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Post by PatSox on Jul 23, 2017 10:06:32 GMT -5
DunkirkI've been a huge Nolan fan for a while now. That's no secret. I really liked Momento, Insomnia, The Prestige, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, even Interstellar, which some people didn't much care for. And Inception is one of my all time favorites. Again, no secret there. So coming in to Dunkirk, I had high hopes. I've heard nothing but good to great things, with a few exceptions, but those people all pretty much parrotted the same issues, which I'll get to later. Now that I've seen it for myself, all I can say is Inception might need to slide over one slot.....Okay that might too much. It's early and I've only seen Dunkirk once, but HOLY SHIT!!! I won't waste time talking about what it's about, that's already known, or easily discovered. And from what I've read, people that were there or that have studied it say that this film is extremely accurate in how it depicts what went on there. Nolan was clearly going for making the event the star of this movie. Not Tom Hardy, or Mark Rylance, or Harry Styles (who was actually pretty good, btw), or this new kid Fionn Whitehead, who gets most of the screen time and is mostly quiet, yet excellent The movie Dunkirk is about Dunkirk. Not in a documentary sense, it's about conveying what it was like to be one of those poor bastards trapped on beach, or out at sea, with nothing but a seemingly endless bombardment of bullets and bombs and torpedos, while trying to survive long enough to finally just get the fuck out of there. And boy does it convey that. You feel trapped a bit yourself. Tense, nervous yet at least you have the luxury of being thrilled and intrigued by what's going on, from the safety of your movie theater seat. Speaking of which, my left hand was sore for about an hour, after leaving the theater..........no not because of THAT. I'm a righty. Because I was literally gripping the arm of my seat for most of this movie. That's a first for me. But it was justified. The way this is shot, the visuals, the sound.....oh my god, the fucking SOUND!!!! This is the best sound design and mixing I've ever heard in a film in my life. Those Imax theater speakers were cranked to 11 and shaking the damn floor. And the music. Hans Zimmer's remarkably effective music, that accompanies this fucking masterpiece works in perfect, horrific harmony with the sound effects as plains swoop in, torpedos launch, ships tilt and sink. And there is this ticking clock sound that permiates throughought the entire film, fading in and out that just keeps you on edge the entire time Now I'll tell you what isn't here. Exposition; backstory; character development; interesting personalities; hell there isn't even much dialogue. These are the things this films few detractors are pointing to as to why they thought this story didn't grab them. Because they just didn't get to know any of the characters enough to feel invested and care about what's happening. To me, those people really missed the boat....okay that's a funny thing to say, considering what movie this is, but seriously, I feel sad for those people, who need that sort of thing to enjoy THIS kind of movie. All that stuff has it's place, but that place is in movies that rely on characters to drive the narrative Nolan doesn't do that here. He does something better, at least for this particular subject and hell maybe even for the war film genre as a whole. He skips all the superfolous and ancillary tropes. There are no slower scenes where the men sit around and talk about there wives and kids, or their daddy's farm, or how bad they want to go get back home so they can go to Coney Island and get a hotdog (I know they're brits, but you know what I'm getting at). There are no typical character archetypes. Like the funny one, or the mean, gruff one who turns out to have a heart of gold. None of that typical shit. You learn all you need to know about these men by their actions. They are thrust in this horrible, desperate, helpless situation and how they act in those moments is how you learn who they are. Even the "cowards" are completely relatable because you are right there with them, as the situation they're in is conveyed so masterfully. This is a war movie that uses show me, don't tell me better than anything I can recall Now is it all doom and gloom? Yes....okay, I'm kidding. No. There are some genuine heroic and uplifting moments. Especially in the third act. The way they bring it all together with what Rylance is doing on the water, what Whitehead's character, Tommy is going through in town, on the beach and on the water and what Tom Hardy's pilot character is doing up in the air, it makes for some really satisfying moments of convergence, when all seems lost. It sometimes is.....and yet it sometimes isn't. And those moments feel earned. Everything in this movie is earned. It's Nolan. That's not CGI, those are real spitfire fighters and real ships and real men....thousands of them. This film is an achievment on a lot of levels and an expireince you owe to yourself. If you can see it in IMAX. It's about as worthy of the extra cash as anything from this young century. I loved this movie. And since I really can't find a detractable flaw with it, I'm going bigtime.... 10 / 10
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Post by slaytan on Jul 25, 2017 12:58:05 GMT -5
Surprise, patsux loved it.
J/k
Nice review, Patsux. I'm interested in this one a lot, hope it doesn't suck. Will be the first movie I've seen in theaters since... I'm not sure. The way back? Rambo 2008?
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Post by PatSox on Jul 25, 2017 15:39:01 GMT -5
Surprise, patsux loved it. J/k Nice review, Patsux. I'm interested in this one a lot, hope it doesn't suck. Will be the first movie I've seen in theaters since... I'm not sure. The way back? Rambo 2008? I could actually see this being one of the rare modern films you like. Because it cuts out all the typical bullshit and just focuses on the event and conveying the realities of their predicament
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Post by Baph on Aug 3, 2017 23:46:57 GMT -5
Goodnight Mommy - 8 of 10.
Was cruising toward a 9 with this creepy sci-fi horror piece, but got a little tired of the schtick toward the end. Very lord of the flies vibe, Sweedish so there are subtitles, but I guess that's NBD for Jackal. Twin boys . . . maybe 10 yrs old? . . . get this weird idea that their mom is not their mom after she has a wreck and has some reconstructive surgery, has to stay bandaged for a few weeks . . . and they get waaaaaaay off in the weeds with paranoia and sociopathic behavior. Kids can be scary as fuck. And not in a Chucky way, or a Japanese horror way, but in a . . . 10 yr olds are irrational and don't understand the consequences way, and they seem pretty fucking sure you aren't you and you might be fucked here, way.
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Post by mmaphreak on Aug 6, 2017 19:43:09 GMT -5
The Dark Tower (There will be spoilers)
I am not an avid reader, so I had no clue as to any back story going in. The only thing I knew was from watching the trailers. The main idea of the movie is a cool concept. Tower at the center of the universe that protects all of the worlds connected to it. What does it protect it from? Apparently there are some mean, ugly creatures that mean to consume the universe. Our antagonist, The Man in Black, played well by Matthew Mcconaughey, wants to destroy the tower. It was said that if the tower were to fall, the beasts would destroy the universe and MiB would then rule the universe. This concept was either flawed or poorly presented. MiB seems to be doing pretty damn well as it is. He commands a group of faceless creatures, can kill people at will, travels across worlds at his leisure, and pretty much walks through anything and everything. Why would he want to rule over a world of hideous beasts?
Our protagonist, Roland Deschain / The Gunslinger played beautifully by Idris Elba, is nothing special in the world of movie protagonists. A once great valiant warrior who lost his way due to MiB killing his father which made him become consumed with exacting revenge, abandoning his once noble profession of Gunslinger. Seems like we've seen this character a million times in genres from bad, old karate flics to modern crime dramas. The character just wasn't written in an original way whatsoever. Elba does a masterful job with what he was given. In my opinion he is as powerful a silver screen presence as there is right now. I don't know if his acting skills are versatile enough to star in a rom-com, but I don't give a shit. In these types of movies, Elba shines. You hang on his every line.
The kid does a credible job as Jake Chambers. While he is clearly an enlightened character due to his level of shine, he still plays the role as a kid. Nothing I hate worse than kids trying to play their character as an adult (see the kid in Ender's Game). They spent an adequate amount of time developing the boy's character. You got to know him before things got dicey. Too bad they didn't spend an equal amount of time developing the gunslinger's character.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but it felt a bit rushed. I would have loved to see some scenes of the Gunslinger in his heyday. What exactly his job was when there were other Gunslingers. I think that would have made his fall from grace a bit more powerful. There is one scene where the Gunslinger and boy go to a village and you can see the instant reverence of the people when they hear that he was a gunslinger and their disgust when they discover his fall from grace. Even the ending fight scene between the Gunslinger and MiB felt rushed. It was over pretty quickly. Would love to see more about the Gunslinger's world. Pretty much all we got to see were the child exploitation factory/MiB's laboratory, and the one village they went to.
Bonus: Even though they did their best to make Jake's mom look haggard, you could tell she was hot. I looked her up and sure enough, smoking hot. Don't know her from anything else.
So again, in spite of some story driven flaws, I still enjoyed the movie.
7.5/10
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Post by boboplata on Aug 9, 2017 1:13:31 GMT -5
This was awesome.
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Post by Baph on Aug 9, 2017 1:19:09 GMT -5
The Devil's Candy - 9 of 10.
You may already know, this type of shit is my favorite genre, but it's also consistently and largely disappointing. To see a 9 of 10 here is rare, right praise. Really solid, out of nowhere, atmospheric, stylish horror thriller that beautifully walks the fine line between fun heavy metal oddball family flick and dark, disturbing, serial killer satanic possession and torment flick. Really well handled and executed. Wonderfully disturbing. Even hard to watch at times. But still some great "personality" moments with soundtrack and humor.
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Post by Premier on Aug 9, 2017 12:24:57 GMT -5
DunkirkI've been a huge Nolan fan for a while now. That's no secret. I really liked Momento, Insomnia, The Prestige, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, even Interstellar, which some people didn't much care for. And Inception is one of my all time favorites. Again, no secret there. So coming in to Dunkirk, I had high hopes. I've heard nothing but good to great things, with a few exceptions, but those people all pretty much parrotted the same issues, which I'll get to later. Now that I've seen it for myself, all I can say is Inception might need to slide over one slot.....Okay that might too much. It's early and I've only seen Dunkirk once, but HOLY SHIT!!! I won't waste time talking about what it's about, that's already known, or easily discovered. And from what I've read, people that were there or that have studied it say that this film is extremely accurate in how it depicts what went on there. Nolan was clearly going for making the event the star of this movie. Not Tom Hardy, or Mark Rylance, or Harry Styles (who was actually pretty good, btw), or this new kid Fionn Whitehead, who gets most of the screen time and is mostly quiet, yet excellent The movie Dunkirk is about Dunkirk. Not in a documentary sense, it's about conveying what it was like to be one of those poor bastards trapped on beach, or out at sea, with nothing but a seemingly endless bombardment of bullets and bombs and torpedos, while trying to survive long enough to finally just get the fuck out of there. And boy does it convey that. You feel trapped a bit yourself. Tense, nervous yet at least you have the luxury of being thrilled and intrigued by what's going on, from the safety of your movie theater seat. Speaking of which, my left hand was sore for about an hour, after leaving the theater..........no not because of THAT. I'm a righty. Because I was literally gripping the arm of my seat for most of this movie. That's a first for me. But it was justified. The way this is shot, the visuals, the sound.....oh my god, the fucking SOUND!!!! This is the best sound design and mixing I've ever heard in a film in my life. Those Imax theater speakers were cranked to 11 and shaking the damn floor. And the music. Hans Zimmer's remarkably effective music, that accompanies this fucking masterpiece works in perfect, horrific harmony with the sound effects as plains swoop in, torpedos launch, ships tilt and sink. And there is this ticking clock sound that permiates throughought the entire film, fading in and out that just keeps you on edge the entire time Now I'll tell you what isn't here. Exposition; backstory; character development; interesting personalities; hell there isn't even much dialogue. These are the things this films few detractors are pointing to as to why they thought this story didn't grab them. Because they just didn't get to know any of the characters enough to feel invested and care about what's happening. To me, those people really missed the boat....okay that's a funny thing to say, considering what movie this is, but seriously, I feel sad for those people, who need that sort of thing to enjoy THIS kind of movie. All that stuff has it's place, but that place is in movies that rely on characters to drive the narrative Nolan doesn't do that here. He does something better, at least for this particular subject and hell maybe even for the war film genre as a whole. He skips all the superfolous and ancillary tropes. There are no slower scenes where the men sit around and talk about there wives and kids, or their daddy's farm, or how bad they want to go get back home so they can go to Coney Island and get a hotdog (I know they're brits, but you know what I'm getting at). There are no typical character archetypes. Like the funny one, or the mean, gruff one who turns out to have a heart of gold. None of that typical shit. You learn all you need to know about these men by their actions. They are thrust in this horrible, desperate, helpless situation and how they act in those moments is how you learn who they are. Even the "cowards" are completely relatable because you are right there with them, as the situation they're in is conveyed so masterfully. This is a war movie that uses show me, don't tell me better than anything I can recall Now is it all doom and gloom? Yes....okay, I'm kidding. No. There are some genuine heroic and uplifting moments. Especially in the third act. The way they bring it all together with what Rylance is doing on the water, what Whitehead's character, Tommy is going through in town, on the beach and on the water and what Tom Hardy's pilot character is doing up in the air, it makes for some really satisfying moments of convergence, when all seems lost. It sometimes is.....and yet it sometimes isn't. And those moments feel earned. Everything in this movie is earned. It's Nolan. That's not CGI, those are real spitfire fighters and real ships and real men....thousands of them. This film is an achievment on a lot of levels and an expireince you owe to yourself. If you can see it in IMAX. It's about as worthy of the extra cash as anything from this young century. I loved this movie. And since I really can't find a detractable flaw with it, I'm going bigtime.... 10 / 10
I need to watch it. But aside from this great review, all I've heard so far was that the French were pissed because they were misrepresented in the movie. Then the Indians (dot, not feather) got on their high horse too, that they contributions were not mentioned.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 16:55:31 GMT -5
The Devil's Candy - 9 of 10.You may already know, this type of shit is my favorite genre, but it's also consistently and largely disappointing. To see a 9 of 10 here is rare, right praise. Really solid, out of nowhere, atmospheric, stylish horror thriller that beautifully walks the fine line between fun heavy metal oddball family flick and dark, disturbing, serial killer satanic possession and torment flick. Really well handled and executed. Wonderfully disturbing. Even hard to watch at times. But still some great "personality" moments with soundtrack and humor. Is this the 2015 or 2017 movie? I Googled it and there looks like there are two of them.
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Post by Baph on Aug 9, 2017 20:50:40 GMT -5
The Devil's Candy - 9 of 10.You may already know, this type of shit is my favorite genre, but it's also consistently and largely disappointing. To see a 9 of 10 here is rare, right praise. Really solid, out of nowhere, atmospheric, stylish horror thriller that beautifully walks the fine line between fun heavy metal oddball family flick and dark, disturbing, serial killer satanic possession and torment flick. Really well handled and executed. Wonderfully disturbing. Even hard to watch at times. But still some great "personality" moments with soundtrack and humor. Is this the 2015 or 2017 movie? I Googled it and there looks like there are two of them. The hell? Two films with the same name two years apart? That can't be . . . can it?
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Post by adamg01 on Aug 9, 2017 21:54:47 GMT -5
The Magnificent Seven Diverse, Inclusive and Politically Correct Group of Unlikely Comrades That Look Like America While Subtly Reinforcing Stereotypes That You Descendants of Dead White Europeans Have About Blacks, Injuns, Gamblers and Fat Gunslingers
Rated 4/10
Save your seven or eight bucks, or use 'em to see a better film. Absolutely! I cringe when I hear someone talking about how "awesome" it was. Even it was an original movie and I didn't know how much better the original was, it would still blow.
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Post by adamg01 on Aug 9, 2017 21:56:22 GMT -5
The Devil's Candy - 9 of 10.You may already know, this type of shit is my favorite genre, but it's also consistently and largely disappointing. To see a 9 of 10 here is rare, right praise. Really solid, out of nowhere, atmospheric, stylish horror thriller that beautifully walks the fine line between fun heavy metal oddball family flick and dark, disturbing, serial killer satanic possession and torment flick. Really well handled and executed. Wonderfully disturbing. Even hard to watch at times. But still some great "personality" moments with soundtrack and humor. Is this the 2015 or 2017 movie? I Googled it and there looks like there are two of them. 2015. If you are into really dark horror movies this is worth watching. I rated it on here I think about 7.5/10. It's on Netflix.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 5:34:44 GMT -5
Is this the 2015 or 2017 movie? I Googled it and there looks like there are two of them. The hell? Two films with the same name two years apart? That can't be . . . can it? It seems like it may be the same film. However, it has two separate release dates. I was curious because one got pretty good ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and another site it didn't have that great of ratings. Then I read the synopsis and it seems like it is the same but one has a release date of 2015 and the other of 2017, maybe the review was in 2017? I don't know, that is weird.
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Post by Angelo on Aug 10, 2017 5:40:51 GMT -5
The hell? Two films with the same name two years apart? That can't be . . . can it? It seems like it may be the same film. However, it has two separate release dates. I was curious because one got pretty good ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and another site it didn't have that great of ratings. Then I read the synopsis and it seems like it is the same but one has a release date of 2015 and the other of 2017, maybe the review was in 2017? I don't know, that is weird.
Maybe one was a re-cut like they did with Brown Bunny, made it quite a different movie.
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Post by Baph on Aug 10, 2017 11:02:24 GMT -5
I was able to find two release dates as well, 2015 and 2017, perhaps it is a re-release or re-edit, but it's def the same film.
Dark Tower is getting ravaged at the box office and in reviews. One of the common things I keep reading is that McCouneghey as a dark evil wizard threatening the end of the world is comically bad casting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 12:57:12 GMT -5
I was able to find two release dates as well, 2015 and 2017, perhaps it is a re-release or re-edit, but it's def the same film. Dark Tower is getting ravaged at the box office and in reviews. One of the common things I keep reading is that McCouneghey as a dark evil wizard threatening the end of the world is comically bad casting. That was one of my big worries when I heard he was cast as the big bad. "Alright, alright, alright... I'm gonna destroy your world in my Lincoln."
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Post by Baph on Aug 10, 2017 15:49:45 GMT -5
I read a review last night that said if feels like he's trying to sell me a Lincoln, not take over the Earth, and some of his lines and mannerisms are comically bad, direct quote, and it was just mis-cast, period, no way around it. Fans of the book series have also launched some pretty significant complaints. Apparently this dark tower series is enormous, 8 or 10 books, and they've kind of picked pieces from all of them and dumbed it down into a straight forward 90 min summary that just butchers the spirit of the source material, but also requires a ton of subject matter knowledge in order for a viewer to keep up with the pace of the film and the implications of the characters actions and references.
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Post by Canuklehead on Aug 10, 2017 16:34:50 GMT -5
I read a review last night that said if feels like he's trying to sell me a Lincoln, not take over the Earth, and some of his lines and mannerisms are comically bad, direct quote, and it was just mis-cast, period, no way around it. Fans of the book series have also launched some pretty significant complaints. Apparently this dark tower series is enormous, 8 or 10 books, and they've kind of picked pieces from all of them and dumbed it down into a straight forward 90 min summary that just butchers the spirit of the source material, but also requires a ton of subject matter knowledge in order for a viewer to keep up with the pace of the film and the implications of the characters actions and references. I am a huge Dark Tower fan and I have pretty mixed feelings about what I thought of it. I am not a McCouneghey fan and was not a fan of that casting choice but honestly, he was better than I thought he would be but that's not saying a lot. Just to see these characters that I have known so well for so many years on the big screen was cool but overall they could have done a lot better job of explaining everything and 90 mins was way too short. They made this movie about the kid (Jake) and not about the gunslinger (Roland) which bothered me, the first book is called The Gunslinger for fuck sake. The way the books end gives them the perfect excuse to make this more of a sequel or continuation than an adaptation of the novels and they made that very clear through the whole filming/publicity process. Making it different is ok but my problem is that they changed the motivations of the characters to the point that they are not the same characters anymore, especially McCouneghey as the man in black, he becomes a cartoon. There is a short scene where Dennis Haysbert plays Roland's father that I would bet my left nut was a re-shoot just to try to give some kind of backstory on Roland and it was a rushed poorly thought out piece of filler. Being 90 minutes it felt very rushed and I'm not sure if someone who hadn't read the books would really grasp what's going on. Honestly, I did enjoy it but it would be so much better as a TV series because the books are massive and a movie is no way to go in to all the great details of the story. If I had to put a number on it I'll go 6/10
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Post by adamg01 on Aug 10, 2017 19:35:01 GMT -5
I read a review last night that said if feels like he's trying to sell me a Lincoln, not take over the Earth, and some of his lines and mannerisms are comically bad, direct quote, and it was just mis-cast, period, no way around it. Fans of the book series have also launched some pretty significant complaints. Apparently this dark tower series is enormous, 8 or 10 books, and they've kind of picked pieces from all of them and dumbed it down into a straight forward 90 min summary that just butchers the spirit of the source material, but also requires a ton of subject matter knowledge in order for a viewer to keep up with the pace of the film and the implications of the characters actions and references. I am a huge Dark Tower fan and I have pretty mixed feelings about what I thought of it. I am not a McCouneghey fan and was not a fan of that casting choice but honestly, he was better than I thought he would be but that's not saying a lot. Just to see these characters that I have known so well for so many years on the big screen was cool but overall they could have done a lot better job of explaining everything and 90 mins was way too short. They made this movie about the kid (Jake) and not about the gunslinger (Roland) which bothered me, the first book is called The Gunslinger for fuck sake. The way the books end gives them the perfect excuse to make this more of a sequel or continuation than an adaptation of the novels and they made that very clear through the whole filming/publicity process. Making it different is ok but my problem is that they changed the motivations of the characters to the point that they are not the same characters anymore, especially McCouneghey as the man in black, he becomes a cartoon. There is a short scene where Dennis Haysbert plays Roland's father that I would bet my left nut was a re-shoot just to try to give some kind of backstory on Roland and it was a rushed poorly thought out piece of filler. Being 90 minutes it felt very rushed and I'm not sure if someone who hadn't read the books would really grasp what's going on. Honestly, I did enjoy it but it would be so much better as a TV series because the books are massive and a movie is no way to go in to all the great details of the story. If I had to put a number on it I'll go 6/10 McCouneghey gets shit on a lot but he is a great actor in the right role. In the True Detective series he was simply amazing. Also great in Dallas Buyers Club. About 15 years back he had a string of chick flick roles that didn't do his career any favors. Ever since he broke out with the role of A Time To Kill I've been a fan of a lot of his work. I don't see how anyone can shit on him if they don't shit Walhberg or Cruise. They are horrible. Dark Tower is on my radar but given the fact that it has a 6.0 rating on IMDB so early, I'd have to imagine they totally botched a great opportunity.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 19:56:36 GMT -5
I am a huge Dark Tower fan and I have pretty mixed feelings about what I thought of it. I am not a McCouneghey fan and was not a fan of that casting choice but honestly, he was better than I thought he would be but that's not saying a lot. Just to see these characters that I have known so well for so many years on the big screen was cool but overall they could have done a lot better job of explaining everything and 90 mins was way too short. They made this movie about the kid (Jake) and not about the gunslinger (Roland) which bothered me, the first book is called The Gunslinger for fuck sake. The way the books end gives them the perfect excuse to make this more of a sequel or continuation than an adaptation of the novels and they made that very clear through the whole filming/publicity process. Making it different is ok but my problem is that they changed the motivations of the characters to the point that they are not the same characters anymore, especially McCouneghey as the man in black, he becomes a cartoon. There is a short scene where Dennis Haysbert plays Roland's father that I would bet my left nut was a re-shoot just to try to give some kind of backstory on Roland and it was a rushed poorly thought out piece of filler. Being 90 minutes it felt very rushed and I'm not sure if someone who hadn't read the books would really grasp what's going on. Honestly, I did enjoy it but it would be so much better as a TV series because the books are massive and a movie is no way to go in to all the great details of the story. If I had to put a number on it I'll go 6/10 McCouneghey gets shit on a lot but he is a great actor in the right role. In the True Detective series he was simply amazing. Also great in Dallas Buyers Club. About 15 years back he had a string of chick flick roles that didn't do his career any favors. Ever since he broke out with the role of A Time To Kill I've been a fan of a lot of his work. I don't see how anyone can shit on him if they don't shit Walhberg or Cruise. They are horrible. Dark Tower is on my radar but given the fact that it has a 6.0 rating on IMDB so early, I'd have to imagine they totally botched a great opportunity. It was YOU!!!! Lol. You were the guy that gave me faith in Matthew... jerk
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Post by Angelo on Aug 10, 2017 20:16:00 GMT -5
McCouneghey would probably have been quite good in it if it weren't for Nikolaj Arcel's horrible direction.
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Post by adamg01 on Aug 10, 2017 21:08:28 GMT -5
McCouneghey gets shit on a lot but he is a great actor in the right role. In the True Detective series he was simply amazing. Also great in Dallas Buyers Club. About 15 years back he had a string of chick flick roles that didn't do his career any favors. Ever since he broke out with the role of A Time To Kill I've been a fan of a lot of his work. I don't see how anyone can shit on him if they don't shit Walhberg or Cruise. They are horrible. Dark Tower is on my radar but given the fact that it has a 6.0 rating on IMDB so early, I'd have to imagine they totally botched a great opportunity. It was YOU!!!! Lol. You were the guy that gave me faith in Matthew... jerk Bro in all honesty you really need to drive a Lincoln to appreciate him.
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Post by mmaphreak on Aug 10, 2017 21:40:31 GMT -5
if you take mccouneghey's performance for what it was, i thought he pulled it off. again, i don't have the background from the books so i don't know how the character was written in the books. in the movie, he plays it kind of like a smart aleky, conceited, elitest, almost a bit of nerdy/intellectual type way. it's not the all powerful, dark, ultra male dominant spin on the bad guy.
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Post by Baph on Aug 10, 2017 22:59:38 GMT -5
I have zero problem with McCouneghy in the right role.
Mud Lincoln Lawyer Dallas Buyers Club Interstellar Free State of Jones A Time to Kill Frailty Reign of Fire Contact
This guy is no slouch and has range from rom-com to sci fi to serious drama.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 5:43:45 GMT -5
I have zero problem with McCouneghy in the right role. Mud Lincoln Lawyer Dallas Buyers Club Interstellar Free State of Jones A Time to Kill Frailty Reign of Fire Contact This guy is no slouch and has range from rom-com to sci fi to serious drama. I lost a little respect to you when you wrote rom-com. Sorry, can't help it. It is like seeing Dorian Yates say totes...
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Post by sooner2 on Aug 11, 2017 9:25:02 GMT -5
MM is indeed capable of some damn good acting in the right role.
True detective and killer joe are some other examples.
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Post by PatSox on Aug 11, 2017 9:27:08 GMT -5
MM is indeed capable of some damn good acting in the right role. True detective and killer joe are some other examples. As good as he's been in other things, what he did in True Detective was some serious next-level shit that few have achieved. I mean that was some prime Nicholson, De Niro, Daniel Day Lewis level work, IMO Talk about being perfect for a roll and absolutely crushing it
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Post by sooner2 on Aug 11, 2017 9:57:13 GMT -5
Couldn't agree more ^^^^^^^
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Post by mmaphreak on Aug 11, 2017 11:27:26 GMT -5
I have zero problem with McCouneghy in the right role. Mud Lincoln Lawyer Dallas Buyers Club Interstellar Free State of Jones A Time to Kill Frailty Reign of Fire Contact This guy is no slouch and has range from rom-com to sci fi to serious drama. and while it was a small role, i thought he was awesome in Wolf of Wall Street.
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