We do though.Film Martin Scorsese - Marvel movies are 'not cinema'
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We do though.Great post.
He's a fantastic actor, dunno about best of his generation mind.
Ironic that's posted in a thread slating blockbusters. Though he was arguably the best bit of the new trilogy.
Ironic that's posted in a thread slating blockbusters. Though he was arguably the best bit of the new trilogy.
Few will ever admit what an exceptional work of filmmaking Silence is. Sansho the Bailiff level shit.
Sansho the Bailiff is well boring though. The Life of Oharu and Ugetsu Monogatari are much better
Thucydides nuts.
What did you think of Oyu-sama, did you find in excruciatingly poignant like I did?
I not only found it poignant but elegant and evocative. The lighting especially is a marvel of post-war cinema and the sombre storytelling as masterful as any 20th century novel.
It's a truly remarkable film indeed.
No I haven't seen it.
Oh, though I trust you watched all four hours of his Chushingura in a single sitting right?
Appreciate we're doing the film scholar/critic LARPing thing but it does make me laugh how romanticised some of these older films can be.
Ozu is top of my list when it comes to misplaced veneration and I'm convinced nobody really enjoys Tokyo Story.
Oh feck off. Ozu is one of my few indispensables of
You see they put up a recent Tsai Ming-Liang short on Mubi yesterday? His stuff is always such a fecking ache to find.
It's a personal take of course but I like some of his later films like Floating Weeds - the one about the theatre troupe- and Good Morning.
Didn't see that but thanks, I'll check it out if my MUBI sub is still active (?). One of these days somebody will release a collection of his early movies and I'll go giddy with excitement.
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Just saw someone on the caf rank these as their top 5 superhero movies
Just saw someone on the caf rank these as their top 5 superhero movies
Just saw someone on the caf rank these as their top 5 superhero movies
Very controversial but if he's saying that simplifying narratives into good/bad dichotomies - as superhero stories inevitable do - is similar to fascism then it's hard to disagree.
Requires a few leaps of logic to get there of course.
There is a quote in the article about people looking for simpler times. Alan Moore likes leaps of logic.
Everyone is turning into Mary Whitehouse. You could be an anarchist fiction writer scared about the incoming Zack Synder fascism, a democratic politician wanting to ban Trump from twitter, a MAGA lover who wants to get rid of the green M&M because it's trans or the head of the Chinese communist party wanting to potentially ban same sex kissing movies, its still all the same politics which is a obsession with media consumption as the primary mover of political/social events.
The Marvel films are just dog shit and the way they are made(Along with many other factors)is destroying the film industry ability to make any interesting. There's isn't anything else to it.
The Marvel films are just dog shit and the way they are made(Along with many other factors)is destroying the film industry ability to make any interesting. There's isn't anything else to it.
I thought oh god its hideous as i was watching that
But still had a big goofy smile on my head afterwards and thought I'll probably end up watching it. Help me.
The fact a dog is named as part of the cast says everything.
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I fecking loved Hercules as a kid. I must have seen it 7 or 8 times in the cinema.
James Woods as Hades was fantastic. Shame he has turned into a loon.
Meg, best Disney princess. Don't @ me.
James Woods as Hades was fantastic. Shame he has turned into a loon.
Meg, best Disney princess. Don't @ me.
Truth.
The correct answer is Jasmine, but Meg has the best song for sure.
I wont say I'm in looooooooove
Slightly off topic but his podcast keeps popping up in my recommendations and the guy can really give Joe Rogan a run for his money. A true idiot.
That's stuck in my head for the day now. ♫ No chance, no way, I won't say it, no no ♫
Disney has some serious tunes.
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"There are no more movie stars"
I think this is true but I don't know for better or worse if I'm honest. Growing up, it felt as if you had your TV stars and your Movie stars, and if a TV star was in a big movie you'd think good for them they deserve. Likewise if a movie star appeared in a TV show it was a big deal and you wonder how did they get them.
Now days, that "line" is blurred. I feel the likes of Netflix simply pay what someone is worth (you'd hope) whether that be TV or movie. And then you have the likes of the MCU or DCEU who have characters in TV and movie properties that cross over.
Is the movie star a thing of the past?
"There are no more movie stars"
I think this is true but I don't know for better or worse if I'm honest. Growing up, it felt as if you had your TV stars and your Movie stars, and if a TV star was in a big movie you'd think good for them they deserve. Likewise if a movie star appeared in a TV show it was a big deal and you wonder how did they get them.
Now days, that "line" is blurred. I feel the likes of Netflix simply pay what someone is worth (you'd hope) whether that be TV or movie. And then you have the likes of the MCU or DCEU who have characters in TV and movie properties that cross over.
Is the movie star a thing of the past?
Tom Cruise has only done one TV thing in his entire career and he was only the director in that.
Never knew he had a podcast, but I always assumed he was a bit of a wrong 'un. all the interviews he did regarding The Punisher, he seemed to have missed the entire point of his character and the stories being told. He banged on about how much the the law enforcement and military community are going to appreciate the series. The whole thing is about corruption in both, and there's barely an episode in either season where he doesn't belt the shite out of a cop at some point. Not sure what they're going to appreciate about it.
The podcast is called Real Ones with Jon Bernthal, which pretty says everything you need to know. It’s pure dumb guy rubbish.
I only found out about it after it really blew up on social media when he interviewed Shia LaBeouf for the podcast(LaBeouf sort of admits to abusing his former girlfriend).
Listening to the podcast made me genuinely feel embarrassed to be a man. A real quote from LaBeouf(On him going into an AA program) “It felt like warrior shit, it felt like man code, like g shit. It didn’t feel like fluffy cute shit, book reading and sitting. It felt sexy”
Yeah not surprising he didn’t get it at all. I will say though that’s can be a sign of a good actor.
I’m always amazed that Micheal Caine played a very convincing hippie in Children Of Men(A film showing the awful negative effects of conservative politics)and yet the guy is still a Tory.
I have three hours to kill before the match & have been mulling over what movie to watch. Thanks for choosing it for me, haven't seen CoM in a long minute.The podcast is called Real Ones with Jon Bernthal, which pretty says everything you need to know. It’s pure dumb guy rubbish.
I only found out about it after it really blew up on social media when he interviewed Shia LaBeouf for the podcast(LaBeouf sort of admits to abusing his former girlfriend).
Listening to the podcast made me genuinely feel embarrassed to be a man. A real quote from LaBeouf(On him going into an AA program) “It felt like warrior shit, it felt like man code, like g shit. It didn’t feel like fluffy cute shit, book reading and sitting. It felt sexy”
Yeah not surprising he didn’t get it at all. I will say though that’s can be a sign of a good actor.
I’m always amazed that Micheal Caine played a very convincing hippie in Children Of Men(A film showing the awful negative effects of conservative politics)and yet the guy is still a Tory.
No worries. It’s a real masterpiece and becoming more relevant very year, it seems.