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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.
Definitely widely available and not that hard to get on DVD or Blu Ray if you are willing to pay a bit more then usual to get it or on streaming (probably cheapest way to watch it besides on YouTube).
Even though the "IT" films weren't masterpieces, she definitely stood out from younger cast. She's done a few meh films but I liked her in Uncle Frank and The Adults , she was a little underused in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City and she was likeable in Dungeon and Dragons without really stealing the film.
She's yet to really have that breakout role. Where she puts in a top class performance. I like to see her take a challenging role or two and see how much depth she's got as a acting talent. She does remind me of a younger Amy Adams, in that she's likeable and has a nice screen presence, but she's yet to probably get the type of performances that Adams knocks out for fun. But she's still young so it might come further down the road.
Only really Tom Cruise and maybe Leo DiCaprio who's names are box office draws. I can't think of anyone else.
For Hunger Games and X Men films would be hits if she was in them or not. I firmly believe that. I look at her non franchise stuff to see if she's a box office draw.
Silver Linings Playbook was made for 21 million and did 236 million.
The House of the end of the street was made for 10 million and made 44 million.
American Hustle was made for 40 million and made 250 million.
Serena was made for 25 million and only made 5 million
Joy was made for 60 million and only made 101 million.
Passengers was made for 150 million and made 303 million.
Mother was made for 30 million and it did 44 million.
Red Sparrow was made for 66 million and made 151 million.
Causeway and Don't Look Up were streaming films.
No Hard Feelings was made for 44 million and made 87 million.
She's reliable without been spectacular is how I see it. The films were she's the main lead haven't done as well as say the films she's been in with a star studded cast. Look at example of David O Russell films she did, Silver Lining Playbook is just as much Bradley Cooper's film as it's hers and American Hustle is star studded. But Joy is her baby, and it didn't do anywhere as well as the other two.
That's kind of true, I haven't seen a film like this and based on the same premise that equals the quality of Big Chill after it. Although I do think John Sayles did a film before this based on same premise called Return of the Secaucus 7, made in 1979. It's a lower budget film and doesn't have the starry cast or soundtrack of Kasdan's film (only David Strathairn would be known from most unknown cast). But it's every bit as great as Big Chill. This is the premise ...
"Seven baby boomers with ties to the antiwar movement of the '60s get together for a weekend at the home of teachers Mike (Bruce MacDonald) and Katie (Maggie Renzi). What should be a peaceful reunion, however, is rife with drama. Longtime couple Jeff (Mark Arnott) and Maura (Karen Trott) are separating, speechwriter Irene (Jean Passanante) is self-conscious about her conservative boyfriend (Gordon Clapp), and Frances (Maggie Cousineau) has a flirtation with a local mechanic (David Strathairn)."
Another I like that isn't as good as Big Chill but well worth checking out is Kenneth Branagh called Peter's Friend's With Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Branagh and Hugh Laurie. It's basically the Big Chill but set in England.
A bit odd for sure but Sarah knew Harold wasn't going to leave her and it was done as a favour for someone they cared about and she knew Meg wanted to become a mother and wanted great father figure if she happens to get pregnant and her child happens to ask her who her dad was. Harold seems like most reliable and head screwed on guy out of the bunch of friends.
It's a great film, probably king of this genre of films of old high school or college friends meeting up for a week or weekend after years apart. The cast are fantastic (especially the late William Hurt and Glenn Close, and Meg Tilly was stunning in this and Jeff Goldblum is fun) and soundtrack is one of the best you'll ever hear. And at 1hr 45mins, it doesn't outstay it's welcome.
Still my favourite Lawrence Kasdan film.
Meg Tilly definitely, she was only 23 at the time, and you can see why she had a bit of run in bigger budget films after this (shame she missed out Amadeus). I like Chloe too as she's not as open and more mysterious then the others are.
Best Ever? I'm not so sure I agree with that. I don't even think it's Kevin Costner best Western (check out Open Range for that). But I like Silverado, love the main cast and Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline and Danny Glover make for a good team of good guys. And Jeff Goldblum and Brian Dennehy play great bad guys. A nice turn from John Cleese as English Sheriff in a small role. Besides Lina Hunt, women characters aren't given much to do. A bit of a shame as Rosanna Arquette character had a interesting arc that the film never really delves into.
Costner steals the film, in later films he would be in Glenn or Kline role but he's great as devil may care younger brother of Glenn's character. And Lawrence Kasdan really made a beautiful old school western, he was following up his two classic in Body Heat and The Big Chill and the film sort of suffered cause of that and it wasn't met with the same acclaim. The film definitely has flaws but as I said I do like it.
Both of them were heavy drug users,throw in both were abusive to towards one another and there was a bit of age gap too. I think Hurt was 36 and Matlin was 21. No excuse for him to sexual attack her that's for sure. I know Hurt admitted he was pretty difficult during that time of his life.
Worth it for William Hurt and Marlee Martin's Oscar winning performance. It's one of those Award season films that isn't by any means top tier outside of it's performances. But you won't waste 2hrs of time watching it. 7.2 is about right for it's rating. Be warned, it's very 80's more so then most 80's films.
Nowhere near his worst more like in his top 5 best imo.
I'm surprised it has a 5.9 on IMDB, it's a lot better then that. You bone crutching action, Seagal still giving a shit, evil twin bad guys, voodoo, Jimmy Cliff and badass Keith David.
It's no Under Seige but still ten times better then the films he's released over the last 23 years.
Remember it's his first film as a leading action star, they were trying to go for something a bit more thriller then just outright action. I think the film that got it right was Out for Justice which I think along with Under Seige is his best film. You mixed the thriller with action well. Helps that William Forsythe is a excellent villain in it and the action scenes are a lot more brutal.
I like Above the Law (I always remember it as Nico, as that's what it was called in Ireland). I'd have the film just behind Under Seige, Out for Justice and Marked for Death from his peak era.
Pete is probably guilty of been a bit self absorbed, pretentious and bit of wet blanket at times. But I definitely don't think his "friends" are saints or it's just "oh it's all in Pete's head" ending that filmmakers kind of chickened out on. It's interesting how this film splits people who watch it down the middle, some think the friends are innocent and Pete is all at fault and some think the friends are just complete bullying dicks to him even if he's a bit of wet blanket himself who attracts bully types, even his girlfriend walks all over him and treats him like a dick.
Basically his friends have always been like this even in University and so was Pete, they were bullies. I think the whole point of the film is him realizing he's just not person anymore. He's not going to be up all night taking drugs and drinking like crazy or harassing a disabled girl. Probably one of the reasons he hates Harry so much more so then the others is Harry reminds him of what he used to be for the group, the obnoxious guy begging for attention. I always felt Pete was probably a lower middle class guy trying to impress the cool rich kids as he didn't have money or influence to win them over. Even his girlfriend is a bit of bullying dick, probably shows Pete just loves to attract people that make him feel like shit.
If Pete was smart after this, he'd not see those friends again and not marry his girlfriend and just take time to work on himself. But you know that's not going to happen.
That's the twist on it though, you and many others expected her and Justin Hartley Trucker to be the main characters. Her as damsel in distress and him the hunky badass as that's the way it goes in those films. And the film turns that around on it's head by doing what it did with the two characters.
6.8 on IMDB is way too low. I know Shane Black didn't direct this but it reminds me a little of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys even The Last Boy Scout which he also wrote. Samuel L Jackson and Geena Davis have great chemistry and the dialogue is top notch along with the action.
I'd give a 7.5, it's probably a tad overlong (I think 1hr 40 minutes would have been enough). But the action and the acting are all great. And it's a fun premise, this is the film I was hoping Atomic Blonde would have been. It was probably made twenty years to early. Imagine this made around the time of John Wick's and The Raid's, along with this smart dialogue. It definitely would been beloved straight out of the gate. It's great to see it's getting it's due now.
I was definitely put off wanting to watch the film for a while cause I didn't need another film directed by a woman bashing men as Hollywood were churning them out at that time and rightly most of them were getting bashed for it.
But I have to defend Promising Young Woman, the main character Cassandra (Carey Mulligan) is out hunting down men who take advantage of drunken vulnerable women and all the men aren't white either. As you said she's equally as hard on the women she encounters then she is with the men. The Dean, The Dean's daughter and Alison Brie's character for example aren't presented in a great light.
As a male, I don't think the film is a male hating film. It probably doesn't help it that outside of Clancy Brown, no other male is presented too great in the film. When the film does show a nice guy with Ryan character, he ends up been a scumbag lol.
I liked it personally.