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Watched this last night with the UK release. It was a delight to finally see a Ghibli film on the big screen. The film was beautiful and an extraordinary artistic achievement. Every frame feels so honest and true to itself. There's no cynical or complacent choice to be found. It's incredible how Miyazaki can still craft a film that is so free of expectations this late in his career. We are offered a different kind of protagonist in Mahito. He's quiet, sullen and resistant to the world around him. There is a volcano bubbling under the surface of both him and the film. The ideas that Miyazaki wants to contend with and the world he presents us with grow more complicated and difficult. It probably lands somewhere in the middle of my Ghibli ranking but similar to The Wind Rises there's so much more to unpack here that I could easily see it rising with a rewatch. Dare I say this film has more in common with Evangelion than previous Miyazaki films.
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My local Odeon has committed to having this on their IMAX screen until the 4th Jan and zero The Boy and the Heron screenings. 😢
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Minus One struck such a wonderful balance of character and genre film. The post war setting, the themes, Koichi's journey throughout the film. The specificity of the story being told and how the Godzilla side supports character is something that more blockbusters should take note of. I'm not entirely sure if that magic melding can be recreated if they go the sequel route but I would love to be proven wrong.
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Not as far as I can tell. There wouldn't be an increase in resolution because the film would have been mastered in 4K so it's kind of like blowing up the image which would happen in pre-digital projection to maximise resolution for certain theatres (A film would be shot on 35MM and then get some 65/70MM prints, but with digital projection you generally don't have to worry about potential resolution loss). Villeneuve and Fraser did use film emulation on the first Dune which was also shot digitally. Even going so far as having different grain fields and lenses to distinguish the widescreen and IMAX sections and recreate the same feeling you get with shooting real 70MM IMAX. Fraser would take emulating film on digital further with The Batman by actually printing the digital master out onto physical film and scanning it back in to tinker even more. So you could look at it as an extension of that work. Another possible reason could be taking advantage of the full 1.43:1 aspect ratio. A lot of 70MM IMAX venues don't have digital projectors capable of projecting in the full 1.43:1 and only the 1.90:1 Digital IMAX ratio, sometimes still with 2K projectors. (Although it's still unconfirmed if Dune Part II will take advantage of the full ratio or stick to the Digital IMAX ratio that all the trailers have been presented in). As a pure aesthetic and vibes choice, sometimes seeing something projected on film just hits different but that's more subjective.
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My Miyazaki ranking My Neighbour Totoro Princess Mononoke Spirited Away Kiki's Delivery Service Ponyo Porco Rosso The Wind Rises Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Howl's Moving Castle Castle in the Sky Only haven't seen Castle of Cagliostro and currently working my way through the rest of the Studio Ghibli filmography. Just did Whisper of the Heart yesterday and it was delightful!
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TALK TO ME | 07.28.2023 | A24 | final gross: $48,299,436
FilmFincher replied to kayumanggi's topic in Box Office Discussion
Their press tour has been hilarious. So many confused interviewers 😂 -
TALK TO ME | 07.28.2023 | A24 | final gross: $48,299,436
FilmFincher replied to kayumanggi's topic in Box Office Discussion
I had quite a bad screening experience with this, theatre had horrible sound and I probably missed a 1/5 of the spoken dialogue (even after asking them to turn it up) plus some people in the back would not stop chatting and taking pictures throughout the film. All that being said I thought it was the best horror film I’ve seen so far this year which speaks to it’s strengths. I grew up with the director’s videos on YouTube and just seeing them put out something this fully formed and professionally made is kind of mind blowing. For first time filmmakers they made a lot of the horror trailers we got before the film look amateur. On a surface level, the plot and concept are familiar but the approach and execution feels fresh enough to offer something new. The scares (especially the possessions) were genuinely thrilling and didn’t rely on jumps. It was surprising, shocking and fun in all the right places which elicited some of the most vocal audience reactions I’ve heard. -
Just a minor correction, this is not true. The film switches between 70MM IMAX and regular 70mm. It is very difficult to shoot any dialogue heavy scenes in 70MM IMAX due to the size and noise of the cameras. (Some filmmakers are currently working with IMAX to create a quieter, more efficient version of this camera).
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Oppenheimer also stellar, another shift in gears for Nolan, maybe his strongest script and dialogue. Basically doing his JFK/The Social Network. All the personal relationships throughout the film feel natural and textured in a way that pleasantly surprised me considering the limited screen time for some. He really lets all the actors just shine, everybody is aces but Downey especially. It has all the clever tricks and storytelling devices that make a Nolan film so satisfying to watch; dialogue that comes full circle, non-linear storytelling, sleight of hand, intercutting of sequences galore and a propulsive score by Ludwig to top it all off. This is a great weekend for the movies, the films are wonderful, the box-office is exciting and I’m hopeful that both Barbie and Oppenheimer will continue to perform strongly through the rest of summer.