The first rule of film criticism is: you most definitely
DO talk about film.
Not only
do they talk about the filming of the movie, but Knightley really gets into the story of the film and she cheers for the characters as the scenes unfold.
I'm about
done talking about this film, but was super thrilled to have many thought - provoking conversations about how this film takes the Star Wars franchise in bold new directions.
Not exact matches
EASTWOOD: Well that was an interesting project because Steven had asked me to
do Flags of Our Fathers and so I was having a meeting with him and we were
talking about that war and that battle and I was going off into Iceland to
film the beaches because Iceland has black sand much like Iwo Jima
does.
I don't always
talk to my pastor
about movies I plan on watching, mostly because being a
film critic prevents me from having much choice in the first place to a degree.
Because he rarely
talks about himself on the air, his listeners probably don't know that he is an inventor (he holds a U.S. patent on a bottle / can opener); an actor (
films he or his voice were in: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Paper Lion, Aunt Mary and Tiger Town); and a lyricist (I Don't Know Any Better by B.J. Thomas, for one).
«You see Anthony
do all the things [IMG head coach Kevin] Wright
talked about on
film, from the coverage to coming up and filling against the run,» Steve Wiltfong wrote.
We would be remiss if we didn't
talk about Toy Story 3 and the toys children love best from this wonderful
film.
The government's proposal will not ban violent pornography that doesn't include penetration (and it's important to remember we're only
talking about hardcore porn, not normal
films, documentaries, or art).
Funnily enough I went recently to the screening of the new
film about Julian Assange, the Fifth Estate, and I was
talking afterwards to Alan Rusbridger, and I said to him, and he didn't disagree, in fact he agreed, I said, «the Guardian gets the credit for basically exposing the phone hacking scandal, but if we hadn't picked it up, nothing would've happened».
As the
film of her other half
talking about «compassion» and «decency»
did the rounds, actress Amanda Abbington tweeted:
And it
does show
film clips of prominent scientists, like Richard Dawkins, for example, who happen ed [s] to be atheist, and it quotes them sometimes
talking about their atheism and how that atheism happens to accord with the evolutionary science that they understand.
And why
do are so many people
talking down on the movie and saying a bunch of controversial, non-sensible feedback
about the
film?
I didn't wait for him to contact me — in fact five minutes after we left each other on the Tube, I texted him with details of the musicals,
films and TV shows we'd been
talking about that he'd never heard of before.
If you don't know what to
talk about, favourite
films, recent holidays and your family are all safe subjects.
Talk about your favorite
film, play, vacation spot, book, or what you enjoy
doing on the weekends.
I
do find it hilarious how almost no one really
talking about the actual
film (they are, but it just
do not feel like it).
(LINK: Roger Moore
talks with WWZ director Marc Forster
about the
film's troubled history and what he
did to «fix» it.).
Commentary 3 — The Picture - Director of Photography Darius Khondji, Prodcution Designer Arthur Max, Editor Richard Francis - Bruce, Richard Dyer and David Fincher
talk about the look of the
film itself, the color processes used on the print, the locations scouted for the various shots, the detail used in the studio backlot constructions, the style David wanted to achieve and succeeded in
doing, the clothing, the grittiness, the absolute black Fincher always wanted in Alien 3 but could achieve until now and more.
The
film was once
talked about as the beginning of a possible trilogy, and the finished product feels desperate to start a franchise instead of
doing the thing that would actually make such a series compelling: telling an interesting story with skill.
Naming names and letting people
talk, this should be seen, and Kirby Dick (no kidding, that's the director) is a terrific filmmaker (THIS
FILM IS NOT YET RATED, if you haven't seen it, please
do - right now) and he obviously feels passionately
about this.
Back in director Tim Miller's first
film, the stakes were low and refreshingly simple — it was enough just to watch Reynolds
do his wink - wink - nudge - nudge thing and chop some up some bad guys while
talking smack
about Hugh Jackman.
Its too bad we didn't get any more Harry D'Amour
films or tv series that was
talked about at one time.
As a portrait of modern journalism, though, it leaves quite a lot to be desired; this is the kind of
film that has characters trade grandiose
talking points
about the ethics of reporting, but can't be bothered to show its reporter hero — still recovering from the damage factual inaccuracies
did to his career — using a recording device during interviews.
That aspect of the
film is clearly in a fight with all the «why
did you come here» Syd Field motivational padding between its troubling setpieces, and it's a very studio - suit move to assume that the only way to give «meaning» to a
film is to have people
talk about it.
Reviewer doesn't know what he's
talking about in regards the
film's source materials.
The movie kicks off with a poorly CGI'd (for Zemeckis) shot of the hero standing in the Statue of Liberty's torch with the Towers looming across the water behind him,
talking and
talking and
talking not to you but at you, often in bizarrely gargoyle - ish close - ups,
about the amazing thing he's
about to
do, or is
doing — as if convincing us to buy a ticket to the
film we're already sitting there watching.
I knew this new
film was in trouble when I heard De Bont
talking about being able to
do all the things Jackson described in her book that the original
film had to skip due to the technical limitations of the era.
If you don't know what I'm
talking about, the censorship occurs on only a few frames of
film.
I don't come here for discussion
about «
films,» I'm here to
talk about FLICKS AND MOVIES!
It's a
film of genuine beauty, one where you come away as eager to
talk about the set design and the choreography as you
do the fate of the galaxy or what might happen next.
At the
film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie,
talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a
film like Sideways would even get made today.
«It wasn't until I saw Greta
talk about the
film and making it and putting it together, and how all of this came from her and she's
done something brilliant that people truly love and it's a great piece of work that I thought, «Oh yeah, I
do want to
do this now and maybe I could actually
do it,»» Ronan adds.
You'd think nobody would want to go near her (Blunt
talks more
about this at the
film's press conference) yet one passenger, anonymously described on the cast list as Man in Suit (Darren Goldstein),
does attempt to help her.
After the excitement of David Arnold's three scores for Emmerich and then the brief diversion to the great John Williams on The Patriot, the change in musical approach since Kloser (later joined by Wander) took over is so extreme, it doesn't really make sense — it's hard to
talk about any of the previous four Kloser / Wander scores for Emmerich without repeatedly using the word «bland» — I've just never been able to reconcile the outlandish extravagance of every other aspect of the
films with the understated timidity of their scores, which seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.
During this 1 - on - 1 phone interview with Collider, actress and filmmaker Heather Graham
talked about wanting to make a movie celebrating women and friendship, the biggest challenges in getting this
film going, having her voice heard, as a female filmmaker, what she most enjoyed
about playing Honey, putting together this cast, funny moments on set, what she enjoyed
about the experience of directing, her hope to
do it again, juggling three different writing projects, and
doing the British TV series Bliss, from David Cross.
The Oscar - nominated director
talks about why he didn't rehearse with Reese Witherspoon, how he managed to shoot a
film 65 percent outdoors, and his personal connection to Cheryl Strayed's story.
Its director, Tom McGrath,
talked to Flickering Myth's Freda Cooper
about why he wanted to make the
film — and why the «micro manager» doesn't intentionally look like the current occupant of The White House.
Given Terrence Malick's usual work rate, it feels almost perverse to begin
talking about his next
film while his current one is still in theaters, but that's precisely what his new go - to cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
does in a fascinating Sight & Sound interview.
Perhaps all the happy
talk around the movie's Oscar chances had little to
do with the way the Academy actually thinks: The opportunity to salute Birdman, a
film about a Hollywood actor's redemption, proved too tempting.
«went on to
talk about CBGB and was bitching
about how our former
film commissioner Jay Self kept showing up to set, telling her she couldn't
do this, she couldn't
do that and that she was so glad he was no longer
film commissioner.
Patton Oswalt has even
talked about similar work he's
done, (referred to as «punch - ups») on animated
films.
And while there are a number of strong sequences sprinkled throughout (eg Cole
talks to his mother (Toni Collette's Lynn)
about her own deceased parent), The Sixth Sense's funereal atmosphere ultimately lessens the impact of the much - vaunted climactic twist and it is, in the end, clear that the
film doesn't entirely work as either a drama or a spooky thriller - with the movie's mild success due mostly to Shyamalan's considerable talent and his ongoing ability to wring top - notch work from folks both in front of and behind the camera (ie this is an exceedingly handsome production, undeniably).
And any time spent thinking
about how ridiculous what they're actually
talking about is, is still more entertaining than some of the antics the supporting characters get up to, be it John Malkovich trying to kung fu a robot or a former Special Forces soldier complaining stress or all the running he was having to
do, or dear God anything having to
do with Sam's parents who offer nothing to the
film but reminders why they shouldn't be in it.
And I don't like having to say «The Thing 2011» whenever I
talk about this
film.
He doesn't
talk much
about locations or
film techniques.
I
did leave the
film frustrated, and certainly had a lot to
talk about with others who had seen it.
Talks about how his editor was cutting as they were
filming so when they wrapped it was almost
done.
The outspoken Robbins consciously avoided politics while
talking about the
film, as if he didn't want his own views to get in the way of the
film's non-partisan story.
We
talked about what it was like to walk on the yellow brick road for the first time, her reaction to the finished
film, 3D,
doing so much press, and
does she get to visit Disneyland for free after being in a huge Disney movie.