tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post667217009204912700..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Celluloid Ramblings: SERENITY (2019)Patrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-65527571246986683972019-02-01T03:30:43.495-06:002019-02-01T03:30:43.495-06:00BTW: McConnaughey went on Colbert to hawk the film...BTW: McConnaughey went on Colbert to hawk the film. The only thing Colbert wanted to talk about was the nude scene. I gave McConnaughey credit for giving it “the old college try” to publicize the film.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-52659734735374866672019-02-01T03:28:36.379-06:002019-02-01T03:28:36.379-06:00Thank you, Jef. This is a lucid and coherent expla...Thank you, Jef. This is a lucid and coherent explanation of how you found something to like in the film. I think all of McConnaughey’s dealings with the townspeople (and how the film kept hammering away that everyone in the town knew everything) had me expecting an EVEN MORE OUTLANDISH Twilight Zone reveal. Thanks for posting.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-7015438655844252682019-02-01T00:37:13.782-06:002019-02-01T00:37:13.782-06:00NO SPOILERS, FOLLOW UP:
Its a shame now that its ...NO SPOILERS, FOLLOW UP:<br /><br />Its a shame now that its been revealed in the press that McConnaughey and Hathaway are fairly pissed at the Studios (Aviron) handling of the marketing for the film that its unlikely we ever get the actors impression or experience of working on the film and its concept. It will just get swept under the rug so as not to interfere with whatever their next release is. However, McConnaughey, keeps making those bizarre Lincoln car commercials, which I feel could be just as harmful to his career as Serenity could prove to be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024226489432000801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-50774785584663217942019-02-01T00:29:05.193-06:002019-02-01T00:29:05.193-06:00SPOILER
Per JBs Request:
Throughout most of the ...SPOILER<br /><br />Per JBs Request:<br /><br />Throughout most of the movie leading up to the revelation of the nature of the world that McConnaughey is in, its pretty reasonable to think the movie is fully off its rocker. But once its been exposed as a artificial video game world, I think it makes a lot of the previous experiences have a bit more logic applied to them. This is a video game movie, but more specifically, a Role Playing Game movie with NPCs (Non-player characters) that are designed to have limited roles for the Player to interact with. Characters that are idle until McConnaughey chooses to interact with them. There are games that function nearly identical to how the town of Plymouth functions, fishing simulations and all! Far too idyllic port towns with a limit cast of characters that all seem to revolve around the central character controlled by the player. I think its a very specific avenue of video games to write a movie with in mind, but as someone who has grown up with and played a lot of video games -- I found all of this to be very endearing. The otherside of this, is all the bizarre behavior and over dramatic scenes, which I can feel could be partially explained by the fact that a 13 year old is programming all of this, and doesnt have the capabilities or life experience to draw from to create much subtlety. Every scenario and detail is heightened so much that I feel this was an intentional design by the films writer/director Steven Knight. Obviously these aspects are what has launched the film into a bit of a laughing stock. There was lots of very BOLD choices made with this film, clearly. When the film ended I was very impressed and appreciative of such a unique direction the film took (and a bit disturbed by the finale of the film too). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024226489432000801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-20557105713542632412019-01-29T21:01:39.339-06:002019-01-29T21:01:39.339-06:00I bent over backwards not to reveal the twist in m...I bent over backwards not to reveal the twist in my review, but I am fascinated to hear your take... Tell you what: wait 48 hours, label your comment SPOILER, and then explain yourself, young man!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-64832781164706012172019-01-29T18:30:30.386-06:002019-01-29T18:30:30.386-06:00I went and saw this blind for the Thursday preview...I went and saw this blind for the Thursday preview screening. Never saw a trailer or read anything about it. Purely went on Cast, Writer/Director, and setting. <br /><br />I loved the movie! No ironic "so bad its good" level of love, either. Genuine enjoyment ... but I fully understand where the reactions are coming from.<br /><br />Its hard for me to defend the movie without spoiling it however. There is very specific reasons I appreciate this film that can't be explained without spoiling the film. I dont know if this site is cool with Spoiler Tagging things however. So maybe someone can direct me there?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024226489432000801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-72291302490976854822019-01-29T17:50:36.242-06:002019-01-29T17:50:36.242-06:00I had never even heard of Serenity before this art...I had never even heard of Serenity before this article, so I believe it's a testament to JB's writing that I now cannot see this movie fast enough.Mookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718010493435606371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-88159684663227579452019-01-29T13:08:45.907-06:002019-01-29T13:08:45.907-06:00Fascinatingly bad is the most accurate description...Fascinatingly bad is the most accurate description of this movie.<br /><br />I do want to shout out Jason Clarke's almost supernaturally loathsome Frank. Clarke seems to know just what movie he is in and is appropriately subtle with he performance.Scott Skocyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481902978617982142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-87326473101596920382019-01-29T12:34:24.400-06:002019-01-29T12:34:24.400-06:00Adam Riske just reminded me that I accidentally om...Adam Riske just reminded me that I accidentally omitted The Wharf Is Not Enough from the list of James "Baker Dill" Bond titles...JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-7784212580833962402019-01-29T07:18:18.180-06:002019-01-29T07:18:18.180-06:00On the surface, this sound like a casebof the Wild...On the surface, this sound like a casebof the Wild ThingsKuniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872530831159876322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-67088946906050504822019-01-29T07:06:48.445-06:002019-01-29T07:06:48.445-06:00No License to Dill? Seriously, this sounds amazin...No License to Dill? Seriously, this sounds amazing and has shot to the top of my list.Matt Sollenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088555561067804979noreply@blogger.com