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I played nice and went to see this with my husband. Major snorefest. Christopher Nolan is so full of himself. Give me an old fashioned historical account with dialog and character development told in some semblance of time. Please!Dunkirk - decent but flawed account of the Dunkirk rescue. Christopher Nolan is NOT the Messiah.
But wait! The Internet says it is the Greatest Movie Ever Filmed (or at least, the greatest movie since Wonder Woman, which was the Greatest Movie Ever Filmed since whatever trendy thing was released the week before)!Dunkirk - decent but flawed account of the Dunkirk rescue. Christopher Nolan is NOT the Messiah.
Dunkirk - decent but flawed account of the Dunkirk rescue. Christopher Nolan is NOT the Messiah.
Django Unchained. Definitely a Quentin Tarantino film- lots of blood with dark humor. Stellar cast! Jamie Fox was wonderful and his co-star Christopher Waltz is magnificent.
I live out in the sticks, so no.Did you see the 70mm version?
I hope they are still showing that version. I missed it this weekend and really wanted to see the 70 mm version.
I don't think it's Nolan so much as his fan base. I find him rather like Tarantino - both undeniably talented filmmakers, but both have acquired vocal fanbases who think they are the best thing since sliced bread, and they're not. But they take the adulation on board, think they can do no wrong, and become terribly self-indulgent. What they both need is a collaborator they can trust who can say to them "No, that goes a bit too far / misses the point / whatever. Stay focused on what you're good at, and don't be too much of a cleverclogs."I played nice and went to see this with my husband. Major snorefest. Christopher Nolan is so full of himself.
This is possibly the funniest (and most true) thing I've heard in a while. Thank you for this postI don't think it's Nolan so much as his fan base. I find him rather like Tarantino - both undeniably talented filmmakers, but both have acquired vocal fanbases who think they are the best thing since sliced bread, and they're not. But they take the adulation on board, think they can do no wrong, and become terribly self-indulgent. What they both need is a collaborator they can trust who can say to them "No, that goes a bit too far / misses the point / whatever. Stay focused on what you're good at, and don't be too much of a cleverclogs."
Zack Snyder, by contrast - another one with a very vocal fanbase - is brilliant at putting visuals on screen, but his critical faculties are filtered through the thought processes of a 13-year old who has only ever read comic books, has ADHD, and hasn't taken his Ritalin.
We all like horror films, but there are limits.Then I ate a homemade taco with lotsa srirrrrracha. And Malt liquor. We won't talk about what happened the next morning.
My thoughts when I saw it:The Babadook
My son and I laughed all the way through this one, and I don't think that was the film's intention. I was disappointed because this was really the first scary movie he and I watched together. Not scary at all. The kid in it was a great actor, though. I will say that. I'll show him Halloween next so he understands what horror is all about.