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Post by hi224 on Dec 25, 2019 23:14:44 GMT
performances across the board(sans Lithgow who is way too warm and jolly for Ailes), the scripts uneven and tonally jarring coupled with weird directing choices as well.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 25, 2019 23:52:17 GMT
Wasn’t intending to see it anyway, not with the bitch vibe the film puts out. wow.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 26, 2019 0:56:24 GMT
Wasn’t intending to see it anyway, not with the bitch vibe the film puts out. wow. Yeah they’re only acting. |
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Post by Nora on Dec 26, 2019 4:24:48 GMT
performances across the board(sans Lithgow who is way too warm and jolly for Ailes), the scripts uneven and tonally jarring coupled with weird directing choices as well. what kind of weird directing choices? |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 26, 2019 18:17:46 GMT
performances across the board(sans Lithgow who is way too warm and jolly for Ailes), the scripts uneven and tonally jarring coupled with weird directing choices as well. what kind of weird directing choices? like the 4th wall breaking shit and the need to keep the camera moving rather then let a scene sink in at all.
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Post by Nora on Dec 26, 2019 18:33:12 GMT
what kind of weird directing choices? like the 4th wall breaking shit and the need to keep the camera moving rather then let a scene sink in at all. oh yeah i forgot about the breaking the wall I agree that bugged me a bit too. but how else would you eplain all the things? it was a bit like the big short im bat matter - so much ibfo newded to give to the viewer and not all of it can be easily done just visually or in more traditional methods. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 26, 2019 18:35:52 GMT
like the 4th wall breaking shit and the need to keep the camera moving rather then let a scene sink in at all. oh yeah i forgot about the breaking the wall I agree that bugged me a bit too. but how else would you eplain all the things? it was a bit like the big short im bat matter - so much ibfo newded to give to the viewer and not all of it can be easily done just visually or in more traditional methods. Like showing the characters as they go about their day and situation rather then explaining via exposition unto the audience. Like the scene where Nicole kidman laments how she doesn't like getting stuck on 2nd base, didn't need to be said we already have an illustration of how she feels as she speaks to the lawyers.
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Post by ck100 on Dec 26, 2019 18:59:09 GMT
I like the movie and wasn't bothered by 4th wall stuff, narration, or anything else like that. Performances were solid.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 26, 2019 19:15:20 GMT
like the 4th wall breaking shit and the need to keep the camera moving rather then let a scene sink in at all. oh yeah i forgot about the breaking the wall I agree that bugged me a bit too. but how else would you eplain all the things? it was a bit like the big short im bat matter - so much ibfo newded to give to the viewer and not all of it can be easily done just visually or in more traditional methods. Also didn't care for Lithgow.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 28, 2019 9:28:29 GMT
I like the movie and wasn't bothered by 4th wall stuff, narration, or anything else like that. Performances were solid. I agree, especially since the film introduced itself that way at the start. Those decisions establish an ironic, amusing tone about the nature of power, a tone that gradually darkens. Bombshell is not on the level of some other current releases that critique power— Richard Jewell, Dark Waters, even The Joker in its way—and it is certainly not as cinematic. Yet it proves engrossing and effective.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 28, 2019 9:31:07 GMT
like the 4th wall breaking shit and the need to keep the camera moving rather then let a scene sink in at all. oh yeah i forgot about the breaking the wall I agree that bugged me a bit too. but how else would you eplain all the things? it was a bit like the big short im bat matter - so much ibfo newded to give to the viewer and not all of it can be easily done just visually or in more traditional methods. ... true (and a good analogy), but Bombshell is smoother than The Big Short in that regard. Indeed, it is more like last year's Vice in that aspect, although that movie proved better overall.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 28, 2019 9:32:36 GMT
Yeah they’re only acting. Yeah right! I bet it wasn't that hard for them. Theron is a queen. ... but perhaps the perfect choice to play Megyn Kelly, then. Her performance is really effective.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 28, 2019 10:02:58 GMT
... but perhaps the perfect choice to play Megyn Kelly, then. Her performance is really effective. So Was she acting, or just being herself. I don’t think I could bear to sit through it joe. Well, she is acting in the sense of mimicking Kelly's voice and mannerisms. If you have not done so already, read my comments in the other Bombshell thread: link I would give it a chance, at least if you believe that you might take to the political humor. (If you possess no interest in cable news, it might be less appealing.) And Margot Robbie's performance, at least, is certainly not in the vibe that you are receiving.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 31, 2019 11:59:42 GMT
I viewed Bombshell again, and again I deemed it quite engrossing and a "good" film. The movie is well-paced, well-acted, and well-written, with engaging dialogue and commendable characterizations. It is both intelligent and entertaining. The "breaking of the fourth wall," meanwhile, mainly occurs at the beginning in the form of an office tour from Megyn Kelly and helps draw the viewer into the narrative—at least that is how the tactic worked for me.
Bombshell would have been even better had it offered more imagination and creativity visually. Indeed, only one shot (that of a sobbing Margot Robbie outside of a restaurant, at the end of a critical scene) stands out in terms of composition, elegance, contrast, and perspective. That said, while very limited, the film's visual style works well enough for Bombshell's material and manner.
Also of note is the movie's closing credits sequence, with its glamorous graphics and teasing song written and performed by Regina Spektor. It is rather reminiscent of a classic James Bond opening credits sequence, only with a feminist, anti-misogynist slant.
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Post by Vits on Oct 29, 2020 0:02:12 GMT
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