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AngieBee1

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  1. Absolutely adored it and was so disappointed that there was no BAFTA love for Helena Bonham Carter and Augustus Prew.
  2. I actually found it more subdued than the film.
  3. Not as over-the-top as advertised. Still a great watch. By all appearances of the promotion I assumed it would have anachronistic elements and a bit punchier, but it's not. It is very much your standard historical drama, with the exception of a fair bit of humour running through.
  4. Absolutely floored that this was nominated for Best Picture considering the range of films it's up against. It's a nice film, but very slight. I didn't find it as profound as others. Seeing as this, tonally IMO, feels like ALL OF US STRANGERS, I can't see how that lost out in Original Screenplay and Best Picture. Performances great, but underwhelming film.
  5. Director Andrew Haigh's first theatrical film in six years is a adaptation is the second film adaptation of the 1987 novel "Strangers". Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, ALL OF US STRANGERS is a meditative study of loneliness and connectedness. Of love that reaches through the invisible divides. Screenwriter Adam (Scott) is a screenwriter living in a sparsely occupied high-rise. The seemingly only other sign of life being a man who lives multiple floors beneath him - Harry (Mescal) - who, after a shaky start, he embarks on a relationship with. While Adam spends his evenings with Harry; his days are spent with his parents (Foy and Bell), as they navigate all the things that have remained unspoken over the years. First time I saw it someone was sobbing loudly throughout. It didn't affect me that way...until I saw it the second time. It was then that the emotion of the piece connected with me. Scott got all the glory and Mescal all the attention (and they work splendidly together), but to me, the strength of the film lies in Foy and Bell and their scenes with Scott.
  6. Sadly, the show has done abysmally at the awards this year. Most recently losing in the four categories at the SAG Awards they were nominated in and garnering no WGA awards. At least they look good.
  7. I have a low tolerance for zany and it's the reason why I didn't like KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE and why I really dislike ARGYLLE. What ARGYLLE has going for it is Sam Rockwell and Dallas Bryce Howard who excel despite Matthew Vaughn's unrestraint. Everything else is diminishing returns. However, wouldn't mind if what they set up in the mid end credits pan out to something more. I'd watch that.
  8. What I love about Ramon is that he pushes back when Cristóbal over-reacts. He's full throated when he demands respect from him. Whereas Wlad was more of a tamer, a Cristóbal whisperer, if you would. Wlad let it roll off his back and either laugh at him and keep it pushing. And that worked for him because he was the love of Cristóbal’s life. Ramon had to work harder.
  9. Absolutely loved this film. And a much better courtroom film than France's 2022 submission SAINT OMER (though Guslagie Malanda was mesmerizing). Sandra Hüller gave a stellar performance and Milo Machado Graner more than kept up with the adult actors. I'm hoping it gets a slot in Best Picture like ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT did last year.
  10. Just like JA Bayona's true story tsunami film THE IMPOSSIBLE, SOCIETY OF THE SNOW was incredibly immersive and stunning in recreating those moments. I've never seen 1993's ALIVE based on this story, but I knew about the cannabilism because that's all everyone talked about. Bayona blessedly used the book "Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story" to form this film. By doing so he gave the dead life. It was no longer about how they died but how they lived. We learned their names. We saw their humanity.
  11. Episode one was a great start to series 2. I worried that I wouldn't like Helen and Elliot together because I tend to like the getting together part of characters' relationships versus seeing an established relationship, but Ioved seeing their dynamic. I actually wished we got more of them in those moments.
  12. The costume design was exquisite. Now I am really kicking myself for not going to the brief exhibit they had of the costumes in L.A a month or so ago. It's not my favourite Yorgos Lanthimos film but it is quite enjoyable. I think Emma and Mark Ruffalo were fantastic. Loved Ramy Youssef in this. It was a joy.
  13. The ultimate payoff was to just be with Felix in any way he could (friendship or romantically). Then when his secrets was going to put the end to that everything spiraled. He tried to lure Venetia back in with a kiss and that wasn't working so she had to go. To me, if all he wanted was Saltburn or to destroy the family he would not have waited 15 years to do so. He has the same chance of success at maintaining the estate as Elspeth had. She was living off of Sir James' money which she willed to Oliver. I think by the time he gets Saltburn he knows this. He knew it all those years back: people not remembering his name when they sang Happy Birthday to him, not holding the attention of Henry's wife at the party. It's as Emerald Fennell says, a "Pyrrhic victory". It truly is. He "won", but at the cost of not having Felix in the world. Twice when looking for Fellx, Duncan stopped and glared at Oliver. He is even standing on the mound looking at Oliver at Elspeth's grave. He knows Oliver is behind this. For all we know Elspeth had no other family. Even if Sir James' sister (Felix's mother) wanted to contest it, she had already been cut out by Sir James. But I think it would have been unnecessary to delve into that. It is, to me, supposed to be a hollow victory for Oliver. He probably dreamt of having a life like the one he now had, but it's tainted.
  14. Ye-Joon's parents were overseas and didn't want him to travel alone. The Mormon kid parents were overseas on a mission.
  15. People have said they can see the date on Sir James' obituary. The barista and the people outside the café are wearing masks.
  16. My feeling is that I can see this Wonka evolve (or devolve) into the Gene Wilder one; especially he's had to endure years of paranoia surrounding the Chocolate Cartel and whatever other upstarts try to sabotage him. And considering when he came to town he was bamboozled, I can see him cloistering himself off and becoming more cynical.
  17. Sir James kicked him out for having drugs. He was banished again, and this time permanently. Sir James said he wouldn't do anything more for Farleigh. There was a 15 year time jump from Oliver leaving Saltburn to "bumping" into Elsepeth in the cafe. The montage showed Oliver spiking the alcohol, begging off to vomit and handing the alcohol over to Felix knowing he would drink it. He left the razor blades on the edge of the bathtub. Venetia was susceptible as displayed by Oliver having her eat his croissant after telling her the night before in the garden that he wanted her to eat and not get up from the table (although, she did ultimately leave he table). Surely after reading about Sir James' death Oliver started looking into Elspeth's life and found out she lived in that neighborhood. He located a cafe to hang out in in order to orchestrate "bumping" into her. I am in the minority and believed Elspeth just got sick; and it hand nothing to do with Oliver. Yet, when she did get sick he made sure to have her amend the will so that it would come to her and then he killed her. But I don't think he was the initial cause of her illness because we would have been shown it. I don't think it came out of nowhere. From his parents we know that he already had a tendency to lie. A majority of what he did was driven by his need to be with Felix. Whether he was in love with him or just wanted to be him or a combination of both, he wanted to be a part of Felix's life. When Felix first tried to ditch him after getting annoyed by him in his dorm and not inviting him to the pub; Oliver came up with the lie about his father. When Oliver saw how fickle the Cattons were with Pamela, he started working on them individually so that they would like him enough to not think him boring and wanting him to leave (which was Pamela's fate). He had to get Farleigh out the house because Farleigh was the only one who he couldn't manipulate. Once Felix found out he was lying about his background, Oliver knew it was game over and that he was going to lose Felix and access to his life. He gave Felix a chance in that maze by putting his feelings on the line, but one Felix told him he made his blood run cold Oliver knew he had to kill him. He tried to move on to Venetia but then she expressed how she and her father truly feels about him so he knew that would be a dead end, so he placed the razors on the tub so she could kill herself because he knew she would poison the family against him.
  18. I haven't had anything to cry about in a while, thanks to the Six Idiots they have my shedding tears. Great send-off for the OG series.
  19. I'm glad that the theater was packed. I love the film and it deserves eyes.
  20. Elliot and Helen arrive in Ireland after receiving an invitation to meet an old friend, Tommy, whom they hope will be able to provide answers about Elliot’s old life. But the couple are soon separated when Elliot is violently kidnapped. Held captive in a hidden location, he comes face to face with the McDonnell family, resentful enemies from his past, seeking revenge for actions that he can’t remember. Meanwhile, Helen, terrified that Elliot is in danger, teams up with Detective Sergeant Ruairi Slater to track him down – a search that will have them cross paths with someone she’s not ready to meet. Back in Australia, Ethan decides to win Helen’s heart back.
  21. A well-deserved nomination for both but not in comedy.
  22. AngieBee1

    Maestro (2023)

    Cooper knocked it out of the park with this one. Didn't love the note it ended on, but everything else was utter perfection. Carey Mulligan was fantastic. The prosthetics by Kazu Hiro to transform Cooper into Lenny were amazing.
  23. It's a good thing that Hawk is a great lay because that is the only reason to put up with his self-sabotage.
  24. The Golden Globes nominations are Monday and I'm hoping that Barry gets nominated for Best Actor in Comedy, Rosamund Pike for Best Actress in Comedy and the film itself for Best Picture Comedy or Musical.
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