I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say it's PTA's best. Most say it's his worst.
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Speaking of films I've forgotten, who wants a challenge? I remember being shown a single shot from one of Goddard's films and can't remember the title. I think it's a road movie, and the shot was a long tracking shot following a car driving through a park (or similarly green area). There was some repetition within the shot. If I had to guess, I would say it was pre 1990 but don't take that as gospel.
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Wrong circles, or I'm reading outdated reviews then, but that's the only thing I thought before watching it. I think it's better than Inherent Vice and Punch Drunk Love at the very least.
I think it's very good bar the frogs. He hasn't made a bad film though so it's not really a slight if it's his least rated.
I've been googling it since you made me doubt myself and it definitely gets a lot of mentions for his best. Surprisingly enough, I've found very few mentions for The Master. Very few for Hard Eight as well, but most directors first film tends to fly under the radar. There Will Be Blood and Punch Drunk Love are to getting the most love from my straw polling.
The frogs were definitely bizarre.
Yeah I think Magnolia is considered by a lot of people as his best film, at least that's the impression I get. Still haven't seen The Master or Hard Eight, probably should. The negative rewiews for The Master put me off at the time. Inherent Vice wasn't a good film though, Anderson never managed to make it all stick together I felt. Incredibly boring in parts.
I watched a couple of films on the plane yesterday, which I enjoyed to various degrees. Unfriended was a lot better than I expected, though it probably helped that I went in with such low expectations. The film is well put together and at 80 minutes, it's the perfect length to ensure its concept doesn't become boring. It's not scary or anything, but it's an okay watch though the ending is a bit shit.
I also watched Michael Mann's latest film Blackhat which was a flop I think, but I liked it though I'm a sucker for Michael Mann (which isn't the case for most people as I understand). It's a cybercriminality thriller with Chris Hemsworth who plays a convicted hacker enrolled by the FBI and Chinese authorities to assist them in finding the person responsible for a terrorist attack on a Chinese factory using computer code. I love Mann's style (but I think a lot of people really dislike him) and I was quite gripped with the film even though I was never really emotionally invested though I believe that's voluntary on Mann's part. Would recommend it to people who enjoy Mann's work, but all the others should stay away, you'll probably hate it.
I watched a couple of films on the plane yesterday, which I enjoyed to various degrees. Unfriended was a lot better than I expected, though it probably helped that I went in with such low expectations. The film is well put together and at 80 minutes, it's the perfect length to ensure its concept doesn't become boring. It's not scary or anything, but it's an okay watch though the ending is a bit shit.
I also watched Michael Mann's latest film Blackhat which was a flop I think, but I liked it though I'm a sucker for Michael Mann (which isn't the case for most people as I understand). It's a cybercriminality thriller with Chris Hemsworth who plays a convicted hacker enrolled by the FBI and Chinese authorities to assist them in finding the person responsible for a terrorist attack on a Chinese factory using computer code. I love Mann's style (but I think a lot of people really dislike him) and I was quite gripped with the film even though I was never really emotionally invested though I believe that's voluntary on Mann's part. Would recommend it to people who enjoy Mann's work, but all the others should stay away, you'll probably hate it.
I too watched this the other day and enjoyed it. Was a fairly decent film.
The Master got his best reviews after There Will Be Blood.
Really? Got absolutely slated over here in France, both by viewers and critics!
Amongst British and American critics. Metacritic aggregates it at 86/100.
Ah good to know! Just checked, the professional reviews were actually ok in France overall (I must have read a couple of bad ones and they stuck in my mind). However, I think what contributed to my negative impression is that they unanimously hated it on another forum I post on. I'll definitely have to watch it, I don't know why I haven't yet really. Also, is Hard Eight any good?
Yeah it's pulpy and low budget.
The traffic jam scene in Week End?
Yeah that's it. How the hell do you remember all the titles? I can't even remember all the films I've seen this calendar year.
Movie titles and the year they were made is like the only things I'm good at remembering. I also use icheckmovies which is good for remembering stuff.
We should do a thread where we post a pic from a scene in a film and the first poster to guess the film has to post a new one. Unless we already had such a thread.
I'm really bored at work do it Nilssy but don't kill it with an OP picture of an obscure 1930s German noir film ok?
Even the obscurities could be cured if people are allowed to ask yes/no questions. The thread could be more active as well.
Do it!
And no using google image search.
like that's gonna happenCome on @R.N7 the people are waiting for you!
Jeez, just uploaded 5 screenshots I took myself, and only one cannot be found by reverse image search. Thanks a lot, google.
Boyhood
Really good watch, especially the first half. Kept thinking during the film, what is the pay-off going to be at the end. And I think that was my main problem with it, doesn't really leave me satisfied. Anyway, boy Mason >>>> teen Mason.
Really good watch, especially the first half. Kept thinking during the film, what is the pay-off going to be at the end. And I think that was my main problem with it, doesn't really leave me satisfied. Anyway, boy Mason >>>> teen Mason.
AI:
I saw this a few weeks back and I still don't know if it's good or not. I liked the journey of the main character up until about half way through the film.The first half was quite thought provoking and I liked the dynamic between the parents and the "child" and the turmoil/dilemma around the dead sibling and the mother's emotions. The whole fairytale aspect that developed from that point onward (especially the ending) didn't really fit for me. It felt like two films mashed into one.
spoilers for those who haven't seen it:
I guess it's both good and bad in equal measure?
I saw this a few weeks back and I still don't know if it's good or not. I liked the journey of the main character up until about half way through the film.The first half was quite thought provoking and I liked the dynamic between the parents and the "child" and the turmoil/dilemma around the dead sibling and the mother's emotions. The whole fairytale aspect that developed from that point onward (especially the ending) didn't really fit for me. It felt like two films mashed into one.
spoilers for those who haven't seen it:
The convenient copter/submersible vehicle which enabled him to find his fairy, then the whole Ice Age/Aliens and then his wish coming true. It went from a thought provoking film about humans/AI and morality in terms of AI child vs Human Child and the mother's love and turned into an odd concoction of increasingly bizarre circumstance and Alien fairy godmothers.
I guess it's both good and bad in equal measure?
It's a miss much more than a hit for me, could've been very good but it's a mess overall pretty boring.
Dunno if I posted about it earlier in this thread but I saw Mission Impossible Rogue Nation and really enjoyed it. I thought the action scenes were excellent (especially the opera scene), and it's been ages since I've enjoyed a car/motorbike chase on screen, this one was very well done. It's of course ridiculous at times but the cast pulls it off, Tom Cruise being his usual self, Jeremy Renner is quite believable overall and Simon Pegg is very good also, and Rebecca Ferguson was great I thought.
Minor qualms are that the main baddie is quite well written but wrongly cast imo (shit voice) and I can just imagine Ving Rhames sitting by his phone in his Beverly Hills mansion desperately waiting for the producers to call him to announce they're making a new installment of the franchise, what the hell is his point in this film? He's actually a liability to the team as he's too overweight completely unfit (and no don't bring your goddamn Rooney comparisons into here you bastards)
Dunno if I posted about it earlier in this thread but I saw Mission Impossible Rogue Nation and really enjoyed it. I thought the action scenes were excellent (especially the opera scene), and it's been ages since I've enjoyed a car/motorbike chase on screen, this one was very well done. It's of course ridiculous at times but the cast pulls it off, Tom Cruise being his usual self, Jeremy Renner is quite believable overall and Simon Pegg is very good also, and Rebecca Ferguson was great I thought.
Minor qualms are that the main baddie is quite well written but wrongly cast imo (shit voice) and I can just imagine Ving Rhames sitting by his phone in his Beverly Hills mansion desperately waiting for the producers to call him to announce they're making a new installment of the franchise, what the hell is his point in this film? He's actually a liability to the team as he's too overweight completely unfit (and no don't bring your goddamn Rooney comparisons into here you bastards)
He was the tech guy and they essentially replaced him with Simon Pegg. I think they realised that you can't just write out a black guy and swap him for a white guy, so they keep him around to save face.
I think the criticism of his role wasn't entirely justified in this one though. They needed people they could trust, and Cruise had used him to look after his wife in the previous installment (which gave him a convenient cameo), so I guess he was the best option. I thought it worked ok, at no point did I think he was pointless as I watched the film.
Watched an interview Cruise gave about strapping himself to the plane for the scene at the beginning, they did 8 takes to get the shot, the guy is mad
You mean you didn't think he was pointless when he lost Rebecca Ferguson's character after a 2 second pursuit and turned up sweating and panting?
I also loved the standard chest thumping quote when he goes on about something being impossible (scanning faces from a drawing I think) and then saying "I could do this from home". Nah seriously his character was shit even though I agree there was sense in him being there. Also, what happened to Cruise's wife? Did she die?
He comes across as totally bonkers!Watched an interview Cruise gave about strapping himself to the plane for the scene at the beginning, they did 8 takes to get the shot, the guy is mad
He actually strapped himself to a flying plane? Surely not?!He did indeedYou mean you didn't think he was pointless when he lost Rebecca Ferguson's character after a 2 second pursuit and turned up sweating and panting?
Also, what happened to Cruise's wife? Did she die?
He comes across as totally bonkers!
Inside Out - Was great; bit of a return to form from Pixar? Lovely concept and executed really nicely.
Heard they're doing Toy Story 4 though, which is being touted as being a "love story"? Should've left that perfect trilogy alone man.
Heard they're doing Toy Story 4 though, which is being touted as being a "love story"? Should've left that perfect trilogy alone man.
It's good alright.
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Mad Max: Fury Road - Quite phenomenal action, though I wonder how much replay value it has.
You know a big part of the reason Cruise does those stunts is because he loves getting wanked off over it when he goes on all the press junkets to promote the film.
Give me his pay packet and I'll strap myself to a plane bollock naked.
Give me his pay packet and I'll strap myself to a plane bollock naked.
I would say the same, but I image it's hard to get the producers to agree to have my bowels being emptied on the silver screen.
You mean you didn't think he was pointless when he lost Rebecca Ferguson's character after a 2 second pursuit and turned up sweating and panting?
Also, what happened to Cruise's wife? Did she die?
He comes across as totally bonkers!
She went completely unmentioned. I guess so Cruise could flirt with the female agent!
with the wage you're getting you can pay some mental surgeon to give you a colostomy
No amount of money is worth losing the ability to have a nice, satisfying shit.
Pretty much.