Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty
Domhnall Gleeson in About Time
Christoph Waltz in The Zero Theorem
Simon Pegg in The World's End (feat. Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz)
Sol Kyung-gu in Hope
Predict these five or those five, or both:
Alden Ehrenreich in Beautiful Creatures
Ethan Hawke in Before Midnight
Christian Bale in Out of the Furnace
Terence Stamp in Song for Marion
Masaharu Fukuyama in Like Father, Like Son
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Complete shot in the dark here.
1. Sol (Sounds like a fun movie, please note the sarcasm)
2. Pegg
3. Waltz
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Hawke
3. Bale
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Velvet Buzzsaw?
1. Sol
2. Pegg
3. Waltz
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Hawke
3. Bale
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
I'm actually glad 2013 is coming up, since I'm trying to fill out my letterboxd watchlist with films from this decade.
My username there is Bryanl1994 btw, if anyone wants to add me :)
Huh, so McNairy is equal parts terrible and great then? I was watching a clip where he’s being interrogated and he looks phenomenal in it.
1. Sol (really interested in seeing this now)
2. Pegg
3. Gleeson
4. Waltz
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama (super interested in seeing this now)
2. Bale
3. Hawke
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
And my personal ratings for the performances from here I’ve seen,
Pegg - 5
Gleeson - 4.5/5
Waltz - 4.5
Servillo - 4
Bale - 4.5/5
Hawke - 4.5
Stamp - 4.5/5
Ehrenreich - 4.5
I should also note that the only films I’ve seen on this list I’d regard as great are Before Midnight and About Time.
1. Sol
2. Waltz
3. Pegg
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Hawke
3. Bale
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
Really hoping for a 5 for Pegg.
Louis: Your revised Top Ten ensembles of the decade?
Louis: Now that 91st Academy Awards have taken place, which would you say have been their 10 Best and Worst Original Screenplay Winners?
Louis: Also, your thoughts on this South Park clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdK6w6KLXA
1. Sol
2. Waltz
3. Pegg
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Hawke
3. Bale
4. Ehrenreich
5. Stamp
Really hoping Ehrenreich gets at least a 4.5. Definitely my favorite work I’ve seen from him, and the movie is the most inexplicable fun I’ve had with any YA adapatation. In the era that gave us grey-tinted slogs like Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner, something as colorful and openly tongue-in-cheek as Beautiful Creatures got a raw deal.
1. Sol
2. Waltz (Doubt he would be if he wasn't gonna get a 5)
3. Pegg
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama (He's excellent here)
2. Bale
3. Hawke
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
I saw The Guilty, which I loved, and I thought Cedergren was amazing.
Louis: your top 20 john c. Reilly acting moments
Louis: Also, your past film roles for Sharlto Copley? And thoughts on his voice?
1. Sol
2. Pegg
3. Servillo
4. Waltz
5. Gleeson
1. Stamp
2. Hawke
3. Fukuyama
4. Bale
5. Ehrenreich
1. Sol
2. Waltz
3. Pegg
4. Servillo
5. Gleeson
1. Fukuyama
2. Bale
3. Stamp
4. Hawke
5. Ehrenreich
Louis: Perfectly happy with this entire lineup. :)
Films To Watch:
Prisoners (Possible Re-Examination of Jackman's work)
American Hustle (Possible upgrade for Renner)
Behind The Candelabra
Phil Spector (Al Pacino)
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Short Term 12
Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, had a Polish release)
The Past (Asghar Farhadi)
Camille Claudel, 1915 (Juliette Binoche, read that it's one of her very best)
Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch)
Nymphomaniac Vol. I & II (Lars Von Trier, Watch the longer version if you can and I've read that Gainsbourg gave a fantastic performance)
The Wind Rises (Miyazaki)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Garden Of Words
The Great Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio/Carey Mulligan/Joel Edgerton, Please don't let Moulin Rouge deter you from watching it, I found it on the whole much more tolerable to sit through)
The Railway Man (Firth's best work though I haven't yet seen The Mercy)
Stoker
The Conjuring
This Is The End
The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes)
A Field In England (Ben Wheatley)
Le-Weekend
Hummingbird
The Selfish Giant
Borgman
Tangerines
Stray Dogs
Frances Ha
Metro Manila
Stranger By The Lake
Still Life (Eddie Marsan)
Tom At The Farm
Upstream Color
The Way Way Back
World War Z
Monsters University
The Spectacular Now
Drug War
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola)
Warm Bodies (Nicholas Hoult as a Zombie)
Oblivion (Tom Cruise)
The Heat (Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy)
We Are The Best!
We're The Millers
What Maisie Knew (Julianne Moore/Steve Coogan)
Trance (James McAvoy)
Welcome To The Punch (McAvoy/Strong)
Good Vibrations (Richard Dormer, Kermode's favourite film of 2013)
Dom Hemingway (Jude Law)
The Kings Of Summer
The Purge (Ethan Hawke)
Oz The Great And Powerful
Jack The Giant Slayer
Jobs (Ashton Kutcher)
Unforgiven (Ken Watanabe)
Venus In Fur (Polanski/Amalric)
The Best Offer (Geoffrey Rush)
Much Ado About Nothing (Joss Whedon)
Byzantium (Neil Jordan)
To The Wonder (Terrence Malick)
Now You See Me
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller)
Coherence
Palo Alto
Mama (Chastain/Coster-Waldau)
Charlie's Country (David Gulpilil)
Young & Beautiful (François Ozon)
Han Gong-Ju
Gangster Squad (Sean Penn should be in your bottom five for Supporting Actor)
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (Mads Mikkelsen)
Ender's Game
Oculus
The Lone Ranger
For Those In Peril
Labor Day (Brolin/Winslet)
Last Passenger
After Earth
In A World…
Homefront
Mood Indigo
Charlie Countryman
Gloria
Sunshine On Leith
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Riz Ahmed)
One Chance (James Corden)
Zulu
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian
The Grand Seduction (Brendan Gleeson)
Papadopoulos & Sons (Stephen Dillane)
Prince Avalanche
1.Sol
2.Waltz
3.Gleeson
4.Servillo
5.Pegg
1.Bale
2.Hawke
3.Fukuyama
4.Stamp
5.Ehrenreich
And please take your time with this year Louis, There's a lot of these I want you to watch.
Luke: Once again, thank you for the "Films to Watch" list, since this one will definitely aid in my venture, although I've already seen about 40% of those. Thanks!
And I'd like to throw in "Liev Schreiber" as another reason for The Reluctant Fundamentalist as well.
Louis: Like Father, Like Son instead of Life Father, Like Son.
Luke: Also, I think he saw Frances Ha back when did 2012, no? Since he definitely wasn't positive on Gerwig, whatever the film was.
Luke: "After Earth" lol. That should be good.
Charles: Well, we certainly need some Bottom five contenders. :)
Bryan: It is a 2013 theatrical release but I don't mind if he doesn't watch it if he has that much of an aversion for her.
Luke: I think he did watch that film haha. Check in the results page for Alternate Best Actor 2012.
Bryan: Nevermind though it was quite funny reading those thoughts again.
I know this is a matter of opinion but why is everyone putting Servillo on their 5th place, I thought he did an amazing job in La Grande Bellezza.
Jack: We have to make these predictions before the 3rd review to win performance requests. Most of us haven't seen The Great Beauty yet Louis gave Servillo a 2.5 for Il Divo which can have some influence on one's prediction and we just have to go with what we feel Louis will like/love the most though there are others who go with their own personal rankings.
Man, I'm excited for Pegg's, Gleeson's and Hawke's reviews.
Really hoping Pegg gets three 5s for the Cornetto Trilogy.
1. Sol
2. Pegg
3. Servillo
4. Waltz
5. Gleeson
1. Hawke
2. Fukuyama
3. Bale
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
If I were to rank Pegg's performances, it would be:
Shaun Of The Dead
The World's End
Hot Fuzz
Just letting you know guys that as of now I've got 10 lineups for 1963, 66, 70, 79, 83, 94, 98, 02, 04, 07 and 14.
For 99 and 09, I want 5 reviews and 2 bonuses.
Hope Ejiofor remains in the top 10. That performance has aged beautifully for me.
I'll try to predict the Lead Actress top 5.
1. Cotillard
2. Binoche
3. Seydoux
4. Exarchopoulos
5. Larson
I have Bullock in 6th and I'm not sure how Louis will respond to Nymphomaniac.
Luke: Hot Fuzz might be my favorite overall Pegg performance, even though Shaun of the Dead and The World's End contain his best individual moments for me (you know them).
I would also like to suggest The Physician (Ben Kingsley) and Night Train to Lisbon (Jeremy Irons) for the "Films to Watch" list.
Louis: Probably a hard list to make, and very specific, but if you can, could you list some of your favourite Roger Deakins shots? (Try not to make the list completely Blade Runner 2049, tempting as it may be).
Tahmeed: He's a 5 for all 3, His turn in Hot Guzz is incredibly consistent yet also hilariously intense in my favourite film of the trilogy. Shaun Of The Dead and The World's End both have that emotional poignancy in moments such as Shaun's stepdad dying, Shaun shooting his mother or Gary's determination to complete the one thing he can achieve in his life whenever Andy discovers he attempted suicide that give them the edge over Hot Fuzz for me.
1. Sol
2. Waltz
3. Pegg
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Hawke
3. Bale
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
Rami Malek could potentially be the next Bond villain, which is... an odd choice. I'm tempted to say a bad choice, but let's wait and see.
Matt:
Gyllenhaal - 3(One of his better weird performances of late honestly, though he could use some sort of palette cleanser as he's just been off for awhile. It is a obviously a far cry from previous collaborations with Gilroy, which I guess he took the wrong lessons from. Gyllenhaal though is perfectly serviceable though in at least capturing any drama within his mostly purposeful obtuse portrayal of a critic. He balances some humor with a degree of seriousness. It doesn't add up to much but he doesn't embarrass himself here.)
Russo - 3(She does another ice queen routine here just fine, though with a lot less substance.)
Collette - 3(Not a lot to her role but she at least finds a little bit of humor in it.)
Ashton - 3(Her performance is technically the most dynamic as the fall from haggard worker to her own ice queen. She's fine in this but not terribly impressive either much like the film.)
Dyer - 3(She's better here than she was in ole season 2 of stranger things. As she at least finds a bit of humor in the over worked assistant type. Not much but okay.)
Magnussen - 3(Honestly his performance might have been the most appropriate to the real material, which would've worked better as 30 minute segment in a horror anthology, as he plays a fine goofy victim.)
Diggs and Malkovich are barely in the film, though are fine.
Give me a minute on that Deakins request, although you can find two of the shots in the background.
Bryan:
1. Silence
2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3. Birdman
4. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
5. The Favourite
6. The Death of Stalin
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. The Master
9. I, Tonya
10. Inherent Vice
Copley's voice is a rather unique one, the South African accent is already rather unique, and it goes along with that. This though with a bit of additional oddballness to it that makes it rather striking in its own way.
Donald Woods
Dr. Herman Einstein
Chance the Gardner
Emi Grant:
Potentially rather biting satire, unfortunately they seemed to have come with that as their only idea for that episode and just repeated it ad nauseam until at lost all value.
Original Screenplay:
Best:
1. Chinatown
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Citizen Kane
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Network
6. Fargo
7. On the Waterfront
8. Dog Day Afternoon
9. The Apartment
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Worst:
1. Crash
2. American Beauty
3. An American in Paris
4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
5. Green Book
6. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
7. Lost in Translation
8. Coming Home
9. The Seventh Veil
10. Wilson
Dishonorable mention though to Milk since I don't know how it qualified for Original. How is it you can just thank a documentary that you clearly heavily lifted from but not be an adaptation of it? Nonsense that robbed one of the greatest screenplays written.
Anonymous:
1. Talking to warm - The Sisters Brothers
2. Fight - Stan & Ollie
3. Dinner - Magnolia
4. San Francisco fight - The Sisters Brothers
5. Final performance - Stan & Ollie
6. Making up with Charlie - The Sisters Brother
7. "Beautiful Ride" - Walk Hard
8. Final smile - The Sisters Brothers
9. Hotel room - Hard Eight
10. His opening - Magnolia
11. "Mr. Cellophane" - Chicago
12. Day after the fight - Stan & Ollie
13. Saying goodbye to a friend - King: Skull Island
14. Dad in half - Walk Hard
15. After receiving instruction - The Sisters Brothers
16. Ending - Magnolia
17. Opening - Stan & Ollie
18. Opening - Hard Eight
19. Tending to the dying - The Sisters Brothers
20. Losing his gun - Magnolia
Honestly hard to make, as even outside of his great work, he's had a lot of gems even smaller roles, like his priceless reactions during the drug deal scene in Boogie Nights.
Louis: Thoughts on the screenplay of The Bachelor and Bobby-Soxer?
Louis: Oh, and also thoughts on the script of Coming Home as well.
Louis: I'd actually go higher for Gyllenhaal, only because I had fun watching him, whereas everyone else played it so bizarrely serious.
Matt: I'd go up to a 3.5 for him, since I thought his "freaking out" scenes actually melded the two tones a bit.
Louis: Your updated 20 Sam Rockwell moments
Louis: Your Top 25 Ryan Gosling acting moments.
1. Simon Pegg
2. Christoph Waltz
3. Domhnall Gleeson
4. Sol Kyung-gu
5. Toni Servillo
1. Ethan Hawke
2. Terence Stamp
3. Christian Bale
4. Masaharu Fukuyama (ranking the top 4 on this one is tough)
5. Alden Ehrenreich
Bums me out a little that Statham won’t be reviewed, he’d be damn close to a 5 for me. Also surprised about Phoenix missing out, a while ago it seemed like you were dead set on reviewing him.
Michael: He considers Phoenix Supporting.
Michael: Statham for which film exactly?
Bryan: Hummingbird a.k.a. Redemption.
Michael: If Statham's a five, at least he'd be reviewed in future because I don't see any of the non-requests getting less than a 4.5.
So I've finally seen Green Book. Pretty amazing that they gave BP to a Hallmark movie.
Louis, Luke, Charles and RatedRStar: What did you think of Dave Bautista's comments on Dwayne Johnson and John Cena.
Louis: Any thoughts on the Dark Phoenix trailer.
Anonymous: I completely agree with him. The Rock has played it safe for far too long yet the problem is he's too recognisable and willing to do anything to draw audiences in. John Cena was my Greta Gerwig in wrestling terms. He's okay in the films I've seen him in but I have an inherent dislike for him as a wrestler which sort of nullifies that.
Dave's the only one of the 3 that truly gives a shit about acting as a craft when Johnson and Cena rely more on their personas.
God help us if Roman Reigns decides to act. He's a poor man's Jason Momoa and I think Momoa's just okay to fine as a performer.
Louis: Your thoughts on Rami Malek possibly playing the villain in Bond 25 (Shatterhand).
Luke: Bautista isn't afraid to speak his mind, that's for sure.
And it seems like the trend of recent Oscar winners taking their turns as Bond villains (Bardem, Waltz) will continue.
Bryan: If there's one thing I'm rather annoyed about is that he'll never act opposite Dwayne Johnson in a Fast & Furious film.
Luke: Also, I saw The Railway Man last night. It's a good performance by Firth in a film worth checking out (I'd give him a strong 4.) The film isn't anything too notable, but it tells its story well enough.
Bryan: What did you think of Kidman.
Luke: I liked what she did in the early scenes of the film, but then the film decides to limit her from that point on, though she was still fine. I'll be generous and give her a 3.5
Bryan L: If they're going with recent Oscar winners, than I can think of a few other people I'd like to see be Bond villains. For example, Gary Oldman (can't *believe* that hasn't happened yet, it's so obvious), Mahershala Ali, and Olivia Colman (how awesome would that be?)
Bryan: If we're going to keep on the trend of Oscar winners i would like to see Oldman and Rylance as villains. Waltz and Bardem were excellent choices despite Waltz not delivering too grand. Rami Malek does not sound like a good choice.
Anonymous: I agree with Bautista, they just rely on their charismatic personas. Cena in Bumblebee proves that Cena is just being Cena and it works only if you like him.
Saw Fighting With My Family, I liked it well enough though it's chock full of inaccuracies which for someone who's very familiar with WWE made me cringe.
Pugh - 4
Lowden - 4 (MVP)
Frost - 3/3.5
Headey - 3/3.5
Johnson - 3
Vaughn - 3/3.5
Charles: The representation of AJ Lee is the worst offender.
Matt: I'm not sure I see Ali as a Bond villain honestly, though I imagine it would have to be a more subtle one at that. Oldman sounds great, and as for Colman...I'd be 100% in.
Luke: A bit strange to hear that it's inaccurate, considering The Rock's involvement with the film.
Louis: your thoughts on these two The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Escape from New York 2010s casts/directors?
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Tuco: Oscar Isaac
Blondie: Ryan Gosling
Angel Eyes: Dave Bautista
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Snake: Wyatt Russell
Hauk: Ed Harris
Cabbie: Richard E. Grant
President of the United States: Bill Camp
The Duke: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Brain: Lee Byung-hun
Maggie: Ana de Armas
Calvin: I think Benicio del Toro could also work as Tuco.
And:
2010s They Shoot Horses Don’t They? directed by Marielle Heller (could be a fascinating choice)
Gloria: Emma Stone
Robert: Keith Stanfield
Alice: Elizabeth Debicki
Rocky: Bob Odenkirk
Harry: Grainger Hines
Bryan: For anyone who doesn't watch wrestling, they'd be likely to be more forgiving than I am and perhaps Charles.
Luke: Could you tell me some of the inaccuracies and the AJ Lee problems because I am always very weary with WWE discrepancies?
I think Rami Malek would be a worrying choice as a bond villain, for me the villain needs to be always someone who can stand up to bond psychically and have believable intellect like a Javier Bardem or a Mads Mikkelsen type, for me Malek would only work if he were a sympathetic type.
RatedRStar: AJ Lee's attire is what you would expect Women's wrestlers wear today when she wore cropped tops and Denim Shorts. In her entrance, she's wearing a robe and doesn't even skip to the ring.
The final match took place in 2014 and the whole presentation including the set and logo is from present day instead of five years ago.
Paige never met The Rock at a tryout before she even signed.
Paige goes straight to NXT at a time when it didn't exist as a brand, she was in FCW first before NXT then eventually WWE.
The WWE performance centre where she trains didn't exist until a few years ago.
And Vince Vaughn's character is completely fictionalized who I felt in some respects was a representation of Mick Foley, as weird as that sounds.
Louis, Are there any directors you would like to see work with Dave Bautista.
Anonymous:
Bong Joon-Ho
Guillermo Del Toro
S. Craig Zahler
Hope he'll have a role of great importance in a Villenueve film in future.
I’d love to see him work with Edgar Wright.
Yeah, he'd be great with Wright as well.
Luke, having seen Fanny & Alexander, who would you like to see reviewed from the cast aside from Guve.
Anonymous: Jan Malmsjo (I think he'll be Runner-Up at the very least but I definitely see him potentially taking the win from Hauer), Erland Josephson, Jarl Kulle, Borje Ahlstedt and Allan Edwall.
Anonymous:
There really isn't too much to be said about The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer. As it isn't a disagreeable film however that is mostly based around the charm of Cary Grant. As written it is a very standard vehicle for him. There is nothing notable about the scenario. There is nothing overly witty in the dialogue. The plot, what there is of it, is all extremely standard rom com. I guess I can give it credit in that it did not result in a bad film, but the screenplay just isn't anything worth noting.
Coming Home's script is tv movie quality. It is elevated by an over qualified cinematographer and a strong turn by Jon Voight. It probably could've even fit into that tome format as it is extended by montage man Hal Ashby. The film had three separate writers and you can see this in the cursory focus of the stories. Is it about this conservative army wife discovering herself, not really, is it about the trauma of war, not really, is it about the jealousy of a husband, not really, is about the affair, not really, is it about fighting against the war, not really, is it a romance, not really. In the sense that it does not really grant any real depth to a single potentially interesting facet. It just kind of runs through them with some standard scenes and some especially standard dialogue. Take for example of the brother who commits suicide, we just are told he is troubled and then he kills himself. The screenplay does not grant any real detail to the struggle. Take the romance, which follows just some standard bits of tension, then full on affection where the development is handled by montages rather than any written scenes that actually create a real depth to the relationship. There are even some frankly downright bad elements that seem like out of a different film, like the surveillance on Luke subplot that seems ill-fitting to the overall film's tone, and is there just to fulfill a sloppy plot point. The film's screenplay lacks conviction to develop any of its many points it wants to cover in the human drama and about the war. It doesn't even really resolve itself as a forbidden love triangle, as the husband aspect is painfully rushed into a quick excessively tidy knot of nothingness. It's a screenplay that tries to say a lot, but in the end it only does try.
Charles:
Although almost feel I should wait, as I do intend to watch Fosse/Verdon if it gets decent reviews.
1. Dixon brings Mildred news - Three Billboards
2. The Assassination - The Assassination of Jesse James
3. "Do I have a name?" - Galaxy Quest
4. Moment of clarity - Snow Angels
5. Ending - Three Billboards
6. Old Sam tells New Sam to go - Moon
7. Procuring DNA - Three Billboards
8. Bashing his head - Snow Angels
9. "No Shootouts!" - Seven Psychopaths
10. "Plucky?" - Galaxy Quest
11. Police Station burning - Three Billboards
12. Fake Final Scene - Seven Psychopaths
13. Interrogation - The Assassination of Jesse James
14. Plan from the episode he died in - Galaxy Quest
15. The Bar - Snow Angels
16. Hearing about the Chief - Three Billboards
17. Call Home - Moon
18. Calling Mildred - Three Billboards
19. Close Shave - The Assassination of Jesse James
20. Meeting New Sam - Moon
Still honorable mention to "regular or menthol?" from TMNT
Tahmeed:
1. The Elevator - Drive
2. The Memory is Real - Blade Runner 2049
3. The Moon - First Man
4. Finding the Horse - Blade Runner 2049
5. Talking to his sons - First Man
6. Private moment after the funeral - First Man
7. Taking the Bullet - Drive
8. Snow - Blade Runner 2049
9. Do you think I want to talk to somebody? - First Man
10. Learning the truth - Blade Runner 2049
11. Real Human Being - Drive
12. After the rough Landing - First Man
13. Showdown with Bernie - Drive
14. Baseline failure - Blade Runner 2049
15. Opening - Blade Runner 2049
16. Dinner - La La Land
17. Interview - First Man
18. Hotel Room - Drive
19. Dancing with the wife - First Man
20. Calling Nino - Drive
21. Given a Name - Blade Runner 2049
22. What a waste of a Lovely Night - La La Land
23. Baseline test - Blade Runner 2049
24. A swing set for Karen - First Man
25. Dean leaves - Blue Valentine
Luke:
Where does one begin. I'll admit I didn't hesitate to watch, despite spoiler warnings, because of how little I expect from the film. This did not change the expectations. I have to admit the that spoiler though I did not mind given that the level of phoning it from that particular performer has even infected the makeup. I mean it's a good thing to write such a player out, but why even put the individual in question there to begin with? The rest looked like a bad X-Men movie mess. Once again botching the saga, where they think they are selling it apparently on name alone, since what's the point of a Dark Phoenix if there's not a Good Phoenix. Moronic. Seems to be hitting the same exact story beats, as the last two, but properly in an even messier way. I'll say McAvoy and Fassbender seem to be trying once again, but it is probably a hopeless effort.
Eh...I guess I do have to be sold on Malek to an extent, as I haven't seen his TV work, but that just feels lazy.
Calvin:
Not so sure about Isaac as Tuco, I think he might be another Guy Pearce where he's great as complex protagonists but can often struggle outside of that (which is a very strange range limitation I'll admit). Tuco's a high wire act not matter what though, so maybe.
Gosling could certainly pull of the stare, and Bautista definitely could deliver on the villain side of things.
Love the Escape choices, except I might switch Cabbie and POTUS. This is as my single favorite thing in the original film is the oh so dignified Donald Pleasence's final vindictive and manic "You're the Duke!, You're Number One" which I'd love to see Grant act out. Camp would also fit into the Cabbie like a glove.
Great choices all around for They Shoot Horses, and honestly I'd love to see that.
Anonymous:
Hmmm...perhaps the setup for a future wrestlemania match me thinks....however he's absolutely right and has the cred to talk trash, as he's proven himself to be the best wrestler turned actor...by far.
Anonymous:
Support all aforementioned choices, I'd also add PTA, Armando Iannucci and The Coen Brothers (Perhaps when they finally do the great Hell, Ten ft squared, or of course Blood, Sweat and Canvas (thanks Lou).)
Louis: What actors would you like to see working with Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson?
Louis: Your thoughts on the score for Vice? On rewatch, I thought it was just as obnoxious as the editing, and that is saying something.
Also, if you haven't given them already, your thoughts on the cinematography for Mandy?
Bryan L: Now, when you say the score is obnoxious, do you mean it's bad music, or do you mean the director uses it in an obnoxious way, like Manchester by the Sea, for example?
Matt: The latter, since McKay uses it at the parts of the film where the editing gets the most annoying, and also as a tool to make sure that you know what he's trying to say, which is already bad enough. Just to clarify a bit.
The music itself is just ok though, but nothing special.
Well since it’s Bautista day:
2010s The Big Heat directed by Bong Joon-ho
Sgt Bannion: Dave Bautista
Debby Marsh: Tessa Thompson
Lagana: Matt Ross
Vince Stone: Brian Tyree Henry
Wilks: Kenneth Choi
2010s Runaway Train directed by S. Craig Zhaler
Manny: Dave Bautista
Buck: George MacKay
Sara: Cynthia Erivo
Ranken: Bradley Whitford
2010s Frankenstein directed by Guillermo del Toro
Victor Frankenstein: Tom Hiddleston
The Monster: Dave Bautista
Elizabeth: Lily James
Fritz: Burn Gorman
2010s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Rance Stoddard: Edward Norton
Tom Doniphon: John C. Reilly
Hallie Stoddard: Jena Malone
Liberty Valance: Dave Bautista
Dutton Peabody: Alfred Molina
Marshal Appleyard: Garrett Dillahunt
Pompey: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
2010s Spartacus directed by Armando Iannucci
Spartacus: Dave Bautista
Crassus: Steve Coogan
Varinia: Sarah Gadon
Gracchus: Brendan Gleeson
Batiatus: Benedict Wong
Caesar: Rupert Friend
Draba: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Anonymous:
Scorsese:
Joaquin Phoenix
Mickey Rourke (Perhaps for another bSrief "comeback")
Gary Oldman
PTA:
John C. Reilly (I'd love to see them work together again since they haven't since the 90's.)
Billy Bob Thornton
Mads Mikkelsen
Bryan:
The score itself is perhaps a bit too reminiscent of John William's score for Nixon (seriously listen to the two of them side by side), but honestly Britell's score, though not amazing on its own, could potentially have been used by say 90's Oliver Stone. On a side note, almost feel like I should revisit Nixon as that film seems brilliant in comparison to Vice (and I've always considered it to be sort of the b-side to JFK, the same way Casino is the B-Side to Goodfellas). Any who the real problem with the score is the way McKay uses it, which lacks any cohesion within his scenes and often feels like another excess. Again though overbearing scores can work, which Britell's work is, however McKay has no idea how to use it, and the film's editing just makes it all the more jarring and obnoxious. Having said all that in comparison to Nixon, which I don't even view as a "great", Britell's work there is fairly underwhelming, kind of trying too hard to kind of find a general dread quality, but ends up being a little too random. Not a terrible score on its own, but a far cry from his other score from 2018.
Speaking of potentially over bearing, Mandy's cinematography is a brilliant use of the extreme. This in the extreme saturation of colors. Of course this is particularly brilliantly realized vision though in that the super reds are used so well within the scenes of the CRAZY evil of the cult essentially had influence, as the work is more low key, though just as beautiful elsewhere. The shot of Mandy on her bed is especially gorgeous. The man attractions are those deep reds though where it is kind of shot as if it was the deeply artistic version of an 80's horror film, which the film is more or less. Of course all of that is amplified by the immaculate composition and framing of every shot, where each one resembles a gnarly (for the lack of a better word) painting.
Louis: I've actually been meaning to ask if you've thought about revisiting Nixon, but mainly for Hopkins' performance.
Lastly, who would you have chosen to write and direct Vice instead? I think the team behind I, Tonya could've done a great job, besides Ianucci of course.
Honestly, Hopkins deserves more credit for Nixon. While he certainly doesn't reach the level of Hall he is not as poor as Langella.
Louis: Can I get your full thoughts on Dorff in True Detective? Because I whole-heartedly agree he was the standout.
Louis: Your thoughts on Brie Larson as an actress
Ooh a few others to play with.
2010s Random Harvest directed by Martin Scorsese (I honestly feel this could be a masterpiece, although maybe this is more PTA material again)
Rainier: Joaquin Phoenix
Paula: Carey Mulligan
Kitty: Olivia Cooke
2010s Bad Day at Black Rock directed by Martin Scorsese
Macreedy: Gary Oldman
Reno Smith: Kyle Chandler
Liz: Margot Robbie
Sheriff Horn: Andrew Friedman
Coley and Hector: David O’Hara and Jon Bernthal
Doc Velie: Richard Jenkins
2010s The Yakuza directed by Martin Scorsese
Kilmer: Mickey Rourke
Tanaka: Tadanobu Asano
Tanner: Eddie Marsan
Dusty: Jesse Plemons
Goro: Hiroyuki Sanada
Eiko: Nana Komatsu
Oh by the way, my winning request for the supporting 2018 lineup is Susumu Fujita in No Regrets for Our Youth for 1946 Supporting Actor.
Anonymous: I think it would be better to wait until he sees both Short Term 12 and Captain Marvel.
Louis: If Bautista does end up working with Gunn again on the next Suicide Squad, I would love it if he played Bane or Solomon Grundy.
Louis: Could you please review Gleeson first, I'm kind of excited to know your thoughts about About Time. :)
1. Sol (5)
2. Pegg (5)
3. Waltz (5)
4. Gleeson (4.5)
5. Servillo (4)
1. Fukuyama (5)
2. Bale (5)
3. Stamp (4.5/5)
4. Hawke (4.5)
5. Ehrenreich (4.5)
1. Fukuyama
2. Sol
3. Bale (2 and 3 are interchangeable)
4. Pegg
5. Waltz
6. Stamp
7. Gleeson
8. Hawke
9. Ehrenreich
10. Servillo
For those that are interested, I've just posted my own review of Ethan Hawke's "First Reformed" performance. Following this, I don't expect Considine or Foster to take too long.
https://leadactorawards.blogspot.com/
These predictions are really all over the place. My personal prediction is
Fukuyama (5)
Sol (5)
Bale (5)
Waltz (5)
Pegg (5)
Hawke (4.5/5)
Stamp (4.5/5)
Gleeson (4.5)
Ehrenreich (4.5)
Servillo (4.5)
2010s The Devil and Daniel Webster directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Webster: John C. Reilly
Mr Scratch: Billy Bob Thornton
Jabez Stone: Zach Woods
Mary Stone: Katherine Waterston
Belle: Bella Heathcote
2010s Lolita directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Humbert Humbert: Mads Mikkelsen
Charlotte: Laura Dern
Dolores: Elle Fanning
Quilty: Simon Pegg
Robert:
Dorff - (His performance for me was such a pleasant surprise, also helped that the marketing treated him as afterthought at best. Of course it's interesting in that his Roland, is not Marty to Rust, since Roland is truly a supporting character to Ali's Hays. Dorff though has many similar challenges there in terms of creating the three timeline of the characters each he manages to say so much of who Roland is in each. This is in part sort of the presence he brings to each. The young hot somewhat smooth hot shot, that he doesn't over do, in the first time, the more hardened vet of the second with a blunter personality, then the quiet older man looking back at it all. I love it as Dorff makes each Roland distinct, yet grants the sense of what brought him to each point. I especially love his physical work as the older Roland, as where, though I did like his performance a great deal, Ali occasionally fell into "playing" an old man in terms of some his physical work, whereas I felt Dorff just owned the physical element. What really makes the work standout though is how he realizes the changes to the man in each in an emotional sense. In you have that less tempered sort which Dorff wields brilliantly as the man who almost wants to get into a more intense situation. This is again the middle man whose certainly learned something from that, but still has a lot to learn. There's a far more nuanced sense that Dorff brings though that ends up being a rather low key, but powerful portrayal of the man's journey to maturation. This is in Dorff in the middle shows this push and pull, as he falls into the heat of the moment, but with more of this concern within that. So much of this is between the lines, which Dorff excels with but the moments he does have to himself are outstanding. I especially loved how honestly he played the scene where Roland finds a most unexpected friend, and found it surprisingly both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Every scene as the old Roland though Dorff just knocks out of the park, as he's so great in conveying essentially the emotional weight of the investigation within the man, and in the way it connects him to Ali's Hays. His interactions are great though as Dorff conveys both this sense of exasperation in the aged detective towards his own lack of closure, but also this wonderful sense of empathy in his chemistry with Ali in these scenes. My favorite single scene perhaps being the one time where Hays loses time and is surprised by Roland after just having talked to him. Dorff's reaction in the moment is downright, I'll say, beautiful as he conveys such a sense of concern and understanding in the older man that reflects genuine care and connection to the man. Dorff work in each timeline though creates such a distinct connection to who Roland was and what the investigation means to the man in the end. Dorff I found managed to make this journey just as palatable as Ali's, despite being far less focused upon. His work though is never an after thought and indeed I found he left the strongest impression upon the season.)
Bryan:
Ianucci would be my first choice, after all he successfully touched upon some of the material with In the Loop.
Deakins:
To Start 80's-90's
Jerry's isolated car - Fargo
Gaear finding the other witnesses - Fargo
Winston alone in his apartment - 1984
Sid & Nancy on the steps in the dream - Sid & Nancy
Dream portrait - Barton Fink
Mundt at the end of the hall - Barton Fink
Wrestling in Fink's classes - Barton Fink
THE shot - The Shawshank Redemption
The Men listening to Mozart - The Shawshank Redemption
Discovering the hole - The Shawshank Redemption
Louis: Thoughts on the cinematography of Coming Home?
Anonymous:
Far from Wexler's best work, as it is obvious that Ashby isn't really pushing him or offering particularly interesting choices on his end. As compare this (mostly interiors) work here to Cuckoo's nest and there is a noticeable difference in quality. Having said that Wexler's work is an example of a very talented cinematographer working with not particularly inspired direction. This is as there are some very small touches of creating a something a little more notable such as the soft lighting, the occasional use of a dynamic shadow and just in general intelligent compositions, that keeps it above a tv movie aesthetic, even as it seems like Ashby wouldn't have minded that.
Louis: Your top ten mystery films
Okay, this has been bothering me ever since watching Roma, but: Did anyone else think the cut from the fallen plaster on the baby ventilator to the unrelated roadside grave was super cheap foreshadowing? Really the entire baby subplot rubbed me the wrong way.
Also, Louis: Is there any chance Nighy could get upgraded for either Pirates sequel?
Robert: I didn't even notice that, to be honest.
Louis: What are your 5 biggest disappointments and surprises film-wise for 2018?
Luke: Your Top Ten for 2018?
1. The Favourite (Can't remember if I'm the only one who has it at #1 but my personal love for historical films especially set in the 17th/18th century gave it the edge over #2 and #3)
2. First Man
3. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
4. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
5. The Guilty
6. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
7. Burning
8. Isle Of Dogs
9. Roma
10. Leave No Trace
Tahmeed: I think we're getting Pegg first.
Luke: I have The Favourite at #1 as well :D
And correct me if I'm wrong, but did you also have Dunkirk at #1 for 2017 as well?
Bryan: Yes, though Dunkirk has a very special place in my heart. :)
Luke: Dunkirks my #1 for that year as well (: And your Top 3 for 2018 are in the same exact order as mine too
Lastly, out of curiosity, have you ever thought about starting your own film/tv blog?
Bryan: It's something I had thought about doing for at least 5 to 6 years since I actually did start up one whilst I was in Technical College doing Media but I've had other commitments since that have denied me the opportunity to work on it. But I'm more than happy giving my thoughts here anyway.
I only ever made one post which was an assignment I had to do during media studies and it was an analysis of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
1. Christoph Waltz
2. Simon Pegg
3. Domhnall Gleeson
4. Sol Kyung-gu
5. Toni Servillo
1. Terence Stamp
2. Christian Bale
3. Masaharu Fukuyama
4. Ethan Hawke
5. Alden Ehrenreich
Robert: Nope.
Also in other news Spielberg’s push against Netflix is pretty stupid.
I think Spielberg's rather out of touch on this issue, filmmakers are given a better chance to realize their visions under the Netflix model without studio heads butting in.
Robert: I'd have to rewatch the film to see what you're referring to, which I've been meaning to get around to anyways.
Calvin: It appears he may have been the main guy behind the zeitgeist that voted #8 for Roma, as this seems a bit out of character for him honestly.
Luke: Would it be safe to say LOTR is your favorite film series/trilogy of all time? :o
Bryan: Trilogy, yes, series/franchise, I need to have a long think about that but it probably wouldn't be because I do count The Hobbit films as part of a Middle-Earth Saga.
And he pushed Green Book as "real cinema", when there's really nothing cinematic about it and is frankly workmanlike in all regards, if that.
Luke: I also have The Favourite as my #1.
Robert: I kind of agree that the foreshadowing is a bit heavy-handed (also: the cup that falls and breaks after making a toast for the future baby's health). Amd let's not talk about the guy singing while the fire is being put off.
Alex: what's the issue with that scene? Just curious because for me that's my one of my top 5 scenes in the film (and I absolutely adore it).
Guys, your rating predictions for Will Smith as The Genie.
Anonymous: I'll be surprised if it's anything more than a 1.5 but I'm predicting a 1. I have a really bad feeling about him from what I've seen.
Anonymous: Will Smith is a living meme. His casting in Aladdin may be the the most hilarious casting Disney has done. No matter what is rating will be he's going to be one of the most memorable things out of the live action Disney films coming out for perhaps the wrong reasons.
Anonymous: I'm hoping Smith's performance goes somewhere on the Wiseau scale
Anonymous: I concur with Luke.
Emi: Eehhhh...all I really see Will Smith doing as the Genie is Will Smith. He doesn't seem to be trying anything "out there", which is a requirement of sorts for the Wiseaus.
Louis: thoughts on Chris Marquette in Barry?
Oscar Issac is apparently going to play Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid adaptation directed by the Kong: Skull Island director.
It felt a bit overly symbolic to me, and it took me out of the scene's supposed realism (even if it's great in terms of the craft). But I understand why other people might love it. I just preferred smaller moments, like the interactions between the two maids or that hilarious martial-arts instructor.
I think the film overall is good, just not the masterpiece many people consider it. For example, I wish there was more insight into Cleo's life and her situation, becquse she feels more like a passive object for Cuaron's virtuosity. In other words: I would have preferred a proper character study instead of a well-intended "tribute" (especially because Aparicio is terrific).
Louis: I do not know if they ever asked you that, but what's your TOP 10 of best actors' directors?
Robert:
I don't disagree, as I found that whole subplot extremely melodramatic, which I thought was ill-fitting to the general "slice of life" tone that Cuaron seemed to be going for. I'll admit I perhaps should re-watch the film since currently nothing has stayed with me about the film beyond the technical craftsmanship.
I actually wouldn't say that's entirely out of the realm of possibility, as even though I didn't like the sequels as films, I still found his work stood out well within them.
Charles:
A lot of masterpieces in this sort of blended genre.
1. L.A. Confidential
2. JFK
3. Chinatown
4. Zodiac
5. The Conversation
6. The Third Man
7. Vertigo
8. Memories of Murder
9. Seven
10. Memento
Calvin:
Not Miles Teller gives a fine performance there mostly in portraying just essentially an average easy going dude in his early scenes, which he naturally segues then to such a man being emotionally distraught when brought into an entirely different world. He captures the extreme juxtaposition, and is right there with Hader in terms of selling the emotional intensity of that moment.
Bryan:
Disappointments:
1. Mute
2. Annihilation
3. Crimes of Grindelwald (I didn't expect much from it, yet still was disappointing)
4. Incredibles 2
5. Beautiful Boy
Surprises:
1. The Favourite
2. Bad Times At The El Royale
3. Game Night
4. Creed II (Drago story line+)
5. Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot
Anonymous:
Yes, here:
Ingmar Bergman
Paul Thomas Anderson
David Lynch
Billy Wilder
Quentin Tarantino
The Coen Brothers
William Wyler
Elia Kazan
David Lean
Robert Altman
Louis, When is the first review going to be posted.
Louis et all: your top 10 for the decade? For me,
1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. Phantom Thread
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. First Man
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Hacksaw Ridge
7. Roma
8. The Social Network
9. The Hunt
10. Carol
Louis: Let's hope Lanthimos stays on his current path. I'm guessing Tully might've made the "Surprises" list if it hadn't been for the central concept? Since I believe you had reservations there.
Also, your thoughts on the screenplay for First Man?
Calvin: In chronological order
The Social Network
Drive
The Hunt
Birdman
Mad Max: Fury Road
La La Land
Dunkirk
Blade Runner:2049
The Favourite
First Man
I'm afraid I don't have a definitive #1 for 2013 yet.
Louis: Your thoughts on the voice of Gary Owens. The more I think about it, he was kinda the perfect voice for the Silver Age Batman as he had a similar voice and delivery to Adam West.
Bryan L: I think my top ten for this decade would be more or less like yours.
RIP Luke Perry
RIP Luke Perry. He was always watchable, even when he was in some abominable TV shows (read: Riverdale).
RIP Luke Perry
RIP Luke Perry
Louis: Your thoughts on the direction of The Petrified Forest and G-Men.
Anonymous:
It'll be a bit, due to other commitments.
Bryan:
First Man's screenplay is interesting in that it doesn't differ greatly from the finished product, and the idea of the self-enclosed tale of the "first man" is realized within the text. It is also interesting it how it matches thematically within Chazelle's typical themes relating to sacrifice for ambition, which I would imagine helped to draw him to the project. The screenplay though is a blueprint for the idea though, and a well realized one at that. It however would be a screenplay that one could perceive could trip up a more workmanlike director, who wouldn't have known to approach. It is the combination within Chazelle's direction, that seeks to bring you within Armstrong's perspective at every point, along with Gosling's performance that makes the story work. They elevate and explore this central idea to create a powerful experience, though one that isn't quite inherent in the screenplay as written. Not that this is knock, as the foundation and structure needed is there, however what makes the film truly soar (no pun intended), are Gosling and Chazelle's way exploring from that foundation.
Calvin:
1. Drive
2. Silence
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. Birdman
6. Phantom Thread
7. First Man
8. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
10. Dunkirk
Anonymous:
Neither film has remotely notable direction. Both are workmanlike examples akin to the period and the genre. I'd actually say The Petrified Forest is occasionally less than that in its overall stagy quality. G-Men hits the marks so to speak but does nothing notable with the material other than just sort of present it. When comparing it to LeRoy, Walsh or Curtiz they seem a little flat. Neither is completely incompetently directed mind you, Archie Mayo in Petrified comes to life in the rare instance, as Bogart's entrance for example has a little style to it, but those are the exceptions. Both are serviceable at best bland at worse.
Anonymous:
Not excessively familiar with his work though his turn in Batman there pretty wonderful in the straight, perhaps, excessively heroic approach to it. This is with a purposeful lack of nuance with the accentuation on just general heroism.
RIP Luke Perry
1. Silence
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. I Saw The Devil
4. Drive
5. First Man
6. The Wolf of Wall Street
7. Hacksaw Ridge
8. Burning
9. Dunkirk
10. Birdman
RIP Luke Perry
Louis: I'm not sure if you said it or not, but I personally think that another flaw of The New Batman Adventures was how they discarded the Art Deco look from BTAS. The new look just made Gotham generic and even the first Justice League cartoon dropped the futuristic look that Metropolis had in STAS.
Luke: Do you know where Louis gave his thoughts on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its cast? I can't find them.
2010s The Petrified Forest directed by Drew Goddard
Alan Squier: Benedict Cumberbatch
Gabrielle Maple: Tatiana Maslany
Duke Mantee: Sebastian Stan
Mrs Chisholm: Nina Arianda
Boze Hertzlinger: Miles Teller
Tahmeed: it’s on the New Year Oscar predictions page.
Louis: It's been quite some time since I've been around these parts. but I'd love to see you watch and rank Bill Nighy's performance in Their Finest (2016) whenever you have a chance.
How's everybody doing?
Calvin: Thanks :)
Michael: Welcome back!
Robert: BTW I recently rewatched Roma.
As for the fallen plaster on the ventilator, I didn't mind.
As for the roadside grave...ehh...I think it would've been more fitting if we had just gotten a simple panorama of the countryside after that cut, since Cuaron tipped his hand a bit too much with that shot.
Louis: Your 70s cast and director for Hereditary?
Calvin: My top 15 films of the decade:
1. Silence
2. Drive
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. Your Name
6. First Man
7. I Saw the Devil
8. Birdman
9. The Social Network
10.La La Land
11.Phantom Thread
12.The Hunt
13.The Hateful Eight
14.About Time
15.Wolf Children
Louis: Thoughts on the Midsommar trailer.
Louis: Your thoughts on the original trailer for The Social Network? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4
Tahmeed: Love that version of Radiohead's Creep.
Well, it looks like Nolan won't be making his Howard Hughes next. North By Northwest meets Inception, colour me intrigued.
Luke and everyone: Any guesses as to who might be cast in the film? I've noticed that Ryan Gosling doesn't have anything lined up, according to his IMDB. Hhmmm...
Seriously though. I'm in.
Bryan: Perhaps Michael Caine again. :)
I've said before that I really hope Hardy gets cast as the Lead. Would be quite a departure from what he's usually been doing lately and might utilize that suaveness and charm that we don't see enough of in films like Inception or Legend(Reggie).
Bryan: Cillian Murphy isn't doing anything else than a voice role at the moment, so I'm hoping they collaborate again.
Luke: I'm all for Hardy as the lead, thought it appears he may be busy with several TV projects at the moment.
And how could I forget Michael Caine?
Might as well leave predictions:
1. Sol
2. Pegg
3. Waltz
4. Gleeson
5. Servillo
1. Fukuyama
2. Bale
3. Hawke
4. Stamp
5. Ehrenreich
Bryan: Well, Never say never, I'd say.
This is my own personal choice but for the female love interest, please cast Carey Mulligan. I really want to see how well they'd work together.
Louis: What are some past film roles that you think would be good for Hugh Jackman? Ideally ones where he can show off his charm and charisma.
Michael P.:
Hey long time no see, I'll certainly try to get to that.
Tahmeed:
One of the great song uses for a trailer, and just a captivating trailer that is right in line with the spirit of the film's way invigorating a potentially very dull topic.
Luke:
Well if Hereditary was Don't Look Now meets Rosemary's Baby. I ponder what he's combining The Wicker Man with here.
I'm all for more Florence Pugh though, that is some captivating cinematography, and I'm certainly intrigued by the general atmosphere. Hopefully he'll come up with a better ending this time around though.
Bryan:
Hereditary directed by Nicolas Roeg:
Annie Graham: Faye Dunaway
Steve Graham: Richard Widmark
Peter Graham: Griffin Dunne
Charlie Graham: Victoria Paige Meyerink
Joan: Olivia de Havilland
Matt:
The Great Danton (Another potential choice for the remake, though I still hope Del Toro produces the film and deigns directorial duties to someone with more capability for nuance)
Roger Thornhill
Don Lockwood
Louis: Your thoughts on the Game of Thrones season 8 trailer?
Tahmeed:
Looks certifiably epic, though obviously doesn't show anything beyond the expected so to speak, hopefully character won't be a causality in the final battles.
Louis: Have you seen Fighting With My Family yet. If so, thoughts on the film and ratings/thoughts on the cast.
Luke: Your Top Ten Films of the decade?
In no particular order.
Drive
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Hunt
Mad Max: Fury Road
Silence
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049
Phantom Thread
The Favourite
First Man
Honourable mentions to The Social Network, The Master, Snowpiercer, Birdman, Whiplash, Son Of Saul, La La Land and The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs.
I guess this would be my top 10 (in alphabetical order):
Drive
Edge of Tomorrow
Get Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
A Most Violent Year
The Social Network
Thoroughbreds
The Tree of Life
20th Century Women
Your Name.
Robert: Our of curiosity, does Green Book retroactively change your opinion about Three Billboards in any way? Or do you still feel the same about the latter?
Bryan: I still dislike Three Billboards. Just because one fake woke movie was worse doesn’t mean I’m going to cut the other any slack.
Robert: Understandable. On a lighter note, I didn't know you loved 20th Century Women. Would you mind elaborating a bit more on that, if you don't mind? It's easily better than Beginners.
Louis: Your thoughts on the screenplay for Love & Mercy?
I gotta ask this Louis but what are your thoughts on the street dancing/montage scene in Spider-Man 3? Honestly in retrospect...I think it’s kind of amazing.
And also the scene where Peter and the girl next door brings him cake, and him going to Aunt May’s house when she’s moving out, in Spider-Man 2.
Bryan: It's hard for me to fully put into words why I connected so strongly to 20th Century Women. Much like The Tree of Life, I had an almost existential reaction to it where I felt like I watched part of my life flash by even though both films took place long before I was born. In some ways it's like if Malick guest directed a very feminist episode of The Wonder Years. I'm not always into the indie slice-of-life narratives, but its use of rotating narrators and editing style sets it so far apart. I'm usually not a fan of Bening or Gerwig, but I found myself fascinated by everything they did with their performances and characters. I could totally see this film being adapted into an HBO series in a few years.
Calvin: I will defend Aunt May's speech during that scene as a top 5 Superhero movie moment until I die.
Robert: I’ll join you on that hill.
Robert: Interesting way to put it. I might consider revisiting that film now.
Calvin: Here's my defense of the Spider-Man 3 dancing scene, and I'm not the first person to say it...it's *supposed* to be ridiculous. People took it seriously for some reason, but they shouldn't have.
The dancing scene in Spider Man-3 is brilliant. In fact some scenes in Grace and Maguire's performances are Wiseau brilliance.
Just a heads up for anyone who hasn't seen it. I've finished my alternate best actor of 2018 and am moving onto alternate best actress, which like the last field, is 5 main reviews and 2 bonuses.
Louis: Why is 2009 missing for your My Wins page?
Michael Patison: He'll add 2009 once he completes the bonus round for that year. All the years that are on that list have been completed so far in the bonus rounds.
Aha. Thanks as always, Luke.
Louis: If you haven't seen this video already, what are your thoughts on it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id7_j4p6v9Y
Mitchell:
Well rather hilarious, one of the best instances of a drunk interview I've seen.
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