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Post by stephen on Aug 30, 2024 21:18:32 GMT
Petra Costa's Bolsonaro-era doc Apocalypse in the Tropics:
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Post by wilcinema on Aug 31, 2024 13:33:10 GMT
The Order: The movie is well shot, well directed and well acted (Hoult is the MVP, Law is very good too), but there are some evident weaknesses in the script imo.
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Post by stabcaesar on Aug 31, 2024 14:03:28 GMT
Those earrings are gorge
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Post by wilcinema on Aug 31, 2024 21:32:50 GMT
The Brutalist: Oh boy. This is one of the boldest and most ambitious American movies of this century. It’s filmed in 70mm and it even has its own 15 minutes intermission. The first half is all sorts of brilliant, it is daring, it is compelling, it is rich, you can feel you’re watching the director’s dream project. Then the second half comes, and it sorts of fizzles out in the end, kind of staining what was shaping up to be a complete masterpiece. I despised Corbet’s first two films, but for at least 2/3 of The Brutalist I thought I was in front of a Great American Novel, something borne out of the minds of Don DeLillo and Philip Roth. Cast-wise, to me the MVP is Felicity Jones, with Brody right behind her.
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Post by stephen on Aug 31, 2024 23:52:00 GMT
Justin Kurzel's The Order:
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 5:21:02 GMT
Having slept on the movie, The Brutalist does invite important comparisons. There are so many images from it that I woke up with, it really leaves an impression. Brilliant film.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 1, 2024 12:36:10 GMT
What's so great about The Brutalist is in this year of old dudes making movies Coppola, Scott, etc .......the dudes coming back seem like Brody and Pearce atm......one of the few Fall movies I'm excited about
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2024 13:38:27 GMT
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist:
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 15:18:37 GMT
I'm Still Here: I loved this one. It would have been very easy to fall into miserabilism, but it doesn't. Fernanda Torres is a very strong candidate for the Volpi Cup.
Wolfs: I found this surprisingly funny. It's a buddy movie at its heart, and sometimes the script feels overwritten, but the chemistry between the stars is priceless.
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Post by pupdurcs on Sept 1, 2024 15:26:07 GMT
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist:Hard to know what to make of it's Oscar potential with these early notices. Clearly get a lot of admiration for it's ambition, but it's not getting the across-the-board slam dunk "it's a masterpiece" notices I thought it might get after a few early reactions I was seeing. Reminds me very much of how some James Gray films are received. In fact, everything about this film, even the premise, reminds me of Gray's The Immigrants.
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2024 15:31:42 GMT
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist:Hard to know what to make of it's Oscar potential with these early notices. Clearly get a lot of admiration for it's ambition, but it's not getting the across-the-board slam dunk "it's a masterpiece" notices I thought it might get after a few early reactions. Reminds me very much of how some James Gray films are received. In fact, everything about this film, even the premise, reminds me of Gray's The Immigrants. It's funny you mention James Gray, because he's on this jury and he might go very hard for this. If it wins the Golden Lion (which it well could, even if I am predicting Corbet at the moment), there will be a bidding war unless Focus decides they want the domestic rights as well. But I do think there's strong potential on it being a big tech player (period piece with strong acting notices) if they put their weight behind it, and the idea of it being this "important" film that (mostly) lives up to that importance could appeal to voters, especially as there isn't a slam-dunk this year at this point.
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 15:35:09 GMT
I don't think it was ever a slam-dunk kind of film. It's way too sprawling and ambitious for that. These kinds of movies are always held to a much higher standard.
About nominations and wins, the problem, if anything, is that it's really not an Oscar movie.
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 15:39:26 GMT
Wilcinema's mid-festival awards...
Wil's Golden Lion: The Brutalist Wil's Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, Babygirl Wil's Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Kill The Jockey Wil's Best Director: Walter Salles, I'm Still Here
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Post by wallsofjericho on Sept 1, 2024 15:44:25 GMT
Guy Pearce is getting some MVP notices in some of the reviews I have read. Can imagine him winning a lot of critics awards.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 1, 2024 15:55:56 GMT
I've read a couple of people saying that The Brutalist is more accessible than one might initially think. Thoughts? wilcinema
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2024 16:03:27 GMT
I don't think it was ever a slam-dunk kind of film. It's way too sprawling and ambitious for that. These kinds of movies are always held to a much higher standard. About nominations and wins, the problem, if anything, is that it's really not an Oscar movie. Oh for sure, but my counterpoint is that people could've said the same about The Zone of Interest last year. The Academy's been embracing weirder shit lately and going off the beaten path (see also those people who thought Poor Things was going to blank at the Oscars this time last year). No one thought they'd go for a three-hour slow-burn Japanese drama like they did for Drive My Car until they did. And I can absolutely see a subsection of voters coming out in force for this movie if it gets properly promoted and the critics drive it. Wins might be a bridge too far, but in this year, I see no reason it can't at least get the nominations, if only because for many of those categories, there's not too many alternatives.
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 16:06:29 GMT
I've read a couple of people saying that The Brutalist is more accessible than one might initially think. Thoughts? wilcinema It's not inaccessible, but for all the talk that was made about Tár, this one is definitely a harder watch.
Oh yes, Guy Pearce is great too. I would have been curious to see Rylance in that role, but Pearce gives a great performance for sure.
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2024 16:13:13 GMT
I've read a couple of people saying that The Brutalist is more accessible than one might initially think. Thoughts? wilcinema It's not inaccessible, but for all the talk that was made about Tár, this one is definitely a harder watch.
Oh yes, Guy Pearce is great too. I would have been curious to see Rylance in that role, but Pearce gives a great performance for sure.
Was Tár that inaccessible, though? I feel like people use that word to describe movies about people who we aren't meant to empathize with (like Daniel Plainview or Lydia Tár), but those movies are perfectly watchable and easy to understand.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 1, 2024 16:23:05 GMT
I personally long for the day "ambitious" and "inaccessible" become positives tbh..........your product is dead, so a little elitism is welcome ffs
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 1, 2024 17:14:56 GMT
It's not inaccessible, but for all the talk that was made about Tár, this one is definitely a harder watch.
Oh yes, Guy Pearce is great too. I would have been curious to see Rylance in that role, but Pearce gives a great performance for sure.
Was Tár that inaccessible, though? I feel like people use that word to describe movies about people who we aren't meant to empathize with (like Daniel Plainview or Lydia Tár), but those movies are perfectly watchable and easy to understand. Yes, that’s my point. If a movie as easy as Tár was seen as inaccessible, this one will be a harder sell.
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2024 17:30:34 GMT
Was Tár that inaccessible, though? I feel like people use that word to describe movies about people who we aren't meant to empathize with (like Daniel Plainview or Lydia Tár), but those movies are perfectly watchable and easy to understand. Yes, that’s my point. If a movie as easy as Tár was seen as inaccessible, this one will be a harder sell. Even so, Tár scored six Oscar nominations and was reasonably close to winning at least one. And it wasn't a sweeping period piece. I know it's got its limitations due to the type of movie it is, its length, and the questions surrounding its domestic rollout and promotion, but I think if there is any period where the Academy would go for a movie like this, it's the one we're currently in.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 1, 2024 23:28:47 GMT
I mean honestly, I can definitely see The Brutalist ending up with six above the line noms.
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 2, 2024 11:32:45 GMT
Everyone’s waiting for The Room Next Door but the real deal today is Vermiglio, a wonderful movie set in the Italian alps during WW2. Elegiac, delicate, touching. Pedro’s movie is unintentionally goofy, it’s verbose, and Tilda Swinton is tragically miscast.
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 2, 2024 12:16:51 GMT
Well damn
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Post by stephen on Sept 2, 2024 22:24:58 GMT
Walter Salles's I'm Still Here:
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