kiera knightley? really?
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
works for me http://i.imgur.com/i2WnO.gif
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
viggo seems like a bro but the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
but he's probably play you a lullaby on his mountain flute so it's all good
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
i can't see why they didn't go with something simple like spanking miss knightley
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
no. 1 sign this is going to go HAM: her accent
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
okay the spank scene where dude is windmilling like she's a guitar = lol
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
david cronenberg's "daddy issues"
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
david cronenberg's "daddy day care"
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Would be better if Fassbender wore the Magneto helmet and cape.
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
As long as it's better than Phil Kaufman's "Quills," I'll be happy enough.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
viggo seems like a bro but the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn.― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:29 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
ha! he is indeed a bro.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn
this is awesome in conception, but i do not believe in such bros
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
having watched the making-of features on the lotr dvds -- "let's not go back to our hotels and camp out and watch the sunrise!" "but viggo we have a 6 am makeup call tomorrow." "aw come on, i'll kill, skin, and cook a goat by hand if that sways yr vote" -- i believe it to be true.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
Let's not forget bro sired a child with Exene Cervanka.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
man christoph walz, what a dumbass
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
remember viggo on fox news w/kucinich during election season?
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
no, Christoph Waltz, what a dumb original choice.
wd've played like a Martin Short SCTV sketch w/out laughs
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
so M. Butterfly is the only other time DC adapted a play?
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
s'okay. its real biopic-y, which i wasnt expecting and i think weakened the movie. the final shot is the same as the final shot in eastern promises. i liked viggo best in it
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
loved a history of violence, but am starting to have serious doubts about act III cronenberg
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
its real biopic-y,
I found this very much NOT so!
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
ppl got on Knightley's case, and she's uneven, but it's the toughest of the 3 principle parts. Viggo is a v funny gameplaying daddy Freud.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Hope to see this within the week. I'd have to go all the way back to Dead Ringers for a film I loved, but I continue to hold out high expectations for every one. (Part of the problem, no doubt.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Liked this a lot. Knightley's role is indeed the trickiest but I love the way Cronenberg puts her most extreme bits of performance conspicuously in center frame, with her positioned closer to us than Fassbender, as if to say: "deal with it."
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.torontostandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/freud-jung.jpg(l-r) Young Freud, Young Jung
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, knightley's role is really tough. i thought it was a really game, even brave performance, even if it didnt always work.
this is a really good interview that fleshes out some of the movies themes:
http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2011/11/an-interview-with-david-cronenberg.html
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone thought this thing was too short? I didn't feel the supposed warmth between the two men. Also: some of the cuts were inexplicable. Why did Hampton and Cronenberg make such a fuss about the trip to America only to film two scenes aboard ship? Why are we told the two men's friendship frayed when we're barely introduced to them?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
It was vintage 1904 Viennese warmth. Like frozen hot chocolate.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
for those who care about such things, Viggo wuz robbed of a nomination.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
they preferred the psychological depths of a Jonah Hill capturing the essence of someone who never existed
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
a lady sitting behind me yelped out 'WHAT???' when the last scene ended, so i think she was expecting more too. i think the thing is that the material doesnt feel particularly dramatized, i wanted something with more juice
the America thing... yeah when they were boarding the ship i was expecting/hoping they'd do more with that. i thought all the exchanges between freud and jung were very good. maybe one of the two main relationships should've been foregrounded more to really do justice to either of them
― Hungry4Ass, Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
thought this was mostly excellent, though it does hit the fast forward button a bit too much. all of the leads were good, especially viggo, who fuckin' nailed it as freud.
― adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
vigo was great, though as a friend of mine said, it would have been pretty dope if they had casted kelsey grammer and david hyde pierce as freud and jung respectively
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:20 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i thought this was happily un-biopic-y. agree re: fleshing some stuff out more but i get the sense there was an attempt to stay true to the source material (which was prob lacking in this capacity).
in a lot of ways it's a slight movie but i think it will stick with me, for the acting and for how earnest it was in attempting to actually talk about ideas and stuff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 February 2012 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
keira's performance was noticeably high-effort but i liked it--enjoyed how she seemed like she was teetering on the edge right up to the final scene.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 February 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, February 10, 2012 2:33 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Friday, 10 February 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
I guess "slight" carries a different meaning for me after reading about how enchanting The Artist is for 2 months, while ADM struggles to get seen.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
You're being defensive. It's the definition of a good minor movie.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 February 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
nah, I doubt I saw a dozen better last year.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 February 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
A minor movie can still make a year-end list; you've included lots of films to which you've given mild positive reviews over the years.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 February 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
this probably would've been my favorite movie when i was 19. it just came out too late...
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 10 February 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
is ADM really struggling to get seen?
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Friday, 10 February 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
also, what does it have to do with 'the artist'
ADM is at the local multiplex now, which is better than I thought it would get. Awards not responding though.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 10 February 2012 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
the artist is doing well because it's a friendly movie that had an ENORMOUS media push from the beginning. i mean, how many movie ads do you see on TV anymore, much less for a foreign film?
i get the feeling ADM has gotten minimal support from its distributor.
i have no idea what to expect from this one. i'm kind of dreading it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 10 February 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
is the artist actually doing well? i heard something on npr that implied that it wasn't
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 February 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
It isn't really, no.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 10 February 2012 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
Considering the number of theatres its in and the marketing push it has gotten, that is.