So if feminist rage in period clothes is what you're after, this is your film.
I should point this out to JZ.
As always, Vonnie, I love your reviews. So well deeply informed and well put.
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
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DavidS - Dec 26, 2018 9:53:08 am PST #1836 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kalshane - Dec 27, 2018 6:14:45 am PST #1837 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
So word on the street is that Bumblebee is actually good? For someone who gave up on Bayformers after the first one, is it worth seeing in the theater or should I just wait for Netflix?
chrismg - Dec 27, 2018 9:54:25 am PST #1838 of 3463
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Kalshane, I saw it with my folks over Xmas and thought it was pretty good. (I'm the same as you re:Bayformers). It's not a spectacle-heavy movie, so I wouldn't say you MUST see it on the big screen, but I'd definitely recommend it.
Kalshane - Dec 27, 2018 11:19:39 am PST #1839 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Cool. Thanks. Depending on what's going on this weekend I may take my son to see it. (He hasn't asked about it but he likes Transformers well enough. He's watched most of what's available on Netflix cartoon-wise.)
Tom Scola - Dec 27, 2018 11:21:32 am PST #1840 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The trailer made it look like a note-for-note ripoff of The Iron Giant.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 27, 2018 11:53:58 am PST #1841 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Admittedly, that's a formula for a big improvement over the previous Transformers movies.
Kalshane - Dec 27, 2018 12:19:21 pm PST #1842 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, we both like The Iron Giant, so if this movie is even half as good I'd call it a win.
I actually thought the original Bayformers movie was okay (not great or even good, but not terrible) but my understanding is the sequels repeatedly amp up the elements I hated about the first one.
Connie Neil - Dec 27, 2018 12:21:36 pm PST #1843 of 3463
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I liked the third Transformers movie, where the girl reveals the skill she learned as an inadvertent evil minion and eggs the old villain into reclaiming his evil and kicking the butt of the baddie-come-lately. I like when tropes get tweaked.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2018 2:23:47 pm PST #1844 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Favourite: LOVED IT. All the stuff Lanthimos gets away with under the shiny period film trappings! With inventive camerawork and tricky tonal balance between comedy and drama and gorgeous clothes and sharp, witty, nasty dialog and amazing performances in every single role, MY GOSH. I know they're pushing Olivia Colman for a Best Actress nom but it's really a three-header, with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz being just as brilliant (Stone joins a rare company of American actors who can pull off a believable British accent.) Def. up there as one of my top ten films of the year.
I am so interested in this reaction (which I think a lot of people had), because I just saw it and thought it was fine? It probably didn't help that basically no one else in the theater got it. Behind me was I'm going to guess a mother and two grown daughters (or daughter+friend) who agreed afterward that they probably should have seen Marwen....
Anyway, the performances and look were all amazing, for sure, but it didn't take me.
Kalshane - Dec 30, 2018 1:41:36 pm PST #1845 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The boy and I really enjoyed Bumblebee. The first 15 minutes alone were fantastic for someone who grew up with the classic Transformers in the 80s.
I definitely can see some of the Iron Giant parallels but I think it did enough different and Hailee Steinfeld's performance helps carry the film.