I don't think it was nearly as well directed or well shot as Birdman. If The Revenant had been made five years before Birdman, I would've thought "Oh, wow, it was cool the way his techniques eventually came together and he could turn them into something like Birdman."

Every four or five years, they "get it right" and I forget that in most years, the one that I liked the least — or possibly even didn't even see because I was so disinterested — becomes the shoo-in.

Probably should've responded to this one instead, but no director alive could've pulled off "Exodus" as well as he did.

Ridley Scott breaks down like this:
somewhere between 2 & 4 masterpieces, depending on how you feel about the outliers.
A bunch of crap, with Thelma and Louise at least being good crap
Then, somewhere around Gladiator, he has a series of pretty solid movies, plus Hannibal
Then a bunch more crap, culminating
But now I…

It has never included names and yet somehow they've never done it before for any of the other great cinematographers.

"Body of Lies" had a similar problem, but also a less interesting other story.

My bet would be on "Fury Road"; three consecutive Oscars is almost entirely unprecedented.

If you like one or two of these, you should just buy the Criterion "Complete Jacques Tati" box set during one of their sales.

Not one of those "Criterion botched that transfer" folks? That's good. Through a weird quirk, I have both of their releases, and I can't decide which one I prefer, they each have their pluses and minuses.

One of the things I love about "Mon Oncle" is that Hulot is the closest thing the film has to an antagonist or villain; as long as he is there, he is driving a wedge between the family — not deliberately, just by who he is — and once he leaves, they are able to get over it. It's why the ending always gets me.

I don't think that Tati was trying to accurately predict the future, dude.

Yes, the old "Guy's boat falls apart, but then somebody else thinks it's a shark" joke. What a telegraphed cliche!

I had a similar experience, except I said "It's Stanley Kubrick directing Charlie Chaplin with production design by Terry Gilliam."

It's pretty funny, the poster is clearly demonstrating their superior knowledge of how dumb adults act. I, for one, applaud you, sir or madam.

Yes, because one thing I demand from my mature adult entertainment is lots of cussing. Good point.

Psst: Donald Glover.

Within 45 minutes, the tone of the movie makes it pretty overt that Matt Damon will live through the movie. Apollo 13 had multiple people in danger, which meant that they could've killed Paxton or Bacon and still had somebody for Hanks to save, so there is actual tension there.

"it feels valuable to tell a sweet, sentimental story about a woman who is an immigrant"

"And I get it, the rights to those disco songs are dirt cheap."

Has he really denied that it's a comedy? Has he explained why the second lead of the movie is the most famous comedienne in the country, if not the world? Not even to ask about the guy from "Community" or the guy from "Dumb and Dumber" or Michael Peña?