Excellent film, has to be nominated in the screenwritting category. Really well written, not to say acted! Glad for its success with the GG noms.
Marriage Story (2019)
i always value an addition to the "life is hard and it's no one's fault" genre
baumbach crafting juicy stress and fun nuance
driver the living legend
randy newman with the surprise assist
robbie ryan reminding me it's a movie
baumbach crafting juicy stress and fun nuance
driver the living legend
randy newman with the surprise assist
robbie ryan reminding me it's a movie
Emmm, it's good but it's not as great as I hoped. I thought the crisis would have been more balanced but here Driver is CLEARLY the "villain". I guess Meryl Streep was as well in Kramer vs Kramer but I thought that movie gave her a better, more sympathetic ending and that's why it works more emotionally. I also could empathise with her character more, due to her depression. In this I just felt bad for ScarJo for dealing with him but I didn't really get emotional. Maybe if the film had shown some of their happier times, or just shown some of the lows instead of talking about it, it would have been more impactful.
Still, it's a solid drama with fantastic performances. Driver tries to make the most of a very unlikable character, ScarJo is amazing and definitely Oscar worthy. While Dern, Alda and Liotta are all effective in their supporting roles, especially Dern who had a great acting year with this and BLL.
Still, it's a solid drama with fantastic performances. Driver tries to make the most of a very unlikable character, ScarJo is amazing and definitely Oscar worthy. While Dern, Alda and Liotta are all effective in their supporting roles, especially Dern who had a great acting year with this and BLL.
This movie is simply wow
How fuckin cool that the same editor is doing Tenet? She’s extremely talented. This may be the best edited film of the year, maybe better than Irishman
How fuckin cool that the same editor is doing Tenet? She’s extremely talented. This may be the best edited film of the year, maybe better than Irishman
Driver's performance may be the best I've seen all year, perhaps even better than Phoenix's turn. And ScarJo provides the best female performance I've seen all year.
It's been a stacked year for great acting performances and I still have yet to see 1917, Uncut Gems, Little Women and Richard Jewell.
It's been a stacked year for great acting performances and I still have yet to see 1917, Uncut Gems, Little Women and Richard Jewell.
Laura Dern
Give this woman all the awards
Give this woman all the awards
Very interesting perspective because I felt like the film swings too far in favor of Driver's character, with ScarJo's character being incredibly impulsive. Driver's character might have been insufferable during the marriage, but ScarJo's character struck me as the one that was incredibly difficult to navigate during the divorce. Dern was trying desperately to ooze charisma but was struggling because of her entirely unlikable character. Her mini-monologue towards the end about double standards was great though.LelekPL wrote: ↑December 11th, 2019, 8:26 amEmmm, it's good but it's not as great as I hoped. I thought the crisis would have been more balanced but here Driver is CLEARLY the "villain". I guess Meryl Streep was as well in Kramer vs Kramer but I thought that movie gave her a better, more sympathetic ending and that's why it works more emotionally. I also could empathise with her character more, due to her depression. In this I just felt bad for ScarJo for dealing with him but I didn't really get emotional. Maybe if the film had shown some of their happier times, or just shown some of the lows instead of talking about it, it would have been more impactful.
Still, it's a solid drama with fantastic performances. Driver tries to make the most of a very unlikable character, ScarJo is amazing and definitely Oscar worthy. While Dern, Alda and Liotta are all effective in their supporting roles, especially Dern who had a great acting year with this and BLL.
Shows the complexity of something like divorce and marriage where these differing perspectives come out, but I genuinely don't think enough was done to balance the two characters' perspectives.
^ Both of these takes are wrong. The truth is somewhere in between, lol.
Yeah the whole idea that the film takes any side is kinda a berserk reading imo
I know the movie tried to preswnt them as equals, there is no right or wrong but upon my viewing of the film, I think it failed at it. Bacon mentions that