gkgyver 1,645 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 7:48 AM, Alexcremers said: In what way? You wouldn't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I've accidentally slipped into watching Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1. This film is almost 60 minutes old, there's only 50 minutes to go, and I have seen nothing but a wedding, Robert Pattinson fucking Kristen Stewart too hard, Kristen Stewart begging Robert Pattinson to continue fucking her hard, now they're playing chess. Is there a point to this film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I like Carter Burwell's score for Breaking Dawn 2, mostly because of the action music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, gkgyver said: I've accidentally slipped into watching Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1. That's like me accidentally slipping a hypodermic needle into my veins. SteveMc and Holko 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 54 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: That's like me accidentally slipping a hypodermic needle into my veins. I watched Narcos beforehand, and I wanted to check out what was next. I've never seen a Twilight film in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,441 Posted April 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2020 A Hidden Life Malick is one of my favorite directors ever, and he doesn't disappoint here, with this beautiful, melancholic and spiritual study about faith, suffering and love (for another person and for/by God). Non-Malick fans can be turned off by the Christian themes and the way he frames his movies like they're meditations and a chain of thoughts instead of trying to reproduce the real life. Everyone speak in monologues, like they're just avatars for Malick to reproduce his own internal musings inside his mind. Cinematography is not exactly iconic like Lubezski's contributions for the director, but newcomer Joerg Wiedmann still makes the movie wonderful to watch. Every frame of it could be on the favorite shots thread. JNH score works great in the movie alongside the classical selections, and absolutely should've been nominated last year. In terms of impact on the movie, it's indeed his best work in years. filmmusic, The Illustrious Jerry, SteveMc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, Edmilson said: A Hidden Life Malick is one of my favourite directors too. Haven't seen this yet, but I'm planning to. But most of all I'm so looking forward to his next movie about the life or something of Christ. Imagine that Malick movie with a John Williams score! I think it would be something sublime! The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 48 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Malick is one of my favourite directors too. Haven't seen this yet, but I'm planning to. But most of all I'm so looking forward to his next movie about the life or something of Christ. Imagine that Malick movie with a John Williams score! I think it would be something sublime! A Malick movie scored by JW would be a dream come true. But since Williams is not exactly known for religious scores, maybe Malick would turn to Ennio Morricone to score it? I mean, considering Morricone is willing to take a job like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 A Malick movie scored by Williams would be as much waste of potential as a late Spielberg movie scored by Williams... wait a minute... oh fuck. There won't be any new game-changing collaboration in John Williams career. The last really innovative one was in 2004 or 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Brundlefly said: A Malick movie scored by Williams would be as much waste of potential as a late Spielberg movie scored by Williams... wait a minute... oh fuck. There won't be any new game-changing collaboration in John Williams career. The last really innovative one was in 2004 or 2005. Nah. Malick is probably one of the few directors who would still have the balls to push Williams outside of his comfort zone. Whether it would all make it to the film or not is a different matter, but the music would probably be some of the most meaningful work of his late career. 3 hours ago, Edmilson said: A Malick movie scored by JW would be a dream come true. But since Williams is not exactly known for religious scores, maybe Malick would turn to Ennio Morricone to score it? I mean, considering Morricone is willing to take a job like this. Neither are probably at a stage in their careers where they're willing to put up with Malick's process anymore. It's why he sticks to the younger guys. I would love to hear Williams take on a Malick film though. It's basically carte blanche for a composer, without being beholden to cumbersome blockbuster technicalities. 4 hours ago, Edmilson said: Cinematography is not exactly iconic like Lubezski's contributions for the director, but newcomer Joerg Wiedmann still makes the movie wonderful to watch. Every frame of it could be on the favorite shots thread. I'd argue that Lubezski's modern style is actually more informed by Malick than the other way around, though it's clearly a symbiotic relationship. A Hidden Life is still gorgeous to look at, as all Malick films are. But I really liked the way the film played with light and darkness, and the return of more classical framing (as much as you'd expect in a Malick film). Felt like it stood apart from the Lubezki-shot films. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Yeah, a Malick movie scored by JW would be a dream come true. Even if not all of the music would make to the cut, we still would have the OST to appreciate. And yeah, Malick could push Williams to unexpected directions on his late career. The question is would Williams be interested on going through this challenge? It's a director famed for having complicated relationships with his composers (JNH was smart enough and I'd say lucky enough on his turn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Set in late 18th century France, a young painter lady is commissioned to paint the portrait of another lady to send to her distant unknown husband-to-be. The initial hook is that she doesn't take to the idea of this marriage and refuses to pose, therefore the painter has to act as her walking companion and do the portrait from memory, then from there a lovely, subtle and minimal love story develops. Those with no attention span, keep scrolling, this ain't the most edge-of-your-seat film with much happening. I loved how it looks, the impeccable acting, how characters open up and relationships change (like how the initial social hierarchy of the house breaks down from matriarch-lady-painter-maid to more of an equal sisterhood) and how it uses art, not only painting but literature (there are direct references to Orpheus's story and the dangers of looking back) and music (in a way that can be relatable to many of us I'm sure). The final shot and the whole thing overall will stick with me for a while. If this sounds like a borefest, it probably will be, but if that premise and hook sound interesting, I recommend it, just know it starts slowly. Oh and it's French but if you got this far I assume you are able to read The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Parasite 's good. Went a bit off the rails by the end, I may have preferred it to stick to the comedy with some thriller elements instead of out of nowhere murderous rampages and forcing empathy. Also expected the... message? Meaning? to be more... rounded or I dunno. "here's a problem" OK, nice interesting problem, what to do about it? "be criminals then fail, it's a problem" OK, how do we solve the problem? "no it's a problem" Yes, it's a problem, don't you have even the slightest clue or hint or idea to show me about how it can be made better? "look here: this is a problem." Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 What the...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 3/16/2020 at 4:33 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: WITNESS? 2010? I don't call them "garbage". Generally doesn't mean all but the majority are garbage. I do not waiver on this belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Which synthesized scores do you like, Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Planet of the Humans I don't watch docos much but this Michael Moore-produced flick is under threat from being pulled from YouTube, so get it while you can. It's a real eye-opener on the fraudulent push for renewable energy technology like wind and solar that doesn't work without any significant fossil fuel support, as well as shredding the covert use of biomas tech, that ravages the environment with far more devastating consequences than the traditional fossil fuels these crooks were condemning in the first place. Unfortunately it doesn't present any tangible solutions other than depopulation – instead we witness the cruelty of Indonesian deforestation and the grim fate of the region's natural inhabitants – and all that when they could have gone nuclear instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 What we do in the shadows. Great fun! Deacon reminded me of Holko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Caught a bit of Dark Knight Rises. Anne Hathaway is fucking flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 She is great, isn't she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 She's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Not really my type either, but she's a beautiful girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Ooh, yeah. Ooh, yeah. I wanna bust that body. Ooh, yeah. Ooh, yeah. I wanna bust that body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Youth One of the most gorgeously shot films in recent memory, with some wonderful little surrealistic flourishes. Which makes it all the more frustrating when the film falls short of its ambitions. It's asking all the right questions, it's playing with some great visual and sonic ideas and yet doesn't really know what it wants to say. There are one too many half-baked characters acting as cardboard stand-ins for half-baked ideas aiming at Antonioni-esque existential angst. What makes it all watchable, aside from the visuals, is Michael Caine's affecting subtlety, which grounds the whole affair. But for every pretty naval-gazing shot of Caine's sad face, there is some cringe-worthy on-the-nose hallucination of Kietal's former actresses to drive a point home. In the end, I can't help but feel like this screenplay just needed a couple more drafts to really discover itself, because all the ingredients for a great film are there. And if it had nailed everything that came before, that finale with the Lang piece could have been truly transcendent. But as is, Sorrentino's film is sadly more style over substance. Or worse, style pretending to be substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I watched that one on a plane and thoroughly enjoyed it. Didn’t expect to see Paul Dano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Paul Dano was on the same 'plane? Cool. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Paul Dano was on the same 'plane? Cool. 'plane because it's short for aeroplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 WWTLFIW? PAPILLON (the bad one). That pretty much sums it up. (edit) this should be in "older films", but what the hey; anywhere you put it, it's still crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I'm 30 mins from the end of Captain Marvel. I've never been so bored watching a Marvel film. This is a load of rubbish. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Captain Marvel is the worst MCU movie of Phase 3, and one of the worst on the entire franchise alongside Thor: The Dark World and The Incredible Hulk. It's unfortunate that they chose a tedious film like this to be their first female-centric movie. Black Widow should've been the first years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I started the film about 3 1/2 hours ago - I kept stopping it and getting distracted by some other stuff. That doesn't happen if the film is interesting and engaging. Now they seem to have entered the final battle, where things are banging and crashing, so I just turned it off. What a terrible film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 That'll learn you Just go and watch MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ. Much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Richard Penna said: I'm 30 mins from the end of Captain Marvel. I've never been so bored watching a Marvel film. This is a load of rubbish. Misogynist alert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hey, he only dislikes women with superpowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 It's the only Marvel movie I haven't seen yet since Disney seems stingy about allowing its movies to air on cable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I'm bemused by people who are apparently so bored in pseudo lockdown that they'll proactively watch shit movies. I can think of a ton of other things to do instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Other things to do like going online to complain about people watching shit movies...? rough cut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Quintus said: I'm bemused by people who are apparently so bored in pseudo lockdown that they'll proactively watch shit movies. I can think of a ton of other things to do instead. It's not like I started watching it knowing it was shit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Bofur01 said: Other things to do like going online to complain about people watching shit movies...? Exactly that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Richard Penna said: It's not like I started watching it knowing it was shit... Let's just say there was a strong possibility one could have been aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I'm not 'into' the Marvel universe, and I'm watching these films solely because I signed up for Disney+ to watch some other stuff. I had no reason at all to know it was a terrible film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I like bad movies. You know, obviously not bad-bad movies, but good-bad movies. It’s a fine balance. I’d also say that all Marvel movies are either good or bad, not much nuance there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Richard Penna said: It's not like I started watching it knowing it was shit... It's a very anemic film. Not really "bad" as such, but devoid of any personality or original idea of its own. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 No, it is definitely bad as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 When I think bad I mean something like Attack of the Clones. This is not that. It's competent, just really dull. Karol Chen G. and Matt C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'm still not convinced the scenes I saw from the Avengers movie aren't from the video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 The Walk For all the positive buzz it got, it never clicked for me. As good as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is, I never really buy him as Phillippe Petit. Dariusz Wolski's digital photography is rather drab and while the climax is uplifting, it's a slog getting there. I expected better from Robert Zemeckis. Can anyone explain why Zemeckis continues failing upwards? He keeps losing money for studios and yet they still want him for big budget films. There's only so much goodwill Forrest Gump and the Back to the Future movies can get you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/14/2020 at 9:30 AM, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: It's the only Marvel movie I haven't seen yet since Disney seems stingy about allowing its movies to air on cable now. Rogue One aired here in the UK on a non-subscription channel last night, I did wonder how that was allowed in these Disney+ times. 6 hours ago, Matt C said: The Walk For all the positive buzz it got, it never clicked for me. As good as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is, I never really buy him as Phillippe Petit. Dariusz Wolski's digital photography is rather drab and while the climax is uplifting, it's a slog getting there. I expected better from Robert Zemeckis. Can anyone explain why Zemeckis continues failing upwards? He keeps losing money for studios and yet they still want him for big budget films. There's only so much goodwill Forrest Gump and the Back to the Future movies can get you. It was never going to be as good as Man On Wire. I don't know why they bothered. Matt C and bruce marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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