Steelbook Indy

Just now, Wtd said:

Mostly I think I'm just tired of Sorkin doing the same thing over and over again. I don't want to spoil it, but there's one choice in this film that was genuinely shocking and tone deaf.

 

Also, I just find him to be a good (great) writer who needs to have his impulses tempered by a different director because otherwise he overindulges and kind of spins off into his own self-indulgent microverse.

I've seen the movie, so share with me via PM if you don't want to spoil it publicly what you found toned deaf.  I'd be interested in your perspective.  Sorkin is my second favorite screen writer (based on the strength of The West Wing), so I rarely get tired of his walk-and-talk style and clever dialogue.  No doubt that Tommy Schlamme kept Sorkin in check, but I've also found that entertainment is genuinely a better place when Sorkin is involved regardless of whether he directs (which isn't his strength in comparison to his writing).

2 hours ago, Casiusco said:

"Licorice Pizza" has nominations for best film and best director. And almost nothing else, just the script. Does that have consistency? Can you have one of the best movies, best directed, but with nothing more good to add? Some will say that maybe that happens because it is a balanced film, where nothing stands out but everything is very good. And maybe it's true. Still, it caught my attention.

Hey Casiusco - welcome to the party.

It is odd that Licorice Pizza didn't receive any other nominations; however, everything that I am reading about it (I've yet to see it) says that it's one of the best 3-5 movies of the year.  I think in another year, we would have seen Alana Haim nominated for Best Actress.  I really think that Stewart hung on (barely), and Colman gained momentum in the last 3-4 weeks.  Haim just didn't have enough time to gain steam.  I also read that Hoffman was strong enough for a nomination, but the Best Actor category is so packed this year (as is Best Actress).  Some of the people left out of those two categories are: Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Dinklage, Bradley Cooper, Nicolas Cage, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Rachel Zegler and Tessa Thompson which were all positioned in the top 5 odds at being nominated at some point.

I think that if we could look at who garnered the 6th and 7th most votes for many categories, we'd see why a movie like Licorice Pizza made the cut for director and picture while missing on acting categories (perhaps barely) among others.

12 minutes ago, Wtd said:

I think Being the Ricardos is incredibly overrated.

I understand your feelings regarding the film.  I, personally, liked it.  However, I get it if you found it weak.  That said, I felt that Simmons was the best performance in the film with Kidman behind him.  I don't believe Bardem should have been nominated for this role.

I am exceptionally excited for Plemons, and with his nomination (among others), I think that Power of the Dog has all but won Best Picture and Best Director.  If Cumberbatch had more of a role in it, I say he's the front runner for Best Actor, but I think Smith is going to be tough to beat.  I still believe Dunst to be the front runner for Best Supporting Actress - but the Golden Globes really threw a monkey wrench in the machinery.  Though I picked Kidman to win for Being the Ricardos - I secretly think Kristen Stewart is going to win Best Actress.

On 1/28/2022 at 2:00 AM, Intentcoin said:

13 hours ago, xdestroyerj said:

I know it’s not listed on here but:

 

I really hope The Mitchells vs The Machines takes best animated feature. That film was a gem, start to finish filled with incredible amounts of detail.

 

It's nominated - so onto the uphill battle of defeating Encanto.

7 minutes ago, Veum said:

I wish I could participate however I stopped watching these long ago… got to… well you know for me! 😏

 

So, based on my predictions, I did alright.

Best Picture

9/10 - I missed Drive My Car (I predicted Being the Ricardos)

Best Actor

5/5

Best Actress

3/5 - I missed Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain (though she was my longshot) - I predicted Lady Gaga and Jennifer Hudson

Best Director

4/5 - I missed Ryusuke Hamaguchi (I predicted Denis Velleneuve)

Best Supporting Actor

4/5 - I missed Jesse Plemons - though I'm very happy that he was nominated (I predicted Jamie Dornan)

Best Supporting Actress

2/5 - I missed Jessie Buckley (though my longshot), Judi Dench (predicted Caitriona Balfe), and Aunjaneue Ellis (other predictions were Marilee Matlin and Cate Blanchett for Nightmare Alley)

4 hours ago, Wtd said:

Nominees will be officially announced tomorrow morning (pacific time) so get those predictions in while you still can!

 

On 1/24/2022 at 3:42 PM, RileyLad said:

We can do some serious sh*t posting here....

 

@Fortis93 @Hollywood E Rock @LeGonze @Pbsw23

 

 

 

 

Done and done.

1 hour ago, Basil said:

if everyone could please go to veums profile go on his posts and like every post where hes posted please

lets give him a big head start for once please 👍

so he can be proper king of all time maybe he calm down then  

 

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basil 👍

3 hours ago, Catgirl said:

for me please ......

 

Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)

The Mandolorian

The Book of Boba Fett

The Abyss

The Rest of Agents of Shield

Out of Africa

Gandhi

Glory

...

and more Clint Eastwood 

 

 

 

The Abyss is a good call.

On 6/4/2021 at 5:36 PM, Wtd said:

Agree with these, but Do the Right Thing has a 4k steelbook out now. You can find it at some Targets in the US. I know because it's one of my all time favorite movies and I just got the steelbook last week.

 

Edit: I just realize this post is from September. 😩. Hope you picked it up when it came out @Steelbook Indy

 September of 2019.

2 hours ago, HunterRose said:

Would love a premium for the first Thor!  Fingers crossed.

Blufans?

11 hours ago, MoneySniper said:

Alright I might be the youngest in this topic so I won’t have a lot,

 

2000 (The year I was born): Memento 

2001: Training Day

2002: Spider-Man 

2003: Kill Bill- Vol.1

2004: Million Dollar Baby

2005: Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith

2006: The Departed 

2007: Transformers

2008: Tropic Thunder 

2009: Up

2010: Inception 

2011: Drive

2012: Django Unchained 

2013: Prisoners 

2014: Interstellar 

2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

2016: Your Name.

2017: Blade Runner 2049

2018: Avengers: Infinity War 

2019: Avengers: Endgame

2020: Palm Springs

2021: Dune/ Spider-Man No Way Home

2022: 

Palm Springs was such a pleasant surprise.  I’d heard nothing of it prior to watching and and adored it.

Thought both Doctor Who fans and Funko Pop! fans would get a kick out of this.

5 hours ago, Scary Hair said:

 

Such a under rated movie 

 

Cage gave a new depth to his range as an actor  the iteration with Adam Arkin was sublime 

The script was marvelous.

16 minutes ago, Scary Hair said:

In NO Order

 

Willy's Wonderland

 

 

Dune

 

 

PIG

 

 

 

More are on my watch list I just need to find time 

 

 

IF only this was  real

 

Pig was SO good

10 minutes ago, Wtd said:

Did you watch the color or black & white cut of the film? They recently started showing the black and white cut in theaters near me.

 

Also, have you seen the original from 1947? It's streaming on the Criterion Channel now if you have it.

I have not seen it.  I do not have that channel.  I'd like to check out the original though.  I wrote a movie review if you're interested.

For those of you who have not seen Nightmare Alley, it's a very worthy film.  It definitely is in my top 10 of the year.

Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley is a marvelously delivered Film Noir.  My wife asked a couple of times: what's the plot? What's the point?  I told her to be patient as it comes in at 2 hours and 30 minutes.  It's very much a rise and fall story of Stanton Carlisle - which Bradley Cooper plays flawlessly.  Stanton is a man with a past that haunts him.  He runs away from it to the circus/carnival.  He's young and easy on the eyes according to Toni Collette's Zeena the Seer.  He establishes himself as useful early by helping to catch an escaped, dangerous geek.  He learns quickly and demonstrates his usefulness to nearly everyone in the circus.  He aspires to move beyond the backroads of the Midwest.  He recognizes quickly that Zeena and Pete's act of being a clairvoyant/medium is where he could excel.  He spend his time with them learning all he can to become part of the act and eventually (in his mind) become an act of his own.  Stanton has eyes for Rooney Mara's Molly and sees the two of them running away from the circus to take their act to ballrooms of the big cities.  Once established as a popular act, Stanton draws the attention of a respected psychiatrist, Dr. Lilith Ritter.  As his attention turns to her, and they partner to manipulate wealthy elite of the city for wealth and status, the plot turns and Stanton finds his fate to come ironically full circle.

This movie is a star-studded cast of Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Wilem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn - all actors nominated for Oscars in the past.  It's a mix of del Toro's usual players and a few new faces.  del Toro paints a visually stunning canvas as the cinematography of John Lausten is gorgeous.  The two of them pluck us from modern day and transplant us into the dustbowl and Midwest of late 1930s/early 1940s America.  From what I understand, audiences may have the opportunity to see this film in black and white which I'm sure would look amazing as well.  The acting is top notch (how could it not be with a cast like that).  Cooper and Blanchett are particularly great.  Cooper demonstrates his ability to play both a stoic and animated character in the same role.  He also plays the type of character that you want to like, but know something is dark and awful seething beneath the surface - and that perhaps his charm would eventually be your undoing.  Cate Blanchett's Dr. Lilith Ritter is a particularly splendid femme fatale and steals every scene she's in - including those with Cooper, which are a majority of her scenes.

I can't say enough of how much I enjoyed this film.  The original, which I'd never heard of, was not received well critically or commercially.  However, it seems to me that this was a passion project of the cast and crew.  It feels like perhaps the original movie stood the test of time better than expected and the remake is glorious.  I give this movie 8/10 stars (though I'd bump to 8.5 if I could).  Where the movie falls a bit short for me is that with the final devastating scene, the movie almost come off like one of Aesop's fables, and the medium and parts are greater than the final work.  The movie is still a breath-taking ride between the stellar performances and the visuals/cinematography.  You can watch this right now on Hulu or HBO Max - though if you're able to get to a theater, the black and white version might be fun and give you a modernized sense of what the original was like.

The original

8 minutes ago, Darek said:

Here ya go!

 

https://www.fnac.com/a16401166/Le-Dernier-Duel-Edition-Speciale-Fnac-Steelbook-Blu-ray-4K-Ultra-HD-Matt-Damon-Blu-ray-4K#omnsearchpos=10

Didn’t realize they ship to the US.

Do we know when the group buy for this is?

On 1/31/2022 at 5:59 AM, Darek said:

Missed the Zavvi preorder but got this preordered, and it comes with a booklet.  Is a blind buy but with the cast and Ridley Scott as director, feel good about it!

Have a link to the site?

19 hours ago, Fortis93 said:

 

You're a legend for compiling this all together. 👍

I purposely tried to name things that I’d not yet seen mentioned.

I’m thinking great movies with no Premium treatment
 

Back to the Future 1-3

What We Do in the Shadows

Casablanca

No Country for Old Men

The Big Lebowski

Indiana Jones movies