After some slow weeks, it's a moviepalooza with new releases that feature everything from Ghostbusters to a cameo appearance by infamous German director Uwe Boll.
Your opening paragraph nails what I hate about the trailer for this new Ghostbusters. The portentous tone and music is so, so *off.*. You wanna know what the tone of the Ghostbusters (1984) movie is? Listen to the original song. That's the tone.
Imagine an Animal House remake where the trailer features the Kronos Quartet playing the Winter Overture from Requiem for a Dream as the VO intones "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son"
Always happy to see a new horror movie that's not outright terrible. Oh and also that one about a possession on late night TV. David Dastmalchian has gone from "hey it's that crazy guy from the Dark Knight" to "hey it's that guy I see in lots of things now", but has not quite made it to "hey it's that guy whose name I can spell without copy/pasting".
I'm stridently against using AI in film — except for digitally replacing Conor McGregor with Dave Bautista, who can serve up menace AND nail a funny, campy note at the same time.
Of all the new Ghostbusters reboot’s crimes, I forgot that one of them was wasting Carrie Coon. I hope she’s getting private jet money if not private island money for this.
Also, no Problemista review?! “I STAND WITH BANK OF AMERICA!”, best movie line of 2024.
I caught DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD in December (the AFI EU film festival is likely going to be its only DC-area theatrical showing) and wasn't quite in love with it as I was BAD LUCK BANGING. I did take 2 bathroom breaks so I do need to revisit, but it felt like a rehash of the former film, only much longer, and didn't quite grab me as Jude's other work (I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS and AFERIM!). There is one montage in DNETMFTEOTW that really moved me though--I'll let people see it for themselves, but it did take my breath away in its simplicity and its rage.
Thank you both to Keith and Scott for the Ghostbusters and Road House reviews -- today was a day I could use a laugh, and I got two for the price of one. For some sadomasochistic reason, I now want to see both movies...
Your opening paragraph nails what I hate about the trailer for this new Ghostbusters. The portentous tone and music is so, so *off.*. You wanna know what the tone of the Ghostbusters (1984) movie is? Listen to the original song. That's the tone.
Imagine an Animal House remake where the trailer features the Kronos Quartet playing the Winter Overture from Requiem for a Dream as the VO intones "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son"
Always happy to see a new horror movie that's not outright terrible. Oh and also that one about a possession on late night TV. David Dastmalchian has gone from "hey it's that crazy guy from the Dark Knight" to "hey it's that guy I see in lots of things now", but has not quite made it to "hey it's that guy whose name I can spell without copy/pasting".
Ehhh not sure about this. I was looking forward to Late Night, but AI sets a bad precedent that I don’t want to support. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/late-night-with-the-devil-ai-images-clarification-1235947599/
"...to a cameo appearance by infamous German director Uwe Boll."
I had at least a minute of fun going through those four film titles and imaging how Uwe Boll might turn up in each one.
I'm stridently against using AI in film — except for digitally replacing Conor McGregor with Dave Bautista, who can serve up menace AND nail a funny, campy note at the same time.
Of all the new Ghostbusters reboot’s crimes, I forgot that one of them was wasting Carrie Coon. I hope she’s getting private jet money if not private island money for this.
Also, no Problemista review?! “I STAND WITH BANK OF AMERICA!”, best movie line of 2024.
I caught DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD in December (the AFI EU film festival is likely going to be its only DC-area theatrical showing) and wasn't quite in love with it as I was BAD LUCK BANGING. I did take 2 bathroom breaks so I do need to revisit, but it felt like a rehash of the former film, only much longer, and didn't quite grab me as Jude's other work (I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS and AFERIM!). There is one montage in DNETMFTEOTW that really moved me though--I'll let people see it for themselves, but it did take my breath away in its simplicity and its rage.
Thank you both to Keith and Scott for the Ghostbusters and Road House reviews -- today was a day I could use a laugh, and I got two for the price of one. For some sadomasochistic reason, I now want to see both movies...
Watched Road House yesterday. Conor McGregor is the first performer I've ever seen who is somehow unconvincing speaking in his own accent.