If I’m thinking of the same line, it was the absolute favorite of a friend of mine. He was a police officer, and as Irish as Paddy’s pig (I’m not insulting anyone, am I?). His partner was of Chineese descent, and they laughed about that line a lot. In fact, not long after the OJ Simpson trial, he was in court, and the defense attorney asked if he ever used the “N” word, and he answered yes, then explained the context. No problems.
Jeanne Dielmann No 12 Rue de Commerce Bruxelles 1080 (hopefully, I got that right – it’s from memory).
It’s not a movie that you can call entertaining, but I definitely found it fascinating. I’m glad I watched it with somebody because the nature of the film makes it so easy to discuss it while watching and not really miss anything. I’m a little upset that I knew there was a surprise ending, because I guessed what it was … and Chekhov’s scissors were right there.
Very slightly recommended. Like, tipping either way here.
Yeah, I just don’t think Zemekis has it in him anymore. This was fine, but way overly…maudlin(?). It just tries to go for the emotional peaks way too much. Alan Silvestri did some heavy lifting with this one’s music, but the whole thing can’t be saved.
Not bad, only 95 minutes or so long.
Oh, the digital effect on people was kinda weird.
What happened to the guy who made Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
He got old and I guess he just isn’t as talented anymore. Shame.
I enjoyed it as a film experiment. “Let’s have an unmoving static camera shot in the same spot throughout hundreds of years of history and make it a narrative story” is a unique concept.
Yeah it’s got the “Forrest Gump”-iness of so many historical events/figures being tied to that one location, but I was entertained for the most part.
The de-aged Tom Hanks looked great but Robin Wright did not look like a teen/20-something. The final shot also annoyed me. I also didn’t like how several times they would allude to something, it’s obvious what they are referring to, and yet later they’ll just flat out say the reference like they know the audience is stupid.
As for movies I’ve seen recently: Blood Rage. An absolutely tepid slasher film hosted by a local MST3K-style improv group. Terrible film, but a fun night.
Mostly agree. I liked maybe the first 1/3 – enjoyed Aubrey Plaza’s first appearance and some minutes thereafter. But the heartwarming stuff was Disneyesque (in the bad sense), and the biggest twist was dumb.
Plaza’s big long hug toward the end was not a situation I’d seen in a film before, so that was a positive. (I think I’ve seen mildly similar set-ups in other movies, but not that exact thing.)
I just watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I’m not especially in love with the original, so I don’t feel the need to hold the sequel up to a particularly high standard. And that is good because it’s a bit of a frenetic jumble.
The good thing is it’s very in-keeping with its predecessor, it’s very Tim Burton, the performances are great, it’s quite funny, and it’s visually dazzling.
The bad thing is the plot is in a bit of a rush, there’s no jeopardy as each villain is perfunctorily dismissed before they manage to do anything more complicated than exist, and the conclusion felt like it was written on the last day of shooting an hour before wrap.