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12-13-2017, 04:13 PM | #20713 (permalink) |
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Big Eyes (2014)
Some people have said that this is Tim Burton's best film in years and... I'll have to agree. Fully. It's not only a really good movie, but one of the best this troubled director has ever managed to slap together. Amy Adams is great in the lead role and Christoph Waltz is... pretty hilarious in his wide grinnedd over-acting. The movie plays as a pretty straight drama with some comedic undertones. It's really just an interesting story - somewhat closely based on real world events. The movie is about a 50's painter whose new husband takes credit for all of her works, riding the train to fame while she's forced to pain her pieces in secret. I'm not going to say that it's a complex movie, because it's pretty damn simple. As far as mainstream drama goes, this is pretty damn good. Mary & Max (2009) This stop-motion animated film is a straight up gem. The attention to detail is downright stunning. There's so many little odd, funny, poignant details in the sets and character animations. The story is heartwarming, but avoids being too sappy. There's some surprising moments where the movie dares to "get real" instead of succumbing to typical Pixar movie feel-good plot points. It's both strangely suitable for kids and yet unquestionable also a movie that isn't afraid to touch upon some very much not kid friendly subject matter. I've never seen a movie that walked this line so adeptly. The script is intelligent, the ending is very hard to watch without sobbing like a bitch and best of all, the two main characters are as endearing as they are flawed and interesting. I actually expected this movie to be far more "normal", but it isn't. It's exceptional. Yeah... just watch this movie already? You absolutely have to. Tokyo Decadence (1992) This movie is kind of strange. The first two thirds play mostly like an erotic movie that often curveballs into straight up softcore porn. Sometimes further into not-so-soft. The last third is straight up drama - and the first part of the movie of course builds up to that. This movie kind of made Von Trier's Nymphomaniac seem restrained, but it's still not exactly a movie you'll have an easy time explaining if someone opens the door while you're watching it. The movie follows Ai, a young woman who works as a high-end prostitute, but who also dreams of going back to her now married ex. She visits a fortuneteller in the beginning of the movie and she follows a set of instructions in the hope that luck will smile at her. She gets progressively less and less comfortable with her work, which spirals into weirder and weirder situations as her clients become more extreme and unhinged. In the last part of the movie, she decides to throw in everything she has to get her ex back, but sadly, in order to gather courage, she's eaten a pill that makes her high as a kite. Things end not quite ideally for Ai and - while I can't say that I quite understood the ending - the movie seems to actively contrast her dreams with how life has a way of showing you down it's chosen path, no matter where you might wish you could go instead. It's kind of a sad movie, really, but also just weird enough that I'm not sure what to make of it. A noteworthy thing is how the music and the visual presentation, as well as some of the performances, can at times be quite striking. |
12-13-2017, 11:11 PM | #20715 (permalink) |
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Have they ever released blockbusters?
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12-14-2017, 02:33 AM | #20716 (permalink) |
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The problem is they aren't promoted like a blockbuster.
The industry promotes sure bets (sequels, superheroes, etc), not good / experimental cinema. They are under the assumption that the masses won't / couldn't appreciate these films. I believe they are mistaken.
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12-14-2017, 04:33 AM | #20717 (permalink) |
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Tarantino and Nolan have had their moments with blockbuster movies that step outside of Hollywood's comfort zone, but no a lot of the better, riskier movies I've seen have had lower budgets. There was a really great movie called "****" that I saw probably four or five months ago now at least, I don't even know if it made $1M, but it's probably in the top three movies I've seen this year, and last year I think the best movie I saw was The Lobster, that made about $5M I think.
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12-14-2017, 06:26 AM | #20719 (permalink) | |
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Btw, that other dinosaur stop-motion movie? Maybe One Million Years BC? The one with Raquel Welch?
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