Every morning is a new start and every evening is
a closing scene of a movie.
Not exact matches
Mr. Carter reports, «Much
of the attention that has surrounded «Serving in Silence» has focused on a
scene late in the
movie in which Ms.
Close tenderly kisses Ms. Davis.
What we find is a series
of separate
scenes — snapshots rather than a
movie — and the four writers, who in the
closing scenes were constrained to follow a fixed order
of events, use a large liberty in arranging the separate stories they tell, and the arrangement comes out differently in each
of them.
«On our first post-baby date, we went to see Zodiac, a creepy,
close - to - three - hour - long
movie that included a
scene of a young child in danger.
There's a
scene close to the end
of the
movie where he arrives on one side
of a giant chasm and on the other side is the cave with the knight who guards the Grail.
Without fail, the dullest installment in any superhero
movie franchise is the origin story, during which audiences anxiously awaiting The Big Bad Guy have to suffer through, yaaaawn,
scenes of childhood trauma, romantic tragedy, and other expository effluvia, by which point the
closing credits are fast approaching.
Some
of the acting is pretty bad, mainly with the brother / preacher and the first wife (but her problem is the corny «gangster» dialogue she spouts off), but Paul Muni is quite good, especially in the
scene that
closes the
movie.
Aside from the opening and
closing scenes which bookend things, the
movie takes place in a single day in each
of the time periods, alternating back and forth between them.
Anyone who pays even the faintest bit
of attention to the behind - the -
scenes goings - on in Hollywood must be aware that its original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller — the guys behind The LEGO
Movie and 21 Jump Street — had a creative disagreement with Lucasfilm, leaving the film in the safe - as - cotton - wool - padded - houses hands
of Ron Howard (a
close chum
of one George Lucas).
I did notice that Langella's teeth were brownish and rotting in his
close - ups, but dazzling examples
of expensive dentistry in all other
scenes of the
movie.
Special kudos must be given to film editor Michael Kahn, whose facility with these completely unhinged battle sequences should shame anybody who's ever worked on a Michael Bay
movie; to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who has given these
scenes a dull grey cast evocative
of nightmares torn from America's sleeping subconscious brain; and to sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who has crafted a World War II soundscape that rattles and unnerves you even when your eyes are
closed.
The emotional beats are right on cue - although this can be called into question slightly in the
closing minutes
of the
movie - and the action
scenes are visceral, real and are actually incredibly scary for a PG - 13
movie.
Once the characters are presented in
close - up and their names blazed across the screen in captions (a trick copied to great effect, and made into a signature by Nicolas Winding Refn in the similarly hard - hitting Danish actioner Pusher [1996]-RRB-, the
scene is set for one
of the greatest chase -
movies of the decade.
Indeed, it's thanks to Kidman that one
of the most astounding
movie moments
of 2004 occurs in what is otherwise one
of the year's worst films: an expertly shifting play
of emotions, from doubt to epiphany, that Kidman's Anna beautifully conveys across a lingering
close - up, in a
scene set in a concert hall.
Meanwhile, MTV was busy chatting with Kosinski, the director revealing, «We've got an idea for the next
movie that's really exciting to me,» and, «You look at what happened in the
closing scenes of «Legacy»; I think it sets a clear direction for what could happen in the next chapter.»
Aside from the obvious fact that no - one looks as if they've aged a day, it serves no real purpose in the film, and does nothing to dilute my general hatred
of tacked - on «and then this happened»
scenes to
close out a
movie.
Maybe Tomorrowland dawdles its way to its climax because that particular set piece is such a bust: an underpopulated and anticlimactic action
scene that doesn't come
close to fulfilling the promise
of the
movie's best moment, a mid-
movie single - take tour
of the Tomorrowland that once was.
It's the kind
of movie you want to rewatch just to see what you can find hidden in each
scene, to examine
closer all the nuances and details about their quiet life.
And when Geoffrey Rush, in shaky possession
of a Russian accent, strides onto the
scene as Trotsky, the
movie comes dangerously
close to resembling a «Saturday Night Live» skit.
Stylistically
close to Anderson's
movies — protracted takes, non-diegetic music abruptly cutting out with new
scenes, limited character arcs — The Squid and the Whale remains a highly enjoyable examination
of the inability
of educated people to understand the world around them.
The film's running time doesn't fly by, exactly, but it rarely seems to stall out, which is impressive when you consider how many
of the
movie's big
scenes consist
of people talking, sometimes emoting, in
close - up.
And while there's a nicely tentative quality to the
scenes between Bob and Erik (whose wounded ambition is perfect for the handsomely bland Hartnett), the
movie hits another level when it's behind the
closed boardrooms
of editors and publishers, and where characters like Alan Alda's managing editor can be observed manipulating people like a man calmly poking snakes in a box.
We've had a few glimpses
of Wonder Woman's warrior women in the past — officially and unofficially — but this latest look behind the
scenes from the
movie gets pretty up
close with the
movie's Amazon look, and they don't look half bad.
It's somehow cyclical, how from the barren earth
of winter a new harvest will come forth; over the film's
closing credits we see just that, home -
movie archive
scenes of harvests past.
Given real struggles to convey, Quaid delivers some
of his finest acting in the
movie's
closing scenes, his furrowed brow pointing to a pair
of focused eyes that say a lot more than the script's rampant issue - based dialogue.
The only other
scene worth the film it's printed on is Colin Farrell at the supermarket, accosting the pharmacist (a snippet
of which you can see in the
closing credits
of the
movie).
Not that it really matters, though, as the
movie is otherwise pure nightmare fuel, building in intensity from its artfully uneasy opening
scenes to its
closing gauntlet
of horror.
Tie: Deadpool / Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Both
of these
movies made me laugh (hard) right from their hilarious opening - credit
scenes and on through until their equally funny
closings.
It felt like the entire point
of every previous Marvel
movie was to build to the deeply satisfying Avengers sequence where the Hulk swats swarms
of aliens and pummels the duplicitous deity Loki, in
scenes that were the
closest onscreen equivalent to the kinetic, physics - defying visual poetry
of late Hulk co-creator Jack Kirby.
It is simply a cool action
movie and while the
movie is not without its faults (I particularly missed the architectural fetishism
of the Tim Burton
movies and some fight
scenes are shot up real
close so that you can't always see just what the heck is happening) it is like seeing your favourite comic book title being written and drawn by some guys with an understanding
of the character involved for a change after seeing it being ruined by some talentless hacks.
Haley does abandon the tone
of the
movie a bit too often in these
scenes, flirting a little too
close to melodrama in a few instances, but in general the Stockholm Syndrome-esque relationship is utilized well.
The film definitely feels like a Bay
movie though when it comes to all
of the up
close and personal action
scenes.
The filmmaker has revealed that the
movie was going to
close with T'Challa at the United Nations, but the decision was made to shift it to the credits in order to focus on
scene of the kids playing basketball in Oakland.
You're never bored, but there's so much material covered here that The Last Jedi easily could have been two
movies, and there's so many final standoffs and climactic
scenes by its
close that it feels like at least four or five
movies» worth
of conclusions.
And Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years felt brave, not in a «Boy, she really lets the years show» way but because the final
scene of Andrew Haigh's devastating
movie depends, 100 percent, on what she can do with a
close - up.
SPLIT offers viewers a
closer look at the
movie fans are raving about with a never - before - seen alternate ending, deleted
scenes, character spotlight, and a behind - the -
scenes look at the making
of the film.
Also, we get a
closer look at characters like Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), two characters that are allowed a chance to really grow here as they developer a romance with one another (
scenes showing the two
of them together show that these characters really deserve their own new
movies).
Bonus: • Audio Commentary with Chaplin Biographer David Robinson • «Modern Times: A
Closer Look» Featurette • «A Bucket
of Water and a Glass Matte» Featurette • «Silent Traces: Modern Times» Featurette • «David Raksin and the Score» Interview and Orchestral Track • «Two Bits» Deleted
Scenes • «All At Sea» Home
Movie and Interview • The Rink 1916 Short Film • «For the First Time» Featurette • «Chaplin Today: Modern Times» Documentary • Theatrical Trailers
The handling
of the BDSM sex play is dreadfully cliched in terms
of structure (3 heated romps and a final dramatic one); however, the actual presentation
of the «love
scenes» recalls the style
of director Adrian Lyne (Unfaithful, Nine 1/2 Weeks), favoring artsy
close - ups
of human form, curve and the intimate sensations
of touch, feel and response, rather than the raw carnality seen in something like Basic Instinct (my generation's landmark erotic thriller
movie).
Thankfully, there are more than enough examples
of this kind
of gory comedy to keep Deadpool 2 comfortably in the successful column, right down to the
closing credits
scenes that sit amongst the
movie's funniest moments.
Don't miss the extra
scene in the
closing credits... it's the lead in to Avengers: Age
of Ultron
movie coming in 2015.
An extra
scene tacked onto the end
of the credit sequence neatly sets up the upcoming Marvel
movie The Avengers (just as this
movie was teased last summer in the
closing credits
of Iron Man 2).
One
of the most excruciating
scenes of the
movie year comes when Roberts goes off to investigate a routine homicide and finds that the victim is someone
close to her.
McQueen drove this Mustang for many
of the
close - up
scenes in the
movie.
Scenes of the
movie were filmed all around Kauai, including Jack Sparrow discovering the unique Honopu arch on the Napali Coast, which is only accessible by boat, or being held captive on the coconut groves
of the
closed Coco Palms Hotel in Kapaa.