A24 4,345 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 26 minutes ago, Jay said: The showrunners of The OA are the main actress ... Perfect! She should play the language expert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 34 minutes ago, Jay said: Sorry you didn't like it as much as you'd hoped. Nah, overall I really enjoyed it. But it falls just short of "golden age". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Monster (2003). I am so tired of these award-winning stupid films. Didn't like the main character or actress playing her, so turned it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Blue Jasmine (2013) "Woody Allen's best movie in decades." ****/***** Alexandre Cremers - JWFan KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Certainly underrated amongst his contemporary output. Across The Universe Fine enough in terms of story and visual direction, but The Beatles music felt shoehorned in most of the time. Not to mention it's way too long. I liked the characters and the actors that played them though. Some nicely done standalone sequences but overall nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I couldn't stand that film if for no other reason than I couldn't take the unbearable covers. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Blue Jasmine (2013) "Woody Allen's best movie in decades." ****/***** Alexandre Cremers - JWFan Great film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Across The Universe ... nothing special. After having seen it a second time now, I have to disagree. Like Barry Lyndon, The Duellists, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 300, Titus and Alien, it's an sensory experience movie. That's really the only angle or approach in which this movie should be viewed and Taymor's aesthetic is pretty unique in Hollywood. Sadly there's no demand for her. 42 minutes ago, KK said: Great film. After a few minutes into the movie, the initial feeling that I was listening to actors citing typical Woody Allen dialogue went away, and from then on, I fully bought into the characters. It's been a long time that I enjoyed a movie that much. Oddly enough, the Blu-ray screenshots that I found have black bars but not so in the version that I saw yesterday on TV. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 TV channels often cut off the sides to fit a film to 16x9! Nothing has changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 But Canvas (high browse TV channel) never did that before. Perhaps they caved in due to public pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Blanchett really sells the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,291 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/17/2017 at 2:38 PM, bollemanneke said: Monster (2003)....Didn't like the main character Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 5 hours ago, Alexcremers said: After having seen it a second time now, I have to disagree. Like Barry Lyndon, The Duellists, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 300, Titus and Alien, it's an sensory experience movie. That's really the only angle or approach in which this movie should be viewed and Taymor's aesthetic is pretty unique in Hollywood. Sadly there's no demand for her. Alex I was going to make a comment about how you could even remotely put Across The Universe on the same level as films like 2001 and Alien, but then put 300 up there too, so.... Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Lawless (2012) This movie lives on brisk pacing and hard violence. It is 'entertainment' but of the kind that quickly evaporates once the film is finished. Violence sells but I'm looking for something else. 5/10 Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Is that guy a Nazi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Guy Pearce? No, but he could very well be one. He removed his eyebrows for the role. The film also features Shia LaBeouf. The average JWfanner might know him from the Transformers movies and The Crystal Skull: Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 And Shinzon from Star Trek: Nemesis! A role he will never be forgiven for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Comic book movie fans might recognize the actor on the right but in Lawless he wears no mask so it might be a little bit confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I thought that movie was really boring. Jessica Chastain was nice though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Stefancos said: And Shinzon from Star Trek: Nemesis! A role he will never be forgiven for. Tom Hardy did a great job with a poorly written, conceived, and motivated character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 And he will never be forgiven for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Of course, Steef saw the photo of Guy Pearce and was reminded of ... Steef is so transparant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Actually I thought of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I think of that goober every time my car shows me how far it's driven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Does your car look like a fascist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 No, it has an odometer, abbreviated ODO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I see, thats very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Yes, its. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Revenge of the Sith I don't know why everyone hates this movie. It's awesome! So many brutal kills. The highest number of on-screen deaths (planetary and Death Star explosions don't count because you don't see shit) in any Star Wars movie! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 It needed the Batfleck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KK 3,307 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 The Tree of Life This movie was much smaller than I remembered it being. Much more intimate. Watching it for the second time, what may be Malick's most personal reflection on his own life, makes itself more clear to me. The first half hour, up to the creation sequence is just about the most beautiful piece of film of the new millennium (even with the grossly misplaced CG dinosaurs). And then the momentum dies down suddenly to the intimate childhood scenes, which take up the majority of the film from there. It's a bit of a jarring contrast, because you're left hungering for more of the opening sprawling imagery, but once that appetite dies down, you realize the true beauty of the film lies in these little vignettes of American suburbia and glimpses into what Malick's own childhood was probably like. I've come to understand that Malick works when you choose to let it. When you allow yourself to buy into his rules. Once the cynic in you can stop scoffing at the barely-audible whispers, and the loosely-strung plot, he does lead you somewhere special. It may be an ephemeral high, but it's an incredibly potent one. These last couple of days have been pretty hard for me, and for various reasons, have left me rather emotionally vulnerable. Perhaps that's why I've been revisiting these films. They seem to tackle such fundamental personal struggles, while painting a broad canvas that allows us, the audience to project our experiences onto his words and images. Nature and grace, mother and father, life and death, light and dark...Malick's contrasts reinforce a universal contention that is especially relevant to me at this time. It's a humbling film, in some respects, and as the opening and closing cards remind us, a reminder that we are part of something greater. It's hardly perfect. It's missing the more fluent lyricism of The Thin Red Line or the narrative satisfaction of Days of Heaven and Badlands. It's messy. But the great films, the ones that truly aim higher, usually are. - Minor Quip: Following the creation sequence, Malick's music choices started to become overwhelming and poorly edited in. The emotional beats, cued in by Malick's countless classical selections, for the childhood montage was exhausting. And it was amusing to hear the seconds of Desplat's score fade in and out through the transitionary scenes. Oh and for the barely-audible whispers, I did have to turn the subtitles on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 In The Heat Of The Night The Norman Jewison police procedural which is actually a character study. About a redneck shall town sheriff being forced to deal with a murder case and a black police officer, passing through who reluctantly helps him solve it. The case they work on is a fairly standard murder case, but it's really all about the character work between Rod Steiger. As Gillespie, a newly appointed Sheriff in a poor hick town who's got a big case of his hands and little to no capability of dealing with it. He's forced to swallow not really his own racial bias, but more his professional pride when Virgil Tibbs (a young and vibrant Sidney Poitier), a hot shot homicide detective who just happens to be in town begins working the case. Also reluctantly. The difference between Gillespie and Tibbs is what drives the film. One is middle-aged, overweight, slovenly, probably a competent enough town sheriff, but no homicide investigator. Running a bunch of deputies who are simply incompetent to deal with anything like the murder of a hot-shot rich guy who was gonna build a factory. Tibbs is affluent, looks impeccable in a suit and is making a whole lot more money then Gillespie. He's also a very keen investigator. Neither of them wanna be in the situation they are put. The film does a great job by not just making the tension between them based on race. Gillespie is a redneck, but probably not the type to hassle good black folk too much if they obey the law and know their place. But Tibbs has clearly got a beat in this case, and talks back to him. Rod Steiger does a fantastic job by never allowing the character become just another comic southern hick sheriff. And at several times in the film he's the one who's got the moral high ground. Reminding Tibbs that they have a murder on their hands. Sidney Poitier finds exactly the right note in his performance. He's in a racist town he doesnt wanna be in, working with a bunch of cops who look down on him even though he's clearly a more competent officer. The first scene where he gets arrested for the murder, simply because he's there sets the tone. He doesnt resist arrest. And goes through the process with a resigned anger. Throughout the film he deals with the locals by being super professional at his job. But he has his limits. Tibbs isnt a noble character, like some of Poitiers other roles in that time. He slaps back a "modern" white slaver and does so with great relish. And tries to proof that person committed the murder because...well he's a modern white slaver. Mostly he just wants to get out of that damn redneck town, but like Gillespie, it's professional pride that keeps him on the case. That the two cops eventually find some respect for each other is inevitable, but never overstated. Both the script and the two actors strike the right balance perfectly. Norman Jewison gets two outstanding lead performances out of them and finds little character touches in his supporting cast throughout. The superb camerawork by Haskell Wexler gives the film a creepy ambiance at times. I have a soft spot for that very stylized 60's cinematography. It was apparently also the first big Hollywood film that actually lit the scenes in a way that it took the skin colour of a non-white actor into account. Which is, considering the film came out in 1967 actually insane f you think about it. It's actually a superb racial drama, but without going overboard with it's message and violence. Which now often seems to be the case. A great film simply because everyone involved seemed to be at the top of their game. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 You cinema snobs! At least I watched ... ATM (2012) You wouldn't believe how bad this horror movie is, and yet, I managed to watch the whole thing because I like the idea of people being trapped in small spaces. And I'm not a movie snob ... 2/10 Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 You are no longer a movie snob because of the Golden Age of TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I've never even heard of that ATM movie. What made you devote time out of your day to watch that? You can't get that time back, you should be more careful. Have more respect for yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 You have a weird fetish of watching bad movies and giving them low ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I sometimes like really bad movies. And at the same time, I can't sit through something like Jurassic World. I don't know how you movie snobs manage to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Jurassic World is certainly watchable, but I don't think most people claim it as high art. Are you saying that ATM was more worth your time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yes he does! Bad, low budget cinema is better because fewer people see it! Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What I like about low budget or B movies is that they are less likely to follow blockbuster formulas. With some of them you don't know what to expect. ATM certainly wasn't anything new though. I did want to know if how they were gonna escape that ATM cabinet with that fella waiting for them outside. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Was there nothing on HBO for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 25 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: I sometimes like really bad movies. And at the same time, I can't sit through something like Jurassic World. I don't know how you movie snobs manage to do that. We, snobs? Lol Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I don't have HBO, Steef. There was nothing on TV so I ignited Netflix. That's right, Netflix, which gave me B movie gold with : Much better than Europa Report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 'Jurassic World' was watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 If completely forgetable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Dull as hell, that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 So what? Both of you watch much worse with some regularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Dude! I watched In The Heat Of The Night, KK watched Tree Of Life! Were into real cinema! A24 and KK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That's some small fig leaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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