Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Good movie but nothing great. Familiar, seen-it-before type storyline elevated by a strong cast and very well shot. Worth a watch but doubt I will see it again, at least anytime soon.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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The Salvation - I love a good western and this did the trick. It had a talented cast with good performances, inspired direction with intense visuals, and a bittersweet heartbreaker of a story. Would watch again.
Kaius wrote:The Salvation - I love a good western and this did the trick. It had a talented cast with good performances, inspired direction with intense visuals, and a bittersweet heartbreaker of a story. Would watch again.
Kaius wrote:The Salvation - I love a good western and this did the trick. It had a talented cast with good performances, inspired direction with intense visuals, and a bittersweet heartbreaker of a story. Would watch again.
It kind of reminded me of Nocturnal Animals.
yeah? I haven't seen that so I'll take your word for it. The carriage scene in the first act terrified me.
Kaius wrote:The Salvation - I love a good western and this did the trick. It had a talented cast with good performances, inspired direction with intense visuals, and a bittersweet heartbreaker of a story. Would watch again.
It kind of reminded me of Nocturnal Animals.
yeah? I haven't seen that so I'll take your word for it. The carriage scene in the first act terrified me.
Then Nocturnal Animals will make you shit your pants.
Kaius wrote:The Salvation - I love a good western and this did the trick. It had a talented cast with good performances, inspired direction with intense visuals, and a bittersweet heartbreaker of a story. Would watch again.
It kind of reminded me of Nocturnal Animals.
yeah? I haven't seen that so I'll take your word for it. The carriage scene in the first act terrified me.
Then Nocturnal Animals will make you shit your pants.
I watched Blow yesterday for the first time in maybe ten years. I remember it being meh on the cinematic front but enjoyable from a purely movie fan perspective. Something you wouldn't turn off if it came on TV...
This time around, I kind of hated it. None of George's moves from A to B to C seemed realistic, the soundtrack wasn't as good as I remember, and there were a lot less of the coke-addled freak outs or Mexican standoffs that actors and actresses in these sorts of movies often do well. No Scarface or Goodfellas moments to speak of.
Could have been a very disappointing afternoon all around if not for the quick remedy of walking over to the ice house down the street for tacos and beer after the credits started rolling.
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