Can only imagine the eureka moment when someone thought of that Serious Moonlight costume.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
this was good, alternately funny and moving, cast is uniformly excellent and keeps things interesting. Plot was kind of inert and I kept thinking Driver was too young for the role (which is odd given that ScarJo is the same age, I guess she's just been around longer and I assumed she was older). Visually it's workmanlike, as is par for the course with Baumbach. Didn't strike me as a departure or exceptional - there's other stuff of his I found more engaging (Frances Ha, While We're Young, Greenberg, Squid and the Whale) - but at least he's consistent and I get why ppl/critics are grateful for a guy that just makes regular movies about adults adulting.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
*Shakey wanders to microwave with lunch*
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
I admit I wanted to know the punchline to Alda's joek
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
https://decider.com/2019/12/09/alan-alda-joke-marriage-story/
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
not a full enough version imho (ie, "it was great, the hotel renovation was done...")
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
It’s a good joke!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
definitely worth paying legal fees for imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
it's kind of indulgent in the movie cuz it's unfinished AND I don't see how it applies to the Driver character
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
joke + ticking clock is probably my favorite scene in the movie
alda and driver play wonderfully off of each other
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius
That's the point, though? We've all been in scenarios with inapposite jokes told by people trying to make us comfortable.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
the goy? who cares!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
but yeah the point is that Alda is wasting Driver's time by being diversionary
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
well yes, go for shark Liotta
The real problem with MARRIAGE STORY discourse is this is the first Ray Liotta meme I've seen and the only memes I want to see from this movie are Ray Liotta memes. https://t.co/1rbSiFcNSr— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) December 11, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
I know Liotta's not looking fit lately, but, boy, are the ruddy face, choice of ties, and bludgeoning voice perfect for this kind of showboating fraud (who happens to be very good at his job).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
Sometimes it’s nice to be indulgent in movies
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
i don't disagree
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
this was excellent. that fight! Adam Driver's singing scene!
― akm, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
I liked this too! (although the Driver drywall scene should've gone in a different direction, agreed.)
xpost I also thought the lighting and color was weird. It looked like it was shot in a Gap dressing room.
― Yerac, Thursday, 12 December 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
the discourse around this movie is fuckin excruciating
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 December 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
No part of the discourse has prepared me for everyone binge watching a Noah Baumbach movie IMMEDIATELY and then making memes about it like it’s the Avengers disintegration scene or something
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
where are you seeing the memes
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
Twitter
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
It maybe drives home the sad point that people on/around media and/or weird twitter are often too lazy or don’t make enough money to look at anything that isn’t on Netflix
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
I think we've identified the source of your problem
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
is there a meme around the scene where Wallace Shawn seems to say he got a beej from Streep?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
Yes!
― WmC, Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
(not really)
wallace shawn was my favorite character in this
― akm, Friday, 13 December 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
I watch almost everything on netflix because it's the only service I have. I guess I would have to pick "lazy".
The serving scene was my favorite too. There was such an ease with all the actors.
― Yerac, Friday, 13 December 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
xps I thought he said 4 time Oscar winner in that scene (though I’d have to go back and check) - which would mean it was K Hepburn, not Streep.
― monotony, Saturday, 14 December 2019 12:33 (four years ago) link
even stranger
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
Wouldn't put this on a year end list or anything but I liked it fine. Worst thing I can say about it is I thought Scarlett Johansson had some super clunky acting moments, and just generally seemed really not up to a lot of the demands of this kind of really talky material. Particularly stood out for me in her monologue in Laura Dern's office, which played like an awkward rehearsal, she seemed really at sea. Maybe the years she's spent doing superhero stuff have left her rusty w/r/t the demands of this kind of material.
Thought the big fight scene was definitely affected in that predictable Method-y way but it still worked for me within the film. Wouldn't have been as kind to Driver's song - great song, great singing, but no idea why the movie had to come to a full stop for him to sing it, especially after we'd already crossed the 2-hour mark.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
Also I am ready for movies to find a different way of signaling that characters are smart & talented in a creative field than having them get a macarthur grant.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
we have different definitions of "a full stop"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Wondering what made you feel that way about the Laura Dern office monologue scene.
― Evan, Monday, 30 December 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
Monologues definitely happen when unhappy people finally have someone who is listening to them. Nothing felt false or out of place there to me. It might have sounded like an awkward rehearsal because it was -- Nicole's been writing these lines and this is her first table read.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
the character herself is at sea. scarjo turned in a credible performance throughout imo, i didn’t once think “wow scarjo is trying really hard,” i just kept thinking about nicole
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
The scene itself as-written made sense and was fine imo, I just feel like Johansson didn’t stick the landing. It’s written as a really stagy technically demanding huge chunk of dialogue, and requires her to naturalistically do a lot of these deceptively hard actor-tricks, having stuff pop into her head, getting caught off guard by emotions that are appearing unexpectedly, having it look real while also making sure she’s getting across what is basically exposition, while also getting through this huge mouthful of articulate dialogue. I think she’s really good and but i just didn’t think she was 100% up to it, I could see her grinding her gears & felt like I was just kind of watching an actress really energetically recite a whole bunch of lines. Ymmv though
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
I don't think it's a 100% "maturalistic" film.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
yeah i feel that. like i said, didn't ruin the movie or anything but couldn't help but notice it. Driver's chops as a stage actor really stood out in comparison imo.
Now that I'm thinking about it, realizing that's her biggest scene without Driver - they def elevate each other in their scenes together.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 30 December 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
The film “A Marriage Story” (2019) should instead have been named “A Divorce Story” pic.twitter.com/5mKGgCzb08— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 24, 2020
― JoeStork, Monday, 24 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
celebrity astronomers are very prosaic folx
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
there's something wrong with this man
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Monday, 24 February 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
loool
― circa1916, Monday, 24 February 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
Very interesting opinion on this movie about relationships from a guy with multiple sexual misconduct allegations
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 24 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
A Divorce Story? More like A Divorce Movie!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 24 February 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
and he got the movie title wrong!
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link
The film “The Jaws” (1975) should instead have been named “The Shark That Kills People”
― fetter, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
Ray Liotta kills in this! Perfect
― calstars, Saturday, 25 December 2021 03:18 (two years ago) link