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I wouldn't be shocked, only Lawrence, Weinstein and whoever is close to it truly know the answer. It is pretty telling her most successful period of her career happened under his tenure. She could do no wrong at that time.
I always believed for as many as he sexually assaulted, there be just as many actresses who happily slept with Weinstein to get ahead in the business. I wouldn't be shocked if he rivalled Leo DiCaprio for bedding women, that's no joke. I bet a lot of those actresses are keeping their mouth shut just like Lawrence and keeping well away from Weinstein stuff.
1. Copland
2. Cliffhanger
3. Demolition Man
4. Tango and Cash
5. Creed.
It is, I always give it a rewatch every few years and it still holds up on the excitement and tension of wanting Richard Kimble to clear his innocence and get the bad guys even though you know how it ends. I don't like throwing out the line "oh they don't make 'em like that anymore" but in the case of the Fugitive, they really don't. It's actually one of Ford's last truly great films until Blade Runner 2049, although I do like Clear and Present Danger and Air Force One. Tommy Lee Jones got a well deserved Oscar for his turn in this. Also you get a young Julianne Moore in this in a small role.
I consider it a timeless classic.
In The Name of the Father, is the best film from the 3 Day Lewis/Sheridan Films. My Left Foot is the second. I'd say it's probably top 5 of Day Lewis performances (his Northern Irish accent is top notch) and the late Pete Postlethwaite is fantastic. Definitely the most downbeat of the trio of films but it's Jim Sheridan's best film to date.
The Boxer is still a very good film, and Day Lewis delivers a great performance and the cast is strong. But it just lacks the power of the first two films and the story isn't as gripping.
Murderer side of things is by far weakest thing in the film, which it shouldn't be.
I would have made Kevin Kline an ex cop turned Private Detective, who gets help at times by his artist neighbour Alan Rickman (he's massively underused in this, shockingly so considering how awesome Rickman is) on some cases. I'd have got rid of Susan Sarandon stuff (she's not bad in this but she could have got cut from this film and it wouldn't have hurt it) and Rod Steiger Mayor (although his rant at Danny Aiello is a thing of beauty). The Whole backstory of Kline's character. I would have kept the Kline and Keitel brother stuff with Keitel trying to help him out as he knows his brother is great at solving cases.
I would have made Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio character just as a friend or maybe a sister of one of the victims who hires Kline's Private Detective to solve the case and keep her teaming up with Kline and Rickman to solve the case. You can keep the love story stuff in it. Make the killer a far more centred character along with Murder case and maybe cut down on comedy side after a while.
I just don't think the film knows what it wants to be. As I said Sarandon, Rickman and even Keitel and Steiger are wasted in their roles. Kline carries the film and Mastrantonio is likeable. But the Murder case and the killer reveal are so disappointing and the case just doesn't feel important at all. It's more about Kline-Mastrantonio budding romance or Kline-Sarandon-Keitel love triangle.
Director Pat O'Connor has done way better work like Cal, A Month in the Country, Circle of Friends, The Ballroom of Romance, Dancing at Lughnasa and Inventing the Abbotts that you should check out before this. He was on a bit of lean patch at this time with this film, Stars and Bars (Daniel Day Lewis worst film)and then after this Fools of Fortune with Julie Christie. Especially the waste of the cast really annoys me more then anything about January Man.
Massively disagree with you O.P on this one.
I don't think it's a 10/10 film like say the other Lumet/Pacino team up Dog Day Afternoon, which is definitely a 10/10 film. Serpico does drag in places, like the scenes which deals with his relationships with Leslie and Laurie or anything outside of the police corruption stuff. It's not a action packed police corruption story, it's a lot more grounded and downbeat and it takes it's time telling you how bad it gets for Serpico.
I give it a 8/10, I think Pacino's performance is probably top 2 of his career maybe just behind Godfather 2. And I like that it doesn't go for the Hollywood ending and they don't make Serpico into a saint. Plus Pacino all hippy out is pretty cool.
She looks good and still has a bit of Wonder Woman cred. And I would say she doesn't outprice herself which is probably smart.
I have to laugh at the person on here saying she's a massive star, behave.
Wouldn't say it's a flop but releasing it just a week before Barbie and Oppenheimer was such a stupid decision. Tom Cruise got a bit ahead of himself.
Next time release it nowhere near a Barbie sequel or Nolan film.
I really liked it, but definitely didn't need to be three hours long and would have probably helped if it was under 2hrs. I doubt it would have helped with it's box office takings or reaching out to a bigger audience. This film was always going to split opinion and be a future cult movie.
I liked all the stuff in the city in first 30 to 40 minutes, liked the Amy Ryan/Nathan Lane and their daughter segment, the stuff in the woods/Play could have done with been cut down a bit and the stuff in the mother's house also too and the ending isn't my cup of tea. But Joaquin Phoenix is on top form and the rest of the cast is game.
Not Ari Aster's best film but still a good film and I admire that he got a film like this made. But it's definitely flawed.
A lot of stuff from that party scene at the beginning and the underground club that Tobey Maguire takes Manny and his friend too surprised that Damien Chazelle got that passed the censors. If it was a European film you wouldn't have been shocked at all but a Hollywood film, it did shock me when it came debauch side of things how far the film pushed it.
Was it the speech when Pitt's character finds out his producer friend (seemed like he was the only close friend Pitt had in the film) took his own life and then he goes in on his snobbish stage actress wife about why films are important. If it is then yeah it was a gut punch of a scene.
Damien Chazelle is coming off a hot run of films. Whiplash is a masterpiece along with Oscar winning one, La La Land a Oscar Winner and First Man which was received well. Add in Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, set in Hollywood in 20's and 30's along been a 3 hour epic, it can't miss.
I loved the film, I think it's better then the critics and audience scores give it. But it's not a film for the masses, it's a cult film really. It's amazing that Chazelle even got this made to be honest even with Pitt and Robbie as leads. It will have it's fans and many in years to come will have it as one of the best films of the last few years, even now you see a lot of defenders for the film coming out. But it also will have detractors who think it's a piece of crap.
I'm surprised Robbie's performance, the score and Cinematography didn't get at least some award buzz. It was never going to be a multi award nominated film, it's way too flawed (especially in it's last 1 hour 30 mins) and just not a film that feels like a Academy Award winner. It was never going to be a big box office hit, as I said I loved it but looking it at it especially with it's debauch side (again how Chazelle got this made is amazing) and downbeat second half it just wasn't ever going to do big numbers.
I think it's a film that will have it's fans and supporters and will probably end up on Criterion Collection in a decade's time.
It's more a producer/Studio exec who has his fingers in all different pies then director. A bit like Nellie (Margot Robbie), Manny is in the right place at the right time. He definitely works his ass off as you see for the first hour of the film. Especially helping get the camera for the last shot of the film Brad Pitt's character was filming. He also hit it big thanks to teaming up with Sidney Palmer the black trumpet player and making successful short films with him (something the film definitely struck out on was not building up that relationship/friendship a lot more when it eventually breaks down, doesn't have the impact it should)
Definitely a better film that it's RT critic and audience score will have you believe. It's not perfect and as you said it's not for everyone, it's basically a cult film shot on a big budget. Amazing that Chazelle even got this made.
The first 90 minutes of this film are excellent and some of the best filmmaking of 2022. Once it kicks into sound era of Hollywood and it get's a little darker, the flaws start to show more and the film could have done with some editing during that part of the film. But any film that in it's first 20 minutes has a elephant shit on a man, a golden shower and a midget jerking off a massive fake cock deserves praise just for having the balls to do it.
Margot Robbie is excellent in it, and should have got some award buzz for it. She's heartbreaking but also you see the ending for her character coming a mile away. Brad Pitt is great too. Everyone is pretty great in the film. The acting, cinematography, soundtrack and editing are all great. As I said the first 90 minutes are fantastic, if the second half of the film kept to that level it be one of best films of the last 23 years imo.
But you can see why this film died a death at box office. This film isn't for the masses, it's a cult film and flaws and all I loved it.
Great film, I love these type of films where nothing major really happens and just likeable but flawed small group of characters hang out and talk and make each other better (or in this film walk).
I think the film really picks up once Martin Sheen's character picks up his little crew of Sarah, Jack and Joost. Then for me the film really gets to great levels. Martin Sheen is excellent in this as are the other actors in it. It's a film that really just slip by the radar when released in 2010, it's picked up a cult following since (7.3 rating on IMDB is impressive) and it's Emilio Estevez's best film as a director/writer. Got a nice soundtrack too. Some of the cinematography is stunning too.
Apart form the pretentious fourth wall breaking stuff with Niamh Algar, the film is a solid watch probably elevated by Pugh's great performance and young Kila Lord Cassidy delivering a great debut performance. It's not a great film by any standards but it's worth a watch for those two performances.
I wasn't a fan of the fourth wall breaking with Niamh Alger playing herself (she was wasted in the film too). It came off really pretentious to me. The film didn't need it and it took me out of it. Shame really as Florence Pugh is great in it, and young Kila Lord Cassidy (must be cool to act with her own mum Elaine Cassidy in the film) held her own with Pugh. Has a bright career for herself.
She studied in a English speaking school in Sweden when she was younger and her mum is English. Plus she's lived in England since marrying her husband since the mid 10's. So that probably is the reason why she doesn't sound very Swedish.
I don't know, I think she'll probably end up a strong supporting actress like she's done in M:I Franchise and Dune. In terms of a leading actress maybe on TV shows like she's doing with Silo but I don't see her been a leading actress in big Hollywood films maybe in indie or art house films, if it was going to happen it would have done after her first Mission Impossible film. That should have been a star making turn for her.
She's not got the star looks like most actresses but I think for someone like her it will come in handy that she's not overly depended on her beauty.
Agreed, a big step up from the first film which was great. Andy Serkis's Caesar Trilogy are all great and Serkis's Caesar is iconic good guy. You can see why many were calling for him to get a Best Actor nod for his performance. Second one is really The Dark Knight/Empire Strikes Back of the series. Great Villain in Koba and the final fight scene atop of the building is epic.
War for the Planet of the Apes is also fantastic and great ending for Caesar. Looking forward to Cornelius era films coming up, going to be hard to top Andy Serkis in his role though.