Widows | 16th Nov, 2018 | Steve McQueen directs, Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo to star as the widows | #FeaturesFarrell

[Eric Atreides]

 

 

[The Futurist]

Well it IS boring (cinephiles call it "slow burn") so this guy has no real point.

[CoolioD1]

19 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Well it IS boring (cinephiles call it "slow burn") so this guy has no real point.

i haven't seen any reviews calling it a slow burn. no idea how there are people who think it's slow.

[filmlover]

2 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

i haven't seen any reviews calling it a slow burn. no idea how there are people who think it's slow.

People duped into thinking that the actual heist itself makes up most of the movie from the ads, I suppose. Also people who equate anything prestige-y (which this does given the talent both in front and behind the camera) with "boring."

[The Panda]

3 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

i haven't seen any reviews calling it a slow burn. no idea how there are people who think it's slow.

Maybe slow compared to Infinity War?  But honestly, Widows was probably about as quickly paced as Black Panther, which was a big action hit.

 

BO wise it reminds me of Selma.  A movie that could have easily been a big commercial and awards hit had it actually been sold correctly.

[baumer]

I found it to be much too slow.  And it was far from an action movie.  I liked it but not enough to see it again.

[Jessie]

so when I came into this thread saying reactions weren't great and people were calling it slow, apparently the sample of people (1.6m worth of tickets) wasn't big enough? in Heinsight y'all should have listened.

[TheDarkKnightOfSteel]

Liked it veeeery much.Viola is still a queen and i'm happy for my baby, Debicki.

[Hatebox]

It's a good movie but it does often feel like McQueen's art-house tenancies are in direct conflict with Flynn's genre instincts. Which is a shame because the heist elements we get are really well done. I wasn't surprised to learn that it was a british miniseries before this - there's so much plot you could easily spread it out over a number of episodes, probably to its benefit.

[TMP]

Zimmer legit just reused his Blade Runner theme for this with a few small altercations. Reminds me of when he just put Time in 12 Years a Slave and just gave it a different title. Dude must really not wanna compose new shit for McQueen films

[Ethan Hunt]

I like this movie a lot 

[vault2008]

That opening sequence was on point. Loved the shots of the robbery gone wrong intersecting with the lives of the crew.