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MOVIES: What are you watching?

A aphillaMember
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Now, Hitchcock on the big screen later this month. Cool


Really? That would be awesome. Which ones?


Marnie
The Lady Vanishes
North by Northwest
Vertigo


I'm not sure I've seen The Lady....

Seeing North by Northwest and Vertigo on the big screen should be pretty interesting.
N nolaneMember
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Worth seeing, Nolan?
Yes, absolutely inspiring. Makes me think they could make a similar movie about wine starring Paul Draper.

My one complaint is that the music really redefines some of the conversation. If the epic music wasn't playing it would seem like a regular conversation, but the soundtrack makes every utterance by Jiro seem to be divinely commanded.
glennkglennkMember
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Worth seeing, Nolan?
Yes, absolutely inspiring. Makes me think they could make a similar movie about wine starring Paul Draper.

My one complaint is that the music really redefines some of the conversation. If the epic music wasn't playing it would seem like a regular conversation, but the soundtrack makes every utterance by Jiro seem to be divinely commanded.
I really liked it as well. Might be going to Japan for work soon and I'm going to use my local contacts to try to get me in for a lunch with Jiro.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Argo

And?


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Matinee of The Master today...

What did you think, Winetarelli?


The Master
Challenging. First of all, the performances are all top notch. Particularly Hoffman's Brando-like eye acting. Look for Phoenix, Hoffman and Adams all to get Oscar nominations, and assuming Hoffman is in the supporting role, for him to win. The movie, itself does not lead to emotional investment and takes no side in morally ambiguous (and worse) issues. Which is fine, but it is so removed that it does not postulate connections or causal or even correlated links between events or truths that seem somehow related logically, but not related in the storytelling. Clearly, P.T. Anderson wants us to think about these things; in one case he choses a fact so precise that exactly one tick to the left and half the audience might leave the theatre in disgust, exactly one tick to the right and half the audience wouldn't even notice it as an issue. But there is no explanation of how this is related to other parts of the story. In another scene something is shown that obviously plays a huge role in one character's psychology and in several characters' relationships -- but then it is never touched on again and we are left to wonder about what the writer/director thought the ulterior motives of characters were later on and if this scene was somehow relevant. Stimulating, frustrating, challenging, and not as rewarding as I would have hoped. The movie is an acting clinic, and perhaps a directing one as well, but the script and story is flawed. Definitely worth seeing, but not as good as I would have hoped.

Argo
My problem with this movie was all the buzz surrounding it. If you read the reviews in aggregate, this is the best movie in years, half Bond, half All the President's Men. But it isn't quite that. It is a very well executed thriller with well handled historical nuance. Everything is kept in balance except for (one of the) the hero moment(s) and the acting is very good. Affleck's direction is, in general, exceptional. Of course, the great Alexandre Deslpat (man, he is everywhere these days) sparse score helps keep the tension high. And, the light hearted comic bits somehow blend perfectly with the tone of rest of the feature -- no small feat. But this is not a tour du force in filmmaking. It is a very good to excellent film to be sure, but comparing it to the best films of my teenage years (Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, The Usual Suspects, Fargo, etc) it doesn't measure up. Go in expecting a good, not great, movie, and you will be pleasantly surprised. Go in expecting the best movie in a decade, and you'll be let down. The movie will certainly be nominated for best picture and Affleck for director. Bryan Cranston, while he had a small role, was fantastic. And, of course, you gotta love Alan Arkin (and John Goodman).
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Argo
My problem with this movie was all the buzz surrounding it. If you read the reviews in aggregate, this is the best movie in years, half Bond, half All the President's Men. But it isn't quite that. It is a very well executed thriller with well handled historical nuance. Everything is kept in balance except for (one of the) the hero moment(s) and the acting is very good. Affleck's direction is, in general, exceptional. Of course, the great Alexandre Deslpat (man, he is everywhere these days) sparse score helps keep the tension high. And, the light hearted comic bits somehow blend perfectly with the tone of rest of the feature -- no small feat. But this is not a tour du force in filmmaking. It is a very good to excellent film to be sure, but comparing it to the best films of my teenage years (Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, The Usual Suspects, Fargo, etc) it doesn't measure up. Go in expecting a good, not great, movie, and you will be pleasantly surprised. Go in expecting the best movie in a decade, and you'll be let down. The movie will certainly be nominated for best picture and Affleck for director. Bryan Cranston, while he had a small role, was fantastic. And, of course, you gotta love Alan Arkin (and John Goodman).

I thought it was an excellent movie. You know how the movie is going to end, but you still felt the tension of having the people be in that situation.
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