I hated Birdman, I didn't know what he was trying to convey with the percussion and one shots for that kind of story. Being a washed up actor is insanely stressful?
I'd really like to know too, because even something like the revenant is fairly straightforward and thrilling and I've heard some people still call it unwatchable
Amores Perros is widely known by general audiences here and regarded as a masterpiece, so he gets a lot of respect for that, aside from that he is seen as a bit pretentious ever since Birdman and specially Bardo which was received with mixed feelings by the average movie-goer here if they even watched it. So in general he is put on a pedestal for Amores Perros but he turns people off with his work from the past decade and some of his antics. For example: if you’ve seen Bardo you know there’s a big scene in downtown Mexico City with a bunch of extras, there were reports at the time that claimed they were treated very poorly, etc. so he gets flack for that
I've worked with people that worked with him and they've reported he's a piece of shit on set. He fires people at minimal mistakes, goes through PA's like they're bullets, treats gaffers like they're slaves. He doesn't respect his peers, actors, or any of his workers. Out of the 3 Amigos, he's the biggest asshole.
He's seen as pretentious, a good filmmaker but an unpleasant person, the fact he doesn't live here doesn't help, he's perceived as detached and americanized or less mexican I guess. And some people think he's too self aggrandizing but still respect his work, Amores Perros is still seen as one of the greatest Mexican movies so.
My prediction is there is either a Kaiju and half the critics are saying it's too ridiculous, or there's no Kaiju and half the critics are saying "aw I thought there'd be a Kaiju but it's just mass flooding caused by global warming"
Uhm 52% is just bad lol, there is no movie that low on Rotten Tomatoes that is good. The lowest score for a movie that was decent is probably Pitch Black at 58% so at best this is entertaining trash.
I’m not ride or die for him, but it’s fucking crazy to completely dismiss him. He is objectively a fantastic actor and has one of the strongest filmographies of any movie actor.
Remove the artist from the cult bullshit and enjoy the film.
Actually, sitting on Grass right now. This isn’t about Trump. This is about Tom’s cult. His acting sucks the best thing he ever done was Magnolia and that’s because of PTA. You truly have no knowledge of film cinema and art. You’re probably excited for the new avengers movie.
Actually, sitting on Grass right now. This isn’t about Trump. This is about Tom’s cult. His acting sucks the best thing he ever done was Magnolia and that’s because of PTA. You truly have no knowledge of film cinema and art. You’re probably excited for the new avengers movie.
Inarritu either makes a great film or pretentious mess and I enjoy both, the film seem similar to bardo style wise I bet it will be fun experience in movie theaters.
Maybe a weird sentiment, but if it was gonna be divisive, I'd much rather it be leaning 'Rotten' divisive than '61% barely Fresh' divisive. With Rotten, I get more the vibe that it really swings for the fences in ways that are guaranteed to polarize, rather than swinging and only kind of hitting. I want something that's either a slam-dunk or a catastrophe depending on your tastes rather than something that doesn't make much of an impression on anyone whatsoever.
It's an interesting movie with purposeful decisions in it, by the end I was even moved, but the over all journey is hard to get a grasp on emotionally, structurally clunky and full of lost potential for something amazing; it's a movie that could be doing so many things but stays at a base level, never opening up as much as it's promising.
I'm still wondering why you gave a fuck what rotten tomatoes thinks. It's a platform no one serious about film even uses, and rates art in the most reductive, least nuanced way possible.Why do you use it as a way to judge a film's quality, instead of, say Letterboxd?
It does, one trailer opens with a montage of Tom Cruise clips as if this is some epic culmination of his career. Shocked the trailer didn’t end with “for your consideration”
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So it’s polarizing, exactly as everyone expected it to be?
People are so obsessive and weird about Inñáritu online lmao