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RedLetterMedia |OT| Very Cruel.
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I forgot all the great little editing bits they did with Wheel of the Worst #12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uKazrF2r8&t=7m39s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uKazrF2r8&t=33m34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uKazrF2r8&t=7m39s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uKazrF2r8&t=33m34
I honestly don't think there's anything to say. It's a movie you experience and then you move on.
http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/lets-talk-about-that-degloving-scene-in-geralds-game.html
After pulling and prying and attempting to yank herself free, Jessie realizes she's only got one choice left. Those cuffs aren't coming off as long as the skin is on her hand, and blood sure makes an effective lubricant. So she willingly degloves herself. Record scratch — what? Yes, that word means what you think it means. After a few days spent watching her dead husband decompose on the floor, fending off a hungry dog that's waiting for its next red meat entrée, and exposing the demons in her psychological closet, Jessie realizes she won't make it through one more night and takes extreme measures to free herself. Her one blessed reprieve has been a glass of water that Gerald left within reach before dying, and after shattering the glass, she goes through her own 127 Hours moment, cutting a Y incision up her wrist and into her palm, then forcing her hand down through the cuff as the skin peels upward like a latex glove coming off.
I was on board with Gerald's Game until the end. That is a bit trash.
And how graphic THAT scene was indeed caught me off guard :D
And how graphic THAT scene was indeed caught me off guard :D
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Fucking Star Wars ruined my brain and I forgot this ever happened. lol
It's a shame they don't review better movies in half in the bag and save them only for the end of the year wrap up. Mike spoke wonderfully about why a ghost story is good and works with its filmmaking and choices. Also, it was really interesting to hear Jay talk about the killing of a sacred deer as if he wasn't sure if it was a comedy or not. It's totally a comedy in the same way dogtooth and the lobster were in that it is very dark very self serious and you're supposed to laugh at its darkness and self seriousness. The ending that Jay does not reveal is totally goofy and how it's presented and yet still very realistic in the confines of what the movie sets up. Only thing I disagree with is Mike's explanation and description of the ending of the Florida Project. I think he's missing a lot of what the movie was setting up in regards to a child's view point, and what the ending meant in relationship to that and the dreamlike quality of it.
A lot of people don't like the ending of The Florida Project, because it literally and figuratively feels tacked on.
I wonder if people would have felt the same way if Baker was allowed to bring in a real camera crew and shot that scene without using iPhones.
I know there are some that didn't like the ending, but I strongly disagree with them just as I do with the critics at the time who didn't like or appreciate the ending of There Will Be Blood.
If someone wants to criticize the people looking into the camera, I can get that. But, the choice to go digital feels appropriate since the entire sequence is shot as a dream. It's not just a switch from film to digital, but it is purposefully blown out and distorted and blurred. There's no attempt to make it visually connected because the movie is now allowing a child to have a fantasy divorced from the realism of her life prior to that one moment. And, the movie stays with the viewpoint of the child for most of the film so it isn't a sudden shift in perspective either. Considering Baker probably knew before filming he wouldn't have permits or permission to film at Magic Kingdom, it's not a quick "well, let's just do it on an iphone", and it's important to remember that Tangerine was already shot entirely on an iPhone so his decision to use film and then switch to blatant digital is a choice.
It's a cathartic release from the misery of the movie and the poor future ahead of that little girl. And, because it is just a dream, it's even more heartbreaking. He also uses an orchestral version of the song "Celebration" to underscore it, again in contrast with the original pop version playing over the opening credits (as well as the subtle nod of what "celebration" is to Disney.
I think the ending is bold and works.
Also, as an aside, the car wash gag (pun) in Tangerine is great.
Oh yeah, I agree. I'm just surprised that people seemed to hate it. But then again I'm also surprised people hate the new Star Wars, so yeah. lol
I liked the new star wars but I'm clearly not seeing it through a critical lense. I can't disagree with their complaints during the review though. I just don't put star wars on a pedestal as a sacred franchise. The prequels were bad because they were also boring though.
Man I am so glad I read that Gerald's Game spoiler, and not randomly watched it one night.
HARD NOPE.
HARD NOPE.
That's awesome.
I watched Ghost Story and put Blackcoats Daughter on my watch list.
I'm 100% sure. They did one for TFA and that movie didn't have nearly as much ammo for a Plinkett review.
I hate RPO so very very much. So much.
I even started hating the person that recommended it for me for their god awful taste. And for tagging me into a post about the movie on Facebook months later.
So much.