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Are you kidding me? Time keeps on repeating itself inexplicably just so a guy can fall in love? You think that's a better setting?
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It has Bill Murray in it. Case closed.
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Oh man, that goes without saying. You don't even need to watch Edge of Tomorrow to know that.Xyga wrote:Edge of Tomorrow - ... Groundhog Day is much better.
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Bill Murray (and Harold Ramis) are the stuff of legends when it comes to comedy.
Which reminds me to ask if the Life Aquatic is any good, or funny?
Which reminds me to ask if the Life Aquatic is any good, or funny?
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That's one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies. Different, but very good and funny. Terrific stinking soundtrack, too.EmperorIng wrote:Bill Murray (and Harold Ramis) are the stuff of legends when it comes to comedy.
Which reminds me to ask if the Life Aquatic is any good, or funny?
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No, but it's a better movie.Lord Satori wrote:Are you kidding me? Time keeps on repeating itself inexplicably just so a guy can fall in love? You think that's a better setting?
I will give Edge of Tomorrow credit where it's due: it's about as good as you can imagine high-action Sci-fi these days. Anyone else particularly like Bill Paxton in it? He'll never top his portrayal of Chet, but it was better than the tornado shit.
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Satori kun cannot comprehend.GaijinPunch wrote:No, but it's a better movie.Lord Satori wrote:Are you kidding me? Time keeps on repeating itself inexplicably just so a guy can fall in love? You think that's a better setting?
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Well I didn't know anything about EoT except it had exosuits, explosions, and Tom Cruise's nose.Skykid wrote:Oh man, that goes without saying. You don't even need to watch Edge of Tomorrow to know that.Xyga wrote:Edge of Tomorrow - ... Groundhog Day is much better.
So I definitely wasn't expecting that kind of scenario.
Anyway as GP said it's good action and visual effects, but it could be giant a cutscene from your average FPS.
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Groundhog Day is one of the most tightly-woven scripts ever written and has great acting by Bill Murray. I've watched this movie more than any other in my life.
That being said, Andie Macdowell isn't very good and fails to convince me as the woman he'd fall for. She doesn't seem worth it at all; playing hard to catch, condescending at times, elitist. Phil goes for her because it's a challenge and he has nothing else to do really, but the love relationship doesn't convince me in the least.
I'll watch EoT soon. Over the years, I've become not very demanding when it comes to science fiction. If it keeps me awake and is kind of entertaining, that will be enough for me. The classics can't be topped, let's not kid ourselves. Gravity and Moon were the best sci fi movies of the last decade, and they have something in common. They're very minimalistic. With the means at their disposal, directors (often pushed my producers) go overboard with CGI and action sequences and it often makes a mess for the masses. I have nothing against what's popular... but when it means Jar Jar Binks and 10 explosions in 2 minutes, I'm signing off.
Divergent is a good example of a movie that kept me awake, but was nothing to write home about and will not make history. Rehash of pretty much everything popular in the last few years, clearly aimed at teens. But it was alright, for what it was. If EoT is that, good entertainment, I'll be content.
That being said, Andie Macdowell isn't very good and fails to convince me as the woman he'd fall for. She doesn't seem worth it at all; playing hard to catch, condescending at times, elitist. Phil goes for her because it's a challenge and he has nothing else to do really, but the love relationship doesn't convince me in the least.
I'll watch EoT soon. Over the years, I've become not very demanding when it comes to science fiction. If it keeps me awake and is kind of entertaining, that will be enough for me. The classics can't be topped, let's not kid ourselves. Gravity and Moon were the best sci fi movies of the last decade, and they have something in common. They're very minimalistic. With the means at their disposal, directors (often pushed my producers) go overboard with CGI and action sequences and it often makes a mess for the masses. I have nothing against what's popular... but when it means Jar Jar Binks and 10 explosions in 2 minutes, I'm signing off.
Divergent is a good example of a movie that kept me awake, but was nothing to write home about and will not make history. Rehash of pretty much everything popular in the last few years, clearly aimed at teens. But it was alright, for what it was. If EoT is that, good entertainment, I'll be content.
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Edge of Tomorrow would not exist without Groundhog day, and the movie explicitly expects the audience to have seen GD.
I'd call Edge of Tomorrow the best videogame movie ever made. It's not a franchise adapted into a narrative, it's the experience of mastering a seemingly impossible challenge by trial and error over and over and over. I'm surprised there isn't more love for that flick here on the shmups forum.
I'd call Edge of Tomorrow the best videogame movie ever made. It's not a franchise adapted into a narrative, it's the experience of mastering a seemingly impossible challenge by trial and error over and over and over. I'm surprised there isn't more love for that flick here on the shmups forum.
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My horror/thriller marathon continues after a long break involving real life shenanigans. Overall my marathon took a bit of a detour, primarly because of a movie challenge between me and my friend.
Splinter (2008)
My friend's challenge movie (I told him to watch the ghost adventures documentary from 2004, just to throw him a dick challenge to watch something he would'nt enjoy), so basically, the best way to describe this movie, would be a shittier modern version of The Thing taking place mostly in a gas station still using puppetry and barely any CGI.
Story's as simple as it gets, a dumb couple is forced to tag along with two mentally fucked up criminals which are trying to run away from the cops AND the monster that has no defined form. Due gas running out they have to drive to a nearby gas station and that's when things become spikey (pun intended, the monster is basically a thing that causes you to be spikey, go insane and split your body into it's own living entities)
At many points it's cringe-worthy, I was like jeez if this wasn't a movie challenge I would'nt be watching it due how shit it can be. I gotta give it credit though, the violence could get unbearable to watch, the last 15-20 minutes glued me to the screen, the final showdown was classy.
Overall, applause for barely any CGI and mostly done things the old way, but shame for a shitty script, uninteresting characters that are just THERE for being there.
My rating? 5 living spikey body parts out of 10.
Halloween II (1981)
My second stop, with original Halloween being fresh in mind, this one was coming next. The original halloween is one of my favorite movies now for many reasons I explained before. Moving on, so we get a direct follow up to the ending of the first movie, Myers is still out there hunting for Laurie (major props for the plot twist towards the end) and the sheriff thinks Loomis is crazy hunting for Myers which may not even exist.
Now here's the thing that MADE the movie worse than the first one by a notch or even two for me, the violence, in the first movie, it was all subtle, we could'nt see everything due the genius lighting, what was scary and imaginative was what we didn't see.
In this one, they decided to go with up more front violence and gore, which I wasn't fond of honestly, sure it made me go "Ugh that's nasty" few times but it didn't FIT in with the style of what made first one work when it came to murders. It was off the mark! Of course my other problem is that the music cues weren't.... as strong as in the first movie.
Other than that, everything seemed to work, the suspense was there, I was hooked in my chair and could barely think about pausing the movie, and the conclusion is a classic frankenstein/greek kind of a deal, once you watch it, you'll know what happens to Myers and Loomis.
Also HOW COULD they fuck up Michael's mask so bad!? It was terrible compared to the first one look-wise. I heard about why it happened but it doesn't excuse it.
The first one was a personal 10/10 for me, this one is a 7/10, very good but ultimately while providing a good conclusion to Laurie's nightmare (or is it over?), fell flat on three aspects (not fitting style of violence, the MASK, lack of powerful music cues versus first one) which I could not ignore.
Halloween H20 (1998)
This is more of a bonus entry though I had it in mind since watching the first one, reason for skipping 3 through 6 and resurrection for this one? Because it's about Laurie, again, just 20 years later, you can't get enough of Laurie as Jamie Lee Curtis, I pretend all those other halloween movies but 1 and 2 don't exist.
I am certainly less mixed on this one than the second one for sure.
Here's the thing, the first 10-25 minutes are awesome, and the last 30-40 minutes when Michael Myers starts murdering again are also awesome, anything in between, you can throw away and have a halloween movie at least on par with second one. The in between stuff, with cheap scares and teases, didn't catch my attention too much, just filler that supposedly is character development.
Putting aside average mid-film content, I love how they came back to first one's more subtle style of murders which made me happy, even if there's more blood going on, the murders aren't too graphic themselves and we don't see everything, leaving some room for imagination.
Also I love the last 20-25 minutes of the film, which turn the stereotypes of horror upside down, without giving it away too much, it's a perfect, twisted ending for the series that you don't normally see in movies like this. It's a fun watch, I give it a 7/10, the midfilm sucked along with laurie's son character and the LOL CHEAP SCARES until Myers shows up late film to scare for real but the rest was really good.
Psycho (1960)
This one's a pick by my older brother as he saw I am going through a horror marathon, knowing that i'm starting out in movie watching. He told me "I won't say anything, just watch Hitchcock's Psycho, just watch it".
And honestly, he could'nt have picked a better movie, I LOVE IT because it's gonna be stuck in my mind for a while to come. I WILL try to not spoil it too much but basically, Hitchcock FOOLS us into thinking it's one type of a movie about the woman from the cover but we are proved extremely wrong by the time we reach the famous Shower scene (WHICH is not my favorite scene of the movie by the way before you ask), it turns into a movie that is the definition of the insanity, by the time you reach the ending, your mind's STILL trying to piece everything together, but in the end, the conclusion shows a middle finger to your thinking and turns things upside down and then rotates them by 90 degrees in the horizontal axis.
Love the score, love the subtle visuals, love the story and the twists, love the character of Norman Bates. My favorite scene? The one before the ending, with a rather amusing twist that can be both hilarious and terrifying, it was more on the terrifying side for me.
An easy 10/10 for me, I was sucked into it FROM START TO END.
Next movies
Exorcist, Suspiria and few others are on the backburner temporarily until I finish my repeat exam from maths next Friday, after that, i'll resume the marathon.
My horror/thriller marathon continues after a long break involving real life shenanigans. Overall my marathon took a bit of a detour, primarly because of a movie challenge between me and my friend.
Splinter (2008)
My friend's challenge movie (I told him to watch the ghost adventures documentary from 2004, just to throw him a dick challenge to watch something he would'nt enjoy), so basically, the best way to describe this movie, would be a shittier modern version of The Thing taking place mostly in a gas station still using puppetry and barely any CGI.
Story's as simple as it gets, a dumb couple is forced to tag along with two mentally fucked up criminals which are trying to run away from the cops AND the monster that has no defined form. Due gas running out they have to drive to a nearby gas station and that's when things become spikey (pun intended, the monster is basically a thing that causes you to be spikey, go insane and split your body into it's own living entities)
At many points it's cringe-worthy, I was like jeez if this wasn't a movie challenge I would'nt be watching it due how shit it can be. I gotta give it credit though, the violence could get unbearable to watch, the last 15-20 minutes glued me to the screen, the final showdown was classy.
Overall, applause for barely any CGI and mostly done things the old way, but shame for a shitty script, uninteresting characters that are just THERE for being there.
My rating? 5 living spikey body parts out of 10.
Halloween II (1981)
My second stop, with original Halloween being fresh in mind, this one was coming next. The original halloween is one of my favorite movies now for many reasons I explained before. Moving on, so we get a direct follow up to the ending of the first movie, Myers is still out there hunting for Laurie (major props for the plot twist towards the end) and the sheriff thinks Loomis is crazy hunting for Myers which may not even exist.
Now here's the thing that MADE the movie worse than the first one by a notch or even two for me, the violence, in the first movie, it was all subtle, we could'nt see everything due the genius lighting, what was scary and imaginative was what we didn't see.
In this one, they decided to go with up more front violence and gore, which I wasn't fond of honestly, sure it made me go "Ugh that's nasty" few times but it didn't FIT in with the style of what made first one work when it came to murders. It was off the mark! Of course my other problem is that the music cues weren't.... as strong as in the first movie.
Other than that, everything seemed to work, the suspense was there, I was hooked in my chair and could barely think about pausing the movie, and the conclusion is a classic frankenstein/greek kind of a deal, once you watch it, you'll know what happens to Myers and Loomis.
Also HOW COULD they fuck up Michael's mask so bad!? It was terrible compared to the first one look-wise. I heard about why it happened but it doesn't excuse it.
The first one was a personal 10/10 for me, this one is a 7/10, very good but ultimately while providing a good conclusion to Laurie's nightmare (or is it over?), fell flat on three aspects (not fitting style of violence, the MASK, lack of powerful music cues versus first one) which I could not ignore.
Halloween H20 (1998)
This is more of a bonus entry though I had it in mind since watching the first one, reason for skipping 3 through 6 and resurrection for this one? Because it's about Laurie, again, just 20 years later, you can't get enough of Laurie as Jamie Lee Curtis, I pretend all those other halloween movies but 1 and 2 don't exist.
I am certainly less mixed on this one than the second one for sure.
Here's the thing, the first 10-25 minutes are awesome, and the last 30-40 minutes when Michael Myers starts murdering again are also awesome, anything in between, you can throw away and have a halloween movie at least on par with second one. The in between stuff, with cheap scares and teases, didn't catch my attention too much, just filler that supposedly is character development.
Putting aside average mid-film content, I love how they came back to first one's more subtle style of murders which made me happy, even if there's more blood going on, the murders aren't too graphic themselves and we don't see everything, leaving some room for imagination.
Also I love the last 20-25 minutes of the film, which turn the stereotypes of horror upside down, without giving it away too much, it's a perfect, twisted ending for the series that you don't normally see in movies like this. It's a fun watch, I give it a 7/10, the midfilm sucked along with laurie's son character and the LOL CHEAP SCARES until Myers shows up late film to scare for real but the rest was really good.
Psycho (1960)
This one's a pick by my older brother as he saw I am going through a horror marathon, knowing that i'm starting out in movie watching. He told me "I won't say anything, just watch Hitchcock's Psycho, just watch it".
And honestly, he could'nt have picked a better movie, I LOVE IT because it's gonna be stuck in my mind for a while to come. I WILL try to not spoil it too much but basically, Hitchcock FOOLS us into thinking it's one type of a movie about the woman from the cover but we are proved extremely wrong by the time we reach the famous Shower scene (WHICH is not my favorite scene of the movie by the way before you ask), it turns into a movie that is the definition of the insanity, by the time you reach the ending, your mind's STILL trying to piece everything together, but in the end, the conclusion shows a middle finger to your thinking and turns things upside down and then rotates them by 90 degrees in the horizontal axis.
Love the score, love the subtle visuals, love the story and the twists, love the character of Norman Bates. My favorite scene? The one before the ending, with a rather amusing twist that can be both hilarious and terrifying, it was more on the terrifying side for me.
An easy 10/10 for me, I was sucked into it FROM START TO END.
Next movies
Exorcist, Suspiria and few others are on the backburner temporarily until I finish my repeat exam from maths next Friday, after that, i'll resume the marathon.
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American Hustle
Funny at times, performances and improv half decent, but a regrettably fractured movie that never manages to settle on a tone or direction and is jumbled up with a lot of unnecessary scenes.
Stylish retroness and endless cleavage, but Scorcese it ain't. Won't matter much if you never see it.
Funny at times, performances and improv half decent, but a regrettably fractured movie that never manages to settle on a tone or direction and is jumbled up with a lot of unnecessary scenes.
Stylish retroness and endless cleavage, but Scorcese it ain't. Won't matter much if you never see it.
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Good taste Kaiser, I think Halloween 2 was a good sequal, it has it's flaws but still enjoyable. Dont care about the rest of the Halloween movies. And I see you gonna watch Suspiria witch is one of my favorites.
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Kaiser: Please watch Psycho II. It's amazing.
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sleeper (woody allen) - 40 years later, the humor doesn't hold up. i like woody allen, but i didnt find sleeper remotely funny.
not a movie, but i've watched the first 4 hours of the 16 hour PBS ken burns documentary on the roosevelts. it's awesome.
edge of tomorrow - nothing to say the rest of you havent said. i liked it and cruise is excellent.
not a movie, but i've watched the first 4 hours of the 16 hour PBS ken burns documentary on the roosevelts. it's awesome.
edge of tomorrow - nothing to say the rest of you havent said. i liked it and cruise is excellent.
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It's not that I hated that movie. I think it's great. I just don't think it's worth comparing it with Edge of Tomorrow simply because they both have a time mechanic.Skykid wrote:Satori kun cannot comprehend.GaijinPunch wrote:No, but it's a better movie.Lord Satori wrote:Are you kidding me? Time keeps on repeating itself inexplicably just so a guy can fall in love? You think that's a better setting?
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Into The Storm
One reviewer said this movie makes one pine for the days of Jan de Bont, and he's right.
Terribly acted, appalling dialogue, clunky filming, non-existent characterisation, and patently idiotic, the most this movie delivers is a few nice set-pieces of stuff getting demolished by big tornados. Despite all its flaws (and there's a catalogue here) it's still somehow watchable based on the fact you know there's a disaster impending and the eventual arrival of said destruction.
Probably most impressive as a masterclass in Hollywood's modern no-effort approach to making a hundred million dollars in profit.
One reviewer said this movie makes one pine for the days of Jan de Bont, and he's right.
Terribly acted, appalling dialogue, clunky filming, non-existent characterisation, and patently idiotic, the most this movie delivers is a few nice set-pieces of stuff getting demolished by big tornados. Despite all its flaws (and there's a catalogue here) it's still somehow watchable based on the fact you know there's a disaster impending and the eventual arrival of said destruction.
Probably most impressive as a masterclass in Hollywood's modern no-effort approach to making a hundred million dollars in profit.
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Watched the 1960's The Haunting last night. Never seen it before. Really solid haunted house movie that reminded me a bit at times of the infinitely stranger Carnival of Souls. Acting is good and the actual haunting (sound effects and camera angles) is quite effective. Unfortunately, the ending fell short for me, and some might write it up as being the limits of the genre. I guess it all felt like it wrapped up too quickly and I wanted the film to delve more into the relationship between Eleanor and the house.
Never took the haunted house genre seriously, but maybe should go watch The Innocents which seems to be the other well respected piece from this period.
Never took the haunted house genre seriously, but maybe should go watch The Innocents which seems to be the other well respected piece from this period.
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I think we all (would have) wanted a James-Cameron style sequel to Twister, called Twisters. Which is what I originally had hoped Into the Storm would aspire to.Skykid wrote:Into The Storm
Think of it. Multiple tornadoes. Hunting you down. And Bill Paxton!
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Agreed. It was good, but it didn't deserve to be given the best picture nomination. I like long movies, but this one could have had 20 minutes cut out of it.Skykid wrote:American Hustle
Funny at times, performances and improv half decent, but a regrettably fractured movie that never manages to settle on a tone or direction and is jumbled up with a lot of unnecessary scenes.
Stylish retroness and endless cleavage, but Scorcese it ain't. Won't matter much if you never see it.
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^ I was shocked when I checked the Rotten Tomatoes aggregate. 93%? Reaffirms my belief that most film critics know nothing about film.
@Cmoon, original The Haunting is quite wonderful, a bona fide classic.
@Cmoon, original The Haunting is quite wonderful, a bona fide classic.
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I liked American Hustle, particularly Jennifer Lawrence. It's an insufferable ripoff of Goodfellas, and on my blind viewing, I operated under the assumption that Scorcese was going down Nostalgia Way. I guess it also showcases the millennial generation's acting talent. Bale, Adams, Lawrence, Renner. Two of those are pretty great and female. The other two are decent. Also, Louis C.K. ....Whatever. In any case, it's a good movie.
Pacific Rim (HBO)
Didn't hate it. Wouldn't watch it again. Guillermo Del Toro has an odd relationship w/ camp & cliche. Hopefully he eventually gets his shit together enough for a proper followup to Pan's Labyrinth.
Pacific Rim (HBO)
Didn't hate it. Wouldn't watch it again. Guillermo Del Toro has an odd relationship w/ camp & cliche. Hopefully he eventually gets his shit together enough for a proper followup to Pan's Labyrinth.
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Lawrence and Adams are both overrated. The improv was often trying, but that's the director/editor's fault.
Bale? Weakest performance in it. But that's just the way he is, rarely does anything of note.
Bale? Weakest performance in it. But that's just the way he is, rarely does anything of note.
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Winter's Bone and The Master beg to differ.Skykid wrote:Lawrence and Adams are both overrated.
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The Master, I got to see that. Can't believe I keep forgetting to get around to it.Moniker wrote:Winter's Bone and The Master beg to differ.Skykid wrote:Lawrence and Adams are both overrated.
Still dubious either of those two are going to bowl me over though.
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You didn't think much of "Silver Linings Playbook"?Skykid wrote:Still dubious either of those two are going to bowl me over though.
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Haven't seen it.boagman wrote:You didn't think much of "Silver Linings Playbook"?Skykid wrote:Still dubious either of those two are going to bowl me over though.
What is it with you guys and Jennifer Lawrence? She's moderate, can act, not offensive, nothing special.
Some of her best work is definitely on The Fappening.
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I for one think Lawrence can act. She was excellent in Winter's Bone, very good in Silver Linings Playbooks, and was all right in American Hustle.
Hustle is a soulless movie in my book. You can't find anything really at fault here, but it's not exactly entertaining or even memorable. Maybe it has something to do with David O. Russell's ego or something, but I have trouble liking that movie... and it's not something I can explain well.
I have watched The Master, and I didn't dislike it. I thought the movie showed great promise but ultimately fell short. I'm a PTA fan, I really am, but I felt the script was lacking overall. Phoenix (mostly) and Seymour Hoffman were ace, Adams was good, contrived, but I can't say she was spectacular. I have not recommended this movie to anybody ever, and I can't do it here either. You can watch for Phoenix's acting, but it's not Punch-Drunk Love, Boogie Nights or Magnolia. I'm not even mentioning There Will be Blood because this movie stands head and shoulders above anything by anyone in quite a while.
I've rewatched The Turin Horse last week, and loved it even more than the first time I'd watched it. One of the most depressing movies out there, extremely slow-paced. IIRC the movie consists of 45 shots (in 2h30). It's a movie that's going to haunt you... It did for me and my g/f. We discussed it a lot in the months following the first viewing, and often refer to it when we encounter a very depressing situation or just a plain bad state of affairs. I prefer Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies (in my top 3 ever, hence my avatar) but Turin Horse is a towering achievement or minimalistic cinema. Not for the faint of heart
Hustle is a soulless movie in my book. You can't find anything really at fault here, but it's not exactly entertaining or even memorable. Maybe it has something to do with David O. Russell's ego or something, but I have trouble liking that movie... and it's not something I can explain well.
I have watched The Master, and I didn't dislike it. I thought the movie showed great promise but ultimately fell short. I'm a PTA fan, I really am, but I felt the script was lacking overall. Phoenix (mostly) and Seymour Hoffman were ace, Adams was good, contrived, but I can't say she was spectacular. I have not recommended this movie to anybody ever, and I can't do it here either. You can watch for Phoenix's acting, but it's not Punch-Drunk Love, Boogie Nights or Magnolia. I'm not even mentioning There Will be Blood because this movie stands head and shoulders above anything by anyone in quite a while.
I've rewatched The Turin Horse last week, and loved it even more than the first time I'd watched it. One of the most depressing movies out there, extremely slow-paced. IIRC the movie consists of 45 shots (in 2h30). It's a movie that's going to haunt you... It did for me and my g/f. We discussed it a lot in the months following the first viewing, and often refer to it when we encounter a very depressing situation or just a plain bad state of affairs. I prefer Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies (in my top 3 ever, hence my avatar) but Turin Horse is a towering achievement or minimalistic cinema. Not for the faint of heart
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I don't get why I can't find anyone else I know personally who appreciates The Master. For me, it was a no-brainer near-masterpiece, with everyone in it at better than top form. But no one I've recommended it to feels the same way. I know I'm not crazy, since it was received with wide critical acclaim. It was just amazing in all regards. Obviously, it had no real plot, and didn't need one, similar to Punch Drunk Love. It's a pure character drama, and I think Amy Adams gave one of the finest Lady Macbeth-esque performances I've ever seen.KindGrind wrote: I have watched The Master, and I didn't dislike it. I thought the movie showed great promise but ultimately fell short. I'm a PTA fan, I really am, but I felt the script was lacking overall. Phoenix (mostly) and Seymour Hoffman were ace, Adams was good, contrived, but I can't say she was spectacular. I have not recommended this movie to anybody ever, and I can't do it here either
What I *really* don't get is people who loved There Will Be Blood (which I also loved) but couldn't get into The Master. In my mind, they're two sides of the same coin.
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I'm certainly not an expert on her library of work (and no: I've seen no "Hunger Games" movies), but from what I have seen, she can certainly pull off a role with panache (or, as SLJ said it in "Django": "pan-ass"). In fact, I think the only roles I know her from are "X-Men: First Class" and SLP. I thought she functioned decently in X-Men, and I thought she pretty much stole the show in SLP (which is pretty hard to do with a cast that really did great job all around, IMHO). She certainly made me laugh a lot, anyway, and I thought her character was well done. It certainly helps when the writing is there, but she absolutely was able to put the bat the on ball with consistency in that movie.Skykid wrote:What is it with you guys and Jennifer Lawrence? She's moderate, can act, not offensive, nothing special.