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Post by Drish on Jan 4, 2018 7:14:41 GMT
HOLY SHIT what a movie!! I cannot believe I didn't catch this when it had come out. Keeps you on the edge of the seat the entire time with it's razor sharp dialogues and superb storytelling. And Jessica Chastain here? WOW!! She was so robbed off the Oscar. As much as I loved Emma, Jessica's performance really blew my mind! An absolute firecracker..
What did you guys think of the movie?
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 4, 2018 7:48:13 GMT
Kinda stretched its credibility at times (those cockroaches were like something from a Roger Moore Bond film) , but it’s a really taut and gripping thriller, and I think people give it way too much flak for being “that gun control movie”, when that’s less the point than showing what someone of either side is willing to do, willing to sacrifice to get their desired result, even if it means self-destruction. And yeah, Chastain DOMINATES this movie. We’ve seen her play icy before, but this was a beastly side of her I never expected. So focused, so intense, and so morally flexible, applying these very black and white divides to the issues she takes on, yet remorseless in how she exploits events and the people surrounding her like she’s an elaborate puppet master. She alone is worth watching it for. And if this is what she can do with Sorkin-lite, I can’t wait to see what she does with Molly’s Game. |
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Post by Drish on Jan 4, 2018 8:04:31 GMT
Completely agree with everything you said Ryan. That cockroach thing bothered me too but overall, I was surprised by how much this movie engrossed me from start to finish. And yes, I am so looking forward to seeing Chastain dazzle in Molly's Game. She's been getting great reviews yet again and is sadly gonna get snubbed yet again.  |
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Post by themoviesinner on Jan 4, 2018 9:01:49 GMT
It's a great, intense film with well-written dialogue and Jessica Chastain gives her best performance since Zero Dark Thirty. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Post by harlequinade on Jan 4, 2018 13:30:14 GMT
I watched it last week immediately after being bored out of my mind during CMBYN. I skipped it last year because it only got 1 nomination at Globes and goddamn this is a riveting film. I LOVED the script. I cannot believe the writer didn't write anything else. Two things there were so refreshing: 1. how they didn't try to justify her behavior with something tragic.It was alluted to that she had it tough but it was never explicitly stated. Too often the film try to humanize characters like that by exploiting some trauma and this one didn't
2. that Gugu's character did not forgive her in the end Chastain was spectacular and the film was insanely entertaining. |
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Post by Pavan on Jan 4, 2018 15:41:55 GMT
A Sorkin-esque movie didn't write by Sorkin. Chastain gave a brilliant performance.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jan 5, 2018 7:31:02 GMT
I hated it.
One of those cases where if you have a movie involving politics with a strong-female-character at the center for some reason immediately you have a good movie, I'm utterly surprised, especially with the critics, they gae a free pass and ignored the fact Chastain is awful in it just because she's reciting "kick-ass" lines, this is the lower point of her career and unfortunately gives away her perceptions of politics, because she doesn't give any hint of humanity to her character, it's such a narrow view of things, why she approached the character that way is a mistery to me, it's so absurd.
But she's not the only one to blame, the whole time the movie gave the impression that noboby knew what they were talking about and they were just "inspired" by some tiny, random article they read in a newspaper and then translate it to a "fantastical political thriller" that becomes more and more unrealistic at every minute, and the problem is that audiences can take it at face value and that's why we're were we are right now...
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Post by harlequinade on Jan 6, 2018 19:11:03 GMT
I hated it. One of those cases where if you have a movie involving politics with a strong-female-character at the center for some reason immediately you have a good movie, I'm utterly surprised, especially with the critics, they gae a free pass and ignored the fact Chastain is awful in it just because she's reciting "kick-ass" lines, this is the lower point of her career and unfortunately gives away her perceptions of politics, because she doesn't give any hint of humanity to her character, it's such a narrow view of things, why she approached the character that way is a mistery to me, it's so absurd. But she's not the only one to blame, the whole time the movie gave the impression that noboby knew what they were talking about and they were just "inspired" by some tiny, random article they read in a newspaper and then translate it to a "fantastical political thriller" that becomes more and more unrealistic at every minute, and the problem is that audiences can take it at face value and that's why we're were we are right now... 1. she does 2. that she is cold throughout...some people are like that. Not everyone has a strong moral compass or is empathetic. I don't understand at all what are you on about in 2nd paragraph. |
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jan 7, 2018 20:36:57 GMT
I hated it. One of those cases where if you have a movie involving politics with a strong-female-character at the center for some reason immediately you have a good movie, I'm utterly surprised, especially with the critics, they gae a free pass and ignored the fact Chastain is awful in it just because she's reciting "kick-ass" lines, this is the lower point of her career and unfortunately gives away her perceptions of politics, because she doesn't give any hint of humanity to her character, it's such a narrow view of things, why she approached the character that way is a mistery to me, it's so absurd. But she's not the only one to blame, the whole time the movie gave the impression that noboby knew what they were talking about and they were just "inspired" by some tiny, random article they read in a newspaper and then translate it to a "fantastical political thriller" that becomes more and more unrealistic at every minute, and the problem is that audiences can take it at face value and that's why we're were we are right now... 1. she does 2. that she is cold throughout...some people are like that. Not everyone has a strong moral compass or is empathetic. I don't understand at all what are you on about in 2nd paragraph. The performance suffers from the Chastain-syndrome as of late, as one imdb mermber used to said, she's playing the situation instead of the character, is the exact same thing that happened in Zero Dark Thirty, The Martian, A Most Violent Year, even in Crimson Peak, and they come off as pasive performances because she's not even having fun with the roles. And for what I said in the second pragragh, maybe we saw different movies ? Is one of those movies that early on I realised that wants to say something but doesn't have a single idea of how to do it, peaks early on and said everything that needed to be said in the first minutes, it doesn't have any hint nuance or subtetly to give a context to the situations, n it's reflected even in every other characters that appears ( if we can call them that ) who are there just to reinforce what the film is standing for and comes off as preachy, indulgent and tiring. I mean, it can be a easy to overlook (although I don't think so) becasue Sloane has a complete transition but everything around her is a mess, packed with obvious influences. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 8, 2018 20:36:34 GMT
Finally got around to this and really enjoyed it. It’s not without it’s issues but I still found it very compelling and loved the performances (especially Chastain).
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 11, 2018 6:46:47 GMT
Caught it on tv a few months ago and thought it was really mediocre. The dialogue was incredibly rehearsed and preaching and the final climax was so standard Hollywood.
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