The MSJ posted:

And Bay is apparently a Coen brothers fan, judging from a few actors who were in his movies and of course Pain & Gain.

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

Who isn't a Coen Brothers fan?

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

Me.

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

Me.

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

Me.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

There aren't very many instances of directors putting other directors down these days, I guess it's poor form.

If they're asked a question about someone in the biz they'll say something nice or nothing at all.

Alhazred posted:

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

There aren't very many instances of directors putting other directors down these days, I guess it's poor form.

If they're asked a question about someone in the biz they'll say something nice or nothing at all.

quote:

So how does Innaritu actually feel about superhero movies? Would he perhaps take one on in the future? Fat chance. In an interview with Deadline last night, the filmmaker railed against the genre, essentially calling it soulless and sounding not too different from Mike Shiner—Ed Norton’s purist character, who also tears into the super hero movies and soulless paycheck gigs.

“I sometimes enjoy them because they are basic and simple and go well with popcorn,” Inarritu explained. “The problem is that sometimes they purport to be profound, based on some Greek mythological kind of thing. And they are honestly very right wing. I always see them as killing people because they do not believe in what you believe, or they are not being who you want them to be. I hate that, and don’t respond to those characters.”

“They have been poison, this cultural genocide,” he added. “Because the audience is so overexposed to plot and explosions and poo poo that doesn’t mean nothing about the experience of being human.”

quote:

The Guardian asked Robert Downey Jr. about the comments, and as per usual, he had a quip ready in his pocket. “Look, I respect the heck out of him [and] for a man whose native tongue is Spanish to be able to put together a phrase like ‘cultural genocide’ just speaks to how bright he is,” the actor retorted.

Vintersorg posted:

Hail Ceaser loving sucks.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

There aren't very many instances of directors putting other directors down these days, I guess it's poor form.

If they're asked a question about someone in the biz they'll say something nice or nothing at all.

TheFallenEvincar posted:

Yeah. I liked the RDJ Iñárritu beef though.

effectual posted:

drat, and Downey should know better, his first big break was with Chaplin ffs!

quote:

Chatting with EW, Downey Jr., who spent his comeback back years making a string of smaller movies both at the indie and studio level ("The Singing Detective," "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints," "A Scanner Darkly," "Charlie Bartlett," "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," "Goodnight And Good Luck"), expressed he has zero desire to go off and make a tiny film, working on a shoestring budget. And he had some very harsh words about that world and being a part of a movie on that level.

“…they’re exhausting and sometimes they suck and then you just go, ‘What was I thinking?’ " Downey Jr. explained about why he wouldn’t sign up for an independent film.

"But I’m interested in doing all different kinds of movies. Sometimes the little movies are the ones that wind up taking the most out of you because they’re like, ‘Hey, man, we’re just running a couple of days behind. Do you think you can stay through your birthday and then come back on the fourth of July. And, by the way, but, like, the crew — can you pay for the craft services? And, oh, by the way, man, when we go to Sundance, it’s like, can we just sit you in a chair and you can sell this for six days in a row so that we’ll make 180 bucks when it opens in one theater?’” he continued warming up to his subject, pretending to be an indie moviemaker. And then caps it off with his own rejoinder.

“Actually, most of you are kind of inexperienced and lame,” he said.

It’s pretty dispiriting to hear a major, wealthy, successful Hollywood star, who is a huge part of the blockbuster machine, essentially turn his back on folks who are trying to work their way up the ranks. And it’s also pretty rich coming from a guy who has no problem making mawkish Oscar bait like "The Judge."

effectual posted:

drat, and Downey should know better, his first big break was with Chaplin Less Than Zero ffs!

Hat Thoughts posted:

Ya I remember where Neill Blomkamp talked about really liking Michael Bay to the interviewers annoyance
Here found it

quote:

But Bay’s movies have no message, I protest. “Elysium doesn’t have a message either,” Blomkamp says with a laugh.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

...is he taking the piss? Elysium is about as sledgehammer-blunt as Message Movies get.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

...is he taking the piss? Elysium is about as sledgehammer-blunt as Message Movies get.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

...is he taking the piss? Elysium is about as sledgehammer-blunt as Message Movies get.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Verhofen often said stuff like that in interviews.

Wandle Cax posted:

Verhoeven?

kiimo posted:

All Coen Bros. movies require repeated viewing to appreciate.

Jedit posted:

I have never once seen a review say "you can't properly appreciate this movie on a first viewing" without it meaning "this movie is actually kinda poo poo but I won't admit it".

For me the Coen brothers are very hit and miss, and of late it's been all misses. Some time around O Brother, Where Art Thou they lost the art of making great movies but counterbalanced it by attracting great casts.

Jedit posted:

For me the Coen brothers are very hit and miss, and of late it's been all misses. Some time around O Brother, Where Art Thou they lost the art of making great movies but counterbalanced it by attracting great casts.

LordPants posted:

Yeah, like the notoriously "not a great film" No Country for Old Men.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Verhofen often said stuff like that in interviews.

Alhazred posted:

Really? In the interviews I've read he seems more concerned about people not getting that people dressed like SS-officers are meant to be the bad guy.

Jedit posted:

^^^ The Ladykillers, perchance?


I didn't like that movie, but I'm not sure you're meant to. It also doesn't end, it just stops. I don't know if that's a fault with the book, but it felt to me like the movie had run out of things to say and nobody knew how to wrap it up.

Definitely a great cast, though.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

...is he taking the piss? Elysium is about as sledgehammer-blunt as Message Movies get.

davidspackage posted:

The ending to No Country left me just kind of stunned when I sat in the theater, but it didn't feel wrong or unsatisfying.

Hand Knit posted:

If I remember correctly, with Elysium, Blomkamp would insist that the movie was apolitical to US interviewers, but would happily talk about the political themes elsewhere.

Jedit posted:

I have never once seen a review say "you can't properly appreciate this movie on a first viewing" without it meaning "this movie is actually kinda poo poo but I won't admit it".

For me the Coen brothers are very hit and miss, and of late it's been all misses. Some time around O Brother, Where Art Thou they lost the art of making great movies but counterbalanced it by attracting great casts.

davidspackage posted:

The ending to No Country left me just kind of stunned when I sat in the theater, but it didn't feel wrong or unsatisfying.

System Metternich posted:

I saw No Country together with my father, and after the movie was over we both just silently sat there for a while, then picked up our jackets, got to the car and only like half-way on our drive home we started talking about what we just had seen.

That movie was harsh