Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:I didn't even know that he directed Benjamin Button until about two weeks ago. I guess I should watch it.

digster wrote:In terms of being able to produce and open original movies on that scale, I'm not sure there's all that many besides him; and I'm not saying that as a good or bad thing, I'm just saying besides someone like Spielberg or James Cameron, I'm not sure there's many directors who can say "here's an idea I came up with, I'll need $200 million and a July 4th release," and basically get carte blanche approval. That may not happen anymore because of how Tenet came out, but it was that way for a while.

BurtReynolds wrote:How have you not seen Dragon Tattoo? I figured you'd like that one.

BurtReynolds wrote:It's pretty good. Like the book, the main crime thriller plot is weak, but when it focuses on the girl and her life, it's much better.

epilogue wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:It's pretty good. Like the book, the main crime thriller plot is weak, but when it focuses on the girl and her life, it's much better.

I enjoyed the book, too. Flaws and all. Would you say it's basically faithful to the book? And did you see the 2009 Swedish version? If so, how does it compare to that?

Mickey wrote:Memento
The Prestige
Inception
Interstellar
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins

Haven't seen:
Dunkirk
Tenet
Insomnia
The Following

Real downhill after the top slot.

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:It's pretty good. Like the book, the main crime thriller plot is weak, but when it focuses on the girl and her life, it's much better.

I enjoyed the book, too. Flaws and all. Would you say it's basically faithful to the book? And did you see the 2009 Swedish version? If so, how does it compare to that?

I think so? It's been awhile since I read the book, but I think it follows it for the most part. I've only seen bits of the Swedish version, so I can't really compare.

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.

The Argonaut wrote:Punch Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
The Master
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Phantom Thread
Hard Eight
Inherent Vice

Overdue for a rewatch on some of these, though

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly identical to VG’s, except I put Boogie Nights much higher:

Boogie Nights
There will be blood
Punch drunk love
Magnolia
The master
Phantom thread
Hard eight
Inherent vice

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.