WOW, after reading numerous reviews and gauging reactions from Twitter, Letterbox, and RT, I'd say those who didn't prai
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Steve7216 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 10:06 AM)
I think Arrival is the kind of film one needs to see a few times due to certain narrative complexities.
I liked it quite a bit partly due to enjoying a kind of "thinking man's" science fiction concept rather than films filled with computer generated effects for the sake of computer generated effects.
Liked GONT and agree it was trashy fun. Blunt is a wonderful actress who should have a chance for even a bigger breakthrough.
I'm waiting like you for MBTS. No doubt at all. I'll catchup with EO17 before it's pulled from the theaters. She's another young actress who'll be a star in the future.
Don't miss
"Nocturnal Animals."
It's visually stunning, and I loved how the tricky triptych structure was written and executed. Really loved it. A new, terrific film noir effort. -
jlent — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 07:16 PM)
Yes to Nocturnal Animals. I love the idea that Amy Adams and Isla Fisher are playing essentially the same character, one real, the other fictionalized. I used to have the hardest time telling the two of them apart and I see the casting director was going with that same concept.
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Steve7216 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 10:52 AM)
Yes, I thought it was very clever indeed. It made sense because as she's reading the manuscript, the characters who are eventually physically brutalized and killed are of course thought by Susan to be representative of her and the daughter she might have had with the first husband. There were some critics' complaints about the ending, but I felt it was perfect and quite powerful.
jlent, I guess you go to New York to watch a film only when it's necessary, but keep an eye for one called
"Christine"
that stars Rebecca Hall. It's a small film, but her performance is gripping and easily good enough to be nominated, but most likely it'll go under the radar. It's based upon a true story. -
jlent — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 11:31 AM)
Christine is the film about the woman newscaster who committed suicide on air.
I'm not normally drawn to such movies, just waiting in dread for the final scene. And I like sad movies.
But if I already know the ending, then I prefer something like Sully, which I have seen.
But I'll check out Christine based on your recomemndation.