I just find his films bloated and a struggle to get through. Films like Children of Men and Gravity just felt weighed down (no pun intended) with overly long scenes and repeated motifs and themes wanting for exploration. I'll still watch Roma though...
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
Roma = total fucking garbage― flappy bird, Monday, December 24, 2018 2:52 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flappy bird, Monday, December 24, 2018 2:52 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I am taking your statement at face value, but apparently Netflix is sending out a 70mm print (mind you, that's a classic Oscar-baiting tactic these days). If I am going to see Roma, in the face of all the criticism here, is it worth waiting to see what a big-screen presentation can do for it?
― I Feel Bad About My Butt (j.lu), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
I already said this in the Roma thread, but I don’t think its that good looking of a movie. It looks like an HD image set to B&W.
Of course, I watched it on Netflix, so I can’t directly speak to the theatrical experience.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 02:48 (five years ago) link
j.lu - I suppose so, yeah. I’d go to see almost any movie in 70mm tbh. But I agree, it’s not a good black and white, it’s v boring digital. And aside from a few scenes I can’t imagine the size of a 70mm image improving my opinion of the movie.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
and fwiw I saw it in a theater
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 04:10 (five years ago) link
I wish y'all were film critics
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link
We've been eagerly promoting it as twaddle for the last month.
That doesn’t stop it from being contrarianism!
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
don't get me started on the C word
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
lazy way of dismissing a dissenting opinion - I was genuinely let down by this
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
So you insisted telling us on two separate threads
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
yæs
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
Romæ
― love craptually (Eric H.), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
this is the first time I've been let down by him, probably the hype, probably wasn't in a good mood & didn't get good sleep. still, even having only read Alfred's part in the back and forth about the movie on here, I'm completely with him. this isn't a movie that would make my top 10 or 20 of the year even if I saw it in ideal conditions.but yeah y tu mama, the 3rd harry potter, children of men, and gravity were all great imo― flappy bird, Monday, 24 December 2018 22:45 (two days ago) Permalink
but yeah y tu mama, the 3rd harry potter, children of men, and gravity were all great imo
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 December 2018 22:45 (two days ago) Permalink
Its quite something how the same human being can both think and type the 1st and 2nd para of the post above.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
Going to watch Bros again. pic.twitter.com/QzLmtkVbXO— John Rain (@MrKenShabby) December 25, 2018
I wish I'd seen this on the big screen but it had a really limited run I think.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
_this is the first time I've been let down by him, probably the hype, probably wasn't in a good mood & didn't get good sleep. still, even having only read Alfred's part in the back and forth about the movie on here, I'm completely with him. this isn't a movie that would make my top 10 or 20 of the year even if I saw it in ideal conditions.but yeah y tu mama, the 3rd harry potter, children of men, and gravity were all great imo― flappy bird, Monday, 24 December 2018 22:45 (two days ago) Permalink_Its quite something how the same human being can both think and type the 1st and 2nd para of the post above.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
the third harry potter
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
It was good
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
I’ve never been disappointed by him per se. I disliked Y Tu Mama back in ‘02 but I didn’t really know who he was back then so.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
And I stopped watching Harry Potter voluntarily after the first one.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
I was in the Harry Potter fandom while the movies were coming out, but even back then I wouldn't have defended them as films. While I do have general favorable impressions of Cuarón, they are heavily dependent on the hot man-on-man action in Y Tu Mama Tambien and the space for slashy interpretations of Prisoner of Azkaban. Slashgoggles on too tight ya me.
― I Feel Bad About My Butt (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
There are 10 seconds of hot man on man in that movie.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
Prisoner of Azkaban is where Rowling's plotting starts getting pretty sloppy (but just before she apparently stopped using the services of an editor), but Cuarón spins a solid adaptation out of it. At the time, I was mostly impressed that he landed the gig as his follow-up to Y Tu Mama Tambien.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
Harry Potter 3 is one of the better books and one of the worse films imo
― imago, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
j.lu - it was shot on digital in colour, a 70mm b&w print is definitely a gimmick
― sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
xxxpost: Yes, but giving the fangirls explicit homoeroticism was like parading a gazelle in front of starving lions.
And a DC-area date for that 70mm Roma print hasn't yet been announced, but it's the sort of thing AFI Silver is likely to get as part of its Oscar-bait catch-up series.
― I Feel Bad About My Butt (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
why is this same argument going on simultaneously in two threads, my bookmarks experience is descending into a spiral of deja vu
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
there are no other films but Roma
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Here's these things ...
OFCS Nominations
Best PictureAnnihilationBlacKkKlansmanEighth GradeThe FavouriteFirst ReformedHereditaryIf Beale Street Could TalkRomaA Star Is BornSuspiriaYou Were Never Really Here
Best Animated FeatureIncredibles 2Isle of DogsMiraiRalph Breaks the InternetSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best DirectorAlfonso Cuarón – RomaBarry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could TalkYorgos Lanthimos – The FavouriteSpike Lee – BlacKkKlansmanLynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Best ActorChristian Bale – ViceBradley Cooper – A Star Is BornEthan Hawke – First ReformedJoaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really HereJohn David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
Best ActressYalitza Aparicio – RomaToni Collette – HereditaryOlivia Colman – The FavouriteRegina Hall – Support the GirlsLady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Best Supporting ActorMahershala Ali – Green BookAdam Driver – BlacKkKlansmanRichard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?Michael B. Jordan – Black PantherSteven Yeun – Burning
Best Supporting ActressElizabeth Debicki – WidowsRegina King – If Beale Street Could TalkThomasin McKenzie – Leave No TraceEmma Stone – The FavouriteRachel Weisz – The Favourite
Best Original ScreenplayEighth Grade – Bo BurnhamThe Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamaraFirst Reformed – Paul SchraderRoma – Alfonso CuarónSorry to Bother You – Boots Riley
Best Adapted ScreenplayBlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike LeeCan You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener, Jeff WhittyIf Beale Street Could Talk – Barry JenkinsLeave No Trace – Debra Granik, Anne RosselliniWidows – Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen
Best EditingThe Favourite – Yorgos MavropsaridisFirst Man – Tom CrossMission: Impossible – Fallout – Eddie HamiltonRoma – Alfonso Cuarón, Adam GoughWidows – Joe Walker
Best CinematographyCold War – Lukasz ZalThe Favourite – Robbie RyanFirst Man – Linus SandgrenIf Beale Street Could Talk – James LaxtonRoma – Alfonso Cuarón
Best Original ScoreBlack Panther – Ludwig GöranssonFirst Man – Justin HurwitzIf Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas BritellIsle of Dogs – Alexandre DesplatSuspiria – Thom Yorke
Best Debut FeatureAri Aster – HereditaryBo Burnham – Eighth GradeBradley Cooper – A Star Is BornCarlos López Estrada – BlindspottingBoots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
Best Film Not in the English LanguageBurningCold WarRomaShopliftersZama
Best DocumentaryFree SoloMinding the GapShirkersThree Identical StrangersWon’t You Be My Neighbor?
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No TraceEmma Stone – The FavouriteRachel Weisz – The Favourite
this is so fucking stupid
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 December 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
Listing best animated feature second is also pretty damned stupid, as well.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 December 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
if you have to pick one single lead actingperson for those, it's McKenzie and Stone
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 27 December 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
the OFCS being dummies is nothing new
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 December 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
I would've been fine with all three leads from The Favourite getting nominated in supporting. (And I'd similarly be fine if Olivia Colman was the only one who actually ended up getting nominated.)
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 December 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
i find critics' continued enthusiasm for Lanthimos (this year) and Spike over Denis and Schrader baffling
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 December 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
Depends on which Denis flick. And First Reformed has shown up in plenty of top tens.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 December 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
the Binoche cringe-comedy is her best in years imho
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 December 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
if anything Schrader the director rescues the writer in FR
I agree with two Morbs posts in a row. Didn't realize a year had passed so quickly.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 December 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
But I also think Spike the director rescues Spike (et al) the writer, too.
yes
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 December 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10156393283416749
― love craptually (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
Barack Obama's favorite films of 2018:
AnnihilationBlack PantherBlacKkKlansmanBlindspottingBurningThe Death of StalinEighth GradeIf Beale Street Could TalkLeave No TraceMinding the GapThe RiderRomaShopliftersSupport the GirlsWon’t You Be My Neighbor
Will update with Trump's favorites when he posts them.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Someone ask him about the ending of Burning.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
He left off A Star Is Born. Good.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
Boots Riley must be thankful he left off STBY
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
Would be funny if he had included Sorry to Bother You.
― Chris L, Friday, 28 December 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
(Sorry xpost)
― Chris L, Friday, 28 December 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
not a big First Reformed guy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 December 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
Also left off, First Man. Guess he isn't interested in box-office disappointments either.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
(I mean, given his politics, Rev Toller wd've prepared to blow up the POTUS too)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 December 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link