The only thing I think it didnât nail is how her novel was different from his. The conversation they had was good but I think it missed a bit in clearly showing the differences.
For anyone doubting if they might like American Fiction itâs a first time film from a guy with a pretty sick tv writing career!
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Nick Cage is only 60, would have defintely taken the over there.
I was very much a fan of the movie, but it worked better for me as a comedy than as anything else. In terms of straddling the line between seriousness and humor, I do think it leaned into broad characters in a way that takes some bite off the satire. If youâre roasting characters that most of the audience wonât really identify too closely with, the satire loses impact IMO.
But all of my quibbles with the movie are just why it âonlyâ lands as a four-star movie to me, and I mean it as a big compliment when I give something four stars.
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Thatâs a damn impressive list.
Never seen Master of None or Succession, but The Good Place and Watchmen are elite level shows and Severn City Airport was the best episode of Station Eleven.
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The final season of Master of None is incredible. It focuses on a lesbian couple instead of Aziz, one of whom is played by Lena Waithe.
And then season two has a great side-character episode that features a great section creating the cinematic experience of being deaf.
Iâm really looking forward to American Fiction.
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Wow Threads hit a lot harder than I was expecting. Worth seeing if you want some truly bleak post-apocalyptic shit.
https://x.com/criterionchannl/status/1744086700568055827?s=20
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The Peloton instructor does like Nolanâs top-level stuff anyway.
âI may not have understood a minute of what was going on in âTenet.â That shit went right over my head,â Sherman said. âBut I have seen âOppenheimerâ twice. And thatâs six hours of my life that I donât ever want to give back.â
She won a Golden Globe tonight for this part now. (Giamatti won as well.)
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Finished my first full viewing of The GOATfather.
That ending, wow, letting him live just long enough to believe it.
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I take it that it may have clicked this time?
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Yes, I liked it. I think it helps that I powered through The Sopranos. Same vibes.
Awesome. It will continue to reward repeat viewings. Honestly it took me until I read the book to really get that Sonny straight-up got his father shot by speaking out of turn in the Sollozzo meeting. That might have just been dim of me to miss, but they play it pretty subtly in the movie.
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When my son was around 12/13 and starting to watch the odd horror flick he asked me what the scariest film Iâd ever seen was. I said Threads. When he asked what it was about he seemed pretty non-plussed. No slasher shit I guess.
You read the book too? Damn youâre a straight up fan. I didnât catch that either, thanks for explaining.
Well on to Godfather II. First ten minutes are already the equivalent of Alien to Aliens. Lots of action.
My answer for this is always Jesus Camp.
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Coolest thing from the book that was rearranged in the movie:
The Bonasera âyou may owe me a favorâ thing from the opening scene has a more dramatic payoff. They give him a POV chapter. Heâs demanded to show up with no context. He spends a chapter freaking out about the likelihood that theyâre going to use him to hide a body or something. Chapter closes out with him being led into the room of - revealing this new fact for the first time to the reader - the dead body of Sonny Corleone. And then the next chapter explains how he died. Thought that was a really cool way to do it in book form even though the movie rearrangement was wise.
Anyway, enjoy Part II.
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Oh wow. Thatâs neat to hear Mario was as good as his reputation.
Have you read other stuff by Puzo? I always wanted to read his script for Superman. Apparently it was dark as hell before the Newmans took on rewrites.