(215) May The Force be with you this Christmas + links

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Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas everyone!

Let us first dive into a shitstorm. So you probably heard of the whiny, unprofessional "journalist"'s reprehensible tweets and Tom's open letter to him. I was going to rant about that but instead I'm just gonna express how sad I am that this bothered Tom's peace. Clearly it did - he wrote the letter. It's Christmas. And instead of having that time uninterrupted, he had to deal with that manchild.

Look at him:

Yeah sure seems like an asshole during interviews (and this one is a particularly fantastic one).

Oh and him and DiCaprio when they pair up? Such horrible people:

They really do seem like miserable people who don't have fun doing interviews, do they?:

I'm sure that chat ended with DiCaprio giving the journalist titty twister and Hardy stealing his lunch money.

So...movies!

I finally saw Legend.

Fearing for my life while doing so.

Because seriously:

What the hell, Tom.

And before we start, can I just point out that there is this thing online yet I don't remember Tom being shirtless at all in this movie? Granted, I was drinking while watching it. But....I don't think I could get drunk enough not to notice Tom without a shirt...could I?

No, no. He was definitely clothed the entire time.

...though.... was he?

Legend was good but I hate it when the movie is so much worse than the main attraction - Hardy's roles. He was magnificent. I know his way of talking, gesturing, acting in real life and he disappeared in both Krays - I saw no trace of Tom there. It was almost startling, I mean I usually see something from him in his performances - like in Peaky Blinders there is this imposing quality he has, like he could just cloud entire world for you in spite of his short height, but he looked much less strong and threatening in Legend. So because I saw no Tom in that it was actually pretty easy to despise his characters.

That also posed an issue because they wanted me to feel for his wife but Emily Browning was so fucking dull here I wouldn't give a shit if Reggie hacked her into little pieces. How easy is it to play a woman who is in love with character played by Hardy?! And yet she failed to portray that.

The whole thing with him playing both roles is impressive - there is a scene where they both fight and it's really incredible how he pulled all of that off. Overall it's definitely worth seeing just for his performances. He is currently my win in Lead Actor but I have yet to see The Revenant. Which by the way has been leaked online but there is no way in hell I am gonna watch it on small screen.

I can wait 40 days *claws walls*.

Steve Jobs was great. Better than Brooklyn, better than Carol. I think it's because people weren't yelling what a fucking brilliant movie it was so when it turned out it was great I was pleasantly surprised. Fassbender was terrific and Winslet was lovely Rogen was also very good as was Daniels. I really enjoyed the energy of this film it was frantic and tense and it made for a great viewing experience.

Carol fell flat on its ass. I don't give it a single nomination. I just don't dig Haynes' movies. Which makes it all the more amazing I loved his version of Mildred Pierce (which was a mini series). His movies are all style, no substance. You never get a sense that these two women are in love. What exactly did Rooney Mara win for in Cannes? Walk around with the same look on her face? You cannot sell me a cold movie about love. Love is not cold. This approach never worked for me and never will. No one involved with this film has any business being near nominations and the cinematography winning would be laughable.

I tried watching Joy. Managed to see 40 minutes. It's unwatchable. It's not because of Lawrence, who tries, but the film is just beyond awful.

Hateful Eight already made its way online. FBI is apparently trying to figure out who leaked it. Can you imagine Tarantino on a phone with these guys? Also are we sure this isn't someone from Disney being responsible for this particular movie leaking? He did bitch about Disney and we all remember this, don't we? ------->

I thought starting with the coffee scene the film was entertaining but the preceding 100 minutes were mediocre. Samuel L. Jackson plays such a vile character and the story he tells is the grossest thing in all Tarantino films. I was also uncomfortable with the level of violence directed at Jennifer Jason Leigh which was not only extreme but also was played for laughs which was disturbing. It's not a bad movie, but it's one of Tarantino's weakest.

Star Wars. I saw A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back along with half of Return of the Jedi last weekend, so I still need to finish but I really liked it. Luke is kinda boring and Yoda was creeping the shit out of me but the films were really a lot of fun. However, Leia annoyed me to no end. I mean...Harrison Ford rescues you and you are acting like a total bitch to him. 1 1/2 of a movie it took for her to let him kiss her. My God.

The Force Awakens was impossibly dope. What a fun, entertaining movie. Daisy Ridley - there are no words, probably, but I'll try. She is so natural, enthusiastic and adorable. And her character was so admirable and easy to root for. And we care for her from the very first moments because she fixes BB-8's (I SO WANT BB-8 of my own!) antenna and is so kind to it.

I'll probably review the film in few days but man, it was awesome. I already made the cover for the review, super proud of this one:

I had tears in my eyes when that lightsaber lit up after flying to Rey. Jesus Christ.

The only thing it was lacking was eye candy department. I mean I'm still shell shocked from seeing Adam Driver bang Lena Dunham on Girls. So when I see his face, I have fucking flashbacks to that. You need to balance it out with something.

My mom was satisfied just with Ford there (she basically dragged me to the cinema and her reason for seeing the movie - her only reason - was that she is seriously horny for Ford and remarked about 15 times how good he looks when she saw a footage from the premiere on the news) but I'm like, you have Oscar Isaac there and you are underusing him.

Seriously:

If they are hellbent on having interracial couple, OK let me try and pretend that a woman would prefer a goofy Finn to this. But at least have Poe shirtless for the freaking audience.

And the new episode of The Big Bang Theory:

....was outstanding. Not only did it feature the gang loving TFA but also Sheldon and Amy had sex!

That's right. Even Sheldon Cooper is getting laid.

So apparently Dumb and Dumber are gonna make some changes to Game of Thrones after rape controversy. How about you do something about No Lady Stoneheart controversy, huh?