After seeing Spider-Man and Dune, which are both about handsome young men who inexplicably have priorities they rank higher than having sex with Zendaya, we finally get movie about two handsome young men who both want to have sex with Zendaya. World finally make sense to me.
Always glad to see Josh O'Connor show up in things! The recent seasons of The Crown were shaky but Josh O'Connor was a real high point as Charles. He really showed the passage of time and accumulation of disappointments through his physical performance as Charles (the hunch! the hunch!). They also did him a real solid by casting Dominic West after him, making him look even better.
a general Boy question: so who was the narrator in the TIFF version? Was it Skarsgård or someone else? Apparently Benjamin only got ADR’d after the Lionsgate purchase.
Hi Scott, I just need to know if there's a Yayan Ruhian fight scene or two to tip the scales for me on Boy Kills World. His one-against-two climactic battle in The Raid: Redemption is my favorite martial arts performance in all of cinema, and I hope he's not reduced here to a Karate Kid mentor role.
I saw this film too. There is and it's the best scene in the movie but, like the rest of the movie and especially the fight scenes, it's shot in an annoying frenetic way.
Incidentally, I saw this as one of AMC’s blind screenings. We were only told that it was an upcoming R-rated superhero comedy. “Hot dog,” I, a dummy, said to myself. “I’ll get ahead by seeing Wolverine and Deadpool early!”
Very late to the party, but alas, it is what it is. I didn't see it until a few day ago.
A few observations and notes.
1) Art = Federer, Patrick = Nadal. Just on visual stylistics, right? Art with the 1HBH and the collared shirt. Patrick with the sleeveless T, plus the tic (the back scratch serve), plus definitely more sweating.
2) Art also equals Fed because he is an artful player, and more pleasing to the eye with that 1HBH. Patrick contains the word "trick" -- and let's face it, he is one tricky mofo. He tricks Art in the sauna, he tricks Tashi into spitting on him and then exchanging spit (and other bodily fluids, we assume) with him. You're absolutely right, young Prince Charles steals the movie. Without question, he is the strongest actor of the trio.
3) For a movie that has a whole lot of tennis, it's funny -- it didn't feel like it. The movie easily could've been about any other sport, or chess (though with less sweating, of course, though probably more churros), or drag racing, or day trading. The tennis was inescapably present, and yet in the end, it felt inert. The odd camera angles, including the 360 degree spinning for no reason, and the crazy first-person perspective (for a second, I thought I was watching a first-person shooter)...in a way, it felt almost disrespectful? I don't know. Even after a few days of stewing on it, I still don't quite know. It just might be that I'm old and crotchety.
I still await the perfect tennis movie to be made...someday!
After seeing Spider-Man and Dune, which are both about handsome young men who inexplicably have priorities they rank higher than having sex with Zendaya, we finally get movie about two handsome young men who both want to have sex with Zendaya. World finally make sense to me.
Cookie Monster, when did you get so horny (other than for cookies)?
Me only human!
I’ll admit I’m curious about what Gary the Goat’s mascot costume looks like, but only mildly.
Always glad to see Josh O'Connor show up in things! The recent seasons of The Crown were shaky but Josh O'Connor was a real high point as Charles. He really showed the passage of time and accumulation of disappointments through his physical performance as Charles (the hunch! the hunch!). They also did him a real solid by casting Dominic West after him, making him look even better.
a general Boy question: so who was the narrator in the TIFF version? Was it Skarsgård or someone else? Apparently Benjamin only got ADR’d after the Lionsgate purchase.
Apparently it was Skarsgard.
Hi Scott, I just need to know if there's a Yayan Ruhian fight scene or two to tip the scales for me on Boy Kills World. His one-against-two climactic battle in The Raid: Redemption is my favorite martial arts performance in all of cinema, and I hope he's not reduced here to a Karate Kid mentor role.
I saw this film too. There is and it's the best scene in the movie but, like the rest of the movie and especially the fight scenes, it's shot in an annoying frenetic way.
Incidentally, I saw this as one of AMC’s blind screenings. We were only told that it was an upcoming R-rated superhero comedy. “Hot dog,” I, a dummy, said to myself. “I’ll get ahead by seeing Wolverine and Deadpool early!”
Nooooooooo!!!
Thanks Keith! Gonna pull the trigger, I think.
Very late to the party, but alas, it is what it is. I didn't see it until a few day ago.
A few observations and notes.
1) Art = Federer, Patrick = Nadal. Just on visual stylistics, right? Art with the 1HBH and the collared shirt. Patrick with the sleeveless T, plus the tic (the back scratch serve), plus definitely more sweating.
2) Art also equals Fed because he is an artful player, and more pleasing to the eye with that 1HBH. Patrick contains the word "trick" -- and let's face it, he is one tricky mofo. He tricks Art in the sauna, he tricks Tashi into spitting on him and then exchanging spit (and other bodily fluids, we assume) with him. You're absolutely right, young Prince Charles steals the movie. Without question, he is the strongest actor of the trio.
3) For a movie that has a whole lot of tennis, it's funny -- it didn't feel like it. The movie easily could've been about any other sport, or chess (though with less sweating, of course, though probably more churros), or drag racing, or day trading. The tennis was inescapably present, and yet in the end, it felt inert. The odd camera angles, including the 360 degree spinning for no reason, and the crazy first-person perspective (for a second, I thought I was watching a first-person shooter)...in a way, it felt almost disrespectful? I don't know. Even after a few days of stewing on it, I still don't quite know. It just might be that I'm old and crotchety.
I still await the perfect tennis movie to be made...someday!
[full disclosure: reposted from Andrea Petkovic's substack, https://andreapetkovic.substack.com/p/challengers]