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But he’s doing a great Matthew McConaughey. Don’t you think. One of the best parts of this movie. I loved Blade Runner 2049. Gosling never ruins a movie for me starting with The Believer.
Nobody is playing Bond at this point. Barbara Broccoli says they aren’t anywhere near starting the new franchise.
I think Fury Road did well. $380M with $150M budget. Maybe not as good as Star Wars or MI or James Bond for that year. But it is on the BFI’s S&S best films of all time list (2022 done every 10 yrs) surpassing original Star Wars. Road Warrior is not on the list but it will always be a great film to me. Actually, Fury Road is the only film in 2015 that made it to that level. Some critics think Fury Road is the best action film ever. And it’s George Miller’s magnus opus. Sounds like you were underwhelmed with it. No movie is making any real money unless Tom Cruise is in it.
I was supposed to see Furiosa today but it was sold out where I was. I am looking forward to it as there is nothing to see and it’s been like this for awhile
You missed the point about everything. But it’s odd that you should say country - because there are a lot of country songs done by country singers that R&B singers have done which are considered soul and vice versa. You have Willie Nelson singing Funny How Time Slips Away, because he wrote it, but Al Green sang it too. So did The Spinners. And you have Otis singing Sitting on the Dock of the Bay because he wrote it, but then you have Glen Campbell singing it. And nobody has to get dressed up to do anything. You have to listen to music not watch it. Which is kind of what you do by your list of female singers. Some are really really great singers but a couple are just performers and icons. I like Cher but I would never listen to her sing. Never. And never Madonna. These two are not great singers.
You obviously have little respect for Amy’s talents but many of us recognize them. You might see her as a useless pop star or what was it - a one hit wonder - but her distinctive vocal style was shaped by her love for jazz when she was a teen. Listen to her and Tony Bennett - Body and Soul. She sounds a lot like Billie. And It Don’t Mean a Thing. Jeez. Is that your idea of jazz or I guess it’s maybe just jazzy.
She did it all. Sing jazz. Sing soul. Sing pop. R&B, gospel. And she could compose music and lyrics. But she started out with jazz. She was talented. And I get it. You’re not a fan.
Why are you hung up on her fashion? I am not talking about looks, I am talking about the sound. It’s also phrasing. Not every jazz singer is going to wear a gardenia in her hair. Music should be listened to, not watched. She blended jazz and soul in her sound, plus she was a great songwriter. Some say jazz is dead but it wasn’t to her. Listen to Hazel Scott, Anita O’Day, June Christy, Julie London, Carmen McRae; she fits in with this group. Just google Amy at 16 singing Moon River and listen to her.
Yes. She her inspirations were totally jazz and R&B. From her core. You can hear her style in all the jazz and soul greats. That’s all she was interested in. As far as what she looked like, she went back to the early 60s girl groups with beehive hairstyle and elongated eyeliner. She’s not doing Madonna. Celine. Cher. She’s a Ronette. It’s always the Brits who fall in love with American jazz and rhythm and blues. And if you loved jazz and R&B as much as I do, and I’m not British, then you’d hear it in her singing. She was one of the great ones. And they don’t happen often.
Yes. She was totally jazz. From the beginning - her beginning. If you can’t tell that, you don’t know your music.
Madonna? You are getting the celebrity mixed up with those who can actually sing. Amy could sing jazz. And the list she should be on is Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Ike & Tina Turner. Just as Janis was inspired by Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staple. Tony Bennett said: “What I love about Amy Winehouse is that, of all the singers since the Beatles, you automatically check everyone out who’s a lot younger, but there’s been such a big walk away from jazz. Some people think that anyone could sing jazz, but they can’t. It’s a gift of learning how to syncopate but it’s also a spirit that you’re either born with or you’re not. And Amy was born with that spirit.”
I don’t think this movie is a flop. A lot of the showings - with Dolby Stereo - are sold out. We won’t know until after this weekend I guess. But you are correct, everybody is staying home and loving it on their couch eating and watching mediocre movies that came out a while back and are now screening on Netflix. Netflix even chooses your movies for you. And people are expanding and getting more one dimensional than ever. But if you have a family, it would be so expensive to go out to eat or to a movie. Even at a restaurant, there are other fees - paying for the staff’s insurance, etc. which in California, is supposed to end. But owners say they will have to raise their prices. I love going to the theater. The same movie I see at home is not the same as in a theater. And, you can’t stream all movies especially great ones. They tell you what to see because that’s all they are showing. The selection is awful. There are revival theaters that are making a ton of money because they put together great movies and a host or group of speakers and they have festivals - upcoming is Bleak Week. They’re doing well. I thought movies in theaters would come back after COVID - but they didn’t and I was angry because they closed down this great theater I liked. And at the time, the prices were ok. I think IF people had gone back to being out in early 2021, the prices would have remained the same as pre-COVID. But what I am realizing now is that owners don’t care in the rise in prices - they cater to people who spend money like nothing has happened. And so on top of high prices they even made it higher just to target that group. There is a huge divide more than ever. But the experience is the thing. You can spend relatively a good amount of money for a rather mediocre experience vs the deluxe version.
Freddie is not homosexual. He fits in with this cast as Hoffman did with 1999 film. Freddie is reptilian and his eyes pierce into the already piercing dead eyes of Tom. They say: I know you’re up to no good. It’s a short scene, but it’s powerful. Hints of the homoerotic were in Damon’s depiction of Tom and how he idolized Dickie as played by the golden Jude Law. Reference the bath scene. Scott’s Tom is not sexual at all. There are although two things they mention - the robe and the muscle guys on the beach, but he’s totally an observer in life.
Are you sure it flopped? This is not the UK. It’s Memorial Day weekend here and I checked to get a ticket, and a lot of times are sold out, which is unusual bc the theaters have all but closed down and have not come back. I think we know that it’s not Fury Road which was Miller’s greatest maybe, but this is supposed to be a very good. You will have to wait until Tuesday to see the stats for the US.
Obviously, it’s Jennifer. There was never a more poorly matched couple than Kelly and Tom in Top Gun. It was uncomfortable. But the question should be who has been the best romantic lead in any movie of Tom’s, and the answer is his first one with Rebecca DeMornay in Risky Business. Not even with his ex-wife, Nicole, was there a good match - maybe the Irish movie was ok but not in Eyes Wide Shut. He kind of looked ok with Keri Russell but they weren’t even a couple in Mission Impossible, but there was something there.
In LA, the price you quoted is correct in IMAX at night. You can go to a matinee with IMAX, it’s $20 and $12.99, matinee w/o IMAX and in the evening regular, it’s $19.99. Not to mention the parking ($5-$10). There’s also a theater called IPIC which is much higher bc it’s a cocktail type setting with couch like seating and serves food and cocktails. It’s ridiculous there but they do have truffle Parmesan popcorn which is very good. It’s actually sold out in the Dolby sound theaters which I haven’t seen that kind of capacity in a long time.
The Insider with Crowe was the best. But what is Tarantino saying about Collateral, because that movie was a first rate thriller? One of the best movies in and about LA. Is Tarantino not liking it because of Tom Cruise casting? I agree with his take on Miami Vice unfortunately.
It’s nothing like Guns of Navarone. Or Dirty Dozen. Or Inglourious Basterds.
She’s certainly has a look and most times, she is just spectacular. Definitely not boring. I love all her fashion at Cannes. She has so much style and flair you can’t take your eyes off her. She just stands out, and she’s feminine. And although my favorite movie was Poor Things with Emma who was also fearless, Emma just doesn’t have that style thing that Anya has.
Neither is a villain. They are both victims. BTW you should see the 1934 film version. It is much better and is closer to the novel. The actress who passes for white - named Peola - is played by Freddie Washington who is actually black. I know the 1959 movie is hailed as great and on best film lists, but the other one is better and truer to the novel. Delilah in this version (who is Annie in the other) wasn’t a maid for long, but became rich with making a waffle business along with Bea (who is Lora), and both women shared a mansion in NYC. Peola (Sarah Jane) was just trying to get through life without suffering as her father did suffer quite a bit for the same reason. Delilah had a broken heart. I can’t help but think that by making Lora successful at being a stage actress appealed more to Lana Turner and is why they changed the entire plot. But, essentially in the novel and earlier film, they were successful business partners. And the later movie appeared to be more like a rich white woman and her maid. Ironically, that part mirrored (imitation of life) Lana’s own life in that she bequeathed a large amount of her estate to her own Hispanic maid and companion of 45 years.
Yes, Le Boucher with Stephane Audran. A serial killer of women in the Dordogne area of France where there are prehistoric art in caves that mirror the primitive killings. Somewhat of a lingering psychological ending as well. I saw it way after it was released. Why can you see some movies long after they are released that resonate and some that don’t? Psycho hit me like a ton of bricks with Janet Leigh on the bathroom floor and that long shot of her eye. I will never get it out of my head. The dissociative identity disorder was the topic I had with the poster who saw Psycho in 1960. On this category btw which posts are historic. He didn’t think the explanation was a positive thing for the movie and I thought I would need that if I was able to see it then.
Movies on lists are changing. The older submissions to BFI S&S are slowly dropping or being removed. There were no Bunuel movies on that list - no Melville. Heat and LA Confidential were not on the list. They are done every 10 years and as far as the 2012 list, I have only seen 6 out of the top 10. Yet, Tarkovsky had three films on the list. I just saw my first Tarkovsky film last week, Nostalghia. You have to see these in a theater preferably with a like movies audience. What I have noticed is newer directors and those in the film industry love Cassavetes, especially A Woman Under the Influence, which was way down the S&S list. Maybe it is a British vs. American thing.
I watch what’s coming down the pike at today’s Cannes. And Audiard, one of my favorites with Un Prophete, just got a 9 minute standing ovation for his new movie Emilia Gomez. It sounds fantastic.
I had the pleasure, actually on this website if you can believe, to be in a discussion with someone who saw Psycho at the time it came out. I think he mentioned his parents not knowing. He said it was like nothing he’d ever seen before or since but he had a problem with the ending with the psychologist’s explanation. I can see how today’s audience would wonder what is all the hype and I wonder what they think about The Exorcist as well. One of my favorites - kind of in this genre - made by Chabrol is Le Boucher (The Butcher) in 1970 and I saw it 35 years after it came out - and I think it’s one of the best films even with the some of the blood/cadaver scenes that don’t look real.
There are a lot of people who won’t see movies before certain time periods, like the 90s. Never heard of Vertigo, Hitchcock or even Casablanca. And you can be elitist or not, but just wonder what happened? Six months ago I saw La Dolce Vita for the first time - so that’s 65 years after the movie - I went crazy - I loved it. But I didn’t like as much 8-1/2, the favorite of all time other than Citizen Kane. And yet it dropped from top 10 to 33. For someone else seeing La Dolce Vita - they wouldn’t like B/W, wouldn’t like subtitles. There’s nothing wrong with liking Corman. Nothing wrong with giallos either.
Excellent movie. One of the greatest movies ever made. Actually, in 12 angry Men, not the content but the performances mirror those in Oppenheimer. We can go on and on and even include movies before and after 1960 including foreign films, but do you think OP (PersistentViewer) will be able to get acquainted with watching great movies and feel their impact? It’s an art to make movies, but it’s also an art to appreciate and celebrate them even though they’re way before one’s time and you see them years after they were made. If he/she was underwhelmed with Psycho, what can you say to such a person? Vertigo is no. 2 on Sight & Sound list, will he/she get that one? If all you’ve watched has been Corman.