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Post by dfunked on Nov 18, 2024 13:26:08 GMT
Gruf we made the mistake of starting the director's cut of Napoleon. Fuck me it drags on!!! Got halfway through it and just noped out of finishing it.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 18, 2024 13:45:05 GMT
Every biopic feels like that to me. Yawnsome.
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Post by Reviewer on Nov 18, 2024 13:52:35 GMT
Man on the Moon being one of the few exceptions.
There are a lot that are good when they narrow in on a small part of the persons life and aren’t full blown biopics.
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Post by rawshark on Nov 18, 2024 14:09:58 GMT
The doc about the making of Man in the Moon was probably even better than the film itself. Jim Carrey winding Jerry Lawler up to the point he almost broke his neck is just a lovely bit of karma in action.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 18, 2024 14:34:57 GMT
I remember really liking Walk The Line, despite having no knowledge or interest in Cash before watching it.
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Post by gamingdave on Nov 18, 2024 14:47:59 GMT
I remember really liking Walk The Line, despite having no knowledge or interest in Cash before watching it. Not rewatched that since the cinema (despite buying the DVD) but remember really enjoying it. Biopics can be a little dry at times, but it depends how they are told, and as Reviewer says it depends what they focus on. I mean, the following could all be described as biopics and I think are universally well received: - Lawrence of Arabia
- Gandhi
- Schnidler's List
- Malcom X
- The Elephant Man
And then we have things like Goodfella, Wolf of Wall Street and The Social Network which are probably a bit loose for the description, but could count. |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 18, 2024 14:52:21 GMT
Yeah, there are exceptions - Walk the Line was decent, Schindler's List amazing obviously. Most are a bit dry though, especially the recent ones -.the Freddie and Elton John ones for example. Boring as fuck, despite both having good stories to tell.
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Post by Vandelay on Nov 18, 2024 15:01:59 GMT
A lot of biopics I saw a long time ago I remember being great, but that might just be because I haven't seen them in a long time. Walk the Line and Man on the Moon I would include, as well as Chaplin, Ray, The Imitation Game and a few others I had in mind when I started this post but can't think of now.
A few recent ones have been a bit disappointing though. The Bob Marley one had some great use of the music, but was mostly pretty flat. Lee was the second best film about a war photographer called Lee this year, and by some margin. One Life was pretty good, but not incredible.
Best biopic I've seen lately was actually the TV series A Small Light. Thought that was fantastic.
Edit - I really liked Rocketman a lot. Avoided the Freddie Mercury one though.
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Post by simple on Nov 18, 2024 15:33:10 GMT
I’ll second A Small Light being excellent
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Post by rftp on Nov 18, 2024 15:52:42 GMT
A lot of biopics I saw a long time ago I remember being great, but that might just be because I haven't seen them in a long time. Walk the Line and Man on the Moon I would include, as well as Chaplin, Ray, The Imitation Game and a few others I had in mind when I started this post but can't think of now. A few recent ones have been a bit disappointing though. The Bob Marley one had some great use of the music, but was mostly pretty flat. Lee was the second best film about a war photographer called Lee this year, and by some margin. One Life was pretty good, but not incredible. Best biopic I've seen lately was actually the TV series A Small Light. Thought that was fantastic. Edit - I really liked Rocketman a lot. Avoided the Freddie Mercury one though. I liked the Freddie Mercury one, and I'm the non-Queen fan in a family of fanatics. |
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Post by britesparc on Nov 18, 2024 16:07:24 GMT
Nowadays they just watch inane bollocks on YouTube all the time. I even miss when my youngest would just watch those kiddie sitcoms on Disney+ over and over again. At least those were written and produced by professionals and had, like, arcs and characters and performances and stuff. /old Agreed. Mine do try, sometimes, but there's not that much proper content produced for kids these days, or they binge through it so fast that it doesn't last as long as it used to. They're currently watching through Wolfblood (iPlayer) and Ninjago for about the 8th time, due to a lack of anything new. Do Nickelodeon and Disney still make teen sitcoms/dramas? Yeah, they still seem to make new ones - there's a sequel series to Wizards of Waverley Place just started on Disney+. But my daughter binges slightly older ones, like Coop & Cammy or Liv & Maddie. Her older sister prefers serialised animation, like Avatar or Trollhunters. But like I say, they tend to watch YouTube mostly. Fun fact/claim to fame: when I worked at CITV, we showed Victorious, the Nickelodeon sitcom. We got to go to a fancy junket once and interview the stars, one of whom was not-a-megastar-just-an-actor-in-a-show Ariana Grande. |
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Post by dfunked on Nov 18, 2024 16:08:39 GMT
I wish we'd got the Sacha Baron Cohen version of that film. It all felt a bit too "let's change that a bit to keep the band happy"
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Post by simple on Nov 18, 2024 16:27:03 GMT
Didn’t Queen push for the film to continue beyond Freddie’s in death in much greater detail and the studio had to put its foot down because no one wants to see that but them
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 18, 2024 16:30:30 GMT
I wish we'd got the Sacha Baron Cohen version of that film. It all felt a bit too "let's change that a bit to keep the band happy" I guess that's because it was literally that as proposed by the band under the message of they didn't want to harm Mercury's legacy. Absolute tripe. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 18, 2024 16:32:44 GMT
Didn’t Queen push for the film to continue beyond Freddie’s in death in much greater detail and the studio had to put its foot down because no one wants to see that but them I believe it was to show Queen going from strength to strength after his death with the none too subtle implication that the band was more than Mercury... |
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Post by rftp on Nov 18, 2024 16:43:31 GMT
Yeah, I was really disappointed that they didn't at least cover the magnificent Adam Lambert years.
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Post by Reviewer on Nov 18, 2024 17:07:56 GMT
I’ve always hated Queen and every single song of theirs. I can see the talent involved but I hate the sound.
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