I've had an amazing experience watching the movie premiere in Venice, I've been waiting for this movie for a long time and I was not disappointed in the slightest.
It's a gorgeous movie, it's disturbing but moving at the same time, violent at times, but also subtle. It's a different and fresh spin on the character and on the cinecomic genre as a whole and Phoenix delivers an amazing performance portraying a version of the Joker we've never seen before, he's not the villain of someone else's story, he is the hero and villain of HIS own story, and the audience can be orrified by him, but we can't help but feel for him at times.
Without giving anything away I would recommend to go and see the movie not expecting to go and see an action packed, but gritty cinecomic, I suggest going in and watch it pretending that it's not even about a famous comic villain, but simply a movie, I think that people will appreciate it more in that way, not comparing it to the cinecomics we've seen before, but thinking of it as a normal movie.
P.S.: People will of course compare Phoenix to Ledger, I don't think it's possible, they give a totally different percormance because they portray totally different versions of the character, and I think it's going to be hard to compare them, you either prefere Ledger's version or Phoenix's but only based on the character, the actor's performances cannot be judged by comparison, they're both great. Just enjoy the movie
It's funny to see bad reviews for this movie, and a lot of criticism towards JJ, but it's clear that all the choices made in this movie was to correct the choices made in The Last Jedi, the movie that was hated by all the fans till yesterday, but now people are praising.
The Rise of Skywalker is a great movie, specially for fans, it's a great way to end this saga, filled with fan service. I don't think I can say more than that without spoiling the experience for everyone.
All the critcs you see here, or on twitter, are coming from people who thinks star wars, a space opera, should be a deep and complex movie with fanfics about romances.
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What an experience! It was magnificent and really powerful. Brilliant lead actor.
Just got back from the new Jumanji movie, and I had a lot of fun. All of the characters were great and they had fantastic chemistry together. I loved the Rock and Kevin Hart (back from Central Intelligence), but Jack Black really stood out with the funniest and most eccentric performance by far. The setup for the movie was solid (albeit a bit simple), and it served its purpose in giving us funny scenarios for the characters. This is definitely a fun movie to watch and just enjoy for some laughs and action especially if you haven't seen the trailer (the trailer spoils a few of the funny scenes). 7/10.
What the hell is the right viewing order? I've heard Netflix actually has it right for once, so that's what I'm following.. not the order from here.
via http://www.netflixfixer.com/2012/09/firefly-intended-order-and-by-airdate.html
This episode was amazing. But why is this listed as a special?
you can't take the sky from me..
Astonishing performance. It’s a really good movie and worth watching if you are both a fan and a movie lover.
Absolutely love this show. they should have made several more seasons.
A great episode. The twilight zone has always been about hot political topics so if you have problems with that then why are you even watching it. This show was and is about problems with society.
The greatest film ever made ? Depends what you are looking for in a film but for sheer entertainment value there are few films that can match it. This is the film that turns Star Wars into a saga. Not content with simply rehashing the original, here we get a greater scope as new worlds and characters are introduced, but more importantly the returning characters are all developed logically. Crucially, the chief villain becomes something much more significant and the final confrontation has lost none of its power regardless of the prequels. It is a rare sequel that can take practically everything introduced in the original and improve on it in every way, especially when the original is already so highly regarded.
White conservatives will hate it but this episode is true to the spirit of the original series. Tense with a message relevant to our times.
Watching this series in 1080p with DTS audio creates a whole new experience, quite different from the original broadcast and the DVD's. It's like re-discovering it in wonderful ways. After binge watching the first season, I can say the re-mastered version has subtle differences from the DVD's. The cuts are more precise, some scenes are dropped or shortened and the effects look crisp and clear. You can actually read some of the small letter text (hilarious in some cases), and make out the hull lettering in every Federation ship. Hey, I didn't even know the Enterprise had a side hull ID with the name, and a smaller lettering in the nacelles (that one is only there in the first season). If you haven't seen the Blu-ray release, you haven't seen this series at all.
This just breaks my heart for so many reasons and on so many levels. The supernatural really does pale in comparison to a human being's capacity for hate and violence. :(
Great episode very much in line with the original series! I’m excited to see what else is too come. I feel like people are misremembering the original show because this was very similar to most twilight zone episodes and it was great.
There's fewer better scripts than this. The delivery by Cary Grant - for my money the most charismatic actor of all time - and Rosalind Russell is just fantastic.
It'll take your brain a little moment to tune in as the delivery is so rapid. (Did they speed up the projection as it doesn't feel humanly possible to deliver at that rate for a sustained period...?)
I've never seen 'The Front Page' from which this is derived. I've not seen the clones that followed this either. But I'm willing to say that the only thing wrong with 'His Girl Friday' is the title.
The character of Hildy is (for 98% of the film) the smartest person in the room, and Walter is (for 98% of the time) the second smartest person in the room. Everyone else is a distant third.
The bouncing back and forth between the two of them is an hilarious and captivating escapade. That Cary Grant can disappear for a third of the movie and not be missed just shows the investment and aptitude of Rosalind as an actress.
The film 'The Holiday' beautifully mentions the portrayal of "gumption" in a female lead. The character of Hildy is the personification of it. Outside of Katharine Hepburn, I can think of few competitors. Just wonderful.
The 2% deductions... Well, there's a little back-peddling at the close of the film where Cary Grant has to "win". The complete control that Hildy has is revoked for a closing sequence and it's sad to see that - for all the brilliantly portrayed alpha female strengths - a man just had to come out smelling the roses...
They don't make them like this anymore and they bloody well should. What a fantastic film - I had a smile on my face for 90 minutes. I'd watch this 3 times rather than another Avengers smashathon.
9/10 (Have the balls to follow through and let the woman suceed!)
Good show, but they really need to lose "The American" he's really not entertaining.
DISCLAIMER! I'm a comedian. 22 years of wrestling with the double-edged creative sword of trying to say something to an audience and trying to make them laugh. It's not an either/or proposition, as it seems to be with Samir in this episode, but the metaphorical aspect of what you give to the audience no longer being yours, is certainly a truism.
I've long been a fan of The Twilight Zone, and the eighties revival was a must-watch for me in my teenage years, when I was devouring the works of Harlan Ellison and Richard Matheson, as well as Alan Moore's wonderful short comic strips in 2000AD. In our world of ongoing narrative, where even cinema releases require a knowledge of twenty preceding films, it is wonderful to wallow in an hour of television that asks many questions, and when it is over, it is over.
I thoroughly enjoyed Tracy Jordan's enigmatic appearance in a vaping cloud, and I thought all of the performances were uniformly excellent. The depiction of standup comedy was, like in The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, necessarily unrealistic (there's only one club in these TV towns because they're expensive to build...), but effective in its simplicity. The laboured adherence to a potentially funny bit, that is delivered in a woefully unfunny way, is something I have personally seen thousands of times over the past two decades, and hearing Samir launch into it every night gave me PTSD from hosting shitty tryout nights.
I hope the rest of this series is as skilfully handled as this first installment. It's not a big showboating episode, and I am grateful for that. Along with Love, Death & Robots and Black Mirror, I'm glad the single-episode anthology is making a comeback.
After everything that happened with COVID, I really needed to watch something like this! Also thanks for explaining where the Omicron variant comes from :joy:
Don't understand all the hate and negative comments towards it, it's literally named FUBAR What the hell were some of you expecting? lol seriously! :)
Is a fun watch from start to finish. Hope it comes back for another season.
Can I just say I absolutely love how in this episode Gwess sings "Jolyne, Jolyne, Jolyne JOLYYYNE" to the tune of the famous Dolly Parton song?
Really very astonishingly good horror. More subtle than the American version. I like both pretty equally.
"A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength."
Neill, we want moaaaar!
... btw, wrong episode order or thumbnails and wrong episode lengths in this profile...
Despite me liking this show quite a bit, and being sad that there will not be a season three, I find this to be a hard show to outwardly recommend. The sci-fi premise is a ways out there, the plot is complex, and that will surely not be for everyone. But I find it beautiful and well crafted, and if the premise sounds interesting you should check it out if you need something to watch. You might love it, but just be weary its not for everyone.
Average Season Review: 8/10
Recommendation - Watch if You Need Content (for Complex Sci-Fi Fans)
Why God?!?! Why did they stop this show?!?!?! ITS OFFICIAL, THIS SHOW IS MY MOST FAVOURITE SHOW IN THE ENTIRE WORLD..... EVER!!! Wish there was more though...
And just like that ... season two is finished. Can't believe how fast they go through the season - or the episode for that matter. A one-hour show that feels like 15 minutes when you're watching it and an 11 episode season that feels like it's only just started when it ends!!
Season two is just like the old TG... the boys are back to their best. Now I've got to wait forever for season 3!!
