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A very good film up until... (spoilers)
Far better then many give it credit for (spoilers)
Really Underrated Director
One of Ang Lee's most underrated films
Basically A Platonic Version of Before Sunset (spoilers)
Enjoyable enough coming of age show
The Scenes with Dianne West/Martha Plimpton/Keanu Reeves and Joaquin Phoenix are best stuff
One of my favourite Emily Blunt performances and one of her most underrated films
I wish the film spent more time on Nick and Norah
Why did they make Betty so dislikeable and one other little thing
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I think that's why some don't like it cause it's not a horror film. That's why it sticks out in the vampire genre as it's really a love story that has two vampires as the lovers. Like most Jarmusch films, it's very very slow.
I really like it, it's not top tier Jarmusch or anything. But Swinton and Hiddleston are a great leads and have great chemistry, even though Swinton is like 20 years older then him (she was 52 and Hiddleston 32 when this was made). But it never once came up as Swinton looks fantastic for her age. I love that Eve and Adam, never fall out or argue with one another. It's total love. Mia Wasikowska probably put in her best performance to date in this small role as Eve's vampire sister Ava. Great soundtrack too.
I don't think it's a Halloween film to be honest. It's a nice film to watch if you are just wanting a laid back film after watching all horror films.
Agreed 100% about Buckley's death, this film felt like it needed a happy ending with Catrin and Buckley getting together. I'm sure it what happens in the book. But it just didn't work in this film for me. Sure the film wasn't the sappy romance, the promotion went for to sell this film when it was in the cinema. But still.
But I still like the film, although it does fall apart for me once they move back to London to film onstage. The underrated Sam Claflin and Gemma Arterton have great chemistry and really make us care for both characters. Great support from the always great Bill Nighy, the late great Helen McCrory, Richard E Grant, Eddie Marsan and Rachael Stirling. This film should have been a lot better then it turned out.
But still give it a solid 6/10 and well worth a watch.
As a few have said she's still young, only 22. Although I don't agree she's the "greatest young actress of our time". What performances has she done that deserve that tag. I'm not feeling that one at all.
One thing she's lacking so far, She's yet to have her Easy A (Emma Stone), The Edge of Seventeen (Hailee Steinfeld) or Sixteen Candles (Molly Ringwald) break out star performance. A film and performance that is made for her that she has to carry. None of her films to date have really being a showcase for Sophia.
Only time will tell with Sophia. I be very interested in seen where her career goes. I'm not as convinced she be the big time success that some think she be. I would like to see her do more challenging roles though.
She's still got the Twilight rub and to be fair she has build up a rep as a good indie actress.
Unlike her Twilight co star Robert Pattinson, I don't think Kristen can do the mix of big blockbusters and indie/art house like he can. She still feels so out of place in bigger budget films.
Kristen in indie/art house films like Spencer, Personal Shopper, Still Alice, Love Lies Bleeding for example. They play to her strengths as a actress and in the end she ends up delivering a good performance.
I think she's a good actress if a director/writer play to her strengths.
Kaluuya for sure, he won a Oscar and has a few great films under his belt and is considered a great actor. I put him at the very top of the list.
Hoult, has kept up his great work since I did this thread. Is about to be in the new Superman film as Lex Luthor. I think he's turned more into a strong character actor then leading man imo.
Patel, has gone on to direct a great film with Monkey Man. And has done some good work since this thread. So maybe not a big time star but still churning out interesting work.
Jack O Connell is still doing well. Although feels like he's slipped into supporting actor roles then leading man ones. He did A few indie films in late 10's and early 20's that didn't do much and his hype died down a little. But has bounced back a little with Ferrari and Back to Black, and is about to be in 28 Years Later and the new Ryan Coogler film. He did do the excellent TV shows Godless and SAS Rogue Heroes and the underrated The North Water with Colin Farrell. His TV work in recent years keeps him high on the list.
Kaya Svodelario, deserves a mention too. She might not be have as many great films as others mentioned but she's done a lot of big franchises and B Movie type of films. Maybe not reached the levels in her career that many Skin fans expected from her (many thought she be the biggest star from the bunch) but still a successful run overall.
Honorable mentions
Freya Mavor, got to mention someone from the Third Generation. And although she's not a star she's the only one working constantly on decent sized productions on TV and Film.
Generation 2, Luka Pasqualino and Kathryn Prescott have knocked out decent TV careers.
Generation 1, Hannah Murray and Joe Dempsie, both ended up on GOT. But Murray hasn't done any work since 2020. Dempsie is still working hard on TV. Aimee-Ffion Edwards is probably one of dark horse success from the cast, she was on Peaky Blinders and Slow Horses. And is working Constantly and is in leading roles on TV.
Good list FilmBuff.
Definitely agree with the bottom two would also put The French Dispatch down there, haven't been a fan of Anderson's newer films. Feel very style over substance but you'll have people go to bat for those filsm. I really didn't like Asteroid City at all.
Top 5 for me would be The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums. Fantastic Mr Fox and The Life Aquatic would finish it off. I think The life Aquatic is probably biggest switch I've had in recent times on Anderson films. I didn't like it for a good while but after a recent rewatch it's ended up as one of my favourites, go figure.
I've warmed to Darjeeling over the years and it would be in middle of the pack of his films.
Definitely shocked me cause the film was focused in on them for first 10 minutes or so. But the film won me over then that they went agaisnt type.
Nope not having that lol. Peaky Blinders is awesome.
Besides a Christmas tune or two, and a bit of snow. You wouldn't have thought it was a Christmas movie.
It's not a great film even for it's genre. 5.9 on IMDB is just about right. If it didn't have John Woo's name on it, the film would have probably gone straight to streaming and not got a sniff of a Cinema release.
It takes to mid point of the film until a sniff of action kicks in.And even then it's not going to compete with the likes of John Wick, The Raid, Nobody, Extraction films, The Equalizer when it comes to the action scenes. Plus you just shouldn't be spending 50 minutes of drama in action film. Joel Kinnaman does his best with the role. But Woo's peak has come and gone, check out Hard Boiled, Face/Off, Hard Target and The Killer to see him at his best.
I'd go 5/10, not woeful or anything just better action films out there.
You could have ended it with them walking out of the bathroom and them just walking off. But we always kind of end on those type of scenes in Coming of Age high school films. But I think the Chocolate milk scene was a nice touch as you don't usually see what happens next and I like after such a big event in their lives they are still nervous teenagers still trying to figure it out.
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