I just watched Saltburn, loved it. It was not at all what I expected. For some reason I was expecting a 'Call Me By Your Name' type of vibe. 8/10
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Apparently BK improvised the Saltburn grave scene. Incredible.
Anyone watched Society of the Snow? How good or bad is it?
Well, can you imagine the director telling him to do that?
"You want me to do... what?"
"Yeah, just take your knob out, make a little hole in the dirt, and go nuts."
Wondering the same.
Saltburn
Good movie, but how Oliver all planned it out yet the police suspects nothing doesn't make sense. A university student is living temporarily in a rich, aristocratic household doesn't ring any alarm bells? By the end Elspeth was clearly mentally incompetent so how he got the mansion is quite laugable and unrealistic.
The Butler has such a marginal role in the movie as well. I was sure the butler would expose Oliver. Shame. I expected another twist like the ending of The Departed.
7.5 out of 10
Good movie, but how Oliver all planned it out yet the police suspects nothing doesn't make sense. A university student is living temporarily in a rich, aristocratic household doesn't ring any alarm bells? By the end Elspeth was clearly mentally incompetent so how he got the mansion is quite laugable and unrealistic.
The Butler has such a marginal role in the movie as well. I was sure the butler would expose Oliver. Shame. I expected another twist like the ending of The Departed.
7.5 out of 10
Let's face it, it's a fantasy movie and through that prism it makes perfect sense.
Whenever Oliver was up against it, he whipped out his dong and went to town, so you can conclude that the filmmakers are definitely implying that Oliver did the same thing when the cops came a-calling. Essentially that is the message one gets from Saltburn (and probably from Salt Bailly): when in doubt, whip it out.
Finally, someone gets me.
Prince Andrew?
What can I say, he wooed me over a Spicy Giuseppe.
Danny Boyle zombie sequel could be in the offing with 28 Years Later potentially on the cards.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...sequel-28-days-later-danny-boyle-alex-garland
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...sequel-28-days-later-danny-boyle-alex-garland
Beau Travail
Pure slow meditation cinema by Claire Denis.
Centred around a group of French Foreign Legion soldiers in Djibouti. It’s more at times like watching living photos until the camera starts copying it’s actors movements. Denis is interested in everything from the incredible blue seas to literally heartbeats. She captures bizarre masculine bonding rituals in both its positives and negatives. Characters hardly speak with the all emotion done through body language.
The film also shows a decaying imperial power.
The end of history France working meaninglessly on fumes as the local population continue with their daily routines.
The film finishes with maybe the greatest ending of all time.
10/10
Pure slow meditation cinema by Claire Denis.
Centred around a group of French Foreign Legion soldiers in Djibouti. It’s more at times like watching living photos until the camera starts copying it’s actors movements. Denis is interested in everything from the incredible blue seas to literally heartbeats. She captures bizarre masculine bonding rituals in both its positives and negatives. Characters hardly speak with the all emotion done through body language.
The film also shows a decaying imperial power.
The end of history France working meaninglessly on fumes as the local population continue with their daily routines.
The film finishes with maybe the greatest ending of all time.
10/10
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I must have been sleeping when this came out, never even heard of it, but it sounds really interesting by your review.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/pushed-to-the-edge-by-beau-travail
Worth it for the last scene alone really. My wife loved that part in particular. .....wait a second
Renfield (2023)
With Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina.
I really enjoyed this film. It's a horror comedy about Dracula's familiar Renfield seeking out a support group for victims of toxic relationships so that he can muster the courage to leave the relationship with his boss, Dracula. The "horror" element is more gore, but it's actually really funny. I laughed out loud many times in this. The film is really well done, the tone and energy is fairly manic the whole time, with all of the actors (especially Ben Schwarz) really hamming it up in a good way. Cage is excellent, speaking of hamming it up. He plays Dracula as if it were Al Pacino at his most histrionic.
There were studio problems during the making of this film, and I don't know why they (Universal) had issues. It is exactly what it says on the tin: a very funny, very violent, spin on Dracula. Nicholaus Hoult is great, and in my view he's never been bad in anything. He's a very underrated actor. The only negative I can think of is that Awkwafina played her part in such a way that it was not clear there was supposed to be a romantic spark between her and Renfield. Even now, I'm thinking they became more buddies, and I'm guessing it was supposed to be romantic. So if Renfield and the cop were supposed to be an item, then it's down to a lack of chemistry between them. Either way, it worked, I didn't actually need a romance.
The film is very quick. In stark contrast to most films these days, it felt 10 to 15 minutes too short. They really cut this thing down to the bone, just kept the story moving without a lot of character development -- but that's the beauty of a horror comedy: no one needs that stuff. In tone, I'd say it was closest to a RoboCop or similar, where it's almost a spoof, still very funny, but also presented they want you to take it seriously.
The plot is all very quick and basic: there is a crime family (the Lobos) running the city and having bought off all the cops except for Awkwafina. Dracula needs more victims and his familiar is now wanting to be a hero instead of the bad guy. Hilarity ensues.
9/10
With Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina.
I really enjoyed this film. It's a horror comedy about Dracula's familiar Renfield seeking out a support group for victims of toxic relationships so that he can muster the courage to leave the relationship with his boss, Dracula. The "horror" element is more gore, but it's actually really funny. I laughed out loud many times in this. The film is really well done, the tone and energy is fairly manic the whole time, with all of the actors (especially Ben Schwarz) really hamming it up in a good way. Cage is excellent, speaking of hamming it up. He plays Dracula as if it were Al Pacino at his most histrionic.
There were studio problems during the making of this film, and I don't know why they (Universal) had issues. It is exactly what it says on the tin: a very funny, very violent, spin on Dracula. Nicholaus Hoult is great, and in my view he's never been bad in anything. He's a very underrated actor. The only negative I can think of is that Awkwafina played her part in such a way that it was not clear there was supposed to be a romantic spark between her and Renfield. Even now, I'm thinking they became more buddies, and I'm guessing it was supposed to be romantic. So if Renfield and the cop were supposed to be an item, then it's down to a lack of chemistry between them. Either way, it worked, I didn't actually need a romance.
The film is very quick. In stark contrast to most films these days, it felt 10 to 15 minutes too short. They really cut this thing down to the bone, just kept the story moving without a lot of character development -- but that's the beauty of a horror comedy: no one needs that stuff. In tone, I'd say it was closest to a RoboCop or similar, where it's almost a spoof, still very funny, but also presented they want you to take it seriously.
The plot is all very quick and basic: there is a crime family (the Lobos) running the city and having bought off all the cops except for Awkwafina. Dracula needs more victims and his familiar is now wanting to be a hero instead of the bad guy. Hilarity ensues.
9/10
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"So that's what one of those is supposed to look like."
JUNG_E: A South Korean technology drama (if that's thing) from 2023, set in a post-apocalyptic future, where a woman is trying to create a combat AI based on her mother's brain, who was an excellent fighter and has been preserved in a coma for this purpose after she pretty much died in a mission.
I watched the trailer and thought this was mostly an action film, but the action is actually quite sparse. It's more of a drama about the moral and psychological implications of being able to do these sorts of things with AI based on actual people's brains. The setup (both the 'world-building' and premise) is quite interesting and the film looks great, but the actual story/dramatic development just didn't work for me. I feel like the actual issues and consequences don't really hit the mark at all, leaving the whole thing in a sort of awkward state that left me wondering 'so what? why did I watch this?'. It's a pity, I watched Psychokinesis (2018) by the same director (Yeon Sang-ho) just last week, and it was much better.
2/5
I watched the trailer and thought this was mostly an action film, but the action is actually quite sparse. It's more of a drama about the moral and psychological implications of being able to do these sorts of things with AI based on actual people's brains. The setup (both the 'world-building' and premise) is quite interesting and the film looks great, but the actual story/dramatic development just didn't work for me. I feel like the actual issues and consequences don't really hit the mark at all, leaving the whole thing in a sort of awkward state that left me wondering 'so what? why did I watch this?'. It's a pity, I watched Psychokinesis (2018) by the same director (Yeon Sang-ho) just last week, and it was much better.
2/5
She said it wasn't that part she liked so much but I'm not convinced.
"But let's watch only that scene a few more times just to be certain. In fact, I can watch that scene by myself, on my phone, in the bedroom, while you go watch the football, Planey."
(I'm guessing she calls you Planey).
The Wailing is freaking amazing.
Sounds like a total wuss. A lot of men would pay good money to be “taunted, mocked and belittled” by Mia Goth in a bathroom.
These are the words of a man who has luckily not heard her god awful annoying real accent. Sounds like she has been pumped full of helium yet come across as thick of pig shit.
The only film I’ve watched her in is Infinity Pool. She does have a weird voice in that one but is still sexy as hell. Is that her real accent?
POOOGUE! POOOOUGE! YOU THOUGHT I LIKED YOUR BOOK POUGE? NO ONE LIKES YOUR BOOK POGUE!
Yeah that’s her real accent. I like her acting her High Life(Has a great black hole scene)but
it’s a Claire Denis film so it’s going to be great.
Going around potentially booting extras in head and causing concussions on shite retro Ti West schtick is grim.
I’m team Mia on this one. 500k for a kick in the head and an owchy taking off a sticky dressing gown? Fecking chancer.
Definitely the voice I’d want her to use for the belittling.
And before there was the classic, Snakes on a plane, there were Black snake moans.
She looks and sounds like a child.