03-01-2020, 08:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2020, 08:41 PM by mnkykungfu. Edited 1 time in total.)
^The Color Purple just destroys me every time. As a white man, I have no stake in that film, but I am just a puddle by the end. Oprah Winfrey's performance is devastating. Danny Glover is devastating in a totally different way. I haven't watched it in about 10 years because it's such a hard watch, so I wonder if I would pick up some of the things you mentioned like the score, but I remember the total result being completely immersive. I don't have any problem with what some critics tiredly refer to as Spielberg's "emotional manipulation", though.
Saw a couple things back around Valentine's Day...
They Came Together (2014)
The trailer looks much funnier than the actual film is, because they cut off the endings to the jokes and the scenes.... which just keep going and going in the film until they're not very funny anymore. This clip is much more representative, but honestly it just keeps going like this and gets old. This movie pretty much has every single funny person in Hollywood in it that doesn't cost $1 mil to have in the film. But they can't save it from just not being that entertaining. Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...-together/
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Comparisons to Memento are probably inevitable for this, but the story is presented very differently. Maybe an interesting anti-Valentine's flick to watch with your partner if you want to set them on edge. lol Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...-to-sleep/
Californication
Just finished watching the 7th and final season of this. I previously answered a question on Quora about the most satisfying TV series to watch from start to finish, and it’s proven to be one of my most popular answers. At one point, I thought I might have to add this to that list, but it never really gets there. They do basically wrap up the whole show in the last few episodes after an abrupt left turn to the season (must’ve been when they found out about the cancellation?) but it doesn’t feel any more satisfying of an ending than several previous season finales.
I don’t need for things to be tied up in a neat bow, but it just doesn’t feel like Hank’s quest to get his shit together and form a stable personal and professional life ever really amounted to much. The show routinely had him go through entertaining high points and dramatic low points…reaching success before screwing it all up. The series finale could easily have been another one of those, only to be undone with another season opener. A cautionary tale for writers to choose when to end and write to that, that way they leave a lasting legacy and go out on a high (all hail Breaking Bad).
Saw a couple things back around Valentine's Day...
They Came Together (2014)
The trailer looks much funnier than the actual film is, because they cut off the endings to the jokes and the scenes.... which just keep going and going in the film until they're not very funny anymore. This clip is much more representative, but honestly it just keeps going like this and gets old. This movie pretty much has every single funny person in Hollywood in it that doesn't cost $1 mil to have in the film. But they can't save it from just not being that entertaining. Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...-together/
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Comparisons to Memento are probably inevitable for this, but the story is presented very differently. Maybe an interesting anti-Valentine's flick to watch with your partner if you want to set them on edge. lol Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...-to-sleep/
Californication
Just finished watching the 7th and final season of this. I previously answered a question on Quora about the most satisfying TV series to watch from start to finish, and it’s proven to be one of my most popular answers. At one point, I thought I might have to add this to that list, but it never really gets there. They do basically wrap up the whole show in the last few episodes after an abrupt left turn to the season (must’ve been when they found out about the cancellation?) but it doesn’t feel any more satisfying of an ending than several previous season finales.
I don’t need for things to be tied up in a neat bow, but it just doesn’t feel like Hank’s quest to get his shit together and form a stable personal and professional life ever really amounted to much. The show routinely had him go through entertaining high points and dramatic low points…reaching success before screwing it all up. The series finale could easily have been another one of those, only to be undone with another season opener. A cautionary tale for writers to choose when to end and write to that, that way they leave a lasting legacy and go out on a high (all hail Breaking Bad).
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