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Was There a Plan? (SPOILERS)
Basically an anti-weed PSA, right?
Loved Lucy More the Second Time
Upon Rewatching: Basically a Perfect Movie
I did a spit-take watching this (SPOILERS)
What I appreciated most about Nosferatu
I enjoyed this nostalgic romp
An Uneven Shark Movie
Margot Robbie
Kinda Frustrating (SPOILERS)
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Yes, I think Lithgow could do it. He wouldn't be my first choice, but he's surprised me a few times over the years with his range, so I think he can handle it.
Rowling must have relaxed her "British only" rule for this new series. Maybe she feels like the movie series made a definitive version, so she doesn't need to worry about HBO as much. If this version is sub-par, people will just go back to watching the DVDs of the films, so it won't leave as bad a taste in everybody's mouths.
As to his age, sure, but Dumbledore is old. Richard Harris was 70 when he played Dumbledore. What's one more decade?
Mark Strong is underused. Dude should be in more stuff. But I think he'd make a better Sirius, if he was going to be in Potter.
For a second, I thought you meant Metropolis as in Superman's city, not the Fritz Lang film and I was very confused.
I've been meaning to do this for ages now.
It was before the Revolutionary War, so there were still cars. In 1773, most of the cars were thrown into the harbour in Boston to stop the tea from floating back up.
I'll agree with you that Clooney wasn't good as Batman/Bruce Wayne (with the exception of his impeccable line delivery on, "She's trying to kill you, DICK," and the scene where he talks to Alfred about the real purpose of Batman), but he is a very good actor. He might not have a tonne of range, but he does a great job in a lot of films (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Michael Clayton, etc.)
I trusted him, but I'd seen The Lighthouse before I heard he was Batman, so any idea of "oh, he was in Twilight," had been driven from my head by his gangbusters performance, as aided by a frothing Willem Dafoe and a very anatomically articulated mermaid.
One of the things that is not my type, yeah. I tend to go long-blonde (I'm "original" like that...). Carrie-Anne Moss pulls it off, though.
The ending is about a loving sacrifice destroying evil. To me, it's Ellen's physical embodiment of Christ that unmakes the demonic entity of Orlock. It's like she becomes a super-crucifix.
Did the others (not just their friends, but other citizens inflicted with the Orlock-brought plague) die in vain? Yes and no. My take is that technically, yes, they would not have died if Ellen had sacrificed herself earlier. However, at the time, she was unaware or unwilling to accept that her sacrificing herself would be the only way to destroy Orlock. After attempting to resist him in other ways, she ran out of time and came to the conclusion that Von Franz does: she must die that others will live. Part of the tragedy here is how long it takes Ellen to come to terms with what her fate must be.
Orlock, in my opinion, doesn't completely willingly let himself die. He engages with Ellen because he is as strangely bewitched by her as she is by him. She has a hold on him, and by devoting herself to him for that night, he is not thinking clearly, nor is he completely in control of his faculties. He essentially gets sex drunk enough that he doesn't notice the passage of time or consider the consequences of his actions. This has to do with these two characters being bound up in each other on a spiritual level. How does that happen? Well, let me answer that by answering your question about the opening scene.
Yes, it's real. Ellen, when younger, is lonely and depressed, yearning for love. Some of this is romantic and some of this is a titillation at the dark, sexual aspects of love. In the nadir of her despair, she calls for any being to connect with, and Orlock answers. She makes a deal with a devil. Like all deals with devils, this goes horribly wrong. She is sexually assaulted and then breaks off with her demon lover. She meets Thomas, her nightmares subside, and she thinks she's in the clear. However, seeking to renew his evil lust, Orlock has been in contact with Knock and weaves his trap, bringing Thomas to his castle and setting about the events that will reunite him with Ellen.
I've seen quite a few people rip on it. Sometimes it'll be an off-hand remark somewhere, but I have seen it. Most reviews, when talking about any depth (or lack thereof) with Lucy, started and stopped by saying that the 10% brain thing was dumb, so the movie is vapid. They'd then either give it a roughly positive review by saying it was fun or a negative review by saying that it was boring.
So, yeah, I've seen that critique a lot. I think it misses the depth that the film does have. It isn't a science paper, but it does have some interesting thoughts about humanity. It's a bit of a musing on transhumanism. I think there are layers here that a lot of people missed because they got distracted by the bogus neurology and thought they were smart for ripping on it for that.
She's very taciturn, but I find that that makes the moments where she lets the mask drop a little ("You moved like they do" - she's clearly a little shaken and surprised, although she isn't showing it) or a lot (when Neo's getting the blood hammered out of him by hundred-hands Smith) to be much more interesting. The contrast is nice.
As to the original question: yeah, she's a cyberpunk fox, although she's not really my type.
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