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I finally got around to NOW YOU SEE ME and I didn't think it was that bad, frankly.
And THE WORLD'S END is awful.
Am I getting trolled?
Her. Go see Her. Best piece of science fiction in the last decade, easy.
Not according to Jezebel.
Oh great, another movie about a dude who's SO DESERVING OF LOVE but just can't his shit together enough to date a real woman.
This time, it's the Spike Jonze-directed Her, a film that stars Joaquin Phoenix as a dude who falls in love with his phone's operating system. The trailer is entertaining, I guess, and Scarlett Johansson sounds great as Samantha (AKA hot sexy hot sexy sexy Siri), but do we really need another fantasy movie filmed by a white man about white men who will never find the perfect woman? Partly because she doesn't exist and partly because if she does, she's a computer—a subservient robot with a sexy voice who laughs at all your jokes and takes care of your scheduling.
Source: http://jezebel.com/dude-would-rather-da … 1476118015
Sorry, I just had to share this tidbit. It's the most woefully self-righteous and ignorant thing I've heard about a movie in a long time.
Yeah, as has been pointed out, you can't take a movie about overcoming adversity and never giving up and then in the last ten seconds go "Haha, just kidding, life is bullshit!"
It would be such a scumbag move that I would erupt with laughter in the theater.
Not just my favorite Christmas movie but my favorite comedy period.
I think it was Jackman's best performance to date.
Just finished Prisoners myself and, yeah, it's pretty damn good. Everyone in the movie is giving a tour de force performance. It raises some intriguing moral questions, but never for the sake of "WHAT WOULD YOU DO"-style exploitation.
That scene with
I saw Prisoners last night. It's the most engaging thriller I've seen since Se7en. The performances are stellar and while Gyllenhaal is getting most of the awards hype, I honestly think Jackman was better as the unhinged father. Paul Dano was also tremendous as the main suspect character. And as always, Roger Deakins shows why he's the best cinematographer on the planet. That guy is so good at his job it's almost fucking unfair.
Is the distinction here that while some of the earlier Bonds are dumb, they're at least competently made?
Yes, in the case of Moonraker. On top of that, I can at least get some enjoyment out of the horrid stupidity of Jaws falling in love with some short girl with pigtails. It's moronic, but it's funny.
Die Another Day is not competently made, but at least it wasn't the payoff to a cliffhanger I was dying to see resolved.
Much of your criticism is phalanxed by either your own personal expectations or context to other films. That's not exactly how film criticism works, nor is it a direct answer to the question of worst Bond movie. Moonraker is completely silly and Die Another Day fairly pointless. QoS is at least doing something. You may not like the set pieces, but it's shot beautifully, features pretty consistent editing, and textured performance by Craig. It's not my favorite Bond, but far, far from the worst.
While that isn't exactly how film criticism works, I find it impossible to be completely objective when talking about movies. There are no objective facts and figures to look at and decipher what is good and what isn't. It's not like comparing two cars or fighters in the UFC; we really only have our subjective point of view to go on. Because of that, I tend to view things based on how much they entertained me personally, while still trying to add in a bit of objectivity. I know that, technically speaking, Quantum of Solace isn't worse than Die Another Day or, if you really wanna go off the rails, Never Say Never Again, but it was certainly the one that entertained me the least. I didn't even get a "so bad it's good" vibe from it, just bitter crippling disappointment. Casino Royale was a revelation and I couldn't wait to see the conclusion to Bond hunting down the despicable motherfuckers who ruined his life. It didn't come remotely close to living up to the standard of Casino Royale. While I agree there is some nice cinematography (in particular the stuff in the desert at the end), and that Craig is his usual fantastic self, I cannot agree on the point about the editing. In the following video, try to keep up with the action from the 2:40 point to the end.
And then there's the clusterfuck during the climax. I can't find the original, unchanged file, but the following video is the same visually, the only difference is a re-scoring.
It's not as bad as Resident Evil, but it doesn't belong in a Bond movie.
Ewing wrote:I just want to take this opportunity to once again slam Quantum of Solace as the worst Bond movie ever made. The action was utterly incomprehensible bullshit and it is for that reason I refuse to see World War Z unless someone else is picking up the alcohol tab.
So you've seen every other Bond movie? Because there are FAR worse.
Yeah, I have. As bad as Moonraker and Die Another Day are, I didn't really have expectations for those films. I had high expectations for Quantum of Solace, especially after the glory of Casino Royale and the cliffhanger ending. We all wanted to see Bond go off the reservation and hunt people down for revenge (similar to License To Kill), but we only got a taste of that, and instead it was focused on some moronic plot about water/oil in Bolivia and some of the worst ADHD action scenes this side of the Resident Evil series.
Assuming he sticks the landing with The Raid 2 (which apparently is 2.5 hours long, holy fucking shit), Gareth Evans for sure.
I was gonna post this one. The Raid 2 sounds like the most ambitious action movie ever made. I cannot fucking wait.
Saniss wrote:Valhalla Rising is next on my watch list.
Best of luck with that. A film so excruciatingly bad I've developed a pathological loathing for it. I'm convinced the film is a test to see how irritatingly vague, lifeless and pointless a film you can make and still be lauded for it by some art house afficionado.
If you have the problem with the films Refn makes, it's because they're too deep for you to understand.
Time travel stories, loops or no loops, will require some form of technobable so I think I can forgive it that point. Quantum temporal mechanics are not exactly the easiest of building blocks...
No, trust me, this one makes absolutely no sense on any level and the terminology used sounds like something from a CollegeHumor parody sketch.
Although Marc Forster’s action sensibilities have improved only marginally since the nigh-unwatchable QUANTUM OF SOLACE, I can write it off (with a shrug and a heavy sigh) by noting that WWZ is not ostensibly an action film the way a Bond film is, and/or that the swarming undead hordes are meant to be disorienting and chaotic. Whatever. It’s not very good but it’s not bad enough to ruin the movie, and keeps the story moving.
I just want to take this opportunity to once again slam Quantum of Solace as the worst Bond movie ever made. The action was utterly incomprehensible bullshit and it is for that reason I refuse to see World War Z unless someone else is picking up the alcohol tab.
Those are 4x4 double-net flags, usually they get hung up in front of lights to soften the output a bit. In this case I think your guess is most likely correct- they're cutting the sunlight so the camera op can see his screen better.
This. They look like flags to me; which help shape light sources.
Much worse than that. I give that line some leeway because it's Jeff Bridges being himself. I might as well post the specific exchange of dialogue so you guys know what I'm talking about. Exactly how much traffic does this forum get? I don't want to risk a chance of hurting anyone, besides myself, by posting it.
I read one of the earlier drafts of the script for a class. The action sounds beautifully brutal but the actual story and characters are weak. However, the explanation for how/why the time-loop happens is the absolute worst technobabble bullshit ever conceived.
Guys... what if they give it to The Butler?
Cool looking trailer, but why are a few marines being dropped into a city to combat a skyscraper-high monster? Looks like a computer game scenario, but have we forgotten about our artillery, missiles, nukes, etc again.
Is it all about [deep trailer voice] 'in a world gone mad, one man stands alone'
Read Doctor Submarine's post. I don't want to know until I see the movie and the trailer did a superb job of giving a couple of hints without any major details of the plot logistics. I assume it has something to do with not wanting to turn San Francisco into a nuclear wasteland for the next thousand years.
The way I feel about Speed Racer is how most people felt about Starship Troopers when it was released. I don't know what the hell I watched, it might be good, it might be bad, the only thing certain is that the filmmakers were fucking with me on some level.
You guys really should do a commentary for Speed Racer. It's a very odd film. Dorkman and others love it, some people utterly loathe it, and people like me are just confused by it.
Gravity will take VFX, both sound awards, Editing, Cinematography, and maybe Score and Director. 12 Years will take Picture and Actor. No matter what happens, Gravity is going to come out the winner in terms of the number of trophies it takes home.
♫ HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND ♫
Ewing wrote:fireproof78 wrote:or even the more extreme opinions, like Abrams is a racist
Wait, what?
In his casting of Cumberbatch as Khan, since we obviously couldn't have a genetic superman who is white. That's ridiculous...
I can see how it creates a problem in terms of logic of the universe - Khan existed before the new timeline, why the fuck is he white now - but I highly doubt Abrams is racist. Benicio del Toro was the first choice for the role, but it fell through.
or even the more extreme opinions, like Abrams is a racist
Wait, what?
Holy fuck. From the man who brought us "Slither" comes THE best "what if someone tried to be a superhero in real life" story ever. Funny, unflinching and dark as hell, it gave me the same crazy high as "Punch Drunk Love" in that we're-fucked-up-in-the-head-but-life-is-still-beautiful kind of way.
Rainn Wilson. I had no idea what he was capable of, but wow. And my crush, Ellen Page, plays a love-starved psychotic sidekick perfectly.
The line cutting scene might be the hardest I've ever laughed at a movie since I saw Bad Santa. Also, you left out one major positive about the movie:
I looks like this film will bring the element of horror back to Godzilla. It isn't focused on spectacle or fun as much as it's focused on scaring the shit out of you. I love that.
Yeah, I read an interview with Edwards yesterday and this quote should sell the movie to anyone:
It's Godzilla's name on the marquee, yet Edwards didn't want to humanize him or give him too much personality.
"To me, he's like a force of nature, like the wrath of God or vengeance for the way we've behaved," Edwards says. "If this really happened, it would be like Sept. 11.
"I want it to be epic. I want to get the hairs on the back of your neck up."
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movi … k/3911383/
Who's the guy using Premiere and editing shit in the middle of the movie like a badass?
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