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Post by oh oooh on Jan 26, 2024 22:15:11 GMT
I honestly preferred him in the Brian Wilson biopic. He was very convincing as that bad-tempered freak.
I enjoyed this one, there were some great scenes, especially near the end, but....dunno. I expected more. Especially from THAT director and THAT actor.
I'm still trying to work out if it did 1970 well. It definitely created a particular place and mood very ably.
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Post by Sneelock on Jan 26, 2024 22:25:03 GMT
I honestly preferred him in the Brian Wilson biopic. He was very convincing as that bad-tempered freak. no argument there! that John Adams series was amazing too. he really is an outstanding and resourceful actor. Both those guys are unlikable but you can't take your eyes off him.
I thought the period aspect of "holdovers" was pretty good. you know... cars, hairstyles, that sort of thing. also a sort of mood. people took more time to do things.
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Post by oh oooh on Jan 26, 2024 22:27:15 GMT
He's great, yeah.
Guess that EYE business was written into the script especially for him...
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Post by Sneelock on Jan 26, 2024 22:28:31 GMT
that's funny. I never really thought of him as bug-eyed.
...until NOW!
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 27, 2024 0:47:49 GMT
Only just seen the Richard E Grant mentions, and I think I disagree with everyone. I've never seen a decent performance from him, including Withnail, which he completely ruins. Or perhaps it was always unfunny student rubbish, but he compounds that.
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Post by Sneelock on Jan 27, 2024 1:08:47 GMT
mmmmmmmmmm! compounded rubbish!
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Post by davey on Jan 28, 2024 12:53:53 GMT
The HoldoversI was a bit disappointed. It felt a bit flat, somehow. Any time it seemed like it was going for a laugh, or a sweet tender moment, it seemed to step back. Giamatti wasn't stretched at all, the script was only so-so, and by the end everything was kind of neatly wrapped up in a style a bit too close to 'standard' Hollywood for my liking. Da'Vine Joy Randolph was the best thing about it, I think. Sorry you didn’t like it that much. I loved it. Some of it was down to the general aesthetic of the thing. The way it used music. The long, grubby atmospheric shots with Labi Siffre or whomever, while we just watch one of the characters walking or driving. I really appreciated the space that this film allowed me to just kind of move into it. It’s certainly not a tight film. Perhaps overlong, but I thoroughly enjoyed the luxury of being in the company of these characters, and in a film universe that wasn’t pushing me to the exits. All of the major characters were decent but broken people, but Payne does an excellent job of breaking them down slowly. The public face slips, and invariably what’s behind it it more human. Easier to empathize with. Maybe I’m awarding it too many points for what it isn’t (every other film at the multiplex), but it reminded me a lot of About Schmidt in it’s willingness to just watch it’s protagonists flail around until there’s no secrets left to hide.
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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 5, 2024 9:28:41 GMT
Retelling of Alive, the story of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashes in the Andes, leaving the survivors stranded in the mountains for over 70 days. I can't remember the original film, but this is really well done. Handled as a full ensemble piece, there isn't really a lead role, it's about the experience of the group: the desperation, the moral challenges of the acceptance of cannibalism, the bonds that tied them all together and the endurance of the human spirit. Up for best international feature in this year's Oscars, it should have a decent chance of winning.
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Post by adamcoan on Feb 5, 2024 9:50:32 GMT
I mean , for the purpose of a hypothetical scenario. If the Preludin jet crashed and we were all starving. What part of J.C would you want to eat?
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 5, 2024 10:01:48 GMT
My bulbous and ever-growing snitch could probably feed a few of you until the BCB helicopter comes to the rescueE
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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 5, 2024 10:21:21 GMT
Imagine the terrible music in that rescue copter, you'd ask to be returned to the plane wreck. Especially if there were enough leftovers for a Johnfrezi.
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Post by Sneelock on Feb 5, 2024 16:23:47 GMT
PRELUDIN - come for the Word Association / stay for the cannibalism!
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Post by adamcoan on Feb 5, 2024 17:28:47 GMT
Imagine the terrible music in that rescue copter, you'd ask to be returned to the plane wreck. Especially if there were enough leftovers for a Johnfrezi. I bet G would think that Johnny maybe would taste a little bland and un-exciting. I would look forward to eating Toby, he would taste like one of them bird in a bird in a bird type jobs.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 23, 2024 8:07:22 GMT
I finally got round to watching this, after an abortive attempt 10 years ago. In recent years, it's gained in reputation. So is this P and P's Vertigo? A film misunderstood on release, only for its magical depths to build its spell over the subsequent decades? Not for me, its flaws seem too glaring to overlook - it's a very slight and somewhat bizarre tale, tonally it's not sure what it wants to be (a mystery, an eccentric comedy....?) and the acting performances aren't the best. But it is an interesting film, suffused with a semi-mystical love of the Kent countryside, and carries a lot of charm.
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Post by adamcoan on Feb 26, 2024 15:52:02 GMT
Ambulance on netflix.
In the seventies this would have had a nice twist, maybe some slow-mo violence. It wouldn't have needed two hours to get to the end.
This is just a fucking cartoon. There is nothing in this movie that doesn't make you cringe. What a waste, Jake Gyllenhaal must have needed his pension pot boosted. Beyond awful.
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