Zeb31
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Post by Zeb31 on Mar 6, 2019 3:48:27 GMT
My big question is who was Djimon Hounsou in the kid's life who was well meaning, but trying to stop McConaughey for catching Justice. A cop? a neighbor who looked the other way. I NEED ANSWERS Dude, you're missing the biggest question here. Quite literally 60-70% of this film is comprised of: *Matthew McConaughey taking his clothes off *Matthew McConaughey's ass *Matthew McConaughey's abs (whether bare or barely covered by strategically wet shirts) *Matthew McConaughey swimming naked with his genitals digitally removed *Matthew McConaughey fucking Diane Lane for money *Matthew McConaughey rawdogging Anne Hathaway for like five seconds while he attempts to swallow her chin whole
...and this is all supposed to be his son's simulation? So the son wrote his dad doing all this stuff into his little fantasy Sims game? Why the fuck would this film even be set up as a sweaty erotic thriller if THAT'S where the story is going? That's perfect sequel fodder right there. After the big reveal I figured this film would have nowhere else to go because nothing could possibly top that, but it just continues to get crazier and crazier until the last 5 minutes, when it somehow reaches even greater levels of batshit insanity. That last shot, with that music, with that cut to credits is almost wilder than the big twist. Collateral Beauty at least started out normal enough, but at the end of the day it was too much of a flavorless bore to be exciting. This, on the other hand, is inexplicable from the very first scene, and they sprinkle in multiple clues that all but spell out the hilarity that is to come. It continues to top itself with every new scene, which is why it's so compulsively entertaining. I legitimately have no idea what to rate this. I still haven't processed the fact that it actually exists, and that everyone involved played it completely straight. Every single decision here (from the endlessly quotable dialogue to the genuinely dizzying editing to the camera movements to the entire ensemble's acting choices) made me dearly wish I could just go out and grab some coffee with Steven Knight, to just have a conversation with him and pick his brain. It was just as big a blast as I was promised. I wish more boring-looking films would sneak up on us and shock the audience out of nowhere with the same degree of completely sincere yet woefully misguided daring that this and The Book of Henry have. Like, imagine going to see Beautiful Boy only to find out at the end that it was actually about, idk, aliens all along. I need Jenny Nicholson to make a 50-minute vlog about this. That might be my very own Justice.
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Post by stephen on Mar 6, 2019 3:59:23 GMT
My big question is who was Djimon Hounsou in the kid's life who was well meaning, but trying to stop McConaughey for catching Justice. A cop? a neighbor who looked the other way. I NEED ANSWERS Dude, you're missing the biggest question here. Quite literally 60-70% of this film is comprised of: *Matthew McConaughey taking his clothes off *Matthew McConaughey's ass *Matthew McConaughey's abs (whether bare or barely covered by strategically wet shirts) *Matthew McConaughey swimming naked with his genitals digitally removed *Matthew McConaughey fucking Diane Lane for money *Matthew McConaughey rawdogging Anne Hathaway for like five seconds while he attempts to swallow her chin whole
...and this is all supposed to be his son's simulation? So the son wrote his dad doing all this stuff into his little fantasy Sims game? Why the fuck would this film even be set up as a sweaty erotic thriller if THAT'S where the story is going? That's perfect sequel fodder right there. After the big reveal I figured this film would have nowhere else to go because nothing could possibly top that, but it just continues to get crazier and crazier until the last 5 minutes, when it somehow reaches new levels of batshit insanity. That last shot, with that music, with that cut to credits is almost wilder than the big reveal. Collateral Beauty at least started out normal enough, but at the end of the day it was too much of a flavorless bore to be exciting. This, on the other hand, is inexplicable from the very first scene, and they sprinkle in multiple clues that all but spell out the hilarity that is to come. It continues to top itself with every new scene, which is why it's so compulsively entertaining. I legitimately have no idea what to rate this. I still haven't processed the fact that it actually exists, and that everyone involved played it completely straight. Every single decision here (from the endlessly quotable dialogue to the genuinely dizzying editing to the camera movements to the entire ensemble's acting choices) made me dearly wish I could just go out and grab some coffee with Steven Knight, to just have a conversation with him and pick his brain. It was just as big a blast as I was promised. I wish more boring-looking films would sneak up on us and shock the audience out of nowhere with the same degree of completely sincere yet woefully misguided daring that this and The Book of Henry have. Like, imagine going to see Beautiful Boy only to find out at the end that it was actually about, idk, aliens all along. I need Jenny Nicholson to make a 50-minute vlog about this. That might be my very own Justice. It is the Eraserhead of our times.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Mar 6, 2019 4:37:51 GMT
One of us. One of us. Gooble gobble, one of us.
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Post by Sharbs on Mar 6, 2019 9:17:14 GMT
My big question is who was Djimon Hounsou in the kid's life who was well meaning, but trying to stop McConaughey for catching Justice. A cop? a neighbor who looked the other way. I NEED ANSWERS Dude, you're missing the biggest question here. Quite literally 60-70% of this film is comprised of: *Matthew McConaughey taking his clothes off *Matthew McConaughey's ass *Matthew McConaughey's abs (whether bare or barely covered by strategically wet shirts) *Matthew McConaughey swimming naked with his genitals digitally removed *Matthew McConaughey fucking Diane Lane for money *Matthew McConaughey rawdogging Anne Hathaway for like five seconds while he attempts to swallow her chin whole
...and this is all supposed to be his son's simulation? So the son wrote his dad doing all this stuff into his little fantasy Sims game? Why the fuck would this film even be set up as a sweaty erotic thriller if THAT'S where the story is going? That's perfect sequel fodder right there. After the big reveal I figured this film would have nowhere else to go because nothing could possibly top that, but it just continues to get crazier and crazier until the last 5 minutes, when it somehow reaches even greater levels of batshit insanity. That last shot, with that music, with that cut to credits is almost wilder than the big twist. Collateral Beauty at least started out normal enough, but at the end of the day it was too much of a flavorless bore to be exciting. This, on the other hand, is inexplicable from the very first scene, and they sprinkle in multiple clues that all but spell out the hilarity that is to come. It continues to top itself with every new scene, which is why it's so compulsively entertaining. I legitimately have no idea what to rate this. I still haven't processed the fact that it actually exists, and that everyone involved played it completely straight. Every single decision here (from the endlessly quotable dialogue to the genuinely dizzying editing to the camera movements to the entire ensemble's acting choices) made me dearly wish I could just go out and grab some coffee with Steven Knight, to just have a conversation with him and pick his brain. It was just as big a blast as I was promised. I wish more boring-looking films would sneak up on us and shock the audience out of nowhere with the same degree of completely sincere yet woefully misguided daring that this and The Book of Henry have. Like, imagine going to see Beautiful Boy only to find out at the end that it was actually about, idk, aliens all along. I need Jenny Nicholson to make a 50-minute vlog about this. That might be my very own Justice. oh don't you worry that's all the stuff that first came to mind and have had counseling sessions with people I work with who've seen it. I just wanted to put that mustard in the mix as well.
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Post by moonman157 on Mar 6, 2019 16:21:15 GMT
My big question is who was Djimon Hounsou in the kid's life who was well meaning, but trying to stop McConaughey for catching Justice. A cop? a neighbor who looked the other way. I NEED ANSWERS Dude, you're missing the biggest question here. Quite literally 60-70% of this film is comprised of: *Matthew McConaughey taking his clothes off *Matthew McConaughey's ass *Matthew McConaughey's abs (whether bare or barely covered by strategically wet shirts) *Matthew McConaughey swimming naked with his genitals digitally removed *Matthew McConaughey fucking Diane Lane for money *Matthew McConaughey rawdogging Anne Hathaway for like five seconds while he attempts to swallow her chin whole
...and this is all supposed to be his son's simulation? So the son wrote his dad doing all this stuff into his little fantasy Sims game? Why the fuck would this film even be set up as a sweaty erotic thriller if THAT'S where the story is going? That's perfect sequel fodder right there. After the big reveal I figured this film would have nowhere else to go because nothing could possibly top that, but it just continues to get crazier and crazier until the last 5 minutes, when it somehow reaches even greater levels of batshit insanity. That last shot, with that music, with that cut to credits is almost wilder than the big twist. Collateral Beauty at least started out normal enough, but at the end of the day it was too much of a flavorless bore to be exciting. This, on the other hand, is inexplicable from the very first scene, and they sprinkle in multiple clues that all but spell out the hilarity that is to come. It continues to top itself with every new scene, which is why it's so compulsively entertaining. I legitimately have no idea what to rate this. I still haven't processed the fact that it actually exists, and that everyone involved played it completely straight. Every single decision here (from the endlessly quotable dialogue to the genuinely dizzying editing to the camera movements to the entire ensemble's acting choices) made me dearly wish I could just go out and grab some coffee with Steven Knight, to just have a conversation with him and pick his brain. It was just as big a blast as I was promised. I wish more boring-looking films would sneak up on us and shock the audience out of nowhere with the same degree of completely sincere yet woefully misguided daring that this and The Book of Henry have. Like, imagine going to see Beautiful Boy only to find out at the end that it was actually about, idk, aliens all along. I need Jenny Nicholson to make a 50-minute vlog about this. That might be my very own Justice. it transcends traditional notions of "good" and "bad," rendering them obsolete for once and all
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 23, 2019 13:23:30 GMT
Well, that was...something. I have so many questions but I doubt any of them are really worth exploring. I especially can’t wait to listen to the new episode of ‘How Did This Get Made?’ featuring this.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 29, 2019 3:46:22 GMT
I actually liked this... until I didn't. And then I circled back to begrudging admiration.
For the first eighty(?) minutes or so, this is a legit good thriller. I loved the noir aspects (Anne Hathaway in that black jacket and hat is one of the sexiest things I've ever seen), I dug the hints at the twist to come, I was on my toes wondering "where is this going?"
And then the movie answered that question... and it was stupid. Oh so stupid. The movie removed the mystery (its greatest strength) and answered it with a "twist" that... why? What was the purpose of that twist? How does it add anything to the characters, to the story being told? It's just weird.
And I was quite pissed for a while, but now I'm coming back around. I mean, the twist sucks, we can all agree on that. But it inadvertently opens up so many hilarious wtf moments in retrospect, that I'm actually laughing at the whole movie looking back on it.
A strange experience.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Nov 29, 2019 14:10:14 GMT
This thread is a hoot and a half.
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Post by Pasquale on Dec 2, 2019 20:14:47 GMT
pretty good flick.
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Post by cheesecake on Dec 4, 2019 3:09:49 GMT
Still some of the most fun I've had in a theater all year. Saw this opening night, only two other people in the theater with us. It's insane but I was never bored.
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