duaneiac Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 A somewhat comedic action-adventure film that just goes on way too long. I'm afraid the filmmakers fell in love with the exotic locales of Brazil and designed a story to show off all of it, from Rio to Brasilia, including favelas, rain forests, rivers, etc. It's hard to figure ho so many people with proven talent could work so hard to produce something that is so monumentally pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 4 hours ago, duaneiac said: A somewhat comedic action-adventure film that just goes on way too long. I'm afraid the filmmakers fell in love with the exotic locales of Brazil and designed a story to show off all of it, from Rio to Brasilia, including favelas, rain forests, rivers, etc. It's hard to figure ho so many people with proven talent could work so hard to produce something that is so monumentally pointless. Sort of like a record date that looks good on paper, but .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 "L'homme de Rio" was a big hit with me when it came out. now more than fifty years later i am watching it again right now on youtube and have a daughter living in Rio. who would have thought.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Manchester By The Sea - Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 What a silly, absurd movie. And I mean that in the good sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Interstellar - Christopher Nolan (2014) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 On 4/3/2017 at 0:38 PM, paul secor said: Sort of like a record date that looks good on paper, but .... But even a record date, at least as far as classic era jazz recordings go, meant just that "a date", one day of work. It's understandable that once in a while even the most respected group of musicians can be gathered together in a recording studio for one day and none of them, for whatever reason, really hits the groove on that particular day. A film though, requires months of work, from writing the script and pre-production, to the actual filming, to the editing and post-production work. During all that time that was spent making The Last Tycoon, surely somebody must have realized there was simply no there there. I hope every one was at least well paid. I'm sure the studio lost money on the deal (and they deserved to). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 The Barefoot Contessa - Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1954) Never warmed to this film, a lot of very artificial sounding gabbing without much of a payoff. The cinematography is another thing, Jack Cardiff's camerawork is great and the film looks very appealing in HiDef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 I just watched Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. Very, very good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 I Called Him Morgan Q & A with "Tootie" Heath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Swinger said: I just watched Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. Very, very good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 The Salvation - Kristian Levring (2014) Rewatch. Stripped down, dark and violent revenge tale against blackhearted evildoers. Elegantly simple, old school western. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 The Right Stuff - Philip Kaufman (1983) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie - Ronald Neame (1969) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 A couple of WW II related films: Paul Lukas has a couple of great scenes which certainly helped win him the Oscar that year. Interesting to see how this poster was made to sell potential audiences on The Burmese Harp. If they went in expecting a dramatic, action packed war film, they must have been very disappointed by what they saw. It's a wonderful film, more about the consequences of war than the actual actions of war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Damsels in Distress - Whit Stillman Like a Woody Allen film minus intelligence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Rewatched Things To Come - Mia Hansen-Love (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 10 hours ago, kinuta said: Rewatched Things To Come - Mia Hansen-Love (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Rewatched Elle - Paul Verhoeven (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Frantz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Rewatched Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev (2011) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 6 hours ago, kinuta said: Rewatched Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev (2011) Rewatched it?! Good lord... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 whole lota poutin' goin' on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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