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Fishy said:
Snow White.

It was a hot mess.

There's a lot wrong with it, but fatally, it's really boring.

Plane.

Bone-stock Gerard Butler movie. If nothing else is on, it will fill a two hour hole in your night. (Netflix)

Heat. And Spy.

Two Melissa McCarthy movies. I'd seen them before but rewatched them last weekend. She's just funny. There's a scene in Heat that killed me.
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How in gods name did you ever choose to willingly see Snow White?
 
nomar said:
I interpreted that final scene differently than you. She's not manipulating him at all. There's no motivation to manipulate him. He can give her nothing. I'm going to be vague here, even with the spoiler filter.

What happens, in my view, is that she finally recognizes that he was the best of the (bad) bunch and as a way of thanking him for returning the "R" to her, she offers the only thing she has to offer. She only then realizes (I don't know why you think she's recognized it previously -- she's had blinders on) that he has feelings for her and that perhaps she feels something for him too, and the entirety of what's gone on over the last few days and what she's doing with this man all catches up to her at the same time. It's a wonderful scene, with great acting from the two.

In general, I think people are caught up in the sex and madcap comedy (which was funny), and are having trouble grasping that the presence of those elements doesn't mean the film isn't good or serious. Everybody's entitled to their opinion, but count me out of the "akshully, the Oscar winning movie sucks" camp. I'm in the backlash-against-the-backlash camp.
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Your defense of the ridiculous movie is the subplot romance between Anora and her kidnapper who assaulted her that starts with 30 minutes left in the movie? I think you are making my point.

It is not clear why we are supposed to care about the core romance. While Vanya has some depth, he is an emotionally stunted adolescent in the body of a 25 year old. Anora is pretty two dimensional for almost the entire movie. They are just two immature 20-somethings that go on a multi-day bender in which Vanya pays Anora for her body. No "relationship" is really ever established, which makes the emergence of Igor's feelings for Anora more pointless. How could he establish any emotional connection to a woman who he has kidnapped and has been abusive to him for the entire time of their relationship. Igor is a violent thug who hurts people, which makes him pretty unsympathetic. We do know he likes Anora because there are multiple reaction shots of him staring at her, which is about the laziest way possible to show the development of a relationship.

The more I read defenses of this movie, the more I think it sucks.
 
Deepster said:
How in gods name did you ever choose to willingly see Snow White?
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We had no intention of seeing it. There was a zero percent chance that either of us would watch it if the entire cast came to my house and offered to reenact it for us.

We had plans upstate, got there and then the venue had an electrical issue so they postponed for a few hours. Too far away to go home and come back so we went to the movie theater next door and it was the only thing left to start that afternoon.

Given that I had to pay for it, I would say that just sitting in the car for 2.5 hours scrolling Twitter would have been better.
 
Fishy said:
We had no intention of seeing it. There was a zero percent chance that either of us would watch it if the entire cast came to my house and offered to reenact it for us.

We had plans upstate, got there and then the venue had an electrical issue so they postponed for a few hours. Too far away to go home and come back so we went to the movie theater next door and it was the only thing left to start that afternoon.

Given that I had to pay for it, I would say that just sitting in the car for 2.5 hours scrolling Twitter would have been better.
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I know you. I still don’t see how that electrical issue resulted in you saying “We can see Snow White”.

Wasn’t there some Tour de Whatever bike race you could watch on your phone while Mrs Fishy went into HomeGoods?
 
In the future there will probably be classes taught on what not to do, based on Disney and their epic flop Snow White. Very disappointing opening weekend, huge drop off for week 2, and almost nothing by the 3rd week. A Minecraft Movie just made more than double in it's opening weekend what Snow White has managed in 3 weeks.
 
"Back In Action" from Netflix is pretty much exactly what I expected. Over the top, a bit silly, entertaining. Hit the right notes for what it is. When did the whole boring suburban family dad/mom/both actually being kick butt secret agents thing become a whole genre?
 
I went into "The Life List" on Netflix fairly much blind. Pleasantly surprised me. It was maybe a bit Hallmark-esque, but well done enough to avoid being sappy or trite. Sofia Carson and Kyle Allen were charming. Connie Britton has Mom roles on lock down.
 
nwhoopfan said:
In the future there will probably be classes taught on what not to do, based on Disney and their epic flop Snow White. Very disappointing opening weekend, huge drop off for week 2, and almost nothing by the 3rd week. A Minecraft Movie just made more than double in it's opening weekend what Snow White has managed in 3 weeks.
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Disney, having the rights to the most "classic" content, has the most opportunity to screw things up. The rule is simple: do no recreate a beloved film/show/book with the intent to "fix" it. You can retell the tale but do it with love for the original content, not scorn and derision. If you want to tell a different, modern updated story then create a new modern, updated story.

Even the small things can be wrong. Editing Star Wars so Han Solo clearly doesn't shoot first (it was arguable in the original)? No. Han's not a white hat guy. He's a space pirate at this point. Don't try to change him to the hero he becomes later, because that's the journey we need to see him take.
 
HuskyHawk said:
The rule is simple: do no recreate a beloved film/show/book with the intent to "fix" it.
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Simple...and yet so hard to grasp apparently. At least for the execs at the Mouse House. :confused:
 
A Complete Unknown. 2024.

Not fair to say it doesn't live up to the hype. But it doesn't. Chalamet does little except act as a mannequin for the stylist and the costume designer. They deserved the Oscar nomination (which Chalamet received) for bringing Dylan to life. Edward Norton shows how doing little can be brilliant as Pete Seegar. His journey is the most compelling storyline in the movie. This is a well made film. Jim Mangold is one of the best directors in Hollywood. He delivers A+ movie making, the peak of the craft. But this never packs a punch like Walk The Line. We know the story. He tells it. Two and a half stars.
 
Palatine said:
A Complete Unknown. 2024.

Not fair to say it doesn't live up to the hype. But it doesn't. Chalamet does little except act as a mannequin for the stylist and the costume designer. They deserved the Oscar nomination (which Chalamet received) for bringing Dylan to life. Edward Norton shows how doing little can be brilliant as Pete Seegar. His journey is the most compelling storyline in the movie. This is a well made film. Jim Mangold is one of the best directors in Hollywood. He delivers A+ movie making, the peak of the craft. But this never packs a punch like Walk The Line. We know the story. He tells it. Two and a half stars.
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As someone who's fairly ambivalent about Dylan and didn't know a ton about that period other than going electric at Newport, I enjoyed it. At least Chalamet wasn't miscast as some alpha male. Agree that Norton was superb.

Speaking of Mangold, I'd never watched Girl, Interrupted until last night. I don't know why I even decided to watch it, but I'd just finished the first two episodes of MobLand oIn Paramount and it showed up as one of the next things to watch. While Winona Ryder's lead was well played, Angelina Jolie stole the show. It wasn't One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in quality, but there was enough there to make the institution seem a terrible place to spend a year as a young adult, even without true villain like Ratchet on staff. Not really the type of movie I'd seek out, but glad I finally watched it.
 
storrsroars said:
As someone who's fairly ambivalent about Dylan and didn't know a ton about that period other than going electric at Newport, I enjoyed it. At least Chalamet wasn't miscast as some alpha male. Agree that Norton was superb.

Speaking of Mangold, I'd never watched Girl, Interrupted until last night. I don't know why I even decided to watch it, but I'd just finished the first two episodes of MobLand oIn Paramount and it showed up as one of the next things to watch. While Winona Ryder's lead was well played, Angelina Jolie stole the show. It wasn't One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in quality, but there was enough there to make the institution seem a terrible place to spend a year as a young adult, even without true villain like Ratchet on staff. Not really the type of movie I'd seek out, but glad I finally watched it.
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I thought it was one of the better Biopics I have seen. Didn’t try to do too much, and there were a few standout performances.
 
Palatine said:
A Complete Unknown. 2024.

Not fair to say it doesn't live up to the hype. But it doesn't. Chalamet does little except act as a mannequin for the stylist and the costume designer. They deserved the Oscar nomination (which Chalamet received) for bringing Dylan to life. Edward Norton shows how doing little can be brilliant as Pete Seegar. His journey is the most compelling storyline in the movie. This is a well made film. Jim Mangold is one of the best directors in Hollywood. He delivers A+ movie making, the peak of the craft. But this never packs a punch like Walk The Line. We know the story. He tells it. Two and a half stars.
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I think the movie was really good, and you understate Chalamet's performance, which I thought was excellent. Bob Dylan is a complicated person, and portraying him is dangerous because it can turn into an impersonation really easily. I thought Chalamet nailed it. Elle Fanning is a very likable actress, but I don't think she is a particularly good one. I thought the Sylvie character deserved someone with more range. Monica Barbaro was excellent, and I thought the supporting cast (Hatsune, Holbrook, McNairy and especially Butz) all did good work with the minor characters.

Norton stole the show though, and like you said, he was brilliant doing little. He is one of the best actors of his generation. His reputation for being difficult has damaged his career, which is unfortunate, because he is truly an artist in an industry with a lot of hacks with pretty faces.

I agree on Mangold. Biopics have a tendency to spiral out of control or just be weird, but Mangold really nailed the story about not just Dylan, but an important time in America's cultural history.
 
"Subservience" is yet another in the getting crowded genre of life like android/AI going rogue. A father is struggling with taking care of two young kids while his wife is in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant. Enter sexy nanny/housekeeper/bot Megan Fox. The movie takes its time, but there are some early hints this will all end badly. Nothing new here, but it was decent enough. I saw several reviews saying it was the perfect role for Fox, because her acting is a bit robotic and cold. On Netflix.


Of course it's not even remotely new. Was 2001: A Space Odyssey maybe the first? And Terminator was forever ago. Having grown up with that stuff, I'll be pretty disappointed if AI doesn't eventually turn on us and betray us. Entertainment/pop culture has been predicting it for forever.
 
The Amateur (2025).

A brilliant CIA analyst becomes a field agent to settle a score. Sounds a bit like Jack Ryan but it ain't. This is more of psychological thriller than action movie. Stars Rami Malek. There is some action, good guys and bad guys and enough plot twists to hold your interest. Lawrence Fishburn does a nice job as Malek's mentor.

The film making is top shelf without depending on special effects. Good story telling, cinematography, sound, editing, locations, it's all very well done. The story is a bit derivative. Held my interest and my wife's. Two and a half stars.
 
Warfare was really good, for me.

Opinion seems to be split on if it is propaganda, not sure how. It pretty obviously isn’t and Garland is known to be critical.

Really great portrayal, cool to see how it ended.
 
Palatine said:
The Amateur (2025).

A brilliant CIA analyst becomes a field agent to settle a score. Sounds a bit like Jack Ryan but it ain't. This is more of psychological thriller than action movie. Stars Rami Malek. There is some action, good guys and bad guys and enough plot twists to hold your interest. Lawrence Fishburn does a nice job as Malek's mentor.

The film making is top shelf without depending on special effects. Good story telling, cinematography, sound, editing, locations, it's all very well done. The story is a bit derivative. Held my interest and my wife's. Two and a half stars.
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Wait, sounds like a solid review then 2.5 stars? Out of how many?
 
87Xfer said:
Wait, sounds like a solid review then 2.5 stars? Out of how many?
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Two and a half out of four. Just under a three star movie. It is a solid well made film. The plot itself is nicely developed but we seen it before. There are a few small holes in the story. It's like two stars for the idea but three stars for the craft. My wife actually liked it a bit more than I did. But, in her eyes, after Malik did Freddy Mercury, he can do no wrong.
 
Juror #2. This was pretty awful. Stupid court room procedural based on a ridiculous case with morons for lawyers and wooden characters/actors. Whatever fast ball Clint Eastwood may have had at one time he lost it, he is 94 after all. This felt like a made for TV Lifetime network movie and I pull it up on Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 93% score.
 
superjohn said:
Juror #2. This was pretty awful. Stupid court room procedural based on a ridiculous case with morons for lawyers and wooden characters/actors. Whatever fast ball Clint Eastwood may have had at one time he lost it, he is 94 after all. This felt like a made for TV Lifetime network movie and I pull it up on Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 93% score.
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Bummer. This was on my list. It got good reviews from critics.
 
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