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MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!

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Slap Shot said:
He was good in Ninth Gate but it's a horrible film.
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I don't agree. It's a good film, but it could have been a great film. Langella is terrific (of course). The woman who plays Kessler and the man who plays Fargas are wonderful. The man who plays the Ceniza brothers is AMAZING. So the acting isn't the problem.

If you get the chance, read the book (Arturo Pérez-Reverte's Club Dumas). Be warned: it is completely different -- as different a book from a movie as there's ever been. The book is in the spirit of Eco's Foucault's Pendulum -- it's about literature and a great deal about European intellectual strangeness. It's also got to be the only book that has more f-cking in it than the movie. Reverte also wrote a book called The Flanders Panel, which is delightful and quirky, and which I've always wanted somebody smart to make into a movie.
 
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OK, this is an old film, but if you're any part of the sort who music is a huge part of their lives, who believes that there's some sort of power or spiritualism in music, who can check their brain at the door and quit analyzing, and just feel, then you should see August Rush.

I'm about as cynical and curmudgeonly as you can get, and this one gets me weepy every time. Saw it again today, and same result. To me, it's just magical.
 
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rufus said:
OK, this is an old film, but if you're any part of the sort who music is a huge part of their lives, who believes that there's some sort of power or spiritualism in music, who can check their brain at the door and quit analyzing, and just feel, then you should see August Rush.

I'm about as cynical and curmudgeonly as you can get, and this one gets me weepy every time. Saw it again today, and same result. To me, it's just magical.
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Agreed on all counts. Such a wonderful film...and that scene where they play guitar together in the park is definitely a heave cry!
 
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Off the top of my head, Depp was great in Brasco, Chocolate Factory, that third Desperado movie (Once Upon A Time In Mexico?), Gilbert Grape, the first Pirates (haven't seen the others), Public Enemies (although I liked that movie more than the general public).

I agree, though, that those movies are not necessarily great movies, but he excelled in them.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Put me in the column who thinks Depp is an overrated typecast actor.
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If you mean "off the wall eccentric character" I whole-heartedly agree. If you think he's overrated overall, then I beg to differ slightly. He is typecast. But he does a wonderful job in his roles.
 
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Saw Rogue One tonight, in a packed theater with the Ultra Screen (80ft across). I liked it a lot. It had great pacing, good characters used, though Forrest Whitaker's delivery of his lines might start grating on me with repeat viewings, the whole thing just worked. With that said, I'm still not sure about the appearance of two characters' faces. CGI faces are tough to get right, and they looked like high-end videogame faces rather than movie quality CGI. Really, Whitaker's voice and those two faces are the only things where I could find fault.

The hairless Ewok firing his rifle during the big battle scene was a fun add, or whatever alien race he was supposed to be.
 
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I'm thinking I need to see this on Monday. It's becoming close to spoiler-riffic. Not any of anyone's fault but my own. This movie is that big.
 
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I'm thinking I need to see this on Monday. It's becoming close to spoiler-riffic. Not any of anyone's fault but my own. This movie is that big.
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Just go, I went by myself tonight...might be my favorite of all the Star Wars movies...although it's hard to find time to rewatch any of the originals since the wife refuses...
 
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St. Clown said:
I'm still not sure about the appearance of two characters' faces. CGI faces are tough to get right, and they looked like high-end videogame faces rather than movie quality CGI. Really, Whitaker's voice and those two faces are the only things where I could find fault.
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I hadn't heard about the main CGI face and remarked to the wife that they found a dead ringer (no pun) to play that character.

Found out afterwards about the "controversy" surrounding this.

Had me fooled, but I wasn't looking for it.

The last one was a little off and I couldn't tell if it was b-roll that they tried to make look modern or cgi.


Still better than the CGI adds to IV-VI and shows where the art is headed. Kinda scary in a way.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I hadn't heard about the main CGI face and remarked to the wife that they found a dead ringer (no pun) to play that character.

Found out afterwards about the "controversy" surrounding this.

Had me fooled, but I wasn't looking for it.

The last one was a little off and I couldn't tell if it was b-roll that they tried to make look modern or cgi.


Still better than the CGI adds to IV-VI and shows where the art is headed. Kinda scary in a way.
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There are other faces that those two, but the other ones you're really have to know what's what with regards to Star Wars. If you'd like, I can give you a YouTube clip, it's fairly short, talking about how they performed those visual feats.
 
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samiov84 said:
What comedy should I watch tonight if I love Borat, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hangover?
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If you like Crazy, Stupid, Love you should wrap your head tightly in a plastic bag and hyperventilate. Better, turn on the gas oven and put your head in it. But take the bag off first or it won't work.

Then go watch Sausage Party, it's great.

Oh, and welcome to the Cafe. :)
 
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Kepler said:
Depp was good in Ninth Gate. That was in 1999. I haven't liked him in anything since. I think he had potential and it went to hell for whatever reason. c.f. Nicholson and Pacino.

But in general actors pass through good and bad periods, like painters. There has rarely been an actor who was uniformally good throughout his career.
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Edward Scissorhands was 1990? egads.

In a weird way, Depp reminds me a little of Jack Elam: there are so many movies where he plays a great supporting role as part of an ensemble cast, but his range as a lead actor isn't nearly as broad.
 
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The studio has sent out notice that if reviewers don't like Patriots Day they're Boston Wicked Weak.
 
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