So the Producer’s Guild awards were last night, and this is generally considered the far and away best precursor, like 90% of the time whatever they go with is what wins Best Picture
So the Producer’s Guild awards were last night, and this is generally considered the far and away best precursor, like 90% of the time whatever they go with is what wins Best Picture
aaaaaaand they went with 1917
I'm very fine with this if it's not going to be Parasite or Little Women (it's not going to be Parasite or Little Women)
Sweet Smell of Success is a good movie, huh? It didn’t grab me right away - the noir aesthetic doesn’t have the same hold on me as a lot of people, and it took a while for this one to feel distinct. But little by little it won me over, and while I can’t quite put my finger on it, by the end it felt pretty special.
The cinematography is unsurprisingly great. James Wong Howe manages the neat trick of lighting a noir, while also capturing the raw energy of a city at night. Both precise and chaotic. Some of his best work.
Tony Curtis gives the definitive performance of a snake. Burt Lancaster is unforgettably cool, dangerous, and pathetic. You can project so much into his eyes, which are nearly always in ominous shadow from his thick rimmed glasses. The two men play off each other so perfectly.
I doubt the movie would stick with me half as much if it weren’t so damn quotable. It fires off one-liners every scene, but knows not to linger in them. To linger would be indulgent, and certainly not cool, and because the characters are so concerned with being cool, so is the film. It reminds me of Scorsese in that way. We’re meant to feel the rush of their success before letting ourselves realize the rug has been out from under us for quite some time.
My nana never saw or heard of Groundhog Day so I put it on for her and it is her wont to fall asleep often and so she kept surfacing into conciousness during the Ned Ryersons and got pretty mad and would not believe I was not rewinding the movie every time she fell asleep, I think at this point she experiences every movie as you or I would with a heavy fever
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So the Producer’s Guild awards were last night, and this is generally considered the far and away best precursor, like 90% of the time whatever they go with is what wins Best Picture
aaaaaaand they went with 1917
Although the Producers Guild chose La La Land, so don't worry, there's still hope for Joker
Just saw The Swimmer, a 1968 film starring Burt Lancaster as a man who wears nothing but swim shorts for 90 minutes as he crashes all his friends pools. It’s a wild movie.
It starts out like a campy paradise, all old chums slapping ass and reminiscing over cocktails by the poolside, but something feels off. It almost feels like simply bad filmmaking, and maybe some of the rough edges are genuine, but it slowly flips this bourgeois dream on its head. It’s wonderfully surreal, with lengthy stretches that really swing for the arthouse fences. The stranger it got, the more I liked it. There’s a lengthy scene where he leaps over fences like a horse in slow motion. It’s great.
And I cannot stress this enough. Burt Lancaster looks like this for the entire movie. He’s in every scene.
I caught this movie probably 20 years ago and was completely unprepared for how it was about to unravel before me. It starts so benign with just whispers and hints and just gets steadily more and more questionable. I was basically ready to Rifftrax it at the start but by the end I was haunted and onboard for the ending I knew was coming. I wouldn't call it a great movie, but I've spent 2 decades since thinking about how it's unlike anything else I've ever seen.
Just saw The Swimmer, a 1968 film starring Burt Lancaster as a man who wears nothing but swim shorts for 90 minutes as he crashes all his friends pools. It’s a wild movie.
It starts out like a campy paradise, all old chums slapping ass and reminiscing over cocktails by the poolside, but something feels off. It almost feels like simply bad filmmaking, and maybe some of the rough edges are genuine, but it slowly flips this bourgeois dream on its head. It’s wonderfully surreal, with lengthy stretches that really swing for the arthouse fences. The stranger it got, the more I liked it. There’s a lengthy scene where he leaps over fences like a horse in slow motion. It’s great.
And I cannot stress this enough. Burt Lancaster looks like this for the entire movie. He’s in every scene.
I caught this movie probably 20 years ago and was completely unprepared for how it was about to unravel before me. It starts so benign with just whispers and hints and just gets steadily more and more questionable. I was basically ready to Rifftrax it at the start but by the end I was haunted and onboard for the ending I knew was coming. I wouldn't call it a great movie, but I've spent 2 decades since thinking about how it's unlike anything else I've ever seen.
Yeah, I was starting to wonder what I’d gotten myself into for the first couple scenes. It feels like it’s simply a bad movie, with ridiculous dialogue and hammy performances, but that’s the trick. It feels so authentically campy, that when it starts shifting it’s almost like a magic trick.
I actually watched the movie because I saw Travis Woods, the author of that piece, talking to someone about it on Twitter. It’s a great essay, but definitely one to read after you’ve seen the movie.
This is definitely the kind of movie I’m going to try and convince a bunch of friends to see.
I watched Boogie Nights today, I've seen it before but I started to think "hmm, might be too long" and then the turn to the 80s happened and the last hour of the movie was completely spellbinding so I guess I'll shut my mouth
I did learn that PTA was the age I am currently when he made it so it DOES make me want to bury my head and also the rest of me in sand
turns out in the cats stage musical there's a superhero cat who wasn't included in the movie
I don't know what this is but I've seen Cats performed in a theater several times and don't remember any visor wearing motherfucker with a letter on their chest.
turns out in the cats stage musical there's a superhero cat who wasn't included in the movie
well yes of course, we don't want to just make it zany nonsense
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turns out in the cats stage musical there's a superhero cat who wasn't included in the movie
I don't know what this is but I've seen Cats performed in a theater several times and don't remember any visor wearing motherfucker with a letter on their chest.
You don't remember the part where all the cats gather and spell out the named GARFIELD, their lord and savior?
Must have been taken out for the wider release.
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i got caught in a Star Wars argument. I didn’t bring a word of it up and suddenly I hear GUS THINKS THE WORST STAR WARS IS THE BEST ONE. (Last Jedi) so I take some attacks on my film opinions from five boys after a football game for about fifteen minutes.
One brings up “well he does have good takes on Annihilation. He’s not always wrong”
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aaaaaaand they went with 1917
I'm very fine with this if it's not going to be Parasite or Little Women (it's not going to be Parasite or Little Women)
altpost: anything but joker
Steam
The cinematography is unsurprisingly great. James Wong Howe manages the neat trick of lighting a noir, while also capturing the raw energy of a city at night. Both precise and chaotic. Some of his best work.
Tony Curtis gives the definitive performance of a snake. Burt Lancaster is unforgettably cool, dangerous, and pathetic. You can project so much into his eyes, which are nearly always in ominous shadow from his thick rimmed glasses. The two men play off each other so perfectly.
I doubt the movie would stick with me half as much if it weren’t so damn quotable. It fires off one-liners every scene, but knows not to linger in them. To linger would be indulgent, and certainly not cool, and because the characters are so concerned with being cool, so is the film. It reminds me of Scorsese in that way. We’re meant to feel the rush of their success before letting ourselves realize the rug has been out from under us for quite some time.
For we know we shall find
Our own peace of mind
Although the Producers Guild chose La La Land, so don't worry, there's still hope for Joker
I caught this movie probably 20 years ago and was completely unprepared for how it was about to unravel before me. It starts so benign with just whispers and hints and just gets steadily more and more questionable. I was basically ready to Rifftrax it at the start but by the end I was haunted and onboard for the ending I knew was coming. I wouldn't call it a great movie, but I've spent 2 decades since thinking about how it's unlike anything else I've ever seen.
EDIT: Bright Wall/Dark Room did a fantastic write up on it last year:
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/10/12/the-swimmer-1968/
You never could resist a hot man in tight shorts.
My roommates liked it.
I hated it.
Hell no.
It's the most wasteful movie I've seen in awhile. The premise should have been simple to make a great movie.
Instead it's.. THE SPACESHIP MADE HIM EVIL
Yeah, don't make the kid a character, make him a plot device.
Come Overwatch with meeeee
But instead the roulette wheel decided I'd have to watch that garbage!
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That’s the same joke everyone who’s talked about this movie with anyone has already made.
You’re better than this, Rian.
Yeah, I was starting to wonder what I’d gotten myself into for the first couple scenes. It feels like it’s simply a bad movie, with ridiculous dialogue and hammy performances, but that’s the trick. It feels so authentically campy, that when it starts shifting it’s almost like a magic trick.
I actually watched the movie because I saw Travis Woods, the author of that piece, talking to someone about it on Twitter. It’s a great essay, but definitely one to read after you’ve seen the movie.
This is definitely the kind of movie I’m going to try and convince a bunch of friends to see.
They should let Joker win and then give the Oscar to Martin Scorsese.
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turns out in the cats stage musical there's a superhero cat who wasn't included in the movie
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I did learn that PTA was the age I am currently when he made it so it DOES make me want to bury my head and also the rest of me in sand
They probably couldn't get the rights from Marvel to use it.
I don't know what this is but I've seen Cats performed in a theater several times and don't remember any visor wearing motherfucker with a letter on their chest.
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@Zonugal that movie quietly made me angrier and angrier
What a gross, shitty movie
well yes of course, we don't want to just make it zany nonsense
You don't remember the part where all the cats gather and spell out the named GARFIELD, their lord and savior?
Must have been taken out for the wider release.
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Win one Oscar, shame on you
Win two Oscars, Joker's trick
You're a big Nermal
Holy shit.
One brings up “well he does have good takes on Annihilation. He’s not always wrong”
“I actually watched it again last night”
“What. What. SO DID I!”
“It was my fourth and I still find new things”
“It was my fourth time... too”
“Uh should we check for tattoos”
And that’s how Annihilation saved my night