Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

[Sweet Square]

The Master

PIG feck!

Really strange one. At times it’s brilliant with some genuinely uncomfortable moments with Anderson contrasting the unsettlingly 50’s suburban traditional family with Freddie alcoholism. A nice reminder about the realities for many people during the “golden years” of American capitalism.

The con artistry element to modern religion is portrayed well. With top figures knowing they are peddling bullshit while those at the lower levels are using it as a coping mechanism.

Also how the religion controls its members with everything from self help, overt kindness to rage, public torture and total dependency on the organisation. It’s so good at times you almost forget Hoffman is a fraud who is exploiting his followers.

But it really runs out of steam by the en. Feels like it’s really building towards something but then never deliveries.

Overall a good watch.

8/10

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Masterpiece

10/10

Also MI2 is the greatest film of all time DOVES FLYING

Many people are saying this.

 

[Sweet Square]

 

[Wibble]

What's with the dissing of the MI films? I haven't seen the newest but the previous 3 were all quality action films.

Also MI2 is the greatest film of all time DOVES FLYING

They are decent brainless fun action movies but MI2 is by far the worst of them.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Only now?!

 

[Loon]

What's with the dissing of the MI films? I haven't seen the newest but the previous 3 were all quality action films.

Also MI2 is the greatest film of all time DOVES FLYING

Low key Woo doves in comparison to THE KILLER.

 

[Sweet Square]

Only now?!

Yep in terms of artistic value it’s crazy how long it’s taken. Carpenter has been influential in pretty much every form of media although
I guess his influence has been delayed(Apart from Halloween).

Which makes sense given his left wing politics and most active in the Reagan years. Plus even at his peak Carpenter was honest about other directors.

 

[Eric_the_Red99]

Only now?!

The Hollywood Walk of Fame thing isn’t really an honour that’s awarded to people, as everyone has to pay to get a star (or someone pays for them), and a lot of people aren’t that bothered about it. There seems to have been a spate of them recently for some reason so I don’t know if they’ve cut the price or something

 

[Sweet Square]

The Hollywood Walk of Fame thing isn’t really an honour that’s awarded to people, as everyone has to pay to get a star (or someone pays for them), and a lot of people aren’t that bothered about it. There seems to have been a spate of them recently for some reason so I don’t know if they’ve cut the price or something

I could be wrong but I think it’s rewarded to the person(After submission)and then it they want a star it cost - $75,000

Yes, it costs money to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! In addition to a $250 fee to submit an application, there is also a sponsorship fee of $75,000 upon selection, which pays for the creation and installation of the star as well as maintenance of the Walk of Fame.

https://people.com/hollywood-walk-of-fame-rules-you-didnt-know-8431908

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Yep in terms of artistic value it’s crazy how long it’s taken. Carpenter has been influential in pretty much every form of media although
I guess his influence has been delayed(Apart from Halloween).

Which makes sense given his left wing politics and most active in the Reagan years. Plus even at his peak Carpenter was honest about other directors.

I love Altman's work, surprised that Carpenter didn't like at least some of it. He can bash the feck away on Spielberg and Lucas, though. Besides Coppola and Scorsese, Altman is one of the titans of New Hollywood.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
MASH
The Long Goodbye
3 Women
Nashville
Gosford Park
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
Thieves Like Us
The Player
Vincent And Theo
Come Back to the Five and Dime
A Wedding
Quintet
Kansas City

I didn't like some of his movies, but not every at-bat is a homerun: Popeye, Prêt-a-porter, Short Cuts, OC and Stiggs, Cookie's Fortune, Gingerbread Man, etc. but what a record that guy had! Altman didn't really operate in genre the way Carpenter did, but both of them were iconoclastic and responsible for creating the look and feel of modern movies.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

The Master

PIG feck!

Really strange one. At times it’s brilliant with some genuinely uncomfortable moments with Anderson contrasting the unsettlingly 50’s suburban traditional family with Freddie alcoholism. A nice reminder about the realities for many people during the “golden years” of American capitalism.

The con artistry element to modern religion is portrayed well. With top figures knowing they are peddling bullshit while those at the lower levels are using it as a coping mechanism.

Also how the religion controls its members with everything from self help, overt kindness to rage, public torture and total dependency on the organisation. It’s so good at times you almost forget Hoffman is a fraud who is exploiting his followers.

But it really runs out of steam by the en. Feels like it’s really building towards something but then never deliveries.

Overall a good watch.

8/10

A valid criticism of Anderson's work. He either keeps the movie going way too long and dilutes its impact (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) or stops the film mid-sentence and abandons half the script (There Will Be Blood, The Master). My favorite PTA film is Inherent Vice, which everyone hates, because at least it had a beginning, middle, and an end. Licorice Pizza can feckkk off.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Mickey 17
Really enjoyed the first two thirds of this but the film meanders a lot and many plot-threads get dropped for less interesting pivots, which didn't help the pacing of the film, not helped by the fact that this theme has been covered by this director a few times. The acting was hit and miss. Robert Pattison was really good but what the feck were Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette doing? Ruffalo is shite as expected but I'm disappointed in Collette, she's better than this. But I have to say that for the most part, it is a fun movie that is at least original. The world building was also solid and some fascinating characters, like Steven Yeun, who just needed more development 7/10

 

[Dirty Schwein]

I actually like him as a person. Seems really nice.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

The Hollywood Walk of Fame thing isn’t really an honour that’s awarded to people, as everyone has to pay to get a star (or someone pays for them), and a lot of people aren’t that bothered about it. There seems to have been a spate of them recently for some reason so I don’t know if they’ve cut the price or something

I could be wrong but I think it’s rewarded to the person(After submission)and then it they want a star it cost - $75,000

Hollywood is the thinnest of thin-skinned cities, of course people care about getting a star on the walk of fame. There is an approval committee of 6 people who themselves have a star, and the honoree has to include a couple of mundane things like community service, and the $75,000 check. They get hundreds of applications every year and select about 20. If people care about a goddamn Golden Globe, you bet your ass they care about a star on the HWOF.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

I actually like him as a person. Seems really nice.

He seems like the slightly dazed, perhaps stoned, classmate who gets picked to give a graduation speech, and then forgets the speech at home and just wings it. Maybe that's his charm, that he never appears to actually be reciting lines written down, that everything he does appears to be improv. Yes, he does seem a decent sort, The Solutions Project is a good idea: https://thesolutionsproject.org/who-we-are/our-values/our-story/ .

 

[entropy]

 

[Sweet Square]

A valid criticism of Anderson's work. He either keeps the movie going way too long and dilutes its impact (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) or stops the film mid-sentence and abandons half the script (There Will Be Blood, The Master). My favorite PTA film is Inherent Vice, which everyone hates, because at least it had a beginning, middle, and an end. Licorice Pizza can feckkk off.

Yep I really like Magnolia but it going on far too long is definitely true. Felt like a chore by the end. Wants the audience to know it a big epic film(Although tbf There Will Be Blood is probably PTA achieving that).

My favourite stuff is his romantic films -
Punch Drunk Love and Phantom Thread. Imo Anderson best ability is highlighting the weird but relatable habits between two people in a relationship. I still enjoy his other films(Inherent Vice is probably my third favourite)but his world view is never that clear(Or maybe I’m just missing it).

Also remember Fiona Apple saying she quit doing coke because PTA & Quentin Tarantino bored her to death during a binge. Makes me think Anderson is a giant movie nerd above all else.

Hollywood is the thinnest of thin-skinned cities, of course people care about getting a star on the walk of fame. There is an approval committee of 6 people who themselves have a star, and the honoree has to include a couple of mundane things like community service, and the $75,000 check. They get hundreds of applications every year and select about 20. If people care about a goddamn Golden Globe, you bet your ass they care about a star on the HWOF.

Thanks. Had no idea about the 6 people committee.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Yep I really like Magnolia but it going on far too long is definitely true. Felt like a chore by the end. Wants the audience to know it a big epic film(Although tbf There Will Be Blood is probably PTA achieving that).

My favourite stuff is his romantic films -
Punch Drunk Love and Phantom Thread. Imo Anderson best ability is highlighting the weird but relatable habits between two people in a relationship. I still enjoy his other films(Inherent Vice is probably my third favourite)but his world view is never that clear(Or maybe I’m just missing it).

Also remember Fiona Apple saying she quit doing coke because PTA & Quentin Tarantino bored her to death during a binge. Makes me think Anderson is a giant movie nerd above all else.


Thanks. Had no idea about the 6 people committee.

After "a couple of hundred" applications are submitted each year, Martinez says a special committee meets annually in June to review and select recipients. The committee, which Martinez suggests and the President and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Steve Nissen approves, is made up of six Walk of Famers (one per category) and a selection committee chair who is also a Walk of Famer. Martinez notes that former committee members have included Vanessa Williams, LL Cool J, Kristin Chenoweth, Don Mischer and Vin Di Bona.


"Each committee member who has their own star represents their category," she explains. "They get the information ahead of time and then we meet in June and then they go through all the applications. And then we go back and forth and discuss, and that's when they make their selections.”


She adds that the committee members usually serve a two-year term but can extend to four years if they wish. And the makeup of the committee has changed: “It used to be executives, like a movie studio head or a record label person, but then I talked to my boss at the time, like ‘Why don't we have Walk of Famers and they can vote for their peers?’ It's worked out amazingly. We've had some really good people.”


After the committee votes, there are a few additional steps in the selection process, including having the vote “ratified by the board of directors of the chamber,” filing “a permit for each star” and then having the city council give their final approval.

 

[entropy]

The Master

PIG feck!

Really strange one. At times it’s brilliant with some genuinely uncomfortable moments with Anderson contrasting the unsettlingly 50’s suburban traditional family with Freddie alcoholism. A nice reminder about the realities for many people during the “golden years” of American capitalism.

The con artistry element to modern religion is portrayed well. With top figures knowing they are peddling bullshit while those at the lower levels are using it as a coping mechanism.

Also how the religion controls its members with everything from self help, overt kindness to rage, public torture and total dependency on the organisation. It’s so good at times you almost forget Hoffman is a fraud who is exploiting his followers.

But it really runs out of steam by the en. Feels like it’s really building towards something but then never deliveries.

Overall a good watch.

8/10

I need to rewatch this. I remember looking forward to it when it first came out and feeling pretty underwhelmed. It’s my least favorite work of his. although everything from the casting, the look, and the score is amazing, it felt wasteful overall. I still remember the hype when the first teaser dropped. It was amazing.

 

[entropy]

Yep in terms of artistic value it’s crazy how long it’s taken. Carpenter has been influential in pretty much every form of media although
I guess his influence has been delayed(Apart from Halloween).

Which makes sense given his left wing politics and most active in the Reagan years. Plus even at his peak Carpenter was honest about other directors.

slightly masturbatory