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Post by hi224 on Jan 26, 2019 5:52:10 GMT
So might see that serenity and escape room as well.
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Post by Nora on Jan 26, 2019 17:36:41 GMT
i didnt find Upside good at all- only worth seeing if you dont know the french original AND love cranston/hart to the point of not mindind the movie doesnt “click”.
escape room on the other hand is fun to watch.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 26, 2019 19:18:23 GMT
i didnt find Upside good at all- only worth seeing if you dont know the french original AND love cranston/hart to the point of not mindind the movie doesnt “click”. escape room on the other hand is fun to watch. Ive been sick a little over two weeks so dying to see a movie again. |
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Jan 28, 2019 8:28:25 GMT
So might see that serenity and escape room as well. They are not major priorities, but I am planning on seeing those three as well. |
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Feb 6, 2019 9:29:35 GMT
I found The Upside to be "decent." The film is surprisingly engrossing, as—contrary to what the trailer indicates—it focuses on character rather than gags. Bryan Cranston again shows why he is one of the better actors around. Kevin Hart is not on Cranston's level as an actor, but he knows comedy and proves credible as a down-on-his-luck deadbeat dad opportunistically seeking a better life for himself and his kid. And as usual, Nicole Kidman proves precise in a supporting part. To Nora's comments earlier, I concur that the comedy lacks a consistent crackle, but two or three scenes are laugh-out-loud hilarious. The story is a bit choppy, and most of the movie suffers from an overabundance of closeups. Yet while The Upside is ultimately an unremarkable film, it offers greater human depth and emotional resonance than one might expect.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 6, 2019 14:26:18 GMT
I found The Upside to be "decent." The film is surprisingly engrossing, as—contrary to what the trailer indicates—it focuses on character rather than gags. Bryan Cranston again shows why he is one of the better actors around. Kevin Hart is not on Cranston's level as an actor, but he knows comedy and proves credible as a down-on-his-luck deadbeat dad opportunistically seeking a better life for himself and his kid. And as usual, Nicole Kidman proves precise in a supporting part. To Nora's comments earlier, I concur that the comedy lacks a consistent crackle, but two or three scenes are laugh-out-loud hilarious. The story is a bit choppy, and most of the movie suffers from an overabundance of closeups. Yet while The Upside is ultimately an unremarkable film, it offers greater human depth and emotional resonance than one might expect. I sort of feel like many adequate or journeyman directors rely simply too much on closeups. |
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Feb 9, 2019 5:25:34 GMT
I found The Upside to be "decent." The film is surprisingly engrossing, as—contrary to what the trailer indicates—it focuses on character rather than gags. Bryan Cranston again shows why he is one of the better actors around. Kevin Hart is not on Cranston's level as an actor, but he knows comedy and proves credible as a down-on-his-luck deadbeat dad opportunistically seeking a better life for himself and his kid. And as usual, Nicole Kidman proves precise in a supporting part. To Nora's comments earlier, I concur that the comedy lacks a consistent crackle, but two or three scenes are laugh-out-loud hilarious. The story is a bit choppy, and most of the movie suffers from an overabundance of closeups. Yet while The Upside is ultimately an unremarkable film, it offers greater human depth and emotional resonance than one might expect. I sort of feel like many adequate or journeyman directors rely simply too much on closeups. Have you seen King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine? I viewed it yesterday, and it may have constituted the worst movie that I have ever seen in a theater. The director is James Marsh, who directed The Theory of Everything (2014), a mediocre movie that ridiculously received a Best Picture Academy Award nomination, among five total nominations. (That is my perspective, anyway; I viewed the film twice in the theater.) Well, since The Theory of Everything at least proved adequate as a film, albeit nothing more, I decided to give King of Thieves a chance. But this movie is awful, and a major reason why is because Marsh shot almost everything in a closeup (the only notable exceptions were a few establishing shots). |
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