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Post by wanny on Jan 13, 2018 11:15:36 GMT -6
Holy shit Paddington 2 was perfect
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Post by irvred on Jan 13, 2018 15:50:29 GMT -6
Paddington 1 is a GOAT I'm so excited for Paddington 2.
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Post by wanny on Jan 13, 2018 17:50:29 GMT -6
2 is even better imo
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Post by Blue42 on Jan 13, 2018 18:53:49 GMT -6
Just saw Lady Bird. I didn't really care for it.
That said, I finally got Moviepass. I'm going to see so many damn movies.
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Post by jazzpolice on Jan 13, 2018 21:57:37 GMT -6
Paddington 2 was a blast. I think it tops the first as well.
Saw Columbus last night, it's absolutely lovely.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 13, 2018 22:10:48 GMT -6
Just saw Phantom Thread. I thought it was gorgeous.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 22:25:48 GMT -6
The Post was so lame.
It was exactly what you'd expect given there bug three names involved and seeing the trailer, but still. Not "bad," just lame. Cheesy, heavy-handed, sappy. It was the only time in my life I've been to a movie theater and seen a line of white/grey-haired old white people legitimately going out the door. And for good reason, it was basically tailor-masde to have old white people cheering and slapping each other on the back. The entire thing just seemed like a really dated style of filming .
All the one-liners by Streep, Hanks, and Odenkirk made me groan. Tom Hanks talks in this terrible fake accent the entire time. The directing and cinematography were bland. The maybe two attempts at having a women's empowerment message near the end of the movie were cheesy and forced.
The "personal" scenes with Streep were overly-sappy and almost entirely unnecessary. The movie is framed by Vietnam war scenes and a Watergate scene that were unnecessary.
2.5/4
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 13, 2018 22:30:52 GMT -6
Cheesy, heavy-handed, sappy. I mean, it's Spielberg. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 22:33:20 GMT -6
Cheesy, heavy-handed, sappy. I mean, it's Spielberg. Right, but even some of his recent stuff like Lincoln and War Horse seemed less phoned in to me. |
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Post by irvred on Jan 14, 2018 8:55:37 GMT -6
War Horse was worse. I'd agree this didn't touch Lincoln or Bridge of Spies, though.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jan 14, 2018 10:16:18 GMT -6
Shape of Water was very good. It definitely felt like a GDT film.
Looking back on previous discussion in this thread, I thought Richard Jenkins performance was excellent, especially since his role was written for Ian McKellen.
Get Out is still the best movie I've seen from 2017.
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Post by Blue42 on Jan 14, 2018 11:40:38 GMT -6
I agree that The Post is tailed-made for old white people. But what’s wrong with that? The majority of the year is filled with movies made for children and teenagers, but my grandparents like movies too, you know? That “old white” demo is really underserved nowadays.
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Post by sthubbins on Jan 14, 2018 13:23:05 GMT -6
my grandma loved The Post and was disappointed to hear I didn't like it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 14:03:29 GMT -6
Saw I, Tonya last night. Seriously a great film. We thought the guy playing the bodyguard was over acting until the credits showed the actual footage.
I think both Allison Janey and Margot Robbie deserve Oscar noms, and quite possibly wins for both. They were perfect. A lot darker than I was expecting too.
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Post by cosmo on Jan 14, 2018 14:20:10 GMT -6
Totally agree. I was very surprised at how good I, Tonya really is. Not sure about your possible Oscar win for Robbie but Janey was incredible.
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Post by zircona1 on Jan 14, 2018 14:22:39 GMT -6
I was going to see Molly's Game last night, but I started feeling sick so I stayed in. I watched The Hateful Eight again (second time). It's still enjoyable, albeit a bit long. Morricone's score is excellent - how had he never won an Oscar before that?!
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Post by thebosma on Jan 14, 2018 14:30:49 GMT -6
I haven't seen The Hateful Eight since it was in theaters, but it really didn't sit amazingly well with me. There were aspects I really enjoyed but Tarantino is almost a parody of himself now, and also that movie is way too fucking long.
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Post by irvred on Jan 14, 2018 16:55:48 GMT -6
Call it semantics but there were ten fucking people in that cabin. I feel like he came up with the title first and worked backwards.
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Post by teekoh on Jan 14, 2018 17:02:56 GMT -6
But how many were hateful?
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Post by thebosma on Jan 14, 2018 18:01:06 GMT -6
At least 9.
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Post by irvred on Jan 14, 2018 19:58:53 GMT -6
Paddington 2 is fucking rad as hell.
Xam, will it count towards our Best Of 2017?
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 14, 2018 20:16:54 GMT -6
what's with people on this board not understanding what year it is
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Post by rango420 on Jan 14, 2018 20:19:46 GMT -6
Best of 2018 List
1. Paddington 2
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Post by thebosma on Jan 14, 2018 22:23:22 GMT -6
I just saw The Post and really enjoyed it. I mean it wasn’t perfect and at times it was pretty heavy handed but overall I thought it was pretty good. It didn’t feel like a waste of time.
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Post by doso on Jan 15, 2018 7:56:55 GMT -6
We saw Lady Bird over the weekend and while I thought it was a good film with great writing and acting, it didn't rise to the level of "award-winning" for me. I also thought the narratives for the two boyfriend characters were stereotypical and predictable. Despite the quibbles, I enjoyed it overall.
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Post by wanny on Jan 15, 2018 8:25:56 GMT -6
We saw Lady Bird over the weekend and while I thought it was a good film with great writing and acting, it didn't rise to the level of "award-winning" for me. I also thought the narratives for the two boyfriend characters were stereotypical and predictable. Despite the quibbles, I enjoyed it overall. I think they're supposed to be that way. The thing I love about the movie is that it perfectly nails every single character and I can pin point people in my high school who were the exact same, and I think it does it better than any other coming of age film. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 9:02:40 GMT -6
I thought there were some continuity issues/discrepancies with scenes in the film itself.
Like Lady Bird’s room is coated in band posters: Sleater Kinney, Bikini Kill, etc. Yet she only mentions trashy radio music and later tells that guy that she only listens to greatest hits complications. Didn’t make sense to me. Why would her room be coated in band posters for riot girl acts then?
Or the colleges: she mentions all these colleges by name that she’s applying to, doesn’t want to go to , etc. Then at the end she goes to an unnnamed school. Why all the specificity with the school names earlier then if in the end she goes to some unnamed school
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Post by irvred on Jan 15, 2018 9:10:48 GMT -6
We saw Lady Bird over the weekend and while I thought it was a good film with great writing and acting, it didn't rise to the level of "award-winning" for me. I also thought the narratives for the two boyfriend characters were stereotypical and predictable. Despite the quibbles, I enjoyed it overall. This is basically how I feel. A lot of my real-life friends - my gf included - love it solelt because of how relatable it was for them. I just might not be the intended audience, and that is fine, I'm not going to dictate what movies can or should speak to who. However, I am looking at the 'relatable' aspects of Lady Bird and then failing to see how it ascends them, or digs into them or expresses something new about them. |
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 15, 2018 9:11:14 GMT -6
edit: realized i should spoiler this re: ladybird college talk i think it was pretty clear that she went to nyu |
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Post by Pale Hose on Jan 15, 2018 9:11:45 GMT -6
I watched Darkest Hour last night, it was pretty boring. Basically two hours of Gary Oldman acting his ass off. FWIW he did an amazing job, I can see why he's the favorite for best actor.
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