at the critical acclaim it got when it came out, as the storyline seemed incredulous and being a big tennis fan, I didn't buy either of the male leads with their clunky foot action as tennis players. A lot more style than substance in this movie.
There are 23 official Dune books.
I have seen a few YouTube commentaries about it and my feelings are (a) it looks awesome and Demi Moore is awesome in it and (b) I will never, ever, ever, ever watch it.
Someone on Reddit timed it and Saldana has about 5-6 minutes less screen time than Karla Sofia Gascon. Though many still argue that Saldana should be in Lead Actress. I haven't seen the movie so I don't have a horse in that race.Saldana makes zero sense to be in the supporting actor race, or Grande. I'd wager Saldana actually has the most screen time of the female leads in "Emilia Perez," and Grande in "Wicked," although she'll have less in the next part (and it's definitely not a supporting role). More weird Hollywood politicking there.
Body horror specifically is about the human body being altered in grotesque ways. That can be self mutilation but sometimes it's something that happens to the body via an other external force. I can't handle it personally, I'm already too much of a wuss for horror, throwing dramatic and grotesque body alterations pushes it right over the top for me.
I can’t watch any horror movies and even movies with a great deal of gore. Meaning there are violent films or just hard to stomach films I’ve never seen. From Pan’s Labyrinth to Silence of the Lambs to Get Out, people see them and say how good they are and then turn to me and say, it’s not for you of course.
To each his/her own.
Jennifer’s Body, Under the Skin, Annihilation, Tusk, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Get Out, there’s others but those are the most recognizable recent ones on Google. There’s episodes of both Stargate SG1 and Doctor Who that have body horror elements but those are about as far into the genre as I can get.
I used to not mind body horror just a few years ago, so it definitely does not "age well" IMO
I'd never watch it now.
I found Part 1 to be a bit too slow moving for my taste, but I didn't think Part 2 was that way at all. There was a lot of action, right from the opening scenes. But then I did find the religious aspects to be interesting, especially the way that Paul came to embrace the destiny that he originally rejected. The evolution of his character from idealistic youth to dark messiah was fascinating to me. I found Chani to be quite shallow and immature by comparison. Although normally I do like Zendaya, I didn't like the way Chani was portrayed and how drastically it differed from the books.
Basically anything by David Cronenberg. Videodrome, for example.
There isn't violence in The Substance from what I see. No one gets shot, has their neck broken, etc. But the finale could be considered gory. I found it more grotesque than gory but still... I wouldn't want to be eating during it.
I thought she sucked in the books. Movie Chani has way more agency. And seems to know what is coming and that it's going to be bad while everyone else is blind.I found Part 1 to be a bit too slow moving for my taste, but I didn't think Part 2 was that way at all. There was a lot of action, right from the opening scenes. But then I did find the religious aspects to be interesting, especially the way that Paul came to embrace the destiny that he originally rejected. The evolution of his character from idealistic youth to dark messiah was fascinating to me. I found Chani to be quite shallow and immature by comparison. Although normally I do like Zendaya, I didn't like the way Chani was portrayed and how drastically it differed from the books.
I heard a while ago about a film him made called 'Crimes of the Future'. Starring Viggo Mortesen. About some guy who has his organs played with for experiment.
Different people like different movies lol. I don’t do horror movies either ??
I think I still have ptsd from watching the original Carrie movie from Stephen King .. or Cujo. ?
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Conclave is already on Peacock.
Sylvia is actually - and Dylan didn’t want them to use her real name - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suze_RotoloJust got back home from watching A Complete Unknown. Being that it's still in its opening weekend in the ?? and it apparently doesn't open in Europe until mid-January (Wut? Seriously, Searchlight?
Do you like musician biopics but would prefer one that only covers a part of a career instead of an entire life? Then you'll probably enjoy this!
My overall rating for this film is 9.0/10. The consensus is that Best Actor is going to be between Brody (The Brutalist), Fiennes (Conclave), and Chalamet. Could Chalamet win? I think he really could, but it really depends on how the award voters are thinking. Chalamet does ALL of Dylan's singing and a decent amount of the guitar/harmonica playing. And he kept Bob Dylan captivating, while showing how much of an a--hole he was. I also think that Edward Norton absolutely deserves to be nominated (and even win) for portraying Pete Seeger, but the Best Supporting Actor race look INSANE right now. It's going to be hard for Norton even get nominated.
I'm not a big Bob Dylan fan, but I do enjoy learning about music history. It covers 1961-65, from the time Dylan arrives in NYC to work on his music to when he shows up at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The main issue is Dylan's use of electronic guitars in some of his folk music. I won't say what Dylan ended up during his performance at the festival, but he performs the music he wants, Pete Seeger calms down, and Johnny Cash is impressed.
There's also some insights into Dylan's love life. Elle Fanning plays Sylvie, who seems to be a conglomerate of several of Dylan's ex-girlfriends. Dylan also has a relationship with Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) which he appears to have actual chemistry with. But really, Sylvie and Joan clearly like Bob more than he really liked them.
Throughout the film, there's sprinkling of various historical events (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the March of Washington, JFK's assassination, and Malcolm X's assassination) but I think maybe should have fleshed out more within the film, but the movie is already two hours & twenty minutes and it ended up not feeling long winded. So that probably overall was the correct choice for Mangold.
