the shower scene in ^ will never, ever be topped/beaten, whenever I hear a violin played in a similar screeching manner it will always make me fear for my life.
Air. The story of Nike's signing of Michael Jordan and the creation of the Air Jordan range. Entertaining, educational & a great soundtrack. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
Everything everywhere all at once. Won lots of Oscars but can’t fathom out why? Battles across the multiverse which if it isn’t confusing enough it seems to give them the powers to battle across the multiverse they have to interfere with themselves? very strange film.
We normally make the effort to watch all the Oscar nominated films; read the description of this one & decided not to bother, sounds like we made the right decision.
Agree. I think the parallel universe thing is a lazy plot device and it almost always results in a confusing and annoying story. EEAAO struck me as one of those emperor’s new clothes films that critics and luvvies have to rave over or else they aren’t part of the in-group. Birdman was another one like that, as was the truly dreadful and pretentious Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin
99% of American films are absolute shite imo. I steer well clear of films with a million Oscars as I often find them particularly shite. I usually prefer gritty British films like Trainspotting and Dead Men’s Shoes. Me and Mrs Cringe watched Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) yesterday. Never seen it before and quite enjoyed it!
totally agree on EEAAO and noted similarly on here soon after release. I only watched it that time because of the rave reviews and recommendations. I didn't even watch it to a conclusion, stopping short about 10 minutes as knew by this time that there would be nothing redeeming to follow. On reflection, I felt - what have I missed here?, perhaps it's an age thing, and I'm just not grasping what the average Joe/Jolene thinks is interesting anymore.
All Quiet on the Western Front is very good, and relevant to some of the horror occurring in Ukraine with the hand to hand combat. The book is better (aren't they always?).
I enjoyed EEAAO but only as a fun film. Parallel universe theory is complex (d’uh) & messing with it, even the act of being present within it, fundamentally changes it, so a constant action (& therefore a purpose) is impossible, but there remains one actual truth in it-either there is a God, in which case we are all His playthings & therefore anything is possible, or there isn’t, in which case the universe must be infinite (as there’s no creator), in which case matter must eventually repeat itself, meaning that Parallel universes & every possible combination of them must exist-everything everywhere all at once.
Most recent one I watched was 'El ángel exterminador'. Possibly the only one as absorbing straight as others stoned. I told my sis the ending Sunday because I knew she'd never watch a black-and-white film with subtitles, but it's so outlandish I think she even enjoyed the description. Some time I may elaborate on my description to her of 'Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie'.
Yep. The Everett Interpretation. Sean Carroll also wangs on impenetrably about the “Many Worlds” theory of quantum dynamics, so much so that I listen to his Mindscape podcasts to help me get to sleep every night
