Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

Jay42 said:
I really wish people would stop trying to make serious Robin Hood movies. There's two Robin Hood movies that I've actually seen people generally consider to be good movies. The 1939 Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland and the animated one from the 70's. The main reason seems to be that while the movies take their subject matter seriously, they still have a good sense of fun while also letting the serious moments land. Every newer Robin Hood movie takes everything so seriously that they just become a slog to watch.
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The 1976 Robin and Marian is a great example of this. That movie is DIRE. I watched it because I love Audrey Hepburn, who played Marian, but man, it has to be the worst movie she ever made. (Well, I've heard Bloodline is dire as well, so call it the worst movie I've ever seen her in.)
 
Wyliefan said:
The 1976 Robin and Marian is a great example of this. That movie is DIRE. I watched it because I love Audrey Hepburn, who played Marian, but man, it has to be the worst movie she ever made. (Well, I've heard Bloodline is dire as well, so call it the worst movie I've ever seen her in.)
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I remember loving this take on Robin Hood when I saw it first run; maybe my tastes have changed in 50 years and I’d hate it if I saw it now. What did you think was so dire about it?
 
emason said:
I remember loving this take on Robin Hood when I saw it first run; maybe my tastes have changed in 50 years and I’d hate it if I saw it now. What did you think was so dire about it?
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My opinion is that it's a film whose tone is very much of the early and mid-1970s - iconoclastic and elegiac (as directed by Richard Lester and scripted by James Goldman), with a dark, non-heroic ending.

The score by John Barry is sad and absolutely lovely (not unlike "The Lion in Winter", for which score Barry received a well-deserved Oscar).
 
VALuvsMKwan said:
My opinion is that it's a film whose tone is very much of the early and mid-1970s - iconoclastic and elegiac (as directed by Richard Lester and scripted by James Goldman), with a dark, non-heroic ending.
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Yes, all of this, plus for me it just dragged. The '70s as a whole isn't my favorite decade for films. I understand that a lot of great films came out then, and I do like some of them, but there was a lot of darkness and dreariness that just isn't my cup of tea.
 
Just discovered that Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun is getting a film adaptation.

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The book was very serious, even grim (as is typical of Ishiguro); the movie looks more like a comedy-drama.
 
Wyliefan said:
The 1976 Robin and Marian is a great example of this. That movie is DIRE. I watched it because I love Audrey Hepburn, who played Marian, but man, it has to be the worst movie she ever made. (Well, I've heard Bloodline is dire as well, so call it the worst movie I've ever seen her in.)
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That is definitely one of the Robin Hood's I was thinking of. Though to be fair I don't dislike it as much as you do. I think in part because I went into it expecting it to be one of the worst movies ever but it was ok. Not the best movie ever and I don't like the ending, but it was ok. Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery were great in it though and I have been known to forgive mid-tier quality scripts when I'm presented with great acting.

I did think about watching Bloodline after I watched Robin and Marian. Because if that wasn't as bad as I expected it to be maybe Bloodline would be ok as well, but then I read the plot summary again and remembered why I hadn't wanted to watch it in the first place besides it being poorly rated and moved on with my life.

Also I kind of agree with you about the 70's film wise. It's a decade I'm exploring more and I don't dislike the 70's overall, but there's just a lot of really bleak movies from the 70's.
Wyliefan said:
Just discovered that Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun is getting a film adaptation.

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The book was very serious, even grim (as is typical of Ishiguro); the movie looks more like a comedy-drama.
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It's directed by Taika Waititi so I could see it being similar in tone maybe to JoJo Rabbit, which is a very serious movie overall but has some bits of humour in it to keep it from being quite as depressing.

That said, Taika Waititi hasn't directed a well regarded movie since JoJo Rabbit. I haven't seen Next Goal Wins so I don't have an opinion on how good or bad it is, but it's Rotten Tomatoes score is 46% and Thor: Love and Thunder was carried entirely by Natalie Portman and Christian Bale because they underwrote Valkyrie so much and it was just not good.

Plus there's the issue where Amy Adams keeps making movies that are either divisive quality wise or just kind of bad. So while this does look like something I would watch, I'm going to wait for the reviews and decide if I want to watch it then.
 
There were animals in the trailer for Disclosure Day? I thought they were aliens. Not that I've seen it.
 
vgerdes said:
Curious as to why? It actually seems kind of cute.

Personally, my favorite Robin Hood movie was "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." But then I've always been a Mel Brooks nut.
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The story just seems odd. Also, I think this is Chalamet’s first animated film and it’s peculiar that it has taken this long.
 
ilovepaydays said:
The reviews for Supergirl are coming in!

UM……YIKES!!?? 😬
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Apparently Milly Allcock, who plays Supergirl, pulled a Rachel Ziegler and made some boneheaded remarks at a press conference. With that, on top of the poor reviews thus far, DC is staring down the barrel of another box office flop. It probably doesn't help at all that they're directly competing with Toy Story 5, which set a 2026 box office record in its debut last week. In a choice between the two, most families are going to choose the latter, IMO.
 
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Should there be a separate thread for old movies available by streaming? I never know what to watch and I have started and stopped quite a few I have not liked. It seems this thread is for new movies just released at the theater?
 
I saw Pressure yesterday. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Very well done and an interesting story. I especially liked Kerry Condon's portrayal of Kay Summersby. Neither my husband nor I were familiar with the disastrous Tiger exercise.
 
Practical Magic 2 trailer has dropped:

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Winnipeg said:
Should there be a separate thread for old movies available by streaming? I never know what to watch and I have started and stopped quite a few I have not liked. It seems this thread is for new movies just released at the theater?
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I'm fine with it but I defer to the creator(s) to lead us. But if we area doing this I like quirk and I ran into a quirky film I had not seen in forever on Tubi. It stars a very young Patrick Dempsey and Jennifer Connelly and is called "Some Girls." And this sort of house that sometimes feels more like a castle in Quebec City. Anyway I was happy to see it once more.
 
Yeah, it's not exactly boneheaded to point out how creepy fans can be. It's just the truth. Maybe the studio would like her to pretend it doesn't happen, but everyone knows it does.
 
That sounds like what Chappell Road said.

Alcock said that no matter what she does, there are people out there who are going to hate on her just for existing as a woman. It had absolutely nothing to do with the movie or its audience but the anti-woke brigade doesn't care about reality if they can pile on a woman and pretend she said something outrageous.
 
PBS recently put the Natchez documentary up on youtube. It's about touring old plantations in Natchez. I really enjoyed it. I hope Rev's tours got very popular after the movie came out.

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Wyliefan said:
Yeah, it's not exactly boneheaded to point out how creepy fans can be. It's just the truth. Maybe the studio would like her to pretend it doesn't happen, but everyone knows it does.
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I'm not saying she was wrong. But both of the interviews she did were publicity for Supergirl, which she presumably wanted to be a hit, so she might have given a thought to context? It just seems a little counterproductive to call out problematic fan behavior when you want said fans to buy tickets to your new movie.
 
Okay I love, LOVE the 1995 "Sense and Sensibility" but I want to see this one as well. "Pride and Predujice" taught me that there can be more than one good interpretation. And I just finished the delightul "The Other Bennett Sister" so this is so welcome:

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