hippopotamus wrote:I did not like Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri.
Oh, go on...
(I wasn't mad keen on it either)
hippopotamus wrote:I did not like Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
THE NIGHT BEAK wrote:hippopotamus wrote:I did not like Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri.
Oh, go on...
(I wasn't mad keen on it either)
Diamond Dog wrote:nev gash wrote:What is point?
Indeed, what is point?
hippopotamus wrote:THE NIGHT BEAK wrote:hippopotamus wrote:I did not like Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri.
Oh, go on...
(I wasn't mad keen on it either)
I was really looking forward to liking it. I like in Bruge and 7 psychopaths... and somehow I got the Impression that it was going to understated and interesting. And then it was neither.
I felt lie it was bludgeoning me over the head with DEPTH and MEANING... only it wasn't all that deep or meaningful.
I figured a film around someone seeking justice for a rape crime would ADDRESS the issue... rather than make a big mention of feminist issues in the beginnning (Dress Aul Frances Macdonald as Rosie the Riveter for the WHOLE film) without touching on the subject, and then undermining any point it almost made with her final scene with the ex husband. (I'm trying not to spoil it, I'm sorry if it's too late.)
The same with bigotry and racism. When they almost make a point they undermine the whole thing.
The thing rambles and rambles on.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Matt Wilson wrote:
Harper
Paul Newman's Lew Harper (Archer in the novels) was a character he played twice in his career - here and in The Drowning Pool years later. This one is the better of the two, but it's still no great shakes. I like it well enough, but the plot is overly complicated, Newman's performance isn't quite serious enough, and it's a tad long at 121 minutes. I found myself checking my watch at about halfway through.
Roger Ebert, Apparently, wrote:The young writer-director Nicholas Jarecki, making his first feature, proves himself a master craftsman with a core of moral indignation. He knows how to make a gripping thriller, so well-constructed I felt urgently involved... It represents a radical revision of traditional values.
GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.
pcqgod wrote:
Doogtooth (2009)
Very odd film about a group of adult children who are raised in near-complete isolation from the world by their parents for reasons that are never really explained. The parents deliberately deceive the children about the nature of the outside world in various ways and leave them to participate in sadistic games they play out of boredom. Like 'The Lobster' by the same director, this could be called a dark comedy but the dark parts overwhelm the comedy mostly.
driftin wrote:pcqgod wrote:
Doogtooth (2009)
Very odd film about a group of adult children who are raised in near-complete isolation from the world by their parents for reasons that are never really explained. The parents deliberately deceive the children about the nature of the outside world in various ways and leave them to participate in sadistic games they play out of boredom. Like 'The Lobster' by the same director, this could be called a dark comedy but the dark parts overwhelm the comedy mostly.
I love that film. You should check out The Killing of a Sacred Deer from the same director. It's equally absurd, off-kiler, and pitch black, where you're never sure if you should laugh or gasp and wince in horror.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
driftin wrote: where you're never sure if you should laugh or gasp and wince in horror.
Drama Queenie wrote:You are a chauvinist of the quaintest kind. About as threatening as Jack Duckworth, you are a harmless relic of that cherished era when things were 'different'. Now get back to drawing a moustache on that page three model
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
driftin wrote:
I like this a lot. It's got smart philosophical chops, beautiful visuals, a bizarre and unpredictable plot that gets more bizarre with each minute, and even a bit of pulpy John Carpenteresque monster horror for good measure. It's all of my favourite science-fiction stuff mashed into one.
What an absolute shame it has been given the straight to Netflix treatment outside of the US and apparently all because no one in the US went to see it. I'd love to see this on the big screen or at least a good blu-ray.
fange wrote:One of the things i really dislike in this life is people raising their voices in German.