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<i>The Man Who Would Be King</i> is a very good movie, but it has to be <i>Jaws</i> (which makes my all-time top 5).
I've certainly watched it a few times 😂
That is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while!
8/10
I'm surprised <i>Wonder Woman 1984</i> wasn't called <i>Wonder Woman Returns</i>.
Debbie Does Dallas?
Batman Returns
Batman Begins
Superman Returns
Batman v Superman
The Haunting
The Grudge
It Follows
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Really sorry to hear that.
The Beatles is a good choice. Others I might go for, Elvis, Michael Jackson, or Pink Floyd (okay, the last one just because I'm a massive fan).
I'm the same. I like to be able to see my DVD/Blu-ray collection on the shelves, like I do with CDs and books.
It's included as an easter egg on the R2 DVD. It's interesting from a technical point of view, but it doesn't work as a thriller because there are no surprises for us. The thing about the way <i>Memento</i> is structured of course is that it puts us in the same boat as Leonard. We know as little as he does; when he meets someone he isn't sure if it's for the first time, and neither are we.
Of course, if Nolan had actually intended to release the film in a chronological version I'm sure he would still have structured it so the mystery aspect was preserved, so I'm not saying for a moment that it <i>couldn't</i> work without all the backwards-forwards shenanigans :) (Hope that makes sense)
Nice scene! Thank you for that!
Thanks - I've never seen that (although I've seen pictures of her in the outfit)!
Definitely agree with this. I enjoyed the film, but the series is better (I own them both - plus the BBC's follow-up to TTSS, <i>Smiley's People</i>). And that's an interesting point about it seeming more like a 'historical drama', which the series obviously didn't suffer from at all.
Thanks! By the time we got to the autograph hall so many of the guests had already packed up and gone. I thought I'd missed her. Then I saw her at the far end putting her stuff away. So pleased I managed to catch her (my kids laughed at how big a thing it obviously was for me!).
<blockquote>I get the impression it's like every other Nolan film - pretentious and deliberately obtuse to make an ultimately inconsequential (even preposterous) story seem like it has some deep meaning. That is, if the same stories were told in in a straight-forward manner without all the playing around with time that Nolan insists on doing in every film, they *would* be simple - and preposterous. His movies are like Sudoku puzzles - the "fun" is in figuring them out, but ultimately there is no value in solving them beyond the mental exercise.</blockquote>
Out of interest, have you ever seen the chronological version of <i>Memento</i>?
I've never heard of this. Looks really interesting.
Is Nicholson not retired?
I saw this recently from Robert Pattinson re method acting;
<blockquote>Though Pattinson respects the practice of method acting – a technique in which a performer strives for complete emotional identification with a role, both on and off screen – it’s not a style which he practices himself. <i> “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a–hole,” </i>Pattinson admitted. <i>“You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”</i>
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There was also this,
<blockquote>Rather than remain in character throughout an entire production, Pattinson prefers to focus his energy exclusively while the camera is rolling. <i>“I need to know when you’re on stage and when you’re off stage. I need to know that between action and cut, that’s the thing. That’s the safe space. I need to know it ends. I need to know there’s a cut coming, and then I’ll feel safe. If it just feels like you can’t get out, that’s when you go crazy.”</i>
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https://variety.com/2019/film/news/robert-pattinson-the-lighthouse-actors-on-actors-1203400184/
Yep, likewise.