NBooth Report post Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) Not sure it's quite fair--and I liked the newer movie--but the original A Nightmare on Elm Street is a better version of the 2017 It. (For that matter, though for a slightly different reason, so is A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge) Edited December 24, 2017 by NBooth Quote Nathanael T. Booth More Man than PhilosopherTumblr--Twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Report post Posted December 24, 2017 10 hours ago, Darrel Manson said: Films about the same fairly short period of time and events: Dunkirk is better than Darkest Hour. (Although I think they would make a great double feature--Dunkirk playing first I actually thought Darkest Hour was the better of the two movies, but I appear to be in the minority. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Report post Posted December 25, 2017 Darkest Hour is still in my screener pile (I'll view it in the coming week if it gets any noms in the NCFCA), but I expect I would agree with you, as I was immensely disappointed with Dunkirk. Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Report post Posted December 26, 2017 22 hours ago, Andrew said: Darkest Hour is still in my screener pile (I'll view it in the coming week if it gets any noms in the NCFCA), but I expect I would agree with you, as I was immensely disappointed with Dunkirk. One of the things I preferred was that DH was able to convey--at least to me--that the principals really were uncertain about the outcome. That gave it much more emotional power in my viewing. I appreciated the cinematography of Dunkirk, but in part because of the BIG MOVIE structure, it would have seemed as anti-conventional for the last mission to fail as it would have been, say, for all the rebels to get wiped out at the end of Star Wars (spoilers for Star Wars, I guess). Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted January 6, 2018 If I interpreted the final scene of Thelma correctly, and I'm not 100% sure I did, Lady Macbeth is a better version of Thelma. Also, Frozen is a better version of Thelma. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Mayward Report post Posted January 8, 2018 For 2017 films about the same WWII event: Dunkirk > Their Finest > Darkest Hour. They're all worth viewing, but for entirely different reasons. Quote cinemayward.com | twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted November 28, 2018 For the woman/women fall on hard times and look to illegal means of solving their financial troubles, I thought Can You Ever Forgive Me? was a better version of Widows. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Report post Posted December 11, 2018 Colette vs. The Wife: Which is better? Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Report post Posted December 11, 2018 Haven't seen The Wife yet, but I found Colette to be quite engrossing, though its hagiographic tendencies are highly problematic. Boy Erased is a better conversion therapy film than The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Beautiful Boy > Ben Is Back, on addressing the havoc that addiction plays in the lives of young addicts and the families who care about him. Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) For films about strong female monarchs who embrace Catholicism as a part of their liberalism, anachronistic pro-LGBTQ beliefs, and as a rebellion against their patriarchal, misogynistic, homophobic, fundamentalist, Protestant courts, Mary Queen of Scots is a better version of The Girl King. I never thought I would write that sentence or see a second movie which links Catholicism to the female protagonist's feminism and threat it poses to the toxic masculinity linked with Protestantism. Edited December 16, 2018 by Evan C Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Report post Posted December 16, 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a better version of Oceans 8. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Mayward Report post Posted December 22, 2018 Whiplash is a better version of Free Solo. Quote cinemayward.com | twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Mayward Report post Posted December 26, 2018 The Lost City of Z is a better version of Zama. Quote cinemayward.com | twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted December 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Joel Mayward said: The Lost City of Z is a better version of Zama. I thought Jauja was a better version of Zama, but I agree with your choice as well. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Mayward Report post Posted December 26, 2018 19 minutes ago, Evan C said: I thought Jauja was a better version of Zama, but I agree with your choice as well. Yes! I totally thought of Jauja while watching Zama, and couldn't remember the title, just the image of a soldier on a lush green beach and the aspect ratio. Quote cinemayward.com | twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Report post Posted February 24, 2019 Arctic is a better version of All Is Lost Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Report post Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) On 2/23/2019 at 8:54 PM, Darrel Manson said: Arctic is a better version of All Is Lost Huh. I felt almost the complete opposite, and said as much in my review: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/2019/03/despite-its-hype-arctic-left-me-mostly-cold/ Edited March 3, 2019 by Andrew Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Drew Report post Posted May 3, 2019 Us is a better version of the recent remake of Pet Sematary (both feature “unique” family dynamics), but they would make an interesting double feature. Quote Formerly Baal_T'shuvah "Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude Harold and Maude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted June 8, 2019 For the first half of Ma, I thought it was a better version of Greta. But after it finished, I think Greta is the better version of Ma. They both suffer from serious flaws, just very different ones, so I'm not sure which one I liked less. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted June 29, 2019 Anna is a better version of Atomic Blonde (and Red Sparrow). Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Drew Report post Posted June 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Evan C said: Anna is a better version of Atomic Blonde (and Red Sparrow). Now this is a surprise (not the Red Sparrow part). Quote Formerly Baal_T'shuvah "Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude Harold and Maude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Report post Posted August 22, 2019 Rebel Without a Cause is a far superior version of Blinded By the Light. Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Report post Posted December 19, 2019 Judy is a better version of Cats. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Report post Posted January 11 For technically mind-blowing films about WWI that recreate the horrors of living through trench warfare, They Shall Not Grow Old is a better version of 1917. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Report post Posted March 11 Lourdes is a better version of I Still Believe. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
