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Continued from Part 6: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/whats-the-last-movie-you-saw-6.1287849/ I've retained Asgardian as the OP. Rest in peace, mate. ================ Starting this up for the mods. Watched Judgment in Berlin, a simple tale of a hijacking from Poland to West Berlin...
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Spiderhead.
It's just not quite there. Like this could've been a really good movie and I wasn't in the best mood when I watched it but I could see what it was trying to do and be and it just felt like a bit of a miss to me. I thought Hemsworth was pretty good and I always love Teller's work, but yeah it was just lacking. Listened to a pod talking about it today and they said it felt like a covid movie, which I'm assuming it was, and it definitely felt that way. The movie took place in like 3 rooms and not in a good way, it would've been good to see the 'world' we saw a little more expanded. A generous 6, but a fine movie although I'm just feeling a little disappointed.
 
Financialpanther said:
Re: Spiderhead. Get the feeling we are about halfway through the pandemic productions and there will be junk released over the next 12 months before some quality returns.
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I wouldn't count on it.

Netflix are apparently looking at dumping "expensive vanity projects" such as The Irishman in favour of "big event films" such as Red Notice and Adam Project.
 
spinynorman said:
I wouldn't count on it.

Netflix are apparently looking at dumping "expensive vanity projects" such as The Irishman in favour of "big event films" such as Red Notice and Adam Project.
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I didn’t hate the Adam Project and I didn’t love The Irishman.

You’d think having a little of both woukd be the best play for them
 
phantom13 said:
I didn’t hate the Adam Project and I didn’t love The Irishman.

You’d think having a little of both woukd be the best play for them
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Those titles were ok - wasn't too wild on them but they were acceptable viewing. Its more the mainstream actors just making junk to pay the bills during a pandemic that they ordinarily wouldn't lend their name to.
 
phantom13 said:
I didn’t hate the Adam Project and I didn’t love The Irishman.

You’d think having a little of both woukd be the best play for them
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****ing hell the irishman was boring. I was looking forward to that too but there was little new to see there. Anna Paquin needed more lines.
 
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I think all of us need to take a breather here imo, it's fine to not like a movie that you're a fan of.

I love Eternal Sunshine but can understand people finding Kate Winslet insufferable, Jim Carrey boring, and the plot too weird.

Another hot take: I think Johnny Depp and Daniel Day Lewis aren't that great as actors.
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Day Lewis can't act.

He has to live it. He has to try really hard to get in to character with his ridiculous method acting. He doesn't act, he displays a personality disorder.

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I just like Sandler movies for the 70s and 80s music he fills ever soundtrack with.

Blended? Bog movie but had a really interesting soundtrack full of mashups of classic songs.

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edgie said:
Day Lewis can't act.

He has to live it. He has to try really hard to get in to character with his ridiculous method acting. He doesn't act, he displays a personality disorder.

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Actually this is accurate. I appreciate what he puts on screen but the process is absolutely absurd.
 
phantom13 said:
"Always had him in the same boat as Jim Carey - slapstick(ish), toilet humour that misses more than it hits"

I actually think youre selling them both pretty short here but Carreys serious works catalogue is as good as just about anyones.

Sandler has shown a bit (Punch Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, The Meyerwitz Stories, Uncut Gems) but i can understand the generalisation for him.

For Carrey its just a mile off, Man on the Moon alone is acting craft beyond what most of his contemporaries could dream of.
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I give you 1992 serious dramatic actor Jim Carrey

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The gravitas he brings to the emotional line "I've done my time on maple drive!"

Goosebumps
 
phantom13 said:
Actually this is accurate. I appreciate what he puts on screen but the process is absolutely absurd.
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Yeah I kinda thought it was overblown and prob still is but then i read he built a house using 18th century tools for one of those period peices. The funniest was Sally Field saying he used to text her as Abe Lincoln though. Funnily enough my biggest question was why didnt he write her letters.
 
vast said:
Yeah I kinda thought it was overblown and prob still is but then i read he built a house using 18th century tools for one of those period peices. The funniest was Sally Field saying he used to text her as Abe Lincoln though. Funnily enough my biggest question was why didnt he write her letters.
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His method on the set of my left foot was the stuff of legend. From memory Scorsese had to track him down and beg him to take a hiatus from being a cobblers apprentice to do Gangs of New York.

Genuine weirdo
 
phantom13 said:
His method on the set of my left foot was the stuff of legend. From memory Scorsese had to track him down and beg him to take a hiatus from being a cobblers apprentice to do Gangs of New York.

Genuine weirdo
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Yeah I remember the cobbler story. I still think he is great though. Doesnt get talked about much anymore but I watched In the name of father dozens of times back in the day. Emma Thompson was great in that too.
 
vast said:
Yeah I remember the cobbler story. I still think he is great though. Doesnt get talked about much anymore but I watched In the name of father dozens of times back in the day. Emma Thompson was great in that too.
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He’s the actor of my generation (DiCaprio being the movie star) but he’s unquestionably a complete lunatic. You’d have to imagine he’s a dude that takes his job of playing make believe a bit too seriously.

Jon Bernthal had a really funny quote about method acting recently.

“Having studied in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theater, I guarantee you that making everybody call you by your character name and not showering for eight months was not what Stanislavski had in mind with the Method.”
 
This Is The End (2013 Netflix) -
A bro comedy where Seth Rogan, James Franco and a host of other celebs face the apocalypse. It missed more than it hit and I've enjoyed most films of this ilk more than this one but it was still enjoyable. 6/10.

Requiem For A Dream (2000, Netflix) -
A previous poster watching this reminded me to stop putting this off (knew it was meant to be a downer). This was a heartbreaking masterpiece. The direction stands out the most in that it reminded me of a Breaking Bad sequence but extrapolated for a whole film. There isn't much character development due to the nature of addiction but their humanity shines so you feel completely invested in them. Never seen anything like it but won't rewatch as it's too devastating. 10/10.

I haven't seen a whole years worth of Best Picture nominations so am next watching the sole unwatched film in the 6 years where I've seen every other nomination.
So that's Quiz Show (1994), Lost In Translation (2003), Michael Clayton (2007), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Room (2015).
 
phantom13 said:
He’s the actor of my generation (DiCaprio being the movie star) but he’s unquestionably a complete lunatic. You’d have to imagine he’s a dude that takes his job of playing make believe a bit too seriously.

Jon Bernthal had a really funny quote about method acting recently.

“Having studied in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theater, I guarantee you that making everybody call you by your character name and not showering for eight months was not what Stanislavski had in mind with the Method.”
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The proof of the pudding etc. Daniel Day-Lewis has three best actor Oscars from six nominations. I like Bernthal but whatever role he is playing it always feels like I watching Jon Bernthal.

Re that quote, Stanislavski never advocated the immersive approach. That was Strasberg - that most of the recent method actors follow. If Robert De Niro wants to drive 12 hour shifts as a cabbie to prepare for a role then it's hard to argue if he delivers the performance. Surely Day-Lewis in My Left Foot and There Will be Blood, and De Niro in Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear are some of the best acting performances of all time.

There can be a cost for the director and the other actors to accommodate that style. But it's usually known before the actor is hired. And there have been plenty of actors who have been hired whose bad habits are allowed for and actually detract from their performance.
 
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