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It's only after I've seen the last scene with Hitler again on you tube I've realised he has a hole in the side of his head dripping blood.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostHer range is a bit limited, I suppose.
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I finally watched this last night. I'm in the good-but-not-great camp. I was more entertained by the Lightweight Nazi Comedy Filmed By Wes Anderson first part than I probably should have been. Like everyone, I thought it would have been better without Rebel Wilson. Thomasin Mckenzie's going to be an absolutely massive star. There were a couple of moments in the end section where I was sure they were using the same set that Mendes used on 1917. It's interesting, and worth watching, but probably not the best film of Awards Season.
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Can anyone explain Rebel Wilson to me? She seems to be the Hollywood equivalent of Miranda, in that we're supposed to find a non-glamourous woman falling over all the time intrinsically funny.
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Originally posted by sw2borshch View PostEr Ist Wieder Da is on UK Netflix. I liked it, funny as heck when he goes to the modern Nazi HQ.
Rebel Wilson's presence on the posters has put me off JoJo a bit, but I've been assured she's not in it much. Girlfriend wants to see it so we'll probably go at some point.
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Watched a screener and liked it but didn't love it. I found the scope and sets a bit jarring--you really wouldn't know that there was a war going on, and I never really got a strong sense of place in the film. I can think that maybe this was part of telling the film through Jojo's point of view, but there wasn't much in the direction that made me think that this was an intentional decision. Rebel Wilson really grated my nerves, Rockwell was good, and his final scene really got to me.
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Er Ist Wieder Da is on UK Netflix. I liked it, funny as heck when he goes to the modern Nazi HQ.
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I thought it was fantastic and i'm surprised that critics have been so down on it, not that Peter Bradshaw is someone I have any time for anyway. It was funny, it was heartbreaking, I thought Sam Rockwell was brilliant and I too loved the montage of The Beatles and Triumph of the Will. Waititi was terrifying and the scene with Jojo following the butterfly left me in floods of tears.
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Well I really liked it. It took a dark turn in the city square and then the final action with the boy soldiers was just heartbreaking really. I thought Sam Rockwell was great as Captain K, going along with the charade and undermining it at the same time. The abomination that was the Hitler youth was held up to the light. I thought the opening Beatlemania montage was clever. And Scarlett Johansson was everything her blockbuster roles are not - emotional and believable.
I've seen this and 1917 in the same week and I'm not really sure which was my favourite.
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The finale failed for me precisely because the rest of the film hadn't done enough to earn that ending. It was an example of the attempted change in tone from dark to light jarring because it wasn't handled elegantly enough.
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Yes the last ten minutes or so are good. The previous 100 are an infantile joke smeared as thinly as possible. Pity so much of the budget was spent on explosions rather than some decent script writers.
Did "Look who's back" (Er ist wieder da) make it to the UK?
Last edited by Aitch; 14-01-2020, 08:47.
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We saw it last night and really enjoyed it. I thought it did a good job of taking the piss out of the Nazis. Plenty of laughs and Mrs 1Foot had a cry at the end.
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I normally like Rockwell and he was OK but the character was pretty one-note. Wilson played it like 'Allo 'Allo but she's never any good.
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostSaw it tonight and I am torn on it. Some of it works really well and some of it fails. It's certainly nowhere near as good as 'Wilderpeople' and WWDITS nor 'Ragnarok' which was far more successful at blending different styles.
Overall the shifts in tone from drama to farcical comedy aren't handled successfully enough for me. What Waititi appears to have added to the original book seems to jar with it to the extent it feels like two separate movies.
I thought the boy playing Yorki, Jojo's real best friend, stole the show in terms of performances.
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I'm now annoyed my review wasn't just ;
More like So-So Rabbit.
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We had a two-centre watch party (me and elder daughter in Tanzania; Mrs. VT and younger daughter in Wales). We loved it - the girls were genuinely touched by the story and said it spoke to them about the evil of the Nazis in a way that they understood well. I think that, for that generation, it works well - compared with, say, something like 'Schindler's List'. All actors were excellent, except maybe for Stephen Merchant who, let's be fair, cannot act and Rebel Wilson doing Rebel Wilson.
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Saw it tonight and I am torn on it. Some of it works really well and some of it fails. It's certainly nowhere near as good as 'Wilderpeople' and WWDITS nor 'Ragnarok' which was far more successful at blending different styles.
Overall the shifts in tone from drama to farcical comedy aren't handled successfully enough for me. What Waititi appears to have added to the original book seems to jar with it to the extent it feels like two separate movies.
I thought the boy playing Yorki, Jojo's real best friend, stole the show in terms of performances.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 10-01-2020, 21:38.
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It doesn't quite work but everyone should see Boy and Wilderpeople
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There's a very good interview in the Times today with the kid who plays the kid in this. Must be weird being filmed skipping about shouting "Heil Hitler" - I'm not sure I'd feel entirely comfortable if it was a son of mine, satire or not.
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Originally posted by Guy Profumo View PostNo gore as such, but violence and explosions associated with war feature
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
Ragnorok is probably the best MCU film.
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Bloke from work also in cinema taking in a NYD film yesterday.
Asked at work - he liked it too - and confirmed that the likes of Peter Bradshaw at the Guardian didn't
Oh well.
Never mind
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