nightscape94 965 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 So you're saying it's not cinematic enough? That the blocking of the scenes, the composition of the shots, etc all seem rather pedestrian? That there are, in a sense, no frills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It has this worn out dirty moody look. Guess it was inspired by Blade Runner in some capacity. Frames are rich with texture, even if the entire thing feels monotone. It's probably the ugliest looking city ever commited to celluloid. And the film benefits greatly from it. It might not be as refined as some might say (in terms of story) but it remains a damn fine thriller. I also like the unique sound design - background street noise is a constant presence and it creates a very oppressive mood. Same goes for the highly effective score. It has aged very well.Bleak, certainly, but I wouldn't call it ugly looking. It's bleakness can be quite attractive. The show down with all those power lines certainly looks cool. Shore's score works wonders there.I rather the gorgeous anamorphic photography in Alien 3.Alien³ is fantastic to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 So you're saying it's not cinematic enough? That the blocking of the scenes, the composition of the shots, etc all seem rather pedestrian? That there are, in a sense, no frills?It was shot by someone crossing the street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Fincher could frame someone crossing the street so much better than Demme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 So all of a sudden Demme is a poor director? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 No, he's a solid director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 What's so "dated" about SOTL? Do the '91 model cars and computers give it away?Funny that in 2015, people think 1991 wasn't that long ago. But in 1995, 1971 seemed like an eternity ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Again, it's not the haircuts, the phones or clothing, but very much the visuals, the cinematography, the mise-en-scèné (with a few exceptions, of course), the way it's shot. Plus, I have a feeling the the film, the celluloid is in some kind of deteriorated state. Like I said several times before, it looks like a cheap TV movie from a few decades ago, just look at the screenshots. Maybe the film needs to be restored because I remember it looked much better in the theatre. If it wasn't for the acting performances, I would say it's time for a remake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He means it doesn't look like a glossy, modern, digital HDR photograph that Zack Snyder would shoot, so its cinematic status is now invalid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 No, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead and think that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 In 25 years, you'll be calling for remakes of films from the 2010s you love. Because by 2040, they'll look "dated". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Because I say one movie hasn't aged all that well? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I bet you will and I'll be there when it happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Remaking I AM LEGEND makes sense because nothing in the old movies visually can top the new film (it's shite, i know). But for a pure thriller like SILENCE, what can be gained in visuals that wouldn't be lost be losing the Hopkins/Foster teaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I bet you will and I'll be there when it happens! Use your brain, Drax. I watch a lot of old movies. A lot of them still look frigging amazing. All The President's Men Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Lucky for that movie it passes the Alex litmus test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Looks so 70's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Tonight, free on TV, The Color Purple in HD!Will the film have aged well or not? Let's find out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 The Man Who Would Be KingIt the word "epic" hadn't been so cheapened over the last few years, it would be useful here. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 One of my all time favorites. This is what entertaining cinema should be all about. And I'm really fond of Jarre's travelling music for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 I so wish that Nolan's next venture would be into this sort of territory - if not necessarily a revival of Kubrick's Napoleon (which I've wanted him to do since The Prestige), something equally sprawling in a classical way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 He's a big fan of the movie, So I've read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Who isn't? The Jarre score is the only thing i don't actively love about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Big Eyes: A comedy about personal acknowledgement and recognition, and like the comment on the poster says, it's Burton's best (and most restrained) movie in years. 7/10Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Rogue - a killer croc attacks a party of river-cruising tourists in Australia's Northern Territories. Was hoping for some B-movie horror chuckles, but it took itself annoyingly seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Who isn't? The Jarre score is the only thing i don't actively love about it.The march can be a bit obnoxious, but I love tracks such as this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The Player: Robert Altman's fun stab at all that is so wrong with Hollywood right down to the parody happy ending of the film itself. It is a sort of breezy affair featuring excellent cast, a huge pile of cameos from Hollywood stars, a murder plot and very Altmanesque camera work and observational feel to many of the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The Crimson RiversA good movie hampered by studio tinkering that holds it back from reaching greater heights.It starts off by cutting between two seemingly unrelated stories - One is Jean Reno as a famous Parisian detective sent to a small town in the French alps to investigate a brutal murder, we he meets several suspects as more bodies pile up. The other is Vincent Cassel as another detective investigating a grave desecration of a someone who died years ago as a child. Eventually the two stories collide, and the two detectives have to work together to uncover the conspiracy and goings-on in the prestigious college in the small town, and how it all relates to the murders.The problem with the film is that it felt rushed, and a bit confusing; Things fly by so quickly, you never even get a chance to ponder on all the characters and think about who could be the likely killer, because we just quickly go from one discovery to the detective having a hunch to him following that hunch to another discovery. I learned after watching the film that the studio cut out a bunch of footage, all stuff that would have helped explained the plot, the murders, and the various motivations behind them much better, and its a shame. Because what's left is a fairly "empty" movie - its well directed, with a bunch of nice set pieces, good cinematography, and an interesting score... but ultimately its all fairly forgettable. A shame.I saw this in theaters back in 2001 and had very fond memories of it, but now I realize its that whole "early movies" thing; Back then I was a 21 year old kid, just starting to branch out to see independent and foreign movies instead of just the Hollywood blockbusters and comedies. So for me at the time it was great to see something so different from that, but now 15 years later with much more films under my belt, I can see that while its splashy and cinematic, its not among the best out there.Curious to see they made a sequel, in which Reno pairs up with a different young detective to solve an unrelated case. I wonder if its any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I haven't seen this in years, but I loved it. The plot may be a bit trashy in the end, but the whole thing has such a gripping atmosphere, partly thanks to Coulais' brilliant score, that that's not a problem. I wonder if there's a Blu release I could upgrade to.Never seen the sequel, but I've only read very bad things about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yea the atmosphere is great. Loved in glacial cave scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Quantum of Solace Somewhere in this rushed mess of a movie, there could have been something interesting. The film's main problem is that it sets up a cool premisse in the first fifteen minutes (we pick up right where we left Casino Royale and Bond is about to start digging, investigating Mr. White and the people behind Vesper), only to demote that to the film's subplot once Olga Kurylenko and Mathie Amalric enter the story. The opera scene is really cool, but other than that, it's a wasted film. Matt C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The writers strike, and the decision to film it ala Paul Greengrass hamper the film, which has several interesting ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Shit movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 The writers strike, and the decision to film it ala Paul Greengrass hamper the film, which has several interesting ideas. Very much. I like the ideas of two characters, both looking for revenge with one fulfulling their quest and the other learning to be more restrained in killing. Even though that basically copies Bond's arc from Casino Royale. But this idea is muddied when the movie tries to be a sequel to Casino Royale and being a sequel to Casino Royale is hampered every time the movie has to spend screen time on its own plot (which is basically Chinatown in Bolivia anyway, but oh well). The action scenes are surely expertly executed but unintelligible and devoid of emotion on screen. Many of the action scenes just happen without proper buildup or repercussions. And what was the point of including the Palio in the film other than it looking exotic? It has no effect on the opening footchase (or vice versa) whatsoever. This movie really feels like one long sequence of wasted effort. Such a shame, coming off the tremendous Casino Royale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Its also too downbeat for a Bond film.007 dumping Mathis' body in a garbage heap. "He wouldn't have minded" etc....Bit bleak.Good score though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 I still don't get that part. But yes, the score is quite enjoyable. Even if it does get slightly overbearing in the film at times, mostly because every action scene not only features Arnold going into full ADHD mode, but the camera and editing departments do as well. And as far as I could tell from the film, the score is completely released except for Bond's escape from the tavern where he meets Leiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I still don't get that part.The whole outlook of the film is more Bourne then Bond. Everyone seems on the take, corrupt or allowing corruption or compromise. The Bond films are in the end about good versus evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 So does Mathis confess to being corrupt after all in his dying moments? It's all very ambiguous. And probably not helped by me being very excited to see the European Leiter from the books finally make it to the big screen in Casino Royale, only to have him shoved into a fucking dumpster one movie later. Whaaaaaaaaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I actually find Arnold's score almost unlistenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 And probably not helped by me being very excited to see the European Leiter from the books finally make it to the big screen in Casino Royale, only to have him shoved into a fucking dumpster one movie later. Whaaaaaaaaa?And to make matters worse Felix Leiter himself is barely in the movie...again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Flawed it may be, but considering it was made when the writers' strike was on and MGM had declared bankruptcy Quantum could've been much, much worse.Youth In Revolt - fitfully amusing comedy with Michael Cena. Ah well, it was a free watch on the iPlayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The French Blu-Ray is apparently region free and has English subtitles: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Les-Rivieres-Pourpres-Blu-ray/4456/#ReviewIt also has an isolated score track (though with Coulais talking over it).Oh cool!Quantum of SolaceThe opera scene is really coolReally? I always thought the location was completely wasted. It's a terribly short sequence that could have been shot anywhere with no big difference.This year's MI installment made much better use of it's Austrian Opera setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Who cares where its set? It's a strong sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Is it? It's downplayed so much that I hardly find it exciting. And they made a big deal about the location (at least in Austria - obviously, it's a big international production), but to me it seemed to be much ado about nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 No one made a big deal about the location outside Austria! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Perfectly ok. But then why film at a big opera festival to begin with, if you don't make use of the location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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