Let's All Go to the Movies

TheBandit1 said:
Got around to watching No Sudden Move and thought it was pretty good. Good action. Good performances. I’ve eaten at the Italian restaurant where one scene allegedly takes place so that was a plus. Always for a good Ray Liotta performance too.

Bur holy shit did Brendan Frasier get fat! Like outrageously fat. Distractingly fat. It’s really something.
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I forgot to do a write up on No Sudden Move but I really liked it as well. Old school twisty heist movie. A bunch of good performances. The fish eye lens was distracting as fuck though. At least an 8/10 imo.
 
quirk6 said:
This review had me curious about the last Nic Cage movie I watched. As a voice actor it was Into the Spiderverse. I don't think that counts, though. As an actor it was Kick Ass and before that it was Adaptation. I feel like maybe I've been avoiding this guy.
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Couldn't blame you. He's a fuckin weirdo who phones it in more than half the time or goes balls to the wall if he doesn't have a director who can rein him in. Most of the movies he's appeared in over the last ~15 years have been bad. But when he hits, man is he great.
 
air said:
I wanna say Pig and Mandy are the top two that have stood out for me since Kick Ass. Thats 2 out of like, 15 or 18+ movies at least? I also found Color Out of Space, Between Worlds, and Mom and Dad enjoyable, but would not call those top notch Cage performances.
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I liked Color out of Space. I am not a Cage expert though
 
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TheBandit1 said:
Got around to watching No Sudden Move and thought it was pretty good. Good action. Good performances. I’ve eaten at the Italian restaurant where one scene allegedly takes place so that was a plus. Always for a good Ray Liotta performance too.

Bur holy shit did Brendan Frasier get fat! Like outrageously fat. Distractingly fat. It’s really something.
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I wonder if he gained the weight for his role in The Whale. He sort of reminded me of Sydney Greenstreet in No Sudden Move, largely thanks to the added size.
 
LurchingBeast said:
Pig - 9/10

Nicholas Cage gives a haunting yet soulful performance as a truffle forager whose beloved pig is stolen. With the help of his buyer (played by Alex Wolff of Hereditary fame) his search takes us through the seedy underbelly of... Portland's fine dining scene?

Very much not John Wick while also cleverly built like a revenge-action movie. There are people with information to track down, sub-bosses, and hints of a shadowy world beyond what is on screen. But it's also surprisingly a food movie and Pig deconstructs the hot revenge genre like one of the pretentious menus in the film. There is no revenge to be had, of course, and Pig has something more on its mind concerning loss, grief, and how the artistic process fits into that. At times it almost has a similar vibe to The Revenant, where Leo is dragging his broken ass through the wilderness into even more punishment he knows is waiting for him.

Cage gets a lot of attention for his unhinged performances and that is a big factor into why his measured restraint works so well in Pig. Cage's reputation bleeds into the audience's perception of the character; you think this guy is capable of anything. That makes his thoughtful monologues and moments of humor even more impactful.

I've never heard of writer/director Michael Sarnoski but he made one hell of a first feature. One of the best movies of the year.
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I am curious about this but I have a hard time with animal cruelty portrayed on screen (I've watched John Wick many times but I've never watched the first 15 minutes), so I have the feeling this is one I should probably skip.
 
Dr Chud said:
I am curious about this but I have a hard time with animal cruelty portrayed on screen (I've watched John Wick many times but I've never watched the first 15 minutes), so I have the feeling this is one I should probably skip.
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Not really a spoiler but in case people want to go in cold as possible I'll put it up:

there is no "animal cruelty portrayed on screen".
 
MikeJones said:
Is Netflix calling themselves a major motion picture studio now? It could be Don't Look Up.
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See, that would be worth my time. Damn, I tried to figure out what this was and felt okay skipping it because I didn't see anything interesting that might fit the description on the release schedule.
 
LurchingBeast said:
See, that would be worth my time. Damn, I tried to figure out what this was and felt okay skipping it because I didn't see anything interesting that might fit the description on the release schedule.
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When I lived in Cambridge, MA, I got this for a showing of The Spectacular Now. It was cool enough. I think we got free snacks and just had to fill out a card at the end. It was a free showing, too.
 
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