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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Psssst!
Hey, you.
Yeah, you!
Go see Ad Astra in theaters this weekend. Do it. |
Going tonight. |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:05 am Post subject: |
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loslakersss wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Psssst!
Hey, you.
Yeah, you!
Go see Ad Astra in theaters this weekend. Do it. |
Going tonight. |
Going Friday. Spoilers embargo lifts Monday lol. _________________ Under New Management |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to the Ad Astra takes. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Looking forward to the Ad Astra takes. |
It was really good! Sound design was incredible. Quite a year for Pitt. Some absolutely masterful set pieces. Some on the nosey stuff but it worked for me. _________________ 14-5-3-12 |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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ocho wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Looking forward to the Ad Astra takes. |
It was really good! Sound design was incredible. Quite a year for Pitt. Some absolutely masterful set pieces. Some on the nosey stuff but it worked for me. |
Just an insane mix of naked emotion, cold distance, and off-the-wall set pieces (space [redacted]!). So happy it got made even if I'm more in a state of appreciation than love of the film right now.
Right on about the sound design and I dug the subtlety of the Max Richter score. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | ocho wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Looking forward to the Ad Astra takes. |
It was really good! Sound design was incredible. Quite a year for Pitt. Some absolutely masterful set pieces. Some on the nosey stuff but it worked for me. |
Just an insane mix of naked emotion, cold distance, and off-the-wall set pieces (space [redacted]!). So happy it got made even if I'm more in a state of appreciation than love of the film right now.
Right on about the sound design and I dug the subtlety of the Max Richter score. |
Kinda want an extended Odyssey Cut that includes whatever the films version of the French Plantation scene is. _________________ 14-5-3-12 |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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ocho wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | ocho wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Looking forward to the Ad Astra takes. |
It was really good! Sound design was incredible. Quite a year for Pitt. Some absolutely masterful set pieces. Some on the nosey stuff but it worked for me. |
Just an insane mix of naked emotion, cold distance, and off-the-wall set pieces (space [redacted]!). So happy it got made even if I'm more in a state of appreciation than love of the film right now.
Right on about the sound design and I dug the subtlety of the Max Richter score. |
Kinda want an extended Odyssey Cut that includes whatever the films version of the French Plantation scene is. |
So many cinematic parallels. In my headcanon Ad Astra is part of the Event Horizon Cinematic Universe.
Here's a nice short interview with Gray where he says he got about 90% of the movie he wanted made and compares Roy McBride to Telemachus: link. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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^this was my first Gray film (I know I know) but Lost City of Z just jumped the queue on my next up list. _________________ 14-5-3-12 |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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ocho wrote: | ^this was my first Gray film (I know I know) but Lost City of Z just jumped the queue on my next up list. |
I was late to the party myself, just started catching up this year. Z is a nice companion piece to Ad Astra - it also draws inspiration from Apocalypse Now - and there are smart people out there who absolutely adore it. My favorites of his so far are The Immigrant and Two Lovers.
Overall Gray seems to me to be a precise technician who makes impeccably crafted movies that are also nakedly sincere. It's a tough needle to thread between arthouse cool and classic movie melodrama, but his efforts are always impressive. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Ad Astra just destroys manbuns. They're over now. If you have a manbun, your hair is cancelled. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely glad to have caught this at the theater. A unique viewing experience for sure. |
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Not a new observation in the least, but The Auteur Space Movie is officially where stoic men - especially fathers - go to explore their vulnerability. And that's a good thing. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:00 am Post subject: |
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panamaniac wrote: | Definitely glad to have caught this at the theater. A unique viewing experience for sure. |
I really dig how batcrap insane it is within its cold, austere veneer. It's not High Life nuts, but Christopher Nolan only wishes he had thought of space [redacted]. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:53 am Post subject: |
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I definitely got the Apocalypse Now vibe from the structure/pacing of the movie. I thought it was okay. Some of the visuals (that free fall in the opening scene) were incredible. Brad was phenomenal.
I was left wanting more though. It just didn't feel like the epic I thought it was going to be. Granted this has more to do with my expectations than the movie itself. |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Uncut Gems trailer, baby!
https://twitter.com/A24/status/1176481409998831617
This is my Avengers: Endgame. This is what I've been waiting a decade for. Safdie Bros > Russo cucks. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Critics are commenting that this awesome trailer doesn't fully convey that this movie is a non-stop panic attack.
And now I want to see it even more. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:52 am Post subject: |
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The Safdie bros sure love making tense movies |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:00 am Post subject: |
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loslakersss wrote: | The Safdie bros sure love making tense movies |
They watched Goodfellas and were like, "hey, let's make all our movies as anxiety inducing as the helicopter scene" and...it works!
And it has Mike Francesca in it! _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:19 am Post subject: |
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I'm not Jewish, I haven't lived in New York in years, I've never listened to Mike Francesca, KG is the enemy, and Sandler is hit or miss to me, and this trailer makes me want to learn Hebrew, watch Little Nicky again, and become a Mets fan. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Days like this really challenge my no trailer policy. _________________ 14-5-3-12 |
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:29 am Post subject: |
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I know I'm not the only one who thought Sandler was John Turturo in the trailer. |
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:47 am Post subject: |
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loslakersss wrote: | I definitely got the Apocalypse Now vibe from the structure/pacing of the movie. I thought it was okay. Some of the visuals (that free fall in the opening scene) were incredible. Brad was phenomenal.
I was left wanting more though. It just didn't feel like the epic I thought it was going to be. Granted this has more to do with my expectations than the movie itself. |
It's funny how even as Gray triples his budget for this movie, he still makes his same intimate epic. Disney could give him $200M to helm an MCU X-Men movie and Gray would make a 2.5 hour film about Professor X's profound sense of loss and alienation because he is telepathically linked to the minds of others. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:54 am Post subject: |
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loslakersss wrote: | I know I'm not the only one who thought Sandler was John Turturo in the trailer. |
It's going to be the most Jewish movie to be released since Zohan. _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:23 am Post subject: |
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4K restoration of The Shining in theaters this Thursday and next Tuesday. |
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Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:30 am Post subject: |
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loslakersss wrote: | 4K restoration of The Shining in theaters this Thursday and next Tuesday. |
Go see it, folks! Towers of 4K blood pouring out of elevators right in your face. _________________ Under New Management |
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