Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Fri Mar-01-24 03:18 PM
45. "Terrific. A very satisfying conclusion. " In response to In response to 0 Tue Mar-05-24 01:23 PM by Frank Longo
An actual big budget movie where the spectacle works, the effects aren't flat, smeary, and cheap-looking, and the look and sound of the movie has identifiable artistic vision. Love when this happens!
Also, like the first, a big-budget movie that leans into sincerity rather than smirky quippiness. People might say it's corny, because they're used to one-liners defusing sincere moments. I say make every movie like this. Showing an audience you can be clever isn't hard. Making an audience care is *incredibly* hard.
Worth shouting out Chalamet today. He's terrific here. I'm a fan, but he digs deeper here than I knew he had in him. Great, great performance in a movie with a stacked cast. Movie star type shit.
EDIT: originally I said the effect *are* smeary, because I'm an idiot who doesn't double check for typos before posting.