Watching this thing in a couple hours. Wish me luck.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 March 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
damn mommy was really good
― johnny crunch, Monday, 6 March 2017 01:39 (seven years ago) link
& i felt v neutral abt laurence / tom, didnt see any earlier ones
― johnny crunch, Monday, 6 March 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
It's Only the End of the World affirms my earlier suspicion that he is a talented director who needs better scripts. The concluding one-two punch of some punishingly literal magic realism (at least I think that's what he was going for) and the Moby song were particularly eye-rolling.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
Despite my frustration with Dolan in the past, I'm intrigued by the premise of his latest, even if the reviews seem to be warning me not to get too excited:
http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2018/09/tiff-18-the-death-and-life-of-john-f-donovan.html
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Monday, 17 September 2018 02:31 (five years ago) link
My friends hated it, and they're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He's good in Boy Erased, though, so maybe this talented pretty boy should pull a John Cassavetes and develop his finely gelled hostility as an actor.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 September 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
still, I'm looking forward to it. His last film It's Only the End of the World got trashed by the critics and I wasn't expecting much, but I really enjoyed it
― Dan S, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
I keep forgetting that I saw it.
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
hard to believe Dolan made I Killed My Mother when he was only 20 years old
― Dan S, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
it was the marketing hook
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
interesting to see the progression from I Killed My Mother to Heartbeats
I like Dolan's idea with Heartbeats that "we conceptualize love and fall for ideas, not people.”
― Dan S, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
strikes me how good an actor Dolan is
― Dan S, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link
John F Donovan is apparently scandalously bad. Did it ever find a distributor?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 16 April 2019 04:03 (five years ago) link
Looking on IMDB - after TIFF last September, it was only just released in Italy and France last month, nowhere else, It must be bad
― Dan S, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link
eh I'd make out with him
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:15 (five years ago) link
boy, his new film is his worst yet
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
Matthias & Maxime? i kinda loved it... reminded me of quebecois bros i grew up with
― flopson, Monday, 21 June 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link