TV/Movies Megathread

[crazy canuck]

The story changes through the series, as do the main players, so I am not sure what you mean by one note.

I'm not sure story is even in the top 10 of why I enjoyed the Dune films

I get the story changes but I mean vibe - the aesthetic, the style, the mood and tone, the world it's built in.

I feel like it's easier to go from Star Wars (mass market adventure film for all the family) to then explore maybe the darker sides of that universe and it still works on a vibe level (Rogue One and, I've heard, Andor). I think it's more difficult to go from the Dune story to an extended universe - either the vibe stays which would become one note or it's really really jarringly different (a wisecracking Spice smuggler, say).

But that's just the thing, the Planet portrayed in the first book changes dramatically.  So there is no chance that There will be just one note.

And the planet changing dramatically is the least of the dramatic changes that occur.

[celedhring]

Bettlejuice x2

As far as nostalgiaxplotation goes, this isn't the worst of all. Slow in parts, but some brilliant stuff sprinkled here and there, with a really fun (if messy) last third. It's fanservicey but not to outrageous or sentimental levels. As expected the movie is at its best when Keaton is in it (and I feared they would overuse him compared to the first movie, but they don't), but Catherine O'Hara steals every scene she's in too.

Overall this is the best Burton movie since... Big Fish? (depends on your opinion on Wonka) which isn't saying much, but it's saying something. There are some little flashes of fun nasty Burton here and there (like the giallo homage scene, and some unexpected body horror stuff played totally for laughs).

The lengths they go to include Jeffrey Jones' character without including Jeffrey Jones himself are hilarious and I want to believe it's plain trolling

[Grey Fox]

I didn't know Denis Villeneuve was a Quebeconite.

Oh yeah. I enjoy it when he and Timothée Chalamet go on their press tours in France.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gn_rHritEk

It is cool for me because I can really hear the difference between Denis' Quebec accent and the French accent.

Is villeneuve toning it down for the audience at all here?
As though... Gruff. He still sounds pretty "standard". Though from what I've heard most euro Francophones say about Quebecois is that if British English is French French then Quebecois is more comparable to Appalachian than standard American?

Not really, he's an intellectual that makes film in America. I expect he internationalized is french a long time ago. He sounds the same when doing Quebec tv.

[Sheilbh]

It could also just reflect the attitudes of certain French people, perhaps particularly from Paris, towards other people speaking French

I have friends who have English as a second language who find it slightly enraging that people don't correct mistakes here (I do for them now, but didn't). Because, I think, from our perspective it would be rude and we could understand - from their perspective their friends were letting them think mistakes were correct so they kept on making them. My experience is that the French have no such hesitation

[Josquius]

It could also just reflect the attitudes of certain French people, perhaps particularly from Paris, towards other people speaking French

I have friends who have English as a second language who find it slightly enraging that people don't correct mistakes here (I do for them now, but didn't). Because, I think, from our perspective it would be rude and we could understand - from their perspective their friends were letting them think mistakes were correct so they kept on making them. My experience is that the French have no such hesitation

No, they'll just outright pretend not to understand if your pronunciation is even slightly off.

[Valmy]

No, they'll just outright pretend not to understand if your pronunciation is even slightly off.

Huh. My pronunciation must have been really good then 

[The Brain]

Lawrence of Arabia. First time I've seen it in years. It is still a great movie. "There's nothing in the desert. And no man needs nothing."

[Josquius]

I finished sweet tooth series 3.
It's all right. Loses quality after series 1 but ok.
Not sure on it's tone though. Seems to veer wildly between something dark and family friendly adventure. The ending is also a bit weird and unsatisfying, but when are they not.

[Sheilbh]

Baz Luhrmann directing a biopic of Joan of Arc. Very keen

[The Brain]

Baz Luhrmann directing a biopic of Joan of Arc. Very keen

The Luc Besson one had some good things I thought, but of course had some problems as well.

[Sophie Scholl]

Baz Luhrmann directing a biopic of Joan of Arc. Very keen

Ooooo! *Very* interested in this! 

[Sheilbh]

He's either going to get the Legion d'Honneur or banned from France - and I can't wait

[celedhring]

He's either going to get the Legion d'Honneur or banned from France - and I can't wait

I just read the news too, it made my day

With any luck with this and Scott's Napoleon the French will feel compelled to restore the honor of the nation and make their own "grandeur" versions, hopefully with an AI Abel Gance at the helm.

[Sophie Scholl]

Apparently Jenna Ortega mentioned The Passion of Joan of Arc as one of her favorite movies and said playing her would be a dream role. I'm totally here for that!

[Habbaku]

With any luck with this and Scott's Napoleon the French will feel compelled to restore the honor of the nation and make their own "grandeur" versions, hopefully with an AI Abel Gance at the helm.

Wait, is that a thing? Can we troll the entire nation of France into making ultra-expensive prestige films?