Poll

What is your favorite?

haven't seen any
5 (41.7%)
don't like any
0 (0%)
other
0 (0%)
Dirty Diamonds
0 (0%)
Young Adam
0 (0%)
Asylum
0 (0%)
Hallam Foe
0 (0%)
Spread
0 (0%)
Tonight You're Mine
0 (0%)
Perfect Sense
2 (16.7%)
Starred Up
2 (16.7%)
Hell or High Water
3 (25%)
Outlaw King
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 12

Author Topic: Mackenzie, David  (Read 2046 times)

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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2016, 12:33:06 PM »
Perfect Sense
Young Adam
Hallam Foe

1. Starred Up
2. Perfect Sense
3. Young Adam
4. Hallam Foe

I guess I have to overcome my prejudice against that all-male prison setting and watch Starred Up at some point. Would also fit with MacKenzie's past pattern of alternating between interesting films and those others (Perfect Sense premiered before Tonight You're Mine; the poll order is misleading in that regard).

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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2016, 12:47:11 PM »
I'm glad your list was available to see, because I wouldn't have sought to out, otherwise. Thanks.
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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2017, 09:19:10 PM »


Hell or High Water  (David Mackenzie, 2016)

On a different day I might have been far less forgiving of this film's familiar terrain, but the easy-going simplicity of Hell or High Water more or less hit the spot the night I watch it. The plotting is a bit thin (the whole bit about there only being seven branches seemed needlessly stupid), and the cinematography and editing rarely rise above the level of serviceable. The performances are just fine, too. That's the operative word here and really could've sufficed for the entirety of this review: Fine. I'm sure the comic remake with Morgan Freeman, Harvey Keitel, and Alan Arkin will be equally insightful about economic alientation in modern America.

Grade: B-

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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2017, 12:08:07 PM »
...or, you know, hopefully more than that.
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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2017, 05:11:29 PM »
Hell or High Water (B+)

May be our best craftsman director working today. Keep him far, far away from superhero movies.

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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2017, 09:59:18 AM »
Now I want him to direct a superhero movie just to spite Totoro...Maybe Green Arrow?

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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2017, 10:00:06 PM »
Hell or High Water: 8/10
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Re: Mackenzie, David
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2021, 04:58:56 AM »
Perfect Sense, 45°
Hell Or High  Water, 40˚
Extraordinary (81-100˚) | Very good (61-80˚) | Good (41-60˚) | Fair (21-40˚) | Poor (0-20˚)