Interstellar - Part 3

[Filmfan93]

Strange, the website is down for me as well. Any idea why? Maybe it's my browser...

 

[redhawk23]

I hadn't watched Inception in the last year or so but watched it around a week ago. Movie still amazes me. Complete disgrace that Nolan's direction wasn't even nominated. Probably should have outright won.

The King's Speech is one of those movies that not a single person gave a damn about 5 minutes after the ceremony.

 

[Tequilla]

The only thing i got from that clip is that the film will be gorgeous as ****.

 

[dude stannis]

I'm surprised that the clip is actually that clear and understandable. Bootlegs are usually awful. Looks good. Focuses more on the heart rather than the visuals in that few secs.

Official site was also updated with the title logo:

http://www.interstellarmovie.com

They're harvesting cocaine!

 

[slumcat]

The King's Speech is one of those movies that not a single person gave a damn about 5 minutes after the ceremony.

I think The King's Speech is infinitely better than Inception in every imaginable way.

 

[Anita18]

I think The King's Speech is infinitely better than Inception in every imaginable way.

Inception is still more well-known, which was more his point.

 

[slumcat]

Inception is still more well-known, which was more his point.

Well-known isn't a batch of merit is it? Transformers is more well-known than The Master. All stupid blockbusters are well-known.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The team in Inception could use the King's Speech to put their targets to sleep.

 

[Octoberist]

Well-known isn't a batch of merit is it? Transformers is more well-known than The Master. All stupid blockbusters are well-known.

I think the word best suited would be 'relevant'. For exmaple Shakespeare in Love won over Saving Private Ryan for beer picture. People stil talk and are influenced by 'Ryan'.

 

[redhawk23]

Well-known isn't a batch of merit is it? Transformers is more well-known than The Master. All stupid blockbusters are well-known.

Not just "well known" but also just in terms of lasting impact. I don't necessarily think Inception was the best film of 2010 but it certainly wasn't the Kings Speech, not by a long mile. Every single other film nominated for Best Picture would have been a better choice that year, except for maybe the Fighter, though I'm glad several of the individual performances were recognized.

Inception is just a damn well crafted film and Nolan put together a great team of people who while working for him did some of the best work of their careers and were recognized for it. It was entertaining to watch Pfister and others like those winning for the sound and special effects awards allude to the fact that Nolan wasn't nominated while they thanked him.

I think the word best suited would be 'relevant'. For exmaple Shakespeare in Love won over Saving Private Ryan for beer picture. People stil talk and are influenced by 'Ryan'.

Precisely.


Similarly, was The Artist really at all representative of the best filmmaking had to offer at that particular moment?

Oh well, this isn't the Oscar thread, at least not yet.

 

[Octoberist]

Damn! I swear my typos are caused by butterfinger slips on my iphone!

 

[slumcat]

Not just "well known" but also just in terms of lasting impact. I don't necessarily think Inception was the best film of 2010 but it certainly wasn't the Kings Speech, not by a long mile. Every single other film nominated for Best Picture would have been a better choice that year, except for maybe the Fighter, though I'm glad several of the individual performances were recognized.

Inception is just a damn well crafted film and Nolan put together a great team of people who while working for him did some of the best work of their careers and were recognized for it. It was entertaining to watch Pfister and others like those winning for the sound and special effects awards allude to the fact that Nolan wasn't nominated while they thanked him.

The Oscars are rarely about the best films of the year. But I think The King's Speech was a decent choice and was atleast in the better half of the nominees. I think Inception was in the worse half.

I was actually delighted when Nolan was snubbed and laughed out aloud on nomination morning. I did not like the direction of Inception at all and I was hoping that Nolan would miss but knew there wasn't a chance in hell he would miss and then he missed! It was a pleasant surprise.

Same with Affleck last year. I was pleasantly surprised that the director's branch chose to ignore him.

 

[OneEyedKing]

I saw the teaser tonight and it was very well done imo. Doesn't show much but left me very interested to see more.

 

[redhawk23]

The Oscars are rarely about the best films of the year. But I think The King's Speech was a decent choice and was atleast in the better half of the nominees. I think Inception was in the worse half.

I was actually delighted when Nolan was snubbed and laughed out aloud on nomination morning. I did not like the direction of Inception at all and I was hoping that Nolan would miss but knew there wasn't a chance in hell he would miss and then he missed! It was a pleasant surprise.

Same with Affleck last year. I was pleasantly surprised that the director's branch chose to ignore him.

Yes they are about films that come out at precisely the right time in the fall that can accumulate votes and nominations through sheer force of hype momentum which leads to academy members in the press actually admitting that they would vote for films like The Social Network but felt they "peaked too early" as if that should mean anything.

No accounting for taste.

 

[slumcat]

Yes they are about films that come out at precisely the right time in the fall that can accumulate votes and nominations through sheer force of hype momentum which leads to academy members in the press actually admitting that they would vote for films like The Social Network but felt they "peaked too early" as if that should mean anything.

No accounting for taste.

With The Social Network, I think it was a more a reaction to the Academy feeling a little bit bullied to vote for it or else they were dumb.

And that's completely besides that The King's Speech is a beautifully made film with the ordinary tools of cinema to tell a compelling and human story. Nothing glitzy or hip about it, just old fashioned good writing, good acting and good directing with tasteful restraint.

So it wasn't so much about Social Network peaking too early, it was also about the academy feeling they were being held hostage to vote for that film.

Same with TDK which they summarily rejected and refused to even nominate.

 

[redhawk23]

There's old fashoined and there is derivative and standard. The writing's fine, and the acting was indeed great, but Hooper is a bore. The only thing about his direction that is distinct is how completely indistinct it so often is. The King Speech was about the safest choice they could make.

 

[slumcat]

Sometimes the safest choice is also the correct one. But like you say, that is for another thread. : )

 

[redhawk23]

Yes those old men certainly love their bran.

 

[titansupes]

So far, it sounds like Zimmer is living up to his promise to 're-invent' himself. God, I'm excited.

 

[redfirebird2008]

The King's Speech is one of those movies that not a single person gave a damn about 5 minutes after the ceremony.

I enjoy the King's Speech a lot and I was very happy for the writer who won for screenplay given his personal background. But I really wasn't a fan of the framing choices by Hooper and his cinematographer. There were some scenes where it distracted from the story they were trying to tell.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The team in Inception could use the King's Speech to put their targets to sleep.

 

[craigdbfan]

That Interstellar clip.

The team in Inception could use the King's Speech to put their targets to sleep.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Really looking forward to this. Inception is my favorite Nolan film (and one of my favorite films in general) so I'm really excited to see Nolan's latest original work. That clip was interesting, though it didn't reveal much.

 

[craigdbfan]

I think the reason why the clip excites me so much is because what it potentially has in store. That along with Matthew's eyes tearing up and the clip of the people holding hands watching that ship/satellite go up into space gives me that exact uneasy and almost creepily ominous feeling that Inception still gives me.

I know that's a weird feeling to get towards a clip with a somewhat "cheerful" musical cue playing in the background but it still gives me those weird vibes.

Nolan & Hoytema's work is looking on point.

 

[chrisguyver]

The team in Inception could use the King's Speech to put their targets to sleep.

Lol