#241

Quite taken aback by how rubbish I found The Day Shall Come. It was so poorly edited it felt like there were scenes missing, and there was no time to let anything breathe. Most importantly it wasn’t very funny either. Gutted.

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#242

Oh no. This film is getting very little love.

#243

Joker’s going to make more than two of this year’s MCU films (and Aladdin) in the UK (maybe in the US as well)

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#245

I really hope David Fincher comes up with a better name for his new film than Mank

#246

Tehran City of Love is great. Rwally enjoyed it. Best scene with singing since Toni Erdmann

#247

I enjoyed it.

#248

I’m too dumb for that sort of thing but I want to listen to other people 4 sure.

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#249

did you like it or

#250

i thought it was an interesting failure. it can be frustrating when you’re watching a genre film and you get the sense the director doesn’t seem to like genre very much. joaquin was good, tho i never really got a sense of anybody else’s character. and just as the film is really picking up steam, seems about to coalesce into a proper final act, it…ends. very strangely edited film, felt like key connecting scenes were cut to try and force an arty, elusive kind of vibe that didn’t work for me.

off the top of my head, drive would be what i imagine she was going for, trying to bring that arthouse kind of thinking to a modern crime narrative that remains emotionally satisfying. i think why drive works for me but this didn’t quite as much is the weird storytelling decisions.

solid 3.5/5 tho

#251

Nah it’s a weird disconnected character study of a traumatised guy more than anything else. Think the atmosphere and direction perfectly captures his state of mind

Also saw it in cinema though so the soundtrack was doing a lot of heavy lifting in a way that wouldn’t come across so well at home.

#252

i thought his character was great, i totally got the sense of a really broken psyche. i guess my beef is more with how much we couldn’t know, because of a lack of time, rather than stuff we are meant to speculate about, which i’m fine with. i was ready for another 20, 30 minutes more at least.

#253

LOL

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#254

AND A REAL HERO

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#256

Shorter films always better for me, keep it under 2 hours and we’re golden

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#257

i believe the guy who wrote the book used the book of drive as a jumping off point :man_shrugging: some of the story beats match up too, and there are two scenes in YWNRH that are almost direct lifts from the earlier film. one where a character in a motel room gets some shocking head trauma that leaves the Damaged Professional splattered with blood and staring wide eyed, and another where the Damaged Professional finds the Older Mentor with his wrists slashed in a seemingly serene death pose, both main characters share quite a lot of traits beyond that, worlds come falling apart as they realise a wider conspiracy is going on, both have death fantasies and ambiguous ride-into-the-sunset conclusions, etc. not beyond the realms of possibility that the general ambiance found its way into lynne ramsay’s thinking is it.

i mean if you wanna talk about the film i’m happy to, there’s no need to be an insufferable cunt is there pal

#258

Welcome to a film thread etc

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#259

probably i phrased it wrong first time, i didn’t mean to suggest she was trying to make her own version of drive. i mean it’s an interesting and different take on the same subgenre template that drive has, which is the vibe of damaged-outlaw-loner-protects-the-innocent. that would probably be the best way i can put it.

#260

I seem to remember liking the ending becuase it effectively denies you any kind of catharsis (especially the carthasis through violence that it seems to be promising/would be expected from a more conventional genre film). there’s no relief from the tension/unease

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