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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 31, 2019 18:10:58 GMT
I'm not quite sure why this got the nationwide, multiplex release, but I'm sure glad that it did. Harmony Korine is a filmmaker I've been meaning to explore for years now, and for whatever reason never have. Well, I'm certainly glad that his newest film will then act as an introduction for me, because this was just a delight. This delectably absurd sunbaked, weed-laced South Florida odyssey is probably the funniest movie to hit screens since The Death of Stalin. Naturally this will invite banal comparisons to past stoner comedies: call it Inherent Vice trimmed of the hour's worth of sleuthing; call it The Big Lebowski without the half hour's worth of ... sleuthing, I guess. You can try to draw the connections, but really, '60s hippie culture and Dudism aren't even in the same stratosphere as the poetic soul of Moondog. Matthew McConaughey is at his most Matthew McConaughey, and hearing his carefree chuckle in nearly every scene of the film just becomes infectious. Just as entertaining are the cast of oddball supporting characters he interacts with: Jonah Hill's plantation-accented literary agent, Zac Efron's "prayer warrior" pyromaniac, Martin Lawrence's shady dolphin guide, Jimmy Buffett's Jimmy Buffett, Snoop Dogg's ... Snoop Dogg. It's a glorious cast of lovable weirdos just looking to have a good time, but at the same time, Moondog's introspection certainly doesn't lack in an affecting pathos. Like all great movies of its type, there's a spirituality to be found in all of its crazy debauchery ... and believe me, it's far more than just half-baked.
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Post by moonman157 on Mar 31, 2019 18:14:56 GMT
It's a crushing disappointment to me that this is tanking so hard. I didn't expect it to do major numbers but to do worse numbers than SERENITY?! What the fuck. Breakers wasn't a smash or anything but it made money.
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 31, 2019 18:20:01 GMT
It's a crushing disappointment to me that this is tanking so hard. I didn't expect it to do major numbers but to do worse numbers than SERENITY?! What the fuck. Breakers wasn't a smash or anything but it made money. Agreed. Though there were actually more people at my screening than I expected, and at an 11:50 matinee no less. I mean, there was no more than ten people in total, but still, I was honestly expecting to be alone. There was even a small group of loud old people in the back for some reason ... I'm not sure why they were there, but I swear I heard them laugh a few times.
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Post by Viced on Apr 2, 2019 18:11:31 GMT
A Bukowski/Lil' Kevin from It's Always Sunny hybrid does dumb shit for 90 minutes and writes some crummy poetry in the process.
Spring Breakers it ain't.
solid 5/10 because it was entertaining before it grew tiresome...
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Post by stinkybritches on Apr 2, 2019 23:37:13 GMT
the martin lawrence and zac efron scenes make this worth the price of admission.
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 2, 2019 23:51:16 GMT
Where does McConaughey go from here?
The McConnaissace is well and truly over. Almost everything he does now fails critically and commercially.
I think he needs to take a step back from movie and find another quality limited series TV show to try and get the mojo back
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Post by Film Socialism on Apr 3, 2019 2:50:39 GMT
Where does McConaughey go from here? The McConnaissace is well and truly over. Almost everything he does now fails critically and commercially. I think he needs to take a step back from movie and find another quality limited series TV show to try and get the mojo back unless this got like, 20% on RT, this went pretty much how he wanted it to go as far as expectations. korine has yet to have a single film a) make good bank, b) be widely acclaimed, and is still seen as a pretty major director
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Post by moonman157 on Apr 3, 2019 3:19:17 GMT
Where does McConaughey go from here? The McConnaissace is well and truly over. Almost everything he does now fails critically and commercially. I think he needs to take a step back from movie and find another quality limited series TV show to try and get the mojo back unless this got like, 20% on RT, this went pretty much how he wanted it to go as far as expectations. korine has yet to have a single film a) make good bank, b) be widely acclaimed, and is still seen as a pretty major director not entirely true his movies don't make a lot of money but Spring Breakers made 30 mil on a budget of 5
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Post by Film Socialism on Apr 3, 2019 3:22:15 GMT
unless this got like, 20% on RT, this went pretty much how he wanted it to go as far as expectations. korine has yet to have a single film a) make good bank, b) be widely acclaimed, and is still seen as a pretty major director not entirely true his movies don't make a lot of money but Spring Breakers made 30 mil on a budget of 5 that is true, it's a great % profit but hardly a major hit imo, and when you're talking about a-listers falling from grace, 30 million is a low number (not implying MM was in Spring Breakers or anything, just that him working with someone whose biggest hit was 30 million is not likely to produce a hit).
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Post by moonman157 on Apr 3, 2019 3:28:33 GMT
not entirely true his movies don't make a lot of money but Spring Breakers made 30 mil on a budget of 5 that is true, it's a great % profit but hardly a major hit imo, and when you're talking about a-listers falling from grace, 30 million is a low number (not implying MM was in Spring Breakers or anything, just that him working with someone whose biggest hit was 30 million is not likely to produce a hit). definitely, still though, it's a pretty big drag that MM has starred in two of the strangest movies released into mainstream multiplexes this year and they both absolutely tanked
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 17:15:48 GMT
Im looking forward to see something refreshing which will wipe the floor with life rules and conventions.
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Post by lee on Apr 27, 2019 19:26:10 GMT
Hyped for this one
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Post by getclutch on Jun 17, 2019 4:16:03 GMT
I was surprised how good it was. I can understand the mixed reviews for it. I guess not a lot of people seek the deep moral the movie tells.
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Post by JangoB on Jul 19, 2019 17:16:13 GMT
I had to stop the movie during the climax of the Martin Lawrence sequence because I cry-laughing too hard to keep going.
It was pretty wonderful! Sun/neon-lit gallery of smokey adventures devoted entirely to freedom and taking the most joy out of life. Loved it.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jul 19, 2019 19:12:53 GMT
It was real fun, it’s a film about the r pleasures of life, in this day and age seems to be a forgotten theme, and this has a particular vision, a strange attribute these days. Gorgeously lensed and the cast totally on board, Lawrence, Snoop Dog, even Isla Fisher, who I always thought was vanilla ice cream, she was game, and she needed more screentime because all her scenes are mini masterpieces, and McCounaghey was on point, his most relxed and breezy performance to date, my favourite from him for sure. I’m not entirely familiar with Korinee, but it gave me the impression that this is the classic change of pace most directors go through at one point in their careers.
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