I couldn't shake the feeling that I've seen Chalamet in something before, so I checked his IMDB page. Turns out I did. In the trailer for Beautiful Boy, just last night. Based on that alone, I'm down. Guess I should watch Call Me By Your Name.
He's very good in Lady Bird - He plays a very specific type of shithead really, really well, there.
Tau - could have easily been 3 movies. Gary Oldman plays an AI wired into a house. He's pretty good. The second act of the movie was mildly compelling, but the first and third act were bafflingly stupid.
Hey, I also watched this the other day and felt basically the same. It starts profoundly stupid, gets really interesting, and then ends kind of weakly.
That middle section was pretty good though!
Tau's freakout when he realized what he'd been doing to people was probably the highlight for me.
Plus, his symphony was an interesting idea and really well done.
It's a shame they didn't follow up on that or like
Have Julia use the idea that Alex erased the symphony from Tau's mind lead to Tau turning on Alex
"A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
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Forever Zefirocloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered Userregular
Stephen Lang is rad, I hope he's not a bad person
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It's such a trip that Arrival was written by the same dude who wrote Final Destination 5 and Lights Out
Hollywood careers are so bizarre
The guy who wrote Lights Out randomly tweeted at one of the Red Letter Media guys to ask what they thought of the movie. Not recognising the name, Jay slammed the movie pretty badly. The writer took it on the chin pretty well, and apparently Jay was fucking mortified when he realised.
It's such a trip that Arrival was written by the same dude who wrote Final Destination 5 and Lights Out
Hollywood careers are so bizarre
especially for scriptwriters
They have such a lack of control over their work that it seems completely impossible to predict quality of their next project based on their resume. And then half the time who actually did the bulk of the writing isn't reflected by the writing credits anyway...
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
Clark Gregg wrote What Lies Beneath, which always weirds me out.
Me and my sister watched the hell out of that movie when we were young. Like, over and over.
So Clark Gregg has been a part of my life for way way longer than I realized. Learning that definitely threw me for a loop.
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Inquisitor772 x Penny Arcade Fight Club ChampionA fixed point in space and timeRegistered Userregular
It's such a trip that Arrival was written by the same dude who wrote Final Destination 5 and Lights Out
Hollywood careers are so bizarre
especially for scriptwriters
They have such a lack of control over their work that it seems completely impossible to predict quality of their next project based on their resume. And then half the time who actually did the bulk of the writing isn't reflected by the writing credits anyway...
I would never last as a screenwriter because of this. I imagine it to be such a soul-draining experience to have something you create essentially never be made as you envision it, assuming it is ever made at all. It'd be one thing if you were making it as a collaborative venture, but a ton of writers end up getting optioned only to never be involved afterwards, and get to watch what are ostensibly their creations turned into something completely different.
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MalReynoldsThe Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicinesRegistered Userregular
Clark Gregg wrote What Lies Beneath, which always weirds me out.
Me and my sister watched the hell out of that movie when we were young. Like, over and over.
So Clark Gregg has been a part of my life for way way longer than I realized. Learning that definitely threw me for a loop.
He also directed Sam Rockwell in the Chuck Palhaniuk adaptation of Choke.
And was on The West Wing, but like... Who wasn't.
"A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
It's such a trip that Arrival was written by the same dude who wrote Final Destination 5 and Lights Out
Hollywood careers are so bizarre
especially for scriptwriters
They have such a lack of control over their work that it seems completely impossible to predict quality of their next project based on their resume. And then half the time who actually did the bulk of the writing isn't reflected by the writing credits anyway...
On the features side, definitely. And especially on big budget, tentpole stuff. In that space, the writer's main job is often to get fired. Production on those bigass movies can take years and years, and the Powers That Be need to demonstrate "progress" on a movie (even if they're just waiting on pre-viz, or talent availability, or whatever else), so the Powers That Be will fire the current writer and bring in a new one. Voila! Progress! A lot of times, the best you can hope for is to be brought back for one last pass before actual shooting happens.
TV is (comparatively) kinder to writers, and offers a fair bit more control/stability. General wisdom is that film is a directors' medium, and TV is a writers'.
But at the end of the day, you're getting paid to play make believe and make shit up, so it's hard to complain too strenuously. And most everybody knows what they're getting into.
Boy Meets Girl is another LGBT movie in that feel-good romcom mold, although it was much more obscure and didn't get a wide release (although I think it's probably the better film)
Oh dang that Uncharted short is spot on. It even does the 3rd person action camera.
Yeah, whoever wrote the script for that did an incredible job of capturing the tone of the games, and Fillion did a hell of a job.
When he gets to the yard it's straight up out of the games but in a way that isn't cloying but captures the spirit of the firefights really well.
Plus, when he knocks out one of the henchman he gives one of my favorite melee one liners from the series.
I'd be on board for full length film.
"A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
It's such a trip that Arrival was written by the same dude who wrote Final Destination 5 and Lights Out
Hollywood careers are so bizarre
especially for scriptwriters
They have such a lack of control over their work that it seems completely impossible to predict quality of their next project based on their resume. And then half the time who actually did the bulk of the writing isn't reflected by the writing credits anyway...
The lack of respect that screenwriters apparently get in Hollywood seems crazy to me. Scripts are the foundations of movies!
Here's Sidney Lumet talking about that, from Making Movies:
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Was talking about Ant-Man and The Wasp at work today and had an exchange with a coworker that went something like this:
"I just didn't really believe Evangeline Lilly as an action hero type. She's kind of old to play a believable super hero."
"What about Paul Rudd?"
"Nah, he's great."
"<intense side-eye>"
For reference, Evangeline is 38.
Paul Rudd is 49.
Sigh.
Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
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MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
In fairness
Paul Rudd is immortal
Still a dumb thing to say but that dude looks like nearly half his age
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Yeah, it's just a bonkers complaint to me because almost every single actor playing a male Marvel hero is in their late 30s or older.
Hemsworth and Holland are the only ones I can think of that are younger than about 37 and hardly anyone ever gives middle-aged dudes any shit for playing super heroes.
Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
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"They are making us look bad," a couple exclaimed during a scene in The First Purge where a truck full of Klansmen drive through a street full of bodies.
So if you were wondering if certain elements of the audience would get the message of the movie...
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"They are making us look bad," a couple exclaimed during a scene in The First Purge where a truck full of Klansmen drive through a street full of bodies.
So if you were wondering if certain elements of the audience would get the message of the movie...
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Tau's freakout when he realized what he'd been doing to people was probably the highlight for me.
Plus, his symphony was an interesting idea and really well done.
It's a shame they didn't follow up on that or like
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
XBL - Foreverender | 3DS FC - 1418 6696 1012 | Steam ID | LoL
The guy who wrote Lights Out randomly tweeted at one of the Red Letter Media guys to ask what they thought of the movie. Not recognising the name, Jay slammed the movie pretty badly. The writer took it on the chin pretty well, and apparently Jay was fucking mortified when he realised.
especially for scriptwriters
They have such a lack of control over their work that it seems completely impossible to predict quality of their next project based on their resume. And then half the time who actually did the bulk of the writing isn't reflected by the writing credits anyway...
Me and my sister watched the hell out of that movie when we were young. Like, over and over.
So Clark Gregg has been a part of my life for way way longer than I realized. Learning that definitely threw me for a loop.
I would never last as a screenwriter because of this. I imagine it to be such a soul-draining experience to have something you create essentially never be made as you envision it, assuming it is ever made at all. It'd be one thing if you were making it as a collaborative venture, but a ton of writers end up getting optioned only to never be involved afterwards, and get to watch what are ostensibly their creations turned into something completely different.
He also directed Sam Rockwell in the Chuck Palhaniuk adaptation of Choke.
And was on The West Wing, but like... Who wasn't.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
On the features side, definitely. And especially on big budget, tentpole stuff. In that space, the writer's main job is often to get fired. Production on those bigass movies can take years and years, and the Powers That Be need to demonstrate "progress" on a movie (even if they're just waiting on pre-viz, or talent availability, or whatever else), so the Powers That Be will fire the current writer and bring in a new one. Voila! Progress! A lot of times, the best you can hope for is to be brought back for one last pass before actual shooting happens.
TV is (comparatively) kinder to writers, and offers a fair bit more control/stability. General wisdom is that film is a directors' medium, and TV is a writers'.
But at the end of the day, you're getting paid to play make believe and make shit up, so it's hard to complain too strenuously. And most everybody knows what they're getting into.
I really wished these looked better in order.
xbl - HowYouGetAnts
steam - WeAreAllGeth
Mine are in a pile next to the tv and stand under the tv in well the order I bought them in
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1JI9WWSRW1YJI
Boy Meets Girl is another LGBT movie in that feel-good romcom mold, although it was much more obscure and didn't get a wide release (although I think it's probably the better film)
Not seen the movie but the book was definitely coming of age.
Yeah, whoever wrote the script for that did an incredible job of capturing the tone of the games, and Fillion did a hell of a job.
When he gets to the yard it's straight up out of the games but in a way that isn't cloying but captures the spirit of the firefights really well.
Plus, when he knocks out one of the henchman he gives one of my favorite melee one liners from the series.
I'd be on board for full length film.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Here's Sidney Lumet talking about that, from Making Movies:
Die Hard has both comedy and romance, is Die Hard a romcom
(For the record I would ABSOLUTELY watch a romcom remake of Die Hard, holy shit)
Oh totally. Willis and Rickman have great chemistry.
"Yippee-kay-yay--" *slips ring on finger* "Motherfucker*
"I just didn't really believe Evangeline Lilly as an action hero type. She's kind of old to play a believable super hero."
"What about Paul Rudd?"
"Nah, he's great."
"<intense side-eye>"
For reference, Evangeline is 38.
Paul Rudd is 49.
Sigh.
Paul Rudd is immortal
Still a dumb thing to say but that dude looks like nearly half his age
I mean, yeah, that's fair. Rudd could play a 25 year old by Hollywood standards pretty easily. But still.
Evangeline Lilly was good though, and her being a more believable action hero than Paul Rudd is a big part of the movie
Hemsworth and Holland are the only ones I can think of that are younger than about 37 and hardly anyone ever gives middle-aged dudes any shit for playing super heroes.
So if you were wondering if certain elements of the audience would get the message of the movie...
for FUCK's sake
He played a teenager in Wet Hot American Summer entirely convincingly!
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looking at this genuinely makes me want to die, I could not handle that uneven top ridge