Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Bringing Out the Dead is my favorite Cage performance. Great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, Richard said: Alex, nobody needs to see a Nicholas Cage movie "I did see a Nicholas Cage movie. And it was great!" 34 minutes ago, Richard said: (except, maybe, for MOONSTRUCK...oh, go on; I'll give you CON-AIR, as well, and THE COTTON CLUB). edit ...and RAISING ARIZONA, but that's my final offer. We have a deal if you'll throw in Rumble Fish and Wild At Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Busted! I forgot about those two. They're in! Actually, I'll see you your bunch, and I'll raise you BIRDY, and ADAPTATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: "I did see a Nicholas Cage movie. And it was great!" This. This I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 7 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Sometimes you need to see a Nicholas Cage movie: Brilliant! I predict 100% Certified Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That's actually pretty mellow for a Cage performance. It's nice to see Willem Dafoe with a meaty role too. As for other quintessential Cage films, let's not forget Face/Off and Matchstick Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 And The Rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 They are all brilliant, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: And The Rock! How could I forget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Leaving Las Vegas is also worth a mention. He's become something of a punch line recently, and the fact that people are forgetting his good movies speaks to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,290 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 On 6/12/2015 at 10:19 AM, nightscape94 said: Terry Gilliam's infamously delayed Don Quixote is finally happening on Amazon, says Terry Gilliam Aaaaand delayed again Quote I was supposed to start to be shooting it starting next Monday. It’s been slightly delayed. I had this producer, a Portuguese chap, who claimed he’d get all the money together in time. And a few weeks ago, he proved that he didn’t have the money. So we are still marching forward. It is not dead. I will be dead before the film is. The movie gods are going to hold you to that, Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 WOW!!! This is fabulous, because I'm a big big big fan!!!! Roy Orbison 'triumph and tragedy' biopic in the works https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/29/roy-orbison-biopic-in-the-works-the-big-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Are you in for a green tinted movie with Patrick Wilson and Ian Mcshane? Two watchable actors, finally together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Patrick Wilson is very watchable. He's good in ANGELS IN AMERICA. He's also watchable giving Kate Winsett what-for, in her red swimsuit, in LITTLE CHILDREN (of course, I watch that more for the latter! ). On 30/09/2016 at 11:24 PM, Bespin said: WOW!!! This is fabulous, because I'm a big big big fan!!!! Roy Orbison 'triumph and tragedy' biopic in the works https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/29/roy-orbison-biopic-in-the-works-the-big-o He was born, he wore glasses, he sung, he died. Er...? He also worked with Jeff Lynne...oh, sh- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Wilson is a reliable actor, can't say I found him ineffective in anything I've seen him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Yeah he was really good in Fargo S2. A24 and KK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 This looks like a decent blend of hot ladies and funny guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Full trailer for the new Zemeckis: I'm totally down for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Looks quite good and over-the-top. Verhoeven but more style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Over-the-top was my first impression as well, but not in a good way. A decade of CGI fluff has ruined Zemeckis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Beowulf was quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I'm glad you enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Yeah but it's got Simon McBurney so it is 100% guaranteed to be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah he was really good in Fargo S2. Probably his best role. He was excellent. 10 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: Over-the-top was my first impression as well, but not in a good way. A decade of CGI fluff has ruined Zemeckis. Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Over the top + Silvestri = Yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Really guys? If this was dead serious my interest in it would be zero. Now I might check it out for the Verhoeven-like factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,290 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I'm with you Alex, I kinda loved that. Also this Jackie Kennedy biopic looks unexpectedly strange and interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Jackie got a glowing reception at the Toronto International Film Festival. Breaking the streak of shitty biopics of iconic women after Diana and Grace of Monaco it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Over-the-top was my first impression as well, but not in a good way. A decade of CGI fluff has ruined Zemeckis. No way! Flight and The Walk were great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I thought Flight was comparable to a lifetime channel movie. Haven't seen The Walk but nothing in the trailers makes me want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Yea, I guess Flight wasn't great, but it was fine, certainly better than a lot of crap that comes out these days. The Walk is genuinely great, already seen it twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 The Walk is decent. Fun watch with heart. But nothing exceptional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 How does it compare to MAN ON WIRE? 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah but it's got Simon McBurney so it is 100% guaranteed to be great. He's very good in REV., but then, so's everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 What a pleasure Rev was. Definitely one of the best things about Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation was the sly Rev reunion of Tom Hollander and Simon McBurney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,290 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 The Walk doesn't add much to Man on Wire except for a vicarious experience of the tightrope walk itself which is pretty excellently staged. There's really no insight into Petit's worldview and eccentricity at all compared to the doc, but taken as a superficial Ocean's-esque heist romp with a charismatic lead and colorful ensemble it's really fun. I think it's one of Zemeckis's most purely entertaining movies, definitely his funniest since Gump. I think its greatest asset is that it's actually truly poignant as a post-9/11 film, able to acknowledge the WTC's fate without ever feeling like it's shoving it down your throat. The subtext really comes from the slightly wistful tone of Petit's fascination with them and it's all you really need. It plays right because it's in Petit's character to look at them as these magical structures, but at the same time gives you permission to reflect on them. Zemeckis realizes that there's a quiet power just in looking at those things. Petit's final line is just right and the last shot is perfectly and delicately judged by Zemeckis and Silvestri. Wasn't much a fan of Flight either, aside from the great plane crash. KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I enjoyed Flight quite a bit, though there was an undercurrent of religiosity that was unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 It's one of Denzel's finest performances. And John Goodman was a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,290 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I remember thinking the script was annoyingly didactic a lot of the time. That stairwell scene at the hospital with the smoking cancer patient, or yeah the scenes with the religious couple. Also John Goodman's character was terrible, tonally so at odds with everything else in that movie. Thankfully Denzel held it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, mrbellamy said: I think its greatest asset is that it's actually truly poignant as a post-9/11 film, able to acknowledge the WTC's fate without ever feeling like it's shoving it down your throat. Do you not get that from the last shot in MUNICH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,290 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Sure, I think that was a powerful choice by Spielberg. Obviously The Walk's intentions are gentler by nature, I couldn't really compare them. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Fair, enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 3 hours ago, mrbellamy said: I remember thinking the script was annoyingly didactic a lot of the time. That stairwell scene at the hospital with the smoking cancer patient, or yeah the scenes with the religious couple. Also John Goodman's character was terrible, tonally so at odds with everything else in that movie. Thankfully Denzel held it together. This was one of the major problems I had with the film, though I disagree that Denzel held it together. Throughout there's this defiant tone rooting for him to get away clean, we have the comic relief drug dealer, and a generally funny scene towards the end before the trial trying to get him sobered up. But the film flicks a switch as if they all suddenly remembered that drugs are bad mmkay and it turns into this preachy mess. I mean, the film opens with the shot of a bare ass and cocaine being snorted and there's this ridiculous part where Denzel just starts chugging vodka. I mean, I really don't see how anyone could think this is solid filmmaking. All of it felt as if there should have been a footnote at the bottom of the screen saying "This is a dramatization" throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 It has the depth of a TV movie of the week. Watchable but it leaves behind no imprint. Zemeckis is a Spielberg turned out slightly differently. Some of the genes are in a different place. Both have a Disney complex. The new film looks like he's trying to separate himself from his twin brother Steven. Good for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Maybe one day though, we'll have a blockbuster poster that's neither Blue/Orange nor Grey/Washy. Or not Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I didn't even see Lucy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Don't bother Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Now, Luc Besson is "visionary". Oh, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Fans of The Fifth Element would probably claim that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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