I finally made it to the theater to see Three Thousand Years of Longing yesterday. It's the most visually sumptuous movie I've seen all year, and the dialogue between Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba is a delight. The narrative kind of goes flat/less profound toward the end, but given the previous two points I didn't really mind that much.
Ooh, I've thinking I might sneak off to a matinee of that.
Tonight I'm going to see the Bowie doc in IMAX. His music is going to sound so good on that big sound system.
I'm pretty excited about Woman King: the PCHH gang really really loved it.
Tonight I'm going to see the Bowie doc in IMAX. His music is going to sound so good on that big sound system.
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
I will forewarn you that it wasn't what I had expected. With all the visuals and spectacle it's a really close examination of Bowie's own creative process and path, through his own many interviews. So it doesn't really talk about his many creative alliances at all (except Eno). So Marc Bolan, Carlos Alomar, Iggy Pop, Angie Bowie, Tony Visconti (who is the music supervisor) don't even get mentioned.
It's not a standard biopic at all. Which is good! But if you know the arc of his narrative it was a little odd the way it dealt with his massive cocaine addiction in LA and move to Berlin (which they sort of evoke through a chaotic sound collage?) or his series of heart attacks sidelined him for almost a decade. That kind of thing.
It's not any kind of biopic, it's a 2+ hour music video with some narration edited in in vaguely chronological order. Which I honestly loved - Bowie's music and stage presence are very well suited to 2 hours of No Plot Just Vibes in IMAX.
Bros was funny and kind of sweet, but involved way too many hectoring gay history lectures and rants about, well, everything from Billy Eichner's character. He really should have taken some marginalized people's mantra of "it's not my responsibility to educate you" to heart, it might have driven smaller crowds away.
Ah well, I can at least hope its marketing push brings Luke MacFarlane to the attention of casting agents who should have been sending him scripts for the past decade.
And I did win the game of subconscious roulette, dreaming last night about dating Luke rather than Billy shudder.
rants about, well, everything from Billy Eichner's character
I mean, "rants about everything" is kind of his entire brand, so that isn't surprising.
brings Luke MacFarlane to the attention of casting agents who should have been sending him scripts for the past decade
He's been getting scripts...for Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channels. So I think you meant to say *good* scripts.
He was on Killjoys, which was super fun, but it's not really part of the leading man pipeline.
Yeah, apparently he was a lead on an obscure Canadian sitcom and a regular on a PBS period drama in between Brothers & Sisters and Killjoys as well as all the Hallmark Christmas movies. But this is the first time he's been able to audition for the lead in a major studio film, and that's really a shame.
