I dragged my 10 yo niece and sister-in-law to see Little Women over the holidays. The niece was sadly indifferent to it, but the SiL cried buckets and declared herself a fan. I loved it just as much the second time around and am seriously thinking about going to see it the third time (I mean, I have the AMC A-list membership so technically it won't cost me anything extra). The world is terrible and apparently this is my happy place now? I am OK with that!
A bit sad that I don't have any wish to go see TRoS again. (I went to see TFA like 5 times in the theater, and TLJ 3 times.) I had been much more fannish about the sequel trilogy than the original and now am feeling very meh about it all. Ah well. *philosophical shrug* Fannish circle of life, etc.
So, Golden Globes was last night and the big winner was Sam Mendes' 1917, which is opening wide this weekend. On one hand, the news cycle is REALLY not making me want to see a war movie, no matter how well-made. On the other hand, Roger Deakins!
I did go see Bombshell before I left for the holidays. It was alright.
I do not need an explainer on the economics of folding pizza boxes.
I mean, I'm just assuming that's what would come of that partnership?
Oh, okay. I could not connect the dots.
Neon has been running an amazing award campaign for Parasite and this is the first time I went, "oh God, no." It also feels weird to see this news coming at the heels of Bong's Golden Globe acceptance speech for Best Foreign film, where he humorously ribbed at English-speaking movie-goers for their reluctance to see subtitled films.
And there is the Adam McKay of it all. Bong's films are deeply humanist. The first word that pops in my head when it comes to McKay is "glib." If I recall, Adam McKay was also involved in an attempt to do an American remake of Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann (a brilliant, weird, deeply moving 3-hour German comedy of discomfort about an estranged father-daughter relationship set against the backdrop of globalized corporate culture). It doesn't look like that film is happening, so here's hoping the same thing will happen to this misguided notion.
(UGH, go make your own freakin' films instead of trying to drag down my favourite movies, Adam McKay!)
1917 is spectacular. It's harrowing and starkly beautiful, an all-around immersive experience. Roger Deakins is gonna get that second Oscar, yo.
Lots of cameos by Who's Who in British acting cabal in this. My favourite was probably
Andrew Scott, a.k.a. Hot Priest,
who's in it for like 2 mins but makes an impression.
I've seen one of its leads, George Mackay, in several films now and have always been impressed by him -- he's very fine in Pride and Captain Fantastic in particular -- but he may finally break out big after this one. He's such a lovely subtle actor and this movie puts him through a wringer. What a punishing shoot this must have been.
1917 is spectacular.
The Math Greek and I saw this yesterday and I have to agree. I went for the Deakins (and, as always re the Oscars, I say, "Go Deakins, choose Deakins!") but was overall very impressed. Right now, it is near the bottom of my personal top ten, but I won't be upset with it getting nominated (or winning) for almost anything.
Being an activist makes entertainment look different. Didn't expect this one, though.
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