i like the neat trick argo pulls of making high-powered producers into heroes and PAs into villains.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Union workers literally getting in the way of very important phone calls.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
that scene... just the worst
On the other hand: wealthy Dems like Affleck just being themselves.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
munich owns so hard. i dont think that movie gets its due
seitz brings up spielberg the showman vs spielberg the artist, and i think that push-and-pull tension is most vivid in Schindler's List - which is why i like it so much. carson's point about the shower scene becoming "grotesque at the moment the women greet real water coming out of the showerheads with ululations of relief" is well taken, and i say that as someone who was never too persuaded by hoberman's criticism of that scene, but i still love the chutzpah of staging an auschwitz gas chamber scene like something out of Jaws. by the time he made Lincoln, which i liked a lot, he was too self-conscious to pull a move like that... closest he gets is the theater fakeout at the end
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
arkin said 'argo fuck yourself' so many times i thought the sad coda was going to be that he'd developed dementia
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
munich is basically the standard by which '70s geopolitical thrillers should be measured. i think the only better film in recent years in the same genre is probs 'carlos'
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
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― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
A helluva montage: audio of Arkin saying "argo fuck yourself" as Lincoln walks into Ford's Theater, Seward holds the Emancipation Proclamation in awe, and Donald Sutherland as X on the park bench saying, "In that document. Lay the Vietnam War."
Cut to title COMING SOON
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
really, read what Kael had to say about Abby Mann (the writer of the teleplay and film of Judgment at Nuremberg) sometime. He accepted his Oscar "on behalf of intellectuals everywhere."
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.indiewire.com/survey/the-spielberg-survey/
Film: JAWSDirection: JAWSLead Performance: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLNSupporting Performance: Ralph Fiennes, SCHINDLER'S LISTScene: JAWS (various)Shot: JAWS (various)Hero: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARKVillain: SCHINDLER'S LISTScreenplay: LINCOLNScore/Soundtrack: JAWSWorst Film: HOOK
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
"we have top men working on this survey"
― zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Hook as the worst? It's definitely a bad one, but The Lost World and Always are way worse. wanna say The Terminal is on that level too but I kinda don't trust the viewing I had of it.
― ta-nehisi goatse (fadanuf4erybody), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
re-screened SPR - not as sappy as I remembered but the last half kinda drags. a lot.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
This line reads so kinky to me now.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
top. men.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
We (heh, heh) are not sehr-stee.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Spielberg was being interviewed by Kermode a few months ago and he admitted that he hopes to one day find something he likes about Hook.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
is it really that bad? i saw it again a couple years ago and actually kinda dug it. but it was new year's eve and i was pretty hungover so my standards were fairly low.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
I think the most effective lead performances in his oeuvre may be by Henry Thomas and Christian Bale.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
hook is pretty horrible, the whole thing plays like the dwarf dinner in 'the hobbit' but with worse songs and even hammier acting, if possible.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
bale is really good in empire of the sun! ben stiller also surprisingly malevolent.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
Bale's best perf, period, is in EOTS.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad The Sugarland Express got some support down in that all-important #12-15 range in a number of categories.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
what women got top billing in Spielberg films? Goldie Hawn, Dee Wallace, Holly Hunter?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
Hmm, top billing? Sally Field? Kate Capshaw? Laura Dern?
It's a good question, though I would contend that Karen Allen in "Raiders" is one of the formative Hollywood strong woman roles.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
I mean first. Although Hawn is arguably the only one who is the star of the film.
formative? in a retro film? after Hollywood had kinda fucking died?
surely Ebert musta wrote about Bette Davis once in a while?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
Whoopi Goldberg
― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
right
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
I meant formative in that for a huge segment of the post-Spielberg generation of movies lovers, for whom "Raiders" is especially iconic, she stands tall as the perfect foil for one of the greatest action heroes. Though she (and the film) are of the retro template, the movie itself was, of course, contemporary, and strong female leads in action films are (and always have been) few and far between, making Allen's role particularly effective in its impact.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
ah, "action films" again
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
I've read that line, and to a degree you're right, but her strength gets exactly one scene to show itself: the bar scene. The rest of the movie Spielberg punishes her for it.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
I do like the ending, though, where they are both tied together and clearly both scared shitless.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
Steven Spielberg has found his next directing project: an adaptation of American Sniper, the autobiography of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, which is set up at Warner Bros.
Bradley Cooper is attached to star and has been developing the project as a producer.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
gross
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
normally i'd say ugh yuck get it away, but i actually kind of trust spielberg at this point in his career to do something interesting with that.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
with Bradley Cooper? that guy is such a worthless sack of shit
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
it's hard for me to imagine how it could be good, but i guess i should trust spielby
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
^^ xp
― Chris S, Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
ZDT pt. 2 - get ready, internet.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
i look fwd to glenn greenwald's 2,300 word 'i haven't seen it, but' review.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
is Spielberg hate ilx'S MOST BORING MANIA? even w/ ethan gone?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
im closer to a spielberg apologist than hater. but chris kyle... ugh
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
ilx seems fairly pro-spielberg these days
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
basically everyone just said that they dont like the idea but they trust spielberg dude
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
is consistently misreading other posters ilx'S MOST BORING MANIA?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
gimme a hug
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I love Spielberg but given the material I'm not sure he's going to pull off what I'd like.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 2 May 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link