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NFT: Marriage Story with Adam Driver and Scarlet Johansson

buster : 12/5/2019 1:47 pm
You'd think this should be a great movie...both great actors! However the movie was so long and boring.. Driver physically seemed to physically cover the whole screen.. Director had him sing a swan song towards end of the film..Absolutely terrible... and it went on forever..He can't sing very well as well... Plot? Boring subject matter of divorce and child custody ..... My God! Stunk to high hell.
Have not seen it but from what I've read  
moespree : 12/5/2019 1:54 pm : link
It seems like another example of a film the critics all love and go full hyperbolic foaming at the mouth over....while regular people viewers of the film are largely mixed on it.

Basically that means it will win a bunch of Oscars because that seems to be how it works.
well physically  
cjac : 12/5/2019 1:54 pm : link
he's a very physically large and well sculpted physical specimen, from a physical standpoint
Kidding aside  
cjac : 12/5/2019 1:55 pm : link
you want to see a good movie starring Adam Driver

watch The Report on Amazon
RE: Have not seen it but from what I've read  
ATL_Giants : 12/5/2019 2:06 pm : link
In comment 14704207 moespree said:
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It seems like another example of a film the critics all love and go full hyperbolic foaming at the mouth over....while regular people viewers of the film are largely mixed on it.

That's how I felt about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Maybe they should have had...  
Chris in Philly : 12/5/2019 2:14 pm : link
some robots blow each other up...
RE: Maybe they should have had...  
jcn56 : 12/5/2019 2:16 pm : link
In comment 14704243 Chris in Philly said:
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some robots blow each other up...


Wait, original trilogy robots, or sequel? Because those sequel robots suck...
Johansson is most definitely *not* a great actress  
Overseer : 12/5/2019 2:29 pm : link
she's passable at best, and at times distractingly poor (e.g. in Match Point, a film I actually really like).

Baumbach has made some good films, but he's not for everyone. Unsurprising his latest is divisive.

Unrelated, but I love this SNL sketch with Adam Driver: Career Day.
And, yeah, who could ever like a film  
Overseer : 12/5/2019 2:33 pm : link
about divorce and child custody. Such "boring subject matter"...

Ahem...

Double Ahem...
I loved Match Point  
Jints in Carolina : 12/5/2019 2:38 pm : link
What a gem.
A very early movie for SJ was in....  
MarvelousMike : 12/5/2019 2:43 pm : link
Home Alone 3 where she plays the sister to the boy causing so much chaos. Maybe her best role.....LOL!!
RE: I loved Match Point  
Jim in Fairfax : 12/5/2019 3:35 pm : link
In comment 14704271 Jints in Carolina said:
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What a gem.

I’m generally not fond of Woody Allen movies, but I also liked this movie a lot.
RE: Maybe they should have had...  
Britt in VA : 12/5/2019 3:38 pm : link
In comment 14704243 Chris in Philly said:
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some robots blow each other up...


Now you're talking. But only if they blow up the chick, amirite?
Or....  
Britt in VA : 12/5/2019 3:48 pm : link
what if they did it from the standpoint of Kylo Ren divorcing Black Widow?
RE: Johansson is most definitely *not* a great actress  
PatersonPlank : 12/5/2019 3:50 pm : link
In comment 14704260 Overseer said:
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she's passable at best, and at times distractingly poor (e.g. in Match Point, a film I actually really like).

Baumbach has made some good films, but he's not for everyone. Unsurprising his latest is divisive.

Unrelated, but I love this SNL sketch with Adam Driver: Career Day.


Yeah, but she has a smoking hot body
wow  
giantfan2000 : 12/5/2019 4:03 pm : link
I saw a screening a few weeks ago
I thought Marriage Story was beautiful and sad ..

Adam Driver could win Oscar for his performance
they both are getting nominated ..

I have seen most of the Oscar hype movies
and the 3 best have been
Marriage Story
Jojo Rabbit
Parasite - a South Korean movie

Oh lord  
idiotsavant : 12/5/2019 4:50 pm : link
Popcorn movie fight

Parasite probably for the W
Parasite was great.  
Raultney : 12/5/2019 5:10 pm : link
Saw it over here with an all-Korean audience. My wife and in-laws thought it was boring as hell. I loved it. Go figure.

Re: Marriage Story: if I wanted to watch a movie about a failed marriage and child custody, I'd dig out my old home videos.
Ditto raultny re: marriage  
idiotsavant : 12/5/2019 5:13 pm : link
It goes on as well. Johansen is hot as fuck but, no. Real folks don't want to relive that shit Hollywood style .

Especially Adam driver  
idiotsavant : 12/5/2019 5:17 pm : link
I'm not sympathetic to giant sized Hollywood handsome freakish studs.

Fuck that. Show me a divorce movie with a fat, old, short but nice weirdo and a psychotic freak but funny and pretty wifey.

Fuck driver.
Actually, I have a recommendation pretty close to this:  
Overseer : 12/5/2019 7:48 pm : link
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Show me a divorce movie with a fat, old, short but nice weirdo and a psychotic freak but funny and pretty wifey.

One of James Gandolfini's last films before he died, starring alongside Elaine. It is a great, great film.

Enough Said

Looks ok  
idiotsavant : 12/5/2019 8:02 pm : link
I can't see Dreyfus doing a realistic psychotic though . Maybe I'm wrong.

I like dark comedy and over the top weirdos if meant as funny. Can't stand rom com or sit com style.
Described as 'about first world problems'  
idiotsavant : 12/5/2019 8:10 pm : link
Most rom coms fall short when the actual old fart male lead type is the viewer. In that rom com problems pale as compared to what we've seen and experienced in real life and ergo feel like trite cliches and a waste of time as entertainment .
RE: And, yeah, who could ever like a film  
santacruzom : 12/6/2019 1:25 am : link
In comment 14704266 Overseer said:
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about divorce and child custody. Such "boring subject matter"...

Ahem...

Double Ahem...


I'm with you on Kramer vs Kramer but... Mrs. Doubtfire??
Serious question do people perceive Adam Driver has handsome?  
bhill410 : 12/6/2019 4:36 am : link
Or a freakish stud? I always thought he was a weird looking hipster dude with a big nose. Outside of me thinking it was a comedy my second round of confusion with that movie he was in with Tina fey was that he was sleeping with all these girls. This isn’t brad Pitt or Matt Damon we are talking about.
Well cjac and others  
idiotsavant : 12/6/2019 8:17 am : link
Say 'large' i.e. very tall and cut. Or in other words some actors don't carry the regular Joe Everyman thing over very well.
Even Brad Pitt  
idiotsavant : 12/6/2019 8:24 am : link
If it's a divorce or romance set in an average family. That's basically a chick flick. Few males are going to buy into Pitt as a regular guy. They keep their mouths shut and watch with the gf or wife, but are like 'whatever' .

Not sure but isn't parasite doing  
idiotsavant : 12/6/2019 8:32 am : link
50x the box office of marriage story?
RE: Kidding aside  
buster : 12/6/2019 4:27 pm : link
In comment 14704210 cjac said:
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you want to see a good movie starring Adam Driver

watch The Report on Amazon
Yep I like Adam as well.. Just hated the movie...Boring and long.. Seems as though each scene was a boring 15 minutes looking forward to his other film
RE: Kidding aside  
buster : 12/6/2019 4:29 pm : link
In comment 14704210 cjac said:
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you want to see a good movie starring Adam Driver

watch The Report on Amazon
Looking forward to it.. As I stated Like Driver a lot...
Scarlett  
giantfan2000 : 12/6/2019 5:03 pm : link
she is an odd actress if she Is with strong director she has very good performances

I saw her on broadway in a View to Bridge and she was amazing
she won the Tony for that performance..

Her marriage story performance is wonderful but actually
I thought her performance was better in Jojo Rabbit
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