Absolutely. Easily on my list of best movies of the year.
I really liked this too. However, it lacked some of the crispness that I think you would have gotten from a non-Amazon/indie production. I think they would have tightened up the story in some places and gone deeper in others (primarily her parents). That being said, the dialog was really strong and as a result probably would have been screwed up with big studio intervention.
I'm so bummed we didn't see that at Sundance this year. We decided it might be too grim, as Sundance movies tend to be, and we really didn't want that.
Absolutely. Easily on my list of best movies of the year.
I really liked this too. However, it lacked some of the crispness that I think you would have gotten from a non-Amazon/indie production. I think they would have tightened up the story in some places and gone deeper in others (primarily her parents). That being said, the dialog was really strong and as a result probably would have been screwed up with big studio intervention.
I'm so bummed we didn't see that at Sundance this year. We decided it might be too grim, as Sundance movies tend to be, and we really didn't want that.
Wow. It was the opposite of grim.
Yeah. At the time, all we had to go on was the description in the guide. We figured the first half would be funny, but had no idea how the second half would be. (We've run into Sundance movies before like that.)
Now of course we want to go see it. But that involves actually getting our asses out of the house when we don't "have to."
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
Absolutely. Easily on my list of best movies of the year.
I really liked this too. However, it lacked some of the crispness that I think you would have gotten from a non-Amazon/indie production. I think they would have tightened up the story in some places and gone deeper in others (primarily her parents). That being said, the dialog was really strong and as a result probably would have been screwed up with big studio intervention.
I'm so bummed we didn't see that at Sundance this year. We decided it might be too grim, as Sundance movies tend to be, and we really didn't want that.
Wow. It was the opposite of grim.
Yeah. At the time, all we had to go on was the description in the guide. We figured the first half would be funny, but had no idea how the second half would be. (We've run into Sundance movies before like that.)
Now of course we want to go see it. But that involves actually getting our asses out of the house when we don't "have to."
I watched it on DVD via netflix (yes I am an dino) this weekend, so it must be available on Demand. No getting up necessary. Heck Amazon funded the movie, you probably can get it streamed from them too.
If it's not on Prime already it will be soon. Moonlight and Manchester By The Sea (both funded by Amazon as well) were on Prime about a couple or three months after being available on DVD.
There's a line that I have been using for more than 30 years - when they are checking into a hotel and the rooms are messed up and they insult the weird looking desk clerk's appearance. He looks hurt and says "I'm just as God made me."
That and "what's wrong with being sexy?" which I have to stop myself from saying whenever I hear the word "sexist."
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
L-Jam3 wrote:How are they explaining Harrison Ford's appearance in the Blade Runner sequel when it's fairly accepted that Deckard was a replicant himself?
He needed to pay for a new deck for his house in Jackson Hole?
L-Jam3 wrote:How are they explaining Harrison Ford's appearance in the Blade Runner sequel when it's fairly accepted that Deckard was a replicant himself?
brian wrote: He needed to pay for a new deck for his house in Jackson Hole?
I have a college roommate that ski bums / works as a contractor in Jackson, I believe he redid his kitchen last year, so I'll tell Noah to expect a call.
Been to the movies a lot recently and here is the news:
Blade runner 2049 is beautiful, so much so that seeing on anything other than the big screen is a crime.
Detroit was very good, as was the Limehouse golum. Victoria and Abdul was lovely and The mountain between us was great until the last ten minutes.
Saw Close encounters for the first time on the big screen and it did not disappoint. American made was fun, but also too dumb for words and American assassin was horrible.
DaveInSeattle wrote:The Big Sick is great. Not a lot of "laugh out loud" moments, but very funny and heartfelt. And both Holly Hunter and Ray Romano are awesome.
Went with the family to see Kingsmen 2 this weekend. Pretty fun, like the first one. Nobody's expecting Citizen Kane. My only beef was that it relied too much on storylines, scenes, and jokes that referred back to the first one. My wife and kids hadn't seen the first one though, and they didn't seem to mind, so maybe it was fine. Just seemed like slightly lazy writing to me. On the other hand, they made a couple of funny references to the famous Swedish princess line from the first one that cracked me up.
blundercrush wrote:Blade Runner 2049 was really good. It's long though.
I went with my wife, who noted as we were settling in... "This is 2 hours and 40 minutes long??!!"
Kind of fucked it up for me, as I was worried that she was bored throughout.
And I do think they could've lopped off 20 minutes pretty easily.
This is true of most movies these days. I realize directors fall in love with their scripts and performances of the actors, etc but there's something to be said for a really well-edited movie. Judd Apatow is notorious for this these days. Seems like every movie he does is about 20 minutes too long.
blundercrush wrote:Blade Runner 2049 was really good. It's long though.
I went with my wife, who noted as we were settling in... "This is 2 hours and 40 minutes long??!!"
Kind of fucked it up for me, as I was worried that she was bored throughout.
And I do think they could've lopped off 20 minutes pretty easily.
This is true of most movies these days. I realize directors fall in love with their scripts and performances of the actors, etc but there's something to be said for a really well-edited movie. Judd Apatow is notorious for this these days. Seems like every movie he does is about 20 minutes too long.
Well, that, or they industry things that every other movie can't be longer than 90 minutes. I don't mind long movies, as long as there's a point going over 120 minutes. But when you're at 2 hours and 40 minutes? I pride myself on being somewhat of a camel. I don't think I've ever left a movie to go to the john. And I was able to keep that intact on Saturday, but holy shit.
And that's not actually just a glib thing to say. It's kind of bullshit to pretty much ensure a large chunk of your audience is going to have to leave at least once in the middle of the movie.
You can lead a horse to fish, but you can't fish out a horse.
The people who actually make the movies (the studios) and the theater companies would love for movies to be shorter. Shorter movies means you can get more screenings in per day at your average theater. But the directors (especially the "name" ones) usually hold the leverage of the final cut these days so eh...it is what it is.
Bored at work and flipping through channels and see Can't Hardly Wait is on so you know I'm watching that shit now.
ETA: I think the genius of this movie is that the two "leads" are so unlikable and yet the movie is still so much fun. Paradoxically I don't think it would be as good if Ethan Embry and Jennifer Love-Hewitt didn't suck so much.
brian wrote:Zombieland is worth seeing if only for the cameo near the end (which I won’t spoil).
absolutely agree with that
just watched a French movie The Midwife. For those of you who either speak French or like subtitled foriegn films this one is a pleasure. Great performane by Catherine Deneuve (one of my all time favorite actors, and one of the beautiful women Roger Vadim canoodled when they were young) and Catherine Frot.
brian wrote:Zombieland is worth seeing if only for the cameo near the end (which I won’t spoil).
absolutely agree with that
just watched a French movie The Midwife. For those of you who either speak French or like subtitled foriegn films this one is a pleasure. Great performane by Catherine Deneuve (one of my all time favorite actors, and one of the beautiful women Roger Vadim canoodled when they were young) and Catherine Frot.
fwiw, we watched a great old French movie last night. Diabolique, starring Simone Signoret. Highly recommended!
brian wrote:Zombieland is worth seeing if only for the cameo near the end (which I won’t spoil).
absolutely agree with that
just watched a French movie The Midwife. For those of you who either speak French or like subtitled foriegn films this one is a pleasure. Great performane by Catherine Deneuve (one of my all time favorite actors, and one of the beautiful women Roger Vadim canoodled when they were young) and Catherine Frot.
fwiw, we watched a great old French movie last night. Diabolique, starring Simone Signoret. Highly recommended!
Oh GOD!!
I saw that movie as a teenager, and there is a scene near the end of that movie (I won't reveal it - but Sancarlos will know the one I mean - that still scares the shit out of me.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Remember the scene at the end of Garden State where they're in the quarry? I walked to the back of the playground area at my oldest's school the other week during a fall fest and right beyond the fence is a massive drop-off into that quarry. I knew it was in the area, but it was pretty cool to accidentally stumble upon it.
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
