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one of my favorite comedies of the last decade. I was crying laughing through the whole thing
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one of my favorite comedies of the last decade. I was crying laughing through the whole thing
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So? Curious what you thought, since I know you're not necessarily a Wes Anderson guy.
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10 Films to watch in April
10. Dom Hemingway (Richard Shepard; April 4th)
Synopsis: After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he’s owed.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While he’s been fairly upright and proper in recent films such as Anna Karenina, The Grand Budapest Hotel and even Side Effects to an extent, Jude Law goes delightfully off the rails in this recommended dark comedy. “He’s out of shape, incapable of humility or remorse, wildly unpredictable, and, frankly, one of the most interesting characters at the Toronto International Film Festival this year,” we said in our review from the film’s premiere.
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo; April 4th)
Synopsis: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While this film will certainly make more at the box-office than all of the others combined, Marvel actually has a creative reason to be proud of this sequel, as our reviewindicates it’s among the best of their output. As someone who believes its predecessor was the most accomplished superhero film to date from the studio, I’m looking forward to seeing them switch up the formula a bit. We said, “even the opening fight scene here could be out of Metal Gear Solid, with its covert operation and Cap’s brute force mixed with delicate finesse,” and if “we’re to grade them as cogs in an elaborate machine, The Winter Soldier is as important a link as we’ve seen yet.”
8. Transcendence (Wally Pfister; April 18th)
Synopsis: A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While Christopher Nolan will deliver Interstellar at the end of the year, here’s hoping his longtime cinematographer’s directorial debut is a worthy appetizer. The previews for Wally Pfister‘s Transcendence thus far have painted a cyber thriller that seems more in line with something from the ’90′s, but perhaps that won’t be a bad thing in the glut of retreaded material that will follow this summer. With a remarkable cast and what’s sure to be strong visuals, hopefully Pfister found a story worth telling.
7. Locke (Steven Knight; April 25th)
Synopsis: A single phone call causes the life of a successful construction manager to unravel during his drive home.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Since breaking out in Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Bronson, Tom Hardyhas mostly been relegated to supporting roles, whether it be major films like Inception and The Dark Knight Rises or the stellar Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but this year he finally returns to take the lead in Locke. Coming from Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight, the real-time thriller has been awarded acclaim since its debut on the fall festival and will now drive into limited release at the end of the month.
6. Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier; April 25th)
Synopsis: A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: One of the more impressive independent thrillers I’ve recently seen, we said in our review, “92 minutes of taut physical activity, morbid humor, and gruesome violence, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is one of the year’s leanest and most impressive killing machines. Saulnier begins his film with quiet, character-building chapters, but once he sets his resourceful, pleasingly narrow plot in motion, Blue Ruin becomes nothing more than a series of sharp, vicious set-pieces founded on Nash Edgerton-like bursts of violence. The film is a good example of the kind of genre treat that gets points for disposable ambition: Saulnier’s technique is so controlled, and his sequence staging so clever, that nothing else really matters.”
5. Joe (David Gordon Green; April 11th)
Synopsis: An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: If Prince Avalanche was a step in the right direction, Joe marks David Gordon Green‘s fully-formed return to serious dramas. While it features one of Nicolas Cage‘s best performances, we said in our review that “it often feels like a brother to Jeff Nichols‘ brilliant Mud, even having the same young actor supporting his titular lead: Tye Sheridan.” We added that “he knows emotional stoicism and unwavering moral centers in a way most adult actors can’t wrap their heads around. He embodies the hardworking boy-who-could-kick-your-butt image perfectly while, too, giving us a troubled soul in desperate need of our compassion and empathy.”
4. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer; April 4th)
Synopsis: An alien seductress preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Ten years since his last feature film, Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) returns with this visually stunning work of science-fiction. Featuring Scarlett Johansson‘s best performance since Lost in Translation, Under the Skin melds a haunting score (from Mica Levi) with otherwordly scenarios for a captivating portrayal of loneliness. While I was let down by the culmination and wish it left us with a bit more, it’s hard not to recommend one of the most distinctive films we’re bound to get this year.
3. Manakamana (Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez; April 18th)
Synopsis: A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: After helping bring to screens two of the most fascinating, genre-breaking documentaries of the last few years with Sweetgrass and Leviathan, the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab have returned with Manakamana. We showered with it praise at TIFF, saying in our full review, the film “is a spellbinding work of humanist cinema, and a rigorous experimental documentary that allows its viewers to breathe inside a unique landscape resting somewhere between nature and technology.” While the release will presumably be a small one, make sure to seek it out if you can.
2. Nymphomaniac: Volume II (Lars von Trier; April 4th)
Synopsis: The continuation of Joe’s sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman’s care.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: If one has seen any number of Lars von Trier films — particularly his last, Melancholia – then you know the ending will be far removed from the beginning. Such is the case with Nymphomaniac, with its first volume carefully balancing humor with an engaging coming-of-age story of sorts. When it comes to the second half, it traverses down a much darker path, but one that can’t be judged in full until you’ve seen the big picture (particularly the last five to ten minutes); this is technically one film, after all. While both parts are now available on VOD, we highly recommend taking the back-to-back theatrical journey, if it’s available to you.
1. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch; April 11th)
Synopsis: A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: With the recent vampire trend running a stale, retreaded route, leave it to Jim Jarmusch to craft the best of the bunch. After premiering at Cannes nearly a year ago,Only Lovers Left Alive, led by Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton, will finally make its way to theaters this month. If one ever wanted to explore what vampires might actually be like if they’ve been around for centuries, Jarmusch provides the perfect, laidback depiction. Check out our review from the Cannes premiere for more on the must-see film.
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10. Dom Hemingway (Richard Shepard; April 4th)
Synopsis: After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he’s owed.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While he’s been fairly upright and proper in recent films such as Anna Karenina, The Grand Budapest Hotel and even Side Effects to an extent, Jude Law goes delightfully off the rails in this recommended dark comedy. “He’s out of shape, incapable of humility or remorse, wildly unpredictable, and, frankly, one of the most interesting characters at the Toronto International Film Festival this year,” we said in our review from the film’s premiere.
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo; April 4th)
Synopsis: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While this film will certainly make more at the box-office than all of the others combined, Marvel actually has a creative reason to be proud of this sequel, as our reviewindicates it’s among the best of their output. As someone who believes its predecessor was the most accomplished superhero film to date from the studio, I’m looking forward to seeing them switch up the formula a bit. We said, “even the opening fight scene here could be out of Metal Gear Solid, with its covert operation and Cap’s brute force mixed with delicate finesse,” and if “we’re to grade them as cogs in an elaborate machine, The Winter Soldier is as important a link as we’ve seen yet.”
8. Transcendence (Wally Pfister; April 18th)
Synopsis: A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: While Christopher Nolan will deliver Interstellar at the end of the year, here’s hoping his longtime cinematographer’s directorial debut is a worthy appetizer. The previews for Wally Pfister‘s Transcendence thus far have painted a cyber thriller that seems more in line with something from the ’90′s, but perhaps that won’t be a bad thing in the glut of retreaded material that will follow this summer. With a remarkable cast and what’s sure to be strong visuals, hopefully Pfister found a story worth telling.
7. Locke (Steven Knight; April 25th)
Synopsis: A single phone call causes the life of a successful construction manager to unravel during his drive home.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Since breaking out in Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Bronson, Tom Hardyhas mostly been relegated to supporting roles, whether it be major films like Inception and The Dark Knight Rises or the stellar Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but this year he finally returns to take the lead in Locke. Coming from Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight, the real-time thriller has been awarded acclaim since its debut on the fall festival and will now drive into limited release at the end of the month.
6. Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier; April 25th)
Synopsis: A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: One of the more impressive independent thrillers I’ve recently seen, we said in our review, “92 minutes of taut physical activity, morbid humor, and gruesome violence, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is one of the year’s leanest and most impressive killing machines. Saulnier begins his film with quiet, character-building chapters, but once he sets his resourceful, pleasingly narrow plot in motion, Blue Ruin becomes nothing more than a series of sharp, vicious set-pieces founded on Nash Edgerton-like bursts of violence. The film is a good example of the kind of genre treat that gets points for disposable ambition: Saulnier’s technique is so controlled, and his sequence staging so clever, that nothing else really matters.”
5. Joe (David Gordon Green; April 11th)
Synopsis: An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: If Prince Avalanche was a step in the right direction, Joe marks David Gordon Green‘s fully-formed return to serious dramas. While it features one of Nicolas Cage‘s best performances, we said in our review that “it often feels like a brother to Jeff Nichols‘ brilliant Mud, even having the same young actor supporting his titular lead: Tye Sheridan.” We added that “he knows emotional stoicism and unwavering moral centers in a way most adult actors can’t wrap their heads around. He embodies the hardworking boy-who-could-kick-your-butt image perfectly while, too, giving us a troubled soul in desperate need of our compassion and empathy.”
4. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer; April 4th)
Synopsis: An alien seductress preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Ten years since his last feature film, Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) returns with this visually stunning work of science-fiction. Featuring Scarlett Johansson‘s best performance since Lost in Translation, Under the Skin melds a haunting score (from Mica Levi) with otherwordly scenarios for a captivating portrayal of loneliness. While I was let down by the culmination and wish it left us with a bit more, it’s hard not to recommend one of the most distinctive films we’re bound to get this year.
3. Manakamana (Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez; April 18th)
Synopsis: A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: After helping bring to screens two of the most fascinating, genre-breaking documentaries of the last few years with Sweetgrass and Leviathan, the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab have returned with Manakamana. We showered with it praise at TIFF, saying in our full review, the film “is a spellbinding work of humanist cinema, and a rigorous experimental documentary that allows its viewers to breathe inside a unique landscape resting somewhere between nature and technology.” While the release will presumably be a small one, make sure to seek it out if you can.
2. Nymphomaniac: Volume II (Lars von Trier; April 4th)
Synopsis: The continuation of Joe’s sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman’s care.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: If one has seen any number of Lars von Trier films — particularly his last, Melancholia – then you know the ending will be far removed from the beginning. Such is the case with Nymphomaniac, with its first volume carefully balancing humor with an engaging coming-of-age story of sorts. When it comes to the second half, it traverses down a much darker path, but one that can’t be judged in full until you’ve seen the big picture (particularly the last five to ten minutes); this is technically one film, after all. While both parts are now available on VOD, we highly recommend taking the back-to-back theatrical journey, if it’s available to you.
1. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch; April 11th)
Synopsis: A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: With the recent vampire trend running a stale, retreaded route, leave it to Jim Jarmusch to craft the best of the bunch. After premiering at Cannes nearly a year ago,Only Lovers Left Alive, led by Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton, will finally make its way to theaters this month. If one ever wanted to explore what vampires might actually be like if they’ve been around for centuries, Jarmusch provides the perfect, laidback depiction. Check out our review from the Cannes premiere for more on the must-see film.
The full list
• Dom Hemingway (FoxS) - 4/2
• The Unknown Known (RTWC) - 4/2
• 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (Scre.) - 4/4
• Afflicted (2014) (CBS) - 4/4
• Alan Partridge: The Movie (Magn.) - 4/4
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (BV) - 4/4
• Flex is Kings (BBFR) - 4/4
• Frankie & Alice (2014) (LGF) - 4/4
• The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (Zeit.) - 4/4
• Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) (WB) - 4/4
• Jinn (Free) - 4/4
• Nymphomaniac: Volume II (Magn.) - 4/4
• On the Other Side of the Tracks (Wein.) - 4/4
• The Players (Wein.) - 4/4
• Under the Skin (2014) (A24) - 4/4
• Watermark (E1) - 4/4
• Cuban Fury (E1) - 4/11
• Dancing in Jaffa (IFC) - 4/11
• Draft Day (LG/S) - 4/11
• Hank and Asha (FR) - 4/11
• Hateship Loveship (IFC) - 4/11
• Joe (2014) (RAtt.) - 4/11
• Oculus (Rela.) - 4/11
• Only Lovers Left Alive (SPC) - 4/11
• The Railway Man (Wein.) - 4/11
• Rio 2 (Fox) - 4/11
• Antboy (Cdgm.) - 4/16
• Heaven Is For Real (TriS) - 4/16
• 13 Sins (RTWC) - 4/18
• Bears (BV) - 4/18
• Fading Gigolo (MNE) - 4/18
• The Final Member (Drft.) - 4/18
• Godzilla: The Japanese Original (Rialto) - 4/18
• A Haunted House 2 (ORF) - 4/18
• Kid Cannabis (WGUSA) - 4/18
• Make Your Move (HTR) - 4/18
• Redwood Highway (Mont.) - 4/18
• Tasting Menu (Magn.) - 4/18
• That Demon Within (CL) - 4/18
• Transcendence (WB) - 4/18
• Blue Ruin (RTWC) - 4/25
• Brick Mansions (Rela.) - 4/25
• For No Good Reason (SPC) - 4/25
• From the Rough (Free) - 4/25
• The German Doctor (Gold.) - 4/25
• Last Passenger (Cohen) - 4/25
• Locke (A24) - 4/25
• The Other Woman (2014) (Fox) - 4/25
• The Quiet Ones (LGF) - 4/25
• Young and Beautiful (IFC) - 4/25
• The Unknown Known (RTWC) - 4/2
• 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (Scre.) - 4/4
• Afflicted (2014) (CBS) - 4/4
• Alan Partridge: The Movie (Magn.) - 4/4
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (BV) - 4/4
• Flex is Kings (BBFR) - 4/4
• Frankie & Alice (2014) (LGF) - 4/4
• The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (Zeit.) - 4/4
• Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) (WB) - 4/4
• Jinn (Free) - 4/4
• Nymphomaniac: Volume II (Magn.) - 4/4
• On the Other Side of the Tracks (Wein.) - 4/4
• The Players (Wein.) - 4/4
• Under the Skin (2014) (A24) - 4/4
• Watermark (E1) - 4/4
• Cuban Fury (E1) - 4/11
• Dancing in Jaffa (IFC) - 4/11
• Draft Day (LG/S) - 4/11
• Hank and Asha (FR) - 4/11
• Hateship Loveship (IFC) - 4/11
• Joe (2014) (RAtt.) - 4/11
• Oculus (Rela.) - 4/11
• Only Lovers Left Alive (SPC) - 4/11
• The Railway Man (Wein.) - 4/11
• Rio 2 (Fox) - 4/11
• Antboy (Cdgm.) - 4/16
• Heaven Is For Real (TriS) - 4/16
• 13 Sins (RTWC) - 4/18
• Bears (BV) - 4/18
• Fading Gigolo (MNE) - 4/18
• The Final Member (Drft.) - 4/18
• Godzilla: The Japanese Original (Rialto) - 4/18
• A Haunted House 2 (ORF) - 4/18
• Kid Cannabis (WGUSA) - 4/18
• Make Your Move (HTR) - 4/18
• Redwood Highway (Mont.) - 4/18
• Tasting Menu (Magn.) - 4/18
• That Demon Within (CL) - 4/18
• Transcendence (WB) - 4/18
• Blue Ruin (RTWC) - 4/25
• Brick Mansions (Rela.) - 4/25
• For No Good Reason (SPC) - 4/25
• From the Rough (Free) - 4/25
• The German Doctor (Gold.) - 4/25
• Last Passenger (Cohen) - 4/25
• Locke (A24) - 4/25
• The Other Woman (2014) (Fox) - 4/25
• The Quiet Ones (LGF) - 4/25
• Young and Beautiful (IFC) - 4/25
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Scene that didn't make the cut in Gravity...
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watching Dracula 2000.
Its a little bit better than i expected......
and Gerard ThisIsSpartaaaaaa Butler is Dracula
jennifer esposito is looking
in this movie too
we NEED a GREAT not good but GREAT Dracula movie. dude is so freaking cool to me.
i cant believe what they did to him in Blade 3. how u be a franchise about Vampires and u RUIN the most important vampire of them all?!?!?!?
my goodness Blade 3 was so lame.
Its a little bit better than i expected......
and Gerard ThisIsSpartaaaaaa Butler is Dracula
jennifer esposito is looking
in this movie toowe NEED a GREAT not good but GREAT Dracula movie. dude is so freaking cool to me.
i cant believe what they did to him in Blade 3. how u be a franchise about Vampires and u RUIN the most important vampire of them all?!?!?!?
my goodness Blade 3 was so lame.
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Absolutely can not wait til Captain America 2 tonight.
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Man, forget you guys: Frozen was GREAT.
For real.
Yeah, I don't like musicals, so I wish there wasn't as much dancing and singing as there was, but the STORY?! Freaking brilliant.
There were two really powerful messages going on that every kid needs to hear/know.
Loved it.
For real.
Yeah, I don't like musicals, so I wish there wasn't as much dancing and singing as there was, but the STORY?! Freaking brilliant.
There were two really powerful messages going on that every kid needs to hear/know.
Loved it.
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I'm halfway through Frozen going to finish it this weekend. Its pretty good.
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I recant my previous post about Frozen until Antidope has finished it and posted.
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Anti talkin about being annoyed by films pushed by da machine but then says he loves Frozen...
The irony
The irony
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I don't know what it is about the Transcendence promos that scream Redbox or less to me. I mean on paper, that's all of my kinda movie, from the ideas to the talent on deck, but something's just ugh.
But yeah, Cap 2, Blue Ruin, Only Lovers, Under the Skin, Nympho 1&2 and Locke...feels like the movie year just started.
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Johnny Depp has become like Tom Cruise, not worth seeing his movies in the theater anymore. I wouldn't even Redbox, just wait till it hits cable...
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...uh yeah...Wes Anderson. Moonrise was every twee, precious moment in a Wes film that feels a little too forced and offbeat for the sake of being offbeat, all rolled into one movie for me. And it didn't help that it had 2 kids at the heart, that I couldn't connect with. I mean it was more organized and it worked better than Darjeeling. And it was probably the most well made Wes flick, but I just never really got into it.That's what I was kinda afraid of going into Grand Budapest. The trailers were really good, but I could see it could end up being an OCD moving toy box of actors throwing awkward affects at me. Like it could've just been Wes on steroids. But...this is damn near his Inglourious Basterds.
It's so self-aware of what a Wes film is and why it might annoy or feel too precious, and then it subverts that, over and over again. And then it raises it up, because there's something more to this. There's something so perfect about him doing a period piece. And the threat of death makes it matter in a different way. Suddenly it doesn't feel like just some navel-gazing, hip, emotional relationship ballad. It's a little WWI era epic. The themes are so much more. The danger creeps into the movie in a way only Wes can.
It doesn't feel like style over substance like a lot of Wes' films sometimes do...it feels like style as a sorta comfort, because of how ugly Gustav's world was becoming. And it has a real story. His films have almost always been character studies or fake stories, just enough there to let him tell his character study. This is the best story he's told. As ridiculous and funny as it was, it felt like a grownup Wes movie for once.
I haven't seen Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums since hs, but I got that they were really good and particular when I saw them. Especially Rushmore for me. And probably nothing he's made since has been on that level. All his movies since never felt like they were too much more than just the style they were made. I'd just kinda passively watch the emo quirk train pass by. (Except Life Aquatic. I loved that movie) But this was different, and what really lets me into the movie was the acting.
My problem with acting a lot of times in Wes' films, especially the later ones, is that it never quite feels right. Even when the actors are doing good jobs, it feels too much like they're just showing off whatever affect Wes wrote for them more than they're selling and convincing you of the world they're in. But here they're just embodying the tone and energy of style of it all. You lose the actor for the character in such a good story.
Ray Fiennes owned this movie so easily, better than anyone in any Wes movie since...Hackman in Tenenbaums? The best performance Fiennes has given since like...Schindler's. But then there's Saoirse Ronan who's pretty perfect in everything she's in. I mean...there's a scene about her in that damn near broke my tin heart.
Willem Dafoe killed it. This is the best Adrien Brody's been since The Pianist I think. Jeff Goldblum was perfect. Ed Norton was perfect. Tilda Swinton was perfect. My little Indian dude was really good. There's so damn much in this movie that pulled me in.Yeah...this is probably the best Wes movie since Tenenbaums for me. And my favorite since Life Aquatic. Hell, I'd bet after I see it again, this'll be my favorite Wes movie. It's so funny and so un-Wes in moments, and there are so many great little characters moments, changes in tone, styles that help tell the story, and more crazy things happening then almost any of his films, but he makes me believe them more than he has in the longest.
My only real knocks on it are...it was almost everything. There were so many moments in the film, where all I could think was...this comes out in the fall, and it's getting a whole lot of Oscar noms. It's so aware of itself. It's Wes having a conversation about what his style means to him, how he knows it's offbeat and out of fashion, but he doesn't care, because it meant so much to him at one point. And it's kinda surprisingly gory and profane and serious in ways I didn't expect. It's wide open. I think the most accessible movie he's made.
But...he didn't go far enough. It was almost the greatest thing he's made, except I don't know if he ran out of budget or inspiration or nerve, but it's just too short. There's some story missing there and some of the scenes do fall flat for me. And it kept building only up to a point, and then quickly ended. But I loved it all the way up until then.
This is the Wes movie you could show anyone. It's one that you don't have to make so many excuses for as the others. It sets the world, fills it up and lets it take off. And even if you can't accept the style, the performances and jokes are so good, it doesn't matter. It was just, almost the greatest thing he's done. It just feels like there's 20 minutes missing near the end, where the cup should've ******* run over. And it didn't it. But there was so much there by then, that I can't even be disappointed. It's not quite his Inglourious, but it might be his Life of Pi...whatever that means.
More than anything...this is a film that made me love the unique thing that Wes brings to film more than any other he's done. I've never laughed this much at a Wes movie. I've never loved so many characters and performances in a Wes flick. I've never finished one of his movies and wished it could just keep going on for another hour or 2. Or that I could watch it all over again, right there and then. 8.5/10
I actually tried to be short about it too.
I guess Cliffs: Grand Budapest is a Wes movie for people who don't like Wes movies. You'll definitely get something out of it. And it's already my favorite movie of his in 10 years.
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First trailer for The Expendables 3 is here, with more action heroes then ever - http://afterthecut.com/2014/04/03/trailer-the-expendables-3/
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YES!!!!!!!!
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transcendence looks interesting. what do you guys think 
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transcendence looks interesting. what do you guys think
Very interesting to me, especially because I think this is coming in my/our lifetime.
Expendables 3 give me a break, who watches these movies?
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transcendence looks interesting. what do you guys think
I like the whole cast minus Johnny Deep, his recent stuff has been crap, but I will wait to see how the reviews are
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Transcendence has the crazy good premise and concept so I'm there but I've seen the idea before executed on the smaller screen and elsewhere.
I'm basically there for Depp's impression of Hal 9000 and Morgan Freeman.
I'm basically there for Depp's impression of Hal 9000 and Morgan Freeman.
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Transcendance is pretty much a Terminator/Matrix origin story...it has Depp, when I first saw the previews I was very interested, but the more previews I see, the less likely I am to see it in theaters...hell see it all. I don't now what it is but I'm going to have to see some really dope reviews, so it's pretty much up to this thread lol whether or not I see it.
My favorite part about Grand Budepest was how they dealt with Saorse's character.
Also, what is...is there...a storyline to the Expendables franchise? I've never seen any of them, but with my boy Wesley in it I might have to go ahead and see it. What should I expect? I'm hoping a lot of gun fire and blowing stuff up...maybe a few dope fight scenes.
My favorite part about Grand Budepest was how they dealt with Saorse's character.
I love how at the beginning older Mustafa was like "It hurts to much to talk about her" so the whole movie I'm on the edge of my seat, wondering how she is going to die during the course of the story, preparing for the heart break....then she doesn't, and it explains she died years later of a random disease that is curable in a weekend, by the time the main part of the story is told... I felt trolled...but I liked it hahaha.
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Only reason I'm watching Transcendence is that it will be Wally Pfister's directorial debut. Dude went from being a cinematographer for Playboy and straight to video erotic thrillers to The Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception. Funny how he was able to transition his skills in shooting in low light conditions for erotic videos to shooting very dark scenes for the The Dark Knight.
As much as they cut the trailers to make it seem like a thriller, even though it looks very interesting, it also seems that it will be really boring. Can't put my finger on it, but it just doesn't look that appealing to me. And this is coming from someone that loves Sci-Fi.
As much as they cut the trailers to make it seem like a thriller, even though it looks very interesting, it also seems that it will be really boring. Can't put my finger on it, but it just doesn't look that appealing to me. And this is coming from someone that loves Sci-Fi.
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Ill be checking out Transcendence for the Cinematography off the top, Pfister work with Nolan was amazing, don't see why his debut won't be.
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Basically. There hasn't been a single line of dialogue I've heard from it, that didn't make me wanna yawn. Not a character moment...not an action beat...nothing. From the trailers, it feels like such an unlyrical, 'wear my ideas on my forehead' dumbed down kinda movie. And I can't imagine taking Johnny Depp seriously.
Iono. It looks like a kinda cheesy 90s movie, that randomly has some stiff cgi in it.
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