My first act as president will be to jail anyone making a movie trailer with a down-tempo, reverby remixes of old songs. We have to move on
fun movie with great acting but a weird ending. Still, I wish we got a lot more of those type of movies.
Spoiler the gravitas & restraint of the film for almost 99% of the runtime was so powerful. the score, use of silence, costumes, withdrawn camera angles, etc, just sublime. you're right re the ending. I haven't put my thumb on it, because the message on its own was profound, but the mechanism as an conclusion/denouement comes off as meh.
some podcast was saying it might have been more interesting if the final twist was put halfway through the movie and then it's Ralph trying to weigh that with everything else going on and I think that's way better than some last second bombshell that just feels fake and forced
Notorious (1946) has the hottest cinema couple of all time (Bergman+Grant). Elite movie. Hitchcock posting will continue
considering hot on-screen pairing is one of hollywoods simiplest and oldest tricks, this is quite the statement.
FWIW I’m pretty sure conclave just follows the plot of the book and that’s how it ends Edit: I also found the tone of conclave pretty silly throughout but idk
Conclave is a good looking, well executed movie that is very down the middle, predictable, and pretty boomer brained. I haven't thought about it since I left.
watched 'Trap' the other night (most of it anyway). cool concept and unhinged hartnett is fun. but it felt like watching a production of the script's first draft. really rough dialogue in places (like, 'the room' bad). some of the early narrative decisions really short-circuited any potential for suspense. was a bit disappointed
everyone gives M. Night a pass at this point. He is more camp than serious, I suppose. I don't really like it and miss when he was a bit more serious. I thought Trap was a really rough watch. Pretty divisive. Some people were able to enjoy it with its absurd plot holes and dialogue.
so does mine on 1/22 at 2:15 in the afternoon gonna bring some hired goons over there to get to the bottom of this fuckin nonsense
im a matinee guy through and through, save for one off special format releases - just cant do 2:15 on a wednesday unless its the summer did figure out the deal though - apparently 1/22 is the next a24 x imax release (talk to me), so this just seems like a particularly stupid oversight on a24s part another less nice and less convenient amc (my regular just upgraded the imax theater in the fall) just released their special screening seats for next wednesday, so got in over there been a real rollercoaster of emotions the last 15 minutes
Spoiler beautiful movie. Opening scene is majestic. I understand where people are coming from regarding the second act falling a bit flat. Or at least getting a bit sideways. But the performances were awesome. Really liked Alwyn. And Pearce (at times he was hilarious) and Brody kill it. I liked jones but I see how people may be mixed. It was beautifully shot. I enjoyed it as a consideration of the immigration experience. But more obviously it is a statement on making art and a person’s unwavering view of their own art. When they meet the Italian and walk thru the marble quarry, gorgeous. It was a big swing. Intellectually stimulating. Interesting. Not perfect. But really glad to have seen it in theaters. pearce’s character being named Harrison van buren is hilarious. His, uh, act, in the marble quarry party, is a bit heavy handed. But mind the bold voice. also, I kind of liked the epilogue. Kind of brought it home for me.
brutalist spoilers Spoiler did you interpret the epilogue.. not sure on the best wording here.. but literally or ironically? its noticeably different in tone and style to the entirety of the rest of the movie
Spoiler I interpreted it literally. not really sure why it was stylized in such an odd, 80s-esque manner. I took it to mean that Laszlo's work stood the test of time. from post-war America, all the way up to the tacky 1980s. I also found the niece's speech to really hit home. the destination being superior the journey is pretty on the nose for an unbending artist who believes in his work and its ability to stand the test of time. It doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you get there. I feel like your enjoyment of the movie will depend on how deeply you fall in with Brody's character vs. just imaging the director smelling his own farts about making art while not being disturbed by outside forces (aka, the people with money).
Was watching the trailer for The Amateur and was thinking that Jon Bernthal doesn't really have any hardware, but crushes supporting roles in pretty much everything he's in. Paul Dano is another one for me. Other guys on that list?
Michael Shannon is one of my favorite actors that crushes everything. He's been nominated some and won some not so big awards?
Stephen McKinley Henderson also. He was a big theater actor for a while, but cool to see guys who get their break later in life.
A Real Pain was fantastic. Some great scenes and I thought culkin was great. Nice film from Eisenberg imo