I liked it more than I thought I would.
I wasn’t sold on Cumberbatch getting cast, but he won me over. I esp. like his banter w. other MCU characters in subsequent appearances.
You made a thread dedicated to Dafoe, you should know.
He is not like other actors. Willem is not a pussy.
Not only he has the biggest cock in the Hollywood (seriously, watch his nude scenes), he does his own stunts, because he likes to. Man digs action.
'Listen, I don't want to just pop in there as a cameo or just fill in in close-ups. I want to do the action because that's fun for me."
"It's really impossible to add any integrity or any fun to the character if you don't participate in these things because all that action stuff informs your relationship to the characters and the story, and also it makes you earn your right to play the character."
Right, because he's a dedicated actor. That seems like a no-brainer!
Thanks for the info, though.
I know. I have sinned. Please forgive me, Holy One!
I just haven't given a single shit about the new Spiderman, and honestly I'm a little mad at Disney for forcing me to watch it, haha.. I will probably eventually.
Yeah, it's impressive. But they're getting to live childhood dreams making these movies. It's extraordinarily fun, I guarantee.
Not entirely true. There are some great and terrible MCU films. And everything inbetween. I'm interested in entertaining and/or smart films. I like big spectacle stuff as much as the next guy, but I just prefer there to be some substance to it or at least some impressive craft. I think that's what annoyed me so much about Doctor Strange was that it was such a potentially interesting and subtle concept, but it was wasted with awful Beyonce "jokes" and awful astral projection gimmicks. And so far the MCU Spiderman just screams "We Want $$$$$" to me, and not a lot of artistic integrity. Sam Raimi's films were artful and had a singular filmmaker's skillful craft behind them. They were a singular vision and didn't just look like a big corporate money-machine (that is until the 3rd one of course). That and pre-pubescent Peter Parker is just annoying to me. It just doesn't work as well on screen, even though I get that it may actually be more true to the comic character. And while what the MCU has done is impressive and revolutionary, there is also a little bit of the element of kitsch mass-produced products shoved down consumers' throats. When they were delivering good films it was tolerable, but when they shoehorned in Captian Marvel and Spiderman Homecoming when they weren't necessary (and actually hurt the overarching story they were doing with Thanos) it became cringey. So yes, I do like stuff that can cut across the grain a little bit. A little subversion and rebelliousness is often a good thing. Big, corporate committee films tend not to do that.
And I will watch it eventually. For those reasons alone.
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Stuntsmen are treated like shit by Hollywood. Just look at the guy who did stunts for John Rhys-Davies in Lord of the Rings - Brett Beattie. Internet is full of the new articles on this subject. Made me feel really sorry for him and you should know I'm not exactly the most empathetic person on KMC.
He's been given no credit, but the Fellowship actors considered him their equal --- he even got the "Nine" tattoo, as the rest of them.
When the big league actor wants to do his own stunts, studios knows they can't botch anything up, not anymore --- and they're just not used to that
So, you could easily argue that Dafoe is the true superhero here, knowing no harm will done to any stuntsmen rich people don't give a shit about, at least not in his own scenes.
Gotta love how he explains that participating in action makes the character feel more real, too.
This is the man who loves his job and understands what this is all about.
Fair enough.
I was mostly just messing with you, but thanks for the reply.
I'll keep it really short, because we shouldn't hijack this thread too much.
Astral projection gimmicks were necessary, in my humble opinion, because they've always played a big part in Dr. Strange's mythos. You just can't skip that part.
I thought you'd find the mirror dimension or the Cloak of Levitation cosplaying as a damn symbiote more annoying.
No Way Home pays a huge tribute to Raimi's films. And does it well. Whole point of the film.
Uses the power of our nostalgia, granted, but that's what all of us secretly wanted.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Look, I loved Church's performance in SM3, but... in No Way Home... he was heavily CGI'd for the 99% of the film and we only see him in the human form near the end of the movie in a very brief scene... and - IMO at least - it looked like a re-used, modified footage from SM3. Could be wrong.
While Foxx is definitely less annoying than in TASM2 (no argument here), I can't say either of the TASM villains delivered a good performance.
Then again, even if they did, they still would be outshined by Dafoe and Molina.
the actors who played sandman and lizard had scheduling conflicts that prevented them from appearing live in this movie. so any of their "human" appearances are cg.
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