I liked Up In the Air quite a bit (which is not surprising, because I'm a fan of Clooney, and I love Vera Farmiga). The leads bounce off each other well, and the script resonates with me.
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Showing posts with label Gut Punches. Show all posts
Monday, February 18, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Kickass Movie Scene List #73: Zero Dark Thirty
This is obviously the newest movie on the list and will also be the most recently watched movie on the list. I had said when I started the list that it was solidified, and that no new entries would be added, but would rather be interspersed throughout the list as I saw new wonderful movie scenes. Unfortunately, one of the scenes I had picked wasn't quite as great on another review as I had thought it was, so I took it out and replaced it with this.
Zero Dark Thirty is not an 'entertaining' movie, per se. There's a space between 'respectable' (which implies that I didn't actually like it) and 'entertaining' (which it is and isn't, it's hard to be entertained by a lot of the stuff on the screen, and even the coda, while intense and attention grabbing, has sobering moments that don't fall under the realm of cheap entertainment).
It's engrossing and thought provoking, and the raid in the last hour or so is every bit as good as it's been made out to be.
But that's not the scene that I picked.
Zero Dark Thirty is not an 'entertaining' movie, per se. There's a space between 'respectable' (which implies that I didn't actually like it) and 'entertaining' (which it is and isn't, it's hard to be entertained by a lot of the stuff on the screen, and even the coda, while intense and attention grabbing, has sobering moments that don't fall under the realm of cheap entertainment).
It's engrossing and thought provoking, and the raid in the last hour or so is every bit as good as it's been made out to be.
But that's not the scene that I picked.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Kickass Movie Scene List #90: Chinatown
We kick off our top ninety (10% of the way there!) with a scene from one of my top five favorite movies, Chinatown.
Yes, it's the one with the famous quote.
Yes, it's the one with the famous quote.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Kickass Movie Scene List #92: Memento
I was going to do some sort of ridiculous "post-in-reverse" gimmick for this post, since it's for Memento, but it would've been lame, so I nixed it.
The movie ends up being remembered far more for its unorthodox narrative structure than its actual narrative. I suppose that's fair, but as far as gimmicks go, it's an interesting one, and I was able to watch the movie again - knowing what happens - and enjoying it all the same.
I could've picked the "I'm chasing him/no, he's chasing me" part, because that part always makes me laugh. I could've gone with the ending/beginning. Instead, I went with Leonard and Natalie having a very uncivil disagreement.
The movie ends up being remembered far more for its unorthodox narrative structure than its actual narrative. I suppose that's fair, but as far as gimmicks go, it's an interesting one, and I was able to watch the movie again - knowing what happens - and enjoying it all the same.
I could've picked the "I'm chasing him/no, he's chasing me" part, because that part always makes me laugh. I could've gone with the ending/beginning. Instead, I went with Leonard and Natalie having a very uncivil disagreement.
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