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Everything posted by Jake Gittes
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In other news La La Land finally passed Divergent on Thursday to become Lionsgate/Summit's highest-grossing non-Hunger Games, non-Twilight movie.
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Makes me sad even though any washed-up actor would kill for that kind of implosion if it meant having The Wrestler before it. His acceptance speeches at the Globes and BAFTAs were really moving too. Even with its highs Rourke's is one of those what-could-have-been careers. Watching the stuff he did in the '80s, he did have the potential to become an iconic leading man.
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It's telling that no one even comes within 100 miles of him these days other than I guess some Eastern European producers who are putting out the most worthless DTV action schlock. No one's even casting him in cameos for nostalgia reasons, because there's zero nostalgia. I heard a story that back in the day he was invited to host SNL and offered an idea for a sketch where some female cast member would be telling him about how she'd been raped and he (as her psychiatrist) would repeatedly try to sleep with her. That's it. That's the entire joke. And it was the only thing he came up with when they asked him.
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There are maybe 10 minutes of trashy fun in the entirety of it. And it's really fun too, there's one bonkers scene in particular that would be right at home in some cheaply polished DTV erotic thriller circa 10-15 years ago. But it's all tonally divorced from the rest of the movie, which is moderately engaging but very rarely entertaining.
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Saw Unforgettable today. Eh. Falls into that trap where it tries to serve up both drama and trashy thrills and the result is like two different movies neither of which accomplishes much. Should have either kept working on the script until it became legitimate dramatic material (the seeds are definitely there) or gone straight for the glorious delirium of The Boy Next Door, alas the end result is neither here nor there.
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Hopefully he either cut chunks out or pulled a Fincher and had the actors speak the dialogue crazy fast, then had the editors remove every second that's not necessary
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Also from the trailer alone (and McDonagh's pedigree) Three Billboards looks like the kind of movie made for an original screenplay nom.
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Oldman and Pfeiffer winning, and Buscemi, Stuhlbarg, Mendelsohn and Todd Haynes all getting nominated for the first time would be some overdue-recognition overload that I definitely wouldn't mind to see happen. Molly's Game is one I'm fascinated with. I would love it if Sorkin made a kickass movie with a great starring role for Chastain and denied all (well, probably not all but most) the thinkpiece-ready writers the satisfaction of raking him over the coals. At the same time I certainly wouldn't be shocked if it's a flavorless bore or even a mild disaster where he gives in to his bad tendencies.