Things I like: Film grain, Paul Thomas Anderson, whip zooms, wide shots, patient writers, free snacks, talking about movies, cats, re-enacting scenes from awesome movies, Steve Buscemi.
Things I dislike: Sleeping on wet hair, Michael Bay, overused dutch tilts.
I know it's a musical, but they didn't just sing songs, they sang EVERYTHING. During the most dramatic moments, wars, rapes, the moment of self-refelction prior to death. If Rose and Jack had sung their dialogue while the Titanic was sinking we would have thought that was dumb.
If the movie is about what I think it's about, Phoenix beautifully embodies our insatiable consumption for things that ultimately poison us. Hoffman represents our unquestioning devotion to celeb culture. It's the calm before the storm, but there's no storm. PTA love.
Hushpuppy lives in destitute conditions vacant of any local education system or structure, yet she eloquently recites poetic narration filled with grown up, non-idealistic views of the world she can't possibly understand. Wah to overly precocious child leads. Beautifully shot.
With the passing of Sally Menke, I was curious about Tarantino's new editor, who I quickly learned didnt say "no" to his boss. Definitely felt like a director's cut of the film. A bit indulgent, but the cool kind. Couldn't stop grinning and feeling cool for 165 minutes.
This film was lucky enough to have John Cazale which means it couldn't possibly be anything but awesome. Did you know he ad-libed the line "Wyoming"? So great.
Beautiful, haunting, edge-of-your-seat enough without being scary. Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon are so wonderful together in this film. New director to watch!
I've never seen a film capture memory and life so accurately. Without giving any more detail than what we recall from our youth, in the flashes of broken memories, we can tell exactly what kind of life and upbringing this family had. Starts at a glacial pace, speeds up to slow.
MK sacrifices emotional connections to or between it's characters in lieu of dialogue that's as trendy as the film is pretty. Visually stunning as always, I love how Anderson centres everything in frame, and props on rocking the abrupt zoom! Wouldn't watch it again. Even for $5.
