«The Great Beauty» The natural ending points of scenes and beats come and pass in Sorrentino's decadent and unruly look at Rome's fading high - rollers, but amazingly I rarely felt the urge to
argue against the film's intoxicating atmosphere.
Not exact matches
He's
argued against targeted tax cuts, like those going to the
film industry (which Cuomo continues to champion).
Still, for «tweens and teens looking for adventure in cinema - land, it's hard to
argue against this well executed
film.
(He may betray Jesus but that, the
film appears to
argue, shouldn't be held
against him — it was just a momentary aberration.)
In another interview with Rob Salkowitz for Forbes, Marston
argues against two aspects of the
film.
A parallel can be drawn between the tactics of the skinheads in the
film and those of the country of England itself in the Falklands War, bullying those who can't properly defend themselves (though it can be
argued that England was provoked to action) under the pretense of entitlement, but the effect of the violent action
against Argentina did drum up feelings of nationalism and support among the British people.
Late in the
film, the subject
argues against the latter in terms that are fully logical, but his thinking is too far ahead of its time for the person receiving the idea to understand.
Kate remains the
film's befuddled, faceless conscience,
arguing for legal reprisal
against bad guys.
Few would
argue against The Tree of Life being one of the very best
films of the year, but it remains the biggest wild card of awards season, a massively beloved masterpiece whose impressionistic style and ostensible inaccessibility have presumably prevented it from surging forward as a sure thing.