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What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?
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Sounds like a mouthful, and it is, but I felt the sense of time and space was conveyed perfectly. Be warned that he was quite the flawed character and the movie is about him and not much else.
From the after-movie-conversation: "no, an alcoholic he wasn't, just Irish."
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Does anyone else think Knives Out was overrated?Shellhead wrote: Death on the Nile isn't a bad movie, but if you have a choice, I would recommend Knives Out for better overall entertainment value.
I have a theory that Wes Anderson's influence has polluted ensemble comedies. Whenever I see a film that brings together a "star-studded cast" of disparate actors, there is an expectation that each actor must morph into this understated, eccentric character study, designed so the audience all mutters "Wow, i never thought Actor-X could play a part like THAT!" Maybe I have an unreasonable fondness for the 1970's murder mysteries, where whenever famous actors showed up in an ensemble cast you got the feeling they made very sure their appearance was BIG and ROBUST and made a real statement when their face showed up for the first time (camera pans slowly up from floor level, revealing... Bette Davis! WOO!!! LFG!!!) Modern cinema takes the opposite approach, and I feel like that wastes the "coolness factor" of having so many notable faces in a whodunit.
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I find it much funnier than Wes Anderson movies, which I don't care for, because there are actual jokes that are funny, not just a vague desperation and weirdness vibe that people find quirky and funny. I can definitely see the through line visually between the Wes Anderson and Knives Out, though, so I totally get connecting them.
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Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman)
Russell Brand (angry-looking comedian who was married to Katy Perry)
Letitia Wright (Black Panther's sister)
Rose Leslie ("You know nothing, Jon Snow.")
There were a few other stars, but they only registered as familiar faces to me.
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Stripes, if anything, illustrates how much better a movie the original Ghostbusters (which came a few years later) was--where Stirpes is jejune, slack, and often poorly paced (and I'd discourage anyone from watching the extended version, which I once made the mistake of doing), Ghostbusters is near comedic perfection. Stripes obviously is not without laughs, given it was directed by Ivan Reitman and features near-creative-peak Murray and Ramis, and it's obviously dated in some ways that edgy comedies often exhibit after their eras. It's also a film that very much wants it both ways--the snarky outsider critique of the Army and the recognition and embrace of core Army values--that blunts whatever, if anything, it's trying to say. Contrast this with other "slobs vs. snobs"-type comedies of the period to note the difference; it'd be as if the caddies in Caddyshack ended the movie by themselves becoming club owners.
My family recently watched the version of Stripes on TV, which I think included some additional material. The prime takeaway -- it is really dated. It's depiction of women is pretty doggone neolithic. I'd wager some of the extended stuff was the sexist crap that didn't make first release.
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I don't want to say too much about it as people are best to view it going in blank (it is a slow ponderous drama like Power of the Dog), because a lot goes unsaid in the film and because of that you make assumptions and the film plays with those assumptions. But even knowing the plot I would happily watch it multiple times for the wonderful performances.
It has had a really profound effect on me which is rare for a film these days.
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