Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I watched F1 there, awful shite. Cheesy as Cheddar and totally predictable, and you'd know Hamilton had a lot to do with it. Still, I was after something to switch my brain off to, job done.

Brain feels concussed after sitting through it there Was the meta level intentional? As in, they chose the first formula in the book for every single character arc and dialogue set piece    Actually now going to look up what are considered the all time worst movies ever nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars 

[Carnage]

Are you telling me that's been nominated for best fillum at the Oscars? Fucking hell...

[Emphyrio]

One Battle After Another. For the amount of stuff that happens, it's twice as long as it needs to be.

[Sworntothecans]

One Battle After Another. For the amount of stuff that happens, it's twice as long as it needs to be.

Exactly. Of course the "Pure cinema film bro" young wans think it's the second coming of movies. Penn and Del Toro were great but it's not a patch on Boogie Nights and Magnolia when it comes to PTA's stuff.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Depends on what stuff of PTA's you see as definitive, I suppose. If you apply the same logic to The Master or Phantom Thread, there you've got two other highly vaunted, but still totally different, PTA films that are twice if not thrice as long as they need to be, strictly narratively speaking.

[Emphyrio]

I don't mind a long movie, even narrative aside, if there's something worth the time, be it the score, cinematography etc. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, for example. One Battle...was disappointing.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I was expecting more from it too, have to say, but did enjoy it. Herself absolutely loved it, but then she's a long-in-the-tooth Leo swooner   

[Emphyrio]

He was very good in it. Can't fault the acting across the board, to be fair.

[Eoin McLove]

The Master was a cunt of a film. Mind bendingly dull sheeeeyite!

[open face surgery]

Exactly. Of course the "Pure cinema film bro" young wans think it's the second coming of movies. Penn and Del Toro were great.

What exactly do that think is so good about it? Genuine question.

Also, after Penn being an odd cunt in the Charlie Sheen doc, which I thought was class, I couldn't stomach him in this which I understand is a daft notion.

[Ollkiller]

The Master was a cunt of a film. Mind bendingly dull sheeeeyite!

💯. An absolute dose of a film.

[Sworntothecans]

Exactly. Of course the "Pure cinema film bro" young wans think it's the second coming of movies. Penn and Del Toro were great.

What exactly do that think is so good about it? Genuine question.

Also, after Penn being an odd cunt in the Charlie Sheen doc, which I thought was class, I couldn't stomach him in this which I understand is a daft notion.

I'm assuming you mean they.

There's been an increase in the last few years of these insufferable "cinefiles" who're 18-25 and seem to think PTA, Vileneuve, Nolan, the Safdies make nothing but gold and tend to have the worst fucking takes on most movies. Guaranteed they were all Harry Potter fans as there's always a connection between that crowd and shitty modern fandom.

And yeah The Master was a bag of shite!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

PTA's target audience is not 18-25 year olds. The Master is the film of his I've least enjoyed so far too, but I've seen it given serious analysis that's made me consider revisiting it some day. None of that analysis was from tiktokers or, afaik, fans of Harry Potter 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Sorcerer screening in the Lighthouse from next week.

[ldj]

I enjoyed One Battle..., I'd actually agree with the comparison with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, enjoyable spectacles but probably wouldn't sit through either again.

Has anyone seen Sentimental Value yet? Missed it in cinema, big fan of Joachim Trier with The Worst Person in the World one of the best films of the past few years imo.