I personally loved Memories of murder, I found many similar qualities in Parasite, my two favorite of his so far. Okja is quite interesting too. I have yet to watch Mother though.For me, Bong Joon-Ho's best works are still Mother and Snowpiercer, but it's still good to see him finding a wider audience.
I finally saw ‘1917’. It is stunning. It deserved all the awards it received.
Finally saw Joker today. Joaquin (sp?) Phoenix is simply brilliant. If any other actor wins the best lad actor Oscar this year, it will be a wuzrobbed. The movie had the violence that I had read about but it was palatable because it was in line with the character of the story. With some other movies I hate the gratuitous violence that is not needed.
I honestly think Antonio Banderas deserves it after watching both performances.
I have seen both. I liked Pain and Glory personally more than Joker. But I do have to give it Phoenix on the acting front. He was pretty incredible.I saw both and my vote goes to Phoenix.
Where are you watching these?Saw the Iscar nominated live action shirts today. Most of them were good. My ranking is as follows-
1. Saria (about an orphanage in Guatemala. Chilling)
2. A Sister ( my favorite- suspenseful)
3. Brotherhood (another chilling movie, but too much blood for me)
4. Neighbor’s window
4. (Tie) N... Football club (about two kids and a donkey)
Some humor in the last two.
I think Saria will win the Oscar.
Where are you watching these?
Where are you watching these?
Saw Marriage Story last night. Thought the screenplay was weak but the performances were very good.
And yet, for those who believe in the concept of auteurs and that the best films are ones in which we can feel the personal vision and personality of the filmmaker in every frame, “Lady Bird” is elevated far above other enjoyable coming-of-age stories because it is clearly comes from a distinct voice. That the film’s rhythms and personality fit so nicely with Gerwig’s unique screen presence as an actress only strengthens this sense of a handcrafted film and the arrival of a fully formed, mature filmmaker.
Take the film’s opening: Driving home from visiting colleges, Lady Bird (Ronan) and her mother (Metcalf) share a cry at the conclusion of their book on tape, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Ronan’s “I wish I could live through something” line prompts an epic, but we assume common, mother-daughter fight — introducing the family’s financial situation and Lady Bird’s desire to go to school in New York — and it concludes with her jumping out of the moving car while her mother screams in horror behind the steering wheel. Cut to Lady Bird in her school’s chapel with a cast on her arm. An upbeat, but intentionally ordinary and toned-down track from composer Jon Brion fills the soundtrack.
The order of events is something that might make sense in a Pedro Almodovar or Wes Anderson film, yet Gerwig’s filmmaking possesses none of Almodovar’s stylized zaniness or Anderson’s diorama artifice. She plays it straight. Gerwig juxtaposes moments like this throughout the film, certainly sometimes for a laugh, but never with hint of irony or remove. Over the Brion track, what follows is a deceptively breezy montage that, in just a few minutes, amusingly introduces us to over a dozen significant characters and another 15 relationships. This accomplishment from an exposition standpoint is mind boggling, but it is thoroughly entertaining and more importantly visually introduces us to major conflicts — the cause of unspoken tension with her best friend, Lady Bird’s uneasy relationship with religion, and many more — that resonate and deepen as the film unspools.
This is Howard Hawks-level work. Gerwig is driving 200mph around hairpin turns, humming a song and making it look and feel like a stroll in the park. “Lady Bird” is every inch as painstakingly planned out and precise in its complexity as “Dunkirk,” but without an inch of the directorial flex. To say this is mostly Gerwig’s incredible script is to ignore the tradition — from Billy Wilder to Noah Baumbach — of directors who constantly rewrite until they find unique ways to balance dramatic truth and comedy. For them, the script is like sheet music for the song playing in their head, which are tuned so every note is perfected before being taken to collaborators who must be conducted to play the same piece of music.
I agree about Christian Bale. He is one of the best and most interesting actors of these times. If he is in it I will be interested in seeing it.Saw Ford v Ferrari yesterday. Very well made, although at times the car racing got to me - speed in particular. The engineering part was interesting though I didn’t understand all of it.
Christian Bale is a fantastic actor. I say that every time I see him in a movie. He should have received the Best actor Oscar nomination. I didn’t know the story of Ken Miles because I am not into car racing. Surprising ending.
I haven't watched all of The Irishman. But a problem I had with it was that when they made De Niro character younger in appearance, his body in terms of look and movement looked like a guy in his 70s. Make up and CGI doesn't cover up that stuff.
I'm slowly making my way through The Irishman. I agree with you, and those blue contact lenses are not helping matters.