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The New Film Thread

Qwiss

RocktheCasbah I'd like to see a Tom Cruise version where he walks away from the explosion in New Mexico wearing sun glasses, flicks a cigarette from his mouth and then says, in a cool action hero way, "i am become death, destroyer of worlds" as some Van Halen kicks in on the sounds track.

Coombs

Qwiss wish I could like this more than once.

RocktheCasbah

Qwiss obviously, I understand this now. I thought the film was incredible, maybe I'll feel differently with some distance, but to me it's my favourite Nolan outside of Inception. Cillian Murphy & Robert Downey Jr superb.

QuincyAbeyie

Really loved Barbie. I've read about quite a few people being offended, and unfortunately heard from male friends who thought it was 'too polarizing'. After seeing it, I'm quite shocked that you can come to that conclusion without asking yourself why that is.

Oh, and Ryan Gosling is perfectly cast.

Edit: It's also nice, and pretty rare (at least in Norway), to see movies treated as an event. Balloons everywhere, fully packed theatre, lots of people wearing pink etc.

QuincyAbeyie

RocktheCasbah thought it was incredible as well.

Not as big a fan of Inception as you, but definitely think Oppenheimer is up there with his best, which are probably Memento and Batman Begins for me.

I will say though that I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much watching it in my living room.

Asterix

Saw Barbie last night - I'm with @QuincyAbeyie - really loved it. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were perfect. The opening scene stolen from 2001 A Space Odyssey was hilarious and it just went from there.

It was also an event where we saw it - small little Gold Class cinema. When we walked in there were two other couples and the guy joked with me that he was glad another guy had come along. But the cinema, which was full, had more guys than girls. About 8 17-18 year old guys were there dressed up in suits and silly hats. Great stuff.

RocktheCasbah

QuincyAbeyie I will say though that I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much watching it in my living room.

Yeah, that's probably fair actually.

But I will say, for a three hour movie which doesn't contain a great deal of action - at least not in the Tenet/ Inception/ Batman sense of the word, the three hours runtime flew by. As a man clinging onto my mid 40s, not to feel like I had to leave the theatre for a piss at any stage is some credit to Chris Nolan.

goon

How long is the film likely to run for in Cinemas? Off on hols next week and probably won't have a chance to go until mid-end of Aug.

RocktheCasbah

goon I thought you were making fun of my referencing the three hour run time twice in my post, but maybe not. Was three hours plus about 20 minutes for trailers and intro (yes, intro).

Sicario - maybe you're right, people clapped at the end of our screening which seemed a bit of an overreaction but I much preferred this one to Dunkirk. I thought Dunkirk was maybe Nolan's best use of the IMAX format, but I wasn't overly engaged by the story.

Sicario2

Thought OppenHemier was a snooze fest and over hyped personally.

Trying to be generic here so don’t give any spoilers alway but I felt there was too much dialogue and not enough emotion.

It was too faced paced and they were throwing too much information and facts to you for 3 hours non stop.

One scene in particular was stunning and worth watching in IMax but this is no Interstellar or Inception. I also think I preferred Dunkirk.

goon

RocktheCasbah

Yeah no but that's still not what I'm asking 😆

Basically how long until Cinema's stop showing it? I feel like with movies like this it's normally a 8 weeks but I remember I got caught out with another movie last time that stopped showing after just 3 or 4.

QuincyAbeyie

I don't think I was bored for a single second of the three hours. The 'overload' of information and the amazing soundtrack probably has a lot to do with that.

RocktheCasbah

goon oh FFS, of course 🤣

No idea. Reckon it'll be around at least a month and beyond, but will depend on its box office I guess. I don't know how it's going, but I seem to have seen lots of articles saying it's not doing brilliantly.

QuincyAbeyie

RocktheCasbah I don't know how it's going, but I seem to have seen lots of articles saying it's not doing brilliantly.

Where have you seen this? 😆 It's doing extremely well, especially on a small budget. It was basically impossible to find an Imax seat for me because they were all full so I had to settle for a smaller screen.

https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-opening-weekend-shatter-records-1235677601/

RocktheCasbah

I hadn't read anything in detail but just seen a few headlines that it wasn't doing as well as expected, but perhaps it's in the context of being up against Barbie (or previous Nolans), I don't know. I do know the IMAX screenings here in London have been pretty busy.

Kel Varnsen

Watched Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning pt.1 the other day. Great fun as usual with Tom Cruise films these days. When every movie seem to take joy in that garbage meta self-awareness, it's nice to see a film that's just entertaining.

Sicario2

Kel Varnsen

Tom Cruise kicks ass. I’ve been watching his movies since the mid - 80s when I was old enough to understand wtf was going on.

Apart from his Scientology Escalades in the early 00’s he’s been such a consistent star. Box office movies for 40 years? Not many can touch him

JazzG

Kel Varnsen Top Gun was really fun as well, like you said too many films nowadays forgetting what their primary function is, to entertain!

RocktheCasbah

Kel Varnsen absolutely right, saw it last week (watching from behind my eyes almost towards the end there) and thought it was great. The MI franchise is so reliably entertaining, but it's got better as it's gone on.

RocktheCasbah

In advance of what must surely be Scorsese's last film, I mean - De Niro AND Di Caprio together? - the Picturehouse is running a Scorsese/De Niro season, which is handily free for members.

Unfortunately, due to it falling just after my Nan died, Jo and I missed Taxi Driver - which I have been desperate to catch on the big screen for years, believing it to be Scorsese's best work and therefore one of the very greatest films ever made. Yesterday, though, we got to see Raging Bull and - oh my God, to see this film in the cinema is to to truly experience it. Funnier than I remembered, mainly because of Joe Pesci but also De Niro, the penny finally dropping about just why Jake was so distrustful of not just his wife, but his brother too. And the boxing scenes... How can such a brutal film be so beautiful?

Basically, Robert De Niro is so wonderful in this film, in so many ways, he earned the right to do whatever he wanted to for the rest of his career. In just six years, Godfather 2, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. How many actors would kill for three films like that across their whole career, never mind just over half a decade?

Special shout out to Cathy Moriarty too - she was only 19 when this film was made and has a presence and a strength beyond her years. Wow, wow, wow.

I think this is actually Scorsese's best work - and therefore one of the very greatest films ever made.*

King of Comedy to come this Sunday, unfortunately I'm gonna miss the rescheduled trip to Goodison Park (this was happening Saturday when we booked the cinema) and then Casino a couple of weeks later - which I am REALLY looking forward to. I think that one is one of Marty's towering achievements and is severely underrated.

*but obviously, I still need to see Taxi Driver in the cinema

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