.Rei Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Rust & Bone Rust & Bone is a 2012 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Jacques Audiard. The movie follows the story of Ali, as he leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her family, in order to find a better living and provide for his son. Upon his arrival, Ali meets Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, as they start developed a strong bond and eventually fall in love. The two leads of the film are Academy Award Winner Actress Marion Cotillard and belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts. The movie only made $26M against a budget of $20M, so at least it made its budget back. As for reviews, the film got great ones like the following one "Surging on strong performances from Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone is as vibrant and messily unpredictable as life itself". The film has a tomato score of 81% and a Metascore of 73/100. This is a film that I haven't watched and probably won't tbh. Saving: Before Midnight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 ZERO DARK THIRTY I remember seeing the film (or at least most of it) back when it first came out, but I can't say I've ever really revisited it much since. The film tells the story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, and most notably stars Jessica Chastain. Queen! Upon its release at the end of 2012, the film was lauded with praise and subsequently appeared on many "Best Of" lists at the end of 2013. On the other side, the film also garnered controversy for its seemingly pro-torture method, wherein the torture shown in the film resulted in getting information. CIA director Michael Morell said that wasn't an accurate depiction, and it was later revealed that a former CIA director had spoken classified information in a gathering of people that the film's screenwriter was present in. Oopsies! I don't really have any strong feelings about the film, though I think this is a good spot for it to go all things considered. Here's the trailer so I could post that gif above: SAVE: Avengers: Endgame 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) War Horse Sorry Steven but I really really really don’t like this movie and since IDK real life stress has destroyed me mentally these last 2.5 weeks I don’t really care about many of my favorites which have made the Top 100 making it to the Top 30 now I guess. Less writing for me. Anyway, War Horse was at one point the most fiscally successful WWI movie, but then Wonder Woman came along and destroyed it. I think 1917 also may have snuck up and overtaken it as well. But I think that points more to the dearth of good World War I movies than anything else. Probably because World War I is a far more complex war to make into a movie than WWII. War Horse is kind of a classic Steven Spielberg movie that I feel is about two decades after its time. This would have been a standout movie in the 90s. And feels like it really belongs in the 50s. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. And shouldn’t be shocking since the novel came out in 1982. It just feels out of place in 2011 when it came out. It’s just the sweet sentimentalities of the film feel out of time for a war movie. And overall it is a sentimental movie about a boy who loves a horse. And the journey they both take to get reunited despite the backdrop of WWI. Anyway, like I said up top, WWI is a harder war to make a movie out of than WWII because of Hollywood’s and the Western World’s real inability to examine the British as agitators to the same level as the Germans. (Again something that Wonder Woman got shockingly correct and one of the reasons why All Quiet on the Western Fromt still endures). And this movie feels like it fits into the same category of British sentimentality that infects most WWI movies. Also this is a movie for Dads. I know this because the only reason I saw it was because I saw it on Christmas Day 2011 because my dad got to choose the movie. The theater was filled with Dads and their reluctant families accompanying them. In sum. A good WWI movie is the Peter Jackson documentary is They Shall Not Grow Old which made me cry a lot. Saving: Martha, Marcy May, Marlene Edited November 15, 2020 by totes4totes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) Didn’t mean to double post Edited November 15, 2020 by totes4totes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deeee Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Monsieur Lazhar (2011 dir. by Philippe Falardeau) This set of noms was really, really hard. LOL. This is the one of six films remaining in the game that I have not seen, and the only film in this set of nominations that I do not absolutely love + have a deal to leave safe. A French-Canadian film, Monsieur Lazhar is a drama film based on Bashir Lazar, a one-character play written by Évelyne de la Cheneliere. The film tells the story of an Algerian refugee in Montreal who steps in to teach at an elementary school after the former class teacher commits suicide. Director Philippe Falardeau also took on the pretty huge task of writing the adapted screenplay and transforming a one-character story into a full-length feature film with many characters. Pretty impressive. Falardeau and producers Luc Déry and Kim McCraw all attended the play together and were excited at the idea of making this into a film. The film stars Mohamed Saïd Fellag in the lead role, but also features Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, and Brigitte Poupart, along with many others. Upon release, the film received widespread critical acclaim. Critics noted the films humanistic storytelling, emotional complexity, thoughtful exploration of the student-teach dynamic, tender portrayal of grief, and fantastic performance from Fellag. The film currently holds an approval rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 82/100. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The film pretty much swept the Genie Awards and Jutra Awards. Pretty cool. This movie seems great and I really want to commit to watching it, so I avoided plot spoilers. Sorry Chris, the game is literally so hard at this point, but congratulations for bringing this film so far. It seems deserving. SAVING: Melancholia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 These are damn near dream noms Nico snapped so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasocfan Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Save the Conjuring, cut Blade Runner 2049 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Save: IT Cut: Gravity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Alex95 said: These are damn near dream noms Nico snapped so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeee Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: Save: IT Cut: Gravity Gravity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeee Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, aliasocfan said: Save the Conjuring, cut Blade Runner 2049 Blade Runner When Wreck-It-Ralph and Dunkirk are right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#jeah Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Save Thor Cut Dunkirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: Cut: Gravity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasocfan Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, aliasocfan said: Save the Conjuring, cut Blade Runner 2049 I'll cut Wreck it Ralph instead. I love a 2nd favor you will owe me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Me cutting Bl*de R*nner from the Ryan Gosling game . I fell asleep like three times watching that lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 minute ago, aliasocfan said: I love a 2nd favor you will owe me. He still owes me a favor that he has not acted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, totes4totes said: Cut war horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Dunkirk and Gravity were the only noms that should’ve survived 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Alex95 said: Dunkirk and Gravity were the only noms that should’ve survived ...but 9 films had to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeee Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: He still owes me a favor that he has not acted it. BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WOULD TELL ME WHEN THE TIME CAME. I TRIED TO SET UP A DEAL AS SOON AS YOU DID ME A FAVOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 The three movies I loved out of the batch got cut so I’ll wait til there’s only two options left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Just now, Deeee said: BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WOULD TELL ME WHEN THE TIME CAME. I TRIED TO SET UP A DEAL AS SOON AS YOU DID ME A FAVOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 minute ago, 1234567890 said: ...but 9 films had to survive. Lol well I didn’t care what the other 7 were as long as those two did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Though I’ve also barely cared about this game since Social Network robbage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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