i saw holdovers on the plane, but with no audio, so i used subtitles. it was still so good* Archived Message
Posted by torinese on March 4, 2024, 10:31:48, in reply to "bumping this vs. starting a new thread. we saw Poor Things, The Holdovers, and Zone of Interest"
Previous Message minimal spoilers. Poor Things- Loved it. Typical Yorgos Lanthimos weirdness and lewdness that a lot of people won't be able to get past. But it's clever, funny, and well done. Emma Stone deserves the Oscar she'll get. Definitely a twist on the typical "coming of age" plot. The Holdovers- So damn good. This is how you write and act a movie. Each character has depth and has an arc. Their lives feel lived in and not just acted through. The acting was so damn good in this. Giamatti was excellent as he usually is. It was the first acting role ever for the student and he was excellent. Randolph will probably get a deserved oscar, too. Zone of Interest- Fucking haunting. It's like a horror movie that lets your mind fill in the gaps on the truly scary parts. It never shows you the true horror. Instead, you constantly hear bits of it and see signs like smoke billowing from the smokestack or the train pulling in. I did some reading on the making of the movie and they went to great lengths to make it as historically accurate as possible. They converted an abandoned home to match the original home and filmed around the camp. This film embodies the oft-used Hannah Arendt phrase, "the banality of evil."
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- Oscar talk - Carl Spackler February 18, 2024, 22:20:55
- Finally saw Oppenheimer and Poor Things -- neither is that great. Wonka was a better film - Quiz March 12, 2024, 10:56:15
- bumping this vs. starting a new thread. we saw Poor Things, The Holdovers, and Zone of Interest - VIV March 4, 2024, 8:50:14
- Holdovers might be my favorite of the five I’ve seen. - illini February 19, 2024, 12:29:24
- We watched nearly all the movies from last year. Told me one thing, I’m not the target audience. * - MC February 19, 2024, 11:35:06
- I think Iron Claw got hosed. Should of had some nominees - DanSaint February 19, 2024, 10:32:02
- I have seen 6 thus far - bjl63 February 19, 2024, 10:04:16
- I loved Poor Things. Weird, long and lots of Emma Stone boobies, but really good.* - DiamondDazzle February 19, 2024, 9:48:16
- Movie related: I finally watched Margin Call this weekend. I thought it was really good. - longsnapper February 19, 2024, 7:49:17
- I actually really liked killers of the flower moon - GhostofPokeyStixPast February 19, 2024, 7:21:53
- Any movie that can have an hour cut is not a good movie, IMO.* - Carl Spackler February 19, 2024, 8:48:35
- I liked it too, Deniro was outstanding.* - Warrin'_Illini February 19, 2024, 8:12:02
- I wonder if I could carve it up into 3 different viewings - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 19, 2024, 7:58:24
- (sp) - longsnapper February 19, 2024, 7:37:24
- I got bored just sitting through the trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon - DT February 19, 2024, 6:57:30
- For the first time, we’re trying to watch all the best picture nominees - snipes824 February 18, 2024, 22:33:57
- American Fiction has been streaming for a while* - Orangeillini February 19, 2024, 8:43:36
- I really liked Anatomy of a Fall - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2024, 22:35:56
- Exactly re: maestro - snipes824 February 18, 2024, 22:39:41
- that's a really good explanation. The only thing i learned was that he smoked. A LOT - Gene Parmesan February 19, 2024, 10:10:44
- Pretty cool to do a movie about Bob Cobb tho. * - illini February 19, 2024, 7:42:53
- It's almost impossible to make a movie with Carey Mulligan that's not worth watching. - larue33 February 19, 2024, 6:54:02
- You have to try really hard to make a biopic that doesn’t get nominated for Oscars - DT February 19, 2024, 6:48:52
- Spot on, didn’t like it at all* - TarheelIllini February 19, 2024, 6:35:22
- I also found Cooper's nose distracting - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2024, 22:49:15
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