The Last Movie You Saw?

[KoV]

^wait that cheap-looking 'remake' from...last year? 2022? was a musical?

They turned the 2004 movie into a Broadway show several years ago, and the 2023 movie was an adaptation of the Broadway musical.

 

[Drusilla_]

Kingdom (2019 Japanese movie set in the Warring States era). Mainly watched it because it was on Netflix and didn't look like their usual slop but very distinctly like a Japanese theatrical-release movie, which it was. But yeah, it was...not good and I don't get the point of having the lone female character in the entire movie be dressed like a life sized ancient-era plushie I was high as a kite and the costume just made me laugh (not even joking she's dressed as an owl all the way through)

 

[Phuel]

I typically hate (or just generally avoid) horror movies, but everything I've heard about the new Nosferatu makes it sound like a must-see.

Robert Eggers is to filmmaking what Alexander McQueen was to high fashion. Such a masterclass of substance brimming, seething beneath all the brilliant imagery.

Like his The VVitch, hIs versions of Nosferatu instantly gives gothic fairy tale. But I get the horror vibes most are feeling. (BTW, couldn’t keep my eyes off Ralph Ineson; his stature, his voice, his body. YSL-era Stefano Pilati reminds me a lot of him.)

 

[Drusilla_]

honestly there's been such a dearth of film that isn't either CGI-filled bloat or Oscar bait, sometimes you just want to watch a film that feels like it was shot with some kind of vision/perspective in mind without being up itself about it
I just rewatched Mustang, and now I find the director is doing that film on Paris Fashion Week with Angelina Jolie! Honestly excited about that one, and Angelina as Maria Callas too.

 

[imjustken]

I just rewatched 101 Dalmatians and now I'm watching the sequel and it led me to read about the real-life inspiration behind Cruella's character, Tallulah Bankhead. The woman was a riot : wild, free, outrageous, outlandish, an icon ! Really makes me wanna read more about her and find other people like her.

 

[imjustken]

'More good women have been lost to marriage than to war, famine, disease and disaster'

 

[vogue22]

'More good women have been lost to marriage than to war, famine, disease and disaster'

This diva, she was so ahead of her time!

 

[KoV]

Went to see QUEER last night and kinda loved it. Daniel Craig was as good as he’s ever been and the visuals were something else.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Saw Gladiator II. It was otay but for whatever reason one of my biggest takeaways was I did not like it when Geta threw the drink on Caracalla and it splashed the little monkey!!! 🥺

 

[eugenius]

Went to see QUEER last night and kinda loved it. Daniel Craig was as good as he’s ever been and the visuals were something else.

That was my last movie as well, from Friday night. I have no clue who Drew Starkey is, but he sure is easy on the eyes. I also liked JW Anderson's menswear, which is something I never thought I'd say. Good movie, all around.

 

[KoV]

I liked the costumes as well. I'm not the biggest JW Anderson fan but with the restrictions/expectations of period-appropriate costumes, I thought he rose to the occasion.

 

[jeje10]

I'm Still Here, It's a Brazilian film that talks about the disappearance of a former politician during the dictatorship in our country. Fernanda Torres was nominated for a Golden Globe. Watch it, guys, the performances are perfect.

 

[KoV]

Went to see Eyes Wide Shut in a cinema last night. Talk about a feel-good Christmas movie

 

[MulletProof]

^ that is kind of an ideal Christmas party let's be honest.. in comparison with the tacky, catty office s*it we end up in every year.

A Complete Unknown. It was okay. I understand we’re all initiated into a certain musician of the past with contemporary resources that are consistent with the needs and context of the current generation and probably vastly different than what prompted the success of that musician in the first place but it felt a bit too Disney-friendly/animated/for dummies’.. Timothee is obviously a good actor and does solid research and is believable in the transition from folk singer to rockstar but his gen z/half awake expression throughout the movie is sooo different from what makes Bob Dylan, as a person and not a musician, so addictive, this is a man who wasn’t necessarily arrogant and acting superior (as Timothee’s character often comes off) but who was truly in an environment that was coming out of the 50s, television was all the rage and people just didn’t know you could reinvent yourself as a musician.. he seemed exasperated in most interviews but also present, super sharp at all times and he was hilarious too, all of which is missing from this Bob. They should've at least curled Timothee's eyelashes, they're too long and straight and cover half of his eyes.

And don’t get me started on the ‘Judas!’ moment taking place at Newport Folk Festival and not the Royal Albert Hall. I understand why, for time purposes, they need to amplify how outrageous Bob’s transition was perceived but I think it makes the audience look like close-minded sheep who were hellbent on PBS content and can’t comprehend newness, when in reality, the British audience, in the interviews after the show, seem quite sophisticated, borderline snobbish, knowledgeable, and just strongly against the commercial, manufactured junk thrown at them via tv networks, the Beatles included.

The actress who plays Joan Baez is sooo good. Elle's character seemed like an unnecessary love plot.

Hopefully this will pave the path for the new generation to finds its way to No Direction Home, far more accurate and educational (longer too).

 

[KoV]

I’m probably just uncultured swine but Bob Dylan means nothing to me and I couldn’t name a song of his off the top of my head (I know he’s important and I’d recognize his voice/music if it was playing but… would never make the choice to play it)

I know Timothee is a sure bet for awards nominations and such but I can’t bring myself to spend any time watching the movie. Plus it comes out on the same day as Babygirl and Nosferatu, so…


There was a free screening here of Nosferatu last night that I was gonna go to but the idea of coming home late to my house by myself (partner is not even on this continent for a few weeks) having just seen a horror movie was so daunting that I chickened out and didn’t go.

 

[Snejana Onopka]

queer - luca is such an annoying director omg, most of the time he has nothing to say and he clearly wanted fassbinder nachos so bad, the movie looks great and the costumes are really nice tho

sebastian by mikko makela - not bad, the main character is a bit insufferable but i guess thats the point, its a solid 6.5/10 not worth a rewatch

 

[blueorchid]

I saw Wicked tonight and like... ok now I get why people have been obsessed with it lmao. I was expecting it to be something dreadful. Especially after Cynthia Erivo's meltdown over the fan edit, but I was pleasantly surprised. I may or may not be watching a wicked slime tutorial, as they're called now. I need to know act 2!

@MulletProof I've been on the fence about seeing A Complete Unknown, but I probably will because I'm just in the mood to see movies this year. HOWEVER, to me Bob Dylan is one of handful of remaining celebrities who I think still is a bit of an enigma and that is pretty surprising that it's been able to maintained in 2024. I'm also the brainwashed millennial child of a boomer father who constantly listened to Bob Dylan on car rides growing up and he naturally grew on me. I like that there's a Dylan for every "mood" I'm in. Am I feeling political? Angry? Wistful? Yearning? There's a Dylan for that. In some ways he's the quintessential gemini performer, if we're going to go there. All of this is to say. I find the period they're covering in the film to not be that interesting and my favourite Dylan is post-divorce Blood on the Tracks Dylan. That album makes me feel like I'm on my third divorce and I've never been married. Bob Dylan is a musician I truly enjoy, he's so prodigious, but is he a musician I actually WANT to know about? No. Well, that was random...

 

[MulletProof]

^ it doesn't feel random at all! I think that to be familiar with his music and his personality, and seeing the way he's responded throughout his career to that lusty type of curiosity that stems from being wired to celebrity culture and not plain curiosity towards another person, and how it varies from a little smirk to making people look horribly vapid, or like buffoons, to just rudeness.. you understand right away that, as pretentious as it sounds, leaning into that type of curiosity is almost in conflict with being able to appreciate his art to a full extent. I'm not above it personally lol, but I try to behave just for him 🥲..

I wish I had grown up with his music and could attach the different eras to my own memories and had gotten a nice breakdown from someone with context on it. At the same time though, I grew up with heavy metal day and night (which always annoyed me- I thought I'd grow up and grow into it and.. nope, my ears are still recovering from my mom's Iron Maiden xmas extravaganza last night) so stumbling upon Jeff Buckley and subsequently into Bob Dylan (cause Jeff referenced his music a lot) felt almost like going to school and in Bob's case, I feel like I'm still nowhere near 50% of what he's put out there but his different eras kind of.. match my different eras too? (speaking of random lol).

My main criticism about the movie is that they watered down some elements when there was no need. I understand it's hard to tell a story without a plot that creates momentum and drama and it's hard to do it when it's something non-tragic and rather subtle as going from acoustic to electric, but Scorsese did it fine, it's possible if you challenge the audience and don't underestimate them.

I’m probably just uncultured swine but Bob Dylan means nothing to me and I couldn’t name a song of his off the top of my head (I know he’s important and I’d recognize his voice/music if it was playing but… would never make the choice to play it)

This is so interesting to me cause.. lol.. Bob Dylan definitely made me romanticise the US and most of my friends have this kind of reaction whenever I've mentioned his music, I remember my friend saying 'we were not 'cool' like that' when I asked her if she heard his music growing up. Also heard that they don't like him as a person, they never say why but it's always with this tone of 'so I haven't read all the classics, AND?' . It makes it more intriguing cause, maybe this is inaccurate, but I get the impression that being elusive or just refusing to share yourself with the public is seen as having airs of superiority.

 

[KoV]

This is so interesting to me cause.. lol.. Bob Dylan definitely made me romanticise the US and most of my friends have this kind of reaction whenever I've mentioned his music, I remember my friend saying 'we were not 'cool' like that' when I asked her if she heard his music growing up. Also heard that they don't like him as a person, they never say why but it's always with this tone of 'so I haven't read all the classics, AND?' . It makes it more intriguing cause, maybe this is inaccurate, but I get the impression that being elusive or just refusing to share yourself with the public is seen as having airs of superiority.

I never got the impression he was disliked. I think when I was a kid he was already revered as an icon and you'd hear his music and know he was important to your parents' generation (or perhaps grandparents, I'm pretty sure his career was already established before my mom was born) but it just didn't appeal to me but also felt commonplace because I think it is in American culture. So I just never developed an interest. I feel similarly about The Beatles.

 

[blueorchid]

^ it doesn't feel random at all! I think that to be familiar with his music and his personality, and seeing the way he's responded throughout his career to that lusty type of curiosity that stems from being wired to celebrity culture and not plain curiosity towards another person, and how it varies from a little smirk to making people look horribly vapid, or like buffoons, to just rudeness.. you understand right away that, as pretentious as it sounds, leaning into that type of curiosity is almost in conflict with being able to appreciate his art to a full extent. I'm not above it personally lol, but I try to behave just for him 🥲..

Exactly!! I get that, I feel like I behave myself for Bob Dylan. When (as you KNOW) there are others where I'd practically dig through their garbage bins for artefacts about them or read every book written by anyone who might have a sentence or two about them. With Bob Dylan, I just don't want to know. It's almost pretentious to say, but I think his music "speaks for itself." (Oh, then there's all the accusations of plagiarism but then, he still performed everything better).

This is so interesting to me cause.. lol.. Bob Dylan definitely made me romanticise the US and most of my friends have this kind of reaction whenever I've mentioned his music, I remember my friend saying 'we were not 'cool' like that' when I asked her if she heard his music growing up. Also heard that they don't like him as a person, they never say why but it's always with this tone of 'so I haven't read all the classics, AND?' . It makes it more intriguing cause, maybe this is inaccurate, but I get the impression that being elusive or just refusing to share yourself with the public is seen as having airs of superiority.

Yeah, some people really hate his voice, but even THAT is fascinating. Even his singing voice is crazy to analyze! It hasn't/isn't always his mid-1960s affectation, which is what people HATE. Alternatively my father loved the Nashville Skyline album where he sang in a... different... voice and I hated it!! I really like his early 1960s folk recordings where he's trying to imitate Woody Guthrie. I went through a mini Pete Seeger/Woody Guthrie phase earlier this fall and when I was listening to some of the songs I was like "oh... wait... isn't that what Dylan was referencing on X album?!?! OOOOH, I GET IT NOW." Anyway, I feel like all we need to know is there... hiding in plain sight, but we don't even KNOW. I like buying into Dylan's self-made mythology. I'll accept it.

@KoV I think certain elements of Bob Dylan are a legendary and commonplace in American culture ("Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are a-Changin'" but at the same time, I think... not quite. Only a certain part of his output is (as pretentious as this sounds) easily digestible to the "general" public. People really do hate his voice, though, it's an acquired taste.

Anyway, I'll probably see it. Just because I'm going through a The Band phase right now, coincidentally. Even though the film ends before they join Dylan's story.