Oh, but Dana, I could not believe the people in my theater toward the end (not the final end, but what I thought was going to be the end! The scene in the hotel, I think) who were like, "Wait, is she...?!?!" Which I thought was obvious by that point.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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Jesse - Jul 20, 2017 5:26:24 am PDT #892 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dana - Jul 20, 2017 5:31:31 am PDT #893 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I thought it was obvious too -- I mean, not who she was working for, but why she was going to the hotel. But to be honest, I had problems occasionally understanding all of the dialogue between the Russian, German, French, and British accents.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2017 5:47:05 am PDT #894 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, all of that.
I liked it, though! Even when I thought it didn't need a second ending, it turned out it DID need the third ending!
Jessica - Jul 20, 2017 7:06:10 am PDT #895 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Short version, if you want to see Charlize Theron beating people up while wearing sleek clothes and high heels, you will not be disappointed.
If you like your movies to have plots, however, you probably will be. I recommend going in with the assumption that none of the spy shit matters.
The fight scenes are AWESOME, and I really appreciated that Theron looked like an adult. It's rare to see women allowed to look grown up without looking Old, you know?
Question - does this movie still get to pass the Bechdel test if the conversation not-about-a-man happens in the middle of one of the male-gaze-iest lesbian sex scenes in film history, with the possible exception of actual pornography?
Even when I thought it didn't need a second ending, it turned out it DID need the third ending!
Bwah, so true. I wonder if it was always in the script, or if it was an afterthought due to Theron's godawful British accent.
Tom Scola - Jul 20, 2017 12:16:51 pm PDT #896 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
All of the Christopher Nolan movie rankings, ranked
It's a ranking of the rankings! Like, an inception of rankings! My mind is blown!
-t - Jul 20, 2017 2:14:55 pm PDT #897 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm so glad that exists in the world.
Consuela - Jul 22, 2017 3:02:10 pm PDT #898 of 3463
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Vox has a run-down of all the big trailers at San Diego Comic Con this week: [link]
quester - Jul 23, 2017 10:13:46 am PDT #899 of 3463
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Finally caught Rogue One on my laptop. Probably would have been better in the theater but I still liked it. Wasn't too spoiled, so a few nice surprises, and sad ones.
Vonnie K - Jul 23, 2017 2:00:05 pm PDT #900 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Just came back from watching Dunkirk. I don't think I breathed for the entire running time. Goddamn that was some amazing film-making and I speak as someone dubious about most of Nolan features, even the acclaimed ones.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2017 7:28:41 pm PDT #901 of 3463
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Just saw Dunkirk also. One review said it does the best job of any movie in letting you know what it feels like to be a sitting duck. I think that's really true.
This is one movie that you really want to see on a big screen.