Movie review thread...
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Last night was The Big Lebowski. It's not my favourite Coen brothers movie but John Turturro and John Goodman are scene-stealers. The Dude, is well, the Dude.
It did poorly at the box office didn't it? A cult classic that has grown in stature over time
It looks like it did according to IMDb. But box office success does not always equal quality. The Shawshank Redemption bombed too.
I think it's all relative, at the time of its release it was the second most successful Coen Brothers film at the box office, Fargo was really their only box office success at that time.
So probably more an expectation of box office rather than its actual box office and if Fargo hadn't turned into an Oscar smash then The Big Lebowski may have taken less.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Coen movies are not always for mass appeal either. You would think Raising Arizona would have been popular at that time, and apart from Fargo, my personal favourite is Miller's Crossing.
I really didn't like the Coen's early movies, but I've liked most of their post 2000 ones. I reckon they've been slightly more mass appeal since No Country for Old Men.
Millers Crossing was one of my most disappointing movie watching experiences after watching the trailer. I should give it a rewatch some time.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
A rewatch of Gladiator. I've always enjoyed the movie but I struggle to understand how Russell won the best actor for that performance.
Last night was The Big Lebowski. It's not my favourite Coen brothers movie but John Turturro and John Goodman are scene-stealers. The Dude, is well, the Dude.
absolutely love both of those movies.
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Fuck.
I knew I liked them but I didn't realise I'd seen all their films except The Ladykillers.
Got time for all of them.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
A rewatch of Gladiator. I've always enjoyed the movie but I struggle to understand how Russell won the best actor for that performance.
Last night was The Big Lebowski. It's not my favourite Coen brothers movie but John Turturro and John Goodman are scene-stealers. The Dude, is well, the Dude.
Agree. Russ had great presence and coolness ( before becoming a fat, grey beaded douche who does horrific music ) but I certainly didn’t think he deserved an Oscar for that. He got one so by rights Clint, Harrison and Arnie shoulda got truckloads.
Big Lebowski is a movie I genuinely enjoy more each time I re watch it. It’s great fun.
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@MN5 Oscars are a popularity contest, and often you get a "make up" Oscar for a previous part where you should have gotten on.
None of the actors you list have the CV Crowe has, he's delivered some great performances. It's like Pacino winning for Scent of a Woman, where he was fucking horrible. Yet, previous movies he was amazing.
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Oscars are a popularity contest, and often you get a "make up" Oscar for a previous part where you should have gotten on.
None of the actors you list have the CV Crowe has, he's delivered some great performances. It's like Pacino winning for Scent of a Woman, where he was fucking horrible. Yet, previous movies he was amazing.
Not denying that, they’re iconic film stars as opposed to great actors I just think it was ridiculous he won the Oscar for Gladiator that’s all. I guess your explanation alludes to this though.
Gladiator was a revenge fuelled action movie essentially....
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I'm surprised that Harrison Ford has only been nominated once, back in 1986 for Witness. He did receive some more recent Golden Globes nominations, including Mosquito Coast, but not for the Academies.
THAT was an excellent movie. I need to see it again, Frantic was too.
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Two good news stories for me this week!
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Two good news stories for me this week!
Please, what does this all mean? That he is doing the second instalment of the Justice League? (I liked the first one)
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@Hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Two good news stories for me this week!
Please, what does this all mean? That he is doing the second instalment of the Justice League? (I liked the first one)
He’s doing his edit Of the footage available, as he had to leave the project some of the way through for family reasons, so the version we saw was a mix of him and Joss Whedon.
I probably won’t watch unless I know someone not a Snyder fan boy who watches it and says it’s good, as he’s not my type of director.