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I had to watch it twice to really appreciate it. The first time I just didn't connect with it but the second time I realized it's actually a pretty good movie. I also have heard that it stays quite close to the actual details of history, which is a shock considering the director.
Bruh, nobody has abs when they're sitting down like that.
I watched the first 25 minutes last night and also concluded it was a comedy of sorts. I am enjoying it so far. Will continue.
I feel like that would make Spotlight a distinctly different film. The movie, at least on one level, is about the process of coming to understand a story gradually, piece by piece, as a case is built upon the many pieces of evidence that journalists use: historical records, legal files, witness testimony, and so forth. We, as the audience, experience the gradual formation of the truth of the story in the same way the real-life journalists did, essentially going on the journey with them (albeit condensed into a two-hour run time). Something that is initially uncertain becomes more and more likely as new evidence is stacked onto the initial foundation.
To show the abuse outright, and present it as an unquestionable matter-of-fact, would defeat the methodology of the rest of the film.
One thing I really enjoyed about Spotlight was seeing the process of journalism as it was actually done, at least in the 90s. Trying to track down witnesses, long hours looking through old books, etc. I appreciated the inside look at the profession.
Interesting post.
Good on you, as an infantry commander, keeping it real for your aerial brothers.
This film definitely is the polar opposite of Minus One. Minus One is a serious and thoughtful film, while this is clearly disposable fluff. But both kinds of movies have their place, in my opinion. Hopefully this one will a fun Friday night movie.
The trailer for Frozen Empire looks bland and uninteresting to me, and the casting of Kumail is a real disappointment. Like Afterlife, it does not to me FEEL like Ghostbusters. Still, I'm sure I'll watch it at some point. Hopefully it won't be terrible.
You said that every DC film other than the Batman movies have "bombed spectacularly." Aquaman didn't. Nor did Wonder Woman.
Pretty sure Man of Steel also turned a profit, as did some of the other DCEU films.
That's an exaggeration. Aquaman made a billion dollars. Wonder Woman made $823 million. Both of those grossed more than The Batman.
Some of the other DCEU films also were successful.
I have not seen it--or even heard of it before--but I just looked it up and the premise sounds interesting. I will have to check it out.
For sure. It was definitely a great line-up, especially at that moment in time.
Well the premise also seemed really cool. Who doesn't like dragon hunting?
You're correct that in his career he largely played the same kind of roles over and over. I'm not sure what his range is because I haven't gotten to see him play a wide variety of roles. He's usually good in whatever he appears in though.
Primal Fear is probably THE movie that first comes to mind when I think of him because, when I was in my teens, my brother brought the film home on VHS and we watched it and I just thought it was an incredible movie.
I also enjoyed First Knight and I think The Mothman Prophecies is a strange, but interesting, film.
For his later work, I really enjoyed Hachi: A Dog's Tale and, while it was not a great film, I think that Amelia is at least a better biopic than it's gotten credit for.
Colin Farrell definitely had a good run and was very popular for a time.
Troy was a great movie. Definitely better than Alexander, though I didn't hate Alexander like a lot of other people did.
I'm sure that was difficult for him. To be fair, the film was not really a "bad" movie, it just didn't live up to expectations. A figure like Alexander the Great, especially in the hands of a legendary filmmaker, should've been better.
Miss Potter is a great film. I just rewatched it a few weeks ago after having not seen it in several years and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Renee is incredibly charming in the film.
Alexander is not great but it's not terrible either. While I was hoping for more from the movie, especially since it was directed by Oliver Stone, this one also got a revisit from me a while back and my conclusion was that, while not an excellent film, it's okay and worth at least one watch.
He's only 74. There are plenty of actors who have continued to work at a high level into their 70s. But regardless of that, his sudden decline in terms of being cast in noteworthy movies that got wide releases happened in the late 00s, right about the time he turned 60. I don't think it was the fact that he turned 60 that made producers suddenly disinterested in him.
It should be MORE fashionable to criticize China, but sadly, China's growing economic and military power means that far too many people and nations are cozying up to them instead.
Dafuq? Secret of the Ooze better than the original movie? Maybe for children under 7. Not for anyone else.