maplesyrup
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I haven't seen the movie but I understand there's some pretty impressive stunt driving - which Cruise did himself.
The Official Movie Thread
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Boston Leaf
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Justin said:
Totally agree with this.. Loved this movie..
maplesyrup
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Huh. James van Riemsdyk along with 3 other NHLers had roles in "This is 40." Haven't seen it yet but I'm hoping to.
maplesyrup
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Thanks for finding that.
Kin
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The Oscar nominations were announced today.
http://oscar.go.com/nominees
I'm a little disappointed at the relative lack of nominations for Django and Moonrise Kingdom which along with Zero Dark Thirty were my favourite flicks of the year. Sam Jackson and DiCaprio especially, I felt, should have gotten a nod in supporting actor and Tarantino not getting a best director nomination...whatever.
http://oscar.go.com/nominees
I'm a little disappointed at the relative lack of nominations for Django and Moonrise Kingdom which along with Zero Dark Thirty were my favourite flicks of the year. Sam Jackson and DiCaprio especially, I felt, should have gotten a nod in supporting actor and Tarantino not getting a best director nomination...whatever.
maplesyrup
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Tigger said:
I saw it yesterday and I enjoyed it, I really did but I though it was far from Tarantino's best. To be honest with you, I did't enjoy it as much as I had hoped to.
Zero Dark Thirty was huge disappointment. It really isn't a good movie, at all.
It's way too long, it drags on terribly, and there's no character development whatsoever. I'm not sure why Jessica Chastain has received so much praise for her role, an extremely one dimensional character. All the characters in the movie are one-dimensional, actually. It's pathetic. The last half-hour of the movie when they actually kill Bin Laden is suspenseful and worth watching, but the long 2 hour lead up to that is...boring. Like, really boring. Zero Dark Thirty is a boring movie and I wasted my time.
I guess if you want to watch it to actually see the behind-the-scenes of how they got Bin Laden, then it's ok. It's ok for its historical significance. Just don't expect an overly entertaining flick.
It's way too long, it drags on terribly, and there's no character development whatsoever. I'm not sure why Jessica Chastain has received so much praise for her role, an extremely one dimensional character. All the characters in the movie are one-dimensional, actually. It's pathetic. The last half-hour of the movie when they actually kill Bin Laden is suspenseful and worth watching, but the long 2 hour lead up to that is...boring. Like, really boring. Zero Dark Thirty is a boring movie and I wasted my time.
I guess if you want to watch it to actually see the behind-the-scenes of how they got Bin Laden, then it's ok. It's ok for its historical significance. Just don't expect an overly entertaining flick.
Kin
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Spoilers about Zero Dark Thirty ahead:
I think the thing about ZDT that needs to be understood going in is that they're not trying to construct a traditional hollywood narrative around the capture of OBL but rather they're trying to get a sense of the entirety of the effort involved and what went into it and present it as frankly as possible to legitimately challenge your ideas about what went on.
Chastain's Maya is defined, increasingly as the movie goes on by her single minded focus on her task. To the point where it borders on obsession. It's an impressive transformation precisely because when we're first introduced to her she has a tough time watching the torture that she'd come to accept as a pretty mundane part of her job. The flip side of that is Jason Clarke's character, whose name escapes me at the moment, getting beaten and worn down by what he's being asked to do to the point where he has to quit. To say that neither character develops boggles the mind.
It's not a movie where easy, pat lessons are learned or, to my mind, with a position staked out in advance. It seems to want to present the story as bare bones as possible and leave the morality of it up to the individual. It's a tough watch but, I think, ultimately one of the best made flicks of the year.
I think the thing about ZDT that needs to be understood going in is that they're not trying to construct a traditional hollywood narrative around the capture of OBL but rather they're trying to get a sense of the entirety of the effort involved and what went into it and present it as frankly as possible to legitimately challenge your ideas about what went on.
Chastain's Maya is defined, increasingly as the movie goes on by her single minded focus on her task. To the point where it borders on obsession. It's an impressive transformation precisely because when we're first introduced to her she has a tough time watching the torture that she'd come to accept as a pretty mundane part of her job. The flip side of that is Jason Clarke's character, whose name escapes me at the moment, getting beaten and worn down by what he's being asked to do to the point where he has to quit. To say that neither character develops boggles the mind.
It's not a movie where easy, pat lessons are learned or, to my mind, with a position staked out in advance. It seems to want to present the story as bare bones as possible and leave the morality of it up to the individual. It's a tough watch but, I think, ultimately one of the best made flicks of the year.
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Nik Pollock said:
I agree, and I enjoyed it. I don't go to the movies very often, but Chastain's character development throughout the movie is what I really enjoyed about it. She became increasingly obsessed with finding UBL, and nearing the end, she was a little bit tyrannical.
Is it childish to be a little pumped about Movie 43?
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Frank E said:
I'm very intrigued by it. It's too high profile a cast for a parody type movie. I don't really know what to make of it, but I feel like I need to see it.