accidentally just put some foil in the science oven :-(
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Saturday, 25 April 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Dude's kind of human garbage, apparently?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-zap-ent-david-russell-groping-story.html
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 25 April 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
is there a thread for joy i thought i remembered one
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
he reshot the third act after test screenings. ho.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 December 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
yea just saw clips on charlie rose it looks rough
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
i watched like the first half hour of this and was extremely bored so i stopped it. it seemed like the entire reason for the movie was to cosplay the 70s. kind of impressive on a formal level (set design, soundtrack, etc.) but not really engaging at all. felt like the kind of movie made with a bunch of producers patting each other on the back the whole time for being so clever and hip.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
otm, there is an inherent self-satisfaction in the idea of making another movie with the same personnel in front of and behind the camera, ick no thanks
― edgetarian (rip van wanko), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
did surprisingly well in the box office this weekend as anti-SW fare, heard lots of people in the multiplex yesterday discussing it -- ugh.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
discussing different films in alternate posts: C or D
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
I prefer my 70s rehashes to have spaceships and aliens over smug cokeheads with mustaches.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 28 December 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
ok so the irl events depicted in this movie took place in the 90's, and at some point in the film someone says "no one will buy a 20$ mop in 1995", yet DOR period-pieced it (cars, clothes, interiors) as taking place in the 70s? odd choice. i saw it with my family on boxing day and we argued over when it was set until someone checked it on their phone
definitely the worst of his last three, but more interesting than i would have though possible for a movie about someone inventing a mop..? i thought it was cool as a parable on the pitfalls of patent law, incomplete contracts, and the high risks low-income people have to take on to get their inventions to market. bradley cooper was useless, the awesomeness of jenifer lawrence definitely the propelling force
― flopson, Monday, 28 December 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
im tired to really parse my thoughts properly, but i think joy is quite misunderstood. its better than his last two movies (the marty-tribute american hustle and the icky silver linings). and for all the reviews talking about awkward shifts in tone, actually, i think the tonal shifts are pretty well integrated.
good things about this - a genuine rags to riches movie, a working/lower middle class family in a hollywood movie (not esp common anymore), some fabulous visuals/framing, jennifer lawrence and bradley cooper's performances; a racially diverse cast, and a film that manages to inspire you without being mawkish about it. its one of the few genuinely good feel-good movies ive seen in a while. ive heard some critics LOLing about its premise, which seems cruel. it might just be a mop, but hey, its still a business. and this addresses the setbacks any new entrepreneur might have to face, while also managing to express the desperation of wanting to do something with your life. i think this is what the film/JL pulls off the best.
bad things - a few scenes were a bit wes anderson-ish. it was wrapped up too neatly. i think russell's stylised approach might have cropped o ut a lot of the individual stuff about this story; sometimes i felt like i was watching dragons den, there were a few scenes with overly expository dialogue (though it was generally well delivered, which made it seem a little less forced).
― StillAdvance, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link
sometimes i felt like i was watching dragons den
LOL, otm
― flopson, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
Found some of Joy puzzling--things like the scene where everyone was urging Lawrence to declare bankruptcy; it didn't feel right to me that panic would set in so soon--but overall, I didn't mind it. Thought De Niro was better than I'd see him for a while (admittedly, I skip most everything he does nowadays). Cream's "I Feel Free" was wasted.
― clemenza, Monday, 15 February 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
As with Gone Girl, liked American Hustle a little more second time around. I think Bale's excellent; he completely disappears into the role. Many excellent musical cues. Don't think it means much, don't think it tries to mean much.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:04 (eight years ago) link
you and I are gonna argue about the musical cues and Bale until the Atlantic absorbs Hialeah and Doral.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
Totally loved "10538 Overture" (such a great choice), Chicago, and "Dirty Work," and things like "Jean Genie" and "I Feel Love" worked well too. I mean, I know there wasn't a great deal of imagination at work with a couple of those, but there's just a knack for matching the song to the moment throughout. Much better than anything found in Joy.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:16 (eight years ago) link
joy is at heart a more hateful elitist absolutely fucking stupid story than atlas shrugged and i'm sort of horrified that it hasn't been more generally received that way (from what i've seen?).
― R.I.P. Haram-bae, the good posts goy (s.clover), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 04:32 (eight years ago) link