Spend long enough banging on about how much money a film makes and how much the sequel is going to make, and people will end up hoping that it underwhelms.
Personally I'm just one of those cunts who loves it when things absolutely bomb and disappoint unless I want them to do well. I was happier watching everyone shit on Rise of Skywalker than I would have been if the film itself was decent.
Personally I'm just one of those cunts who loves it when things absolutely bomb and disappoint unless I want them to do well. I was happier watching everyone shit on Rise of Skywalker than I would have been if the film itself was decent.
By Punished Go To Post
Ar fheabhas. See it's in the coming soon section on BFI Player.
thank you irish cinema
The Banshees of Inisherin
Very, very good. Actually it's great.
There were times where I wasn't getting it (language accents aside), and there were times I kept asking myself where is this all going. But then it just clicks and the movie ends up being this beautiful comedy/drama about being nice, and well, not so nice, and everything in-between. This will win a lot of honors.
Lovely ending too, leaves it wide open for interpretation.
Very, very good. Actually it's great.
There were times where I wasn't getting it (language accents aside), and there were times I kept asking myself where is this all going. But then it just clicks and the movie ends up being this beautiful comedy/drama about being nice, and well, not so nice, and everything in-between. This will win a lot of honors.
Lovely ending too, leaves it wide open for interpretation.
By Freewheelin Go To PostRewatched Catch Me If You Can, very fun Spielberg film with a really good performance from LeoSuch a fun film đđđ¨ one of those I can watch over and over again, kinda like the Goodfellas.
Watched Inside Man last night because I couldn't sleep.
This seems like a boring version of The Negotiator.
Clive Owen is so bad as an antagonist, they kept him masked up throughout 95% of the movie.
Denzel is trying but even he can't lift this shit to the next level.
This seems like a boring version of The Negotiator.
Clive Owen is so bad as an antagonist, they kept him masked up throughout 95% of the movie.
Denzel is trying but even he can't lift this shit to the next level.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostWatching Gremlins for the first time. Film is very dated and the lead actor is terrible.The second half is better than the first
The sequel is better and only xoomers think otherwise
By data Go To PostThe second half is better than the firstSequel is better over time and when you get older.
The sequel is better and only xoomers think otherwise
I hated the sequel when I was young but love it now. Still have a Brain Gremlin puppet somewhere.
By data Go To PostThe second half is better than the firstIt didn't really get any better. I'm guessing people only like the film because of nostalgia. Will watch the second soon.
The sequel is better and only xoomers think otherwise
IDK the build up in the first one just felt like it took forever and I only really enjoyed the Gremlins being little shits. The 2nd one is non-stop chaos of the gremlins being little shits.
By n8 dogg Go To PostI didnât think the film was very good, but struck me that Luhrmannâs style is exactly the way you tell the Elvis story. American excess and showmanship writ large.
The first hour of the movie feels like one really long dazzling intro. It just goes on for way too long. And so do the montages, the crazy cuts, the insane pace. But then half way into the movie it all stops and it's as if someone else took over directing the film. It's fucking weird. The second half of the movie is actually properly good, but the first half is incoherent.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostMuch preferred Glass Onion to Knives Out. Just a more fun film.I'm of the same opinion. Just had a feel of being way more fun as a murder mystery should be. Something you can watch with family/friends and discuss while watching the film. It engages the watcher as the feeling of stakes is way lighter.
The problem with Avatar Way of Water, was that it was too short. I wanted to spend more time swimming with the whales
Watched Men last night. Really liked the first half of it.
The second half felt created specifically for Emil "Woodenlung" Danglish and as a result was much less interesting. Wouldn't go so far as to say it was shit but it was by miles his weakest film so far. Not seen Devs, but heard good things.
The second half felt created specifically for Emil "Woodenlung" Danglish and as a result was much less interesting. Wouldn't go so far as to say it was shit but it was by miles his weakest film so far. Not seen Devs, but heard good things.
Alex Garland is a terrible, one note filmmaker who canât seem to make anything that isnât misogynistic depression/trauma porn. The kind of cynical filmmaking that confuses depth and themes with misery.
By WoodenLung Go To PostImagine thinking Annihilation isn't shitI was gonna say...
saw glass onion last night.
felt a tad too long. norton is miscast. and the reveal kinda fell flat.
good and fun movie, though, but the original is better.
branagh should take notes just in case he ever considers making another garbage agatha christie adaptation.
felt a tad too long. norton is miscast. and the reveal kinda fell flat.
good and fun movie, though, but the original is better.
branagh should take notes just in case he ever considers making another garbage agatha christie adaptation.
Just finished it. TL:DR, bad first hour that became retroactively worth it by the end because the payoff was very good. Weaker than the first but not by much. Monae MVP. Wish the comedy was stronger though. Just not very funny.
I thought the first hour was actively bad; most of the characters were weak caricatures, and the jokes were just not landing. Hahn was miscast, Odom and Henwick were nothing characters, Craig a completely different character than the first one, and it was just half an hour too long to establish what was happening. You honestly could have taken around half of the opening act out and lost nothing of value. An awful lot of âtelling not showingâ in the writing. Norton was the most engaging actor, actually. Thought he was the one who was best suited to the role he was playing, and was given something interesting to say and do rather than just be a cipher, like each of his guests were (save Hudson, who was entertaining). The supporting cast in the first were far better overall.
It improved massively when Monaeâs character got shot and we went into the flashbacks; there was more to the characters, there was purpose to the writing rather than weak Covid/pop culture references and Blanc being completely different made sense as a ruse. I do think its editing cheated too much; all the different perspectives we saw of previous events were done not because Blanc was either explaining it to the audience (or audience surrogate), or realising the truth, both of which happened in the first Knives Out, but because Johnson was deceiving the viewer with what actually happened. It felt cheap in some aspects rather than a misdirection or clever reframing.
By the final act, once the timeline caught up, it became wildly entertaining. Johnson was retroactively making everything that happened in the first hour better, giving lame lines like the Anderson Cooper one real story value. Monae was fantastic, the reveal was predictable but made story sense (and lol at the malapropisms simply being because he was stupid - wonder if Elonâs seen thisâŚ).
In the end, I really enjoyed it. Wonder if that first hour plays better for me on rewatch.
I thought the first hour was actively bad; most of the characters were weak caricatures, and the jokes were just not landing. Hahn was miscast, Odom and Henwick were nothing characters, Craig a completely different character than the first one, and it was just half an hour too long to establish what was happening. You honestly could have taken around half of the opening act out and lost nothing of value. An awful lot of âtelling not showingâ in the writing. Norton was the most engaging actor, actually. Thought he was the one who was best suited to the role he was playing, and was given something interesting to say and do rather than just be a cipher, like each of his guests were (save Hudson, who was entertaining). The supporting cast in the first were far better overall.
It improved massively when Monaeâs character got shot and we went into the flashbacks; there was more to the characters, there was purpose to the writing rather than weak Covid/pop culture references and Blanc being completely different made sense as a ruse. I do think its editing cheated too much; all the different perspectives we saw of previous events were done not because Blanc was either explaining it to the audience (or audience surrogate), or realising the truth, both of which happened in the first Knives Out, but because Johnson was deceiving the viewer with what actually happened. It felt cheap in some aspects rather than a misdirection or clever reframing.
By the final act, once the timeline caught up, it became wildly entertaining. Johnson was retroactively making everything that happened in the first hour better, giving lame lines like the Anderson Cooper one real story value. Monae was fantastic, the reveal was predictable but made story sense (and lol at the malapropisms simply being because he was stupid - wonder if Elonâs seen thisâŚ).
In the end, I really enjoyed it. Wonder if that first hour plays better for me on rewatch.
Fucking hell, that's a bomb for the ages. It was always a bad idea to release it now right after the sequel of one of the highest grossing movies ever and a spinoff of one the biggest animated franchises ever.
But it's another worrying signal that big budget dramas can't find an audience in theaters.
Pretty much every big dramatic movie this fall has failed to make a splash in theaters.
Ke Huy Quan's record so far during the awards season:
I would say he has a decent chance at the oscar. Literally the only time he hasn't won in the solo category was when he was put up as best actor rather than best supporting actor.
I would say he has a decent chance at the oscar. Literally the only time he hasn't won in the solo category was when he was put up as best actor rather than best supporting actor.
rewatched avatar for the first time.
... it's way better than i remembered. i'm surprised i liked it so much.
it's the mark of a truly great director is to turn an average script with a forgettable lead into something special. it's a really great action/adventure film, and it still holds up visually as well.
jc subhanallah
lad doesn't miss. he knows how to do a proper blockbuster film.
i'm ready for the sequel, lads.
... it's way better than i remembered. i'm surprised i liked it so much.
it's the mark of a truly great director is to turn an average script with a forgettable lead into something special. it's a really great action/adventure film, and it still holds up visually as well.
jc subhanallah
lad doesn't miss. he knows how to do a proper blockbuster film.
i'm ready for the sequel, lads.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostKe Huy Quan's record so far during the awards season:well deserved
I would say he has a decent chance at the oscar. Literally the only time he hasn't won in the solo category was when he was put up as best actor rather than best supporting actor.
i googled the lad.
... he was short round in temple of doom?! incredible.
As an adult, Quan found it difficult to find acting work in the United States. He eventually quit acting and enrolled in the film program at University of Southern California.[2][5] After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by Corey Yuen to go to Toronto, Canada, to help choreograph fighting sequences in X-Men (2000).[1][2][6] For the next decade, he worked on various productions in Asia and the United States.[6]
He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for The One (2001).[10] Quan worked as assistant director on Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).[6]
2018âpresent: return to acting[edit]
In 2018, Quan was inspired by the success of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to return to acting. That same year, the Daniels began casting for their film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). They struggled to cast the actor for Waymond Wang, who would appear as three separate characters in the film. Co-director Daniel Kwan stumbled upon Quan on Twitter. Two weeks after getting a talent agent, Quan received a call to audition for the film.[5] After landing the role of Waymond Wang, Quan received a supporting role in Netflix film Finding ĘťOhana (2021) in September 2019.[11] Quan approached director Jude Weng after overhearing her describing the film as The Goonies meets Indiana Jones, both of which Quan had appeared in.[5]
In January 2020, Quan was announced as a cast member of Everything Everywhere All at Once.[12]
what a story.
happy for him.
... he was short round in temple of doom?! incredible.
As an adult, Quan found it difficult to find acting work in the United States. He eventually quit acting and enrolled in the film program at University of Southern California.[2][5] After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by Corey Yuen to go to Toronto, Canada, to help choreograph fighting sequences in X-Men (2000).[1][2][6] For the next decade, he worked on various productions in Asia and the United States.[6]
He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for The One (2001).[10] Quan worked as assistant director on Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).[6]
2018âpresent: return to acting[edit]
In 2018, Quan was inspired by the success of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to return to acting. That same year, the Daniels began casting for their film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). They struggled to cast the actor for Waymond Wang, who would appear as three separate characters in the film. Co-director Daniel Kwan stumbled upon Quan on Twitter. Two weeks after getting a talent agent, Quan received a call to audition for the film.[5] After landing the role of Waymond Wang, Quan received a supporting role in Netflix film Finding ĘťOhana (2021) in September 2019.[11] Quan approached director Jude Weng after overhearing her describing the film as The Goonies meets Indiana Jones, both of which Quan had appeared in.[5]
In January 2020, Quan was announced as a cast member of Everything Everywhere All at Once.[12]
what a story.
happy for him.
Going to watch Avatar tonight, full IMAX experience so should be good.
Please have a bathroom break in between Lord Cameron.
Please have a bathroom break in between Lord Cameron.
By WoodenLung Go To PostLong films without a bathroom break should be illegal imoDon't you have a colonoscopy bag? Why do you worry
Wish I did, only had a catheter for a few days after my surgery. You might be mistaking me for FootballFan.