Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread • Page 379

I’ve seen about half of Coppola’s movies and I’ve never felt strongly about any of them

 

Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, and Somewhere are elite

 

Even Night Moves?

 

ahhhh yeah that’s easily her weakest. Forgot about it to be honest. Old Joy, Wendy & Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Certain Women, First Cow, and even River of Grass stand out so much that she always comes to mind

 

Love those, but honestly think Virgin Suicides is my favorite still

 

There are a lot of directors who have made mediocre films but not necessarily bad films. Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight), Wes Anderson (pretty much everything after the Royal Tenenbaums), Terrence Malick (A Voyage in Time). Stanley Kubrick disowned Fear and Desire, but it is a really rough watch. If I ever meet Martin Scorsese I am going to demand that he answer for Shutter Island. Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh are examples of filmmakers who manage to hit some of the highest highs and the lowest lows

Kenneth Lonergan has made three masterpieces in three attempts. While it is risky to start crowning people with such a low number (look at what happened to Jeff Nichols), but he has shown an incredible ability to capture the depths of human tragedy and pain. He has only made three films in 20 years, partly because of studio interference, so maybe he will sour eventually.

 

LOL at Django being mediocre

 

how is Soderbergh's Che movie

 

Django is my favorite Tarantino movie I've seen, I think

 

Tetra is right as usual

 

I was going to call it bad but there are a few interesting scenes.

 

Part 1 is better than Part 2, but both were very compelling.

 

Just saw they are both on Criterion so I'm probably gonna watch those tonight to avoid following the election results

 

"If I ever meet Martin Scorsese I am going to demand that he answer for Shutter Island."

I'd love to see this interaction lol.

 

The hateful eight is better than Django

 

Hateful Eight is easily his weakest for me and I still think its pretty great.

 

I thought Once Upon A Time... actually sucked. I fell asleep twice trying to watch it across two different nights. Maybe I need to revisit it, but I felt like it was his worst

 

That is the worst take. Once Upon a Time is fantastic.

 

I feel like a plot was non-existent

 

Huge shocker you have a terrible take

 

Har har har

 

I also thought OUATIH dragged, and wasn’t nearly as funny as some people seemed to think. The little actor girl, the ranch scene, and the last ~20min were all fantastic tho

 

i figured

he is DQ'd from that convo from baby driver alone imo. one of the worst viewing experiences of the last decade that I can remember.

 

hard eight is mediocre? what the hell

 

How come? Like I said, it’s one of those I would probably be more sympathetic towards if made by a lesser director