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They'll just build a new one... and make the White Walkers pay for it.
this movie made me a lesbian
Damn, this show has gotten soo predictable. Just by the presentation of Octavias death you knew she was still alive. Weak episode.
What do both The Wall and Jon Snow have in common?
They both got "blown" away at the end ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Watching MEAN GIRLS for the first time was just one "Oh, so that's where that comes from!" after another. #iunderstoodthatreference
The variations on the theme as Daenerys and company make their landing and she returns home. Those long low horns and strings foreshadowing all the epic that's about to be unleashed. Zero dialogue until Dany asks, "Shall we begin?" Absolutely brilliant closing sequence for the season opener.
When I wrote my thoughts on Spotlight, I speculated about how knowing the end of the story going in, knowing the extent of the scandal the team in Spotlight was uncovering, may have robbed the plot of some of its punch. And yet, The Big Short is, in many ways, the perfect counter to that.
Almost everyone old enough to watch this film lived through The Great Recession. They know that the disaster all the main characters in the film are predicting comes true, in all its horrible, self-destructive glory. But rather than taking away from the film, it adds to it. There's this sense of foreboding, of doom that hangs over everything.
A film about the financial crisis, especially involving traders and analysts and people crunching numbers in a fund, could easily be too dry. And yet, the fact that the individuals the film focuses on are slowly but surely investigating an economic massacre waiting to happen, and how each step they take reveals another way that disaster might have been diverted, or people who are supposedly in the know digging the whole deeper, means that the entire film is just an exercise in creating that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. It's not a prestige picture; it's a horror film.
It's also a very weird film. It's not so bold in its presentation that it feels unprecedented, but it feels stitched together, disjointed, and unusual, but in a good way. Adam McKay, of Anchorman fame, is the right man for the job. There is a darkly funny absurdity to the topic The Big Short covers, and with his fourth-wall breaking asides, his cuts to celebrity explanations of complex financial consequences in ridiculous situations, and his jumping between various characters acting wild or nutty lends the perfect tone to the movie, one of simultaneous horror at what hell hath been wrought and unavoidable bemusement at the clowns who steered us all into this ditch.
The direction and rhythm of the film is frenetic. It's closest comparison point is Requiem For a Dream with the same frenetic hodgepodge of images and sounds, bleeding and blending into one another, disorienting the viewer and conveying the sense in which the financial world the film depicts is intoxicating, dizzying, and unsettled all at the same time.
Another aspect of the film that makes it hard to compare to other works in this space is the fact that it doesn't really have a protagonist or a plot. Sure, it has a story, and it has characters who take up the most oxygen over the course of the movie, but more than anything it feels like a documentary. It's far too stylized and irreverent to really deserve that label, but it's far more interested in trying to describe what happened, to explain just what mistakes and lies and blindspots led to the global economic crisis, than it is in rising action and resolution, or showing people growing or changing.
That's not to say there isn't an emotional element to the film. Steve Carell stands out by playing essentially a smarter, angrier Michael Scott who grabs your attention every time he's on screen. The parallels between his character's sense that a catastrophe is looming in economic terms that he could do something to prevent, and his guilt over not doing more to prevent his brother's suicide was--while perhaps a little easy--also affecting.
The rest of the cast do their jobs well, but blend together a bit because again, while they're a vital part of the film, the film isn't really about them. The characters in The Big Short are conduits to detail, in amusing and human terms, just what the hell went wrong. Christian Bale is a collection of actorly tics, but he acquits himself well enough. Ryan Gosling does his best dudebro douchebag type, and is sufficiently entertaining in that guise. And Brad Pitt seems pretty reserved, short of his moment where he chastises his young wards for being too happy about what they're making their money from.
But again, the fact that there's not really a narrative means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The film is not really a story; it's an autopsy, cutting up the corpse of our financial system and exposing the bloody innards, the rotten organs at the core that led the USA, and the world, to the dire economic state it was in by late 2008. In that sense, the film succeeds wildly, and McKay manages to tackle something of real significance without losing the absurd madcap attitude he brings to his comedic works, and somehow, doing justice to the insanity of the lead up to The Great Recession in the process. It's a hell of an achievement to make a film this funny, this disturbing, and this great.
The contrast: Piscatella being shot by "one of his" while receiving human treatment from prisioners.
Once Upon a Time... in Nazi-Occupied France....
It goes without saying that this is a masterpiece.
Everyone who is a film enthusiast knows who Quentin Tarantino is. In the nineties his movies became instant cult classics to such a degree that (most likely) a 100 years from now everyone will still see him as one of the best director that ever came out of Hollywood.
Inglourious Basterds is a WWII movie. But it is nothing like any WWII movie you have ever seen. Quentin Tarantino gave the story and history its own twist. There are too many historical inaccuracies to count, but who cares? Quentin Tarantino obviously didn't and created a movie filled with dark humor, an amazing intelligent script, as always very good music and some of the most talented actors currently in the business.
WWII was one of the most horrific and devastating events in human history. But Tarantino together with Brad Pitt, a phenomenal (before this movie unknown) Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent make it into an movie that makes you laugh, cry and keep you in suspense until the last second.
On my list of best WWII movies this one is rightfully in my top 3. At the end Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) proclaims: "This might be my best work yet" there are two ways you can implement that, the first one off course is that he is talking about the swastika he just "carved" into Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) his forehead and the second one is that Quentin Tarantino is talking through Brad Pitt and says that this is his best movie till date. For me it will always be Pulp Fiction, but this one comes pretty close.
I don't even know where to start on this movie. The cinematography, the plot, the costumes, the soundtrack and the acting are all the best I've seen in a LONG time. This is one of the greatest movies I have ever watched. I could elaborate, but it would take up all day. And as a young, gay woman, thank you for making a lesbian couple that wasn't just for the male gaze, where one didn't die off and where the story wasn't just about them coming out / discrimination. Yes to more movies of people who just happen to be gay and that's not the point of the story! Cheers!
I can't believe it took me until 2015 to watch The Truman Show. It's one of those unique films that gets you thinking and its message just gets more and more relevant. A must see film!
[silently] I'VE BEEN STUNG BY A WASP
Phenomenal episode. I especially liked the cut scenes from the stakeout...reminiscence of season one's travelling. And it was about time Bill put Holden in his place.
This is one of the most re-watchable movies I've seen and probably one of the most quotable movies of my time. I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out, and it still holds up now. Rachel McAdams is great, I'm a huge fan of hers. Plus, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can do no wrong.
eleanor was wonderfully bisexual on this episode and i sign in for her to be even more on subsequent ones. thank you
also, very interesting episode, solved like a normal sitcom/drama but with the typical other-wordly the good place spin, this show really is heading somewhere fantastic and unique
When nothing happens for an entire season and then David Chase basically drops this grand piano of an episode right on your head and you're like "David Chase, why would you drop that grand piano on my head" and he says "because it will get me an Emmy" and honestly he isn't wrong
Jen looking in the mirror at herself needed no dialogue to realise it was a call back to her conversation with Ben about surgery scars. I'm glad the show didn't feel the need to add exposition there and respected its viewers enough to know they'd get it.
Also adds another layer of gravitas if you know that Christina Applegate has also had that same surgery.
Croatia and Montenegro were part of Yugoslavia, they were NOT separate countries at the time. It's a big mistake given that this is a history show. Apart from that, it was a solid episode.
this episode had A24 written all over it and I fucking love it
Siri, why does God allow suffering?
"Stephen Hawking here is indisposed." I AM DYING. Veep is killing it as always.
Donna: "I could get arrested... I could go to a girl prison, this freakin' rocks!"
Hahahahahaha omg, if only Donna knew!
Rollo must be one of the most incoherent characters in tv history.
Some of these episodes truly make you consider both sides. But this one... No. The moment the victim's family said he was abusive toward her, which is not something he ever mentioned in his version of events, not even to express regret, I knew that this guy was full of shit. You're already in prison for the rest of your life, if there's ever a time to admit your wrongdoings and just be honest with yourself, that would be it.
I love the concept. Natasha Lyonne is my hero.
If you're looking for an action and "turn brain off now" film, just don't watch it and spare us the 6-7 hearts review.
I for one, am very tired from 500$m crap like Indi Day and Marvel's poop. So I was very excited to watch this one.
This one is more like Spielberg's Encounters from the Third Kind. It's more about the characters in the film and the amazing journey they go through. It's mostly about the human behavior that will make you think.
While it's not an End of the World aliens movie like Battle: Los Angeles, it still offers great amount of military presence and plenty of stuff that's going on.
So if you actually want to care about an intelligent movie and use your head - go. Otherwise, go watch an X men.
Highly recommended for some audience 10/10.
2-feb-2017 edit: Just came out on Bluray and I saw it again. Definitely keeping my rating.
Watching again at July-2023, excited towards Dune II : Excellent. Excellent film. So called plot-holes listed here are negligible when the overall product is really thoughtful and masterfully crafted.
THINGS THAT MADE THIS EPISODE F*CKIN AMAZING:
- Getting to see the dragons in action was truly beautiful;
- Dany and Yara interaction was GOLD;
- The battle was very very very good. Tense and visually stunning. I couldn't breathe throughout it;
- Ramsey FINALLY being killed and ultimately by Sansa;
- >>>Sansa's character development!!!!<<<<
- Rickon dying as well was awful, but I can't say it was a wasted death nor a bad executed scene.
S06 was worth it mainly because of this entire episode. Still can't believe how good it was. I hope the finale is even better.
