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Post by Marwood on Jan 15, 2017 0:27:04 GMT
OK, so this is a bit different to most of the threads that are started on here about films (no singing or dancing for starters),but has anyone else here seen this?
I saw this film this afternoon, and it's not perfect by any means (maybe a little bit too long I thought) but I thought Casey Affleck's performance was superb, he totally deserves to get whatever acting honours are going this awards season, he never descends into hamminess or over dramatic histrionics unlike some of the last few years of best actor awards winners. It is a bit of an emotional assault course to sit through (I don't think I'll be rushing out to get the DVD) and it's not one to go and see if you're need in cheering up, but I think it is well worth seeing.
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Post by showgirl on Jan 15, 2017 6:00:40 GMT
Looking forward to seeing it but like La La Land, it's relatively long, so simply wouldn't fit in before a matinee yesterday. Quite something to have not one but two such highly-rated films opening on the same day. I knew this was sombre stuff but one review said it was also surprisingly funny in places - did you notice this, Marwood?
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Post by meister on Jan 15, 2017 8:28:13 GMT
Saw this and was quite engaged by the film. However, as a study of grief I preferred the film Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton) from way back in the 1980s which I remember struck me really forcefully but seems to have been forgotten. Maybe it's a generational thing and every few decades movies/themes get (effectively) remade and become the standard for that time.
Or maybe I am just getting old!!!
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Post by showgirl on Jan 15, 2017 8:35:16 GMT
Saw this and was quite engaged by the film. However, as a study of grief I preferred the film Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton) from way back in the 1980s which I remember struck me really forcefully but seems to have been forgotten. Maybe it's a generational thing and every few decades movies/themes get (effectively) remade and become the standard for that time. Or maybe I am just getting old!!! I too remember being impressed by Ordinary People, as I was by some of Woody Allen's darker films, which don't seem to get a mention even when talk turns to other work of his from the same era. Maybe the majority prefers humour, violence and other genres to loss/grief/family conflict? |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 15, 2017 10:09:05 GMT
Manchester doesn't have a coastline. I don't like factually incorrect productions where the creative team doesn't even do any research. Lazy, very lazy.
So I'm never going to watch it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 15, 2017 11:17:38 GMT
I thought this was a thread about sitges on bear week  |
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Post by meister on Jan 15, 2017 11:35:54 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 15, 2017 14:14:20 GMT
Saw this and La La Land on Friday and enjoyed them both for different reasons. I really liked Manchester by the sea, it might not be the most original story but it's very well done and Casey Affleck is superb, I'd love him to win the Oscar.
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Post by Marwood on Jan 15, 2017 16:02:43 GMT
Looking forward to seeing it but like La La Land, it's relatively long, so simply wouldn't fit in before a matinee yesterday. Quite something to have not one but two such highly-rated films opening on the same day. I knew this was sombre stuff but one review said it was also surprisingly funny in places - did you notice this, Marwood? Yes, there are some moments of humour (it would have been an unbearable slog to sit through otherwise), and yes it's longish, but I thought the time flew by watching it. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 15, 2017 17:16:50 GMT
I was surprised how funny it was in places but I think the sprinkling of humour was needed. I thought it was a great film and I liked there wasnt a happy ending for Lee as such but it did have a glimmer of hope
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 23:19:57 GMT
I was disappointed as it has been so raved about. Affleck gave a stunning performance and there were a few moments of greatness. But I felt the movie was too understated for the emotions it was trying to portray. The fact that it was accompanied by a completely out-of-place score didn't help. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 or a 7 out of 10, but I wouldn't watch it again I don't think.
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Post by boybooshka on Jan 18, 2017 14:44:44 GMT
I was disappointed as it has been so raved about. Affleck gave a stunning performance and there were a few moments of greatness. But I felt the movie was too understated for the emotions it was trying to portray. The fact that it was accompanied by a completely out-of-place score didn't help. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 or a 7 out of 10, but I wouldn't watch it again I don't think. I thought that about the score too, so over-egged sometimes I wondered if the film makers were trying to undermine the innate melodrama of the whole thing, a la Douglas Sirk. The odd touches of dark humour, which i actually quite liked, aided this impression. Overall despite the excellent performances particularly by Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, i thought it was a little drab. Didn't help that I double billed it with La La Land and spent most of the time wishing i'd just stayed seated in the other screen and watched La La again. |
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Post by showgirl on Jan 21, 2017 23:54:49 GMT
Well, I just loved this, which was my back-up plan if I failed to win the Todaytix lottery for a Dreamgirls ticket. It had felt a bit like something I should, rather than wanted, to see, probably because I had the impression that it was so sombre and serious; yet when it came to it I was absolutely engrossed. And despite the flashes of humour being mentioned above, I was still surprised by how many there were - though maybe those moments seemed funnier for contrasting with the main mood. The performance I attended was packed and the audience was pretty attentive, which I take as an indication of quality. Undoubtedly the best of the 8 films I've seen so far this year - and they include other big releases such as Jackie and La La Land.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 23:58:49 GMT
the excellent performances particularly by Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams I agree that Michelle Williams, as the ex-wife, was extraordinary in her acting of an ordinary character, and deserves huge praise. I also loved the utterly natural and credible performance of Lucas Hedges as the emerging adult. Casey Affleck wasn't so much to my taste - too stagey and clunky for me, like the script and the direction. The classical music sections were perhaps a feeble homage to Pasolini or Scorsese, and this film-maker is nowhere near their league yet. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 8:47:57 GMT
I enjoyed this a lot, although would have been nice if some of the female characters were allowed to talk to each other occasionally (the only ones I noticed doing this were the nephew's girlfriend and her mother) rather than just walking around forgiving Casey Affleck for being a dick.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 22, 2017 19:56:57 GMT
I was underwhelmed. Possibly I'd heard too much hype and went in with expectations too high.
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Post by showgirl on Jan 23, 2017 4:32:30 GMT
I was underwhelmed. Possibly I'd heard too much hype and went in with expectations too high. Think that happened to me with La La Land, whereas it was the opposite for this: sounded so grim I wasn't looking forward to it but ended up relishing every minute. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 17:36:10 GMT
Found this a beautiful piece, understated in every way, and all the better for it. Beautifully written and brilliently acted. Stunning music choices played almost at odds with what we were witnessing at times, which worked for me. A Fa Fa better film than La La Land, and So, So different!
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Post by Marwood on Feb 10, 2017 13:33:33 GMT
For those of you that might be interested, there's a screening on Monday night at Curzon Soho followed by a Q&A with Kenneth Lonergan: Curzon (I'm not in a rush to see it again, I think it would be too emotionally draining to see it twice in the space of six weeks or so) |
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