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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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I just watched Elvis. It was a sloppy, incoherent mess. All the material is there for a good movie (with the possible exception of a cringe-worthy performance by Hanks, who I love), but the direction and editing were just abysmal.
I feel like most other reviews were pretty favorable...
Yeah, that was my recollection as well. When I went to MetaCritic, it seems about 60% positive, and 40% mixed/negative, though the audience on RottenTomatoes loved it, and the critics seemed more kind there as well. I couldn't even pay attention to the story because the director just kept on forcing us to recognize that he was there, and I think the editor must have been on crack.
I pretty sure I wouldn't care for it that much either though...
Sadly an hour and a half ish of my life I won’t get back ☹️ only watched it as it was on Paramount Plus, I was looking for that new film No One Will Save You about an alien terrorising some women, but it’s not on there in the UK, tried a VPN and the app wouldn’t load up then.
I'm a fan of 50's Sci-Fi. I found a British turd called "Earth Dies Screaming. Set in a quaint country village, people are trying to survive an alien invasion. As bad as it sounds.
"In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth."
The best 50'sSci-Fi I've seen comes from the old East Germany. The films tended to try to show the realities of space travel and science in general. A good example is "Battle Beyond the Sun" although the Americanized version painted over the Russian to make it Western. And they tacked on an ending that has to be seen to be believed. The movie was re-edited by Francis Ford Copolla (under a pseudonym) with added footage.
I'm the top fan of Nolan, Oppenheimer is my favorite this year. Its pace is extremely fast, and not a single scene is unnecessary... I think it is second only to his Interstellar in my heart.
Subtle sweet little film about the things a young girl experiences as she grows up and goes through puberty with her friends and family. Good acting, nice people experiencing the normal conflicts (and one not so normal) that happen in life.
Unfortunately, the title doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
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I liked Skyfall, after that felt the franchise was on a downhill slope. TBH in some respects wish they would just leave as be, but...I’ve rated this and Quantum of Solace, two linked stories as the best Bond movies ever made. Agreement not required.
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Likely not, just further dilation of the character. There isn't a bad Bond film, just better or worse, well so far...
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agree. 'no time to die' was … well, overblown & forgettable.
he died.
bummer.
what's next - jane bond?
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I think they need to think hard and step very carefully less they risk adding yet another franchise to the pile of failures that film producers seem intent on doing so these days. I tire of Hollyweird overwriting it's better output from the past, sometimes things are just better left be...
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