I don't suppose there's a chance in hell of Kathryn Bigelow being interested?
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Well, I liked Red Sparrow more than I thought I would. (I had not heard good things.) It's a slow burn plot, with an emphasis on the slow, and that sort of worked for me. However, as a heads up, if you need a trigger warning--of almost any kind really--you probably do not want to see this film.
It's a slow burn plot, with an emphasis on the slow, and that sort of worked for me
I liked the pacing too, once I got used to it. The trailers are incredibly misleading.
The trailers seem to be saying, essentially, "Marvel couldn't be bothered to make a Black Widow movie, so we stepped in." Is that not what Red Sparrow is?
My impression is that they might as well have named Joel Edgerton's character Trapper John.
Is that not what Red Sparrow is?
She's a Russian secret agent with a color/animal code name and a backstory involving ballet, but other than that, no. It's a slow talky espionage story and J-Law's motivations and choices are driven by a completely different set of pressures.
She's a Russian secret agent with a color/animal code name and a backstory involving ballet, but other than that, no.
OK. Sounds like it could still be interesting, though. I just won't watch it with my original expectations.
It's definitely more like a Le Carré novel than an "action" movie, that's for sure. The film had a few too many "I can't watch this" parts for me, but I think I am going to check out the novel. It is rated very highly on Goodreads.
It felt very la femme Nikita from previews.
Just came back from Annihilation. Based on words of mouths, I was expecting it to be pee-in-pants scary and it's... not, in the standard sense. It's sci-fi with horror elements rather than straight-up horror, and jump scares are few and far in between. It is leisurely paced and quietly builds up dread, with a dazzling final act that amps up the otherworldly and leaves you with more questions than answers. I found the whole thing profoundly disquieting and disorienting. I kinda want to know more about this world, so might be checking out the books on which the movie is based. The cast, of mostly women, is dynamite.
At any rate, I liked it a lot. I think it's coming to Netflix soon-ish but it's a type of movie better seen on the big screen.