Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I'm convinced that Tintin is only considered "great" and a "crowd-pleaser" on JWFan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 People here hate Tintin! Jason is the only American person who likes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I found RPO a frustratingly vacuous film with pretty pictures, some funny moments and an on-the-nose commentary on social media and gaming. Harmless fun, but my back pain while watching this in the cinema was not helping matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,364 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Ready Player One - geeky blockbuster funtimes, courtesy of Mr Spielberg. Good to see that he's still got this sort of 'light touch' sci-fi action-adventure in him at the age of 70. Popcorn undoubtedly, but gourmet popcorn. I enjoyed it muchly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 With real butter and just the right amount of salt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 There is one flourish Williams should have scored: the short triumphant fanfare played by the animated orchestra after Wade wins the first contest. Silvestri manages, but it lacks that bit of Williams magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 10 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Oh, no! Don't tell me it's one of those! You can go alone. But horror films are designed as a shared experience. TinTin is okay but great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: TinTin is okay but great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Tintin was rather dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I knew people who fawned over it and I was like... "why?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Spielberg and Jackson collaborate and the final result is a lame cartoon. It's like they were playing a joke. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Personally I thought Tintin was great, and a lot of fun. Had some excellent set-pieces too. However among Spielberg's recent films, Bridge of Spies is one that I really appreciate more, each time I watch it. There are so many great little touches that I notice on repeat viewing. I'm a fan of his "dramatic" period in general, though. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 48 minutes ago, Margo Channing said: I knew people who fawned over it and I was like... "why?" 'Cause it's a really fun movie that looks great, has a lot of personality and energy, and is the result of a master director utilizing a medium in such a boisterous and imaginative way that shows up any of his peers! As far as its dismal US performance, I put a lot of the blame on the awful marketing campaigns from Paramount. Even after I saw the movie, I would occasionally see a commercial for it and think, "Man, this movie looks stupid." I sensed Ready Player One would share a similar fate, at least in terms of quality of film vs advertisement (I don't know how it's doing financially). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 It's alright. Nothing really wrong with it. I just thought it was bland and had no rewatch value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Alright!? It's a 10/10 masterpiece! Just don't watch War Horse, that's one of the worst movies ever...I couldn't rate it lowly enough. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Ah hahhh, you read my thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 War Horse featured a massive amount of lame dolly-in reaction shots. It was unbearable. They can be done right, like the little boy in CE3K or John Goodman in Always. War Horse was atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Isle of Dogs Another charmingly Wes Anderson tale to the tee. As we had seen with Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes is entirely at home with the animation medium and with Japanese mythology and culture as the backdrop, his latest venture serves a fun trip. As one might expect, none of it is particularly new though and its not up there with Grand Budapest Hotel. But you come out of it with a smile on your face. John and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 More or less my thoughts, as well. Apparently social media is crucifying him for cultural appropriation now? I saw nothing wrong with the way he used Japan as the backdrop in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Ready Player One I didn't go in expecting the second coming of Spielberg and I certainly didn't get it. I enjoyed myself. This feels like a movie Spielberg made in the 2000s in an alternate universe where he didn't go on to make a bunch of boring historical dramas that put me to sleep. It shows how little popcorn movie Spielberg has grown since then. The Oasis scenes look like A.I.'s Rouge City on steroids. The real world IOI scenes were fucking Minority Report. The graphics didn't feel advanced beyond that era. The story at its heart about Halliday being a lonely introverted antisocial guy who preferred the virtual Disneyland world to reality was realistic and relatable. While I don't share Quint's enthusiasm for it, it didn't put me to sleep. The various references to pop culture things got to be a bit much for me. I realize that's the source material, but it was a bit too wink/nudge with that gimmick. In the case of The Shining, it was literally just ripping off iconic scenes from that movie and making them scenes in this. They call it a "reference", "homage" or "love letter", but it was just sort of a lazy ripoff. Not Mr. Big and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: More or less my thoughts, as well. Apparently social media is crucifying him for cultural appropriation now? I saw nothing wrong with the way he used Japan as the backdrop in the film. So I saw. The whole "white saviour" allegation is way off-base. You can tell Anderson's treatment of those colours is done with affection and as a fan of the Japanese pop culture he grew up with, obviously not with the intent of cultural accuracy. Love the little Kurosawa nods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Too many new characters packed into the film, with some half-hearted attempts at making them more dimensional. John Boyega acquits himself well and gets more to do than he has as Finn, and he has a nice sisterly chemistry with Callie Speny. The film moves at a blistering pace, meaning we don't have to wait too long for Jaeger-on-Kaiju action. It's a fun matinee film but Charlie Day is fucking annoying as the main villain. The new director doesn't bring much of his personality to the film either. Oh, and Lorne Balfe only uses Djawadi's theme ONCE, during a montage. Bad form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Alright!? It's a 10/10 masterpiece! Just don't watch War Horse, that's one of the worst movies ever...I couldn't rate it lowly enough. War Horse is a far greater film than that french or belgian cartoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 12 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Alright!? It's a 10/10 masterpiece! Just don't watch War Horse, that's one of the worst movies ever...I couldn't rate it lowly enough. It is really bad, I agree, but maybe we should leave the judging to kids below the age of 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 15 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Ready Player One...(I don't know how it's doing financially). As of last night, it has taken approximately $180,000,000 worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Is that a lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Apparently it's Spielberg's best opening in a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Is that a lot? Put it this way: RPO has taken just two million dollars less, on its opening w/e, than BFG did in its entire theatrical run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 10 years ago Spielberg said he has lost his interest in action movies but I guess he has to keep on doing them so he can make other movies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 His boring historical dramas make enough dough, i don't think he needs to do RPO or Robopocalypse or whatever it is called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I know he has to. Spielberg said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 RPO is far too energetic to be made on auto-pilot. Even by Spielberg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, publicist said: Rubbish. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 RPO feels very similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit to me. Its spiritual cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Wasn't that a comedy while RPO is more action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Nope. It's a non-statement. Neither has Spielberg been dependent on 'big' blockbusters to make hits like 'Lincoln' nor flops like 'BFG'. He makes such choices wholly by himself. 7 minutes ago, Stefancos said: RPO feels very similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit to me. Its spiritual cousin. WFRR features vastly more interesting characters - of which RPO has...none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I like the characters! I can relate to them. The Goon isn't good enough for you, Pub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, publicist said: It's a non-statement. Nope. Spielberg definitely made a statement. Spielberg actually commented on the state of Hollywood. If he wants to make an action movie then finding money is no problem. If he wants to make Lincoln then it's hard to get the movie funded, yes, even for Spielberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Nope. Spielberg definitely made a statement. Spielberg actually commented on the state of Hollywood. If he wants to make an action movie then finding money is no problem. If he wants to make Lincoln then it's hard to get the movie funded, yes, even for Spielberg. I'm sure he has, but it's still rubbish. Neither have his surefire blockbusters earned a prodigious lot - Minority Report and WOTW were middling hits at best, The BFG was abysmal - nor have the 'risky choices' been outright flops, on the contrary, compared to their respective budgets they mostly performed better. Given this track record, WB had good reason to be wary of RPO's fate, its costs including marketing easily crossing the 250 Mio $ mark. I would translate such statement more as desire to stay en courant as hit director, but it's a crap shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 He made the same statement in 1993, Alex. "The dollars from Jurassic Park enabled me to do Schindler's List." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 21 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I like the characters! I can relate to them. The Goon isn't good enough for you, Pub? I don't think that's leading in a serious discussion. Roger Rabbit may have been a lark, but it's a loving tribute to film and literature archetypes. RPO is not a movie that requires characters of any depth or even characters at all. I cannot imagine that you are not able to tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 minute ago, publicist said: RPO is not a movie that requires characters of any depth or even characters at all. Every film needs good character and good drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, Stefancos said: He made the same statement in 1993, Alex. "The dollars from Jurassic Park enabled me to do Schindler's List." Exactly. And it was rubbish back then, too. He very much campaigned to do Jurassic Park because he wanted to do it. And he wanted to money it would earn. I don't think that's disreputable, but to paint himself as sensitive artist who is forced by film companies to make commercial rubbish to do a holocaust movie is a wee dishonest. 1 minute ago, Chen G. said: Every film needs good character and good drama. Yeah. Like the Transformers series and tons of brainless Marvel movies. The times have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I'll rephrase that, then: "Every good film needs good character and good drama." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 It sure helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, publicist said: Exactly. And it was rubbish back then, too. He very much campaigned to do Jurassic Park because he wanted to do it. And he wanted to money it would earn. I don't think that's disreputable, but to paint himself as sensitive artist who is forced by film companies to make commercial rubbish to do a holocaust movie is a wee dishonest. Indeed! I wonder if Spielberg is conflicted about being the common mans filmmaker? He should embrace it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 "I knew I could do the action in my sleep at this point in my career (2012). In my life, the action doesn't hold any … it doesn't attract me any more." -Steven Spielberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Fake news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: I'll rephrase that, then: "Every good film needs good character and good drama." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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