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Post by morton on Jul 11, 2021 2:39:16 GMT
What's up with this guy? Into the Wild was so good. I feel like there's a fair amount of knife-sharpening out for Penn, especially after The Last Face fell on its ass. He was going to have to come back with a knockout punch, and it sounds like this film isn't nearly that bad, but not nearly good enough to warrant a comeback narrative. Whoops. That’s what I get for posting right before I was leaving. Was trying to fill in time, so I wouldn’t get there too early. Oh well, still better the reception to The Last Face.  |
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 11, 2021 13:54:50 GMT
What's up with this guy? Into the Wild was so good. I feel like there's a fair amount of knife-sharpening out for Penn, especially after The Last Face fell on its ass. He was going to have to come back with a knockout punch, and it sounds like this film isn't nearly that bad, but not nearly good enough to warrant a comeback narrative. Could be. Someone at Rotten Tomatoes is clearly doing Penn (or more likely Flag Day's distribution company) a big favor to keep it at that healthy looking 80% as well for as long as they can, because they instantly added all the "fresh" reviews and suddenly stopped adding any more as soon as more clear pans started showing up like: There are enough published reviews out now that it probably should be in the 50's or so on RT. Maybe lower. Edit. RT has just added Slant's 1 star review to bring it down to 67%. But it does feel like they are going out of their way not to take it into Rotten territory by avoiding all the other negative published reviews . They'll have to add them eventually, but I guess they want to help Flag Day to avoid headlines saying it has a low Rotten score at this stage of the festival. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 11, 2021 16:37:05 GMT
Hamaguchi Ryusuke's film Drive My Car getting raves in first reactions and reviews
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Post by stephen on Jul 11, 2021 16:39:57 GMT
Murukami is all the rage but I still haven't really dipped my toe into his work, and while I respected Burning I can't say I liked it. But this sounds intriguing, even if the runtime is a bit daunting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2021 17:40:56 GMT
Virginie Efira is winning Best Actress, y'all.
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Post by stephen on Jul 11, 2021 17:47:25 GMT
Virginie Efira is wining Best Actress, y'all. Don't be so sure. This fest is already shaping up to be a bloodbath for Best Actress, and I could easily see Verhoeven getting in for Best Director or the film getting something like a Jury Prize or something. But already we've got Renata Reinsve, Valeria Bruno Tedeschi and Sophie Marceau all getting sizable raves, and there's still folks like Swinton and Seydoux (each of whom have multiple films at the festival) coming down the pike. Hell, there's a very real chance that Spike recognizes the history of black actresses at Cannes (only one has ever won, and that was a shared prize) and that gives momentum to Achouackh Abakar Souleymane for Lingui. |
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Post by DanQuixote on Jul 11, 2021 17:49:30 GMT
Hamaguchi NEVER misses! I think Happy Hour and Asako I & II are both note perfect, and I’m glad this one seems to be just as good! Manifesting he wins something big in addition to the Silver Bear he just won at Berlin this year.
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Post by quetee on Jul 11, 2021 19:32:26 GMT
Hmmm, Drive My Car sounds interesting.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Jul 11, 2021 23:00:54 GMT
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 11, 2021 23:10:14 GMT
Pretty incredible that Grace Of Monaco got 9% on Rotten Tomatoes....yet Nicole Kidman still got a SAG Best Actress Nomination for it. GOAT shit! 🐐 |
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Post by stephen on Jul 11, 2021 23:49:14 GMT
Bergman Island reactions are in, and Vicky Krieps enters the Best Actress race at Cannes:
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 11, 2021 23:54:39 GMT
Bergman Island reactions are in, and Vicky Krieps enters the Best Actress race at Cannes: Happy for Vicky Krieps. Gave the best performance in Phantom Thread and probably deserved the Best Actress Oscar. It was a disgrace that she wasn't even nominated, when all the main elements of the film (including her better known co-stars) were nominated. |
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jul 12, 2021 0:13:00 GMT
Lol this Cannes clip I saw online has Alicia Vikander with a half American accent. She's supposed to be Louisianan da fuck. Anyone talking about this movie?
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Post by stephen on Jul 12, 2021 0:14:23 GMT
Bergman Island reactions are in, and Vicky Krieps enters the Best Actress race at Cannes: Happy for Vicky Krieps. Gave the best performance in Phantom Thread and probably deserved the Best Actress Oscar. It was a disgrace that she wasn't even nominated, when all the main elements of the film (including her better known co-stars) were nominated. I adore Vicky Krieps and she's my runner-up that year behind McDormand's all-timer of a performance, but that race was always going to be a tough sell because she was a complete unknown going up against Oscar favorites and A-listers. McDormand, Hawkins, Robbie, Ronan, Streep. That has a strong argument for being the strongest lineup that category had the whole decade (even if I personally would only keep McDormand and Robbie in my lineups). And unfortunately, as great as Krieps was, the narrative wasn't focused on her for that film. That said, I'm glad they didn't shunt her into Best Supporting Actress. I wouldn't want someone like Manville to miss out to some category-frauding bullshit. This way, Manville gets her just recognition and Krieps has staked herself as an actress to keep an eye on, and the next time she does something baity, that'll be fuel for the fire. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 12, 2021 2:07:26 GMT
Murukami is all the rage but I still haven't really dipped my toe into his work, and while I respected Burning I can't say I liked it. But this sounds intriguing, even if the runtime is a bit daunting. I've read two of his (1Q84 and Sputnik Sweetheart), and I find him to be an interesting - but cold - author. He has ideas and things to say, but the books feel distant and emotionless. |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jul 12, 2021 15:05:28 GMT
Hamaguchi Ryusuke's film Drive My Car getting raves in first reactions and reviews Awesome news! Murukami is an author I'm only vaguely familiar with, but I've been meaning to get into more of his work. This sounds like a solid adaptation. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 12, 2021 16:21:07 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jul 12, 2021 18:43:48 GMT
Petrov's Flu:
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Post by stephen on Jul 13, 2021 16:45:09 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jul 13, 2021 20:14:06 GMT
Blue Bayou:
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Post by brancaleone on Jul 13, 2021 21:35:13 GMT
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 13, 2021 21:45:44 GMT
Ouch for Flag Day  Penn didn't have great time at Cannes |
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 13, 2021 22:40:28 GMT
Ouch for Flag Day Penn didn't have great time at Cannes is 38% on Rotten Tomatoes now. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flag_day_2021/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviewsGuess it reached a point where they could no longer ignore all the negative reviews. Wonder where Penn goes from here, as both a filmmaker and an actor (he got a lot of pans for his performance, as well as some praise). Nothing has flat out worked for him in a big way since Milk (well Tree Of Life was a big critical success, but Malick pretty much sidelined him in the film). That was 13 years ago. I think his best bet is relying on his friendships and connections to snag some juicy supporting roles and try to make them work. No idea how viable he is as a director now. The Last Face and Flag Day are to pretty sizable critical failures in a row (though obviously The Last Face was a different level of bomb). |
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Post by stephen on Jul 13, 2021 22:58:40 GMT
Titane coming for Cronenberg's crown!
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 13, 2021 23:33:35 GMT
Ouch for Flag Day Penn didn't have great time at Cannes is 38% on Rotten Tomatoes now. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flag_day_2021/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviewsGuess it reached a point where they could no longer ignore all the negative reviews. Wonder where Penn goes from here, as both a filmmaker and an actor (he got a lot of pans for his performance, as well as some praise). Nothing has flat out worked for him in a big way since Milk (well Tree Of Life was a big critical success, but Malick pretty much sidelined him in the film). That was 13 years ago. I think his best bet is relying on his friendships and connections to snag some juicy supporting roles and try to make them work. No idea how viable he is as a director now. The Last Face and Flag Day are to pretty sizable critical failures in a row (though obviously The Last Face was a different level of bomb). Yeah he’s had a pretty rough go of things the past decade. Needs to do something. |
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