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Jul 11, 2022 20:02:42 GMT
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Post by Hannah Lee on Jul 11, 2022 20:02:42 GMT
I have some friends who started to watch it and found it hard to watch, not something that grabbed them, that they wanted to finish. They both love films, and watch a range of genres. But they didn’t call it a bad film, or trash talk JC. They just figured it wasn’t up their alley. It’s like me not enjoying Scorsese films … I can recognize he can be a skilled filmmaker, but I don’t want to spend time with him as a storyteller these days.
And one of them said he may try it again sometimes after hearing my recommendation.
But if they were professional film critics, I can guarantee they’d have watched the whole thing, followed the plot, appreciated the performances, cinematography, and artistry and JC’s use of the depth of cinematic references and her own originality. And not blown it off as dull or boring just because they didn’t bother to pay attention.
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Jul 11, 2022 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 11, 2022 20:40:33 GMT
One of the dumbest comments being repeated is that she is claiming that her film is extremely complex when it's not difficult to follow at all. First, she said CODA was the easier film not the other way which it's not a lie! I mean probably some cartoons are more difficult and complex than CODA!
And even when I agreed that TPOTD is not difficult, there is a huge number of comments literally saying they didn't get it! And articles/videos explaining it (even The NYT published one!). That without mentioning those who thought it was boring because it doesn't happen anything (if you really get it you would understand that nothing is gratuitous there and that all the lines and shots were narrating the story). I think she was making a reference to the reaction of those people not suggesting her film was hyper complex per se. It's kind of obvious to me!
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 12, 2022 11:31:35 GMT
I will put it here because he is a critic but oh God he is so wrong!
Apart of him being sexless, Cruise is just not a a subtle layered actor but this guy also didn’t understood BC’s performance in that regard. I mean he praised him but he thought he was doing just a “performative” performance and ignored the subtlety in it because apparently UK theatre actors don’t do subtly or something! (I think he lives in the 1950s I remember that even the LA theatre critic wrote a wonderful piece talking about new British theatre actors and how subtly and influenced by American film actors they could be compared to the more traditional old actors and how complete they were because that and yes, BC was an example! How Americans can see that but not the British! Oh, yeah because BC is posh and posh British actors are all the same always and ever!) But even if we centers on the “performative” part of the performance, BC put especially attention to what Nicolas Rapold called a “Lee Marvin’s brash magnetic voice” to show the dominance of his character over the others and I just can’t imagine Cruise’s little voice doing something like that! Just no! Imagine little Cruise with his little voice! I guess the only aspect they see is the rumored gay closeted aspect of his real life!
Also, why people think Campion would like to work with someone like TC? Or that he would wanted to play a gay character? a)He is the ex of her close friend and their relationship didn’t ended well! And b) he used to sued anyone that suggested he was gay or that he had gay fans! Yeah, even that offended him!
He is a good actor. Not my fave! But I think a lot of especially gay men are just obsessed with him and, for whatever reason, don’t see his flaws! I just can’t imagine him working with someone like Campion. Much less playing Phil!
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Post by onebluestocking on Jul 12, 2022 12:06:45 GMT
Maybe the reviewer thought this because TC plays swaggering, dominant characters, but he does "agressively smiley, charming" ones. Not subtle ones like Phil. I remember thinking TC was very good in 'Born on the 4th of July' years ago, but IMO his roles are always similar. Phil is a tragic figure, above just being top guy on the ranch. BC was perfect.
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Jul 12, 2022 12:08:41 GMT
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Post by onebluestocking on Jul 12, 2022 12:08:41 GMT
I wonder why gay men love him, if he sues over comments that he has gay fans?
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Jul 12, 2022 12:58:30 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 12, 2022 12:58:30 GMT
I don't know! It's a mystery to me! At least certain generation of gay men really love him when he as always being homophobic! He sued a lot of publications for suggesting he was gay and tried to end the career of a film critic for saying he had a lot of gay fans! (I forgot his name but he was a gay activist and was actually also a BC fan. He wrote a great article about him in one very arty site that I'm not sure it still exists)
Chris Pratt is frequently attacked on Twitter because apparently he went or goes to a Church with an homophobic pastor. He has never said anything homophobic nor sued anyone and I don't think he is the face or do pr for that church but still he is apparently evil. Cruise, the biggest champion of Scientology, nahh! He is soooo cool!
I still think it's because they think he is closeted. I don't think he is very imposing or dominating. I'm sure he is in real life (probably more a "control freak") but on screen, I'm not sure. They probably are also thinking about the cast against type that Campion does but there's still something there in the actor and again, I don't think he and others really *gets* BC. Campion does! I'm a fan and I read the book with him in mind for Phil's role but it wasn't difficult to imagining him at all! (Remember the Vanity Fair podcast guy saying that BC sounded very against type when you read he is playing a cowboy but not just after he watched the film but also read the book, it was so obvious! That the author seemed to be written the role for him!) Even the physical description: a tall handsome man with piercing blue eyes, aristocratic pose and huge hands (that's allegedly why Paul Newman lost the role!) was him. All those people casting short men because they look very macho (Tom Hardy?! Lol) or because they don't are very macho (Cruise), just don't get it.
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Post by MagdaFR on Jul 12, 2022 13:06:21 GMT
I don't understand the obsession with Tom Cruise this year. But, as I said before, I think it's very probable he's the new Will Smith this year. He's one of the last stars who puts people in the theatres and his movie is "saving" them this year, they'll say.
The last film I watched with him was Edge of Tomorrow which I liked. It wasn't a BO success, even if it was in some ways an action movie.
I doubt that his MI fans would watch other kind of genre with him.
Most of his pictures are "saved" by the international BO, even the MI movies. Except the last one. I'd like to see the demographics of it.
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Jul 12, 2022 14:46:08 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 12, 2022 14:46:08 GMT
It's funny because someone found an old Playboy interview in which he claimed he would never do a Top Gun sequel because some people thought it was militaristic.
There was a time he did a lot of drama and I think his career was more interesting. I think he is good playing nasty guys but there's nothing in his career that suggests he could play someone like Phil IMHO
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