CoolioD1 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 5 hours ago, Alli said: Agh....the reviews!!!! It's Nicole Kidman's fault. She's a bad omen. Her theatrical movies are mostly flops. But she can't bring down A list Elgort. Next year WSS will be a huge success...both critically and at the BO. On 7/22/2019 at 5:48 PM, CoolioD1 said: ah, good to know you've settled on a scapegoat for when this flops. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 There’s nothing worse than an Oscar bait film with bad reviews. The films are just lost in a weird limbo. Usually all round failures, critically and commercially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 the risk of putting too fine a point on it, Ansel Elgort cannot really act. In most of his work, that doesn’t matter much; he’s a perfectly adequate Unthreateningly Handsome Teen in something like “Divergent” or “The Fault in Our Stars,” and in “Baby Driver,” he’s basically a puppet in the hands of a stylish director who’s figured out how to manipulate him into something resembling a human being. Alas, that won’t do in “The Goldfinch,” the new adaption of Donna Tartt’s novel from director John Crowley (“Brooklyn”). Elgort is insufferably miscast as the story’s protagonist, Theodore Decker; we’re told he’s a dashing, knowledgeable antique furniture salesman with a dark past and secrets a-plenty, but he looks like a kid in a high school play who borrowed his dad’s glasses and suit in a failed attempt to look like a grown-up. Ouch ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alli Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Futurist said: the risk of putting too fine a point on it, Ansel Elgort cannot really act. In most of his work, that doesn’t matter much; he’s a perfectly adequate Unthreateningly Handsome Teen in something like “Divergent” or “The Fault in Our Stars,” and in “Baby Driver,” he’s basically a puppet in the hands of a stylish director who’s figured out how to manipulate him into something resembling a human being. Alas, that won’t do in “The Goldfinch,” the new adaption of Donna Tartt’s novel from director John Crowley (“Brooklyn”). Elgort is insufferably miscast as the story’s protagonist, Theodore Decker; we’re told he’s a dashing, knowledgeable antique furniture salesman with a dark past and secrets a-plenty, but he looks like a kid in a high school play who borrowed his dad’s glasses and suit in a failed attempt to look like a grown-up. Ouch ! Still a Golden Globe nominee. He'll redeem himself with WSS. Spielberg is in charge there. These reviewers know nothing. They give high notices to the likes of Chamalet because they have a crush on him. It's quite disgusting to read the Variety review for The King. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Ansolo has shown himself to be such a blank slate that he's honestly perfect for the role of Tony in a remake of West Side Story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alli said: Still a Golden Globe nominee. He'll redeem himself with WSS. Spielberg is in charge there. These reviewers know nothing. They give high notices to the likes of Chamalet because they have a crush on him. It's quite disgusting to read the Variety review for The King. Dune will DESTROY West Side Story 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 "Theodore Decker" Ha, I forgot the protagonist was called that. Pretty much encapsulates the middlebrow sensibilities of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Read the first chapter of the book (three dozen or so pages) online out of curiosity the other day. Liked it ok (though it has a frustrating everything-and-the-kitchen-sink way of trying to immerse you into its world) but I have no idea how you could possibly adapt that into something that's meaningful and satisfying as a chunk of movie. It's got nice cinematic atmosphere but also it's like 80% memory and internal/headspace stuff, hardly translatable visually unless you're doing a miniseries and/or you're prepared to make it totally unconventional and uncommercial. AA Dowd mentioned on Twitter that instead they just use lots of heavy-handed voiceover which is of course the lamest shit. It's almost as if this was designed to be a work of literature and not any other medium. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alli Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 From the writer of The Snowman... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Heatnix Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Lots of reviews giving bad scores ( 1/5, 3/10, D, F ) on RT. You guys can expect a very bad CinemaScore for this. Edited September 11, 2019 by Blaze Heatnix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN25&p=.htm I wonder where this will end up on this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytr87 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I haven't seen much of his work, but Elgort is quite good in that Jason Reitman movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayhiri Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Did they really place this to open on 9/11?!! OMG... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayhiri Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) On 9/9/2019 at 3:46 PM, TMP said: Dune will DESTROY West Side Story Dune will destroy itself, nothing else. It is a nonentity. Look no further than Mortal Engines, on a similar date last year. Edited September 11, 2019 by shayhiri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB33 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 9/10/2019 at 5:36 PM, cannastop said: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN25&p=.htm I wonder where this will end up on this list. Probably pretty high. This thing has negative buzz at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross612 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 9/11/2019 at 4:06 AM, shayhiri said: Dune will destroy itself, nothing else. It is a nonentity. Look no further than Mortal Engines, on a similar date last year. Dune has the benefit of actually being good tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 This film is getting the reviews the book should have received. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB33 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Hatebox said: This film is getting the reviews the book should have received. Yeah I'm about a quarter of the way through it and I just can't.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 West Side will bomb next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, TMP said: West Side will bomb next? West Side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
