publicist 4,643 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I can't think of a single musical incident in the 'trailing Madeline' cue that even remotely suggests sudden shock or anything like that. It's quite moody actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It's too dramatic for trailing a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Well I guess you know better than Bernard Herrmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,550 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It's some of the best "trailing a woman" music, ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 How does it sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Old is no good anymore. It's not relatable. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,550 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Alexcremers said: How does it sound? Creepy, with a bit of malintent, coupled with an emerging sexual frisson, hinting at the promise of things to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Is there a ban on posting audio? Are we trying to hone our skills at descriptive writing? Here's the music: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 What would Pauline Kael say about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Listening right now ... always been a Herrmann fan ... sort of ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Herrmann, the first intellectual film score composer in Hollywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 With the allegations against Hitchcock, I can't enjoy his films anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Brilliant film maker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 He nursed a solid timber for Grace Kelly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Great taste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Thekthithm said: He nursed a solid timber for Grace Kelly! Of all the times to make good on your name, you say _this_! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Must have been his lifelong ambition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,550 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 6 hours ago, Richard said: Creepy, with a bit of malintent, coupled with an emerging sexual frisson, hinting at the promise of things to come. 4 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Is there a ban on posting audio? Are we trying to hone our skills at descriptive writing? Here's the music: What I said. 4 hours ago, Thekthithm said: What would Pauline Kael say about it? The same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 War for the planet of the apes. I only started enjoying it after the apes had found the girl. Adding her was a great idea and I really liked Bad Ape and the colonel telling his story to Caesar, but still think the apes talk too much and when Caesar was holding the colonel at gunpoint, I was more interested in checking my e-mail. That’s what you get when franchises just will not come to an end. The conclusion felt forced and rather cheap, but probably the best one they could give us. When are we getting the sequel in which European, Chinese and Russian forces decide that Nova is a danger to all of surviving humanity? Giacchino’s tender music is great, but the rest of the music is decidedly weak and clearly meant not to be noticed. And when is this guy going to stop sucking the life out of the sound of an orchestra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, bollemanneke said: That’s what you get when franchises just will not come to an end. Unless they make another one (which would be entirely redundant), its just three movies. I think it works: from the very first film you can get something of a sense for Caesar's traejectory, a sense which comes to pass in this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 All movies suck. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,666 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, Thekthithm said: All movies suck. Especially the ones that really suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Tom said: Especially the ones that really suck. No, those are the good ones, you just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,666 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, mrbellamy said: No, those are the good ones, you just don't get it. I ain't woke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Chronicle - 'found footage' superhero-esque flick in which 3 high-school seniors develop telekinesis after discovering a mysterious object underground. After using their powers for pranking etc at first, things take a dark turn when 'cameraman' Andrew (Dane DeHaan) starts to use his in 'apex predator' ways. Fairly enjoyable, and at a brisk 80 minutes doesn't outstay its welcome. Dog Soldiers - tremendously entertaining action-horror in which squaddies on manevoures in the Scottish Highlands are besieged by a pack of werewolves. With Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd and Liam Cunningham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 La La Land Watching this front to back for the first time, after having read the screenplay a while ago, I rather enjoyed it. Chazelle's direction is what really shines here. His ability to bring in panache with being pretentious is commendable. The cinematography is excellent, and vibrant color is used to great effect, something somewhat missing from a lot of films these days. For all the fantastical trappings it has, La La Land does have a rather grounded realistic center. The key dinner scene is a potent and hard-hitting one especially. Also very effective is the last one they are together outside the observatory. The performances are solid here, but I would have liked some more complexity to the characters. I liked the score, but found most of the songs a tad bit forgettable. And, somehow, the fantasy sequence at the end, though a brilliant piece of visual filmmaking, rubbed me a little the wrong way. Certainly a decade-defining film. 3.5/4 Hook This one is kind of watchable, but not especially good. Hoffman steals the show, and, of course, Williams makes watching really worthwhile. I think Spielberg was a little to close to the topic maybe and couldn't really translate whatever his vision was to the screen. The whole thing feels rather awkward. 2.5/4 Sense and Sensibility (1995) An engrossing and magnificent masterpiece. Thompson's script and performance are rather nigh to perfect. The whole cast brings their A-game. Lee's direction is faultless, and all elements are wonderfully immersive. A delight to watch. Doyle's score does not stand out too much, but quits its task very well. 4/4 The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 3 hours ago, SteveMc said: The key dinner scene is a potent and hard-hitting one especially. Great scene that one is. And how the argument ends with the interruption of the smoke alarm, a microcosmic representation of their troubled relationship which may have, so to speak, also started to let off smoke. Chazelle employed this same little intricacy in First Man. When Neil receives word about the fire in the plugs out test and the death of his friends, a glass breaks in his hand and cuts his palm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Wake Wood - reasonably creepy Irish horror about a couple who lose their young daughter via a dog attack and upon moving to the titular small town by way of dealing with their grief discover that there is a ritual by which she can be 'brought back' for 3 days, with warnings of serious consequences if they breach the terms of said ritual. With Aidan Gillen and Timothy Spall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Sounds like Pet Semetary and an episode of Buffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Pet Sematary and the original Wicker Man both came to mind while watching it ... Buffy not so much, although granted I never watched that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Pet Sematary and the original Wicker Man both came to mind while watching it ... Buffy not so much, although granted I never watched that. Ah, there was an ep where Buffy's little sister attempted to resurrect her dead mum using some demon spell, but the spell can result in the dead coming back "wrong" somehow. They didn't explain it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I liked Anthony Head in that Doctor Who episode he was in, and his appearances in the early Noughties Beeb sketch show Little Britain. He also shared his chips with somebody I know at a convention ... nice guy, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I watched a good chunk of Young Sherlock Holmes on Prime last night and I intend to finish it tonight. I like it. It's one of the few Amblin features produced by Spielberg where you can actually detect his involvement. Cool effects, nice music and obvious influence on Harry Potter but done better because it has a superior love story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted September 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2019 Venom (2018) To have been expecting anything good would have been folly. I really don't understand the fascination fans apparently have with movies like this (seventh highest grossing movie worldwide last year). A weird anti-hero story that doesn't really have any, um, substance whatsoever. * out of **** Aquaman (2018) I'm not an expert on the superhero side of things, but I'm pretty sure this was the most Marvel-like I've seen DC get. Just ridiculous cookie cutter beats and face palm worthy wisecracks. Nonetheless, it's one of the more bearable films DC has put out in a little while, even though it's hardly worth it. * and a half * out of **** Vice (2018) The more I think about this the more frustrated I am. Blatantly Liberal propaganda delivered with a deafening bark but no real bite. The acting was, shall we say, varied. While the makeup was fantastic, Christian Bale wasn't exactly riveting as Dick Cheney. I'd say the real stars are Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell and Amy Adams, but even they cannot save it. A big problem is how serious and then again goofy it can be at the same time. You've got terrified Iranian civilians taking cover during an airstrike, and then you've got the credits rolling halfway through the movie only to take it all back and tell us what really happened next. And then there's the great collapse of the fourth wall- characters talking directly to us, the viewers, in a way that just doesn't feel right here. Perhaps the most disgusting of these moments was a mid-credits scene where they break into the extremely tiring current day political spectrum. Perhaps Vice is best descirbed by critic Brian Tallerico from the Roger Ebert website. Quote The film lacks insight, ingenuity, and intensity, skimming the surface of history like a drunk guy at a holiday party who read a Wikipedia entry that he really wants to talk to you about right now. ** out of **** The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) What a wonderful thing it is to have an anthology of Western vignettes coming out in 2018. What's more is that it's the work of the Coens. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was downright hilarious. Near Algodones was quite good too. Meal Ticket was certainly more of an acquired taste, but there's a certain sense of solace in the simple, slow and quiet nature of the story. All Gold Canyon was terrific, and The Gal Who Got Rattled had some great characters and a really neat setup. The Mortal Remains was an absolutely awesome display of perfect character development over a short period of time. The Coens go through a stagecoach of people, each getting their own turn to share a bit about themselves in such a clever way script-wise. I loved them all very much, but the first one was just so darn good that it takes home the favourite trophy for me. **** out of **** Kingdom of Heaven (2005) A grand story and a massive scale. Top-notch battle sequences. **** out of **** The Shining (1980) The thing I admire most about The Shining is that it's nowhere near the in-your-face cheap trick horror that dominates the genre nowadays. The genius of it is constant sense of uneasiness and suspense. Unreal acting from Nicholson, Duvall and even Danny Lloyd. The photography is extremely intelligent in terms of framing and awareness of positioning. Too many unforgettable scenes to count. **** out of **** All in all a pretty balanced bunch of films, three of both good movies and bad movies. Holko, Chen G. and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 @The Illustrious Jerry most conservatives have disowned Cheney now, so I'm not sure how "liberal" it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 It's just that the political slant of the movie is particularly obvious and seems to have trumped all other artistic and storytelling concerns. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 So a movie having a political slant is....bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 It’s too much of an “info-dump” movie...and tried to compensate with overwhelming style. But I still kind of liked it. Bale was great, and the score was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I've met senior bureaucrats who have similar personality types to Cheney and they're agonisingly boring to be around and are frustratingly humourless. They awkwardly try to crack a joke and everyone else pretends to laugh along and I'm sitting there like "wtf". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 6 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: Kingdom of Heaven (2005) A grand story and a massive scale. Top-notch battle sequences. Not the DC version?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Not the DC version?! No, the Marvel version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 They're all funny books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, Thekthithm said: No, the Marvel version. Too much one-liners and the addition of a bromance felt really misplaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 34 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Too many one-liners and the addition of a bromance felt really misplaced. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Drax is now a TV snob and a grammar Nazi?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 It's ironic. He could save others from grammatical errors but not himself. SteveMc and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Stefancos said: So a movie having a political slant is....bad? Not at all. Politics can be an excellent driving force But, a movie primarily built around a political agenda, with that overshadowing everything else, can be problematic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,529 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Sunshine (1999) - pretty much purely because if the Jarre credits on the Tadlow Lawrence of Arabia. What is it with Ralph Fiennes and Hungary? Count Almásy (English Patient), Grand Budapest Hotel and this. So this is a historical drama about a Jewish-Hungarian family in the first half of the 20th century, through 3 generations of males and their progressive loss of family- and self-identity (and late attempts to recapture them) tangled up in and caused by the events of those tumultous times. All 3 men are played by Fiennes which sounds super gimmicky but actually it just works. It's pretty interesting but not perfect: I don't think it's too long since all 3 generations have roughly an hour dedicated to them, but it can be unfocused and not greatly structured. The script has weak points, especially one ridiculously textbook-flavoured outburst explaining motivations and the political situation, with one of the hammiest (in a bad way) I've ever seen Ralph being. Being local I did get a huge kick out of Mari Törőcsik hugging Aunt May, for example, though! It looks pretty nice and as expected with such a concept, there are many nice visual or thematic callbacks, a somewhat circular structure - for example every Ralph choosing societally more or less unacceptable female companions over better choices, thus quasi-cursing themselves, and the relationships getting rougher and worse every generation. Despite all this loss and worsening though, there is a light - sunshine - at the end of the tunnel. I'm glad I saw it, wouldn't know who to recommend it to. It's shot in English if that's what you're afraid of. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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