Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 I'm planning on seeing Murder on the Orient Express this Friday night. Hope the trailer's in my showing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 We had Battle of the Sexes and some Will Farrell movie at my showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said: some Will Farrell movie at my showing. Daddy's Home 2? I'd actually be down for a comedy starring just Will Ferrell and John Lithgow in a "nothing else on HBO so I'll watch it" kind of way.. Wahlberg and Gibson completely torpedo any chance I'll ever see it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Looks quite good. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 A new Spielberg movie in 1.85:1. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,272 Posted November 8, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2017 Never gets old Will, Cerebral Cortex and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 New poster. John Williams' name is the first listed! (or third if you count Streep and Hanks) Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I just realized, is this the first Spielberg movie even tangentially related to the Vietnam War? Not Mr. Big and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Just now, mrbellamy said: I just realized, is this the first Spielberg movie even tangentially related to the Vietnam War? Yes! I've always been curious what his take on it would have been. Though I don't see it showing up more than the couple of cutaway shots shown in the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Johny baby is the only below the line credit in either the poster or the trailer and he is first listed after the cast in both. Respect! 17 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: New poster. John Williams' name is the first listed! (or third if you count Streep and Hanks) Maybe a bit random but aren't these too many steps? I've been to the Supreme Court but I don't think there are that many steps. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,304 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Should be an easy OST cover mockup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bor Gullet 7 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Looks like Bridge of Spies 2.0 That Disco Stu fellow should be quite pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,304 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 So apparently Spielberg's locked the final cut and is finishing the sound mix with JW's score next Monday, so it looks like they're pretty much finished. Sounds like a pretty short score, considering we only heard about sessions beginning on October 31. It's possible there were earlier sessions or JW knocked everything over in a week. Can't get that luxurious Star Wars schedule on every film. Quote Spielberg told me he had just locked final cut of his anticipated Watergate era drama “The Post” (Twentieth Century Fox, December 22), which stars Meryl Streep as Washington Post owner Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. Spielberg will complete the final sound mix with John Williams’ score next Monday. Fox will book late November screenings to meet critics’ group deadlines. http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/steven-spielberg-the-post-ready-player-one-ben-mendelsohn-arthur-miller-writer-1201895214/ Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 5 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said: Johny baby is the only below the line credit in either the poster or the trailer and he is first listed after the cast in both. Respect! Maybe they see him as a 'crowd magnet'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I'm undecided on whether I want to watch the trailer or not! I think I might skip the Youtube upload for now. If it plays ahead of Orient Express when I see it Friday night, it'll be cool to see it in a theater. This is my Star Wars! 5 hours ago, Bor Gullet said: Looks like Bridge of Spies 2.0 That Disco Stu fellow should be quite pleased. You tag a user into a post by typing the '@' symbol and start typing the user's name. The forum software will automatically search for the user you want. @Bor Gullet Like so! Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Just now, Disco Stu said: I'm undecided on whether I want to watch the trailer or not! I think I might skip the Youtube upload for now. If it plays ahead of Orient Express when I see it Friday night, it'll be cool to see it in a theater. This is my Star Wars! Be careful: it's very spoilery. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 The user above saying it looks like Bridge of Spies 2 has me thinking I'm getting too excited. Those podcast people saying they heard it was boring even more so. A lot of people thought BoS was boring too! Like yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,304 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Visually it looks nothing like Bridge of Spies. Thematically, yeah, lots of people talking in rooms but it's a very different visual style. Surprisingly flat and unstylised for Kaminski, very little saturation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,307 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Holy cow, that trailer was absolutely terrible. It felt like a parody trailer for these kinds of movies a comedy TV show would make. What a disappointment. Hopefully JW found inspiration somewhere and the score is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Meh trailer. It looks exactly like what you'd expect from this. I like the poster though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,307 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I like the poster but I hope the album cover is different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I think the best part is Streep looks like she might finally give a performance that isn't patently ridiculous or horrifically scenery-chewing hammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bor Gullet 7 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 5 hours ago, Jay said: Holy cow, that trailer was absolutely terrible. It felt like a parody trailer for these kinds of movies a comedy TV show would make. What a disappointment. Hopefully JW found inspiration somewhere and the score is great! Not as bad as the Lincoln trailer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 23 minutes ago, Bor Gullet said: Not as bad as the Lincoln trailer though. The Lincoln trailer was great. So much new Williams music! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Trailer looks awesome!! As a history buff this reminds me how excited I am to finally see the Pentagon Papers story on screen. And with Williams music... It is interesting to notice the look of this film. I can't quite describe it, but there's a lovely "dated" hue to many shots (unlike, IIRC, in BoS). This film also looks like it will be rather dark, much moreso than I had imagined. (Hopefully that doesn't mean the score will be mostly dark.) Unfortunately there's no indication of any moments that would lend themselves to jazzy JW cues, although that was a long shot so I'm not too disappointed. crumbs and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Intellectually, I know that the score being recorded in just a few days has little to no bearing on the quality or how much I may or may not enjoy it. But for some reason it has tempered my expectations. Once and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,640 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 9 hours ago, Jay said: Holy cow, that trailer was absolutely terrible. It felt like a parody trailer for these kinds of movies a comedy TV show would make. What a disappointment. Hopefully JW found inspiration somewhere and the score is great! It comes off as a "movie of the week" of yesteryear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 I enjoyed Spotlight so maybe I'll enjoy this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,304 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Intellectually, I know that the score being recorded in just a few days has little to no bearing on the quality or how much I may or may not enjoy it. But for some reason it has tempered my expectations. It will be very short, I think that's becoming clear. 55 minute OST if that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 The Post is screening for critics in New York City right this very moment. Q&A with Hanks, Streep, Spielberg, and probably Odenkirk after ^this is Tony Kushner's husband so it makes sense that he's moderating the Q&A Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bor Gullet 7 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,640 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Sometimes, when it comes to directors and producers and casting calls, bad things happen don't merely happen twice but over and over and over and over. Just for the record, I consider to be Trump to be a disgusting megalomaniac, but self-righteous in any form is unjustified. I mean Spielberg used to hang out at the Clinton Whitehouse until the end. Is it so hard to refrain from patronizing us "common" folk with your morality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Apparently the runtime is 1 hour, 55 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Spielberg's shortest drama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,304 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 First score reactions in the other forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 This is Tony Kushner’s husband again so it’s not exactly unbiased for him to praise a Spielberg film. But still it’s good to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I do get the vibe that the critical reactions will be mixed-leaning-positive, with most critics saying "it's fine, some good parts some ok parts" and some critics absolutely loving it. We'll see. What I have seemed to glean from vague, non-NDA-breaking posts is that Meryl Streep is particularly excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,307 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Well, she pretty much always is, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 A lot of people seem to dislike her. I think she's always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 She's OK. Never found to be really "excellent", though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 She used to be excellent and one of my favorite actresses but now she just chews the scenery... worse than Bette Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 She's a skilled performer and I always enjoy her on screen to a certain extent (even when chewing scenery, just like Nicholson), but there are only a few roles where I've been genuinely wowed by her. Angels in America Kramer vs. Kramer The Bridges of Madison County Adaptation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 No love for Mamma Mia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 That falls into the category of "enjoyable." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/the-post-movie-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-meryl-streep-pentagon-papers This movie is coming for all the Oscars. All the critics/journalists are gonna go crazy for this film. I wonder why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Cuz their all dumb bias hollywood libtard snowflakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Anyway, as a huge fan of Spotlight I thought this quote from Josh Singer was interesting Quote Oscar-winning “Spotlight” screenwriter Josh Singer came on board just 10 weeks before shooting started. Prior to the screening, he told Variety he was admittedly a bit nervous going back to the journalism well again. But there was an interesting difference between the two projects. “‘Spotlight’ was a journalism school movie, how to report a story,” he said. “This was much more of a business school movie, how to run a business.” Much of the drama focuses on the repercussions of publishing such explosive material at a time when the Post was preparing for its first public offering. http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/oscars-steven-spielberg-the-post-meryl-streep-tom-hanks-1202618447/ This is such Disco Stu-bait. I love movies that delve into the nitty gritty of process like that, it's part of the reason I think Lincoln and Bridge of Spies are late career masterpieces for Spielberg. They're obviously not as spare/minimalist as Spotlight, but they're just as concerned with the "dirty" process of negotiations, conflicts and power. Of course, Spotlight is more concerned with the losers in stories like this, the child victims of priest abuse. I doubt Spielberg will pay much attention to the tens of thousands of young people who died (let alone the thousands of civilians) in Vietnam as a result of US government coverups/ineptitude. But that's fine, it's not the story he wanted to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I liked Spotlight but actually think it was still too Hollywood. It was extremely melodramatic and the actors were positively shouting during the conclusion. Did we really that scene of Ruffalo getting hysterical and running around? Even the score was a bit overdramatic. I think that movie would have worked better without a score. The movie might have been minimalist by Hollywood standards but was yet excessive compared to your average European arthouse film. Lincoln and BoS on the other hand are both magnificent films. Show the value of old-fashioned Hollywood craft and storytelling. Both deeply engrossing movies about essentially middle-aged men negotiating in dark rooms. I hope Post is more like the latter and less like the former which I personally found extremely mediocre and melodramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,640 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 hour ago, TheUlyssesian said: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/the-post-movie-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-meryl-streep-pentagon-papers This movie is coming for all the Oscars. All the critics/journalists are gonna go crazy for this film. I wonder why. I realize I need to just move on, but come on Hanks, show some awareness: “Not to bring a downer on this rock-’em-sock-’em two hours of grab-yer-ass entertainment!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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