tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70938952709128546702024-03-13T21:12:58.802+01:00cinematic corner.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comBlogger938125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-66146846198135961332020-12-25T22:27:00.006+01:002021-03-18T08:03:36.639+01:00Wonder Woman 1984<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Cf7SXToUiw/X-ZRNOIbkwI/AAAAAAAAu34/xqR--Xf7WFwkaShcs1ynemiT3-d3HPe1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h36m32s421.jpg" width="640" /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSC99KWTMaM/X-ZRc4sYbmI/AAAAAAAAu4A/V0xpjSFGW4Ebzo20CchnhI7Q3NOXywT9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Untitnnnled-1.jpg" /><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">(spoilers</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>!</b></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">)</span></b></p><p>It's been a long, long wait. Back in the summer 2017 we were delighted by <b>Patty Jenkins</b>' <b>Wonder Woman</b>. It had thrills, laughs, emotions and most of all - so much heart. Now <b>Jenkins</b> returns with a highly ambitious sequel, which is very, very different from the original film. The saddening and dark setting of the World War I has been replaced with vibrant colors of the 80's, the serious background is now a fantastical tale and <b>Williams</b>' gentle, lovely score made way for <b>Zimmer</b>'s music which sounds as if he did few lines of coke on a rolllercoaster. But it still feels like a familiar Wonder Woman story because <b>Gal Gadot</b>'s Diana is back. And she is the same as we remember her - both an inspiring goddess and a highly relatable person with hopes, fears and desires. We know her, we like her, we admire her. We want to follow her on her journey. And the heroes we see ourselves in are those who end up inspiring us the most.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><the allowing="" are="" b="" fantasy="" high="" is="" pure="" silliness="" stakes="" story="" the="">In <b>Wonder Woman 1984 Jenkins </b>gets</the> to tell a morality tale about universal themes, the score is bombastic and grand and the production design and costumes are truly an outrageous, colorful wonder. It's the purest, loveliest escapism. <img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I-0WS_T65go/X-ZRmXBNFlI/AAAAAAAAu4E/TclV5uL7oFQxz9V-kAEG6PmxuJOr5rBswCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h46m56s895.jpg" width="640" /><div>I think there will be two very controversial things about this movie - the plot and the action scenes. The plot is silly but nobody is pretending it isn't. For me what matters in a movie like this is not what the plot is, no matter how nonsensical, how implausible, how insane, but what it is used to accomplish by a storyteller.<b> Jenkins</b> takes the tale with magic at its center and uses it to tell the story about very human, very relatable dilemmas and the film really hits hard thanks to that. If it wasn't for the plot devices that allow for literal magic to occur on the screen, the decisions Diana makes wouldn't have the same impact - thanks to the use of magic the stakes are higher. <b>Jenkins</b> brilliantly used the genre and its lack of limitations to ask difficult questions and conjure sequences that will stir the heart and inspire hope. Just like the first movie was hit with utterly nonsensical claims of weak third act and villains there seems to be a lot of criticisms directed at this one already, but the history will judge those movies kindly and those claims will be looked down upon as they should be.<div><br />I adore the first movie but one of the very few issues I had with it were the quick cuts in action scenes - some scenes weren't allowed the room to breathe they needed, some shots didn't linger as long as they should. It's also the issue here - <b>Chris Pine </b>is clearly giving us priceless reaction shots but we don't see him long enough to really register them. The way action scenes are made here - filled with slapstick humor, unique placement of the camera, very obvious green screen and over the top, even for a superhero movie, happenings will have their detractors. But it's all intentional to make it feel like the 80's movie. Take the goofiness of the action, the grandiosity of <b>Zimmer'</b>s score and the beauty of central themes and you have a cocktail like no other action movie served us in a very long time. Unfortunately, I think that the very young audience, those who didn't grew up with action/adventure films made in the 80's won't understand what <b>Jenkins</b> did here. But even then the fact there are some who downright despised this movie is puzzling. The sheer effort that went into making it so different than other films in the genre - with Diana winning with words, not with fists and so much depth given to villains must be applauded.<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3xA5B-C2OI/X-ZRwIpsYVI/AAAAAAAAu4M/9C8lxiZZ4_EFtaq4CeTrjQ5-qYXunE8oACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h32m57s337.jpg" width="640" />Let's take a moment to appreciate the women and the setting of Themyscira. Usually in these kinds of movies the 'before the hero grew up" section is so boring and you cannot wait to get to the actual story. But not with Wonder Woman films - Themyscira is such a gorgeous, vibrant place and just look at these women! So much grace, so much strength, so much inspiration. <b>Zimmer </b>gave them gorgeous musical themes in this movie and<b> Jenkins </b>set the fantastic opening there, filled with more joy than several other comic book movies combined wouldn't offer. <b>Connie Nielsen </b>as dignified Hippolyta, <b>Robin Wright</b> as badass Antiope and adorable<b> Lily Aspell</b> as young Diana all return. If WB were smart they'd do everything in their power to keep the team behind these films happy and finally deliver that Amazons spin-off we were promised.</div><div><br />The thing I didn't like about the first film was that the interactions between Diana and women outside of Themyscira were all too few. But <b>Wonder Woman 1984</b> is a major improvement - Diana makes a female friend and we actually get to watch them hang out. And that friend is no other than Barbara Minerva, who later becomes Cheetah. <b>Kristen Wiig</b> is excellent and the film doesn't treat Barbara as the antagonist, but as a friend turned foe, which is far more interesting. There's clearly a lot of influence from Selina Kyle's iconic transformation in<b> Batman Returns</b> and<b> Wonder Woman 1984</b> makes an even stronger statement that the antiheroine crossed to the dark side because of toxic masculinity. The CGI look of Cheetah is wisely featured in the night sequence as I really don't think it's something you can make look good and here they did as well as they possibly could have. The end result was much better than I expected but I appreciated that we mostly spent time with Barbara, not with Cheetah.<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4C4rWCP_B7o/X-ZR4gWWq8I/AAAAAAAAu4U/AtsT1R7gXzEbq_4KE1VXhKORMBlBpgBGgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h33m29s876.jpg" width="640" />But it's <b>Pedro Pascal </b>who steals the spotlight from everyone else. <b>Pascal </b>is a hugely entertaining actor who always seems to be having so much fun. He was great in awful movies (<b>Kingsman: The Golden Circle</b>), mediocre movies (<b>Triple Frontier</b>) and even when everyone else was given strong material too, he still stole the show (<b>Game of Thrones</b>, before it derailed, becoming one of the biggest embarrassments in history). His character is surprisingly complex which I really appreciated - both him and Barbara aren't there for the audience to hate but for us to understand while also rooting against them.<b> Pascal</b> has so much charisma and he makes every performance of his look so effortless while they are anything but. His performance is easily the most entertaining thing in the movie.</div><div><br />By now it's clear that <b>Gadot</b> is perfectly cast in the role and it's impossible to imagine anyone else playing the part. Yet again she delivers such a complex and wonderful Diana - torn between what she wants and what she knows she must do. Diana always following what she knows is right is one of her best qualities but <b>Gadot </b>beautifully portrays what tough and heartbreaking decisions her character must make and how much it pains her. She also has so much grace and humanity in her portrayal - while Diana is basically a goddess she also feels like a regular person we can see ourselves in.<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRN3cuBU5O4/X-ZSQNJjWcI/AAAAAAAAu4g/XSwSC_YMI-I14pf2akPQS3BIuiAgyqJ5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h57m06s248.jpg" width="640" />But it's <b>Chris Pine</b> who was the first film's secret weapon. His heartfelt, beautiful performance was one of my favorites in 2017 and remains one of my favorites in the entire CBM subgenre, second only to Hugh Jackman in <b>Logan</b>. His chemistry with <b>Gadot</b> is spectacular - there are so many couples in action adventure movies but not one of them comes close to <b>Gadot </b>and <b>Pine </b>together. You believe these are two people who not only love but also respect each other and who are willing to sacrifice themselves for one another. In addition to that Steve is such a fantastic character - he is just a regular guy but he has extraordinary courage and such a strong moral compass. <b>Patty Jenkins </b>bringing <b>Pine</b> and his Steve Trevor back is definitely taking an easy route but can you really blame her? <b>Gadot</b> and <b>Pine</b> together are a lighting in the bottle. And<b> Pine</b> is incredibly talented - he shows insane conviction delivering his lines and his comedic timing makes the lines that would fall flat if handled by another actor so funny. His delivery of "well shit, Diana!" is by far the funniest moment in the movie. He is an absolute delight to watch in this and I sincerely hope <b>Jenkins</b> resorts to magic again in the third movie because there is no way they can find someone as good as he is and someone who would have this much chemistry with <b>Gadot</b>.</div><div><br /><b>Rupert Gregson-Williams</b>' work in the first film was outstanding - his <b>No Man's Land</b>, <b>We Are All the Blame</b> and <b>Hell Hath no Fury</b> tracks are some of the greatest of the last decade. <b>Zimmer</b>'s score doesn't work as a standalone as well as <b>Williams</b>' but it's a fantastic accompaniment to the movie. It's grand, it's joyful and it's so distinctive - there are several key themes and ironically it's the iconic Wonder Woman theme that's not incorporated enough - but thanks to that when it is finally used it hits really hard. There are outstanding individual tracks here - <b>Themyscira</b> and <b>Games</b>, both at the beginning of the film, are truly fantastic and <b>Without Armor</b>, <b>Already Gone</b> and <b>The Beauty in What Is </b>are gorgeous. <img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9IYnfzwjukI/X-ZSw9TVrnI/AAAAAAAAu4w/rNmu8AgeyBc3kVp53q_oi7M1HAXYw-v9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h36m06s888.jpg" width="640" />But I have to criticize<b> Zimmer </b>for reusing his track A <b>Beautiful Lie</b> which was used in the opening credits of <b>BvS</b>. <b>Zimmer</b> used it as a temporary track and said he thought it worked so well and it's his track so why not use it. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes people say <b>Zimmer </b>is lazy and reuses his work a lot and honestly now, after what he did there, it's impossible to disagree with this assessment. And it doesn't end there - he even used<b> John Murphy'</b>s highly recognizable <b>Adagio in D Minor</b> from<b> Sunshine</b>. As this was <u><a href="https://twitter.com/lady_sati/status/1340593424563638273" target="_blank">the temp track to go with No Man's Land </a></u>this is even more lazy. Re-using old compositions and using the work of other people isn't really fulfilling one's job as a composer. It's not detrimental to the movie because it's one hell of a track but it's a very, very disappointing conduct from <b>Zimmer</b>. He had an opportunity to create something new and iconic here, especially since it is used in the background of such a gorgeous moment, and he decided not to do it.</div><div><br />The movie hits similar beats to the first one in terms of humor - in the first film it was Diana who was being introduced to the unfamiliar setting and this time it's Steve, which results in a lot of amusing moments. They also have so much fun with Diana's powers here, particularly with the lasso of truth which is almost a character of its own. And I appreciated the quick nod to the characters of the first movie - showing us that Diana stayed in touch with them over the years. And the mid-credits scene is pure magic.<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3lz3EApExFE/X-ZSYDEknKI/AAAAAAAAu4k/rM10AUri-EcZUjmdElIjFdLs5G5FIY6XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h49m49s085.jpg" width="640" /></div><div>But the big question is - did they deliver a scene as powerful as No Man's Land? </div><div><br />No, but they made an admirable effort. The power of No Man's Land scene was rooted in two things - the fact that women finally got representation in such a huge movie set in comic book sub-genre after years of being ignored, and in the depiction of absolute, defiant good defeating evil with so much grace and courage. Rather than redoing all of that, we get something different here - a character who is so relatable to all of us in spite of being a goddess being forced to make a horrible decision and sacrifice something that is dearest to her heart for greater good, at the same time recognizing that you can't cheat, you can't take shortcuts, you have to face the truth and deal with it. What has happened, happened and you have to find the strength to move on and do what is objectively right. You can't count on magic and twist of fate, you have to go on. You cannot let the others suffer for your own gain, because happiness achieved in a way like that, if you are a good person, is tainted and is not happiness at all.<img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ev4G6o_RrYw/X-ZS3SVRAaI/AAAAAAAAu40/N0gDFL647AkW8rRZyqk6WbIOztIjaYNjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h58m47s783.jpg" width="640" /></div><div>The message this time doesn't revolve around courage - it revolves around strength which is something that is so needed now in these times we are living in. We get to see Diana, more powerful than any of us, more deserving of joy than any of us, give up her own happiness for the benefit of others because it is the right thing to do. In today's world, where some cannot even bothered to do tiny things for the well-being of other people, where some cannot endure a mere inconvenience for the benefit of others, I cannot think of a scene more inspiring and necessary than that one. It's also about facing reality without lying to yourself. The visual of Diana running and taking flight, towards her future, with so much pain in her heart but also so much courage is astounding and evokes an enormous feeling of hope and joy. The truth has liberating and painful beauty to it and <b>Patty Jenkins</b> found a way to portray that in such a hopeful and rousing way. There's no one scene here that hits like No Man's Land did but there are several which are very emotional, scattered all around the movie. Combine them together and I'd say I cried as much during this one as I did during the first.</div><div><br /></div><div>By so many twists of fate this movie will be seen by many - and had WB's distribution not been so inept it would have been seen by the whole world - during Christmas time. As cosmic irony would have it, the last scenes are set on Christmas. We get to watch Diana stronger than ever, smiling, awaiting what's in store for her. And thus we get to remember that in one way or another, we all have the power to give ourselves wings and fly. All we have to do is try. <img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="640" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--AKLZNopf6o/X-ZTIIgIDEI/AAAAAAAAu5A/SJc1w2T2KNogTeDruBrEvEGkXlqqNtlwACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2020-12-25-21h39m50s587.jpg" width="640" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7lbdemDytk/X-ZWt_Rij8I/AAAAAAAAu5M/t-TjuwIeIIcWx0v5A__FmsZGPdidIh4TACLcBGAsYHQ/s232/9.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7lbdemDytk/X-ZWt_Rij8I/AAAAAAAAu5M/t-TjuwIeIIcWx0v5A__FmsZGPdidIh4TACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/9.jpg" /></a>64/100</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> (2020, USA, 151 mins)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot: </b>Rewind to the 1980s as Wonder Woman's next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah.</div><div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Patty Jenkins</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Writer: </b><span style="font-family: PT Sans Narrow;"><span style="font-size: 16.5px;">Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Stars: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig</span></div></div>s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-87420903847401538882020-11-16T19:19:00.000+01:002020-11-16T19:19:45.053+01:00"The Crown" delivers its best season yet and introduces the new generation to Lady Diana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-97nPgKd3zaQ/X7K56HyH0xI/AAAAAAAAuzg/Xuf8SScHRaIPU4bHR1UUTSUX8xxAa3SwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/tumblr_c5d9dc4dda4e47e85805c689359e546a_9845c7cf_400.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-97nPgKd3zaQ/X7K56HyH0xI/AAAAAAAAuzg/Xuf8SScHRaIPU4bHR1UUTSUX8xxAa3SwgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/tumblr_c5d9dc4dda4e47e85805c689359e546a_9845c7cf_400.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div>The hugely anticipated season 4 of <b>The Crown</b> is finally here and it's yet another series from Netflix that is so good I actually watched all 10 episodes of it in a row. It's the show's best season yet and it's about to catapult it to new level of popularity for the obvious reason - it introduces the iconic Princess Diana.</div><br /><a name='more'></a> Previously in the series the writers made an effort to explain and excuse the royals' cruel behavior. But watching Diana's tragedy unfold and how the royal family was treating her was like watching an innocent prey captured by carnivores.<b> Peter Morgan </b>even thew in a thinly veiled comparison to the wounded stag the royal family is gleefully hunting. I loved the audacity of that. It was soul shattering to witness this girl's loneliness and how she was looking for comfort and was offered none. The scene where she forgets the order of curtsy and they all make such a big deal of that as this poor girl is standing there with tears in her eyes was a horror to behold. <b>Morgan</b> throws them a lifeline though - there's a scene where Princess Margaret is the voice of reason telling the family not to force Charles to marry and another scene where the Queen urges Charles to focus on Diana's happiness instead of his own. Of course no one listens.<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QUD1b94lazY/X7K6HeRQAQI/AAAAAAAAuzk/hCNHMEKMZJsNgh5968aM7BcwGz_2BBL_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h56m12s850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QUD1b94lazY/X7K6HeRQAQI/AAAAAAAAuzk/hCNHMEKMZJsNgh5968aM7BcwGz_2BBL_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h56m12s850.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div>At this moment Diana and Margaret are the only main players from the series who have died in real life - both left heartbroken because they fell in love with the wrong man and they were left with no emotional support from the royal family. One looked for solace in alcohol, another in attention and it led to their premature demise. The series didn't shy away from showing Diana's flaws - she was immature and she did like all the fuss about her. She did take lovers, but honestly who wouldn't in her situation.<div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>This season did such a great job at showing the hysteria around Diana. She was the first member of the royal family to act so human, warm and friendly towards the public. Her outfits were sensational. And she had a kind heart. The only bad thing about the series is that you cannot possibly show all of that in great detail in only 10 episodes that also include other events. So we didn't get to see the wedding - probably because <b>Morgan</b> thought it was redundant considering how famous the footage is, we didn't get to see Diana dance with John Travolta in 1985 and most importantly we didn't get to see <u><a href="https://www.insider.com/photo-princess-diana-shaking-hand-aids-patient-1987-2017-8">Diana shaking hands with AIDS patient in 1987</a></u>. That was the moment that I hoped they would include - back then people thought that touching someone with AIDS may result in getting infected. And then the most famous woman in the world did that and rid the world of some of that stigma. The show includes Diana hugging a child suffering from this disease but doesn't depict the impact Diana's action had on society. I don't know what the reasoning for that was, maybe <b>Morgan </b>thinks everyone is aware of that but I fear the younger generation isn't. Of course there's still plenty of time in the next season to show how much good Diana has done.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nltDtzgl6w0/X7K6YDNVNxI/AAAAAAAAuzw/wgTlJyoG2h43JCvtwY4rebGW9QxwrF3WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h23m53s093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nltDtzgl6w0/X7K6YDNVNxI/AAAAAAAAuzw/wgTlJyoG2h43JCvtwY4rebGW9QxwrF3WwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h23m53s093.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div>Episode 3 <b>Fairytale</b> is outstanding. With the benefit of knowing what happens later <b>Morgan</b> shows the inverted myth - in the stories the prince rescues the girl from the loneliness of being locked up in the tower. But here, in reality, it was only when Diana agreed to marry Charles that she got locked in the palace where she was all alone and so unhappy. Diana's story shows how toxic and dangerous this whole fairytale/prince charming myth is. Perhaps if those nonsensical stories weren't so popular and glamorized, had Disney not made dozens of films about them that little girls grew up watching, had women not been told constantly they need to marry, she would have got out of this nightmare before it started for good.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's a scene where Camilla invites Diana to a restaurant called Ménage à Trois and says "I don't mind sharing" when they split the bill. The cruelty at display here is astounding. Charles and Camilla better brace themselves for whole new wave of hatred coming their way. While <b>Josh O'Connor</b> does an outstanding job in trying to humanize Charles there is no denying that even if half of those events are true he was a terrible husband. By the end of the series Charles is scheming to catch Diana on her infidelity and when he does he immediately runs to The Queen. But so what? He is supposed to be the future king, he cannot divorce. He is depicting insane selfishness but there's an incredible hypocrisy from the Queen here - encouraging Charles to marry for duty when she herself was able to marry for love.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WI2FcLmUD1A/X7K6_m9YEsI/AAAAAAAAuz4/V60oUO-uRrwlZCP5NohUK4rXhUsi8ALbACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h54m37s410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WI2FcLmUD1A/X7K6_m9YEsI/AAAAAAAAuz4/V60oUO-uRrwlZCP5NohUK4rXhUsi8ALbACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h54m37s410.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><b>Olivia Colman </b>is much better than in last season, lighter and very entertaining in her scenes with <b>Anderson</b>'s Margaret Thatcher. She also gives an outstanding performance in the fifth episode revolving around the incident in which a desperate man broke into the palace and had a conversation with the Queen in her bedroom. It does backfire a little though - the Queen appears to have more sympathy for this stranger than for the mother of her grandchildren. Regardless, while watching the series you cannot deny how much empathy <b>Peter Morgan</b> has for her.<div><div><br /></div><div>The episode where Thatcher is invited to hunt shows the most amusing clash of sensibilities since The Kennedys messed up the greetings in season 2. God, that corgi's reaction was hilarious. <b>Gillian Anderson</b> is superb as the first female prime minister - icy, focused and ruthless. Sometimes she takes the voice and the expressions a bit too far but she is at all times incredibly fun to watch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZRC0a1IS9w/X7K7bwr_6AI/AAAAAAAAu0E/IU_SRK8SZAgj9BWSFt6EAvaxhPmyOA0QgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-18h09m07s816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZRC0a1IS9w/X7K7bwr_6AI/AAAAAAAAu0E/IU_SRK8SZAgj9BWSFt6EAvaxhPmyOA0QgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-18h09m07s816.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><b>Emma Corrin</b> as Diana looks more like young Jodie Foster than Lady Di but from the very beginning you only see the Princess of Wales and she steals the show completely. She depicts so much emotion, such naivete and gradually such a will to retaliate. It must have been an astonishing challenge to play this part as a 24 year old unknown actress. Much like <b>Vanessa Kirby</b>, I predict <b>Corrin </b>will become a star thanks to this show. <b>Helena Bonham Carter</b> is yet again superb as Princes Margaret. She had such a spark but was never allowed to shine. At least Diana experienced the love and admiration from the crowds. And <b>Erin Doherty</b> is a delight as Princess Anne.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's also the best scored season yet, the music is so beautiful and they chose a lot of popular songs to capture the 80's. And there are so many inspired choices here - introducing Diana dressed up in costume and staring at Charles through the window, the montage featuring the assassination of Lord Mountbatten, the phone call between the women in the royal family about Charles' engagement and many, many others.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk0Z8_ljQiI/X7K7zbftfCI/AAAAAAAAu0M/EOSc1T62kRwwE4qrkuJ-YwxTkNsO3z0vgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h25m57s972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk0Z8_ljQiI/X7K7zbftfCI/AAAAAAAAu0M/EOSc1T62kRwwE4qrkuJ-YwxTkNsO3z0vgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-16h25m57s972.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>For me this season beats both <b>The Haunting of Bly Manor</b> and <b>The Queen's Gambit </b>as the best release of the year. The last shot was haunting and it will be such a long wait for season 5. I cannot wait to see what <b>Elizabeth Debicki</b> does in this role and what events will they show. I imagine that her tragic death will be show either at the end of season 5 or the beginning of season 6. It's a tricky situation because <b>Morgan</b> did such an astounding job showing the aftermath of Diana's death in <b>The Queen</b>, but I cannot imagine the show skipping any of the events portrayed in the movie. There's no one in the world right now whose death would be met with such an outpouring of grief. Her funeral was watched by 2.5 billion people around the world. That's nearly half the population of Earth at that time. Imagine that.<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In any case the royal family is probably no longer enthusiastic about the series now that the world is reminded of Diana's story. And <b>Morgan</b>, by some miracle, manages to be objective - giving the Queen warm moments but also framing Diana between the trophy stags' antlers right before she descends the stairs to join her "family". And the real war between her and them is just beginning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q9YDEiI1oMs/X7K-k4sef4I/AAAAAAAAu0Y/hPC3tAqWuMwRWPJha_MBm92va7DVhwalQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-18h15m50s805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q9YDEiI1oMs/X7K-k4sef4I/AAAAAAAAu0Y/hPC3tAqWuMwRWPJha_MBm92va7DVhwalQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/vlcsnap-2020-11-16-18h15m50s805.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">94/100</span></b></div>s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-85982960262281004922020-09-09T18:58:00.000+02:002020-09-09T18:58:43.271+02:00Welcome to Arrakis in the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's "Dune"<img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUmy-BMARqE/X1kJLkFhA8I/AAAAAAAAuwI/PiC6RkEj8xs9oLkR6OWcK4tzoNbYaNmDACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/tumblr_53b7032e760a58762c8953ab1d5f42c1_bafa586e_540.gif" width="640" /><p>After months and months of waiting today is the finally the day. This is not the first footage many of us has seen - Warner Bros. cleverly added a very impressive teaser to <b>Tenet </b>but foolishly didn't release the teaser online so a lot of people's first look at the movie was camrip footage. But now the proper trailer has been released. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>WB really went all out and did the whole panel with the cast and Denis before they dropped it, please someone tell me they uploaded it online because I couldn't decide whether to look on Oscar or Jason. <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterMovies/status/1303725610666274817" target="_blank">edit - it's here</a>.</p><p>I just really hope Warner Bros. makes a rare, wise decision and pushes this movie's release to summer. Hopefully by then the pandemic will be over or at least much less awful. By the time the summer comes people will be back in the cinemas and they will be starving for new big budget spectacles. This would do incredibly well then. And 9 months between trailer and the movie's release is perfect. It's already been too long since the first trailer for <b>Wonder Woman 1984 </b>and my hype for it completely burned out.</p><p>In December this movie will flop. During the summer it will make money. It's bad enough we are not getting <b>Game of Thrones-</b>style series and - yes, my disappointment comes mainly from the fact the sequels probably won't get filmed and Jason Momoa's Duncan won't get to have all the crazy sex in that - but at least adapt the first novel in its entirety. </p><p>Having just started reading the novel I am so curious to see how they will adapt it because it is very, very rich and very tricky to portray in a movie - lots of inner monologues, lots of world building to do. The trailer looks absolutely mesmerizing and that final shot will be enough to intrigue general audience.</p>
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<b>Plot: </b>A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who've lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.<br />
<b>Structure: </b>Every episode focuses on another issue our adorable vampires must face - trying to find food (ideally virgins), dealing with their living conditions (and avoiding a disliked roommate who happens to be an energy vampire), organizing a vampire orgy, dealing with animal control, trying to make sense of zoning committees, fighting with werewolves, and many, many others.<br />
<b>Verdict: </b>This is easily way, way funnier than the movie. While the film was very amusing and clever, this series never fails to deliver the lough out laughs and is so incredibly witty. Also the characters are very likable in spite of being blood - or energy - thirsty vampires, which is quite an accomplishment.<br />
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<b>Best episode:</b> I think that would be "Baron's Night Out" but it's a very, very close race. Each episode is fantastic. Still, the quick cut to Baron dancing in the club with glow sticks and Nadja and Laszlo looking at him like 'what the fuck do we do now?' kills me every single time.<br />
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<b>Who you may recognize</b><b>: </b>Matt Berry from The IT Crowd, Doug Jones, Beanie Feldstein (season 1) and Craig Robinson (season 2). Mark Hamill is making a guest appearance in next week's episode. The original trio from the movie makes appearance in one of the episodes along with a whole bunch of surprise guests. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi are in charge of the series and direct and write some of the episodes.<br />
<b>Who will like it? </b>Fans of the original movie, fans of documentary-style comedy series and quirky humor.<br />
<b>When and where? </b>FX, Wednesdays. The show is currently in its second season.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-2657872608372332572020-04-29T12:11:00.000+02:002020-04-29T12:11:48.434+02:00Soundtrack Wednesday - Layer Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While rewatchimg <b>Knives Out </b>again and admiring its wonderful production design, I realized that the film's lovely cinematography highlights it as much as another movie I love - <b>The Handmaiden</b>. So today I decided to check if there are any visual parallels between them. It turns out that not only there are, but at one point both movies use the coin toss as a way to start and end the flashback.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best Movie:</span></span> </span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Marriage Story</b></div>
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(2. Avengers: Endgame 3. Knives Out 4. Uncut Gems 5. Ready or Not 6. Midsommar 7. The Lighthouse 8. 1917 9. Parasite 10. Fighting with my Family)<br />
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2019 brought us many wonderful films and the truth is the first four of my top 10 were so great either one of them would be worthy of the title of the best movie of the year. Curiously, Marriage Story is the only movie out of my top 5 I didn't rewatch. Maybe it's because it's heavier than others but it only makes it more special. The Academy didn't really give it its due but it's the kind of a film that will age very well because it conveys themes and tells a story that is so timeless.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Adam Driver </b>as Charlie in<b> Marriage Story</b></span><br />
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(2. Adam Sandler, <b>Uncut Gems</b> 3. Robert Pattinson, <b>The Lighthouse</b> 4. George MacKay,<b> 1917</b> 5. Robert De Niro, <b>The Irishman</b>)</div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Driver </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">is a tremendous actor. I have never seen a bad performance from him - regardless of the overall quality of the movie he always brings his A game. And his work in </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Marriage Story </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">is exceptional - he plays a character who isn't someone we should root for or even like - he is selfish, arrogant, he cheated on his wife. But </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Driver</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> infuses that character with so much humanity and at times even childlike naivete with his belief that things will turn out all right just because he wants them to. It's a beautiful performance, one that makes you laugh and makes you cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><b>Florence Pugh</b> as Dani in <b>Midsommar</b></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">(2. Lupita Nyongo, <b>Us </b>3. </span>Saoirse Ronan, <b>Little Women</b> 4. Samara Weaving, <b>Ready or Not </b>5. Charlize Theron, <b>Bombshell</b>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">This has been Florence's year and I'm so happy about that. I don't think I ever had one actress take more than one spot on that list. Florence is such a talented, exciting young actress and it's wonderful that she is getting cast left and right these days. She has anchored this manic dream of a movie so brilliantly, flawlessly portraying Dani's isolation, sadness, insecurity and the pain of feeling like she doesn't belong anywhere. Without her, the movie would have collapsed but she instantly makes us care about this lost, lonely person and we feel the terror and the joy along with her. We want her to be all right and in the end we hope that even in the prison she found herself in, the madness will set her free and she finally finds happiness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Bill Hader</b> as Richie Tozier in <b>It: Chapter Two</b></span><br />
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(2. Daniel Craig, <b>Knives Out </b>3. Brad Pitt, <b>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</b> 4. Shia LaBeouf, <b>Honey Boy</b> 5. Willem Dafoe, <b>The Lighthouse</b>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">It's always the most impressive thing when the actor manages to give an amazing performance in a mess of a movie. I an still stunned by the choices director </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Andy Muschietti </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">made when it comes to this film, none stranger than using inferior, less dramatic takes when it came to </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Hader</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">'s performance. But even with the insane choices and poor script, </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Hader</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> managed to create one of the most memorable and moving performances of the year. His Ritchie is heartbreaking and you really feel his pain and loneliness, but </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Hader</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> also provides the movie (with the help of great </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">James Ransone</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">) with fantastic moments of humor and fun. It's a brilliant performance, one that deserved a much better movie surrounding it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Rebecca Ferguson</b> as Rose the Hat in <b>Doctor Sleep</b></span><br />
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(2. Florence Pugh, <b>Little Women </b>3. Jennifer Lopez,<b> Hustlers </b>4. Laura Dern, <b>Marriage Story</b> 5. Julia Fox, <b>Uncut Gems</b>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">While the movie itself isn't the greatest, I genuinely believe that </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Ferguson</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">'s performance will manage to make it into a cult classic all on its own. Her Rose is pure evil and </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Ferguson</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> plays her like an addict - addicted to the shine that gives her her life-force, her youth and her high. It's an absolutely delicious performance that makes the movie all around her worth seeing just to witness her. She is so fun to watch and the whole look of the character is incredible - the messy braids, the grunge shirts - the hat is the least of it all. If I were to choose my one favorite cinematic thing in 2019, it would be that performance.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="color: white;">Brokeback Mountain Award for the Most Important Movie of the Year:</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hustlers</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Best Ensemble:</b></span></span> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Parasite</span></b> (2. Knives Out 3. Marriage Story 4. Bombshell 5. 1917)<br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="color: white;">Best director:</span></b></span></span> Ari Aster, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Midsommar</span></b> (2. Joon-ho Bong, <b>Parasite</b> 3. Lorene Scafaria, <b>Hustlers</b> 4. Sam Mendes, <span style="text-align: center;"><b>1917 </b>5. Robert Eggers, </span><span style="text-align: center;"><b>The Lighthouse</b>)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Best adapted screenplay:</b></span></span> <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Hustlers</b></span> (2. Jojo Rabbit 3. Little Women 4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 5. Doctor Sleep)<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uVCEGeMiUyg/XgCZjC5lT3I/AAAAAAAAuEQ/cKJlq-K8uv84yf9ktDTMjZSqlLC0yfa2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_pt9aj9SWw51rpe0nao6_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="268" height="262" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uVCEGeMiUyg/XgCZjC5lT3I/AAAAAAAAuEQ/cKJlq-K8uv84yf9ktDTMjZSqlLC0yfa2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/tumblr_pt9aj9SWw51rpe0nao6_400.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best original screenplay:</span></span> </b></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Uncut Gems</span></b> (2.Parasite 3. Fighting with my Family 4. Knives Out 5. Marriage Story)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best music:</span></span> <span style="color: #38761d;">John Wick 3 (</span></b>2. Midsommar 3. Uncut Gems 4. 1917 5. Honey Boy)<br />
<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best use of song:</span></span> </span></b>Sail, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Always Be My Maybe</span></b> (2. Better as One, <b>Hobbs and Shaw</b> 3.Good Vibrations, <b>Us</b> 4. Celebrity Skin, <b>Captain Marvel</b> 5. Royals, <b>Hustlers</b>)<br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">Best track:</span></span><b> </b>Fire Temple, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Midsommar </span></b>(2. Glass House, <b>John Wick 3</b> 3. Pas de Deux, <b>Us </b>4. Winter at the Continental, <b>John Wick 3</b> 5. Portals, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b>)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best sound:</span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">John Wick 3</span></b> (2. Midsommar 3. Us 4. The Lighthouse 5. 1917)<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-21pN7g47PGI/XgCeHiTJxTI/AAAAAAAAuEg/0-dzsOOCjLc_km03lnHS60uatC4JBofAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_pynxzi4nLh1qcxdguo10_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="268" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-21pN7g47PGI/XgCeHiTJxTI/AAAAAAAAuEg/0-dzsOOCjLc_km03lnHS60uatC4JBofAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/tumblr_pynxzi4nLh1qcxdguo10_400.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Best costumes:</b></span></span></span> <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Midsommar</span></b> (2. Us 3. Doctor Sleep 4. Hustlers 5. Knives Out)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Best production design:</b></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">John Wick 3</span></b> (2. Knives Out 3. Midsommar 4. Us 5.Doctor Sleep)<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best cinematography:</span></span> </b></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">1917</span></b> (2. The Lighthouse 3. </span>Midsommar 4. John Wick 3 5. Doctor Sleep)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best editing:</span></b> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">John Wick 3 </span></b>(2. Uncut Gems 3. Knives Out 4. Parasite 5. Doctor Sleep)<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jORJ4uLrG_Y/XgCjVxsk9kI/AAAAAAAAuEo/qNDsgUkLt7cGFP0W26HQ6ngLQMF3d2BrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/us.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="245" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jORJ4uLrG_Y/XgCjVxsk9kI/AAAAAAAAuEo/qNDsgUkLt7cGFP0W26HQ6ngLQMF3d2BrACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/us.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best shot of the year:</span></b> 1. The Ghost, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Parasite</span></b> (2. Butterflies, <b>Jojo Rabbit</b> 3. The Flight, <b>Doctor Sleep</b> 4. Captive, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Us</span> </b>5. Whatever it Takes,<b> Avengers: Endgame </b>6. Water, <b>1917 </b>7. Free,<b> Midsommar </b>8. The Winner,<b> Knives Out </b>9. The Light, <b>The Lighthouse </b>10. Turn Around, <b>Portrait of a Lady on Fire</b>) (<u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2020/02/50-best-shots-of-2019.html">full post</a></u>)</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best visual effects:</span></span> </b></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">John Wick 3</span></b> (2. Doctor Sleep 3. Avengers: Endgame 4. 1917 5. Ad Astra)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best make up:</span></b> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Bombshell </span></b>(2. Midsommar 3. It: Chapter Two 4. Avengers: Endgame 5. <span style="text-align: center;">1917</span>)<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="background-color: #cc0000;">Worst Performance by an Actress:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span> Jennifer Lawrence, <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Dark Phoenix</b></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Worst Performance by an Actor:</b> </span></span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></b></span>Jason Derulo, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Cats</span></b> <b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">Most Overhyped:</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Joker </b></span>(2. Booksmart 3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">Worst Movie of the Year:</span></span> </span><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Curse of La Llrona</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best Scene of the year:<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Avengers! Assemble, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Avengers: Endgame</span></b> (2. The Explanation, <b>Knives Out</b> 3.The ending, <b>Midsommar</b> 4. "God is in Heaven!", <b>Marriage Story </b>5. The quarry,<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>It: Chapter Two</b> 6. The Shootout at the Continental, <b>John Wick 3</b> 7. The Ending, <b>Ready or Not </b>8. The Ending, the <b>Lighthouse</b> 9. Apologize, <b>The Irishman </b>10. Red's monologue, <b>Us</b>). (<u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2020/01/10-best-scenes-in-2019.html">full post</a></u>)<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: start;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Funniest scene</b>:</span></span> Richie and Eddie choosing the door</span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">,</span><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2. Eddie and Bowers, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It: Chapter Two </span></b>3. The diner scene, <b>It: Chapter Two</b> 4. <span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: start;"><span style="color: black;">Thor talks about Aether, </span></span></span><b>Avengers: Endgame </b>5. Plane argument,<b> Hobbs and Shaw</b> 6. Rocket slaps Thor, <b>Avengers: Endgame </b>7. <span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Dolphins, </span></span><b>The Beach Bum</b> 8. <span style="text-align: center;">The Knife, <b>Marriage Story </b>9.Winston dodging calls, <b>John Wick 3</b> 10. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Apology standoff, <b>The Irishman</b>)</span><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8AjjRZTCl2c/XgCn_XbWFtI/AAAAAAAAuFI/9-YuWwkJVuA_ac7zkNOsQ-2CCiyHUJivACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ritchie.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="245" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8AjjRZTCl2c/XgCn_XbWFtI/AAAAAAAAuFI/9-YuWwkJVuA_ac7zkNOsQ-2CCiyHUJivACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ritchie.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: white;">The most unintentionally funny scene:</span></b><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"> The whole movie, </span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Cats</span></b><span style="text-align: center;"> (2.The kiss and the death, </span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b>The Rise of Skywalker</b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"> 3. "Rey Skywalker", </span><b style="text-align: center;">The Rise of Skywalker</b><span style="text-align: center;"> 4. "X-Women:", </span><b style="text-align: center;">Dark Phoenix</b><span style="text-align: center;"> 5. Magneto and Jean trying to control the chopper, </span><b style="text-align: center;">Dark Phoenix</b><span style="text-align: center;">)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"You Never Can Tell" award for the best dance scene:</span></span></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span>Criminal, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Hustlers</span></b> (2. Long Shot)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The most I cried during the movie:</span></span></b> </span></span>Richie tears up,<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2. Tony dies,<b> Avengers: Endgame</b> 3. Blake dies, <b>1917</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: white;">Best Kiss:</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: white;"> </span></b></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Portrait of a Lady on Fire</span></b><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qecEADiq8dg/XgCpoY_8fSI/AAAAAAAAuFY/k-ZSUyjXQWIqbcBlzoIxfBKG0aEPGmwygCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/johnwick.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="245" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qecEADiq8dg/XgCpoY_8fSI/AAAAAAAAuFY/k-ZSUyjXQWIqbcBlzoIxfBKG0aEPGmwygCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/johnwick.gif" width="320" /></a><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best Fight:</span></b> The entire film, <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>John Wick 3</b> </span>(2. Cap vs Thanos,<b> Avengers: Endgame</b> 3. Final fight, <b>Us</b> 4. Paige wins, <b>Fighting with my Family </b>5. London chase, <b>Hobbs & Shaw</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best performance under 30 minutes of screentime</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></b></span></span>Sam Rockwell, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Jojo Rabbit</span></b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></span>(2. Elizabeth Moss, <b>Us</b> 3. Richard Madden, <b>1917</b>)<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-orniLZR-pnE/XgCupnYgiRI/AAAAAAAAuF4/RRtRwGMQJ6kNKUwnb2La27xZxo4JTco4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_f6e0f23a11466bf34ed421442108dda9_ecb07cc6_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="268" height="173" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-orniLZR-pnE/XgCupnYgiRI/AAAAAAAAuF4/RRtRwGMQJ6kNKUwnb2La27xZxo4JTco4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/tumblr_f6e0f23a11466bf34ed421442108dda9_ecb07cc6_400.gif" width="320" /></a><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best Line delivery</span></b>: <i>Can he see us?</i>,<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <b>It: Chapter Two</b></span><b> (</b>2. <i>Thank you. I don't know who you people are because I lost my glasses</i>, <b>It: Chapter Two </b>3. <i>I know your moves, you little bitch, </i><b>It: Chapter Two</b> 4. <i>You should cut that mullet, it's been like 30 years, man,</i> <b>It: Chapter Two </b>5. <i>I've got dates in fucking Reno, man</i>, <b>It: Chapter Two </b>6. <i>I want a divorce</i>, <span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Ready or Not </b></span>7.</span> <i>Avengers! Assemble</i>, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b> 8. <i>And I am....Iron Man</i>, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b> 9<i>. All right, BITCH CHILD</i>, <b>Doctor Sleep</b> 10. <i>You can't even get buried with me now</i>, <b>Uncut Gems</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Best Opening:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2. John Wick 3 3. Us 4. Midsommar 5. The Lighthouse)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best Ending:</span></span></b></span></span> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Midsommar</span></b> (2. <span style="text-align: center;">Ready or Not 3. </span><span style="text-align: center;">The Lighthouse 4. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Marriage Story 5.</span> The Perfection)<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>The Lisbeth Salander favorite hero award goes to:</b></span> Grace, <span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Ready or Not </span></b>(2. </span>Avengers, <b>Avengers: Endgame 3</b>. John, <b>John Wick 3</b> 4. Carol, <b>Captain Marvel </b>5. Paige, <b>Fighting with my Family</b>)<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e66SGvqlOF0/XgCxc1yjP0I/AAAAAAAAuGA/bSpLh-LZIwg9hBEHkm1YXmodLP4c7Ph0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/rose.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="245" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e66SGvqlOF0/XgCxc1yjP0I/AAAAAAAAuGA/bSpLh-LZIwg9hBEHkm1YXmodLP4c7Ph0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/rose.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">The Joker favorite villain award goes to:</span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>Rose the Hat, <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Doctor Sleep</span></b> </span>(2.<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span>Doppelganger Kitty, <b>Us </b>3. The seagull, <span style="text-align: center;"><b>The Lighthouse</b> 4. Pennywise, <b>It: Chapter Two</b> 5. The family, <b>Ready or Not</b>)</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Best comedy performance of the year:</span></span> </b><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;">Daniel Craig, </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Knives Out</span></b><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></span></span>(2. Bill Hader, <b>It: Chapter Two</b> 3. James Ransone, <b>It: Chapter Two</b> 4. Ben Mendelsohn, <b>Captain Marvel </b>5. <span style="color: black;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">Matthew McConaughey, </span></span></span><b>The Beach Bum</b>)<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Oscar Isaac in Suburbicon award for best performance in a terrible movie:</span></b> Brad Pitt, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Once Upon a Time in Hollywood </span></b>(2. Adam Driver, <b>The Rise of Skywalker</b> 3. Oscar Isaac, <b>The Rise of Skywalker </b>4. Keanu Reeves, <b>Always be my Maybe</b>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Sweetest scene of the year:</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span>Losers comforting Richie, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2.<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">The dog licking John, </span></span></span></span></span><b>John Wick 3</b> 3. Shoelace, <b>Marriage Story</b> 4. <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tony and Howard, </span></span></span></span></span><b>Avengers: Endgame </b>5. <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Frigga and Thor, </span></span></span></span></span><b>Avengers: Endgame</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Fly award for the single most disgusting thing in a movie goes to:</span></span></span></b></span></span> Roger Ailles, <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Bombshell</b></span> (2. The hand, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Doctor Sleep</span></b> 3. The toenail, <b>John Wick 3</b> 4. The eye, <b>Brightburn</b> 5.The nail, <span style="text-align: center;"><b>Ready or Not</b>)</span><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rxcjtEGNFik/XgC2nKEOkHI/AAAAAAAAuGY/yknNK8maE7o48QrJU29EeJK8-62NHw__wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/johnd.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="245" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rxcjtEGNFik/XgC2nKEOkHI/AAAAAAAAuGY/yknNK8maE7o48QrJU29EeJK8-62NHw__wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/johnd.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Go off, QUEEN! Wonder Woman award for the best kickass moment delivered by a lady in a movie goes to:</span></b><span style="text-align: start;"> Laura Dern's monologue, </span><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Marriage Story</span></b><span style="text-align: start;"> (2. Grace laughs, </span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ready or Not</span> </b>3. </span><span style="text-align: start;">She has help, </span><b style="text-align: start;">Avengers: Endgame </b><span style="text-align: start;">4. Carol unleashing her powers, </span><b style="text-align: start;">Captain Marvel</b><span style="text-align: start;"> 5. Dani in the end, </span><b style="text-align: start;">Midsommar</b><span style="text-align: start;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Uggie's award for the best dog goes to:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></b><span style="text-align: start;">The dogs in </span><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">John Wick 3 </span></b><span style="text-align: start;">(2. Brandy, <b>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</b> 3.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Sugar, <b>Crawl</b> 4. Mister Bruce, <b>Hustlers</b>)</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: black;">Logan award for the hottest character of the year goes to:</b></span></span></span></span> Poe Dameron, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Rise of Skywalker</span></b> (2. John Wick, <b>John Wick 3</b> 3. Santiago, <b>Triple Frontier</b> 4. Daddy Thor with that beard, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b> 5. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Richie, <b>It: Chapter Two)</b></span>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U08W5fAU50/XjkfCwUoJnI/AAAAAAAAuWQ/xcBosRXVkpI-GZF4TacrUsnDUpHuuEfWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_ps9lmaUHSq1qh1qauo2_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="268" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U08W5fAU50/XjkfCwUoJnI/AAAAAAAAuWQ/xcBosRXVkpI-GZF4TacrUsnDUpHuuEfWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/tumblr_ps9lmaUHSq1qh1qauo2_400.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: bold;">Nudge Nudge Wink Wink award for the best fangirl service:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The close ups of Oscar Isaac's face, <b>The Rise of Skywalker </b>(2.<b> </b>Acknowledging Ben Mendelsohn's beautiful blue eyes,<b> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Captain Marvel</span> </b>3. Having Keanu take off his belt twice,<b> John Wick 3 </b>4. Filming Oscar from behind in the beginning and then the close ups,<b> Triple Frontier</b>)</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Amy Dunne award for the most influential hairstyle goes to:</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span> Rebecca Ferguson, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Doctor Sleep </span></b>(2. Vanessa Kirby, <b>Hobbs & Shaw</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">Best Chemistry:</span></span><b style="color: #6aa84f;"> </b>Richie and Eddie,<b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b></span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2. Heliose and Marianne, <b>Portrait of a Lady on Fire </b>3. <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;">Thor and Rocket, </span></span><b>Avengers: Endgame</b> 4. Hobbs and Shaw, <b>Hobbs and Shaw </b>5.The dog and the concierge, <b>John Wick 3</b>)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">"Bitch please" sassy diva award goes to:</span></b> Richie, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It: Chapter Two</span></b> (2. Daniel Craig, <b>Knives Out</b> 3. Hattie, <b>Hobbs and Shaw</b> 4. Carol, <b>Captain Marvel </b>5.<b> </b>Poe Dameron, <b>The Rise of Skywalker)</b><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5vwVhGKatc/XhCV-yrSfMI/AAAAAAAAuMk/Wn5QHkdaaCUAlKJLOkB9TN0vBbmOUGw7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_pxpbffFfBO1tk4tcwo3_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="268" height="238" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5vwVhGKatc/XhCV-yrSfMI/AAAAAAAAuMk/Wn5QHkdaaCUAlKJLOkB9TN0vBbmOUGw7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/tumblr_pxpbffFfBO1tk4tcwo3_400.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Tub Scene award for the hottest sexy scene of the year goes to:</b><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> The belt, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">John Wick 3</span></b> (2.The belt again, <b>John Wick</b> 3 3, Riding the horse,<b> John Wick 3</b> 4.His entrance, <b>Always be my Maybe</b> 5. Criminal, <b>Hustlers</b>)<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: bold;">Pussy Wagon travel in style award goes to:</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Rose and her astral projection, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Doctor Sleep </span></b>(2. </span>John Wick on a horse, <b>John Wick 3</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">J.J. Abrams award for most shattering moment in film hereby renamed to Another Brokeback Mountain award because J.J. Abrams no longer deserves rights goes to:</span></span> </b></span></span>Richie breaks down, <b><span style="color: #38761d;">It: Chapter Two </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(</span></b>2. Tony dies, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b> 3. Beth dies, <b>Little Women</b>)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best Trailer:</span></b> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Us </span></b>(2. The Rise of Skywalker 3. John Wick 3 4. It: Chapter Two 5. Little Women)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Most rewatched:</span></b> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Triple Frontier </span></b>(2. Avengers: Endgame 3. It: Chapter Two 4. Captain Marvel 5. Knives Out)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">"Am I high or did it actually happen?" question for the most ridiculous movie moment goes to:</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b>Every single thing in <span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">Cats </span>(2. The entire movie but especially Zori turning down Poe, <b>The Rise of Skywalker</b> 2. The fridge scene, <b>Joker</b> 3. The twist, <b>Serenity</b> 4. "X-Women",<b> Dark Phoenix</b> 5. Bullying Pennywise to death, <b>It: Chapter Two</b>)</span><br />
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<b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">The Jar Jar binks facepalm gesture statute for the most annoying character of the year goes to:</span></span></b></span></span> Joker, <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Joker</b> </span>(2. Mystique, <b>Dark Phoenix</b> 3.Whoever the hell James Corden was playing, <b>Cats</b>)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: white;">Matthias Schoenaerts' characters in 2015 (in the films people actually saw) RUN award goes to:</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span></b></span>Every single woman around this dude, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Joker</span></b> (2. The female audience, <b>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood </b>3.Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver, The<b> Star Wars </b>franchise)<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;"><b>The shirt with the scarlet H letter for the Hypocrite of the year goes to:</b></span></span></span> LucasFilm and Disney for pandering to incels who harassed Kelly Marie Tran and giving the audience yet another pathetic 5 seconds to check off gay representation off their list<br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><b>"I wish it was a dream" award for the single dumbest plot </b><b>maneuver</b><b> goes to:</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span>Palpatine takes Skywalker name, <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Rise of Skywalker</span></b> (2. Bringing Palpatine back, <b>The Rise of Skywalker </b>3. The imperial fleet out of nowhere, <b>The Rise of Skywalker</b> 4.The people's fleet out of nowhere, <b>The Rise of Skywalker</b> 5. Reanimating Church, <b>Pet Semetary</b>)<br />
<b><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: white;">How the mighty have fallen award goes to:</span></b> The Star Wars franchise<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">Flaming dog poo and eternal shame goes to:</span></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span>People giving <b><span style="color: #990000;">Joker </span></b>a billion dollars and The Academy giving it 11 nominations<br />
<span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><b style="color: white;">Lars Von Trier award for the biggest piece of misogynistic shit goes to:</b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Quentin Tarantino, <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;">Tree of Life bucket of coffee award for the most boring movie of the year goes to:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span> <b><span style="color: #990000;">The </span><span style="color: #990000;">Rise of Skywalker</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Highest number of positive mentions:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
John Wick 3 = 25, wins = 9<br />
It: Chapter Two: 24 (-1) = 23, wins = 9<br />
Avengers: Endgame = 23, wins = 1<br />
Midsommar = 16, wins = 4<br />
Doctor Sleep = 15, wins = 4<br />
Knives Out = 13, wins = 1<br />
Marriage Story = 12, wins = 4<br />
The Lighthouse = 11, wins = 0<br />
1917 = 11, wins = 1<br />
Hustlers =10, wins = 4<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/12/marriage-story.html">Marriage Story, 96/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/04/avengers-endgame.html">Avengers; Endgame, 95/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Knives Out, 94/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Uncut Gems, 93/100</span></div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/10/screaming-sunday-ready-or-not.html">Ready or Not, 93/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/midsommar.html">Midsommar, 92/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">The Lighthouse, 87/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">1917, 86/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Parasite, 83/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Fighting with my Family, 82/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/05/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.html">John Wick 3, 82/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Hustlers, 82/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Little Women, 82/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Honey Boy, 82/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 81/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Doctor sleep (Director's Cut), 81/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Jojo Rabbit, 81/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Dark Waters, 81/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Good boys, 81/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-beach-bum.html">The Beach Bum, 80//100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/09/it-chapter-two.html">It: Chapter Two, 80/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/10/screaming-sunday-crawl.html">Crawl, 79/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Bombshell, 78/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Toy Story 4, 78/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/03/us.html">Us, 77/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">The Irishman, 76/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 76/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">American Woman, 76/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Official Secrets, 76/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Just Mercy, 75/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/05/long-shot.html">Long Shot, 75/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Noelle, 75/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/03/captain-marvel.html">Captain Marvel, 74/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/05/extremely-wicked-shockingly-evil-and.html">Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 74/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Shazam, 73/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Dolemite is my Name, 73/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Ford v Ferrari, 73/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/08/fast-furious-presents-hobbs-shaw.html">Hobbs & Shaw, 73/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 73/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Annabelle Comes Homes, 73/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/05/screaming-sunday-perfection.html">The Perfection, 73/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/godzilla-king-of-monsters.html">Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 73/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/screaming-sunday-ma.html">Ma, 72/100</a></u></span><br />
<u style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/11/screaming-sunday-doctor-sleep.html">Doctor Sleep, 71/100</a></u><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">In the Shadow of the Moon, 70/100</span><span style="color: #e69138;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Downton Abbey, 70/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Happy Death Day 2U, 70/10</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Frozen 2, 69/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The Peanut Butter Falcon, 68/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Pokemon, 67/100<span style="color: #e69138;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Anna, 66/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Her Smell, 65/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Triple Frontier, 64/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The King, 63/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Villains, 62/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Rocketman, 62/100</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Aladdin, 61/100</span></div>
<span style="color: #e69138;">Late Night, 61/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Isn't it Romantic?, 61/100</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Greta, 60/100</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "times new roman";"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/10/screaming-sunday-eli.html">Eli, 59/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "times new roman";">Richard Jewell, 55/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Ad Astra, 55/100</span></div>
<span style="color: #e69138;">Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 54/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Murder Mystery, 54/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Glass, 54/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The Addams Family, 54/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Zombieland: Double Tap, 53/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The Report, 53/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Scary Stories to tell in the Dark, 53/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Alita: Battle Angel, 53/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Cold Pursuit, 53/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The Dirt, 52/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/screaming-sunday-childs-play.html">Child's Play, 52/100</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Brightburn/50/100</span></div>
<span style="color: #e69138;">Velvet Buzzsaw, 50/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Judy, 47/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Pet Semetary, 46/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">SpiderMan: Homecoming, 42/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Booksmart,, 41/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The Lion King, 38/100</span><span style="color: #e69138;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">6 Underground, 34/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Lucy in the Sky, 33/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Always be my Maybe, 33/100<span style="color: #e69138;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/dark-phoenix.html">Dark Phoenix, 32/100</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Men in Black: International: 30/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/11/joker.html">Joker, 30/100</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The Wind, 27/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Serenity, 25/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Last Christmas, 25/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Cats, 24/100</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><a href="https://cinematiccorner.blogspot.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker.html">The Rise of Skywalker 23/100</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 22/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Escape Room, 21/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Wounds, 18/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">In the Tall Grass, 17/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Helboy, 12/100</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">The Curse of La Lrona, 11/100</span><br />
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s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-26384301508365785802020-02-09T16:33:00.000+01:002020-02-09T16:33:35.231+01:00Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn<img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_oj6JbXaQU/Xj72mBJXPtI/AAAAAAAAuZc/8CIBFbRIRjcuZwW2VQGnbWe9rmg-25mdACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/4K-5.jpg" width="640" />
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I love <b>Wonder Woman</b> and <b>Captain Marvel</b> and I think they are both wonderful movies about terrific heroines. However, I cannot fully connect with them because, while they kick ass, they are so very noble and kind. Diana grew up on a paradise island, surrounded only by loving and supportive women, and Carol doesn’t fully remember her past, which explains why they aren't pissed off. Because if they knew what we know and experience what we do, they'd be very, very angry.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>We can't even peacefully enjoy entertainment that is made for us. You cannot tweet about<b> Birds of Prey</b> without some guy with Joker (the shitty one, not Heath's) avatar replying and being overjoyed this film won't do huge box office numbers.We have to sit there and watch as a movie about a straight, white man being treated "unfairly" is getting major marketing push from the studio, 11 nominations and billion dollar box office as its stans go out of their way to find us and gloat about that.<br />
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WB and other studios ought to be ashamed for how few movies with female leads they make and how terrible the marketing for them is. They are treating us like dogs and throwing us scraps. WB has officially lost my confidence in any of their upcoming projects. I'm sure they will be good films, but it's heartbreaking to see good movies fail because of their awful, ridiculously late marketing. This film is probably going to barely break even and they, as well as male fanboys, are going to say "women don't go see those movies, let's stop making movies for them". Their failure to raise awareness that this movie is about to be released and their failure to run a decent marketing campaign will be turned and used against us. At this point these fuckers are gaslighting us.<br />
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And it is so important that these movies get made. It's important for little girls to watch Diana and Carol, enjoying the same privilege the boys had for decades with male led CBM. And it is cathartic for grown up women to see Furiosa and others fight for freedom, Amy Dunne scolding men for "Cool Girl" image they imposed on us and Harley blowing up ACE Chemicals, symbolically cutting ties with Joker and what he made her into. It's important to see this anger expressed on screen because we are not allowed to release it in real life.<br />
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Women turn that anger inward because every time we express it we are "hysterical" and should "calm down". But outward is the only way. Every time you get hit with some sexist nonsense, don't take any of that shit. And never be polite about it. Bring a gun to a knife fight. Things will never change if we are meek about wanting to be treated equally. When a stranger told Carol to smile (this happens all the time in real life, never to men, because what woman would intrude on a person in such an asinine way?) she said nothing. I just tell them to piss off right away and watch them scurry away. In public. Because somewhere secluded? I'll probably get murdered. Call them out when you can. Whether it's about what is happening in real life or whether it's this bullshit that the studios are doing. Every step of the way, call them out.<br />
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This film captures "I am done with this shit" attitude so perfectly. These women kick ass, and they are doing what they have to, not merely to lead their lives the way they want, but to survive. Neither of them is perfect, just as neither of us is perfect. And the sisterhood between them is so wonderful to see. I loved all the moments where the characters do the right thing by other women, treating them like they would want to be treated - Dinah helps drunk Harley, they all want to help the kid, Dinah and Helena are both mortified by Roman's actions at the club and Helena calms down Cass.<br />
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The whole mood of the film is angry but it's also filled with humor and plenty of badass charm from the wonderful actors. There's also so much whimsy and silliness here and overall it's just such an entertaining piece of girl power delight AND a truly fun film for everyone to enjoy. It's not "all men are bad" propaganda. There are positive male characters in here. Just like in every single female led CBM that was made to date.<br />
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This one is<b> Fury Road </b>meets <b>Deadpool</b> meets <b>John Wick</b>. The action is fantastic and the influences from those films are clearly seen here, the music is energetic and the humor lands every time. <b>Margot Robbie </b>is the perfect Harley Quinn and does the character justice. I already really loved her portrayal in <b>Suicide Squad</b>,<b> </b>but here she was even better. Also it's just wonderful how the film is edited and scripted mirroring the way Harley's hectic mind works. I find all those "takes" - disgusting when coming from men, deeply shameful when coming from women - that Harley is not the "right" kind of a character to serve as feminist heroine to be revolting. So the only right choice for that is a woman who is pure and noble like Diana and Carol, huh? God forbid a woman has a violent past, expresses anger, swears, does drugs and drinks, right? These troglodytes can go fuck themselves with that take.<br />
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<b>Ewan McGregor</b> is clearly having a blast as the main villain, the pettiest bitch in Gotham. <b>Rosie</b> <b>Perez</b>, <b>Ella Jay Basco </b>and <b>Mary Elizabeth Winstead </b>are all great but it's <b>Jurnee Smollett-Bell </b>as Black Canary, who steals the show. She is definitely the most interesting new character here and I'd love to see a movie just about her. Also - that voice! And listen up <b>Barry</b> nation, Ronny is in this!<br />
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And can we talk about the soundtrack? I didn't know most of these artists before and what a great idea it was to have the entire album made by female artists. It's one of the best soundtracks I listened to in a very long time. The costumes, while not accurate to the source material which is really not important at all, are beautiful and so colorful. In fact, this entire movie is bursting with color (the ingenious introduction moments with all the scribbles on them!) and life and Gotham City actually feels like a separate character, with all the drama happening inside of it. Everything feels so lived in and whole, for the first time in DCEU you really get a sense of the world the characters are living in, the world we, the audience, are abruptly thrown into. Unlike with <b>Aquaman</b> and <b>Wonder Woman</b>, we watch these people in a place where they have always been, so it's all already there and we don't get tons of exposition thrown at us and introducing us and the protagonists to this world.<br />
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Instead of sitting here and being overjoyed that I got such a fun Harley Quinn movie, I'm saddened because I'm being bombarded with tweets about how this movie is "failing" and how the studios shouldn't make movies for women. With WB's utter and compete failure to market this, not only did we not move forward here, back backwards. And this isn't even the only Harley Quinn-related thing they are failing, there's a <u><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7658402/">wonderful animated TV series</a></u> that people are mostly unaware of (and if you liked this movie, check out the series, it's very similar tone and it's even funnier!). <b>Gotham City Sirens</b> is probably not going to get made now. <b>Wonder Woman 1984</b> will probably only do decent numbers, if that. And every single time we somehow, miraculously, get a female led CBM? The "men" will taunt and gloat about how these films "fail".<br />
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All we can do is support those films and find a way to enjoy them, paying no attention to those branding them as "failures". Call out the sexist trolls and call out the studios that are disrespecting us. And never ever shut up, especially when we are told to do so.
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AM90lQaLFRc/UDz902xAAvI/AAAAAAAAIOE/FypKi2evEw0/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AM90lQaLFRc/UDz902xAAvI/AAAAAAAAIOE/FypKi2evEw0/s1600/9.jpg" /></a><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">93/100</span></b> (2020, USA, 109 mins)<br />
<b>Plot: </b>After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.<br />
<b>Director: </b>Cathy Yan<br />
<b>Writer: </b>Christina Hodson<br />
<b>Stars: </b>Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-2965693476179257742020-02-04T10:31:00.001+01:002020-02-04T10:31:50.240+01:0050 Best Shots of 2019<img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="420" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FzV3KjUBlS8/Xjk4whORQVI/AAAAAAAAuXI/VljU2IBxaG8WUqB8qYevVeBZ7J7EtKo7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Untitled-4.gif" width="640" />
There were so many wonderfully shot movies in 2019, making my cinematography line up was a bit of a nightmare. It was easier with this list, seeing how many choices I could include. And 2 weeks from now, my final best and worst of 2019 list will be published, this time with record 66 categories!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">50. Mister Bruce, <b>Hustlers</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">49. The Truth, </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">48. Reach Out, <b>Ad Astra
</b></span><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXz60b97j6Q/Xf4OuiwiuZI/AAAAAAAAuDc/pG0C6aWRy74_3V8_2AlymtIVRzM8RvAwACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2019-12-21-13h05m39s041.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">47. Behind You!, <b>Annabelle: Creation
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">45. Car Wash, <b>Villains</b></span><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i3Hs5g46aYQ/Xhma86mLvgI/AAAAAAAAuOY/SZTXnOunvHs0Vw__S2FA6fVjvMBFPL0XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2020-01-05-09h49m27s359.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">44. Suffocated, <b>Midsommar
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">43. Rodan, <b>Godzilla: King of the </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monsters</b></span><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78VIw2OYtcs/Xe0NmnauJzI/AAAAAAAAt5M/FPBN-8G3_u8tDC1S73y_ktYtRB6LqUI8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2019-12-08-14h11m11s793.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">42. The Demon, <b>Annabelle: Creation
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">40. Awake, <b>Maleficent: Mistress of Evil</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">39. Imitation, <b>Us
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">37. Criminal, <b>Hustlers</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">36. Love, <b>The Farewell</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">35. Your Friendly Neighborhood Talos, </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Captain Marvel</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">34. Together, </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Uncut Gems</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">33. Sinking,</span><b style="font-size: x-large;"> Rocketman</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">32. Sisters, <b>Little Women</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">31. Ruins, <b>1917</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">30. Red, <b>Us</b></span><br />
<img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L5quxzs6xL0/Xe0H1UsJa7I/AAAAAAAAt4c/DJaXC_UGKWsBMqOwq8elsKlxDKrlBZKjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2019-12-08-13h27m16s608.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">29. The Kiss, <b>The Portrait of a Lady in Fire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">28. Memory, <b>Little Women</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">27. Enemy?, <b>1917</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">26. Souvenir, <b>The Portrait of a Lady on Fire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">25. Losers Stick Together, <b>It: Chapter Two
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">24. The Tragedy, <b>Midsommar</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">23. Underwater, <b>John Wick 3: Parabellum</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">22. The Tissue, <b>Parasite</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">21. Lonely, <b>Little Women</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">20. Page 28, <b>The Portrait of a Lady on Fire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">19. Together, <b>The Perfection</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">18. The May Queen Judges, <b>Midsommar</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">17. Survivor, <b>Ready or Not</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">15. Truth be Told, <b>Us</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">13. Rose, <b>Doctor Sleep</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">12. Ramona, <b>Hustlers</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">11. Madness, <b>The Lighthouse</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Turn Around, <b>The Portrait of a Lady on Fire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9. The Light,<b> The Lighthouse</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">8. The Winner, <b>Knives Out</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7. Free, <b>Midsommar</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. Floating, <b>1917</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. Whatever it Takes, <b>Avengers: Endgame</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Captive, <b>Us</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. The Flight, <b>Doctor Sleep</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Butterflies, <b>Jojo Rabbit</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. The Ghost, <b>Parasite</b></span><br />
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2019 gave us so many good scenes. I could easily make a list of at least 50, but the traditional format has always been and will remain 10. But it was so hard to choose the ranking. However number 1? Well, that easily won. So here we go:<br />
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<u>Honorable mentions:</u><br />
My name is Carol, <b>Captain Marvel</b><br />
The neon lights, <b>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</b><br />
The minute of silence, <b>A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood</b><br />
The killing of the baseball boy, <b>Doctor Sleep</b><br />
The three doors,<b> It: Chapter Two</b><br />
Rose searches for Abra, <b>Doctor Sleep</b><br />
The first ritual, <b>Midsommar</b><br />
Morocco fight, <b>John Wick - Chapter 3</b><br />
Turn around, <b>Portrait of the Lady on Fire</b><br />
The ruins,<b> 1917</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Red's Monologue, <b>Us </b></span><br />
This is the point of the movie where the ridiculousness, plot holes and lack of planning ahead in the script is not evident yet so I was still hoping this is gonna be really good. Red's entrance, the first time we hear her voice and her words, which shape a disturbing fairytale of two girls living in two very different worlds, are just so incredible and make such an impression. <b>Lupita </b>made this movie worth seeing and her performance as both women is absolutely brilliant.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Apologize, <b>The Irishman</b></span><br />
The only scene in <b>The Irishman </b>that felt like it was <b>Casino</b>/<b>Goodfellass</b>/<b>The Wolf of Wall Street </b>levels of rewatchable and entertaining was this one, the hilarious standoff between Hoffa and Tony Pro with <b>Pacino </b>and <b>Graham</b> being so, so funny here. Right after I finished the movie I had to rewind and watch this comedy gold again.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">8. The Ending, <b>The Lighthouse </b></span><br />
The entire movie is such an engaging and fascinating portrait of descent into madness and it finishes with an ascent to the forbidden treasure and the fall to the doom. The sequence of Thomas walking up the stairs then going mad from seeing the light and that absolutely nightmarish ending is such an unforgettable scene.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7. The Ending, <b>Ready or Not </b></span><br />
In what is a visually stunning homage to <b>Heathers</b>, Grace, blood soaked and exhausted, emerges from the burning mansion and lights up a a cigarette on the steps. She is just sitting there and answers "in-laws" to the officer's question about what happened. The entire movie was so much fun and it was such a fantastic way to end it.<br />
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With Vivaldi's Winter blasting in the background John takes out the goons sent to kill him as Winston hilariously dodges Adjudicator's phone calls and pleas for a deal. There are so many stunning action sequences in this movie, but this one blends the flawless action with humorous moments in the most impressive manner.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. The Quarry, <b>It Chapter: Two</b></span><br />
<b>It: Chapter Two</b> is a mess of a movie but it still managed to give us one of the finest scenes of the year where Ritchie breaks down after losing Eddie and all of his friends immediately swim to him to console him. It's such a beautiful moment that is really, really moving. If only the rest of the film was as well done as this scene is.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. "God is in Heaven!", <b>Marriage Story</b></span><br />
<b>Laura Dern</b>'s tough and passionate lawyer is one of the best things about <b>Marriage Story</b>. Her rant about women being held to different standard than men is so frighteningly on point and it's the best written piece of dialogue in 2019. And she delivers it the only way any woman out there would - with righteous, unstoppable fury.<br />
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This film is one of the most shocking ones that we saw in 2019 and while there are a lot of moments that come close to Aster's previous <b>Hereditary</b>, it's the ending that is truly, truly chilling. Finally succumbing to madness Dani watches as her boyfriend burns alive with a smile on her face, embracing her new family and their devious, twisted ways.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. The Explanation, <b>Knives Out</b></span><br />
I don't think anyone has had as much fun playing a character in 2019 as Daniel Craig in this movie. The whole script is very funny and smart but the best and most riveting moment comes when Benoit Blanc explains the whole mystery to Martha and the audience. It's so clever, funny and well thought-out. Even if you guessed "who" and "how" , the "why" will still surprise you.<br />
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This is the moment a decade and 20+ movies in the making and it really, really lands. In the year of franchises disappointing their fans, MCU has brought the fans the finale that was a love letter to their commitment to the series and its culminating moment earned the emotions and brought so many of us to tears. It's the single most emotional moment in 2019 and the way so many people all around the world experienced it, applauding, crying, smiling and cheering was just magical. For all the disdain so many have for comic book movies, nothing else in the world got a reaction like that on such a huge scale.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-56329539735085041732020-01-14T18:48:00.000+01:002020-01-14T18:48:34.683+01:0010 Best Performances in 2019<img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="470" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BWbhC8Zg3jc/Xh3pmtSK2RI/AAAAAAAAuQU/6Cxm_b7ZhAs0sVPTSAtdTMZUD7GA-V36wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/nbbnbnbn.gif" width="640" />
Here we are again, the most wonderful time of the year when we get to celebrate the best movies and performances we saw over the last 12 months. Usually I start my lists with the best scenes, but I still haven't watched<b> 1917</b> and I think it may have a shot at that, so this year we begin with the best performances.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Honorable mention: </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Brad Pitt </b><span style="font-size: x-large;">as as Cliff Booth in </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</b>
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Granted, <b>Pitt</b> may not be doing all that much in this movie. He is just there, being cool. But much like <b>Hardy</b> made <b>Venom</b> watchable, <b>Pitt </b>single-handedly makes Tarantino's latest appalling drivel possible to sit through. <b>DiCaprio </b>does his usual and <b>Robbie</b> simply exists on screen so it was <b>Pitt </b>carrying this thing with his effortless charm. He will most certainly win his first Oscar for this performance and as much as I hated this movie, I'm all right with that.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">10. <b>Laura Dern</b> as Nora Fanshaw in <b>Marriage Story</b></span><br />
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<b>Laura Dern</b> has given us so many wonderful performances over the years. She has strength and charisma that always make her characters vivid whether they are maternal and loving (<b>Wild</b>) or unapologetic and ferocious, like here with her fierce, ruthless lawyer who walks just the right balance between genuine concern and artificial performance for the client, the judge and everyone who surrounds her. There are so many little brilliant things she does here - kicking her shoes off when she is speaking to Nicole in a "we're just gal pals hanging out" kind of way to get her to open up, taking her jacket off in the courthouse to distract everyone, suddenly switching to polite conversation and praising Charlie's accomplishments in the middle of official meeting - that really create this image of a woman and a lawyer who has it all figured out. It's a wonderful, entertaining and unforgettable work.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9. </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Jennifer Lopez</b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> as Ramona in </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Hustlers</b><br />
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<b>Lopez</b>'s showstopping entrance alone is spectacular and gets a lot of well-earned praise and applause but her entire performance is just as good - ruthless but not immune to feelings, her Ramona is a total badass and it's a perfect part for <b>Lopez</b> to play. She is fiercely charismatic and it's really hard to take your eyes off her. She is almost always few steps ahead of everyone else and you cannot really tell if she has any scruples left. <b>Hustlers</b> is a brilliant film but it wouldn't work without the diamond in the center of it and that's her.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">8. <b>Florence Pugh </b>as Amy March in <b>Little Women</b></span><br />
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I have never read the novel the movie is biased on but my understanding is that Amy wasn't well liked by the readers. But with lovely <b>Pugh </b>playing her and <b>Gerwig</b> writing and directing with sympathy and love for every single character in this movie, it's really hard to dislike Amy. We see her in different phases of her life - when she is jealous and angry with Jo and then when she is trying to become someone great, all the while realizing that the only path for a woman to take is that of marriage. <b>Pugh</b> plays Amy with so much energy and youthful charm, it wasn't hard for me to believe she is playing a very young girl and that's even considering how deep and serious her voice is. I simply loved her Amy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7. <b>Daniel Craig </b>as Benoit Blanc in <b>Knives Out</b></span><br />
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No one had as much fun playing a character in 2019 as <b>Daniel Craig </b>did playing Benoit Blanc. <b>Craig</b> is an absolutely phenomenal actor who has been sadly tied down to 007 franchise and you can tell just how miserable he is starring in those movies. Seeing him outside of the series is always such a joy and in <b>Knives Out</b> yet again he made me excited to see what he does when he is finally done playing 007. Here he isn't afraid of being totally over the top and ridiculous with his hilarious accent, singing and amusing reactions to mayhem happening all around him, but his character never loses his warmth and compassion towards those who actually deserve it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. <b>Bill Hader</b> as Ritchie Tozier in <b>It: Chapter Two</b></span><br />
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It's always the most impressive thing when the actor manages to give an amazing performance in a mess of a movie. I an still stunned by the choices director <b>Andy Muschietti </b>made when it comes to this film, none stranger than using inferior, less dramatic takes when it came to <b>Hader</b>'s performance. But even with the insane choices and poor script, <b>Hader</b> managed to create one of the most memorable and moving performances of the year. His Ritchie is heartbreaking and you really feel his pain and loneliness, but <b>Hader</b> also provides the movie (with the help of great <b>James Ransone</b>) with fantastic moments of humor and fun. It's a brilliant performance, one that deserved a much better movie surrounding it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. <b>Adam Sandler</b> as Howard Ratner in <b>Uncut Gems</b></span><br />
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<b>Sandler </b>has shown he can pull off dramatic work years ago but lately it seemed like he disappeared into Netflix bullshit that they appear to make just to keep him on a payroll. But he has never been better than he is in<b> Uncut Gems</b> - stressful, surreal, fever dream of a movie that only works because we actually care about his character (well, at least we care just a little bit) even though he is far from being a good person. And he is just so entertaining to watch even though observing him make a bet after bet is like watching a car crash unfolding in front of you - you are simply too mesmerized to look away.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4.<b> Lupita N'yongo</b> as Adelaide Wilson & Red in <b>Us</b></span><br />
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<b><br />Us</b> is one of the biggest disappointments of the year and that's simply because of<b> Peele</b>'s sloppy, ridiculous script. But <b>Lupita</b> delivered not one but two brilliant performances while also making both women feel like two parts of the whole. She is so incredible on the screen and makes that film worth watching. Her work as Red is especially chilling and her entrance in the movie is unforgettable. The way she sounds, moves and acts in frighteningly manic way is chilling, but so is her Adelaide, who will do anything to survive and keep her privileged place in the world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">3. <b>Florence Pugh </b>as Dani in <b>Midsommar</b></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This has been Florence's year and I'm so happy about that. I don't think I ever had one actress take more than one spot on that list. Florence is such a talented, exciting young actress and it's wonderful that she is getting cast left and right these days. She has anchored this manic dream of a movie so brilliantly, flawlessly portraying Dani's isolation, sadness, insecurity and the pain of feeling like she doesn't belong anywhere. Without her, the movie would have collapsed but she instantly makes us care about this lost, lonely person and we feel the terror and the joy along with her. We want her to be all right and in the end we hope that even in the prison she found herself in, the madness will set her free and she finally finds happiness.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. <b>Adam Driver </b>as Charlie in <b>Marriage Story</b></span><br />
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<b>Driver </b>is a tremendous actor. I have never seen a bad performance from him - regardless of the overall quality of the movie he always brings his A game. And his work in <b>Marriage Story </b>is exceptional - he plays a character who isn't someone we should root for or even like - he is selfish, arrogant, he cheated on his wife. But <b>Driver</b> infuses that character with so much humanity and at times even childlike naivete with his belief that things will turn out all right just because he wants them to. It's a beautiful performance, one that makes you laugh and makes you cry.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. <b>Rebecca Ferguson</b> as Rose the Hat in <b>Doctor Sleep</b></span><br />
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While the movie itself isn't the greatest, I genuinely believe that <b>Ferguson</b>'s performance will manage to make it into a cult classic all on its own. Her Rose is pure evil and <b>Ferguson</b> plays her like an addict - addicted to the shine that gives her her life-force, her youth and her high. It's an absolutely delicious performance that makes the movie all around her worth seeing just to witness her. She is so fun to watch and the whole look of the character is incredible - the messy braids, the grunge shirts - the hat is the least of it all. If I were to choose my one favorite cinematic thing in 2019, it would be that performance.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-38670446077173886612020-01-07T17:54:00.000+01:002020-01-07T17:54:02.751+01:00The Witcher (season 1)<img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c_4xYghurkg/XhHF8uaOcXI/AAAAAAAAuMs/ZyhVgjmjloID5FTBJnsug8ZAb-HLB54IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/nEpaJGd.jpg" width="640" />
(slight spoilers for the entire season)<br />
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<i>Fuck</i>.<br />
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That's the word that is uttered in hilarious ways at multiple points of the series by Geralt of Rivia, its protagonist. But that's also the word that should be on the minds of the audience - Netflix's new show, which is already breaking records, is a baffling mess that has huge potential but the first season of it is an embarrassing fiasco, filled with awful visuals and even worse storytelling. Yet in the world where trash like <b>Joker</b> made a billion dollars, it's not in the least surprising something that is so poorly made became a hit.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Everything in this show is so pristine. Frankly, it looks cleaner than my apartment. Nothing in that show looks lived in and it is just so distracting when you are watching it. It instantly makes you aware you are watching actors playing parts in a TV series and completely ruins whatever immersion would be possible otherwise. Some of the visuals from the show, like the ones during the ball in mage academy, make CW series look like masterpieces.<br />
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You would think that Netflix, which is responsible for one of the best and most expensive shows of 2019 - third season of<b> Stranger Things</b> - made sure that the special effects in their new series are really good. Nope. With the exception of striga in the third episode, <span style="background-color: white;">the CGI </span>is truly embarrassing. The further you venture into the season it gets worse and it culminates in the shittiest looking dragon ever, at least since we attempted to adapt the source material here in Poland. Nearly two decades ago. On a minuscule budget. And the result was in the same "what the fuck?!" territory as it is now. Spare me "oh they had small budget" excuse. If you can't afford something, don't do it.<br />
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Then there is the world building issue. There is barely any. There is practically no backstory for anything here so you have no idea why there is war or even how many kingdoms there are, who rules them, etc. We don't know anything about that other than that there is a CONTINENT and some lands on it. Remember when Bran was taught about the kingdoms on<b> Game of Thrones</b>? Within an episode into the show you knew everything that was vital to know. Here you are constantly lost.<br />
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Another thing that the show skips entirely is telling us about what are the powers of the characters. Things just happen and you understand neither why they are happening nor how them happening is even possible. Yennefer is fucking a guy while some people are watching, turns out it was an illusion conjured by her. Why? Who knows. A couple during a wedding start levitating. But why? And why was the groom cursed? I sure as shit don't know. Why does Yen sometimes use magic and sometimes a sword? No explanation for that either.<br />
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What makes things worse to comprehend is that this is told like <b>Dunkirk</b> with 3 main stories, each starting in a different point in time. And that is not even revealed in a way that could be a cool twist, it's just kind of "wait a minute..." moment when you realize there's non-linear storytelling happening here. It is exciting when all the stories finally collide, but that only happens in the last episode. But then the finale ends with in the dumbest line possible so there's that...<br />
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Surely at least the characters are interesting? Eh. There are two here, that are very fun - Renfri, who is sadly in one episode only, some hallucinations in finale aside, and Jaskier, a cheerful bard, who is sure to be everyone's favorite character. He is so much fun and his interactions with serious and humorless Geralt are hilarious. <b>Jodhi May</b> is also a lot of fun as the Queen. Unfortunately, two of those characters die in season 1.<br />
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There is a series of diversity hires in this show which is all right but they went and cast A<b>nya Chalotra</b>, who is really not very good, to play the most important female character. She is given such juicy material and she delivers very mediocre work. <b>Eva Green</b> would deliver better Yennefer in her sleep and her career is flat-lining so she would do this, but hey, she's white, so I guess it was a no-go. Look, representation and diversity on screen are great. But when you favor that over who is the best person for the job, that's a problem. And you cannot tell me this chick was the best out of the possible choices.<br />
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The show tries to hide how terribly cast she is by having her constantly show her breasts as a distraction and not even <b>Game of Thrones</b> resorted to that, just to hide the actress' complete lack of allure. The true low point though is when Yennefer, again for no reason, conjures an orgy, in I guess an effort to show Yennefer is sensual, since the actress cannot convey that with her limited abilities. What's worse is that she's not even the most interesting or charismatic character in the mage academy, that would be the teacher played by lovely <b>MyAnna Buring</b>. Yen is really annoying and selfish and the only way to make a character like that entertaining is to have an actor with charisma play her. <b>Chalotra </b>has very little of that. Instead of being this powerful sorceress, watching this Yennefer is basically like cringing at an instagram model throwing "fuck you" and "I'm better than you" hashtags around.<br />
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<b>Freya Allen </b>as Ciri does not fare any better but that is because she is given truly awful material to work with. This one can improve in the future. <b>Chalotra </b>won't, she was given plenty of opportunities here and I cannot say she impressed me in any of her scenes. I also found the chemistry between the actress playing Renfri and<b> Cavill </b>stronger than the absolute flat-lining that occurs on the screen when him and <b>Chalotra</b> are supposed to be flirting. There's a moment where they kiss mid-fight that is almost as embarrassing as that dragon was.<br />
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To give you the idea of the quality of the series I probably should have opened this post with the statement that <b>Cavill</b> is actually one of the best things about it. Yes, this mediocre actor who got this lifeline for his career from Netflix after WB was done with him is actually the bright spark here so this should tell you how bad everything surrounding him is. The fight choreography is all right, it's nothing spectacular.<br />
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What about the villains? Well, what about them. They are invading other kingdoms and practice dark magic and keep chasing Ciri. That's it. That's all I know.<br />
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Does this show have a potential? Yes. There's so many creatures in Slavic mythology that would be amazing visually, even if the CGI sucked, because they would be unique. What is needed here is bigger budget, more imagination and decent writers. The horrible casting calls will perpetually drag this show down but there is still room for improvement. But the way it is now, the most entertaining thing about <b>The Witcher </b>is just how bad most of it is.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>32/100</b></span>s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-25949353737775284572019-12-30T13:04:00.000+01:002019-12-30T13:04:58.538+01:00Most anticipated movies in 2020Before I start publishing my best and worst of 2019 lists, here's that time of year again to get excited about what's coming in next year. There's so many wonderful movies on the horizon, including several very anticipated sequels. And my top pick already feels like potential best Christmas gift ever. Here we go:<br />
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17. <b>Bill & Ted Face the Music </b>/ August 21<br />
16. <b>Emma</b> / February 14<br />
15. <b>The Secret Garden</b> / April 15<br />
14. <b>Death on the Nile</b> / October 9<br />
13. <b>The Gentlemen </b>/ January 24<br />
12. <b>The Witches</b> / October 9<br />
11. <b>A Quiet Place: Part II </b>/ March 20<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">10. <b>Eternals</b> / November 6</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Chloe Zao</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot: </b><i>The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.</i><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"><b>I'm waiting for it?</b> Richard Madden in a tight costume is enough for me. And I'm assuming it's also enough for most of my female readers. But this being another female-led CBM is also making me wanna watch that, plus the fact they are shooting on actual sets and not with plenty of green screen gives it a chance to be first decent looking MCU movie outside of Guardians of the Galaxy films.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9. <b>Morbius </b>/ July 31</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Daniel Espinosa</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Tyrese Gibson</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> </span><i>Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.</i><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">This is gonna be a mess. Leto isn't willing to make fun of himself like Hardy did in Venom and that was the thing that not only rescued Venom, but made it so much fun. Tyrese and Leto playing it serious in a premise like this is gonna make it an absolute laugh riot.</span><br />
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8. <b>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It</b> / September 11</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Michael Chaves</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">The main Conjuring movies never failed and even though the director of the biggest shit in 2019 - The Curse of la Llarona - is directing this one I trust somehow things will go well. But I'm not overtly optimistic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7.<b> The Many Saints of Newark</b> / September 25</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> Alan Taylor</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Michael Gandolfini, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Billy Mangussen, Ray Liotta, Corey Stoll </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> </span> <i>A look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano.</i><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it?</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> It's the Sopranos prequel starring Vera Farmiga and Jon Bernthal. That's just awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. <b>Tenet</b> / July 17</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Christopher Nolan</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Robert Pattinson, John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor - Johnson </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Well, Nolan rarely fails. And hopefully this time his female characters are more than the dead wives. But knowing him, they probably are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. <b>Black Widow</b> / May 1</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Scarlett Johannson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot:</b><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> A</span> film about Natasha Romanoff in her quests between the films Civil War and Infinity War.</i><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">I like all the actors except for that hag who supports Woody Allen and unfortunately plays the lead in this. So if it fails, so be it. MCU doesn't deserve an automatic million for waiting for TWENTY MOVIES until they gave us movies led by women. But it's Pugh, Weisz and Harbour and for their sake I hope it is actually good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. <b>Venom 2</b> / October 2</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Director: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> Andy Serkis</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Graham, Naomie Harris, Michelle Williams</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">The first movie, while a giant mess, was one of the most entertaining and rewatchable movies of 2017 and that's all thanks to Tom Hardy's amazing and very, very fun performance. With better director this time around and Woody Harrelson playing the main villain - hopefully that ridiculous wig returns - things can only get better.</span><br />
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3. <b>Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn</b> / February 7</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Cast: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Chris Messina</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Plot:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;"> <i>After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.</i></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">Why I'm waiting for it? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow"; font-size: 16.5px;">The marketing for this has been huge fail on WB's part with the movie being released 5 weeks from now and the final trailer STILL not being released. But I hope in spite of that, this will do well. Robbie gave us wonderful Harley in Suicide Squad and while her pairing with Birds of Prey is peculiar, without Robbie's efforts we wouldn't be getting that movie at all. And McGregor looks like he is having a lot of fun playing the villain here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. <b>Wonder Woman 1984 </b>/ June 5</span><br />
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<b>Director: </b>Patty Jenkins<br />
<b>Cast: </b>Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig<br />
<b>Why I'm waiting for it?</b> The first movie is one of my all time favorite films. Gal is perfect in the role, they are bringing Pine back and their chemistry was one of the best things about the first one, we are all excited to see Cheetah and Pedro Pascal clearly had an absolute blast playing Maxwell Lord. And that trailer will be very tough to top by any trailer for 2020 movies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. <b>Dune</b> / December 18</span><br />
<b>Director:</b> Denis Villeneuve<br />
<b>Cast:</b> Timothée Chalamet, Reebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem<br />
<b>Plot:</b><i> Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.</i><br />
<b>Why I'm waiting for it? </b>Who's my favorite man in the world? Oscar Isaac. Who is my second favorite man in the world? Jason Momoa. They are going to share scenes here which means I will probably go absolutely insane trying to decide where to look. I'll probably look at Oscar. But I'll definitely have to go again to look at Jason. And I will rewatch it so many times. You guys remember how I went to see Aquaman three times and it crossed a billion in the box office? Denis, your movie is going to make so much money.<br />s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-9596785728403256042019-12-25T15:53:00.000+01:002019-12-25T15:53:59.932+01:00Soundtrack Wednesday - Watchmen (2019)<img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="540" height="402" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPm9s6h0Mwk/XgNpzIqSyTI/AAAAAAAAuII/bpAgaaxWNtkcNIjN-jfT-LO_OWoP69C4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/ww.gif" width="640" />
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I never thought that I will see something more embarrassing when it comes to ruining the franchise than 1. WB handing the keys to DC kingdom to <b>Zack Snyder</b> and giving him three tries to make a movie then on the third try going "oh, fuck no!" and firing him mid-making of the film 2. Dumb and Dumber wrecking <b>Game of Thrones</b> so bad that the early seasons are now unwatchable because you know it is all heading towards explosive diarrhea.<br />
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Enter whoever was in charge of Disney's Star Wars trilogy (do we blame just <b>Kennedy</b>? Surely more people were involved in making final decisions?). Because whoever made the calls here just wrecked 40+ years worth of a franchise.<br />
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It is astonishing to me that in handling such a massive, money-making franchise as <b>Star Wars </b>such carelessness was on display. How could the people in charge not map out the trilogy and the basic storyline for all three movies? If they claim they did, clearly it's lies. The new trilogy started with <b>The Force Awakens</b>. It was a safe rehash of <b>A New Hope</b>, but at least it was fun. Then <b>Rian Johnson</b> came in, blew up mystery boxes <b>J.J. Abrams </b>set up and left the stage with no primary villain, handful of rebels and a broom boy.<br />
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The decision to let <b>Rian Johnson</b> run wild and do whatever he wanted cost this franchise millions of dollars (the second weekend drop says it all). He also alienated a lot of fans and ruined the franchise for a lot of people. Disney is a business. Did those who are shocked now that Disney is back-peddling really think they won't do this? That they won't run to<b> J.J.</b> "people pleaser" <b>Abrams</b> for help?<br />
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<b>J.J</b>. delivered a movie that not only makes the claims this trilogy was planned look even more like lies (nothing in here was set up in <b>The Last Jedi</b>) but may actually unite fandom in hate. Those who love <b>The Last Jedi</b> will hate that<b> J.J.</b> blatantly retcons it and the rest of us will hate it because it's just so dumb. I know little about <b>Star Wars</b>, I only watch the movies and the Baby Yoda show but even I was confused.<br />
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I know why<b> J.J.</b> brought the Emperor back. With Snoke slaughtered by <b>Rian</b>'s subversion, what was there to do? <b>J.J.</b> always goes for nostalgia so it was an obvious move. And Kylo's redemption arc was already in place while Hux was just too much of a bitch to be made into a primary villain. There is some stuff that they do with Palpatine here that offers really cool visuals and ideas (such as him being trapped in some hellish contraption along with the souls of other Sith lords) but good God none of that makes sense. None of this was set up in the previous episodes, again showing there was no planning. Worse yet, there is no satisfying explanation as to how the hell he is back.<br />
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If this thing was set up from the start and we saw some glimpses suggesting Palapatine is back in <b>The Force Awakens</b> and <b>The Last Jedi</b> then that would at least be some attempt in coherent storytelling. But what we have here is so reactionary. And the biggest sin of all - this and many other things in this movie undid the original tale. Anakin and the prophecy? Irrelevant now because what did Anakin really accomplish? The fact that the whole thing started because Anakin wanted to save his loved one? Well, here are Rey and Kylo having healing powers out of nowhere.<br />
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And that is all in addition to other things that new trilogy has done that wrecked the original one - Leia and Han are now dead after splitting up and failing as parents. Luke is dead after fucking off to an island where he was milking uncomfortable animals. Anakin isn't even shown in this movie, which is ridiculous in itself seeing how it's supposedly the end of Skywalker saga, but the worst thing here is that Anakin is helping Rey and not even paying the least bit of attention to his own grandson. This is dreadful writing on so many levels.<br />
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To add insult to injury, Disney ends the saga with entire Skywalker line dead and Rey, Palpatine's granddaughter (oh my God...), taking their name. It's pure insanity. The message of "choose your own family" is lovely but it is horribly executed here. As for that kiss, <b>Ridley</b> and <b>Driver</b> had some romantic chemistry in this trilogy, but there was not enough done in those films to make this whole hate to love transition feel believable. And the way that moment is paced and executed is laughable, even if the idea behind it was very beautiful, having Ben accomplish what Anakin couldn't do, the ability to let go so that the one he loves lives. In my screening when this whole mess happened people started laughing.<br />
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And the pacing....not a single scene here is allowed to breathe. It's like <b>J.J. </b>wanted to cram two movies in one and make up for the lost episode he didn't get to make. So he tries to form the bond between the trio, set up the new villain - by bringing the old one back, brings back the question of Rey's parents, there's hetero love interests for Poe and Finn - or Finn's sister, who knows what that storyline was, oh, and Lando is back. It's such a mess. And it's all so sloppy. You can't tell what the hell is happening with Jannah - is she Finn's love interest? Sister? Is she Lando's daughter? Clearly they shot multiple version of several arcs and just left some stuff in and discarded another. And Finn wanting to tell Rey something? What was that all about? Did they kinda forget about that like Daenerys forgot about the Iron Fleet?<br />
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Then there's unprofessional and distasteful moment where <b>J.J. </b>takes a clear shot at <b>Rian Johnson</b>. One of the most criticized moments of <b>The Last Jedi </b>was Luke throwing the light saber over his shoulder. Here we have Luke catching the saber Rey threw away and saying that you don't treat this weapon that way. It was just in poor taste. Then there's Rose who gets Jar Jar treatment and is set aside for the entire movie.<br />
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<b>Adam Driver</b> has been consistently great in this trilogy but he has so little to do here. He has very few lines and yet he still manages to be the best in the show with his scene fighting the Knights of Ren, being the best thing here - hell, maybe even the only good scene in the whole movie. <b>J.J. </b>made such a major mistake by having Kylo Ren die. He just did the rehash of <b>Return of the Jedi</b>. Wouldn't it be better to end it with Rey and Kylo being happy together? That would rescue the film from having all of the Skywalkers dead which is such an awful idea.<br />
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The rest of the cast doesn't really have enough to do to make an impression. I felt so bad for <b>Harrison Ford</b> for being dragged back into this franchise. Also this doesn't make sense. First Kylo tries to explain it to the audience by saying it is a memory but then Han acknowledges that Leia is dead and that is something that happened after he died. This whole thing is such a mess.<br />
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<b>Ridley</b> was so wonderful in <b>The Force Awakens </b>but she is stuck in such a terrible and boring arc here. She plays the chosen one which is just about the worst and dullest thing an actor could be given to do. I wish Disney had some balls and actually had Rey turn to the dark side with Kylo prevailing over her and winning in the end. As a woman I would not be offended and I think the only reason Disney didn't do this was because they feared the possible backlash. That is in itself insulting, that they thought women would have a problem with that. If it was handled well, we wouldn't.<br />
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And then there's <b>Isaac</b>, again the most enjoyable actor to watch in the cast, delivering even more sass as Poe, this time in super hot Indiana Jones inspired outfit. Having sat through some truly horrifically awful movies <b>Oscar</b> has done, let me tell you, this is really one of the worst. But at least he looked gorgeous and yet again the cinematographer was generous with the close ups of his face. I think every single cinematographer who worked with <b>Isaac </b>in his career was, at least on some level, in love with him. Which is understandable.<br />
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Then there's the whole issue of Disney not going with FinnPoe. Had they let that happen at least there would be ONE relationship that made sense in this trilogy. I keep seeing complaints how woke Hollywood is. Is it really? Because Disney cares about Chinese money more than representation and good storytelling. Having Poe and Finn together would be a natural progression of their story and chemistry, but they just couldn't let that happen. They literally introduced two new female characters, right here at the end of the saga, just to avoid showing gay relationship between these two. And that so called gay representation moment that actually is in this movie lasts for few seconds and is so insignificant apparently even Chinese censors left it in.<br />
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The story in this movie feels like something written by a bot. There's so many MacGuffins, fake out deaths (by the time Zori Bliss comes back they don't even bother with an explanation) and convenient things that just kinda happen out of nowhere. There's very little explanation for events and considering that this is not just a movie, but also end of trilogy and the end of the whole saga, this is a triple embarrassment. Also there's some stuff in here that plays so much like <b>Endgame </b>you gotta wonder if <b>J.J.</b> didn't intentionally rip it off. And that's just make you think of how well Marvel is doing and how much LucasFilm is failing.<br />
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The mishandling of this franchise is shocking. Not only is the new trilogy a disaster but LucasFilm made two average spin offs that managed to strip the franchise of the event status. By having one movie a year it made <b>Star Wars</b> feel less special. Also we KNOW that they can produce quality content because <b>The Mandalorian</b> delivers on every front every week. This mess they created here is only because of their laziness. And hopefully the box office for this movie will reflect just how disappointed the audiences are with what was done here.<br />
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<b>Plot: </b>The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.<br />
<b>Director:</b> J.J. Abrams<br />
<b>Writers: </b>Chris Terrio (screenplay by), J.J. Abrams (screenplay by)<br />
<b>Stars: </b>Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac<br />
<br />s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-42982785106828509972019-12-15T13:17:00.000+01:002019-12-15T13:21:39.860+01:00Marriage Story<img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z2lUh8KEc-Q/XfYZdy_F04I/AAAAAAAAuBE/q6rWnPqr3nwmx3WAD9zcPoD5fbjq1uYFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/vlcsnap-2019-12-15-11h42m17s999.jpg" width="640" />
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<b>Marriage Story</b> is a wonderful, wonderful movie. It's one of the year's best scripts (<b>Parasite</b> still is my win here) and it is truly expertly paced - it's not a short movie, but you aren't bored and even though the characters have many, many flaws you care about them enough to be curious what happens to them next. <br />
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We never see these people when they were happy together being a couple, but we don't have to. There's enough there to believe that once upon a time they made each other happy. But now it's time to leave, a decision Nicole makes, and as almost always is the case, what starts somewhat amicable ends up being the opposite of that.<br />
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I didn't cry during this movie. I did get a bit teared up when Charlie was reading the letter near the end but that's it. Thing is, what you saw in this movie is still a very glossy tale. I have been dealing with divorce cases for over 5 years and even at its nastiest, the divorce proceedings depicted in this movie are far from the nightmare it actually is in real life. Also what we see here on the screen are hilariously privileged, spoiled people who even at their worst don't come close to what actual people who have other problems in their life, unlike these two, do and say.<br />
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A lot has been said about the explosive argument scene but it's really not that bad. Charlie immediately apologizes to Nicole, who accepts his apology. Also if you ever saw Carmela and Tony fight in <b>The Sopranos</b>' episode <b>Whitecaps</b>, <b>Driver </b>and <b>Johannson</b>'s acting and <b>Baumbach</b>'s writing will be underwhelming to you. In fact, I thought the earlier argument between the two, over the phone when Nicole is at the Halloween party dressed up like David Bowie, was much better and realistic. This long argument everyone keeps talking about is overtly rehearsed, apparently everything there was scripted. It felt like theater, not real life and I think the latter was <b>Baumbach</b>'s goal here, so for me he failed in achieving this goal.<br />
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A lot of this feels sensationalized but it's all right, because after all it is a movie. Also the characters we are dealing with are rich, privileged artistic types. I have very little empathy for people like that, who guide their life according to their whims and childish dreams. I loved how they are both so clueless to the law and legal proceedings and think they will just get whatever they want and how they want it with lawyers immediately having to explain to them there are rules and laws to follow. There is no obligation to get married and since entering that union has consequences, you can't just expect it to be dissolved immediately because that's something you suddenly want. I laughed so hard when Charlie thought he can simply not file an answer to Nicole's lawsuit and things will go the way he wants. In fact let me tell you, American law is hilariously lenient here. Where I practice, giving him extension would not be allowed without a good cause, he would lose, the movie would be over.<br />
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Still, I didn't dislike Charlie or Nicole and the wonderful writing kept me engaged. The actors did a great job to make their characters somewhat likable, especially <b>Driver</b>.<b> Johansson</b>'s horrific off screen antics, such as her supporting Woody Allen, keep me for ever having sympathy for any of her characters but her performance was good enough for me not to be actively distracted by what kind of a person she is off screen. <b>Driver</b> is excellent and delivers one of the year's best performances, making Charlie someone we sometimes root for even thought he is so arrogant, selfish and did stupid things. Charlie cheated on Nicole, so it should be easy right? We should be taking Nicole's side. But with <b>Johansson </b>playing her, I did not.<br />
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The supporting cast is excellent. <b>Ray Liotta</b> shows up as a cutthroat lawyer and his showdown in the courtroom with him exchanging arguments with <b>Laura Dern</b>, who plays Nicole's lawyer, was so fantastic This isn't what legal proceedings look like where I practice, it's never argumentative like that, so it was entertaining to watch for me. <b>Dern</b> gets one of the film's best scenes where she delivers a powerful, show-stopping monologue about women being held to a different standard than men. It's so well written and reflects the painful truth. I loved that they had the moment where she tells Nicole not to admit to drinking in her interview. It's exactly like that. The court looks different at a woman who drinks as opposed to a man, hell, not just the court, but the whole society. We have to be perfect, they get to do whatever the fuck they want.<br />
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But <b>Dern</b> also does things throughout that are so, so good, such like her sitting next to Nicole and comforting her during their first meeting but doing so in such a way that is overtly theatrical and you never forget that this isn't Nicole's friend, this is a lawyer and getting the clients to hire her is her job. And can we talk about the way she took that jacket off in the courtroom as the means to distract the men in the room? That was outstanding. <b>Dern</b> will not be my winner, not when <b>Rebecca Ferguson </b>did what she did in <b>Doctor Sleep</b>, but she was terrific.<br />
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Then there's <b>Alan Alda</b>, who is always such a warm, wonderful presence, as the only lawyer in the movie who sees Charlie and Nicole as actual people. I liked that the film didn't spend too much time praising him for it. It's not the lawyer's job to see the people, it's the lawyer's job to see the case and use whatever they can to the client's advantage. I also liked how unceremoniously he disappeared from the movie, it does happen, parties do change their lawyers and just like that they are simply gone from the case.<br />
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I see some complaints about <b>Martha Kelly</b>'s performance of the evaluator, but I thought she was great. If you deal with those things long enough, you become numb to them. I cry during most movies and I didn't here because I deal with these situations most of the time in my job. And evaluator's job is very odd - they walk into someone's life and have to judge them as a parent based on just few hours spent there. It's a very weird and surreal situation and the film nailed it and pushed it even further with hilarious way the whole visit ended.<br />
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I really appreciated how much warmth and humor was here, a lot of it thanks to <b>Merritt Wever</b>, who plays Nicole's sister, and <b>Julie Hagerty</b>, who plays Nicole's mom. There is a perfect balance here between the drama and the comedy and between what's real (the arguments the lawyers use and the way something Charlie mentions about Nicole's drinking to his lawyer ending up being used in the courtroom - this is something that would 100% happen in real life) and what's heightened.<br />
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At this time this is the best movie of 2019 for me and one that will stand the test of time. Because as sure at is that people fall in love, it's also sure that they are weak, selfish and most of the time the love they once felt fades. So this film will always be something that is relatable to people.<br />
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If only everyone out there had the means and resources that Charlie and Nicole had and a divorce that was this civil.<br />
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(USA, 136 min, 2019)<br />
<b>Plot: </b>Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.<br />
<b>Director:</b> Noah Baumbach<br />
<b>Writer:</b> Noah Baumbach<br />
<b>Stars: </b>Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern<br />
<br />s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-54309740556817295702019-12-08T22:16:00.000+01:002019-12-08T22:19:10.063+01:00Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman in stunning first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984<img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="540" height="331" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m49B8R1q3NE/Xe1n7r_c9qI/AAAAAAAAt6Y/6tcih3Btc-Y8_Cv7J7xdnFE2TNuYb1dHACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/tumblr_78f66161d72d1a6d725a5a9a9e0336f0_3df371e4_540.gif" width="640" /><br />
It's finally here! The long awaited trailer for <b>Wonder Woman 1984</b> just landed online and it offers the first look at Diana using her new powers, Steve being back from the dead, Pedro Pascal's villain Maxwell Lord and Kristen Wig's Barbara Minerva. It's a gorgeous, very well made trailer that is not making it easier to wait for the movie, which is going to be released on June 5th 2020.<br />
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This year, a wonderful horror movie <b>Ready or Not </b>was released. A gory, funny and entertaining tale centered around a bride, Grace (played by lovely<b> Samara Weaving</b>) having to fight off her new family on her wedding night. The plot's combination of creepy rituals, incompetent antagonists and resilient protagonist instantly reminded me of one of the most creative recent horror films, <b>The Cabin in the Woods</b>. Turns out there's actually lots of similar elements in the two - a creepy older person who instantly serves as a sign of something being wrong, a stoner in the group, the moment where the protagonist unknowingly seals her fate by choosing the item that will be used to bring her demise and many others. There's plenty of visual similarities in storytelling here too with creepy artifacts hiding in the frame and sudden gore exploding on the screen. And then there's the ending which while not that similar when it comes to the events - one being happy, another culminating in the end of the world - mirrors one another visually.<br />
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<b>Rating </b>- <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>71/</b><b>100</b></span><br />
<b>Plot:</b> Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance meets a young girl with similar powers as he tries to protect her from a cult known as The True Knot who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.<br />
<b>The heroes</b>: Grown up Danny Torrance and a capable little girl named Abra.<br />
<b>The antagonists</b>: Child murderers led by Rose the Hat, played by amazing Rebecca Ferguson.<br />
<b>What makes it so great?</b> While I didn't like this movie as much as a lot of people did, this is definitely the most competently made Stephen King's adaption in 2019.<b> In the Tall Gras</b>s was awful, <b>Pet Semetery </b>was dumb as hell and, while very entertaining,<b> It: Chapter Two</b> is a chaotic mess. But this right here is a proper movie, with decent script, character work and editing.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>It does a very good job of reconciling King's novels with Kubrick's movie but I found the recasting of the actors from <b>The Shining</b> to be very jarring. In this day and age it is possible to do so much with CGI and I was taken out of the movie because I knew the intention was for the actors to resemble <b>Duvall</b>, <b>Lloyd</b> and <b>Nicholson</b> but they didn't manage to do that. It was very distracting whenever their characters showed up. Other than that, the big issue is that film is way too long. But it's still a good movie and it goes to very dark and gritty places at times. The whole thing with the junkie mother and her kid reached such a disturbing conclusion, which was impressive for a mainstream horror film and echoed the awful and nightmarish occurrences that happen in King's works - which are so terrible because they happen in real life too.<br />
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The best thing here is definitely Rebecca Ferguson's wickedly delicious performance as the main villain Rose the Hat. Not only is Ferguson's look in this film amazing and is bound to inspire many Halloween costumes in the future, but she is legitimately chilling and intimidating. Ewan McGregor, who is always great, turns in a another capable performance and confidently leads the movie. There film also has lovely cinematography, especially during the fantastic astral projection sequence, as well as terrific score which incorporated many motifs from <b>The Shining</b>.<br />
<b>Oh-oh something's not right line:</b> <i>Well, hi there.</i><br />
<b>Morbid Trivia:</b> According to director Mike Flanagan, the performance of Jacob Tremblay during the first take of his death scene was so intense that it surprised and scared the other actors, including Rebecca Ferguson, who was so horrified she was stammering and "couldn't get her lines out". When the scene was over, a grinning Tremblay jumped up, covered in fake blood, high-fived his father and walked over to the craft service to get a snack, leaving Ferguson and the rest of the cast "shell-shocked and traumatized".<br />
<b>Scare factor:</b> <img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" />- <b>3/5 evil pumpkins - </b>It's not a particularly scary movie but it features some really nightmarish imagery. Also the aforementioned scene involving Tremblay is quite hard to watch.<br />
<b>Gore factor:</b><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><b>3/5 bloody Leatherfaces -</b> there are some fairly creepy moments here, the worst one involving a hand. Flanagan already brought me close to vomiting with the similar thing in <b>Gerald's Game</b> and while this shit here isn't nearly as awful it was pretty damn terrible too.<br />
<b>Is there a twist?</b> There are few small twists and the appearances of the characters from <b>The Shining </b>are quite surprising, as jarring as they are because of the recasting<br />
<b>Hint:</b> Watch <b>The Shining</b> before this.<br />
<b>Unsuitable for: </b>Parents.<br />
<b>Repercussions: </b>You will accompany your child on his way home at all times.<br />
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I wasn't going to write a review for this because 1. the last thing I want is insecure "men" who identify with the lead character writing nonsense in my comment section 2. this movie doesn't actually deserve my - or anyone's - words, but this is entirely too long for my letterboxd so here we go. Call me a c*nt, you ain't getting published, honey.<br />
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<b>Joker</b> is on the heels of making a billion dollars in the box office and while it is not as embarrassing as people giving so much money last year to <b>Bohemian Rhapsody</b>, willingly giving its pedophile rapist director/producer cash (this is exactly what they did if they paid to see it, they made a pedophile rapist richer), it's also pretty damn embarrassing. I noticed that it is mostly very young people who love this movie which just solidifies my belief that every generation is worse than the last. It used to be that the great, original movies influenced pop culture. Now it's recycled, boring messes like this one.<br />
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This film is truly an extraordinary accomplishment in that <b>Todd Philips</b> managed to make a movie that is so overstuffed yet so dull and so beautifully shot (that 3/10 rating is entirely for it) yet so deeply unpleasant to watch. It's as if a drunk monkey watched <b>Taxi Driver </b>and <b>Fight Club </b>and in between throwing feces took a shot at film-making thinking it can pull something as great as those off.<br />
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As I was watching this mess and the youths beat him up, soulless government took his treatment away and his mother (it's always the woman's fault, isn't it?) turned out to be awful, all I could think of were <b>Brad Pitt</b>'s lines in <b>Se7en </b>- "<i>Who knows. So many freaks out there doin' their little evil deeds they don't wanna do... 'The voices made me do it. My dog made me do it. Jodie Foster told me to do it</i>.". Maybe that's why this movie earned so much money, because people out there love lazy and easy excuses for their own failures and love to project their shit on movie characters. But couldn't people find an actual good movie to project on?<br />
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There's no explanation as to why this grown ass man wanted to make a living playing a clown. If this is the career path you pursue, you make your own bed and open yourself up to ridicule. He is also a total idiot who dances around with a loaded gun in his apartment and then brings a gun to a children's hospital, keeps it on him and starts dancing and then aw, shucks! The gun falls out in front of the children. Am I supposed to be sympathizing with this guy? Half of the bad shit that happens to him is his own fault. My favorite by far was when he goes on stage to tell jokes, bombs since he has no talent and then blames everyone for ridiculing him. Oh no! He has no talent and cannot become a successful comedian! What injustice!<br />
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If THIS is the guy that audiences find relatable then I am literally afraid of leaving my house ever again.<br />
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There's also insanely clumsy way that the movie tries to tie in Arthur's violent outburst, which was naturally in self-defense (this character is Joker in name only), with growing social movement in Gotham City. He kills some dudes and apparently that is enough to inspire people for them to dress up us clowns. It would be funny how poorly written it was, except in real life this stupid movie inspired people to do the same, so instead of laughing I am straight up depressed.<br />
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Since <b>Phillips </b>has enough self-awareness to know there is barely any story here he throws in a ridiculous storyline involving Thomas Wayne that leads absolutely nowhere except giving us Bruce Wayne and Alfred's appearances and another rendition of the Waynes getting murdered. All of that only makes it more boring. Also if you put yourself in Thomas Wayne's shoes Arthur is lucky he didn't face worse consequences just for his interactions with Bruce and Thomas and the shit he said and did.<br />
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Then there are totally inept instances of <b>Phillips</b> trying to get people to sympathize with this guy. There's an atrociously written and directed moment where Arthur witnesses a bunch of men harassing a woman on the subway. But it doesn't lead to Arthur helping this woman, so all it accomplishes is portraying him to be chickenshit. Him being a coward makes no difference because he gets beaten up anyways. Had he actually helped this woman at least it would make me care about him, but he didn't, so what the fuck was that scene? But the worst offender is portraying the social worker to be always asking the same questions, implication being that she cares very little about helping Arthur etc. And when you think about it she was probably someone who gets paid very little and is exhausted, and in a lot of ways 'society' treated her just like Arthur. And at least she was in a field where she tried to help. But fuck her, right?<br />
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It's absolutely hysterical how extra this movie is. He doesn't get beaten up once but TWICE. He isn't on one medication but on SEVEN. In addition to being weird and awkward he also has CONDITION where he laughs with no control over it (that leads to an exposition dump so clumsy, I couldn't believe my own eyes). Not only is he mentally ill, poor, lonely and abandoned but he was also ABUSED as a chold. It's like male version of <b>Precious</b>. Then there is a predictable and lazy twist because why not, let's add DELUSIONS to the mix. There's also a moment where he gets into fridge, because, what was that exactly? And there's a fantasy sequence on a talk show that was not only a <b>Requiem for a Dream</b> rip-off but <b>Phoenix</b>'s acting in it was absolutely laughable.<br />
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Throughout the movie <b>Phoenix </b>visibly tries so hard to be edgy and it's embarrassing to watch. It doesn't help that the script has no subtlety or trace of nuance. <b>Adam Driver</b> please save us from him winning an Oscar for this. <b>Phoenix</b>'s Joker is such a miserable, dumb and flamboyant caricature that it manages to make <b>Heath Ledger</b>'s Joker look even more amazing and brilliant. <b>Phillips</b> actually has the audacity to reference the famous shot of the Joker in the cop car from <b>The Dark Knight</b>. Jesus Christ, the nerve. Then there is the score that is basically just one sound stretched to unbearable lengths and the editing....some of the people out there gave this movie 5 out of 5 stars when it has such a hilarious goof with cigarette suddenly appearing back in his cringy dance scene. Well done.<br />
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Thank God for <b>Robert De Niro</b> who does good work and plays a voice of reason in this movie. Somehow this whole thing is even more putrid than latest Tarantino. There's even a moment when Arthur actually stalks his female neighbor but I guess that is OK because he is troubled, huh? May those who worship this movie and pose on those stairs fall the fuck off them.<br />
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<b>Plot:</b> In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: "The Joker".<br />
<b>Director:</b> Todd Phillips<br />
<b>Writers:</b> Todd Phillips, Scott Silver<br />
<b>Stars:</b> Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetzs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093895270912854670.post-37864575101769724792019-11-06T18:03:00.002+01:002019-11-06T18:03:29.027+01:00Soundtrack Wednesday - Succession<img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="540" height="532" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JeOahqumPFA/XcL4TlIpIMI/AAAAAAAAto0/_tqkPA5bLD8AKC4qM8mqcm6ziMO_eZmuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/tumblr_pzmwneYSz41wlfcy0o3_r2_540.gif" width="640" />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Movie rating:</span></b> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">63<span style="color: #cc0000;">/100</span></span></b>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Plot:</span></b> A boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living in isn't as safe as he thought.<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>The heroes</b>:</span> Eli, a boy who may be on his way to getting cured...or murdered.<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>The antagonists</b>:</span> Ghosts? Doctors? His parents?<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best scene:</span></b> The last 15 minutes, which are very surprising.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Oh-oh something's not right line:</span></b><i> The decontamination chamber is our only way in or out.</i><br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">What makes it so great?</span></b> This had the advantage of me watching it directly after <b>Wounds</b>, another horror film that landed on Netflix last Friday. While <b>Wounds </b>was terrible, <b>Eli</b> is quite a decent horror flick with really crazy last act and I always love it when films are at its strongest just before the ending. It also has pretty great cast - <b>Kelly Reilly</b> and <b>Lili Taylor</b> are here, along with <b>Sadie Sink </b>who plays Max on <b>Stranger Things</b>. <b>Sink</b> plays the character here exactly the same way she plays Max, but it's cool to see her outside the show. The film is nothing tremendously unique but it is worth watching for the last few scenes alone.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Scare factor:</span></b> <img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /> - <b>2/5 evil pumpkins - </b>there are some spooky moments and jump scare fake outs all over this movie. It's not very original but some of it is quite effective.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Gore factor:</span></b><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" />-<b>2/5 bloody Leatherfaces -</b> not much gore in this one, but there is one face exploding moment that is quite surprising.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Is there a twist?</span></b> There is a really great twist that reveals that the film is about a completely different horror story than the one we thought we were watching. Maybe some of you will guess it along the way, but I was surprised. Also there's a smaller twist near the very end that I liked, where a character that usually gets killed in this particular scenario is spared.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Unsuitable for:</span> </b>People who are about to receive any kind of treatment in a hospital.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Repercussions:</span></span> </b>Fear of your own child. Fear of hospitals. Fear of mirrors.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Plot:</span></b> A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>The heroes</b>:</span> One very unlucky but brave and capable bride.<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>The antagonists</b>:</span> Her in-laws.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Best scene:</span></b> The ending.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Oh-oh something's not right line:</span></b><i> You'll have to hide better than that.</i><br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">What makes it so great?</span></b> Boy, between this, <b>Us</b> and <b>Parasite </b>the rich are really getting quite the beating this year, huh? This is the most entertaining and creative horror film since <b>The Cabin in the Woods</b> and the most surprising horror script since <b>Get Out</b>. It's hilarious, twisted and so much fun. At 90 minutes run time it's a really engaging movie and <b>Samara Weaving</b>'s Grace is a fantastic heroine - resourceful, brave, funny and relatable. <br /><br><a name='more'></a>It's also so great to see <b>Andie MacDowell</b> playing against the type and <b>Henry Czenry</b> here. <b>Brian Tyler</b>'s score is just terrific and the cinematography, the costumes and production design are lovely. The film has so many laughs and twists in store, it's definitely one of the year's most entertaining and crowd pleasing films. Also - what the fuck is wrong with people? Why does nobody follow the rule of the groom not seeing the bride before the weeding?! Everyone knows it's bad luck!<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Scare factor:</span></b> <img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBWY1Mxig4/TrbVsghfsFI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DVUxaSLoYDI/s1600/pumpkin_la_by_snowshi-d315psk.gif" style="border: medium none;" /> - <b>2/5 evil pumpkins - </b>there are not many jump scares and the ones that happen usually end with something funny. It's a dark comedy in a way, but Grace whom we relate to and root for is always in danger so that provides a lot of tension.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Gore factor:</span></b><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIExuD7xFR0/TrbVIGxmZsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/PX6qkd9Tn6Y/s1600/_leatherface_by_sml_e.gif" style="border: medium none;" />- <b>4/5 bloody Leatherfaces -</b> That fucking nail! There's a gnarly moment featuring one in here. There's a lot of gore in this one.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Is there a twist?</span></b> Yes and it's a pretty great one. There's also plenty of smaller twists along the way.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Unsuitable for:</span> </b>People who are about to get married or meet their new in-laws.<br />
<b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Repercussions:</span></span> </b>Fear of games. Fear of fences. Fear of nails. Fear of your partner's family.<br />
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6 years after the finale of <b>Breaking Bad </b>we got the sequel focusing on Jesse Pinkman. I was worried how it will turn out, given how perfect the last shot of Jesse in the series' finale was. A lot of people are complaining that <b>El Camino</b> wasn't necessary. No, it wasn't. But that didn't make it any less enjoyable.<br />
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At the end of the show we saw Jesse driving away. We knew the cops will follow him. But now we finally got closure. <b>El Camino</b> focuses on Jesse really starting over - getting the money to do that and the new identity that will allow him to start fresh. He also gets to say goodbye to his parents, leave the letter to Brock and see his friends one last time.<br />
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The film has a lot of tense moments but I was surprised how peaceful and toned down it was. <b>Vince Gilligan</b> could have bent over backwards to include the main characters from <b>Breaking Bad</b> in this movie - having Jesse meet with Walt's family, Marie or include flashbacks with Hank - but he didn't do that. As far as I can tell there are also no real links to the spin off show <b>Better Call Saul</b>. <b>Gilligan </b>did the more difficult thing and relied simply on the strength of Jesse's character, <b>Aaron Paul</b>'s performance and the writing to engage the viewer.<br />
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That's not to say there aren't many fan service moments and delightful surprises for the fans of the show - several characters from <b>Breaking Bad</b> make an appearance and we even get to see Walt again. I see some complaints about the flashback being unnecessary and maybe it was, but for me it was wonderful seeing Walt and Jesse getting along again - the scene was set right after they were trapped on the desert for few days. The most important thing about the flashback was Walt's line about Jesse being lucky that he didn't have to wait his whole life to do something special. We already knew that Walt's real drive for his criminal activities was his ego but that line only reinforces that. His main reason for breaking bad wasn't his family, it was him getting to do something he was good at and took pride in, no matter how terrible the consequences of that were.<br />
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By the end of the show Walt lost his good nature entirely but Jesse was always a good person and he remained that person in<b> El Camino</b> - he genuinely doesn't want to hurt good people but he was put through such hell you never know if he is about to reach his breaking point. There's an amazing moment when he is holding a gun to the head of someone who we and him think is a cop and he has tears in his eyes. Jesse is good, he doesn't want to kill anyone decent. But maybe he has had enough and the desire to flee, no matter what, will prevail and he will pull the trigger? He doesn't of course, because this is not who he is. The movie managed to stay true to the series and most importantly stay true to Jesse.<br />
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The film focuses on the relationship Jesse had with Jane in its ending, even having Jane deliver the final lines. That made sense to me, because while Jane did terrible things when she was using drugs, otherwise she was a good person who tried her best and Jesse was so happy with her. And it was not Jesse's fault she died, unlike with Andrea who got shot because Todd wanted to send Jesse a message. I thought focusing on Jane worked better, because the memory of Andrea would only bring feelings of guilt to Jesse and <b>Gilligan </b>was going for a happy ending here.<br />
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I really appreciated that the film didn't show in great detail Jesse's time in captivity. Jesse has suffered so much in the original series, we got what feels like countless scenes of him getting violently beaten up, it would honestly be obscene if most of this movie were the scenes of him suffering even more. They did a wonderful job of showing how broken Jesse was without making it too violent and explicit - one of the best scenes in the movie is when Jesse gives Todd his gun back. <b>Jesse Plemmons</b> again gives an absolutely chilling performance as Todd. The scenes in his apartment were like something from <b>American Psycho</b>, if Patrick Batman was a supporting character. And <b>Matt Jones</b> as Badger and <b>Charles Baker</b> as Skinny Pete did a great job, being friends to Jesse anyone would be lucky to have. It's also wonderful to see<b> Robert Forster</b>, in what is sadly his final role.<br />
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The film has the look of<b> Breaking Bad</b> and some of the greatest scene transitions I've seen in a very long time. There's a scene where Jesse is taking a shower in the present cutting to him being hosed down by his captors in the past that perfectly illustrates the trauma he endured and the effects it had on his mind. Then there are editing cuts that blur the present and the past so well, it actually takes you a moment to place when the events are taking place. That really keeps you on the edge of your seat and creates an atmosphere of mystery.<br />
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I am appalled by all the people complaining about the looks of the returning actors. People age and it has been 6 years since the show ended. Instead of being happy that they are getting a sequel to the beloved series written and directed by its original creator people whine about the actors looking different. <b>Gilligan</b> is visibly trying to hide that - blurring the image, shooting from the far etc. and honestly I wish he wasn't doing that at all because it was all those tricks that were distracting me, not the way the actors looked.<br />
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Gilligan <u><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/el-camino-breaking-bad-interview-vince-gilligan-interview-895479/">said</a></u> it best - "<i>I’m hoping people will take it for what it is: something that’s meant to be a gift to the fans, and a gift to Aaron Paul, who I truly believe deserves many more movies where he’s the star. It was something done for the love of it, something that I hope people will enjoy and get some sort of deeper satisfaction from</i>." <b>Aaron Paul</b> has already won three Emmys for his portrayal of Jesse Pinkman and I hope he wins another one for this movie. While the film has a lot of strengths, his performance is the best thing here, as is the character of Jesse, who was always the heart of this story, and while that heart is scarred and bleeding, the kindness inside of it remains.
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<b>Plot: </b>After escaping Jack and his gang, Jesse Pinkman goes on the run from the police and tries to escape his own inner turmoil.<br />
<b>Director:</b> Vince Gilligan<br />
<b>Writers:</b> Vince Gilligan<br />
<b>Stars:</b> Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Matt Joness.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com8