Does the movie in fact glorify him? I still haven’t seen it.
I saw an interview with Chris Kyle, and I truly cringed when he mentioned having made a record number of kills. I am not disputing that snipers might be needed in certain situations, but I just cannot imagine discussing how many people I’ve killed as though I were talking about setting a record for the number of touchdown catches I’d made, or eating the most hot dogs at the state fair. That particular interview made him seem very cavalier about it all; I was mortified on his behalf.
Yes, but not in the way you think. It is a more complex movie than that. It is definitely violent and was very hard for me to watch at times, but I think it is something we Americans should know about.
DH wants to see American Sniper this weekend. The subject matter is not off-putting to me, as I agree with the above sentiment. I have a hard time with really suspenseful scenes. Not looking forward to those.
I went to the early showing of Still Alice. There were a lot of people there.
It was a WONDERFUL film. People were crying at various times during the movie. If you haven’t been touched by Alzheimer’s, you’ve been touched in some way by dementia or some other form or mental deterioration in someone you love. I think the film resonated with everyone there. Quite a bit of sniffling as the credits rolled.
All of the actors gave great performances, in particular Alec Baldwin, and a surprise for me, Kristin Stewart, who I found to be quite awful in the Twilight movies I’ve seen.
Julianne Moore was absolutely brilliant in the role of Alice and deserves every accolade she has received. Truly a superb performance and film.
Just got back from seeing Still Alice. I wasn’t sure I wasn’t going to have to sit in my car and collect myself before driving home, but the ending was a bit abrupt for me, so I didn’t have tears streaming down my face at that point.
As I was leaving, a woman behind me asked me if I’d read the book, and I told her no, that I had it on my Kindle, though. She shared with me a couple of differences that she saw between the movie and the book, that she liked better about he movie. Am glad she said so because now it makes me want to read the book. Usually if I’ve seen the movie first, I’m not interested in the book.
^^^^Glad to know you felt the same as I did. It really got to me.
My mom didn’t have Alzheimer’s, but she was reduced to a shell of a person after many strokes, and in the last year didn’t know any of us except for my stepdad, so I really related to this movie. My mom was also EXTREMELY intelligent, and like Alice, really treasured her intellect, so that movie really resonated.
I would bet most of us on CC are pretty smart and value our intellect, since it is a forum founded on pursuit of higher education! It really scares me to think about losing it like that, it is scarier than physical limitations.
I loved the book and am looking forward to seeing the movie. I usually like the books better than the movies so we’ll see. Somehow, I hadn’t known they were making Still Alice into a film so was completely surprised when I heard about it recently. I also love Julianne Moore. Both Alzheimer’s and dementia in my family so the topic is very personal.
Saw Force Majeure a couple of days ago. Another some reviewers take as a comedy? - not at all. Interesting. About a half hour too long, I sighed in relief when the “Final Day” placard came up LOL.
I saw Birdman and can’t decide how I feel about it. The acting was excellent, and I can understand why it was popular at the SAG awards; it was about the business, and those in the business love films about the business. It was a creative mix of reality and fantasy and was entertaining, but I didn’t come away feeling that any big point had been made, or that I had learned or felt anything profound. If it wins best picture I think I will be okay with that, but it didn’t stand out to me as the clear front runner.
^^^From what I’ve heard, the way the film was shot was ingenious or remarkable or really difficult to pull off or something to that effect. And the performances were brilliant, which of course gets the acting vote. The people voting may not really be looking for the film to be profound or make any particular point necessarily.
I had mixed feelings about it. I think I said earlier that all of the narcissism portrayed by various characters kind of got on my nerves after awhile. I saw it at a theater that was showing 10 or more films. As I was leaving, an employee said “did you enjoy your film, ma’am?” I said “yeah, but that was a weird flick.” He replied, “Oh, you must have seen Birdman.” I laughed and nodded in the affirmative.
I had my own little mini-movie-marathon yesterday and saw “Foxcatcher” and “The Theory of Everything.” I was surprised that I liked the former much more than the latter. I found the sense of foreboding and the character development in “Foxcatcher” much more interesting than the fairly predictable plot development in “Theory,” although Eddie Redmayne was pretty phenomenal as Stephen Hawking.
Although Steve Carrell was no slouch in “Foxcatcher,” either. I almost didn’t recognize him. I read an interview with some people who knew John du Pont IRL, and they all agreed that Carrell captured du Pont’s voice and mannerisms perfectly.
Completely agree… I think I mentioned in another thread that I was pretty blown away by his performance (and I knew nothing about John du Pont’s mannerisms), and I have never been a big Carrell fan. I am now, and think he should do more dramatic roles.
Oh, I agree, and perhaps that was one of the points. I mean, there’s a scene where the main character is talking about how he was on a plane once that was struggling and all he could think of was that George Clooney (another passenger) would hog the headlines over him if it crashed.
Saw Birdman at the w/e, and didn’t find it entertaining. I understand that the acting may have been fabulous but if I’m bored and wishing a movie would end because it’s not holding my attention then I think it’s a miss regardless. Saw Wild recently too, knew nothing about it going in and found it very moving. Couldn’t understand why DH was sitting through all the credits, but apparently he needed extra time to compose himself. Found myself still choking up on the drive home and can’t remember a time that’s happened before.
