Re: The Movie House - Part 11

by M99 Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:23 pm

RealGunner wrote:No idea how he has been doing this for 40 years. There might be something in scientology.

Absolutely not into planes or army but i am definitely going to watch this one. Heard great things

You're gonna want to join the airforce after watching this.

by Myesyats Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:25 pm

I love fighter jets. Definitely gonna check out this one even though I havent seen the original movie

by Warrior Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:00 pm

Lion King remake: A+

Just amazing. It's like watching those BBC documentaries, even the talking animations are somehow realistic. They kept almost everything from the original film except a few modified dialogs. Funny how i remember so much from a film last seen 15 years ago.

by El Gunner Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:10 pm

35 mins into Everything Everywhere All at Once.... aaaannd what is this?
Feels like a cartoonish spin-off of the multiverse superhero subgenre. Everything is mediocre, from the action to the sci-fi gadgets Laughing

and what's with the fast pace and the caricature characters? unbelievable... beginning to trust mainstream culture's film ratings less and less. I guess all it takes these days is "insert inclusivity", attach it to a red-hot studio like A24, and boom the ratings will come in.

by BarcaLearning Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:54 pm

Watched Northman, blown away in many parts of it, best movie for a while for me I guess its just personal taste Very Happy

by RealGunner Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:37 pm

Ezra Miller sounds more and more like a psycho creep.

by McLewis Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:41 pm

Very much made with the Knives Out crowd in mind.

I'm not much of a fan of whodunits, but this one looks worth a watch.

by El Gunner Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:46 pm

if it's anything close to Knives Out, we eatin'

by McLewis Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:30 pm

I got that distinct vibe along with a bit of Wes Anderson style quirky silliness.

by rincon Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:57 am

M99 wrote:
RealGunner wrote:No idea how he has been doing this for 40 years. There might be something in scientology.

Absolutely not into planes or army but i am definitely going to watch this one. Heard great things

You're gonna want to join the airforce after watching this.

100%. Is it too late to become a fighter pilot and join top gun?

Basically a perfect sequel to a movie made decades earlier in a sense. Its just enough of a sequel and a remake to pull off being a great blockbuster without relying solely on nostalgia. Tom Cruise is a despicable person but an incredible filmmaker.

by El Gunner Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:41 pm

Btw I enjoyed the Elvis movie... 4 out of 5 stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6FmYckVNt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIsFywuZPoQ

i really want Blonde to be a W because i'm a fan of Andrew Dominik and Ana de Armas... but then i see now it will be a Netflix film... but then i have hope again because of NC-17 rating and i recall ROMA was a black and white Netflix film too

by Myesyats Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:55 am

Netflix really does fuck up every movie.... was looking forward to Persuasion. As great as Dakota is, really i'm unsure whether I'll watch another netflix production again

by Arquitecto Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:48 am

More excited for Oppenheimer than Ive been excited for any Nolan film. Glad he didn't go for another inception re-do cause Tenet just plain sucked.

Cillian Murphy is world class and seeing him in such a starring role is odd but he will knock it out. Teaser sent a chill down me spine.

by El Gunner Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:37 pm

Nope is Jordan Peele's weakest film to date
Rating: 3/5
Review:

As Jordan Peele's interest for spectacle increases, it seems his care for narrative substance decreases. Here are some of my main problems:
- Little depth to characters that are merely coloured with simple washaway comedy traits
- Invasive narrative interludes and flashbacks that just really throw you off instead of adding to the horror mystique
- The chapters, because why?
- Too much allegorical posturing just like the end of Us (2019), instead of focusing more on simple tradeoff beats to make all the important moments in the film land

by Pedram Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:07 pm

Hyped for these two

by El Gunner Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:55 pm

first time i've heard of All Quiet on the Western Front... i've been numb to war movies for a while now, so can't say i'm hyped. Last decent war movie i recall was Hacksaw Ridge.

by Pedram Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:23 am

El Gunner wrote:first time i've heard of All Quiet on the Western Front... i've been numb to war movies for a while now, so can't say i'm hyped. Last decent war movie i recall was Hacksaw Ridge.

I'm assuming you're not an avid book reader as most people have read All Quiet on the Western Front at some point in their life, the book is consistently considered the greatest war novel ever written, It is taught in school and pretty much beloved by everyone who has read it.

by Vibe Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:43 pm

Arquitecto wrote:More excited for Oppenheimer than Ive been excited for any Nolan film. Glad he didn't go for another inception re-do cause Tenet just plain sucked.

Cillian Murphy is world class and seeing him in such a starring role is odd but he will knock it out. Teaser sent a chill down me spine.

I kind of liked Tenet it just bothered me that I didn't understand it. When I really think about it I do understand it, but as things happen in the moment I don't unless I think about it, which isn't ideal in a movie tbh.

Maybe I'm just stupid.

by Arquitecto Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:04 pm

Nothing to do with stupidity.

Tenet was trash. It was complex for the sake of it and zero substance to it bar its very good cast to which they barely made use of.

Nolan in general is a bit overrated despite some world class hits as his best films are his more understated ones from Prestige to yes, even Dunkirk.

Oppenheimer ist exactly what I feel he needed to do not another sci-fi rehash of huge scale, but character driven and on the highly rated Cillian Murphy.

by El Gunner Wed Sep 07, 2022 4:06 pm

Tenet was good. Not tier 1 Nolan, but certainly not trash and definitely better than the pretentious shit that was Dunkirk. Nolan is the best and most consistent director overall of the 2000s.

by Vlad the Impaler Wed Sep 07, 2022 4:19 pm

Pedram wrote:
El Gunner wrote:first time i've heard of All Quiet on the Western Front... i've been numb to war movies for a while now, so can't say i'm hyped. Last decent war movie i recall was Hacksaw Ridge.

I'm assuming you're not an avid book reader as most people have read All Quiet on the Western Front at some point in their life, the book is consistently considered the greatest war novel ever written, It is taught in school and pretty much beloved by everyone who has read it.

by Arquitecto Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:09 pm

Calling Dunkirk pretentious when Tenet came across as arrogant and pretentious as it did makes little sense. Dunkirk is critically acclaimed heavily and was a brilliant retelling from the British perspective of the Great War. Tenet relied on a lot of bells and whistles for it to come together as the product it did, to which was underwhelming as a whole and a poor restructuring of Inception.

Nolan being called the best when there are men like Denis Villeneuve and so forth also makes little sense.

That being said I sincerely hope Oppenheimer hits all time critical success for him. Very much looking forward to it.

by El Gunner Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:54 pm

Nolan has more to his resume than Villeneuve, Villeneuve needs to stack up a bit more before he can overtake him imo. He definitely has the quality and vision though to do so. And we probably already saw the best of Nolan from Memento to Interstellar.

also you say that as if Tenet was shitted on critically... they're two very different movies. Just because a few old white Academy members loved the WW2 propaganda doesn't mean your average viewer enjoyed it. In fact, i remember initial reviews being very divisive for Dunkirk.

My Nolan tiers:
Tier 1:
Inception
Memento
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Rises
Interstellar

Tier 2:
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Tenet
Insomnia

Tier 3:
Dunkirk

https://twitter.com/UsUnitedJustice/status/1567530308383215617

by M99 Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:06 pm

NOPE gets a big YUP from me. Amazing cinematography, literally every shot is a beauty. I dug the theme of exploitation. Get Out>NOPE>Us for me.

by Arquitecto Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:15 pm

El Gunner wrote:Nolan has more to his resume than Villeneuve, Villeneuve needs to stack up a bit more before he can overtake him imo. He definitely has the quality and vision though to do so. And we probably already saw the best of Nolan from Memento to Interstellar.

also you say that as if Tenet was shitted on critically... they're two very different movies. Just because a few old white Academy members loved the WW2 propaganda doesn't mean your average viewer enjoyed it. In fact, i remember initial reviews being very divisive for Dunkirk.

My Nolan tiers:
Tier 1:
Inception
Memento
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Rises
Interstellar

Tier 2:
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Tenet
Insomnia

Tier 3:
Dunkirk

https://twitter.com/UsUnitedJustice/status/1567530308383215617

You rating Prestige and Insomnia that low comparatively to the rest tells me we just won't agree on this.

More so Dark Knight in Tier 2 whereas the weakest of the 3 in the trilogy in Tier 2 is a baffling choice.

Fact about Nolan is that a lot of his fellow team are also who do the best work in which they are not credited for from his editor to Jonathan Nolan who creates most of the stories.
Vilenueve on a technical level is just a more balanced director who doesn't rely on the gimmicks that Nolan is prone to.

And we are speaking of viewer ratings.

Tenet has 7.3 on IMDB

Dunkirk has 7.8. Which is an elite rating.

IMDB ratings you must admit are very reliable rankings in that sense given its the largest film source and of ratings.

You and I just like different types of Nolan films if we notice our differences so mostly subjective films.

by El Gunner Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:29 pm

exactly 7.3 isn't far off 7.8

Filmmaking is a team job, so i never get when people use that argument against Nolan.

Lots of the younger generation are finally starting to see the light on the Dark Knight Rises and it's making me so happy. It's gone through a cultural reappreciation in recent years. Always knew it was the shit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeW2fOomi0g

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