Last movie you watched......

Glad to see Pitt win last night. He was the one constant good thing in the movie.

 

I didn't like much of the movie, but he was good. But in what world is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood a freaking comedy? I admire the Golden Globes for recognizing comedies (by grouping them with musicals...) but that movie is not a comedy or a musical. It's a drama.

I was shocked to see it win for best screenplay period and for best "comedy." It was boring as hell.

 

Music was kind of at the heart of it so it was a way to sneak it into that category as such.

 

1917; wife and 18yr old loved it. I found it not bad. Probably looking for more Michael Bay stuff or at least one epic scene. B.

 

More "Michael Bay stuff" in 1917? Really?

 

I meant a Saving Private Ryan-like opening; I admit I'm shallow.

 

I probably wouldn't word it the same way, qt, but I get what you mean. I liked 1917 but did feel like something was just missing, emotionally. The single-shot aspect was fascinating but eventually feels a bit gimmicky.

It was sobering and a good change of pace seeing World War I portrayed on screen. Nice story on Mendes' grandfather.

‘1917’ Was an Impossible Mission. Here’s How Sam Mendes Pulled It Off.

 

Isn't the plot kind of borrowed from Saving Private Ryan? Go find the brother?

Saw On the Basis of Sex - Ginsburg is a fascinating subject for a movie, but like the RBG doc - she wasn't always beloved by women's groups. She wasn't Clinton's first, second or third choice for the SC seat (part of it was her age, a decade past peak SC consideration, and the women's lobby wasn't crazy about her.)

 

Ah, I see what you mean now. Nothing can compare to the SPR opening, though.

 

I just finished Ford v Ferrari.
For a racing geek, it was really enjoyable. Damon and Bale both did their regular excellent work. I don't know if it's award worthy, but I really liked it.
There were a few shots framed that had to be intentional nods to Steve McQueen in Le Mans and James Garner in Grand Prix which put a smile on my face.

 

Anchorman 2 popped up today.
The scene where Brick is hiding behind the couch....."Brick.....Linda has a balloon....."
"You better get him a balloon."

 

Marriage Story - Probably not a couples movies, because you'll realize that you can dump your partner and still care about them. The performances are perfection, the script is so well put together - it's sad, it's funny, great bookends to the movie, well-played callbacks to earlier scenes and Wallace Shawn is in it, so it's got that going for it. Plus Merrit Weaver, Julie Haggerty, Ray Liotta and Laura Dern will probably win an Oscar for her role, but it probably would be better suited for Baumbach, the writer-director who wrote one of the most devastating monologues ever written. If you've seen it - you know the scene I'm talking about.