Movie review thread...
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
but i've loved her since Labyrinth
Yep - that was maybe my first pre-teen stirrings of "I'd crawl over broken glass for that" - without knowing what I'd do once I got there.
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
but i've loved her since Labyrinth
Yep - that was maybe my first pre-teen stirrings of "I'd crawl over broken glass for that" - without knowing what I'd do once I got there.
Some things never change.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Anora
Best of the three I’ve seen. By a mile
One minute Woody Allen farce, the next the intensity of Uncut Gems - exhausting, frustrating, can’t look awayI think I agree with this.
For a lot of this movie I really didn't know if I was liking it or not. I'm not big on strip clubs/strip club movies, I'm not morally against them in general but not my scene so the opening was a bit iffy to me.
But the farce part had me in stitches which got me on board.
On the intensity:
I think they did well with Igor, I didn't know whether he was going to kill her or if he was starting to like her.At times I found Anora so annoying and at other times I really liked her character.
I found it a little bit weird that the actor playing Igor was the one they chose to put forward for nominations as I thought Vanya was really good as well. Maybe they consider him the lead?
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The Brutalist/September 5: So I bought a ticket for The Brutalist, it started, within a few minutes I knew I couldn't sit through Brody in one sitting, so I got up and went to the next cinema over and saw September 5 about the Munich Olympics hostage situation. Good move about the sports news team for ABC who did most of the live reporting as they were set up closest to where everything took place.Was interesting to see all the manual ways they used to do things, for example the onscreen graphics which were done with plastic letters and then filmed and then superimposed in the shot. Was also interesting to see how un prepared the police were for the situation.
It got a script nomination so I think I can justify watching it as part of my Oscars watch. I think I'll have to download The Brutalist and watch it like it's a Zac Snyder film in lots of small parts.
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Amores perros
It’s a hard-ish watch but well made. One of those films you stumble across in the tv listings and decide to record.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia I read that The Brutalist has an intermission. Just for you!
I reckon I'll need one every 20 minutes, that's my Brody tolerance.
That’s actually quite impressive
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The 355
Writing this as I watch... not sure how this experiment will go...- Hot mess, right from the start
- 1 minute in... Most Blatant MacGuffin Ever - "this is our plot"
- Every single fucking scene - just a remake of other shit, blatant, but slapped together with fuck-all understanding of how this jigsaw works
- None of it makes any fucking sense - none of the motivations, conflicts... nothing
- Penelope Cruz walks in, out of nowhere, WTF? , but not gonna complain
- Somebody doesn't understand the difference between "south-east" vs "south-west"
- Somebody doesn't understand how basic cellphone security works
- An ensemble cast comprising of a hot: blonde, redhead, latina, black (no love for the asian).... and zero tit-watch
- Shit- maybe they've now thrown in asian chick as an antagonist? Ah no, now she's joined the crew. Some idiot script-writer is very happy with themselves.
Pretty super-dumb fun despite all that.- I would love to collate the ridiculous quotes from this, but... can't be arsed. WAY too much work.
This shit is so derivative - I'm genuinely constantly wondering if I've actually already seen it, but maybe under-the-influence the first time.
FullTime-Edit: I genuinely only realised at the 90% mark that this was supposed to be a "women-empowerment" type thing. Coz I don't really care about that - somebody makes an action movie with female star(s) - cool, don't care - will watch. But THIS - did a little cringe. Then they did the ridiculously overt bit at the very end ... FFS. -
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
The 355
Writing this as I watch...- Hot mess, right from the start
- 1 minute in... Most Blatant MacGuffin Ever - "this is our plot"
- Every single fucking scene - just a remake of other shit, blatant, but slapped together with fuck-all understanding of how this jigsaw works
- None of it makes any fucking sense - none of the motivations, conflicts... nothing
- Penelope Cruz walks in, out of nowhere, WTF? , but not gonna complain
- Somebody doesn't understand the difference between "south-east" vs "south-west"
- Somebody doesn't understand how basic cellphone security works
- An ensemble cast comprising of a hot: blonde, redhead, latina, black (no love for the asian).... and zero tit-watch
- Shit- maybe they've now thrown in asian chick as antagonist?
- Pretty super-dumb fun other than all that
- I would love to collate the ridiculous quotes from this, but... can't be arsed
I bet it seemed like a sure thing to the execs at Netflix. But it was just a sad misfire. Maybe just too dull, trying to be too clever, lacked any great action or screen chemistry
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
The 355
Writing this as I watch...- Hot mess, right from the start
- 1 minute in... Most Blatant MacGuffin Ever - "this is our plot"
- Every single fucking scene - just a remake of other shit, blatant, but slapped together with fuck-all understanding of how this jigsaw works
- None of it makes any fucking sense - none of the motivations, conflicts... nothing
- Penelope Cruz walks in, out of nowhere, WTF? , but not gonna complain
- Somebody doesn't understand the difference between "south-east" vs "south-west"
- Somebody doesn't understand how basic cellphone security works
- An ensemble cast comprising of a hot: blonde, redhead, latina, black (no love for the asian).... and zero tit-watch
- Shit- maybe they've now thrown in asian chick as antagonist?
- Pretty super-dumb fun other than all that
- I would love to collate the ridiculous quotes from this, but... can't be arsed
I bet it seemed like a sure thing to the execs at Netflix. But it was just a sad misfire. Maybe just too dull, trying to be too clever, lacked any great action or screen chemistry
I can imagine the sell... "it's fucking EVERYTHING that has been successful over the last few years - all just... mushed together, like a monkey with playdoh, like a toddler given a cheeseboard"
I'm now at the part where they think they're channeling an Ocean's 'x' or Mission Impossible heist - just.... done so badly. I'm amazed they didn't thrown a superhero in there. -
@Stockcar86 said in Movie review thread...:
I'm intigued.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@Stockcar86 said in Movie review thread...:
I'm intigued.
Just imagine filming, "Cut! And that's a wrap!"For most people it will not be worth the 64 minutes run time. Mark Polonia has filmed lots of super low budget movies over the last 20 years. This one was even worst than most, looking like it had all been filmed in a single room. Special effects budget was less than I spend for breakfast at McDonalds.
Look how many movies this guy pumped out last year
I'm going to keep going through the back catalogue though. Next on my list are these 2:
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Stockcar86 almost as busy as Eric Roberts...
He has a few projects on the go
I wonder how wealthy Roberts is? I remember reading years back that George Clooney was pretty decently well off before his big break in ER because he'd been cast in a bunch of shows that although they often didn't make it past the first season he'd get paid well for that seasons, and for recurring roles on shows like The Golden Girls etc.
I assume Roberts gets paid ok money to do a couple of days work on most of these movies.
Anyway, on my Oscar noms watch I'm three quarters of the way through Wicked. Will try finish it in the next couple of days. I don't hate it (the story itself is actually decent) but it's still a musical.
