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kvetcha said:
Paid too much to rent The Holdovers, since I missed it in theaters. Fortunately, I loved it. What a terrific trio of performances. I only knew Da’Vine Joy Randolph from Only Murders in the Building and she blew me away here. And Paul Giamatti really is one of the best in the business.
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Randolph is amazing in that one season of High Fidelity. That was the first place I ever saw her.
 
Watched both Dream Scenario and May December the other day. Dream Scenario I appreciate a lot of, but I don't think it fully all gelled together in the end for me. It has a lot of funny ideas, especially towards the end. And I like the concept, but I'm not sure that it's a great movie. May December was such an interesting watch. I didn't know much going in, and I didn't know that it was loosely based on a true story. But that itself I think might be the key to one angle of the film (the way that these true stories get re-told and changed when made into fictional films). That's just one angle to an uncomfortable watch. There is some incredible subtlety here, but there is also some really obvious un-subtlety that takes me out of it at points (namely a very duh metaphor that is so simplistic I roll my eyes). That said, it's well worth a watch, and I think it brings a lot of interesting conversations out of the viewer.
 
Bennnnn said:
Watched both Dream Scenario and May December the other day. Dream Scenario I appreciate a lot of, but I don't think it fully all gelled together in the end for me. It has a lot of funny ideas, especially towards the end. And I like the concept, but I'm not sure that it's a great movie. May December was such an interesting watch. I didn't know much going in, and I didn't know that it was loosely based on a true story. But that itself I think might be the key to one angle of the film (the way that these true stories get re-told and changed when made into fictional films). That's just one angle to an uncomfortable watch. There is some incredible subtlety here, but there is also some really obvious un-subtlety that takes me out of it at points (namely a very duh metaphor that is so simplistic I roll my eyes). That said, it's well worth a watch, and I think it brings a lot of interesting conversations out of the viewer.
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I thought both films were rock solid 4/5's would be fighting it out for position at the end of my top 10 list atm.

The elements of camp in May December are very intentional (see the score) and, imo, are a way of alluding to the fact that the film Portman is making is of Lifetime quality.

Dream Scenario, I need to rewatch, and I agree that the final act is the weakest portion. But it's still a very entertaining final 1/3rd and merely prevents the film from being the masterpiece it initially appears to be.

Here's where I'm at having seen around 35-40 films this year, but still needing to get to most foreign films + Zone of Interest, American and The Holdovers (among others).

Tier 1:
1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Poor Things
3. Bottoms
4. Return to Seoul

Tier 2:
5. The Iron Claw
6. The Killer
7. Asteroid City
8. Openheimer

Tier 3:
9. Dream Scenario
10. Barbie
11. Past Lives
12. May December
13. They Cloned Tyrone
14. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
 
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DownIsTheNewUp said:
I thought both films were rock solid 4/5's would be fighting it out for position at the end of my top 10 list atm.

The elements of camp in May December are very intentional (see the score) and, imo, are a way of alluding to the fact that the film Portman is making is of Lifetime quality.

Dream Scenario, I need to rewatch, and I agree that the final act is the weakest portion. But it's still a very entertaining final 1/3rd and merely prevents the film from being the masterpiece it initially appears to be.

Here's where I'm at having seen around 35-40 films this year, but still needing to get to most foreign films + Zone of Interest and The Holdovers.

Tier 1:
1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Bottoms
3. Poor Things
4. Return to Seoul

Tier 2:
5. The Iron Claw
6. The Killer
7. Asteroid City
8. Openheimer

Tier 3:
9. Dream Scenario
10. Barbie
11. Past Lives
12. May December
13. They Cloned Tyrone
14. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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Solid list, reminds me I need to watch Return To Seoul. Poor Things still isn’t playing here. Hoping this coming week…
 
ayayrawn said:
I'm a biopic hater, but Maestro is.. pretty good? It's messy, and tries to be both oscar bait and art movie, which is probably why people are split on it, but I actually enjoyed it. It looks absolutely amazing. Cooper is good, but Mulligan shines.
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This is how I feel too. I expected worse based on what I've seen, but I think it's pretty good. The cinematography is amazing.
 
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