WHYtehawk
Joined Jun 2007
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I love Australian films especially with a weird, horror or Sci-Fi theme. They have a good sense of humour and naturalistic style.
Give this film a go. Enjoyable movie to watch : )
Saw it on SBS World Movies, (best channel on Free Tv in OZ IMO), and was pleasantly surprised at how good it is.
I am looking forward to more great films from this director. I'm over the Hollywood BS of Disney and its underlings (Marvel, etc) so anything with a unique approach to style, storytelling or focus is refreshing.
It is obvious this film is a creation of passion and I hope all involved get the credit they deserve. Music is well done and makes me want to check out what other Aussie gems from recent have been hiding in plain sight.
Give this film a go. Enjoyable movie to watch : )
Saw it on SBS World Movies, (best channel on Free Tv in OZ IMO), and was pleasantly surprised at how good it is.
I am looking forward to more great films from this director. I'm over the Hollywood BS of Disney and its underlings (Marvel, etc) so anything with a unique approach to style, storytelling or focus is refreshing.
It is obvious this film is a creation of passion and I hope all involved get the credit they deserve. Music is well done and makes me want to check out what other Aussie gems from recent have been hiding in plain sight.
Asteroid City has been painted with a broad brush to be basic, void of meaning, low characterisation, cold, puppet people filling beautiful worlds, dull, pretentious and self-indulgent. All the usual accusations lobbed at artists such Kubrick and Anderson. Same old knee-jerk reactions we got to 2001 A Space Odyssey etc. Asteroid City is to me like a minor 2001 type film. Seemingly devoid of meaning but it is there if you just look. And hilarious as well. Like TL, DR 'War & Peace' length instructions on how to use a Space Toilet.
Asteroid to me is a riot. One of the funniest films, so quirkily absurd and bizarre but also with a hot take on our place in this world, the nighmare and joke of being, the ridiculous cyclical nature of the US military industrial complex perfected in the 1950s and beyond. The facade of acting and film. The facade of society itself.
"I'm going to go get a breath of fresh air" "Alright, but you won't find it.
Asteroid to me is a riot. One of the funniest films, so quirkily absurd and bizarre but also with a hot take on our place in this world, the nighmare and joke of being, the ridiculous cyclical nature of the US military industrial complex perfected in the 1950s and beyond. The facade of acting and film. The facade of society itself.
"I'm going to go get a breath of fresh air" "Alright, but you won't find it.
My introduction to Greta Gerwig has been recent. Before seeing her brilliant Barbie (2023) film, that straddles indie intelligent dialogue with satirical bite & corporate IP interests in favour of stockowners, I saw her acting and writing effort in the, adapted from novel, 'White Noise' film. This made me interested in further exploring Greta's style.
'Lady Bird' is a marvelous coming of age story, filled with nuance and realistic dialogue. I am very much interested to see what artistic direction Greta Gerwig goes in post-Barbie and hope she keeps the smart, funny dialogue and storytelling style, a mix of sweetness tinged with the pain of existence, for many moons to come. As a fan of great dialogue writing in film, I fully recommend 'Lady Bird'.
'Lady Bird' is a marvelous coming of age story, filled with nuance and realistic dialogue. I am very much interested to see what artistic direction Greta Gerwig goes in post-Barbie and hope she keeps the smart, funny dialogue and storytelling style, a mix of sweetness tinged with the pain of existence, for many moons to come. As a fan of great dialogue writing in film, I fully recommend 'Lady Bird'.