Re: Movies you have watched thread.
711Nightbitch. Amy Adams is very good, but the movie is a bit of a mess that can't quite decide what it wants to be.
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
712Tried watching this last night and my friend in a fit of boredom turned it off. Might finish it later.penningtron wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:26 pm Nightbitch. Amy Adams is very good, but the movie is a bit of a mess that can't quite decide what it wants to be.
Justice for Randall Adjessom, Javion Magee, Destinii Hope, Kelaia Turner, Dexter Wade and Nakari Campbell
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
714Mind Game (2004) - a batshit Japanese animation about a guy who goes to heaven, escapes, then goes on the run. Really fun art style and interesting montage sequences.
Wacky and delightful.
Highly regarded both in- and outside Japan.
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
715Watched it also cuz Amy Adams is incredible in everything she does, and is again here. Agree that this film is lackluster. I read on the internet that the book is better but I don't believe it. If the dialogue (both inner and outer) are true to the book, then the book doesn't quite know what it wants to be either.rsmurphy wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:53 pmTried watching this last night and my friend in a fit of boredom turned it off. Might finish it later.penningtron wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:26 pm Nightbitch. Amy Adams is very good, but the movie is a bit of a mess that can't quite decide what it wants to be.
Re: A complete unknown.
716it's not quite a biopic or a musical. it drops you straight into greenwich village for 3 years and provides the background for who he would become. it's not interested in facts, even though you'll recognize many of the legendary stories that they pull from ("judas," al kooper, meeting woody). they get into his creative process and outlook, which you musicians can relate to.enframed wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2024 12:22 am That sounds so terrible, even for a bio-pic, which I generally avoid anyway. No thanks.
i was worried that chalamet would run off the rails, but that was resolved almost immediately. it could have easily failed. he had to carry the whole thing.
several people have said it finally gives joan her comeuppance. you get to see her fiery side.
you know i couldn't help scrutinizing the guitar playing and looking for mistakes, and really i only found one little discontinuity.
but yes, it definitely is made for the masses and i know some people can't handle that. that's usually a smart move. this time it works.
how can you not root for this kid. he only knew hip hop before this job and goes full method to arrive here:
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
717Had a New Year's Day Marathon of movies we own on VHS. Watched Troop Beverly Hills (very silly 80s comedy starring Shelly Long, notable as the debut of then-child actor Jenny Lewis--Carla Gugino was also a kid in this), Drop Dead Gorgeous (still insanely funny, and goddamn Brittany Murphy was adorable before she got all, well, Brittany Murphy), and then we watched the reason for me posting this, John Waters' Cecil B Demented. For those unaware, Cecil B Demented is the alias for Stephen Dorff's character, a cinematic terrorist who kidnaps a Hollywood star (a killer Melanie Griffith), and leads a motley crew of young queer and outcast movie freaks, filming guerilla cinema while committing acts of terrorism against movie theaters, megaplexes, anyone propping up the mainstream Hollywood studio system. I had two observations about this movie:
1) it is a WILD baller casting move to give Patty Hearst a bit part in a movie where the lead actress is a kidnapping victim who eventually comes around to sympathizing with her captors
2) While watching Cecil become a folk hero in the movie, with extras saying stuff like, "you know, I would be ok if he took out those people who talk loudly when they enter a movie after it's started," I was feeling some SERIOUS Luigi Mangione parallels. I mean, this is a silly John Waters movie from 2000 about skewering the Hollywood movie system, but if you've seen it, maybe you know what I mean.
1) it is a WILD baller casting move to give Patty Hearst a bit part in a movie where the lead actress is a kidnapping victim who eventually comes around to sympathizing with her captors
2) While watching Cecil become a folk hero in the movie, with extras saying stuff like, "you know, I would be ok if he took out those people who talk loudly when they enter a movie after it's started," I was feeling some SERIOUS Luigi Mangione parallels. I mean, this is a silly John Waters movie from 2000 about skewering the Hollywood movie system, but if you've seen it, maybe you know what I mean.
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
718My only observation is that Cherish is a keeper...DrAwkward wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 12:38 pm Had a New Year's Day Marathon of movies we own on VHS. Watched Troop Beverly Hills (very silly 80s comedy starring Shelly Long, notable as the debut of then-child actor Jenny Lewis--Carla Gugino was also a kid in this), Drop Dead Gorgeous (still insanely funny, and goddamn Brittany Murphy was adorable before she got all, well, Brittany Murphy), and then we watched the reason for me posting this, John Waters' Cecil B Demented. For those unaware, Cecil B Demented is the alias for Stephen Dorff's character, a cinematic terrorist who kidnaps a Hollywood star (a killer Melanie Griffith), and leads a motley crew of young queer and outcast movie freaks, filming guerilla cinema while committing acts of terrorism against movie theaters, megaplexes, anyone propping up the mainstream Hollywood studio system. I had two observations about this movie:
1) it is a WILD baller casting move to give Patty Hearst a bit part in a movie where the lead actress is a kidnapping victim who eventually comes around to sympathizing with her captors
2) While watching Cecil become a folk hero in the movie, with extras saying stuff like, "you know, I would be ok if he took out those people who talk loudly when they enter a movie after it's started," I was feeling some SERIOUS Luigi Mangione parallels. I mean, this is a silly John Waters movie from 2000 about skewering the Hollywood movie system, but if you've seen it, maybe you know what I mean.
Also...
Honey winding up a folk hero might play into what you are talking about.
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
719(Seriously though...
Might Waters best film once you account for the "Meta..." component back before "Meta..." was actually a thing...)
Might Waters best film once you account for the "Meta..." component back before "Meta..." was actually a thing...)
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
720Watched that film this week and that's exactly where I fall. Glad (???) I saw it, but I would never, ever watch it again. It's my eldest kiddos favorite film I think. Jesus Christ.zircona1 wrote: Wed May 31, 2023 11:56 am Watched Beau is Afraid this weekend. There were a few things I admired about it, but I wouldn't watch it again. I thought it did a good job at depicting anxiety early on, and the whole perception that the outside world is full of danger and should be avoided.