mrbellamy 6,286 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Yeah, I agree. The bigger problem I had towards the end was the dream sequence...felt like an entirely different movie, kind of inappropriate.Performances were the main thing I got out of it. Watts and McGregor are both really effective, especially that one heartbreaking moment with McGregor (I'm sure anyone who's seen it knows what I'm talking about). The kids were well-cast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hmm, maybe I'll give it a shot then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I loved The Impossible when I saw it, though my tastes might have changed a bit over the 3 years since I've seen it. It's a well-made, occasionally visceral movie that tugs at the heart-strings. I know it's "manipulative" but I don't really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.Any ASMR qualities to her voice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Hmm, maybe I'll give it a shot then.What also makes it kinda unique is that it's from the director of The Orphanage, and the same screenwriter too. So it's a Hollywood survival drama but from two guys with horror sensibilities, and while it once or twice gets a little indulgent in that sense, it does make for some surprisingly harrowing sequences, the tsunami itself chief among them. It's also indeed sentimental at times, but a lot of that just comes from watching people being decent to each other, so I thought it came by that honestly, minus a few too many orchestral swells to really make you feel the "human spirit" of it all. Considering that and a PG-13 rating, it still didn't really feel like it pulled any punches. Definitely a case where the trailers (like this one) are pretty far from the actual tone of the film: Not a great movie but as Cremers said, impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.I was really pleasantly surprised by Tangled and think it's far better than Frozen. I think it's brilliant actually. Mother Gothel is the best Disney villain in decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 The Dark Knight Rises - still think Nolan's 'Bat-trilogy' represents some sort of high-water mark for comic-book movies. Fabulous stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.Any ASMR qualities to her voice?Her voice is very smooth and pleasant. She had a small role in Spider-Man 2 as Doc Ock's wife, and I've always liked her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.I See the Light is lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.The Menken music didn't leave that much of an impression on me the first time I watched it, but it has actually become one of my favourites of his since then. Great songs, and a more interesting score than usual from him, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Particularly like the end of that track (starting at 05:06): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.I was really pleasantly surprised by Tangled and think it's far better than Frozen. I think it's brilliant actually. Mother Gothel is the best Disney villain in decades.It's definitely the better of the two. Charming movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Terminator: GenisysAll kidding aside, it was bad, really bad, but watching Terminators fighting it out is always a bit of fun. 3/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Is Salvation better then?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I only remember that one was bad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Both films are completely forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 It's been a terrible franchise since the second movie. Actually, T2:3D at Universal Studios was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 You mean, after the second movie, right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Considering the second movie is the best one, I would assume that's what he meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 One would automatically assume that but you never really know with E.T. and Elliot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 While the second film is definitely good, and the most popular, The Terminator is still better.TangledIt's charming, I'll admit, and you can definitely see Glen Keane's influence on the character designs. But for the life of me, I didn't find the songs catchy (save for "Mother Knows Best") -- but it's a pleasant little diversion.Donna Murphy should do more animation. I love her voice.I was really pleasantly surprised by Tangled and think it's far better than Frozen. I think it's brilliant actually. Mother Gothel is the best Disney villain in decades.It's definitely the better of the two. Charming movie.I would never have seen Tangled if it wasn't for my niece. Pleasantly surprised by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Into the Woods Sluggish, unengaging, poorly structured and blandly shot. I hardly ever use the word to describe a film, but this was nothing short of boring. When you're watching a musical and you figure out halfway through every song is shot as if it's a dialogue scene, something's wrong. Rob Marshal and Dion Beebe delivered some gorgeous looking pictures before, but this isn't it. I couldn't get into the music either. Here's hoping I never have to sit through this snoozefest again. The Graduate Still great the second time. Hurray! The Dukes of Hazzard Awful, awful film that craps all over the source material by being stupid and crude for most of its running time. Terrible film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Odd, because the scene when Meryl Streep sings Stay With Me was really sad, touching and beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I thought it was okay fluff. Sondheim has seen better days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 When was that?Let me guess! You mean this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Indeed. Stay With Me is beautiful song with a great tune.Movie was dull and looked awful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 This is still the definitive version of Send in the Clowns! Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I wouldn't really judge the musical by the movie adaptation. The musical is truly outstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Throughout the film, I kept thinking the whole thing would probably work a lot better on a stage.Not a very good sign when watching a movie musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I thought Stay With Me and Agony came off best, also thought they did alright with On the Steps of the Palace and Moments in the Woods. The others lost a ton of energy and humor in translation and the darker subtext didn't really translate. Loads of funny lines and double entendres in the lyrics that just blew right past because they were interpreted so poorly, or not at all. One that I remember was in Jack's song about the giants, "And she gives you food and she gives you rest/And she holds you close to her giant breast/And you know things now that you never knew before"...that's a funny line, best delivered with a bit of a wink but they played it totally straight so it didn't really mean anything. Also Hello Little Girl was one of my favorites in the show, darkly comic number that falls completely flat in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 What does Sondheim himself think about the Disney flick? Do we know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 SkyfallAfter the double feature of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace dealing with Bond's first adventure as 007, Skyfall takes a new turn. On the film franchise's fiftieth anniversary, the film takes a look at an ancient character through modern eyes and dares ask the question: is James Bond still relevant? Do we still need a James Bond? The character is referred to as an "old dog" and the filmmakers really went out of their way to make him a beat-down veteran.Where Quantum picked up right after Casino, Skyfall clearly puts some distance between its predecessors. M's husband, whom we glimpsed in Casino Royale and heard off-screen in Quantum of Solace is now M's late husband. The relationship between Bond and M is one of years of mutual professional respect and M mentions Bond has been "doing this long enough to know [something or other]." Bond really becomes a dinosaur when juxtaposed against the new and younger Q.So with Quantum completely off the table and the little conspiracy trilogy that Quantum of Solace seemed to be the middle act of left unfinished, how does Skyfall fare?Well, somehow, this film works amazingly well.Despite the fact that Skyfall is hardly a James Bond picture. It's sombre, bleak, runs for two and a half hours at a restrained pace and half of it is set in the UK, ditching the parade of exotic locales featured in previous Bonds for a story that literally brings Bond back home as far as they could go.Featuring plenty of rests between the action scenes, Skyfall is also very much M's film. It seems like the producers really went out of their way to make the most of Judi Dench's last contracted appearance as M (they did - she's fantastic in this).Unlike the films that came before (the Brosnan era was basically an excercise in repeatedly pulling off the perfected Bond formula), each Craig film actually comes with a theme or an idea behind it. In Skyfall, there are several and they are all given room to be explored. An exceptional accomplishment in a franchise such as this, where audiences seem to demand certain levels of excitement and certain story beats to occur. Skyfall blatantly subverts expectations and still succeeds in being both a very good film and a commercial mega hit.Ending like a Western set in Scotland, Skyfall avoids the big-end-fight-in-the-villain's-lair-endings we've come to expect since the 1960's. It's a fititng ending to the film and it all works very well. Capped off with the formal introduction of the new Moneypenny and the new M (hurray for Ralph Fiennes!), the movie seems to promise us that after this moody and introverted outing, Bond might be back to his old adventures. Although I'm sure there'll be some sort of modern serious twist on the whole thing.Fifty years of filmmaking bookended with Dr. No and Skyfall. Two films that share the same DNA, yet are very far apart. And both are fantastic. I'm looking forward to Spectre. If anything, Skyfall showed us that a new Bond film is still an event and a sight to behold. Bring on the next one! Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Skyfall is my favorite one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Very strong first hour, even upon revisiting, which is unusual for a Bond movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 The Mendes-Deakins-Newman combo is fail proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Decided to revisit some older Bonds in the run-up to SPECTRE, starting with From Russia With Love.Think this has actually usurped Goldfinger in my affections as Connery's finest hour ... a nigh-on perfect blend of action, thrills (still with a pleasing grit at this early stage ... garotting is an unpleasantly 'up close and personal' way to kill someone, and Bond's knuckles can be seen to be 'bloodied' after the train fight) humour and travelogue. And one of the best allies (Kerim Bey) of the entire series, and also 2 of the finest villains in Klebb and Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 It's fantastic! Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 The train fight from that movie is still unmatched. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 A master class in editing that scene Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 What does Sondheim himself think about the Disney flick? Do we know?He was closely involved, even wrote a new song for Streep. The only reason Into the Woods got made was that Rob Marshall's previous film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was very profitable for Disney. So they gave him free reign for his next film, provided it was around $50 million or lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 What does Sondheim himself think about the Disney flick? Do we know?He was closely involved, even wrote a new song for Streep. The only reason Into the Woods got made was that Rob Marshall's previous film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was very profitable for Disney. So they gave him free reign for his next film, provided it was around $50 million or lower.In that case, perhaps the only reason that Into The Woods got made is that Marchall wanted to make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I'm maybe the wrongest audience imaginable but i literally had to turn it off violently after 12 minutes. Couldn't stand it. Any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Can't blame ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 What does Sondheim himself think about the Disney flick? Do we know? He was closely involved, even wrote a new song for Streep. The only reason Into the Woods got made was that Rob Marshall's previous film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was very profitable for Disney. So they gave him free reign for his next film, provided it was around $50 million or lower. In that case, perhaps the only reason that Into The Woods got made is that Marchall wanted to make it?It's arrogant for a director to make a film just because he wants too!They should make the film the audience wants to see instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I wish that every studio had the policy of releasing 1 or 2 movies per year where they grant a director complete artistic freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 What you're suggesting is madness! Studios can't afford to take such risks! They don't have enough money to do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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