I’m thinking about driving down to Providence (2hr drive) for the 70mm 15perf IMAX. Probably can link it with other stuff so I don’t feel completely insane.
Just make it part of a trip to Foxwoods
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Oppenheimer.
I liked it but didnt love it. Didn’t miss 70 mm imax at all. No clue why this was shot in imax. You are missing nothing not seeing it in that format.
Performances A+
Cinematography A
Script B
Editing B-
Woman’s roles F-
What about the sound? Can we hear all the diologue or did he go full Nolan?
Yes. I normally hate Nolan for that reason but the sound mix here was great. No issues at all. Score is actually pretty great.
Well that’s good news. I’m going on Sunday.
Also curious about the F- for the women. I’m not surprised but isn’t a male dominant story considering the era and subject matter? I fully expect the story to be from the male perspective.
Not going to spoil it. Curious what you think after you see it.
Don’t get me wrong. I liked it. He just can’t write women at all. Embarrassingly so.
Re IMAX: I think Nolan was just on his director BS. He wanted the detonation to look dope (which it does), for the outdoor stuff to be as pretty as possible, and doesn’t care that most of the film is basically people talking in rooms.
I definitely understand why Tom Cruise was mad that Oppenheimer bumped Mission Impossible off of IMAX screens
Have you read the book it’s based on?
My first year I was at Mattel, J.J. Abrams came in and did a fireside chat with the leadership team. I remember him saying that he decides to take a movie when he reads it and the hair stands up on your neck and it makes you feel scared. That’s when he knew it was something he should do.
I do not feel bad about reading a bunch of Oppenheimer spoilers.
No but going to.
Did learn that my dog is named after a nazi. Oops.
His name is Heisenberg!
I knew enough of the science history to name him but not enough to know he led the nazi effort.
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In line for snacks at the movie theater. The whole place is packed. I think I can guess who is seeing Barbie and who is seeing Oppenheimer (I’m here for Barbie).
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If you were to view yourself from afar, which box would you put yourself in?
Barbie - I came prepared
Movie was surprisingly good with moments of pure cinema
5/5
This one went wildly off the rails during the hot take segment. Glad Fennessey was there to aggressively underline how crazy Bill was being.
I just listened to My Cousin Vinny on a run and almost fell over at Wesley’s nuclear take that Joe Pesci is sexy.
Yeah, I was unfamiliar with Wesley, so until he mentioned a boyfriend in this latest episode I didn’t realize he was gay. When I heard that take about Pesci I assumed he had to just be a straight dude trying to give a galaxy-brain take.
I watched Unforgiven last night for the first time in 10 years or so. Still holds up. I didn’t find it slow at all. So many good quotes that I still use at random times. I put as my #1 western just over The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. After that I’d have to think about it.
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I’ve only seen Unforgiven once, and it was too long ago to remember it well, but I remember being really disappointed and finding it really dull overall. It’s the same relationship I have with Raging Bull. I feel like I owe both of them another go at some point. Sometimes the second viewing really does click, especially if my complaint is that the movie was dull; that’s the easiest one to fix by gaining a deeper understanding.
Then again, it feels like a really stupid use of movie time when it misses for the second straight time; it’s like the only thing that was accomplished was being able to permanently write off the possibility of liking the movie. I’m looking at you, Vertigo and Inception.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is elite and definitely rates as my favorite western. High Noon was great and would be my #2. I’m not overly well versed in westerns though.
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