Dec 16, 2022·1 reply
Mac Wit Da CheeseCan’t watch both in one night but I’ll end up watching both eventually
Ok I believe in you
- Dec 16, 2022·1 replyOSCAR WINNER
Ok I believe in you
Have you seen Fabelman yet?
- Dec 16, 2022·1 replyMac Wit Da Cheese
Have you seen Fabelman yet?
Nah was planning on watching that and Bardo tonight.
Tryna get these last movies in so I can do my top 10 of ‘22 list
- Dec 16, 2022·1 replyOSCAR WINNER
Nah was planning on watching that and Bardo tonight.
Tryna get these last movies in so I can do my top 10 of ‘22 list
After these 2 I still have to watch The Menu & Decision to Leave
- Dec 16, 2022
Just gotta wait on my reading glasses to come in before I watch Decision to Leave
Dec 16, 2022
SonyomomThoughts?
I thought it was mesmerizing. Some absolutely gorgeous sequences, meticulous lighting and quite poignant in its subject matter. Yeah, the runtime could have been trimmed a little but when every shot looks like a dream, I didn’t mind too much.
- Dec 17, 2022Mac Wit Da Cheese
After these 2 I still have to watch The Menu & Decision to Leave
Decision to leave on Mubi FYI
I’m still waiting on Babylon and The Whale after these two
Dec 17, 2022Best movie of 2022 so far
- Dec 17, 2022·2 repliesOSCAR WINNER
Great breakdown. I started watching it and got about an hour in but then had to cover a shift for work, so ima watch it in full later tonight.
From what I seen I definitely got the sense that this could of been amazing if it was simplified and narrowed down to 1 theme/subject, because what I seen visually looked great but story wise had ALOT going on and didn’t really seem cohesive.
It seemed like a bad rip off of Malick
Malick isn't a surrealist. This is Fellini / 8 1/2
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyGreedy Fat Ape
Malick isn't a surrealist. This is Fellini / 8 1/2
The plotless structure and some the cinematography definitely resembles Malick
- Dec 17, 2022·2 repliesOSCAR WINNER
The plotless structure and some the cinematography definitely resembles Malick
It's not plotless, its a character study (and also commentary on Mexican society) through surrealism and big set pieces which is exactly what Fellini did through the 60s and 70s.
The ending absolutely resembles some of Tree of Life but all the characters walking towards him at the end and talking to him is again straight out of 8 1/2. The other 2hr 20 min not so much.
Malick's cinematography is magic hour focused (not too much here) and the unique wide lens or the fluid long tracking shots that Inaritu uses are not something he uses so I disagree again, its not a ripoff at all. Malick also has a low average shot length but that's not the case here either. There's no focus on nature, there's no voiceover. Malick isn't the only director that makes beautiful films dude.
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyGreedy Fat Ape
It's not plotless, its a character study (and also commentary on Mexican society) through surrealism and big set pieces which is exactly what Fellini did through the 60s and 70s.
The ending absolutely resembles some of Tree of Life but all the characters walking towards him at the end and talking to him is again straight out of 8 1/2. The other 2hr 20 min not so much.
Malick's cinematography is magic hour focused (not too much here) and the unique wide lens or the fluid long tracking shots that Inaritu uses are not something he uses so I disagree again, its not a ripoff at all. Malick also has a low average shot length but that's not the case here either. There's no focus on nature, there's no voiceover. Malick isn't the only director that makes beautiful films dude.
I mean you saying all that but it’s a lot of ppl comparing it to Malick
Fellini isn’t wrong at all, but you acting like both couldn’t inspire him. - Dec 17, 2022Greedy Fat Ape
It's not plotless, its a character study (and also commentary on Mexican society) through surrealism and big set pieces which is exactly what Fellini did through the 60s and 70s.
The ending absolutely resembles some of Tree of Life but all the characters walking towards him at the end and talking to him is again straight out of 8 1/2. The other 2hr 20 min not so much.
Malick's cinematography is magic hour focused (not too much here) and the unique wide lens or the fluid long tracking shots that Inaritu uses are not something he uses so I disagree again, its not a ripoff at all. Malick also has a low average shot length but that's not the case here either. There's no focus on nature, there's no voiceover. Malick isn't the only director that makes beautiful films dude.
Also there’s a difference between plot and story. What you referred to isn’t plot it’s story.
Dec 17, 2022Holy the trailer is so dope
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyOSCAR WINNER
I mean you saying all that but it’s a lot of ppl comparing it to Malick
Fellini isn’t wrong at all, but you acting like both couldn’t inspire him.Yeah the final scene with the flatlands is super-Malick esque, he's re-doing the Sean Penn part from Tree of Life.
I just dislike you calling it a bad Malick rip-off since that's not even the biggest influence and even so he's taking the influence in many different directions that Malick and Fellini didn't really touch and adding his own unique artistic voice on it.
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyGreedy Fat Ape
Yeah the final scene with the flatlands is super-Malick esque, he's re-doing the Sean Penn part from Tree of Life.
I just dislike you calling it a bad Malick rip-off since that's not even the biggest influence and even so he's taking the influence in many different directions that Malick and Fellini didn't really touch and adding his own unique artistic voice on it.
I feel you the film just didn’t work for me honestly and I’m usually a huge fan of Alejandro, I’m a big fan of Birdman despite alotta ppl on here hating it.
Ima watch again tho hopefully it grows on me more
CARMEN 🐉Dec 17, 2022Heard this was ass
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyOSCAR WINNER
I feel you the film just didn’t work for me honestly and I’m usually a huge fan of Alejandro, I’m a big fan of Birdman despite alotta ppl on here hating it.
Ima watch again tho hopefully it grows on me more
Have you seen 8 1/2 and other Fellini work? I feel that's part of appreciating, seeing how he twisted his influences into something I feel original.
Good to hear you like Birdman, one of the best films of last decade/.
- Dec 17, 2022Greedy Fat Ape
Malick isn't a surrealist. This is Fellini / 8 1/2
Really good comparison
- Dec 17, 2022·1 replyGreedy Fat Ape
Have you seen 8 1/2 and other Fellini work? I feel that's part of appreciating, seeing how he twisted his influences into something I feel original.
Good to hear you like Birdman, one of the best films of last decade/.
Of course fam. I got the Fellini criterion box set
- Dec 18, 2022OSCAR WINNER
Of course fam. I got the Fellini criterion box set
Real one
Dec 18, 2022best looking movie of the year
Dec 19, 2022·1 replythis is like a really long bad episode of Louie in Spanish
that happens to have great set pieces and cinematography
Dec 19, 2022Some of y'all look at a Dali painting and say this look like Malick.
Dec 21, 2022Idk this feels like a draft script they gave up on editing down. There's some amazing scenes, technical work and commentary, but i never got to feel immersed in whats going on or really cared for Silverio.
As i'm typing this i also remembered Iñárritu actually did edit this down from its original runtime. Still think the issue is with the script itself. It had the makings of a good film its just not concise and parts feel useless