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I really liked it, but I am a fan of the genre too. Messed up and graphic though - I usually can take blood in stride, but there was one scene I had a bit of trouble with. Like you said with Titane, it was for sure interesting.Ilov80s said:
I have watched all from 1950 to present, but before that, it's hit and miss. I'm guessing that others might not have seen most of the really old ones, too. Something to keep in mind for a countdown.
This one would be good timing - the Titanic Rewatchables episode was pretty damn funny.
I really do want to see it. I am over my weird middle school hang up but I will be honest if yj scenes I’ve caught on TV, it didn’t look very good.
I still need to watch Coda but I’ve seen all the others. I haven’t really sat down to look at how it stacks up to the last few years but my first thought is to agree. I liked Tragedy of Macbeth and The Last Duel a lot more than several of the nominees as well.
I haven't done a side by side or deep dive, but usually there are 2-3 that I really love of the bunch and champion for during the awards process. So far only Power of the Dog has stood out from the bunch, and unfortunately that does include my Licorice Pizza watch yesterday.
My current rough rankings not including docs because Summer of Soul is probably my top movie of the year
I think they perfectly updated the story though to reflect issues of today (gentrification, racism, etc) without being so obvious. If you set it today, who are the Jets? MAGA? Is Antifa part of the story? I would hate that and think it would just make the movie insanely polarizing and tiresome. The issues of the original WSS are still the issues of today and they managed to sprinkle more into this than the original but the cover of the period piece/original story helped soften the blow. It was topical without feeling like one was being beat over the head with an issue picture. Plus it is updated in the sense that the world is dirtier and more real, the sense of danger is much more present.wikkidpissah said:
Maybe no song has to go but the music would be totally anachronistic to the current period. It would be like setting a movie in 19th century Vienna and setting it to an EDM version of the Blue Danube. Once you take it out of midcentury New York City and bring it to the world of TikTok and irony, you can't score it with Bernstein.wikkidpissah said:
I strongly disagree here. The lead Tony was bland. However, Maria sparkles. Chino is fleshed out which make such an impact on the final third of the movie, Mike Feist as Riff was a star making performance, Bernardo is also very strong. The arrangement of the numbers gives the non-core characters so much more characterization. Plus there is the bonus that the Puerto Rican characters feel Puerto Rican. It has a Latin touch which adds to the authenticity.wikkidpissah said:
I appreciate your take on it. Certainly well informed. We obviously felt differently about WSS but that's half the fun of talking movies.
I have similar of the ones I've seen, but you like Dune way more than I do. I wish I could argue the Licorice Pizza ranking more, but I struggled with the leads. Fantastic direction as usual, but definitely not my favorite PTA.Ilov80s said:
I saw Dune on HBO Max over Thanksgiving and very much liked it. Then I saw an imax matinee last month and that really cranked up my enjoyment. The story made more sense and as you can imagine, it’s an ideal imax movie.
I just wasn't sold on any of the actors in The Last Duel. They didn't fit the timeframe at all. Ben Affleck especially. When he was on screen it felt like a spoof.
yeah, Affleck was definitely the worst of the lot. almost played like a parody.
I kind of liked that they weren’t the usual casting of making the actors seem ultra sophisticated and proper. I don’t mind the accents at all.
So far, Power of the Dog is the closest for me. Otherwise the main theme is brilliantly directly, but just pretty good movies for the others I have seen.
Yeah, same here. Power of the Dog only one that stands out, but more relative speaking to the other nominees.KarmaPolice said:
Exactly. Casting of Affleck and Damon was too anachronistic. Imagine someone like Tim Roth or Cillian Murphy in Damon's role. Would have been far more convincing.
did they recast his top hat, trench coat, and slow-motion glowering walks? or will they be coming back?
El Floppo said:
Movie watching, maybe. definitely not my spelling game though. lolGood to see you're stepping up your game!!!
You liked it? I don’t know. It was well shot but there was no growth. The male was the same choad at the end that he was at the beginning. The girl who was rightfully fed up with his crap ran back to him at the end because she saw how poorly the gay character treated his boyfriend? That was it? There was no reason for them to come together at the end, guess it just didn’t resonate to me. Felt cheap.
Not really on first watch, but the bolded it why I still give lesser PTAs decent scores.
Cooper's character is a truly awful human being.
What was the point of this?
