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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:55:11 PMMy mind is a little bit blown that Joaquin Phoenix played Jesus 8 years ago and this is the first time I've learned of it.
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Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:47:48 PMQuote from: claws on Today at 12:11:07 PMNew numbers are in
$12,001,736 - Domestic
Okay, so - I was gonna' give it the benefit of the doubt and say high-end estimates for Week 1 were $8m and it made half that much in Week 2... googling it though provides a less rosy picture:
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/melania-box-office-plunges-send-help-stays-first-slow-super-bowl-1236656120/
Multiple sources say MELANIA plunged 67% in Week 2 and is now in 9th place domestically. Whatever spin they apply to this will be... interesting.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 08:10:21 PM"King On Screen" (2022)
Light n' breezy documentary that examines the many film & TV adaptations of horror maestro Stephen King's work. Interviewees include Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont, Greg "The Walking Dead" Nicotero, and Mick "The Stand" Garris. A cool trip down memory lane for King fanboys, but the complete omission of the man's sole directorial effort, "Maximum Overdrive," is damn near unforgivable.
Light n' breezy documentary that examines the many film & TV adaptations of horror maestro Stephen King's work. Interviewees include Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont, Greg "The Walking Dead" Nicotero, and Mick "The Stand" Garris. A cool trip down memory lane for King fanboys, but the complete omission of the man's sole directorial effort, "Maximum Overdrive," is damn near unforgivable.
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 03:53:12 PMPETER TOSH WANTED DREAD & ALIVE
#5
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 03:50:38 PMMary Magdalene (2018) - I had a discussion with a Star Trek fan once about how I didn't get Star Trek. "They just stand in that room looking out the window and saying stuff". He responded "yeah, but the stuff they're saying is cool". I imagine that's how people who aren't that interested in Christianity will see this movie. They move around this rocky seaside area saying a bunch of stuff, but in my opinion, it's cool stuff. It looks and feels a lot like Pasolini's Gospel According to St Matthew. I'm guessing both were authentic locations? or approximations of such.
Mary Magdelene is played by Rooney Mara, who I'd just seen in "Side Effects" (2013). She's decent, if not amazing. The wild cards are Jaoquin Phoenix as Jesus and a black guy as Peter. Phoenix was eccentric but good and the black guy didn't distract me. They quote the gospels but also invent some discussions and stuff. If you are familiar with the aforementioned gospels, this is a whole lot like Mark, the first one.
It got very mixed reviews on IMDB. Basically, it conveys the modern sort of academic viewpoint of Jesus as a guy who is not thrilled about what he sees as his fate, rather than the heroic version of the guy on the cross saying Shakepearean sort of stuff. What's the real version? Well I don't know. I wasn't there, was I? I thought they got Judas' motivation uniquely right. I would not be surprised if Bart Ehrman, James Tabor or some such person was consulted on some of the theology. There's a bit of ostentatious CGI when they get to Jerusalem. I guess they couldn't splurge for a gigantic temple with gold thingies hanging down.
5/5 but wouldn't recommend unless you are interested in the subject matter, and even then it might not be your view of the events or even your kind of storytelling.
Phoenix's portrayal reminded me of Cimabue's Jesus
Mary Magdelene is played by Rooney Mara, who I'd just seen in "Side Effects" (2013). She's decent, if not amazing. The wild cards are Jaoquin Phoenix as Jesus and a black guy as Peter. Phoenix was eccentric but good and the black guy didn't distract me. They quote the gospels but also invent some discussions and stuff. If you are familiar with the aforementioned gospels, this is a whole lot like Mark, the first one.
It got very mixed reviews on IMDB. Basically, it conveys the modern sort of academic viewpoint of Jesus as a guy who is not thrilled about what he sees as his fate, rather than the heroic version of the guy on the cross saying Shakepearean sort of stuff. What's the real version? Well I don't know. I wasn't there, was I? I thought they got Judas' motivation uniquely right. I would not be surprised if Bart Ehrman, James Tabor or some such person was consulted on some of the theology. There's a bit of ostentatious CGI when they get to Jerusalem. I guess they couldn't splurge for a gigantic temple with gold thingies hanging down.
5/5 but wouldn't recommend unless you are interested in the subject matter, and even then it might not be your view of the events or even your kind of storytelling.
Phoenix's portrayal reminded me of Cimabue's Jesus
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Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 03:04:16 PMQuote from: Dr. Whom on Today at 05:59:48 AMFrank Kermode didn't like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyUni8dbkE
oddly subdued review by his standards (although he sounds like he has a mild cold)
his reviews of SEX & THE CITY 2, and the ENTOURAGE movie are some of my favourite things to rewatch.
#7
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 02:37:47 PMBOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS CATCH A FIRE
#8
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:25:55 PMKINGDOM OF THE CROOKED MIRRORS (1963): A spoiled young girl enters the Land of Mirrors, where she goes on a quest with her mirror twin to rescue a boy imprisoned by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors and his devious daughter and Toad courtier. The colorful sets and costumes in this Soviet fairy tale are stunning, action is constant, and the U.S. dub is actually decent; this underseen cult item ranks with the works of Aleksandr Ptushko. Now available mostly in poor quality rips of the dubbed version, it desperately deserves a restoration and re-release for Western audiences to discover. An outlier on the disc "Krazee Kidz Video Party," where it's the only unironically good movie. 4/5.
#9
Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by claws - Today at 12:11:07 PMNew numbers are in
$12,001,736 - Domestic
$161,791 - Worldwide
I'll just leave it at that.
$12,001,736 - Domestic
$161,791 - Worldwide
I'll just leave it at that.
