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Blue Jasmine

kiyonemakibi [Edit] [Delete] 28 replies 10:18, 25 September '13

Anyone else planning to see this? Lots of positive talk about it lately (though I probably shouldn't go into it expecting something up there with the stuff he did through to the mid-90s).

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I COULD have let this be one of the great 0 reply threads of our time

but this is probably easier than starting my own.

It was very good, a lot more dramatic than perhaps suggested by the trailers (or maybe not idk) and a reminder that Woody can do really sharp character driven drama at times. It was still very funny in parts but there was a deep sense of melancholia throughout.

Cate Blanchett was pretty amazing as hyped too. Not sure what else I thought.

Severed799 | 1 Oct '13, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

kiyonemakibi this'd this
Cate Blanchett's performance

is incredible, as was Sally Hawkins. Really loved this, even if the flat that Sally Hawkins' character was in which was supposed to be horrible was actually great.

roastthemonaspit | 1 Oct '13, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ha yeah it was a nice flat
  
  San Francisco is so beautiful as well, made me want to go back.
  
  Severed799 @roastthemonaspit | 1 Oct '13, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
I liked it

Maybe a little condescending in its portrayal of the working-class characters, but the acting was great all round and I liked how they structured it with the constant shifting back and forth between Jasmine's old life and her present one.

kiyonemakibi | 1 Oct '13, 12:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I dunno though
  
  the message I took is that people are pretty selfish regardless of class
  
  Severed799 @kiyonemakibi | 1 Oct '13, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
I was hoping for more of Louis CK

But aside from that I liked it. Certainly one of his strongest films.

Smyth2 | 1 Oct '13, 14:42 | X | ^ This | Reply

DarwinDude this'd this
- didn't mean to this that
  
  I've not seen it
  
  DarwinDude @Smyth2 | 2 Oct '13, 08:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dreaming of a Louis lead Woody Allen film.
  
  wecancreate @Smyth2 | 2 Oct '13, 09:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
I hear Andrew Dice Clay is good in it too

Who'd've thunk it

NoahVale | 1 Oct '13, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- he is!
  
  Severed799 @NoahVale | 1 Oct '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Really great film.

Cate Blanchett was uncomfortably convincing, must be in with a strong chance of winning the Best Woman Actor Oscar.

Spent aaaages trying to remember where I recognised Chilli from before realising he's that terrifying mobster from Boardwalk Empire.

eltham | 1 Oct '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Best Woman Actor :D
  
  Severed799 @eltham | 1 Oct '13, 15:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  PickledOeuf and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
I thought this was great.

I'm shit at describing films, but I'll say it was one of the most rounded things I've seen this year. Cate Blanchett was brilliant, as was Chili. It's basically a modern comedy of manners in a lot of ways.

TheBeautifulOnes_ | 2 Oct '13, 03:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the best line was
  
  'it's not a perfume... Al calls it a fragrance'.
  
  TheBeautifulOnes_ @TheBeautifulOnes_ | 2 Oct '13, 09:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nah best line is where Chilis kicking off in the store
    
    and the manager comes over and is like 'would you like to sit in my office?' and chili replies with 'NO THANKS BUT I APPRECIATE THE OFFER
    
    TheKennedyCurse @TheBeautifulOnes_ | 7 Oct '13, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - The supermarket Manager is my all time hero.
      
      Can I offer you a kleenex?
      
      wilykit @TheKennedyCurse | 7 Oct '13, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - i realy can't wait to see this.
        
        I might go to the cinema tonight, if I am still awake at 6pm.
        
        PickledOeuf | 7 Oct '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
i was a big fan of Eddie too

TheKennedyCurse @wilykit | 7 Oct '13, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
Guys

All Woody Allen films are shit. Be thankful you're not 40+, you don't have to pretend to like them.

Royter-Hatfood | 7 Oct '13, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- nah
  
  TheKennedyCurse @Royter-Hatfood | 7 Oct '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  roastthemonaspit this'd this
  - Yeah
    
    Even the critically untouchable old ones before everyone realised he was a bit shit.
    
    Royter-Hatfood @TheKennedyCurse | 7 Oct '13, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - nah
      
      TheKennedyCurse @Royter-Hatfood | 7 Oct '13, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Watched Manhattan last night
      
      loved it
      
      safebruv @Royter-Hatfood | 7 Oct '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah, in the 70s and 80s
  
  he was one of the greatest filmmakers ever.
  
  kiyonemakibi @Royter-Hatfood | 7 Oct '13, 16:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
i

thought it wa a great film.

The bit where the dentist got a bit rapey was uncomfortable though: the audience in the cinema started off laughing and then stopped when they all realised it wasn't supposed to be funny...

Cate gives a great performance of someone with mental issues.

zahidf | 7 Oct '13, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah people laughed at that too when I saw it
  
  found it weird
  
  TheKennedyCurse @zahidf | 7 Oct '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw it as a scene that's deliberately intended
  
  to go from being funny and awkward to suddenly being really uncomfortable
  
  kiyonemakibi @zahidf | 7 Oct '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Saw this last night

Still not sure what to make of it. I didn't leave me feeling anything.

Cate was WELL GOOD. I wanted more Louis C.K.

meowington | 7 Oct '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply

ohgood and furio this'd this

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