Agreed, I loved the end. It annoys me that some people need a set ending all tied up, I think watching Hollywood films all your life does this but many independent films or non blockbusters take this route, it is just a snapshot of a period of time and does not always need a neat ending. To me, it left you wondering if they would eventually get their revenge or that getting one person punished was revenge enough.
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[Film] Film 2018
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Agreed, I loved the end. It annoys me that some people need a set ending all tied up, I think watching Hollywood films all your life does this but many independent films or non blockbusters take this route, it is just a snapshot of a period of time and does not always need a neat ending. To me, it left you wondering if they would eventually get their revenge or that getting one person punished was revenge enough.
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I agree. I think the ending was very strong. No doubt the audience wanted some sort of justice, the fact it left it in the air showed a real courage of the director and left it open to your own interpretation and imagination. Would they have taken revenge from an unrelated crime ? They were unsure from the start of the journey. Bravo from start to end
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Mr Banana
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The finale was the only vaguely nuanced part of Billboards. The directors used a battery of bazookas when what they needed was the odd carefully-aimed dart. I reckon they just think audiences are really, really thick.
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Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Nailed it.
Proper cinema, wonderful film. I'm looking forward to a second viewing. The performances are just so rich and enjoyable, much like Fargo (another brilliant performance from McDermond). So many actors on the top of their game. Its just a great film.
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Fabulous film. For me Rockwell was the stand out. What a fcking perormance from the fella !
Mr Banana
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No depth to it. For so much action it's weirdly hollow. I guess you feel entertained in the way you would were you to watch someone repeatedly throw vats of multicoloured paint at a wall. At the end I half expected Mc to emerge, bellow "are you not entertained? It's a plot twist!", then asphyxiate himself and a bloody billboard with a blowtorch
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Oscars
Best actor = Gary Oldman, shue in
Best actress = Frances McDiormad, shue in
Best supporting actor = Sam Rockwell
Best supporting actress = Kristen Scott Thomas
Best actor = Gary Oldman, shue in
Best actress = Frances McDiormad, shue in
Best supporting actor = Sam Rockwell
Best supporting actress = Kristen Scott Thomas
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It is an opinion
Meade's Ball
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I don’t go along to a Spielberg film with an anticipation of delight to be experienced or felt, and I was right not to expect it with The Post, but I didn’t think it a dull rotter. It wasn’t delivered wonderfully and extravagantly, but it pottered along with enough to it to keep interest in amongst the fragments of cheese. What it reminded me about was of putting a different level of actor alongside each other, and one demonstrating their depth in the presence of someone without a lot of it. Merely Streep, with seeming ease, slickly goes through the film with feeling, remorse and brave intention, without a script to die for. And with her is Tom Hanks, who isn’t shocking, but entirely flaccid in comparison. Streep makes the film, and I’m glad to see her do it. Spielberg has his usual immaturity to it all, but I thought it ok, mostly, as I mention, for Streep’s abilities.
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Usual immaturity ? Ok then
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I do like your film reviews MB but I really do not know why you go to the cinema as it seems you hate every single film you ever see. Why put yourself through it ? Really. Maybe do something else that fills your heart a bit more ? Just a thought
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Pompous and critical of everything ever seen. Boring frankly. The worst film critic on here. Dreadful. I like opinions but I pretty much skip through Meades reviews now as I know what he will say before the start
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- #135
It was ok. No decent. Darkest Hour and three billboards were better
Meade's Ball
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Who says I don’t like to feel disappointed.
Really, though, I’ve always loved film, and I don’t need to like more than I dislike in order to feel an attachment to it as an industry. At home, in the wee hours of the morning with my 6 month old sun burped and napping and my partner gently snoozing, i bung on a recorded flick almost in silence and catch 30 minutes of it before readying myself for work. I’m watching a Robert Mitchum western at present and hope to finish it on Tuesday morning. It’s the only time I have for film right now - along with the odd afternoon or evening in which the girlfriend’s sister pops around - but I take it.
I thought The Post was ok.
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The thing with MB is he is not really a decent film reviewer. He slates every single film he ever sees especially Hollywood. He despises that. He is a 1 trick pony. If it is from an unknown studio he will be knocking himself out over it. Sorry but I do find him the most boring and predictable film critic on here. I pretty much disregard everything he says as I know what he will say before I read it. Utterly predictable
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Who says I don’t like to feel disappointed.
Really, though, I’ve always loved film, and I don’t need to like more than I dislike in order to feel an attachment to it as an industry. At home, in the wee hours of the morning with my 6 month old sun burped and napping and my partner gently snoozing, i bung on a recorded flick almost in silence and catch 30 minutes of it before readying myself for work. I’m watching a Robert Mitchum western at present and hope to finish it on Tuesday morning. It’s the only time I have for film right now - along with the odd afternoon or evening in which the girlfriend’s sister pops around - but I take it.
I thought The Post was ok.
Have you ever liked a film ? Ever ? Don't know why you put yourself through it all. You said Oldman was " just about passable "
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Who says I don’t like to feel disappointed.
Really, though, I’ve always loved film, and I don’t need to like more than I dislike in order to feel an attachment to it as an industry. At home, in the wee hours of the morning with my 6 month old sun burped and napping and my partner gently snoozing, i bung on a recorded flick almost in silence and catch 30 minutes of it before readying myself for work. I’m watching a Robert Mitchum western at present and hope to finish it on Tuesday morning. It’s the only time I have for film right now - along with the odd afternoon or evening in which the girlfriend’s sister pops around - but I take it.
I thought The Post was ok.
Ok ? WOW that is indeed praise
Meade's Ball
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If we look at the films up for an Oscar this year, and compare those to the ones of last year, there seems a stark difference in quality. Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea were great, whilst La La Land was certainly good. I still have some to see of this year’s, but they’ve not stunned, or inventively impressed, or hugely moved, with those I’ve seen thus far. We’ll see, though.