What was the best film you watched this week?

The way this works is that you post a review of the best film you saw last week. It doesn't have to be a new release, just any film you have seen over the last seven days that you feel is worth talking about. Here are some rules.1. Check to see if your favourite film of last week has been posted already. If so, please reply to that comment instead of making a new thread.2. Please post your favourite film of last week.3. NO TV SHOWS!4. ALWAYS use spoiler tags. Report any comments that spoil recent / little-known films (e.g. Logan Lucky) without using the spoiler tag.5. Comments that only contain the title of the film will be removed!Here are some great comments from last week's thread:The Grand Budapest Hotel - What an absolute marvel. I like the cut of any man’s gib who names End of Evangelion as one of the greatest animated films of all-time, but irrespective of that, Wes Anderson here directed one of the best...comedies? of the last decade. The Grand Budapest Hotel is a film that for most of its runtime feels like a really well-executed zany comedy that’ incredibly lively and vibrant. The cinematography is constantly interesting and creative, utilizing pretty much every trick in the book to glorious excess with tons of whip pans, tracking shots, wide shots, zooms and deep focus photography; in nearly any other year, where there wasn’t something like Birdman, it would have won the Oscar. The production design is bold and distinctive, using a really fun color palette and even miniatures to great effect. Really, from a stylistic standpoint, everything is truly exceptional and one of a handful of cases for me at least where the style is able to carry a movie over say, the narrative or the characters. Even the score is unique and loves its balalaika, but like everything else, it fits perfectly with the whole European feel of the movie. I said earlier that for most of its runtime, it feels like a comedy, which is true. However, while its humor is on point, it hits you at the end that the film is also quite sad and poignant, that it’s ultimately about a man who has lost everything except his memories of happier times and his nostalgia for the past. The movie is so fun that it manages to distract you until further reflection just how dark the undertones in it were, how your view on something can change depending on how you frame it (framing being a huge theme overall and coming up in a bunch of different ways), and it makes you want to watch it a second time with this new perspective. The fact that it’s able to juggle being an incredibly entertaining comedy with excellent performances (especially Fiennes who is perfect and I didn’t know he could do comedy) with genuine pathos makes The Grand Budapest Hotel something truly great.Ingrid Goes West - A totally bonkers film about obsessive personalities, mental illnesses, and how social media can play a big factor into it all. Aubrey Plaza is incredible as the lead, playing to her deadpan strengths, but showing a lot of emotional depth as well. She's fantastic at playing crazy and her performance makes the mentally ill character more sympathetic in her crazy actions. The rest of the performances are great too, especially from Elizabeth Olson and O'Shea Jackson Jr. It's also an incredibly funny and biting satire on how social media obsessed our culture has become. The elements of satire really elevate the film above a typical "obsessive personality stalks somebody" story. No doubt my second favorite film of the year. Incredible performances, poignant commentary, snappy dialogue, an incredibly tight script. #fantastic all around.Terminator 2: Judgment Day. One of my favorite movies of all time. Saw it on the big screen for the first time in my life this morning when I saw the 3D version that was just released into theaters. The movie is still a genre-defining example of well done balance of action and story. So many instances of show, don't tell. Slow, emotional beats are contrasted well with great action that still holds up today. I still found myself getting chills during certain scenes. The nuclear bomb dream was so intense in a theater setting. Linda Hamilton, Arnold, and Robert Patrick just shine so much in this one. Edward Furlong grates on me a little more than he used to, but it's forgivable. The special effects sure why it was a pioneer of the time. They still look great, in my opinion. The 3D conversion actually was well done, and I usually hate 3D, and figured I'd suffer through it to see T2 in theaters. It was awkward in brief moments, but otherwise I enjoyed the new experience with an old favorite. Verdict: I finally feel fulfilled that I saw this classic a it should be experienced at least once.For further expansion of the rules, please read this link.Have fun and play nice! via /r/movies http://ift.tt/2vDBptH