The snow in Upstate New York was nearly the death of me, but looking to the bright side one nice thing about being out of town this week was that Nathaniel took over my weekly "Beauty vs Beast" series at The Film Experience - it's always a treat to see what someone else comes up with for it! He didn't disappoint - it's a Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne two-header! Make like you're Hugh Dancy in that sandwich seen above, and go on over to TFE to vote. I've really got to get out to see Jupiter Ascending before it vanishes from the face of the Earth too, which will probably be any second now. Any of you see it?
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the work of the deranged drag queens from costumes and makeup creating their dream prom outfits was notable but it still blows my mind that someone would want to blow 175 million dollars on a script without a whit of an idea.
I saw JA and loved it. Just don't take it seriously. It's Cinderella in space. It's crazy, deranged, and fun, like the Wachowskis just threw a bunch of tropes, philosophical notions and the actual kitcken sink in a blender and JA is the result. If you look past all the ridiculous plot and the glitter (this movie actually thanks Swarovski in the closing credits) there's some interesting ideas on capitalism and reincarnation. Also, there's a homage sequence to Terry Gilliam's Brazil that is just delightful.
@Anonymous - Drag Queens' dream prom outfits are womenswear - not fantastical costumes for MEN.
I L-O-V-E the costumes especially of 'Balem Abrasax'. I wish real life menswear was like that. I mean when you look at what women today are wearing on the red carpet makes his outfits look tame!
I went to see it the other day and walked out after 40 min or so. I almost never do that, but I've learned not to expect bad films to get better. It is an awful movie.
I think they only stopped delivering exposition 15 minutes before the end credits, only because it was time for the big explosions.
5 minutes into the movie there was an entire city of Franck Gehry buildings and that was the only moment when the in(s)ane costumes took an actual step back in assaulting my eyeballs. Well that and the terrible green screen work.
The Russian comic relief family should be ground alone for a Putin attack on American assets. The acting and taste levels displayed by that movie will be talked about with reverence for years to come.
I might go see it a second time!
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