Good then that the movie stands on its own as a slow burn.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
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Volans - Nov 08, 2016 11:27:06 am PST #317 of 3455
move out and draw fire
-t - Nov 08, 2016 12:30:07 pm PST #318 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The story is wonderful. My nephew and I got to talking about it while my sister was driving us from A to B, and once we got to B she read it so we could all discuss it.
Tom Scola - Nov 10, 2016 6:43:52 am PST #319 of 3455
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Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
I wasn't quite able to shut off my brain enough to enjoy The Fifth Element to the fullest extent, but I'll be there for this anyway.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2016 5:19:27 am PST #320 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fantastic Beasts was a huge disappointment. There's a really good movie hiding in there somewhere, but it didn't make it onto the screen.
I get the feeling that Warner Bros wanted a Jazz Age Fantastic Beasts movie and JKR wanted a Depression-era political drama, and instead of collaborating they just kind of made two movies and intercut them.
Jesse - Nov 12, 2016 5:29:28 am PST #321 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I saw Moonlight yesterday, and it is really beautiful. Just so different from most stories that get told about young black men in the ghetto. Definitely go see it, although it's not a total upper.
Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2016 11:03:38 am PST #322 of 3455
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People should go see Arrival because I need to talk about it!
It liked it a lot, but I would have enjoyed it even more if it were less hand-wavey. It was really hand-wavey.
Consuela - Nov 12, 2016 1:17:33 pm PST #323 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I liked it a lot. I guess I didn't mind the handwavey-ness so much because the over all messages was so optimistic.
But yeah, there was a lot of "don't sweat the details" going on in that movie. Starting from, did they honestly fly all the way from Seattle to Montana in the one helicopter? Because IME, helicopters don't have that kind of range...
Jessica - Nov 12, 2016 1:37:11 pm PST #324 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I didn't mind the handwavey science because the actual question of the movie isn't how do we teach aliens English but what does it mean to make choices when we already know the outcome. Which is putting it tritely, but you know what I mean. The aliens are just the conduit.
Calli - Nov 13, 2016 12:57:46 pm PST #325 of 3455
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I saw Dr. Strange last night. It was way better than I expected. I didn't have any negative expectations; I knew nothing about it. But it was gorgeous and funny and I want to see it again.
megan walker - Nov 13, 2016 2:06:45 pm PST #326 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
But yeah, there was a lot of "don't sweat the details" going on in that movie.
I feel like that describes every Villeneuve movie I've seen, but I love the questions he explores and how his movies just seem to seep into you.
In short, Arrival was exactly the movie I needed to see this week.
Though I highly encourage people to catch The Love Witch if they can. It is basically a Technicolor version of Charmed that channels both Jacques Demy and late Hitchcock.