tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post9194698328731324022..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Unsung!: Big NightPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-13256820585348950602013-01-20T23:59:02.064-06:002013-01-20T23:59:02.064-06:00Just finished watching Big Night. Holy sh*t! What ...Just finished watching Big Night. Holy sh*t! What a great movie :-)Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-9533504070643757472013-01-03T23:13:00.835-06:002013-01-03T23:13:00.835-06:00Oh, I have been there...Oh, I have been there...JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-20942190769298267712013-01-03T22:09:31.777-06:002013-01-03T22:09:31.777-06:00Looking forward to seeing this finally - anxiously...Looking forward to seeing this finally - anxiously awaiting one of the townspeople to return it to my library. I'm expecting to have a Julie and Julia problem where I ate every piece of food I had at home during the course of the movie.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-83721372242138371642013-01-03T09:46:24.958-06:002013-01-03T09:46:24.958-06:00Are you listening, you bitches at Criterion?Are you listening, you bitches at Criterion?JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-85909892845275559762013-01-02T20:05:59.756-06:002013-01-02T20:05:59.756-06:00Yes!! Fantastic choice, JB. Yes!! Fantastic choice, JB. Michael Pomarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209918617642114880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-74955668244538100872013-01-02T10:53:49.880-06:002013-01-02T10:53:49.880-06:00Big Night is a sublime film. I've been waitin...Big Night is a sublime film. I've been waiting for a new DVD release for years.Darren Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683665414007012419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-14888924743611476812013-01-02T07:14:49.819-06:002013-01-02T07:14:49.819-06:00Hee HeeHee HeeJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-56813733852468225692013-01-02T00:11:28.104-06:002013-01-02T00:11:28.104-06:00Oh, my seven-word review for "Big Night"...Oh, my seven-word review for "Big Night": <b>"Ash punks not-quite-super Mario Brothers."</b>J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-28696339173933747412013-01-01T18:30:57.175-06:002013-01-01T18:30:57.175-06:00Thanks, JB. Love your new picture BTW, hope it wa...Thanks, JB. Love your new picture BTW, hope it was an alternate version of the original 'singing' picture and that you didn't have to go back to the shower for a 'reshoot' (all that soap!). :-P <br /><br />Finished "Big Night" this afternoon (along with several new-to-me episodes of a new favorite TV show, ITV's "Primeval") and I can't say I love it as much as you do but it's a pretty good actor's movie. I really liked the chemistry between Tony Shalhoub and Allison Janney (reminded me of my father and his wife, complete opposites that somehow found love), which makes me question whether Primo would really choose to go back to Italy and leave Ann behind (unless Primo talks Ann into going with him, which is doubtful). Love seeing Liev Schreiber in the background of several shots w/o saying a word, the shot of the restaurant patrons exhausted from eating so well and the whole <i>'rain outside/inside'</i> scene. And people should definitely not see this with an empty stomach because watching "Big Night" will make anyone want to rush to the nearest Italian restaurant and <i>manga.</i><br /><br />I have some issues with the movie though. Many characters (particularly Marc Anthony) are underdeveloped, one-dimensional and/or just there; I couldn't believe the Cadillac salesguy (who'll probably end up selling one to Pascal) got better character development than Cristiano. The camera angles are really basic and almost pedestrian, like a filmed stage play for PBS (not bad-looking, just uninspired). I hate it when stereotypical music plays over and over, and "Big Night" is no more or less guilty of this most common of cinematic sins. Minnie Driver and Isabella Rossellini barely nick characters that should have been way more interesting (but kudos to Tucci for having a rare movie in which all leading ladies are taller than the male leads). The ending is well made but it really left me depressed, as did pretty much the movie's last 20 or so minutes (especially since I could see 'the twist' from the start).<br /><br />"Big Night" works in that you end up caring so much about Primo, Secondo, Phyllis, Ann and even Pascal (who retains audience sympathy even as he you-know-what, a trick only an actor as good as Ian Holm could manage) that your imagination helps you foresee a future for the brothers after they're done with breakfast. Definitely worth seeing, though not for $125 on an OOP DVD (surprised Criterion hasn't jumped on it).J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-23247559372200425362013-01-01T14:08:47.707-06:002013-01-01T14:08:47.707-06:00Happy New Year, J.M. I hope you enjoy Big Night as...Happy New Year, J.M. I hope you enjoy Big Night as much as I do.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-71735192318131488972013-01-01T12:26:44.446-06:002013-01-01T12:26:44.446-06:00My New Year's Resolution is to watch a new-to-...My New Year's Resolution is to watch a new-to-me movie every day of the year (or, if I miss a day, double or triple-up on subsequent days). I'm starting today, and I'm making "Big Night" on Amazon.com (in HD no less) my first new-to-me movie of 2013. :-)J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.com