One of my favorite Martin McDonaugh movies. Great performances by Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan. It’s a masterpiece and well written script. I think it should’ve won Original Screenplay, Supp Actress for Kerry Condon, and Actor for Colin Farrell. Such a crime that it didn’t win any oscars. So what you think of this movie?
Based on the true life story of William Hayes’ horrific time in a Turkish prison, and another in my series of Alan Parker films. Pretty heavy stuff. What do you think about it?
The Whale Is a groundbreaking film. Brendan Fraser is powerhouse in the film. He won his first Oscar for that. it’s also emotional especially in the ending. It made me sad. So what are your thoughts on The Whale?
Real fun hanging out with these characters and enjoying watching her time in Vegas. When the credits rolled I could have started it over.
Every single time I see a comment like that, it pisses me off because it reminds me how embarrassingly low the interpretive skills of the average person are.
The "Bronze Age Collapse" is the LITERAL LAYER OF THE WORK. Nolan explicitly talks about the Bronze Age Collapse as the consequence of the fall of Troy. THAT IS NOT THE MESSAGE OF THE WORK. THAT IS ITS PLOT.
The message of a work is its METAPHORICAL LAYER: the one that deals with values, ethics, and cognitive aspects of the piece. For example: The Odyssey is about the fragility of social bonds which, once broken, cause the shattering of various social contracts. And that leads to chaos. Machiavellian actions always leave a mark, even if they seem necessary for a broadly defined "victory." You can apply such a message universally to explain various scales of reality: from political commentary to your own individual, personal actions.
There are many such "messages": possible lines of interpretation. You can look at the characterization of Odysseus himself, his relationship with Athena (which brings up an interesting thread about the conflict between an individual's responsibility for the people depending on them), or the character of Helen (Helen taking responsibility for the Trojan War) and THEN, using these plot details, should you CREATE AN INTERPRETATION.
I'm sorry, I just needed to vent.
What if movies made farting cool instead of smoking?
Smoking was portrayed as cool for decades despite being harmful.
What if pop culture had normalized farting instead? It’s completely natural, and holding it in can cause discomfort.
Would society today be less embarrassed about it?
Favourite: Space Jam
Least Favourite: The Tooth Fairy
Recorded it the other day to the DVR on a whim a few days ago. Had the day off work today so gave it a try. Definitely not what I was expecting. Great flick IMO.
Catch Me If You Can (2002) Excellent movie about a runaway teenager lives an exciting life by forging checks and impersonating several professions, but his fraudulent activities soon attract the attention of the FBI.
I understand its "dont hate, its baggage and life is short". But... how should one view the black crime that is so radically presented in this movie? I cant find any answer. Its so highly critically aclaimed and does represent and show a very critical situation in america! But because it is percieved as so good... I cannot find a message how one should deal with the statistics which are talked about in the movie... I hope I can communicate what I mean! Does the protagonist just dont look at raised crime anymore? Does he just look away? How does he deal with it in order to look at reality but still find peace