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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 16, 2019 17:13:17 GMT
Anyone heard anything about it? Directed by Richard Linklater, who has a few gems under his belt, and starring Cate Blanchett, who is one of my favourite actresses, so I will probably see it. It must have gone through some extensive reshoots/re-editing (which is never a good sign), because I remember seeing the previews for it a long time ago, and then it just disappeared from the radar. Recently the previews started again, and now it is out.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 16, 2019 17:31:17 GMT
I've seen a couple previews for it. Not sure what to make of it.
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Post by kingslayer on Aug 16, 2019 22:20:56 GMT
Looks like a student made film school flick. If it gets any kind of praise I'll see it when it comes out on DVD.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Aug 18, 2019 13:10:35 GMT
Looks like another entry in the "life begins at 50" genre for women, although with the creative forces involved, I would guess considerably better than 'Second Act.' Still....eh.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 19, 2019 3:02:02 GMT
Anyone heard anything about it? Directed by Richard Linklater, who has a few gems under his belt, and starring Cate Blanchett, who is one of my favourite actresses, so I will probably see it. It must have gone through some extensive reshoots/re-editing (which is never a good sign), because I remember seeing the previews for it a long time ago, and then it just disappeared from the radar. Recently the previews started again, and now it is out. I actually have a feeling the studio forced his hand while shooting.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 19, 2019 3:55:02 GMT
I saw it today. Pretty decent. Unlikely that it will make my top 10 list for 2019 but enjoyable enough. And Cate Blanchett is such a joy to watch!
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 7, 2019 7:55:23 GMT
I just viewed Where'd You Go, Bernadette? and thought that it was arguably the worst mainstream release that I have seen this year—and perhaps in a few years. The main problem, as I see it, is that the filmmakers tried to make the movie as a comedy, and as a throwaway/sentimental comedy at that. Perhaps the novel works as a comedy, but the adaptation does not—the film is almost never funny. It plays in a manic, hyper, zany manner with constant dialogue and a decidedly uptempo style. That kind of comedy really has to be funny to work, and again, the attempts at humor are almost entirely flat and lame. Meanwhile, the attempts at emotional poignancy result in crass sentimentality. The filmmakers would have been better off converting the material into a drama and making a serious movie, which probably would have better matched Cate Blanchett's assets as an actress. Visually, director Richard Linklater shoots the film in an utterly unimaginative manner, with overly bright lighting, simplistic setups, an abundance of closeups, and a general lack of composition and texture. At best, it feels like a misbegotten Hallmark Channel TV movie.
In other words, Where'd You Go, Bernadette? is a comedy with almost nothing to laugh at and little worth looking at (the exceptions in the latter area constitute a few authentic, although hardly artistic, shots of Antarctic wildlife). The material might have offered some potential, but not as presented here—again, I feel that the filmmakers should have reworked the story as a drama.
Perhaps Jep saw something in it that I missed.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 7, 2019 8:09:09 GMT
Looks like another entry in the "life begins at 50" genre for women, although with the creative forces involved, I would guess considerably better than 'Second Act.' Still....eh. Either Where'd You Go, Bernadette? or Second Act would rank as the worst film that I have seen within the last year among mainstream releases. (The absolute worst that I have viewed is King of Thieves, which stars Michael Caine yet mercifully received minimal distribution upon its American release in January.) At least Second Act is passable (in a mediocre, TV sitcom way) for awhile, whereas Where'd You Go, Bernadette? is a disaster pretty much from the beginning. In retrospect, it almost seeks to mimic the madcap manner of such classic comedies as It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934) and The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940), but its postmodern pretensions inhibit the light touch and nimbleness offered by those older films.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 8, 2019 6:18:39 GMT
I saw it today. Pretty decent. Unlikely that it will make my top 10 list for 2019 but enjoyable enough. And Cate Blanchett is such a joy to watch! i heard it robs her of her charisma.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 8, 2019 22:20:41 GMT
In other words, Where'd You Go, Bernadette? is a comedy with almost nothing to laugh at and little worth looking at (the exceptions in the latter area constitute a few authentic, although hardly artistic, shots of Antarctic wildlife). The material might have offered some potential, but not as presented here—again, I feel that the filmmakers should have reworked the story as a drama. Perhaps Jep saw something in it that I missed.
One of the great frustrations of my life is that I am rarely able to see anything in movies below the superficial level - and that in spite of the fact that I love cinema and that movies are a huge part of my life. I wish I could analyse a movie and write about it intelligently the way you do, but unfortunately my intelligence lies elsewhere.
With that in mind, I really can't explain why I enjoyed it. It certainly wasn't as a comedy; I may have smiled at some points but I don't think I laughed. I guess I liked the character, her history with her art and creativity, her difficulty relating to others. And the fact that she was played by the always luminous Cate Blanchett didn't hurt.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 14, 2019 6:31:47 GMT
I saw it today. Pretty decent. Unlikely that it will make my top 10 list for 2019 but enjoyable enough. And Cate Blanchett is such a joy to watch! i heard it robs her of her charisma. Her character is not supposed to be entirely likable. Regardless, the flippant comedic context arguably undermines her gravitas. For some viewers and reviewers, though, her presence transcends the flaws in the film's style and narrative structure. For me, she offers more quirkiness and intrigue than, say, Julia Roberts would have provided in the part. On the other hand, the movie's boisterously sentimental style is more fitting for someone like Roberts. If they were going to cast Cate Blanchett (and she is better suited for this kind of complicated protagonist), the filmmakers should have made the movie differently.
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Post by Vits on Dec 14, 2019 23:35:30 GMT
3/10
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Post by Nora on Dec 15, 2019 6:09:59 GMT
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Post by Vits on Dec 15, 2019 10:49:47 GMT
Well, it's just my opinion. Maybe you'll like it.
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