Elsa protector of shappics and maker of pretty things
I watched this when it first came out and didn’t really get the hype. I’ve read the book recently and have updated to being of the opinion that both it and this movie are just all around solid works. The adaptation here is done wonderfully, just faithful enough to please the reader but with a directioral fingerprint from Fincher that’s just enough to be satisfying to the viewer. Rosamund Pike is obviously the star of the show, the perfect casting for one hell of a character. It’s been great to be immersed in this twisted tale for the past few months.
For Taika Waiting atop Torre dos Clérigos!
Honestly really good for its genre and compared to other films of the sort that have been getting made recently. Emma Stone is the baddest motherfucker.
God, finally, i was starting to think I didn’t like super hero stuff anymore. TONY LEUNG I WANT YOUR CHILDREN.
Rating or reviewing documentaries on topics you know nothing about - well, apart from what the documentary has taught you - is always a complicated task. However, I can look at it from a cinematic perspective, and The Reason I Jump is an absolute achievement - a deep dive into the autistic experience, making the most of what this medium can give you in terms of audio and image. The storytelling here is done with so much respect. It’s grounded and open, allowing space and time for each subject to get their moment. So good.
I commend this movie on the conversations it prompts, and I honestly feel like it’s a great tool to use to suss out what someone’s view on love and relationships is - just make them watch this and ask what they think! and it truly has some incredible dialogues and acting, just like the first two. but I truly cannot get behind it and its message.
i really think they fucked up with this one. however, i still rate it highly because regardless of that disastrous last scene, the rest of the film is genuinely good and it does make you think, and that is primarily what we should ask of a great movie - that it makes you think.
What a remarkable woman. Had me gasping the whole time. I’m not gonna be any less afraid of sharks but I never thought their right to live should have anything to do with whether they can or not kill me or be my friends. All creatures belong on earth. This is a great docu.
Wong Kar-wai has one of the most delicious and delirious filmographies I’ve come across. His characters live such wildly different lives and yet share so many of the same feelings of longing and loneliness that I always connect to so deeply.
His extreme close-ups and warped camera angles, claustrophobic settings and dizzying use of colour and light make for some of the most paradoxically pleasing and uncomfortable watching experiences in cinema (not to mention the fucking incredible soundtracks, every time). His work is absolutely unparalleled.
Fallen Angels joins In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild as big favourites of mine. 2046 was the only (slight) miss so far for me, and even then there’s so much to compliment it on.
I really want Steve Penny to rot away in prison.
Wonderful, just wonderful. So full of life for a film about death. I loved the dialogues and the motifs throughout. The opening is so strong. And just such magnificent shots, camera movements and framings. I love the changes in subjective perspective. A symphony of film.
At some point both me and Gawain were sat crying wrapped, him around his cape, me around my blanket. I cannot tell you how much this was exactly the movie I needed tonight.
Lilo has to be the cutest Disney character of all time! Lover her so much
FEST 2021
Visually gorgeous, even if the story was quite unoriginal. Still, it’s got some great moments and i loved how fleshed out each character was for so little screen-time.
FEST 2021
Not gonna lie, I slept through most of this but I don’t think I’m ever going to rewatch it and I still feel like I didn’t miss anything so might as well log it. Merry Christmas, I guess!
“And ‘cause I was a gazillionaire and i liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free.” It was a crime I hadn’t watched this film yet. Maybe one of the most iconic screenplays of all time, possibly the most quotable movie ever. And the rewatchability level is insane.
Nails the ending but it’s so painful to get through. Dragged out and pretentious, just all around very american which will get me rolling my eyes every time. American filmmakers have a hard time making movies that transcend their own insufferable self-obsessed experience.
This would have been such a great movie if only the lead character wasn't so stiff. I don't know if it's just me, or if it's just this particular performance that didn't work, but it really hurt the film, in my opinion.
Stylistically it's great, the soundtrack is fabulous and that ending is iconic. I don't regret watching it, but I'm left feeling disappointed.
I think this aged really poorly but thats my fault for taking so long to watch it :sob:
I’m still replaying the scene with the murderous robotic fly and Timmy in between some holographic bush. That’s cinema.
The first half of the film drags a bit but that last hour is truly magnetic. A massively interesting topic explored with incredible subtlety, nuance and all the complexity it warrants. Fantastic performances and sublime directing. The black and white and the format work wonderfully.
I don’t know what to think about the ending just yet, though. I don’t appreciate the woman-on-woman violence, and feel it is the easy way out to wrap up the story. However, I could be missing the bigger picture and it is for sure a powerful finish.
im inclined to calling this film a masterpiece. or at least the most memorable movie ive watched recently.
i love the dev patel cinematic universe
This was extremely fun! Too wordy for my personal taste, but it does make sense in the context and theme of the newspaper. The visuals are stunning, the stories are innovative and the characters are as anderson-quirky as ever. Nothing too life-changing but always a good time.
Ah, the girlboss to end all girlbosses :nail_care_tone1:
Seriously though, fantastic story and fantastic screenplay apart from the unnecessary every-woman-hates-erin-because-shes-hot scenes. Definitely a classic and Julia Roberts is heavenly.
This was a lot of fun as always. Really good comedy, characters and dialogue but I hope the whole spiritual retreat in india theme was satirical, cus otherwise that’s hella obnoxious.
really funny… for an american comedy
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world, is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.”
Oooooooh this is a classic
Oh wow, terrible. I will understand the references made to this movie in No Way Home but at what cost……
This was a bit better and there are some actually inspired sequences, in a this-is-so-tacky-it-somehow-works way. Kirsten Dunst steals the scene completely.
