Si nous connaissons mieux en France les blockbusters américains Godzilla, il s'agit d'un des Godzilla produits et réalisé au Japon.
Le budget estimé est ici entre 8 à 15 fois moins que cousins américains, mais le films n'en souffre jamais bien que certains décors soient un peu étriqués.
Le film est à l'échelle d'un film japonais un grand succès public et il a reçu des critiques globalement positives.
Dans le Japon d'après guerre, il devra concilier ses remords, sa famille reconstituée et son combat contre Godzilla.
Le film est assez simple dans son scénario, mais efficace, correctement écrit, mais le point noir pour moi reste le cœur émotionnelle du film autour de la culpabilité du pilote et de sa famille reconstruite. La famille reste très artificielle et elle ne prend pas vie. Certains dialogues font avancer cet arc narratif aux forceps.
Reste que le film est assez efficace, voire impressionnant vu son budget.
Il bénéficie d'un contexte que l'on connait mal avec son japon d'après-guerre. Cela dit, il me semble que le film est très aseptisé quand il aborde les questions militaires, de devoir, etc., notamment en évitant de parler des crimes de guerre.
The lighting is sort of interesting in this. Lots of gels. This beachside exterior is Fat Blue right now, with some warmer colors for the mid tones. Sort of reminds me of Argento's Suspiria and/or Inferno.
Not a fan of this one, but that's okay because Sunday is Chore Day for me, I'll roll this while I do laundry and such. The soundtrack is still pretty good.
Sony Will Use AI to Cut Film Costs, Says CEO Tony Vinciquerra
"“We are very focused on AI. The biggest problem with making films today is the expense,” Vinciquerra said at Sony’s Thursday (Friday in Japan) investor event. “We will be looking at ways to…produce both films for theaters and television in a more efficient way, using AI primarily.”"
Jennifer Lopez trapped in the boot of a car with George Clooney turned out to be the highlight of the movie. After that scene the humour (it was billed as an action comedy) very much dried up. Too much time spent watching hoodlums driving around in cars.
Clooney and Lopez had some chemistry, but, it wasn't enough to hold my attention.
I see they now have Lil Baphomet stickers and Stimpy Log Lady stickers. Since I may soon treat myself to a new laptop, this feels like an auspicious thing to learn rn.
This week's #Monsterdon movie is CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955), by a goddamn landslide. It's about a Nazi creating atomic zombies to help a mobster regain power? That actually sounds kind of cool, I wonder how they'll flub it. Long talky scenes? Big slabs of silence? Misogyny? All this and more, I have no doubt.
Somehow in the past week or so I've fallen back in love with the aesthetics and vibe of the Star Wars prequels (especially "Attack of the Clones") as well as the Old Republic games. Nothing else quite looks like them. I want to live in that world...
It seems a person can get married there. It's expensive for a wedding venue, but since my dream wedding doesn't involve a crowd, that helps to keep costs down, so splurging on the venue might be more financially attainable than I'd expect.
Mission Impossible Rouge Nation
Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Trilogy
Star Trek Trilogy (Kelvin Timeline)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Martian
Ford Vs Ferrari
Once again it is an hour until #Monsterdon, the weekly monster movie watch party. If you want to avoid a bunch of toots about a hokey sci fi flick, block the tag.
This week features STRANGER FROM VENUS (1954), in which a bug-eyed monster tries to get Earth to turn down the bass! No, I think it's about nuclear disarmament or somesuch.
We start at 9pm eastern, and you can find the movie on Tubi or YouTube. See you there!
Criterion is releasing Bound (1996) on 4K this June, at least in the US, where it's been unavailable for quite some time. I think it's one of the best, if not the best, neo-noir film I've seen.
