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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
Don’t really have much to add at the moment because Avatar is coming out this weekend (which actually has mixed reviews for the first time in James Cameron’s career since forever).
I did watch Little Women at a speciality theater here for their Christmas stuff. I got a lot of looks from the nearly all female audience when I entered alone as a grown man. I love that movie though I think it’s the definitive version of the story. Beautifully photographed. There’s so many references to Laurie being Italian which was not good for my psychosis, though.
I’ll give some predictions as to where things are heading as the Oscar’s shortlists just came out:
DGA:
SAG Ensemble:
Another note on the shortlists: seems like Avatar Fire and Ash will be kissing Picture easily this year and will likely only end up with a VFX nomination. Wicked For Good showed some strength despite its Globe snubs tying with Sinners in how many categories it was shortlisted in. And Searchlight pictures is dead in the water with Ann Lee not getting a single mention
Just watched the new Knives Out movie, it was good! I enjoyed it, I think the cast itself wasn't as strong nor memorable, but Josh Brolin seemed like he had a fun time at least. I think the twist was fun but I might have to go back to the first two movies, were they always this in your face about the commentary? Director wise I think he did a good job with lighting and camera placement as a whole, but definitely picked some weird shots (I remember one zoom in that felt a beat or two too long)
On a personal level too, I left the church a couple of years ago (the Presbyterian church to be precise, so a lot of this stuff was still unfamiliar to me) but I think that it affected me a bit more because the main reasons I left the church were pretty similar to how Father Judd thinks the church should be as well. It's not making me want to go back to church any time soon, but I think I definitely empathize with him a bit more on that.