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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 3, 2017 8:36:37 GMT
Is this general release, or one of those limited Indie film releases? Hmm not sure really. I was lucky it was playing close by but only in one theater. And I happen to live in one of the biggest cities in the United States haha. It seems like they are gradually releasing it to more areas (kinda like Hell or High Water) ... yes, that seems to be the release pattern. It started playing in art-house theaters and then moved to the big commercial chains.
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Post by transfuged on Sept 3, 2017 17:45:04 GMT
Hello, Untill yesterday it was national movie week here and it broke my heart not to enjoy the usuall fun. As I had nothing on my agenda, I selected one movie with the help of the trailers I watched when waiting for Valerian to began. Wind river was not one of them. But the movie I watched was tagged 'comedy'. It was not. I had to wash the feeling of déjà vu, and entered the other theater in the city (the one were they sell pop-corn and stuff:) I had not watched a thriller in ages, though... And it did not stuck me that Jeremy Renner was the male lead watching the trailer. But I thought two hours of suspense would do the trick. Now, I have seen it and I am awfully sorry that the humble bad opinion I had about current day cinema industry is turning into a not that humble certainty of the same kind. Question : what is the thrill about watching a man loosing all his marbles and doing insane a thing ? Feeling superior to him?
Till later, T
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Post by Nora on Sept 4, 2017 1:11:23 GMT
Hello, Untill yesterday it was national movie week here and it broke my heart not to enjoy the usuall fun. As I had nothing on my agenda, I selected one movie with the help of the trailers I watched when waiting for Valerian to began. Wind river was not one of them. But the movie I watched was tagged 'comedy'. It was not. I had to wash the feeling of déjà vu, and entered the other theater in the city (the one were they sell pop-corn and stuff:) I had not watched a thriller in ages, though... And it did not stuck me that Jeremy Renner was the male lead watching the trailer. But I thought two hours of suspense would do the trick. Now, I have seen it and I am awfully sorry that the humble bad opinion I had about current day cinema industry is turning into a not that humble certainty of the same kind. Question : what is the thrill about watching a man loosing all his marbles and doing insane a thing ? Feeling superior to him? Till later, T who are you talking about "Having lost all his marbles and doing insane things?" in the movie? Also, what was the name of the (not) comedy you saw?
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 4, 2017 6:22:02 GMT
Hello, Untill yesterday it was national movie week here and it broke my heart not to enjoy the usuall fun. As I had nothing on my agenda, I selected one movie with the help of the trailers I watched when waiting for Valerian to began. Wind river was not one of them. But the movie I watched was tagged 'comedy'. It was not. I had to wash the feeling of déjà vu, and entered the other theater in the city (the one were they sell pop-corn and stuff:) I had not watched a thriller in ages, though... And it did not stuck me that Jeremy Renner was the male lead watching the trailer. But I thought two hours of suspense would do the trick. Now, I have seen it and I am awfully sorry that the humble bad opinion I had about current day cinema industry is turning into a not that humble certainty of the same kind. Question : what is the thrill about watching a man loosing all his marbles and doing insane a thing ? Feeling superior to him?
Till later, T who are you talking about "Having lost all his marbles and doing insane things?" in the movie?Also, what was the name of the (not) comedy you saw? Although he can obviously speak for himself, my sense is that he is referring to the climactic scene where the Renner character coolly forces Pete into a suicidal outcome.
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Post by Nora on Sept 4, 2017 11:28:22 GMT
who are you talking about "Having lost all his marbles and doing insane things?" in the movie?Also, what was the name of the (not) comedy you saw? Although he can obviously speak for himself, my sense is that he is referring to the climactic scene where the
perhaps. but that would imply he means Rennes character lost all his marbles and is doing insane things, which to me doesnt correspond with the movie or the character at all, thats why I was interested…
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 5, 2017 5:39:36 GMT
Although he can obviously speak for himself, my sense is that he is referring to the climactic scene where the
perhaps. but that would imply he means Rennes character lost all his marbles and is doing insane things, which to me doesnt correspond with the movie or the character at all, thats why I was interested… Well, he wrote "a thing," so he may be referring to what the Renner character ultimately does to Pete. In that case, although I would not necessarily agree with his point, I can understand it: why should the Renner character force Pete into a suicidal decision either way rather than call law enforcement, allow them to arrest the guy, and so forth? Of course, you and I know why (issues of revenge, circular construction, cinematic imperatives, the difficulty of law enforcement reaching that location, and so forth), but from a perspective of responsibility and not wanting to see any more cruelty, I can understand why a viewer would find that vengeful, quasi-vigilante action to be despairing. But personally (and I am sure that you feel the same way), it works within the context of this film. The other option is that the poster is referring to Pete. I guess that one question worth asking, Nora (and for anyone else), is if you were in the position of the Renner character, where you had tracked down Pete, would you (in real life) have placed Pete in that quandary or would you have said, "I am going to go contact law enforcement, and they will come here and arrest you, and you will have to answer for your crimes." Doing so would have probably made for a lesser movie, but how about in real life? And come to think of it, the Renner character's action is sort of similar to what the protagonist does at the end of The Revenant.
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Post by Nora on Sept 5, 2017 12:56:29 GMT
perhaps. but that would imply he means Rennes character lost all his marbles and is doing insane things, which to me doesnt correspond with the movie or the character at all, thats why I was interested… Well, he wrote "a thing," so he may be referring to what the Renner character ultimately does Yes, if he was talking about Pete, then I get it, although the movie was not about him so its not like you watch Him do stuff… If he was talking about Renner then I dont get it at all, because his character certainly has not "lost all his marbles" and was not doing "insane thing" - we can debate if what he did in the end was "moral/legal" or not, but to me it was anything but insane. It was actually pretty rational (and not done in a moment of insanity or passion, the opposite it seemed even somewhat calmly premeditated). So… you can say this was imoral/ilegal but I believe in the eyes of most viewers he came across as having made the right decision and they would be sympathetic toward him and see him as the protagonist not antagonist so what I dont get is the part "should we feel superrior to him". I think most people would actually feel inferior to him (on account of his skills and calm demeanor under stress), and most people would feel he did the "right thing" (thus moral) albeit not legal.
I cant imagine someone would watch this movie thinking Renners character is insane/should be looked down on and his actions would "turn people off" of him…
But then again, I am not "all people" and my imagination certainly is limited so its always interesting to find out what others thought….
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Post by agentblue on Sept 7, 2017 5:21:55 GMT
Go see this in theaters when you can! Outstanding directorial debut and just an all around good to great film. I highly recommend it. Renner is aces in this (probably his best performance to date so far) Just saw it, man it was sooo good!!!! I loved the acting especially Renner who never dissapoints, and Olsen as well. I liked the mystery of it all too. Man that flashback scene was hard to watch. I wanted to jump into the movie and kill all of those a holes. Being Native American myself this movie makes me proud of it. Also just so you know this isnt a directorial debut, Taylor Sheridan directed Hell or High Water last year.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 12:18:01 GMT
Go see this in theaters when you can! Outstanding directorial debut and just an all around good to great film. I highly recommend it. Renner is aces in this (probably his best performance to date so far) Just saw it, man it was sooo good!!!! I loved the acting especially Renner who never dissapoints, and Olsen as well. I liked the mystery of it all too. Man that flashback scene was hard to watch. I wanted to jump into the movie and kill all of those a holes. Being Native American myself this movie makes me proud of it. Also just so you know this isnt a directorial debut, Taylor Sheridan directed Hell or High Water last year. actually David Mackenzie was the guy that directed Hell or High Water. (Sheridan just wrote it ). Glad you dug Wind River! Easily one of my favorites of this year so far.
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Post by agentblue on Sept 7, 2017 17:07:04 GMT
Just saw it, man it was sooo good!!!! I loved the acting especially Renner who never dissapoints, and Olsen as well. I liked the mystery of it all too. Man that flashback scene was hard to watch. I wanted to jump into the movie and kill all of those a holes. Being Native American myself this movie makes me proud of it. Also just so you know this isnt a directorial debut, Taylor Sheridan directed Hell or High Water last year. actually David Mackenzie was the guy that directed Hell or High Water. (Sheridan just wrote it ). Glad you dug Wind River! Easily one of my favorites of this year so far. Oh wow how could I miss that one!!!!
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Post by Nora on Sept 7, 2017 22:29:28 GMT
actually David Mackenzie was the guy that directed Hell or High Water. (Sheridan just wrote it ). Glad you dug Wind River! Easily one of my favorites of this year so far. Oh wow how could I miss that one!!!! but u r not wrong on the fact that Wind River was not Sheridan's directorial debut….
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 0:47:47 GMT
Oh wow how could I miss that one!!!! but u r not wrong on the fact that Wind River was not Sheridan's directorial debut…. Ha! You would be correct. I was just going by what some critics were saying but then I looked at his filmography and he directed some very low budget film. Learn something new everyday I guess I think Sheridan is gonna be a force to reckon with in Hollywood for years to come .
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Post by agentblue on Sept 8, 2017 1:33:46 GMT
but u r not wrong on the fact that Wind River was not Sheridan's directorial debut…. Ha! You would be correct. I was just going by what some critics were saying but then I looked at his filmography and he directed some very low budget film. Learn something new everyday I guess I think Sheridan is gonna be a force to reckon with in Hollywood for years to come . Yeah dude his last few written films were awesome as was this one, I look forward to what he can do in the future.
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Post by Nora on Sept 8, 2017 2:08:11 GMT
but u r not wrong on the fact that Wind River was not Sheridan's directorial debut…. Ha! You would be correct. I was just going by what some critics were saying but then I looked at his filmography and he directed some very low budget film. Learn something new everyday I guess I think Sheridan is gonna be a force to reckon with in Hollywood for years to come . I agree, he is for sure going to be one of the top directors to follow in the next decade… and the fact that he wrote his first two movies on a spec. wow, he is just inspirational all around…
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 10, 2017 6:11:03 GMT
Yes, if he was talking about Pete, then I get it, although the movie was not about him so its not like you watch Him do stuff… If he was talking about Renner then I dont get it at all, because his character certainly has not "lost all his marbles" and was not doing "insane thing" - we can debate if what he did in the end was "moral/legal" or not, but to me it was anything but insane. It was actually pretty rational (and not done in a moment of insanity or passion, the opposite it seemed even somewhat calmly premeditated). So… you can say this was imoral/ilegal but I believe in the eyes of most viewers he came across as having made the right decision and they would be sympathetic toward him and see him as the protagonist not antagonist so what I dont get is the part "should we feel superrior to him". I think most people would actually feel inferior to him (on account of his skills and calm demeanor under stress), and most people would feel he did the "right thing" (thus moral) albeit not legal.
I cant imagine someone would watch this movie thinking Renners character is insane/should be looked down on and his actions would "turn people off" of him…
But then again, I am not "all people" and my imagination certainly is limited so its always interesting to find out what others thought…. By "superior to him," I believe that he meant that the Renner character would engage in his action in order to prove his superiority relative to Pete. I certainly concur that the Renner figure's action is logical within the context of the narrative, but a viewer here or there may interpret it as gratuitous and cruel.
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Post by transfuged on Sept 12, 2017 18:58:28 GMT
Hello Nora, Sorry it takes so long to reply. Things are getting tangled...
Actually I meant the character played by Jeremy Renner, but, come to think of it, more or less almost all the people are, hum... Acting like they are on a tight rope, in the movie. Save the youngest ones, maybe. Sorry i don't recall the name of the not comedy and i gotta go...
Till later T
October 17 edition:
Hello, I'm back about on technical point. What the hunter(Renner) teaches his son about horses, is said to be the child's ancestor's skill.
My first job, before I took up baby sitting, was teaching horse riding for the air force. I did not make the infantry and the thank division, nor Saumur... And horses are mere memories now, but , well, they licensed me to teach these things and I could swear what's on screen is a dressage shoulder job, and from europe -cadre noir and spanish reitschüle alike practise it. Horses were introduced to the then local population by the conquistadores, so it would figure. Now, does this data enable someone to understand how I do not understand the 'thriller' tag that categorizes that movie ? Till later, T
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Post by longtimefilmfan on Sept 14, 2017 20:48:05 GMT
Just seen this and liked it...gritty,grim and a thought provoking focus on survival (or not) in a hostile environment...reminded me of a Scandi-noir dark thriller/murder mystery.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Sept 16, 2017 21:12:12 GMT
It was great. I really liked the mystery and building suspense. The ending confrontation and the flashback scene was one hell of a great stretch of filmmaking.
Probably a 9/10.
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Post by Troyal1 on Sept 21, 2017 20:12:47 GMT
Pretty damn good movie. Glad I went to see it.
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Post by SciFive on Nov 4, 2017 22:59:04 GMT
Well, I got to see this the other day (iTunes).
Good movie.
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