The Movie House - Part 11

an actor mate of mine who i shared a residence and one class with in my first year at University, stars in a short film that just last night won a Student Academy Award!!!!!!!! the director of the film was crowned with the award over online ceremony by no less, Spike Lee!!!!!!

said mate also won a Best Supporting Actor award at a festival for his role just last week


so proud and excited for the team!

The film is called Umama, from what i understand it's about an elderly lady who takes care of homeless/neglected children in her township like they're her own which is such a strong and accurate representation of many African mums. It will probably be on VOD next year and i'll share it here.

Sir Sean Connery has died at age 90. RIP to the original James Bond pic.twitter.com/LtR9dF0f4O

— IMDb (@IMDb) October 31, 2020

RIP

Might watch some James Bond tonight

Rewatched the entire harry potter series.

Man this has me in stitches from goblet of fire.

Great scene, I like this version better though

HURRY!!! Hurry, dijupootchernaymintuthahtgobletofFAAHHRR

Respect to Sir Michael Gambon but the first Dumbledore >>>

Warrior wrote:Respect to Sir Michael Gambon but the first Dumbledore >>>

Well tbf Richard Harris was a much better actor

Ian Mckellen really would have been perfect. He could have pulled of both the calm wise old sage and the more aggressive robust side. Just should have swallowed their pride and say "yeah we need Gandalf"

Warrior wrote:Respect to Sir Michael Gambon but the first Dumbledore >>>

easily

M99 wrote:Ian Mckellen really would have been perfect. He could have pulled of both the calm wise old sage and the more aggressive robust side. Just should have swallowed their pride and say "yeah we need Gandalf"

I read that it was offered to him but he said no himself. Which is a shame

Wait. So Ellen page was first a lesbian and now is a transgender?

Rip ES

Ehh it's been trending in that direction for sometime, if I'm honest. Good for him.

As for Dumbledore - I liked Richard Harris alot, but we only had him for 2 movies out of the 8. Gambon made the role his. I truly would've liked to see how Harris approached Dumbledore in the later movies though and the complexity behind how he used Harry for his own means.

OH.
MY.
FUCKING.
GOD.

Oscar Isaac To Star As Solid Snake In Sony’s ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Moviehttps://t.co/GjZoFz5uT7 pic.twitter.com/XnsuT5oLt8

— Big Boss (@LordBalvin) December 4, 2020

we made it boys

Doesn't feel real to me given I have been speculating for over 17 years now on who can play Solid Snake.

Mixed thoughts on Isaac. Problem is Snake has such a distinct appearance and so build around Hayter's legendary performance its hard to imagine anything else.

Second I feel Isaac not only looks a bit too old for him but not really the type who would play such a role.

I wanted Christan Bale or someone else speculated but good news is:


This is why us fans would usually make terrible films and why fan fiction almost always sucks.


Isaac is a top class actor who will bring his own to the role that is for sure. I am worried about the director who doesn't exactly have a stellar resume.

Secondly it never even made sense to make an MGS film given it was about the gameplay and convoluted story that would not even translate well onto the screen.


And I doubt Isaac is even a gamer unlike Cavill who based himself off Geralt, the former who played Witcher 3 over three times. So I do hope we see him studying whatever impression of Snake there is.


To be honest I have no idea what to expect.

The film is going to be shit regardless. MGS series itself is a film so there was never need to make a cinematic version.

MGS' plot is outdated in the film industry/ Any mission impossible > MGS plot. Horizon Zero Dawn however would have loooots of potential as TV-Series.

Babun wrote:MGS' plot is outdated in the film industry/ Any mission impossible > MGS plot. Horizon Zero Dawn however would have loooots of potential as TV-Series.

I have no idea what you're even trying to say here.

How the hell is MI and MGS even comparable lol

Indeed they do not compare given MI is a pure spy thriller and MGS goes beyond espionage and into deeper themes for sure.

A Metal Gear film was needed back when the graphics were too low-res to tell a story but since they advanced (and have the best cut scenes in gaming) I see little redemption in it.

M99 wrote:

this image triggered MGS2 PTSD

Sound Of Metal is a must watch movie, movie of the year.

yea it's on the watchlist
Riz Ahmed, let's get it!

Mank was...okay. Nowhere near as good as most off Fincher's filmography. Felt Gary Oldman was horrible miscast, he is way too old to play the main character. Him and Amanda Seyfried were supposed to be the same age But his monologue at the end was a superb acting performance. Hope Netflix makes more Fincher movies.

Without Oldman Mank would be a terrible film.

The chameleon that he is he carried tf out of it but otherwise a disappointment.

it was always gunna be meh more than anything else, biopics get more lame by the year

still gunna try and rewatch Citizen Kane and then watch Mank just for the culture

Yea can't believe Fincher made us wait nearly a decade for this crap genre.