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Post by Nora on Jan 16, 2019 0:18:07 GMT
interesting movie. Kidman was great as always, but something about how her story was told didnt sit with me.
Anybody here saw it? what did you think?
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Post by hi224 on Jan 16, 2019 4:33:09 GMT
I wanna
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Post by leesilm on Jan 18, 2019 19:25:10 GMT
Not available anywhere around me. Can't wait to see it though. Has two of my favorite actors in it!
PS: I don't care if you spoil the movie, so if you want to talk about what it was that didn't sit well with you, please feel free.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 18, 2019 20:04:56 GMT
Kusama is a solid director as well.
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Post by Nora on Jan 18, 2019 20:20:41 GMT
Not available anywhere around me. Can't wait to see it though. Has two of my favorite actors in it! PS: I don't care if you spoil the movie, so if you want to talk about what it was that didn't sit well with you, please feel free. I think it was the editing and jumping between different timelines. It felt like I didnt get to spend enough time in either. But still overall a good movie expeience. She is pretty incredible. |
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Post by darkpast on Jan 19, 2019 23:31:12 GMT
i liked the film, but not for everyone. Surprised not much awards attention for it.
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Post by leesilm on Jan 20, 2019 2:30:06 GMT
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Post by darkpast on Jan 20, 2019 3:36:09 GMT
And any movie that references this is a winner  |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 6, 2019 15:32:10 GMT
I saw it yesterday. I quite liked it; good tension throughout and a powerful performance by Nicole Kidman. I am just not sure I understand the bad guy's motivation. If I understood correctly, the whole thing started when she received the envelope with the ink-stained banknote. That is when she decided to track him down. But why would he choose to announce to a cop that he was back? For revenge? If that is what he wanted, he could have very easily ambushed her somewhere and killed her. Or was it someone else who sent her the envelope? I don't think there was any indication of that.
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Post by Nora on Feb 7, 2019 0:59:13 GMT
I saw it yesterday. I quite liked it; good tension throughout and a powerful performance by Nicole Kidman. I am just not sure I understand the bad guy's motivation. If I understood correctly, the whole thing started when she received the envelope with the ink-stained banknote. That is when she decided to track him down. But why would he choose to announce to a cop that he was back? For revenge? If that is what he wanted, he could have very easily ambushed her somewhere and killed her. Or was it someone else who sent her the envelope? I don't think there was any indication of that.
i was under the impression she sent it but i may be remembering it wrong. otherwise u r right it doesnt make much sense. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 8, 2019 5:12:03 GMT
Kusama is a solid director as well. was pretty creepy and intense. Haven't seen anything else. |
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Feb 17, 2019 11:09:05 GMT
I saw it yesterday. I quite liked it; good tension throughout and a powerful performance by Nicole Kidman. I am just not sure I understand the bad guy's motivation. If I understood correctly, the whole thing started when she received the envelope with the ink-stained banknote. That is when she decided to track him down. But why would he choose to announce to a cop that he was back? For revenge? If that is what he wanted, he could have very easily ambushed her somewhere and killed her. Or was it someone else who sent her the envelope? I don't think there was any indication of that.
Had he actually figured out that she was a cop? Because at the end, he seems glad to see her ... But come to think of it, he probably did figure that out. |
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Feb 17, 2019 11:20:03 GMT
interesting movie. Kidman was great as always, but something about how her story was told didnt sit with me. Anybody here saw it? what did you think? I deem Destroyer "pretty good/good." Nicole Kidman is riveting and nearly unrecognizable as "Nicole Kidman" in the film, playing a dirty cop in what amounts to a neo- noir. The film is quite impressive visually, prospering from its gritty Los Angeles location shooting, and the bank robbery sequences are quite exciting. The movie's main flaw, in my view, is that it tries too hard to be meditative, self-consciously straining for that quality rather than letting the mystery unfold with real momentum. A film noir or neo- noir is inherently meditative and possesses inherent self-consciousness, so there is no need to force those elements. Unfortunately, that is the mistake that director Karyn Kusama commits. The pacing and editing generally needed to be crisper, as they are during the bank robbery sequences and a few others, in order for the mystery narrative to reach its potential. And while I just praised the film's cinematography, some of the empty frames and pseudo-subjective shots probably created too much self-consciousness. Moreover, the late scene between the Kidman character and her daughter sentimentally strains for emotional weight. Still, the combination of Kidman's extremely ambiguous performance and the authentic location shooting, along with the neo- noir sense of decadence, corruption, and squalor, render Destroyer a hard-hitting and uncompromising experience. Did you believe that Kidman's cop committed suicide in the end ? |
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