btw Jane Eyre is quite good.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
WIll probably watch Shame first. I think it might appeal to me since everyone who hates it actually enjoys sex.
― Eric H., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
like a nylon lemon peel
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Don't worry. You can always put that detrius where Michael Fassbender's dick ought to be.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
NBR actually awarded Finding Neverland in '04, that was a kneeslapper.
(shining from their list is Empire of the Sun in '87)
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I'm sure, a better movie in your estimation than Hugo.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Neversawland
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
other NBR awards:
Best Foreign Language Film: "A Separation"
Best Documentary: "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise -- A Distinguished Translation from Book to Film
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
you can almost see the souvenir plastic cup in honoring a "franchise"
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
Huh, I didn't realize until today that Steve McQueen isn't white.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
not this one, no
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Never translate German (schlump), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
my annual single post to these threads: the john waters list is kind of whatever this year (surprised 'kevin's not on it), and i really wish it were easier to see all the stuff on halter's list (i got to see some of luther price's earlier super 8 films a few weeks ago, they're fantastic).
anyway, carry on
― silvana mangano, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
McQueen is getting 20x the attention for his crap second film than his brilliant debut.
Eric, Ke1th and D4n seem to somewhat not hate Shame, so I'm not sure that pattern holds up...
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
i have to know who you are bc your dn choice brings so much joy, silvana
― Never translate German (schlump), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
donna rouge, la donna più bella d'italia
― silvana mangano, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
ah, awes, hello &cyeah year end lists are always fascinating & frustrating in equal measure, triply so if you live outsida new york
― Never translate German (schlump), Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
this thread always makes me feel better abt my own top ten list
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
Do you find this surprising in some way?
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
I was thinking 10x
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched Tinker Tailor. Quite enjoyable, I thought. (Having not yet seen the '79 version.)
― Simon H., Friday, 2 December 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched Beginners and then read Lord Soto's review which I thought was absolutely spot on. I laughed a lot at the bit about Goran Visnjic's character
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About KevinBest Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim RashBreakthrough Performance: Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon TattooDebut Director: J.C. Chandor, Margin CallBest Ensemble: The Help
UGH, I wouldn't rank a single one of these. (Well, maybe Chandor did an okay job directing, but the script was a big 'feh')
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Have you seen Dragon Tattoo remy?
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
Yah, unfortu. P.S. I haven't seen We Need to Talk About Kevin, I just can't stand Tilda Swinton in anything people have ever, ever given as an example of a good performance.
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
Not good then? Didn't have high hopes tbh
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
I don't like the conceit, the book, or the Swedish movie, so I don't really know why I'd like the remake. But I'm perpetually unimpressed with David Fincher's technical gimcrackery; I kind of feel he missed his calling as film school survey f/x course professor.
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
I've never had any interest in the DragTat thing, so if they don't make it easy for me to see it I won't be troubled.
Woody Harrelson is fine as usual in Rampart, but there's not much to the film besides the not-so-tragic James Ellroy tale of the fall of a dirty LA cop in the late '90s.
also saw a beautifully lensed doc-neorealist mix of Thai sharecroppers, Agrarian Utopia.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
I just can't stand Tilda Swinton in anything people have ever, ever given as an example of a good performance.
I'm pretty unreasonable on Tilda too. I can't remember seeing anything she's been in and not thinking she's given the best performance ever.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
i guess margaret is out in the uk? peter bradshaw gave it 5 stars~
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/01/margaret-film-review
― j crunchwrap supreme, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
didn't like the Italian family thing last year, but she did save Julia from being unredeemably bad. Since I like Lynne Ramsay's miserabilism I have some hopes for Kevin. xp
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
It looks like Jaime's petition worked or had good timing, bcz Margaret is going to get some critic screenings.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
if I haven't mentioned yet, Vanessa R, Brian Cox, and R Fiennes are all stellar in Coriolanus (roughly in that order).
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
margaret on one (1) screen in the uk fwiwi would be psyched to catch it on dvd if i didn't suspect it may only be released on import laserdisc
― Never translate German (schlump), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
wld think itd be ripe for ondemand, etc like Melancholia but who knows
also i didnt know scott rudin was a producer of it. sorta shocked he cant get more distro but mb he doesnt want to
― j crunchwrap supreme, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
there's a piece in the new sight & sound on its spiteful distro setup, w/bizarre details about contractual limits to running time, etc (w/the edit coming in twelve seconds under the 2 1/2 hr ceiling); does just seem like an act of reprimand to release it so unenthusiastically. i hope the dvd w/the three hour cut comes out, anyway
― Never translate German (schlump), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
If I were a writer-director I'd create roles just for Vanessa R.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
if it's true that Scorsese and Schoonmaker edited this cut of Margaret, it's Marty's best work in years.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
How was Coriolanus? I'm waiting on a screener...
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
Since I like Lynne Ramsay's miserabilism I have some hopes for Kevin.
I've enjoyed all of her work too, although Morvern Callar a little less than the rest. MC was a little trés dreamy and elliptical for me, and I felt like it suffered a little from story-lack. But the source material for Kevin is pretty dense and phenom, and if it doesn't fall to sentimentality I think it will be a fantastic – difficult - film.
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
I went in not knowing it was gonna be contemporary, shot partly in the Balkans with Hurt Locker-style shooting (same DP), lotsa cable news tableaus etc, and was pleasantly surprised. Can't think of a Shakespeare film I've liked since the Hawke/Almereyda Hamlet.
xp
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Have you guys read the play? That charater's so difficult to render.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't, and I bet cutting half the text was a good move here. RF has played it on stage before.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
I was actually planning on reading it this weekend prior to watching – a co-teacher recommended it as "Hamlet, but for grown-ups."
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds minor.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
re: Scorsese and Margaret, according to Lonergan, he worked on a "fuller" cut that no one's seen yet.
― Simon H., Friday, 2 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like the tragedies that much, except for Othello.
― remy bean in exile, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure this comes across as a tragedy! Caius Martius is such a prick. There should be more parts for 75ish actresses in butch military drag, tho.
Eric, how can something with world-class classical acting be considered mino... oh, you.
I didn't recognize Vincent Cassel in his meaty, brief A Dangerous Methodrole after being left with the caricature he drew in the ballet potboiler last winter.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs, you're getting me awfully psyched to see the Cronenberg -- too bad the nearest it will come to this location is at least a 2 hour drive, and possibly more like 3 1/2.
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
I think it helps w/ ADM to believe psychoanalysis is essentially ridiculous, as I do in my Irish Catholic heart.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link