What they appreciate is the filmmaking and the challenge of the filmmakers, and they are
really lovers of film.
Not exact matches
I actually appreciate reviews like this, not because I agree with them (or are likely to agree; I haven't seen the movie yet), but because they say exactly what I would expect to read from an articulate
film lover who just isn't
really of the mindset to enjoy the MCU for what it is.
Indeed, almost every character in Paul Thomas Anderson's brilliant Boogie Nights could hold our attention in a
film of their own, but it's Rahad Jackson, Night Ranger
lover, who
really piqued our interest.
And perhaps it's that lack
of a clearly defined protagonist that has kept Alice Sweet Alice at an arms distance to many a
film lover: there's nobody to
really root for in this movie, just a joyless bunch
of terrified, damaged, working class hypocrites who offer up their children to the alter
of Christ without conscience... and suffer gravely for it.
It's a
film full
of depressive characters, so Judy Greer
really stands out as a sunny dog
lover who senses something positive in Wilson that nobody else can see.
Not
really the Vin Diesel - like hero the
film ended up needing, but Hoult plays the role
of tormented
lover perfectly.
Matt Bomer, playing Weeks's
lover Felix, went so far as to drop 40 pounds partway through
filming, the type
of stunt that isn't
really a necessary component
of great acting.
Even if you did, you failed to recognize that even though you didn't personally like the remaining 28
films to even rate them as «
really good», critics, audiences, and movie
lovers in general did, and supported movies outside
of the regular Oscar - bait and run -
of - the - mill franchise
films.
Had he accepted that the character was playing a game, then it would have been something, but I he's a sad - sack
lover with a broken heart, then the pressures off and the
film no longer becomes a critique
of capitalism, which is
really what the
film should be.
TCM kicks off October with a set
of Hammer Dracula
films on Friday night, then has a
really nice quintuple feature
of «young
lovers on the run»
films on Saturday, hitting everything Bonnie & Clyde and Badlands to Gun Crazy, They Live By Night, and Boxcar Bertha.