Movie Discussion! - Page 390

At least he was given a deep, echoey voice and a big hulking suit of armor in the final battle. Still ten times better than Apocalypse.

The actor must have threatened to walk off the set if they made him shave his mustache. It made the voice and armor look like comic relief

the axed finger scene definitely delivers.

"believing in love" is an actually good line or way to make her find resolve

Every scene was dull, long, boring. I couldn't connect with the characters AT ALL, they were so one dimensional. Why was the Scottish guy in there? Comic relief? Give me a break. This movie almost came to the point of becoming satirical, it should've accepted how it actually was: a fucking joke
Ares, are you fucking kidding me? He's just going to look the same like some average English bloke in office? The God of War was truly a failure. Aren't Gods supposed to belong to the epic part of culture?
The only redeeming quality of this movie was the lead, which was stunning to look at. Literally the thing they tried to force into people (female empowerment, although it wasn't too much imo), was completely lost because this woman is such eye candy and several shots completely highlight her looks. This movie was SO BAD I consider it as a light soft porn version.
What a disaster. If people actually find this good, I need to start finding a way to getting the hell off this planet, because idiocracy is coming. Or perhaps I can find a way to become a brain in a vat for perpetual disconnect.
This movie actually makes me feel there's not a lot of hope left for humanity.
Hey, why don't we rape Greek mythology and human intellect AND romanticize the atrocities of WW I and make humans completely one dimensional creatures? Oh, and while we're at it, let's put in some bad sexual innuendo's, cheap emotional hooks, bad and horribly timed slow motion and the probably the most ill contrived cathartic moment in history.

Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) film. His acting is wonderful, as always. I don't care that he always seems to play the same character - like Anthony Hopkins, he's so good at it that it doesn't matter. The plot is well-written but it doesn't always tell you explicitly what is going on (i.e. why certain decisions are made). Light on exposition and dialogue (a feature of Asian movies, I think). You need to watch and fit some of the pieces together. Pay attention to body language and enjoy the calm pacing.

Don't watch this movie if you like your horror covered in blood from start to finish. It is a slow burn with a small cast of characters. Not bad, not great. Fun to watch in bed with the lights off.

Hideaki Anno (of Evangelion fame) wrote and directed this latest Godzilla movie. I think it is the best Godzilla movie. Godzilla has much less screen time than we have come to expect. Instead, Anno focuses on the task force within the Japanese government that has to figure out how to deal with Godzilla. International politics also comes into play. Ticking clock plot. Human innovation vs. existential threat. The later scenes with Godzilla are beautiful and terrifying.

Rachel Weisz was perfect for this role. If you don't already know the story, skip the trailer (you should always skip trailers but especially in this case, imo). Ambient music, and pretty much the entire movie is dialogue - one of those movies that is clearly adapted from a novel. Beautiful costumes. Mystery/Thriller plot.

Paris, Texas is as good as they say. I'm not sure what to write about this movie. It held my interest by introducing interpersonal mysteries and slowing revealing information about the characters. Charming, playful, and often somber.

I watched Stalker for the second time a couple of days ago. It was my first time watching a Tarkovsky movie in a theater. It was a small theater - hot, sweaty, and accompanied by six popcorn munchers; one of them sat right next to me. All in all, a good time. And I now have a crush on the theater owner. Stalker is a great movie, but it asks for your full attention, and you do need a bit of patience. Difficult if you watch it on your computer. Running time 2h 43m. Long stretches of silence where, if you don't appreciate the underlying tension, "nothing happens."

The movie is about two people alone in a grand old house in the middle of nowhere (a beautifully scenic nowhere) in Wales. One of them is a young woman who recently lost her son. The other is an experienced specialist in the occult. It held my interest the whole way through. It is well-made, and I especially liked the sound design, pacing, and acting. But the aesthetic of occult rituals (symbols, rites, spiritual journeys, and whatnot) has always interested me.