crocodile 8,017 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 That is his most coherent film, yeah. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Some of his movies are more coherent than Civil War. Even the long cut of BvS was surprisingly focused on the feud between Supes and Bats, until the finale, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Stefancos said: True. Still, that stunt is incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 That's much better choreographed action than anything in JL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 But it lacked the coherence and focus of Winter Soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 18 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Some of his movies are more coherent than Civil War. How so? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 19 hours ago, Alexcremers said: But it lacked the coherence and focus of Winter Soldier. Oh completely, such a let down. People loved it though. 19 hours ago, crocodile said: How so? Karol Snyder's films arent that incoherent. BvS is not the default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 People at JWFan Free, sure. 10 minutes ago, crocodile said: How so? Different tones because they want to adapt the tone to the individual characters. Story get burried under the sheer amount of different superheroes and villains. Saw it twice and it's a collection of of big action scenes. They need to learn that sometimes less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 9 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: People at JWFan Free, sure. Different tones because they want to adapt the tone to the individual characters. Story get burried under the sheer amount of different superheroes and villains. Saw it twice and it's a collection of of big action scenes. They need to learn that sometimes less is more. There is one big action superhero sequence in this. Rest is more grounded. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 The rest is no longer seen as big? Oh, my! Where it it all going to end? Furthermore it's incoherent because it wants to be more Avengers than Captain America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I didn't get that impression at all. You're focusing too much on backdrop, Alex. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Romão said: I'm really not sure about that. And at least those two movies have great scores and cinematography I'm not entirely sure if you were referring to Batman & Robin here, but surely not - it's one of the most visually trashy films ever made, I've always thought. Hideous looking in every scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I honestly think Batman and Robin looks better than Justice League. And Batman Forever in particular, for all its flaws, had great cinematography idril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 But the set design looked like a mall laser tag room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Justice League is much better than the two piles of shit Zack Snyder made previously. I really can't say he has ever truly made a film I would love. I hope he never directs again. 4 hours ago, Stefancos said: Oh completely, such a let down. People loved it though. Snyder's films arent that incoherent. BvS is not the default His films are shit. Watchmen should be called unwatchable, everything that made Dawn of the Dead a grade Z classic was missing in the terrible remake. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 6 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Justice League is much better than the two piles of shit ... Holy Batman, that bad, huh? Well, at least my trailer reading abilities are still intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Its a step down compared to BvS, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 8 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Justice League is much better than the two piles of shit Zack Snyder made previously. I really can't say he has ever truly made a film I would love. I hope he never directs again. His films are shit. Watchmen should be called unwatchable, everything that made Dawn of the Dead a grade Z classic was missing in the terrible remake. So, Jo, would you say that Snyder is the Brett Ratner of the MCU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I certainly have studied the masters: David Lean, Hitchcock, Kubrick, you know, everybody. Directors that continue to inspire me? Ridley Scott. I'll go to see any Ridley Scott movie, even the ones that bomb, to me are great because of the fabric of the film making... I'm also inspired by — these are established filmmakers now but I remember being very inspired by them when they first broke on the scene, like Zack Snyder and Robert Rodriguez, guys that were just creating their own new cinematic language."- James Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Cameron also said this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 21 minutes ago, Richard said: So, Jo, would you say that Snyder is the Brett Ratner of the MCU? Snyder hasnt done anything for the MCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Oops! You're right. I meant the other one. DCU, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 31 minutes ago, Romão said: Cameron also said this: Of course he wants his brainchild to succeed, even if it is without him. However, he tells quite a different story now that he's going back to the franchise ... But why would he lie about the directors that inspire or impressed him? There's no gain for him there. There's no connection. Cameron stated in many interviews that to him film is visual language. That's how he watches movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I posted that in jest, don't take me too seriously. I think Snyder's framing is very good. I just have a serious problem with his pacing and editing idril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 BTW, Cameron doesn't mention titles but we can be sure he's referring to 300 (Snyder) and Sin City (Rodriguez). Cameron has always been a fan of the graphic novel style and Metal Hurlant artists, just like Ridley Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 My review of The Florida Project. https://dailyuv.com/feed/932590?location=norwich-vt&type=news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. It seems to me that Besson get lost a little bit with this one. And the music, my god, it bothered me all the movie. Alexandre Desplats... I really don't like him. This is said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Baby Driver - 8.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Philomena Jedi Dench is much more than that M character in the James Bond movies, folks! The movie itself succeeds to be fairly lighthearted about a serious topic. However, I did feel Stephen Frears wanted to win over the hearts of the public a little too eagerly, but all in all, the end result is not overly corny. Alexandre Deplat's score fits the movie like a glove. 6/10 Alexandre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 4 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Jedi Dench is much more than that M character in the James Bond movies, folks! You're acting like no one else but you knew that. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Dench was wonderful in that film. Very natural performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 4 hours ago, Stefancos said: You're acting like no one else but you knew that. You seem to be suggesting that Dench didn't first appear on earth as M from James Bond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I wouldn't dream to suggest something so preposterous. Like how Magneta from X-Men was Ian McKellen's very first role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Nobody on JWFan is cultured or broad minded enough to see McKellen's other work, you know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Quintus said: Nobody on JWFan is cultured or broad minded enough to see McKellen's other work, you know that. He was great in The Shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,718 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 On 11/18/2017 at 5:24 PM, Baby Jane Hudson said: What? I'm not allowed to think aloud? -Mel Gibson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Lens Flare - The Movie(R) Viscous, gabby Moby Dick-variation that again shows Ron Howard as emissary of technical proficiency alone, with none of the necessary epic human scope that made Melville's book such a classic - think of dramatic scenes resembling a school play with 14-year olds trying their hand at 'Who's afraid of Virgina Woolf'. The ruse is that a young Herman Melville meets the last survivor of a ship that has been battling the white whale - the story of how the crew coped being lost at sea, with desperation leading to cannibalism. This framing story with Brendon Gleeson, typecast perfectly, is vastly more interesting than the effects-laden real story with its telegraphed conflicts and cardboard characterizations (Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy struggling manfully). Visually we get stylized skies and lightning effects that obviously...maybe?...try to update John Huston's and cameraman's Oswald Morris' alluring dy-processed copperplate photography in the 1956 Moby Dick version. What once was a brave artistic experiment now looks like a video game with garish digital lens flares coming in from all directions (Greg Peck and Huston really boarded a vessel and set out to sea, Hemsworth and Co. very apparently sit in anchored surroundings before a green screen). Seafaring movies are fun, of course, so the eye candy factor sees you through, but the stilted dramatic situations and faux-important tries at dramatic substance (cue dramatic trial at the end!) make this another missed opportunity. I did review the score once, which in its action moments of course is Zimmerized to the hilt but in its grander, epic moments has a nice vibe of musical craftmanship with a long-lined memorable theme, part Morricone, part Horner (it was composed by Roque Banos). It's enough for a Netflix sunday viewing but given the expense and the famous book it is based on, it should have been so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: He was great in The Shadow. Apparently he played a good wizard in Lord of the Rings. Not that the heathens here would know anything about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Justice League - Well I didn't hate it, but it wasn't exactly anything to write home about either. The league themselves were varying degrees of fine, Flash was annoying and overdone, Cyborg was bland, but I did like Aquaman, and Ben Affleck as Batman again, even if you could tell he was probably through with the role, Gal Gadot has proven to be a solid Wonder Woman too, even if the lack of a better film does affect her performance somewhat, but what really dragged the film down for me was the CGI. God was it bad, and don't even get me started on Steppenwolf. Out of all of the bad recent CBM villains, I think he might be the worse. Talk about "Mr. Evil villain". I will say I did like Superman though, even with his short screentime, it's easily Cavil's best performance of the character. It was cool to see him actually be bright and use his freeze breath, that was an awesome scene. Overall a mixed bag, but I'm looking forward to the future DC films. Hopefully after Justice League, it's less of a bumpy ride. - 5.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Coco I really like the setting (Dia de Muertos is ripe for cinematic exploration), the animation is typically Pixar lush... but I felt a sense of deja vu with the story itself. The story of Miguel wanting to become a musician despite his parents and grandmother wanting him to stay in the shoemaking business... you've seen it done before. There are some poignant scenes, but I felt a sense of disconnect with the film. I really wanted to like this movie... nay, love it... but it just didn't click for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 They should've just adapted Grim Fandango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Romão said: They should've just adapted Grim Fandango I'll boycott that unless the end credits include Glottis singing Rusty Anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Just rewatched War for the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray. Yeah, still think it is the best-directed blockbuster film of the year and a very emotional finale to a surprisingly good trilogy. It's not that the content of the film is so revolutionary. In all fairness, it's full of references to other, usually war-related, films. But the execution is top notch. Finally, we get a massive production that is mostly driven by visuals with VERY little exposition of any kind. It might be a tad too long perhaps but it flows nicely from shot to shot, from scene to scene. Also a rare example of a trilogy where the third instalment is better the the first two combined. Well done, Matt Reeves. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 My review of Justice League. https://dailyuv.com/feed/933578?location=norwich-vt&radius=myStuff John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 10 hours ago, crocodile said: Just rewatched War for the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray. Yeah, still think it is the best-directed blockbuster film of the year and a very emotional finale to a surprisingly good trilogy. It's not that the content of the film is so revolutionary. In all fairness, it's full of references to other, usually war-related, films. But the execution is top notch. Finally, we get a massive production that is mostly driven by visuals with VERY little exposition of any kind. It might be a tad too long perhaps but it flows nicely from shot to shot, from scene to scene. Also a rare example of a trilogy where the third instalment is better the the first two combined. Well done, Matt Reeves. Karol How different we all are! I thought it was the worst of the bunch. There was something about it that I didn't like but I don't remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 You never shared your thoughts on here. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I don't even remember much of it except for some apes riding through the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I was disappointed with the second one (it was a cartoon) and couldn't even remember that a third film had been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I remember apes or men in cages. I also remember a big finale where it turns out that the military base was surrounded by barrels of gas or something else that was extremely explosive. Eh ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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