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[paddy no 11]

Went to see another battle every day or whatever it's called......I really didn't want to see a culture war brought to score

Sean Penn picks this film up and carries it over the line like he's antoine dupont

It was entertaining......maybe

Dicaprio is stone fucking useless

[Mikey Brown]

I admittedly haven’t watched anything with Di Caprio for ages now, but simply have no idea how he has the status he does.

[paddy no 11]

He has two modes, playing himself which works well see basketball diaries and wolf of wall street

His other is a class of weepy clutts, who uses stumbling has his main acting technique, ruins gangs of new York, romeo and Julie, the departed and one blow after another

Hard to know what top class directors see in him

[Son of Mathonwy]

I’m not generally a (traditional) horror fan but get the sense this has a lot more to it?

Watched Eddington - I can absolutely see how people hated it, or took it for something it wasn’t, but I thought it was masterful in keying in to this culture of division and how the media has completely destroyed people’s ability to communicate effectively.

It’s long and self-indulgent at times (much like Beau is Afraid) but I really love what Ari Aster is doing now. I’ve found the criticisms of it fascinating too. So many people seem to allow their politics to be decided by how irritating the presentation/presenters of a message are, rather than the content of the message, which is a bizarre thing to even try to portray in a film.

Good film. Very bleak and offbeat (although pretty mundane after watching Beau is Afraid ). Very hard to predict where the film was going, and a pretty mental last 15 minutes (which didn't quite work for me).

[Son of Mathonwy]

He has two modes, playing himself which works well see basketball diaries and wolf of wall street

His other is a class of weepy clutts, who uses stumbling has his main acting technique, ruins gangs of new York, romeo and Julie, the departed and one blow after another

Hard to know what top class directors see in him

He's certainly not a great actor although he doesn't wreck Inception*, Shutter Island or The Wolf of Wall Street.

* but this may be the same way Matthew McConaughey doesn't ruin Interstellar - Nolan's high-concept films transcend iffy performances.

[paddy no 11]

Yeah, wolf of wall street works as he's basically playing Leonardo Dicaprio

Anyway, kermode says he's bankable for the studios, they are guaranteed there money back if he's in a film...........

[Son of Mathonwy]

Yeah, wolf of wall street works as he's basically playing Leonardo Dicaprio

Anyway, kermode says he's bankable for the studios, they are guaranteed there money back if he's in a film...........

The Tom Cruise effect.

But a lot less annoying than Tom Cruise.

[Which Tyler]

But a lot less annoying than Tom Cruise.

As far as low bars go, that's about as low as challenging yourself to befriend a golden retriever - whilst holding a sausage - that you don't want.

[Mikey Brown]

He has two modes, playing himself which works well see basketball diaries and wolf of wall street

His other is a class of weepy clutts, who uses stumbling has his main acting technique, ruins gangs of new York, romeo and Julie, the departed and one blow after another

Hard to know what top class directors see in him

I’ve just seen OBAA and to my utter shock I quite enjoyed Dicaprio’s performance.

It makes sense now I think about - PTA is obsessive about performance (where as Scorsese seems to view a good take as an optional extra) and the role required absolutely zero subtlety. I’m not saying his flaws weren’t still there, but I really enjoyed it. His similarity to Steven Seagal at moments in this is alarming.

Sean Penn’s performance is absolutely unbelievable.

I loved the film as a whole. As is the trend with all my recent positive reviews on here it’s super long, self-indulgent and I guess antagonistic in terms of its message/politics, but it had me absolutely gripped. Again I went in with low/no expectations but really enjoyed it.

Much like Eddington it’s pretty funny to see the reactions to what this story ‘means’, but I don’t think that’s what anyone should be looking for in a film like this. It’s a mad, meandering story about a father and a daughter, but it does include some incredible depictions of the ways people will compromise their own personal values for lust, family, money, respect etc.

[paddy no 11]

He has two modes, playing himself which works well see basketball diaries and wolf of wall street

His other is a class of weepy clutts, who uses stumbling has his main acting technique, ruins gangs of new York, romeo and Julie, the departed and one blow after another

Hard to know what top class directors see in him

I’ve just seen OBAA and to my utter shock I quite enjoyed Dicaprio’s performance.

It makes sense now I think about - PTA is obsessive about performance (where as Scorsese seems to view a good take as an optional extra) and the role required absolutely zero subtlety. I’m not saying his flaws weren’t still there, but I really enjoyed it. His similarity to Steven Seagal at moments in this is alarming.

Sean Penn’s performance is absolutely unbelievable.

I loved the film as a whole. As is the trend with all my recent positive reviews on here it’s super long, self-indulgent and I guess antagonistic in terms of its message/politics, but it had me absolutely gripped. Again I went in with low/no expectations but really enjoyed it.

Much like Eddington it’s pretty funny to see the reactions to what this story ‘means’, but I don’t think that’s what anyone should be looking for in a film like this. It’s a mad, meandering story about a father and a daughter, but it does include some incredible depictions of the ways people will compromise their own personal values for lust, family, money, respect etc.

Seagal

Brilliant

[paddy no 11]

RIP Rob Reiner

Basically if I was off sick from school as a kid I got to watch the princess bride, an all time favourite movie

[Which Tyler]

RIP Rob Reiner

Basically if I was off sick from school as a kid I got to watch the princess bride, an all time favourite movie

Solid gold early career - and yes, we had a copy of Princess Bride recorded off the tellybox... with the tabs on the back broken off!

But, can there please be one damned thing in the world that isn't about donald ****ing trump?

[Mikey Brown]

Horrible news. I can’t imagine what that’s like for the remaining kids. An amazing career but what an awful way to go.

It feels a bit meaningless now to say how much I still love Spinal Tap.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Yep, just making Spinal Tap would be legendary enough for most. RIP.

[paddy no 11]

I watched Magnolia start to finish for the first time

Excellent show even if a lot of the characters are totally underdeveloped in a 3hr film! Particularly julianne moores character

Stellar performances and soundtrack

[Mikey Brown]

I watched Magnolia start to finish for the first time

Excellent show even if a lot of the characters are totally underdeveloped in a 3hr film! Particularly julianne moores character

Stellar performances and soundtrack

It’s one of my absolute favourites. Julianne Moore losing it at the pharmacists is incredible. It’s also amazing to go back to Tom Cruise in a role like this.

I understand what you mean about character development on one hand, it’s something you could say about basically all of PTA’s work, but frankly I don’t feel like the growth/arc in a character really matters all that much when the story and the characters (as presented) are so rich and engrossing.

I’ve become a real PTA fanboy recently to be honest. I appreciate a lot of films will hinge on some variation of the arc i) character fails ii) character learns iii) character succeeds, but I feel like so much of his work goes way, way beyond that.

For instance I think the way you learn of who Julianne Moore’s character was in the past (and letting you join the dots regarding all the themes shared with other characters) is so much more interesting than giving her a 3 act arc to follow.

PSH’s character has no backstory, no clear motivating force and not even that many lines, yet the actions of the character and his performance are so deeply moving. I don’t think many directors can do that.

I managed to see this in the cinema recently and ‘downpour’ at the end was spectacular. I found some moments like this and the song completely jarring the first time I saw it, but I’ve come to think they are pitched perfectly. I’ve only just come round to second viewings for most of his films and they all seem to get better each time.

[paddy no 11]

I watched Magnolia start to finish for the first time

Excellent show even if a lot of the characters are totally underdeveloped in a 3hr film! Particularly julianne moores character

Stellar performances and soundtrack

It’s one of my absolute favourites. Julianne Moore losing it at the pharmacists is incredible. It’s also amazing to go back to Tom Cruise in a role like this.

I understand what you mean about character development on one hand, it’s something you could say about basically all of PTA’s work, but frankly I don’t feel like the growth/arc in a character really matters all that much when the story and the characters (as presented) are so rich and engrossing.

I’ve become a real PTA fanboy recently to be honest. I appreciate a lot of films will hinge on some variation of the arc i) character fails ii) character learns iii) character succeeds, but I feel like so much of his work goes way, way beyond that.

For instance I think the way you learn of who Julianne Moore’s character was in the past (and letting you join the dots regarding all the themes shared with other characters) is so much more interesting than giving her a 3 act arc to follow.

PSH’s character has no backstory, no clear motivating force and not even that many lines, yet the actions of the character and his performance are so deeply moving. I don’t think many directors can do that.

I managed to see this in the cinema recently and ‘downpour’ at the end was spectacular. I found some moments like this and the song completely jarring the first time I saw it, but I’ve come to think they are pitched perfectly. I’ve only just come round to second viewings for most of his films and they all seem to get better each time.

You mention a couple of things I should have. Firstly tom cruise what an incredible piece of casting

On julianne Moore I may not have connected all the dots.........!

Yeah the shower at the end irked me previously and I loved it this time round.

His films stand up to a second viewing for sure.......I would also say I'm a fanboy with twbb at the top of any list