Jay 37,369 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Really? Are you playing dumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I don't understand the term in relation to Marc's review. Is he saying The Wizard Of Oz isn't particularly strong material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 He saying that the film makers seemed to think they could get by with a mediocre film because the fact that it's part of the Oz franchise would get butts in seats, and he thinks they were wrong because the film came out very bad in fact, and no amount of Oz nostalgia could help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Thank you for explaining what my fellow Dutchman meant. His English isn't as good as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 But I haven't been happy for about 6 or 7 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm actually very intelligent. I just lack self confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: I'm actually very intelligent. I just lack self confidence. Keep telling yourself that, darling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 22 minutes ago, Jay said: He saying that the film makers seemed to think they could get by with a mediocre film because the fact that it's part of the Oz franchise would get butts in seats, and he thinks they were wrong because the film came out very bad in fact, and no amount of Oz nostalgia could help it. Exactly. The movie tries to coast by on its brand name, but the film could have been set in any fantasy world and still be the same. It's that generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Jason already explained it for me. No use for your postcount padding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Well excuuuuuuuuse me! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Tomorrow, I'm on vacation, so the plan is... and Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Jay said: I've only seen Abre los ojos, The Others, and Regression from him, I missed The Sea Inside and Agora. I've only seen Abre los ojos, The Others and Tesis. Those were all great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 13 hours ago, Mr. Breathmask said: Exactly. The movie tries to coast by on its brand name, but the film could have been set in any fantasy world and still be the same. It's that generic. Is that the one with James Franco? I stopped watching that one too. The Shallows Strong start but the film couldn't maintain it. The fear and anticipation for a shark attack (yes, you have to wait for it) were the film's better parts. However, things went kind of 'wrong' in the survival part. Still, there was good in it, especially in the direction. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It's main weakness for me is the all too typical Hollywood back story. Our brave heroine doesnt only survive the ordeal, it also encourages her to turn her life around etc etc.. I rather liked it, but wanted to like it more. The film would not let me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 54 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Is that the one with James Franco? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Blake Lively is sublime, and so is her arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 30 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: I only liked the middle act of that one. While I appreciated the film took its time in the first act, to create some sort of mood, some sort of uneasiness before the attack, a lot of what happened in there was just plain boring or felt cheap (the phone call scene went on for far too long and the dialogue was generic as hell, and then you get those lascivious shots of Blake Lively in her bikini that scream: "And now, for your pleasure, gentlemen: Blake Lively's ass!". I don't remember Spielberg having to resort to that sort of crap!). The interactions in the beginning of the movie were very real to life, dialogue and all. The drive to the beach, the way she was friendly to those two surfers but at the same time didn't trust them because she a was a woman alone. Or the way she kept an eye on them as the two went out of the water to see if they would steal her stuff on the beach. And all this time there was the underlying anticipation: The shark's perspective from under water, the bird's perspective (I always expected to see it then) or even when her hand goes in and out the sea, how that completely changed the sound (no score necessary) . To me that's where the real suspense lies. The part with the wounded seagull on the rock was also very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I agree actually. Very true to live and a good way to bond the viewer with Lively's character. At this point the film could actually be about anything. It could become a romantic movie. A cautionary tale about traveling alone etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Exactly Steef, and the more the shark appeared, kicking whales out of the water and so on, the more I started to frown my eyebrows. Only Bruce can kick a whale out of the water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Spielberg was smart enough to show the shark as little as possible (though in some cases he had no choice because Bruce hardly ever worked) Also, since this was a CGI shark it never felt like it had much weight to it. I've been watching shark docu's since I was 11. Great Whites are fast and agile, but also very heavy beasts. I didnt really get a sense of mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Again, that's what I found clever. Most thriller or horror films start being thriller or horror films right from the start. I guess this one does too with the short prologue (used to padd out a still very short movie?) But after that it's about a young woman on her vacation in a strange country, communicating with the locals in pidgin Spanish. The instragram style filters, the iPhone-like slow mo footage (Bloodboal, what's MTV, you grandad!) all felt fitting for what the film was showing at that moment. There's a deliberate shift in tone that occurs very dramatically once she gets close to the whale. From there on it's more what the audience was expecting I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I also liked how she several times tried to fish after the name of the island. "Ah, yes! That's the Island Of The Pregnant Woman, right?" I didn't have a problem with the surfing either. It's why they are there. Like I said, I always expected the shark to come out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 A deep critical analysis of The Shallows... only at JWFan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yeah let's go in depth about Transformers: Age of Instinction instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Only Bruce can kick a whale out of the water! Brucette, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 20 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: A deep critical analysis of The Shallows... only at JWFan! Wanna tell us how brilliant Crash and Children Of Men were, Koray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Or another Malick borefest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 And all those Michael Bay movies that are so brilliant! Cretin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Jurassic Park 3D My favorite 3D movie! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Justin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,544 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 27 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Jurassic Park 3D My favorite 3D movie! I can't think of a better-looking 3D film: sumptuous, saturated photography, great performances, CGIs that still look brilliant, and top-notch, yet restrained direction. Great stuff. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Titanic 3D bitches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,544 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I never saw TITANIC in 3D, but I'm sure I'll get the chance, next year, for the 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 On 12/29/2016 at 11:49 AM, Jay said: Regression Alex is right, this is terrible. It had promise because it was directed by Amenabar, starred Watson, Hawke, and Thewlis, production values were high enough, etc. But the story is stupid and completely predictable Reveal hidden contents We both said early on that Emma Watson was making the whole thing up I just looked it up, and it turns out we watched this one back in May. In the 7 months since then, I've basically forgotten everything about it because it leaves no impression whatsoever. I had to look it up on Wikipedia to even remember the plot details. No reason to see this one at all. Speaking of shitty Emma Watson movies......... Colonia Similar to Regression in that its completely forgettable and everyone is wasted in it. The plot is that Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl are a German couple in Chile whose lives are interrupted one day when he gets himself abducted for speaking out against a General performing a military coup, and she goes undercover in a cult to rescue him. The cult ends up being a front for the guy doing the coup to run weapons, etc, blah blah blah. I didn't care about any of the characters, whether or not they would find each other, whether or not they would escape alive if they did, etc. In addition to the leads, Michael Nyqvist is also wasted as the leader of the cult. Total waste of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Quintus said: Yeah let's go in depth about Transformers: Age of Instinction instead. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 You know you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I haven't seen Transformers: Age Of Extinction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Impossible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I haven't seen any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I saw the first Michael Bay Transformers in the theater and it was so bad, it was the only film I wanted to walk out of in a decade or more. I therefore never bothered to watch a second of any of the sequels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I quite liked the first one, it was more enjoyable than plenty of Marvel/DC movies I've seen anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 1 hour ago, Daniel Clamp said: I haven't seen any of them. Which is odd. I mean, they are huge and destroy buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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