What's The Last Movie You’ve Seen?
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I'm going to see the Jack Reacher movie tonight to escape the endless election speculation that I would be compelled to watch if I were at home. I want to leave the movie theater at 9:30pm and be told who the next president is without all the drama.
I'm really hoping I don't turn into one of the detestable people who look at the phone during the movie.
I'm really hoping I don't turn into one of the detestable people who look at the phone during the movie.
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Doesn't Trump have to win Florida to have any sort of shot? So, you should know who the winner is around 5:30 MST, or before most of America has voted.
Another thing that makes me crazy. Not only can we not vote in reality TV show instant votes dye to being in the wrong time zone , but our votes hardly matter.
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We went to see Dr. Strange. I liked it except for Cumberbatch's performance. Just seemed forced and kind of off for him. I am a huge Cumberbatch fan, love the new Sherlock Holmes shows on BBC, but his american accent in Dr. Strange seemed so forced it kind of overwhelmed the rest of his performance. I wish they had just let him have an english accent and I think he would have loosened up a bit and it wouldn't have been so stilted. But still, really liked the concept and the twist at the end, even though it was pretty obvious that the time thing was going to play a large role and I told my wife before he flew off to confront the entity or whatever it was exactly what he was going to do, I liked the way they pulled it off. It was a good transformational moment for character which was sorely needed to outweigh his pomposity through much of the film. Overall I would give it a 4/5 stars.
As an aside, we watched Captain America: The Winter Solder over the weekend and I caught a Dr. Strange reference. Cap had just caught one of the bad guys from hydra and had him on a roof where they got him to admit their plan. He stated they had identified individuals that needed to be killed including cap america, Stark of course, and among the names he said "Steven Strange". Pretty cool to catch that easter egg that I hadn't caught before. It also raises the question, does that mean that the events of Dr. Strange happened before the events in CA: TWS, or was it just that Strange's name came up from the algorithm from the dead hydra scientist?
As an aside, we watched Captain America: The Winter Solder over the weekend and I caught a Dr. Strange reference. Cap had just caught one of the bad guys from hydra and had him on a roof where they got him to admit their plan. He stated they had identified individuals that needed to be killed including cap america, Stark of course, and among the names he said "Steven Strange". Pretty cool to catch that easter egg that I hadn't caught before. It also raises the question, does that mean that the events of Dr. Strange happened before the events in CA: TWS, or was it just that Strange's name came up from the algorithm from the dead hydra scientist?
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Everyone has a favourite Director. Some may say Speilberg. Some may say Nolan. Some may say Fincher. But for me, my favourite Director has to be Tom Ford. It's not because he's a master at filmmaking or that he has had an industrious directorial career. Instead, it's because he has NOT made many films and is still relatively new to filmmaking that I follow him. He is a director I can get behind. A director I can root for, and can follow from his first films and follow his progress. It also doesn't hurt that he'd directed one of my most favourite films of All Time - A Single Man.
After an acclaimed first feature 'A Single Man', Nocturnal Animals is Tom Ford's second Directorial Feature. It features an eclectic cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Isla Fisher (yes you read that right, this film features 2 strikingly similar actresses, and yes Ford put this peculiar feature to good use here). If you've seen 'A Single Man' you would instantly be be able to tell that 'Nocturnal Animals' is Tom Ford's movie, by its styling, its music, how the film is shot, its pace, it is again a carefully crafted movie.
But unlike his first feature, this film is a psychological thriller, done with Ford's personal touch. He writes his own screenplay based off of an original material, because of that the film felt very 'personal'. The film itself is set in Texas, which is where Ford was born. While thriller directors often intentionally leave the audience in the dark to create that 'suspense', I love how Ford doesn't try to do too much of it here. Instead Ford's story focusses more on the emotional aspects of his characters, making his characters felt real, genuine, believable, and ultimately we very quickly become involved in the story and not merely as a spectator, but as a carer for the characters.
Nocturnal Animals felt very personal to me due to its subject matters, I can relate to the sensitivity of its main protagonist, how one chooses to live and follow certain paths in life, how some decisions are made in haste but has enormous impact to another person for years and years, and also our desire to create 'art' and why sometimes we want to create and contrasting that with why sometimes we 'need' to create art ....
It is not a 'perfect' film. There are flaws, there always are. But like following the Jazz, our favourite basketball team - they don't always win - but it's still your team and you root for them no matter what. The Jazz plays with passion and plays the right way with the right attitude - no 'cheap shots'. We may not have the kind of money GSW or NY have to play with, but we love them all the same.
I will always root for Ford because his heart is in the right place. He doesn't create 'plastic characters' *cough* Nicholas Winding Refn *cough* Neon Demon *cough*. He creates films that make me want to reflect on my own life and think a bit more deeply about it through his lens. He has a meaningful message worth talking about and worth sharing amongst friends, and he portrays it in a way that is memorable to us. And to me that's all you could ever hoped for from a film.
It easily gets a 4.5/5 for me.
Go see it.
Everyone has a favourite Director. Some may say Speilberg. Some may say Nolan. Some may say Fincher. But for me, my favourite Director has to be Tom Ford. It's not because he's a master at filmmaking or that he has had an industrious directorial career. Instead, it's because he has NOT made many films and is still relatively new to filmmaking that I follow him. He is a director I can get behind. A director I can root for, and can follow from his first films and follow his progress. It also doesn't hurt that he'd directed one of my most favourite films of All Time - A Single Man.
After an acclaimed first feature 'A Single Man', Nocturnal Animals is Tom Ford's second Directorial Feature. It features an eclectic cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Isla Fisher (yes you read that right, this film features 2 strikingly similar actresses, and yes Ford put this peculiar feature to good use here). If you've seen 'A Single Man' you would instantly be be able to tell that 'Nocturnal Animals' is Tom Ford's movie, by its styling, its music, how the film is shot, its pace, it is again a carefully crafted movie.
But unlike his first feature, this film is a psychological thriller, done with Ford's personal touch. He writes his own screenplay based off of an original material, because of that the film felt very 'personal'. The film itself is set in Texas, which is where Ford was born. While thriller directors often intentionally leave the audience in the dark to create that 'suspense', I love how Ford doesn't try to do too much of it here. Instead Ford's story focusses more on the emotional aspects of his characters, making his characters felt real, genuine, believable, and ultimately we very quickly become involved in the story and not merely as a spectator, but as a carer for the characters.
Nocturnal Animals felt very personal to me due to its subject matters, I can relate to the sensitivity of its main protagonist, how one chooses to live and follow certain paths in life, how some decisions are made in haste but has enormous impact to another person for years and years, and also our desire to create 'art' and why sometimes we want to create and contrasting that with why sometimes we 'need' to create art ....
It is not a 'perfect' film. There are flaws, there always are. But like following the Jazz, our favourite basketball team - they don't always win - but it's still your team and you root for them no matter what. The Jazz plays with passion and plays the right way with the right attitude - no 'cheap shots'. We may not have the kind of money GSW or NY have to play with, but we love them all the same.
I will always root for Ford because his heart is in the right place. He doesn't create 'plastic characters' *cough* Nicholas Winding Refn *cough* Neon Demon *cough*. He creates films that make me want to reflect on my own life and think a bit more deeply about it through his lens. He has a meaningful message worth talking about and worth sharing amongst friends, and he portrays it in a way that is memorable to us. And to me that's all you could ever hoped for from a film.
It easily gets a 4.5/5 for me.
Go see it.
Miggs
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Nice. I thought the trailer for that looked awesome. Sort of Coen-Lynch-ish. But on imdb, the ratings aren't super-high and most of the criticism IIRC seems to be that it feels too disjointed. I'm not looking for a response to that necessarily. I just wanted to throw it out there.
As I've said before, I think this could wind up being a very understated and strong year at the movies. There are few Spielberg, Tanarantino, PTA, Fincher, or name your other huge director, flicks out there. But the ones that are coming out or have come out look damn good and are by damn good directors. Here's my list of flicks I want to see this year or just past January 1. I'll probably wait and hope many of them are on on demand and check them out over my spring break.
Nocturnal Animals
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Manchester by the Sea
Allied
Passengers
Silence
Loving
American Made
To a lesser extent, I want to see...
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Paterson
Collateral Beauty
Patriot's Day
Gold
Split
I could be forgetting a few too. The only flicks I've seen in the last 3-4 months are Hell or High Water (I'd give it a 7.7/10), The Accountant--I'd give it a 7.5 (solid popcorn flick), and Sully (very solid--I'd too give it a 7.5) I think.
Nice. I thought the trailer for that looked awesome. Sort of Coen-Lynch-ish. But on imdb, the ratings aren't super-high and most of the criticism IIRC seems to be that it feels too disjointed. I'm not looking for a response to that necessarily. I just wanted to throw it out there.
As I've said before, I think this could wind up being a very understated and strong year at the movies. There are few Spielberg, Tanarantino, PTA, Fincher, or name your other huge director, flicks out there. But the ones that are coming out or have come out look damn good and are by damn good directors. Here's my list of flicks I want to see this year or just past January 1. I'll probably wait and hope many of them are on on demand and check them out over my spring break.
Nocturnal Animals
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Manchester by the Sea
Allied
Passengers
Silence
Loving
American Made
To a lesser extent, I want to see...
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Paterson
Collateral Beauty
Patriot's Day
Gold
Split
I could be forgetting a few too. The only flicks I've seen in the last 3-4 months are Hell or High Water (I'd give it a 7.7/10), The Accountant--I'd give it a 7.5 (solid popcorn flick), and Sully (very solid--I'd too give it a 7.5) I think.
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downloading Hell or High Water right now. Excited for this one.
Yes it does feel a bit like a Coen brothers/Lynch film, but it it's also very different if you watch carefully. Ford has put in a lot of his personal touches. It's not a perfect film by any means, as I've said above. The dis-jointment I think was intentional. But I think the pacing is a bit off and some parts were rushed, while others dragged on a bit too long.
But remember, Ford is not yet as experienced as the Coen brothers or Lynch. The problem I have with Coen brothers' films at times is that they are too 'cold', and focussed too much on the 'act of the crime'. Some may like that, some may not. Personal choice.
And although I LOVE Lynch, the problem I have with him is his movies can be too cryptic. When watching 'Mulholland Drive' for the first time - I loved it. It still remains one of my most favourite films of all time. And yet I didn't understand most of it. But I still loved it. I then had to go online and research more about what the film meant, I watched Lynch's interviews to try and decipher the movie's real meaning. I remembered Lynch saying something on one of his interviews like to 'Look at the way the coffee cup was placed on the table - that will reveal everything about the movie', and I was thinking to myself - do I really need to go this far to understand what this movie means? I would rather that the directors give the audience enough 'clues' inside the movie itself rather than having to watch more interviews afterwards.
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wow, pretty powerful film albeit with a deliberate slow pace that i had a difficult time with(especially during the third chapter).
very skillfully written and directed with a stand up job by the actors, tough to nail a story of the same character divided up in 3 chapters but they did.
this one is win going to win some awards(or should at least be nominated), one of the better movies i've seen this year
Miggs
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wow, pretty powerful film albeit with a deliberate slow pace that i had a difficult time with(especially during the third chapter).
very skillfully written and directed with a stand up job by the actors, tough to nail a story of the same character divided up in 3 chapters but they did.
this one is win going to win some awards(or should at least be nominated), one of the better movies i've seen this year
you keep saying chapters but i think you mean acts.
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I bet they called it chapters in the movie.