Many of us like international trailer even better, after the cut.
(thanks for the link, Bryce!)
Many of us like international trailer even better, after the cut.
(thanks for the link, Bryce!)
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Michelle Williams is a great example of someone who clearly learned to act while having a career. Her first year on DC is laughably bad. And then one break she starred in a film called Me Without You and she was superb. And then by the final season of DC, she had some great line readings and some even better scenes, it’s a shame the writers of the show had relegated her to afterthought status at that point.
But I really credit whoever worked with her for getting her performance for Me Without You, because that’s when I saw her first come into her own.
I can see Paddy’s thoughts on Emma Watson. I still can’t decide if the artificiality she possesses in some of her scenes in Perks is a character affectation or just bad acting. She comes off as more natural in some of the scenes, ones where her character has less of an opportunity to be affected, so I just don’t know.
” When they come they will be desperate and they will be many…”
Sounds like the tag line for Lars Von Trier’s latest.
@ tr Me? Faith-oriented? I’m an atheist.
@ Ryan someone who works for me got on one of those email lists for attending movies. I really enjoyed the whole experience … not so much the confiscating of our cell phones. They hand out an questionnaire at the end for you to complete. They did ask specific questions but also for your comments of what you did and did not like. The only thing I didn’t like was how distracting the clothing was. There were many things I thought very good. Like I said previously, I look forward to seeing it fully formed. It was about 100 mins.
if they caption the beginning with, “Based on a true story” … I will laugh my ass off right there in theater
I’d call the manager
As fundamentalists’ pleasure decreases, Ryan’s increases (jeez there you go)
(potentially)
If something is inversly proportional means that if one thing grows bigger, the other thing grows smaller. You were talking about how someone’s displeasment is affecting your pleasure. If the two variables are displeasment and pleasure and they are inversly proportional, that means that if the displeasement grows bigger the pleasure grows smaller. So if anything they are proportional, not inversly proportional.
I see what you mean. This is how Satan confounds me. With his diabolical semantics.
“Tell me more about the faith-oriented moviegoers being displeased. I have a feeling my own pleasure will be inversely proportional.”
So the more displeased they are, the less pleasure you’ll feel?
(inversely proportional, Koleś. The more the fundamentalists frown, the more I smile).
if they caption the beginning with, “Based on a true story” … I will laugh my ass off right there in theater
Why does Russell Crowe always have the same accent in his films??? With few exceptions (The Insider, A Beautiful Mind), he seems to keep his Aussie accent, regardless of how it differs from those appearing in the film with him. It feels incongruous to me.
I really liked THE FOUNTAIN. If there’s anything wrong with it, I blame Brad Pitt. That’s why it was probably the right decision to not try to wait for Bale and just go and get someone else. Waiting didn’t do him any good that time.
I know Aronofsky is claimed to be “intellectual” and “interesting,” but I think as a writer he’s mediocre at best, and this looks as bad as “The Fountain.” He can be a great director, no doubt; he’s a tremendous choreographer of scenes, and really knows how to edit, and sure knows how to pull great performances (Burstyn, Rourke, Portman). He deserved the directing nomination for “Black Swan,” and would have deserved one for “Requiem” as well. But “The Fountain” felt like it was made by somebody who wanted to be a great thinker, but actually didn’t know how to be. The trailer tells me that’s what this will be as well.
You know what though? I think I would have liked it better with Bale.
I think I would have liked it better with Bale.
I can see that. But Crowe looks closer to 480 years old than Bale does.
I guess Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly get along well on a movie set, this will be one of TWO movies they will be in together next year. The other one is the directing debut (Winter’s Tale) of their Oscar winning ‘A Beautiful Mind’ screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman.
Hel-lo. They needed boots. There’s a flood comin’. Derp.
Who gives a fuck what they’re wearing as long as it looks appropriately ancient?
Love this, tr. My only question is if God provided all the instructions for building the ark, he could have included some (appropriately ancient) patterns for rain slickers.
Aronofsky is the primary reason I have any interest in this. His mind and eye are strange, original and pretty scary. Bible purists will probably dump in their pants, but it has potential to be a great fantasy film under his direction.
Hey, no less an aesthetic hedonist than Nicholas Ray directed one of the best biblical epics of all time (Kings of Kings)
Paddy Mulholland
True, Emma Watson doesn’t seem to possess the kind of raw acting talent that could allow her to deliver truly outstanding performances effortlessly, but considering she had no training and played the same role for most of her life, I don’t think we should dismiss her just yet. She is still very young, time is in her favor so if things continue to go her way, she could be a pleasant surprise in the coming years and may just prove that though she probably has to work for it harder, she DOES have great performances in her. There IS precedent for that after all.
Michelle Williams’s first big acting gig lasted for six years or so and in the beginning as an inexperienced young TV cutie, she was adequate at best in the acting department, then by the end she started to show promise. Afterwards she could have gone EASILY for the pretty girl parts in studio films but she opted for indie fare, learned her craft while doing those movies and improved so dramatically that today she is widely considered as one of her generation’s best actresses.
It took integrity, hard work and experience…Emma Watson seems to have the first two of those down considering her recent career choices, and experience will come once she works more with different kind of directors on different kind of projects. As I said, she is not an effortlessly brilliant actress…but the fact she seems to take the EFFORT to be one one day, is damn promising in my book. We’ll see how it goes.
It’s a fairy tale – they can wear whatever they want (ie. Snow White and the Whatever It Was Called”)
But yes, the clothes distracted me a bit more than “ever so slightly”…still I can’t wait to see what Aronofsky puts on the screen
Hey, I can sit back and enjoy a movie if it entertains me and holds my attention, doesn’t mean I can’t point out an aspect that distracts me ever so slightly. In this case, its clothes that look like they’re out of the biblical Kohls catalog. Doesn’t mean when the lights go down and the movie starts that I can’t possibly be so enthralled as to look past what once distracted me during a 2 minute trailer. I’m still looking forward to it and have been ever since it was announced.
Tell me more about the faith-oriented moviegoers being displeased. I have a feeling my own pleasure will be inversely proportional.
Holla!
I dunno. I preferred this movie when it was called 2012.
I loved the concept of it being post apocalyptic. My thought at the time was that faith-based moviegoers would think it a perversion of their truth and wouldn’t like it and that made me glad. It’s similarity with the bible story ends at Noah and rain. (that’s a slight exaggeration 😉 )
Not as if The Bible explains things all that clearly, is it. I’m less interested in the DIY instructions on how to build my own ark than am I to learn more about how South American and Australian species of creatures managed to migrate to Noah’s neck of the woods in time to catch the boat.
Also, please can we see a family tree outlining who screwed whom to begin repopulating the planet? because it all looks a little incestuous at first glance.
@Renae
I have the feeling you’re one of those faith-oriented moviegoers, which means you’re biased. I hope upon hope that the film isn’t slavish to the original story. It’s been a while since we had a big film stir up true controversy, and I quite enjoy watching the aftermath.
Regarding the clothing…
1. Who gives a fuck what they’re wearing as long as it looks appropriately ancient? Nobody actually knows the sort of clothing that people wore then.
2. There’s a growing theory that civilizations have risen and fell more than once due to worldwide catastrophes, and that those civilizations were a little more advanced than we originally thought.
3. There’s no “time frame” to reference in the first place. It’s not like the story of Noah, even if it were slightly true (i.e. at one time centuries ago one man built an “ark” for his family to escape a massive flood/tsunami/whatever), has a specific historical context.
Ryan, they were wearing Ugg-like boots…rubber soles and all.
Genesis 5:6-7
The Lord saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that every idea their minds thought up was always completely evil.
In particular their horridly evil shearling footwear. “Are you goofs walking around with loofahs on your feet?” snarked the Lord. “Ugg!”
Read your Bible.
Oops/ouch, sorry Ryan. I’d never been to a showing like this before and was really looking forward to seeing the movie. I was disappointed. Hopefully, once it’s fully formed I won’t be.
Oops/ouch, sorry Ryan
Renae, …I’m just jealous. really really jealous. How did you get so lucky? What else can you tell us? (Approximate running time?)
Let’s pitch the young actresses against each other then!
If Kristen Stewart can be considered an “actress”, sure as hell Emma Watson more than deserves her career. I mean, come on!
BTW I fully realized that I’m the only one who’s bringing up someone unrelated to the topic and I take full responsibility for that.
I saw this in July at a “focus group” showing. The special effects and music weren’t fully formed. Clothing was sooo distracting — highly stylized. I can see where the faith-oriented crowd will not like this at all. It’s a post apocalyptic version. I will see it at some point when it comes out just to see if they took any of our advice …
That’s what we need. More focus groups trying to tell a genius how to direct his movie. If only Orson Welles’ bosses had listened to focus groups. Oh, forgot. The utter destruction of The Magnificent Ambersons. I wouldn’t trust a focus group to properly lick my balls.
I’d like to know where you costume complainers found your authoritative antediluvian fashion references. Cecil B. DeMille?
If Noah doesn’t suffer some sort of right-wing fundie smackdown then it could easily rake in $600M or more worldwide.
General audiences and faith-oriented ones are apparently already not pleased:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/darren-aronofsky-paramount-spar-noah-648777
[Emma Watson] seems to be aware that she has to grow as an actress.
And that’s her problem. She’s so aware of everything. There’s not a natural emotional beat in any of her performances, no trace of spontaneity. It’s all so rehearsed and so phony. And I do think her awful performance in The Bling Ring was her fault, Bryce. Her co-stars settled into their roles quite nicely; she gave hers a comic edge, looking down her prim, posh English nose at this nouveau riche bimbo she so obviously disapproved of. I was shocked Sofia Coppola let her get away with it.
Love ya, Paddy. But I love Emma Watson too. Sorry to learn a 3some is out of the question
A 2some’s not tho 😉
Tell me more about the faith-oriented moviegoers being displeased. I have a feeling my own pleasure will be inversely proportional.
Phantom, agreed. Emma Watson has done a pretty great job expanding her resume beyond Harry Potter.
LOL amped about the art, but I don’t know French.
Seriously though. The graphic novel is a series in 4 volumes. The first two books are already available in France and Germany. The entire series will be released in English in March, same week the movie opens, I think.
hopefully if such thing happens it will only help the film
I think that would be the case.
Not very many people like to be told what to see, seriously. Also, I know it’s Aronofsky so we should expect a very rich complex film, but it must be said that both previews also look extremely FUN and ENTERNTAINING, so I anticipate the response to the trailer being overwhelmingly positive among younger movie-going demos. Ray Winstone does look like a proper believable villain, and Russell Crowe is cool.
Emma Watson was fine PERKS, and pretty good in THIS IS THE END. Terrible in THE BLING RING, but that’s not her fault! I’m interested in what Logan Lerman does too. Anyone’s read the graphic novel? That was never distributed was it?
From what I’ve seen, the Noah graphic novel has a totally different tone.
Oh yeah, Scott’s EXODUS. Actually, now I’m glad they will be released so far apart. Gives enough time critics to breath a not freak out on Ridley’s film.
John,
The time looks unspecified and maybe even indeterminable which would be awesome
WOW…I loved the international trailer, I’m cautiously optimistic now. I have faith in Aronofsky and it’s nice to see him reunited with the criminally underused Jennifer Connelly, I’m just slightly concerned that there will be a passionofthechristesque backlash here (Aronofsky dares to be an atheist), hopefully if such thing happens it will only help the film. Oscar-wise, a late March release date though early wouldn’t be unprecedented, especially if an epic like this one makes a buttload of money and gets rave reviews.
P.S. Paddy, cut some slack to Emma Watson. Clearly she isn’t a saoirsaronanesque acting prodigy but at least she is trying and seems to be aware that she has to grow as an actress. For what it’s worth, I think her post-HP career has been rather impressive : serious indie cred for the wonderful ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, prestige cred for her bit part in ‘My Week with Marilyn’, edge cred for Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Bling Ring’ and stole the show with a cameo in a big summer hit, ‘This is the End’. After her franchise ended, she could have clearly gone the ‘leading lady’ or the ‘tentpole’ way but she opted for these interesting projects, supporting roles in all. Hopefully she’ll continue to improve.
Like The Fountain atmospherics…I’m psyched as well! Good description!
Films like Requiem for a Dream make me trust Darren Aronofsky. Films like The Fountain do not. This feels more like The Fountain…
Who decided Emma Watson could have a Hollywood career? It sure fucking wasn’t me.
If Noah doesn’t suffer some sort of right-wing fundie smackdown then it could easily rake in $600M or more worldwide.
Darren Aronofsky is already one of the most interesting directors alive. Noah financial cred can give Aronofsky the clout to do more of anything that strikes his fancy. I’m all for whatever it takes for cinema visionaries being enabled to pursue their extravagant visions.
Would that David Lynch ever made a blockbuster. Maybe he wouldn’t now be relegated to making perfume commercials.
(Love ya, Paddy. But I love Emma Watson too. Sorry to learn a 3some is out of the question).
I can’t view the video since I’m at my office. Inaccurate attire aside, how does it look overall?
Looks fantastic to me. In many ways feels like the atmospherics of The Fountain. I’m officially psyched.
I’m not a history buff, but I was simply too distracted by what looked like inaccurate attire for that era.
too distracted by what looked like inaccurate attire for that era.
Really? Dunno. I threw out all my back issues of GQ from 3000 B.C.
March 27 release date begs the question: Is it Oscar worthy?
I think the March 27 release date has more to do with smart timing to coincide with religious holidays — Easter, Purim, Passover — and the busloads of church and temple audiences who will flock to see this film. Think about how each year The Ten Commandments airs on television around Easter.
Pure speculation on my part. No proof. Just that I’m trying to figure out what’s behind the thinking for this release date. I can’t come up with any other reason a studio wouldn’t hold onto an expensive epic a few months to position it for a more typical prestige rollout.
Also, let’s not forget Ridley Scott has Exodus coming out in December 2014. As much as I look forward to seeing Noah vs. Moses a la Batman vs. Superman, I like that they’re setting up the origin stories in individual movies first before the Old Testament Avengers band together for Summer 2016.
International trailer is different, offers more footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sGw3w8_HA&feature=player_embedded
Let the Aronofsky cut prevail, you mercenaries!!
p.s. I love it.