Iām crap at watching movies in any sort of time, but Iāve finally seen all of Django Unchained. Itās a dizzying experience, and probably the best movie Iāve seen from Tarantino, Hateful Eight included, probably because itās so satisfying and managed to tickle my brain while I was watching it.
Donāt get me wrong; in most senses, itās your typical Tarantino film, but the time period allows him to play with some pretty big themes, such as the value of education and the evil that emerges when humans are the property of others. Maybe Iām looking too much into it, the education thing is particularly relevant. Django is probably a gun-savant, but his education allows him to speak the same language that would use his lack of it to classify, or subjugate him.
Loved Foxx in this movie; Christoph Waltz was also excellent, as were De Caprio and Samuel L. One of my pals refers to this as Mr Jacksonās best performance, perhaps because it was so small. Itās a lot better than turning up in an eyepatch at the end of a Marvel film, thatās for sure. Most of all though, I donāt think a Tarantino film has ever had worthier characters than this one.
Most of his movies, the latest included, are usually filled with complete bastards. Even though the Inglorious Bastards were fighting the Germans, they were still bastards. The clue is in the name - just happened to be fighting on the right side. Django is on a worthy mission, and itās almost impossible not to feel thrilled as he tears up a world that says he has no rightful place in it.
Risk of sounding a bit poncy but enjoyed Force Majeure. Swedish subtitled but interesting about what happens when husband and father acts cowardly. On Netflix - well US library definitely.
also really enjoyed Big Short but may have been discussed already.
Yeah, reading Paps thing comparing 4 films, if youāre stuck in an office job, paticulalrly IT related then you must watch Office Space, we all know a Milton
Birdman. At turns minimal, pretentious, emotive and artsy. So right up my street, basically. A solid 8/10.
Unfortunately it loses 8 marks for featuring a scene in which Edward Norton (visibly aging - at bloody last) gets off with Emma Stone. No justice in this world.
Top man. Having read the brilliant reviews after watching it, I was fascinated to learn how the director fought to get funding for years. He resisted giving the big studios artistic control (they wanted to cut 30 minutes and make lots of other changes).
It could well become a cult film and I am planning to watch it again soon (though not that scene ).
Me and the Mrs started to watch Year One last night, the ācomedyā with jack black and Michael cera from 2009. It was awful. Genuinely one of the worst things I have ever seen. We turned it off after half an hour and stared and the carpet instead, which was infinitely more amusing and entertaining.
Has anyone seen that new Coen Bros movie? The trailer makes it look like Fun Movie, like Big Lebowski or i.e. O Bro Where Art Thou, but Iām worry if I go see it, itāll turn out to be one of their Other Sort Of Movies, which aināt sposed to be Entertaining, cos theyāre mostly just trying to Learn you a Lesson.
Itās like I was watching Inside Llewyn Davis last night cos it was on tv, and I think I understood it, i.e. there was that one scene where heās driving through the snow and he sees a sign to where his son lives, and he knows heās at crossroads, and needs to make a decision, but he doesnāt, he just keeps driving blindly into the snow, and even when it results in near car accident, he doesnāt realise heās made a mistake. And I get that. Itās sposed to be Metaphor for his Life, but if movie is gonna require using ur Brain to Figure Things Out, I would rather not do that in Cinema. I will do that at some point in future, when I happen to catch it on TV.
fk you cunts, I shall watch it myself and Find Out. But if I go to the cinema and Learn Something, I will be v.angar, and I will be coming for you cunts srs.
Finally got around to watching Argo. A tense, serious treatment of a very tumultuous time. Way to go, Mr Affleck. The scenes at the airport are something else.
Saw āHail Caesarā last night Bearsy, Itās ok. Iām a Coen Bros fanboy, but it didnāt really work. Great cast and some sublime set pieces, and references to 50ās Hollywood. It just lacked a focus and drifted. Poor Coen Bros is still better than most dross