999
Housekeeping for Beginners
The Song of Styrene
Civil War
Igualada
On the Waterfront
The Wild One
Not a Pretty Picture
Paul Gauguin
Guernica
Bumpkin Soup
The Crazy Family
The People’s Joker
All the World’s Memory
Slam
In a Lonely Place
The Big Heat
Van Gogh
Air Force One
In the Line of Fire
Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more.
Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2007, Battleship Pretension the show (known to fans simply as “BP”) embodies the type of laidback, free-flowing conversations had by lovers of film around the world. Battleship Pretension the website is dedicated to being a destination for those seeking worthwhile opinions on current releases, be they foreign, independent, studio pictures, theatrical, home video releases, etc. From its meager beginnings in Los Angeles, Battleship Pretension has amassed a worldwide audience and readership. From Germany to Korea to Australia, people have tuned in to share in Tyler and David’s love of film. As Battleship Pretension’s following continues to grow, the purpose remains the same: Reach out to the international cinephile community, invite them to join in the discussion and perhaps even start one of their own.
I watched One From the Heart a couple months ago, as part of a block of musical flops by New Hollywood auteurs. I thought it was significantly worse than both At Long Last Love & New York New York. Some interesting visuals don’t make up for a movie bad in every other way. It’s a movie where I don’t want the couple to get back together, but the film forces them back anyway.
There’s drama in people making bad decisions, though.
– David
David… you have repeatedly used the criticism that a movie seems “too pleased with itself.” Which is such a hyper-subjective, abstract, self indulgent complaint… consider that you might be the only one who even knows wtf that means
It’s my opinion so of course it’s subjective. But which film did I say it about this time? I don’t remember.
– David