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Marriage Story |OT| Adam Driver & ScarJo in a dying relationship out NOW on Netflix | 94 on MC
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I still can't get over what Netflix is putting out in the last quarter of this year.
Dolemite is My Name, The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes... can't say that Netflix is lacking in the film department anymore.
Dolemite is My Name, The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes... can't say that Netflix is lacking in the film department anymore.
Way less depressing. I was expecting Blue Valentine levels of fucked up.
It wasn't really depressing to be honest. 500 Days of Summer level, I'd put it at. Liked the movie; love Laura Dern the most.
I just read an article on the film in the magazine Film Comment where the author argues that there are no winners--the lawyers are the fucking winners here. Maybe I'm naive, but shit really went downhill after those bloodsuckers got involved. Even Alda, who played the part of the sage/mentor to a tee, wanted 10k upfront. One of my favorite lines was Drive asking Alda it he was paying for the the time it took him to tell a joke. Really astute there...
They weren't happy that Roma was essentially the Best Picture frontrunner for 95% of 2018 only to get beaten out by fucking Green Book at the last second. This year they just straight up emptied the clip in their Oscar hunt.
It is an insanely stacked race this year. We're likely gonna have him, Leo, Joaquin, and de Niro all getting nominations. I'd say he's a lock for a nom though.
he was great.
He's also really menacing. He's so much tall and he held knives often lol.
Will Dafoe be in supporting? He's got to get a nom for lighthouse. It is stacked, but in a good way I think. It's the kind of year where anyone of them could get it and you wouldn't think anyone was robbed.
I hope so because it's my favorite supporting actor performance this year for sure. But that category is loaded too. I feel like it's Pitt's race to lose right now.
I don't knowww. I think the
lobster monologue
ScarJo was well cast and clearly had a lot of experience with the source material but the performance was weaker than I was hoping for given all the Oscar buzz. Several times during her monologues it felt like she'd unconsciously slip into a Woody Allen impression.
However, the supporting cast was Fan-Fucking-Tastic. Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty and Wallace Shawn were note perfect. Though I guess its been a minute since I've seen Alan Alda in a movie I don't remember him being so small :(
However, the supporting cast was Fan-Fucking-Tastic. Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty and Wallace Shawn were note perfect. Though I guess its been a minute since I've seen Alan Alda in a movie I don't remember him being so small :(
As someone who's been cheated on by a spouse and ended up in nasty divorce, does anyone that has seen this already think it has any possibly triggering scenes or anything in it?
Interested in seeing it but just a little worried.
Interested in seeing it but just a little worried.
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ScarJo's first monologue with Laura Dern was so great. I was shocked seeing this acting from her.
Driver was of course phenomenal.
Driver was of course phenomenal.
I liked it, but as expected with these incredibly highly rated movies, it didn't do THAT much for me. It was good, nothing mind blowing.
That's what cemented Driver as my favourite performance this year.
I don't think I breathed during that argument scene
Basically the equivalent of seeing every argument my parents ever had with each other (that was spread out over two decades), suddenly unloaded all at once condensed into one big near-10-minute vent session you can't escape or look away from
Basically the equivalent of seeing every argument my parents ever had with each other (that was spread out over two decades), suddenly unloaded all at once condensed into one big near-10-minute vent session you can't escape or look away from
i've seen several Baumbach films. this may be the first one where I felt the characters and dialogue felt 'real' and natural all the way through and some awkwardness didn't pull me out of the movie.
it's a hell of a movie. heartbreaking in a lot of ways. Driver and Johansson put on a powerful performance
it's a hell of a movie. heartbreaking in a lot of ways. Driver and Johansson put on a powerful performance
Well like i said in the other thread thats active about this movie i thought the writing and acting were probably the best of the year. I see acting and screenplay awards, and maybe more. Might be Noah's best movie. His movies before this were great but quirky i felt. This one just feels really real and clever.
I saw this movie last night and was very surprised by how good it was. Netflix has been releasing some really good original movies so far.
The people that think that are largely the same people that won't be watching Marriage Story.
I haven't seen The Irishman yet so I can't judge the performance but I will be amazed if it doesn't go to Joe Pesci.
This is the best Netflix movie I've seen. Haven't watched the Irishman yet so that might change but yep haven't seen a better movie in Netflix. Driver deserves an Oscar nom for this performance. ScarJo too. They're both incredible in it. Like so much so it's almost difficult to remember they're acting.
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i know this is shallow, but i had a hard time getting over the "we're making a film about being in LA/NYC and making films" angle. it's just a bit too on the nose for me.
I actually think the argument scene shows that the lawyers were necessary. The movie did a good job of showing how fucked up the whole process is with the lawyers, but when they finally tried to sit down and talk about it civilly without lawyers (which Charlie kept saying they could the whole time), it ended up getting even uglier.
Nah. Really reminded me of my divorce and I'm sure you'll see yourself in it. It's really a great movie and anyone who's been through divorce it's pretty on point.
My divorce was turbulent as hell and didn't have the money my wife and her family did and I finally Conceded on everything. Walked away with zippo. 8 years later my ex and I are friends and we never follow our decree. I don't even remember what it was, so yeah...
Just finished it. Absolutely loved it. Great performances all around. Now I want to watch more of Driver's work.