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Post by triflo on Jan 11, 2019 21:54:14 GMT
Yes, Kidman is practically campaigning for herself. Annapurna is more concerned in making vice a hit since they financed that film themselves. And Yay for Naomi Watts standing by Kidman And promoting Destroyer. ! You think so? I am not really into campaigning and not really sure how that work. Also, I don't follow Vice campaigning very carefully but I am really surprised how WELL that movie is doing in terms of nominations/recognition with reviews is getting. Even If Beale Street... also from Annapurna, is doing good but not THAT good with great reviews. Somewhere is between is Destroyer.
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Jan 11, 2019 22:03:38 GMT
Yes, Kidman is practically campaigning for herself. Annapurna is more concerned in making vice a hit since they financed that film themselves. And Yay for Naomi Watts standing by Kidman And promoting Destroyer. ! You think so? I am not really into campaigning and not really sure how that work. Also, I don't follow Vice campaigning very carefully but I am really surprised how WELL that movie is doing in terms of nominations/recognition with reviews is getting. Even If Beale Street... also from Annapurna, is doing good but not THAT good with great reviews. Somewhere is between is Destroyer. No they definitely are focusing all their energy on vice (because they financed the whole film), they're giving Beale street some attention too but not as much as Vice. Destroyer is an outlier where they are depending on Kidman to do all the heavy lifting.
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Post by misstoker on Jan 12, 2019 0:00:17 GMT
They should premiere the movie in Venice. Nicole would have had so much award buzz...Telluride and a limited Christmas released is nothing. They just gave her a chance with a little starting push and then left her alone in this crazy bloodbath awards race. What a pity. I don’t know how she earned a Globe Nomination.
About Boy Erased. Focus is one of the best during the awards season. This year they’ve been so weak with both BE and MQOS...at least they believed so much in both movies.
I was so sure she could managed to have that double nomination this year.
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Post by raneto on Jan 12, 2019 2:54:21 GMT
I saw Destroyer today and...
I really liked it, I will start talking a little about the movie itself, what I thought about it. As I read in some reviews, the first half is slow, yes, but pieces of everything is so well directed that you can understand the intention on creating a mood, a solid storytelling about Erin Bell and her past, and what I really appreciate in this first half was the cinematography, it was really good, with some landscapes of L.A., very beautifully disturbing, showing a dirty, no glamorous side of the city, very good locations, you really believe in that filth under crime world. I am a film student so I was noticing the camera focus and the intentions behind every shot/scene, the light leaking out - by purpose, to make it more realistic and raw -, I mean it's a very well done film, technically speaking, I was not expecting this kind of quality, an image quality, that good taste, it was impressive, overcome my expectations.
SPOILERS
The movie keeps the slow pace until the bank scene - the one that happens in the present, so well orchestrated -, which is so well made, Kusama creates a tense feeling, I agree that this movie flirts with a lot of genres, sometimes looks like a horror, suspense, thriller, noir. I loved the music, very haunting, superb job, not distracting, entering in the right time, not less or much, just being there to add more to the mood, very well done.
About Kidman, well, to begin with, the make up thing, I don't think it was distracting, I think it was very believable, well done work with her face, on the other hand the hair - lol not great wig in here - disturbed me a little, but very quickly I get used to it, and what they did with the young Erin, I mean Kidman really looks like some young adult, she is really credible as a 29/30's woman, they did a great job with her freckles, and what Kidman is saying in interviews about the great opportunity of doing the both phases, young and old/damage, it's so good, cause the audience believes that what happened to that woman was real. The walk, the coyote walk, it's so daring and different from anything she has ever done, for me this movie is not being more praised because of a little prejudice maybe from the industry, I mean is very well directed, Kusama did a great work, if this film was made/directed by a male director more "respected" in the industry it would be doing more buzz and loud. The scene when she discovers that she is pregnant is really great, in a gas station bathroom, so subtle, so beautiful. I was smiling the entire film with the great acting I was receiving from Kidman, you know like "girl WOW you nailed this moment, this emotion, you are GREAT", I'm very sad with the more likely no nomination from the Oscar's, it is a performance that is already in her top 10, I don't know how to rank it yet, I prefer waiting more time to rewatch the film and decide, but it is a big one from her, so, so proud!
The whole cast is good - Tatiana Maslany has a very strong scene with Kidman, the girl that plays her daughter, Sebastian Stan - there is also two actors from the "Halt And Catch Fire" series, AMC production which Kusama directed some episodes, that I was really happy to see cause I love the show and they are great, they are Scoot McNairy and Toby Huss. I'm so excited to see it again, even the film being "hard" and slow paced, and even being in a world so disgusting in some ways, made me wanting to revisit very soon, Kidman being in every scene, it's such a joy watch a good movie with her being the real protagonist of it, I miss that, I hope we can have more of that. It's definitely a character study film. And the plot twist in the end, it's great. The very ending scene, the destiny of Erin Bell, I felt for her, she is not a likeable character, but her "redemption" by the end and the dialogue between her daughter and she was very moving, it makes you feel sorry for her and understands her.
SO after this LONG text - lol - I'm very satisfied, please if you have the chance to see it in a theater please do, it makes an impact! I would rated with 4/5.
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Post by paperboy88 on Jan 12, 2019 4:49:52 GMT
Waw thank you so much for the review! Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to see it. I didn't read the whole review trying to avoid the spoilers, but I'm so glad another Kidman fan is loving it. I can't wait to see it! Doesn't come out here until the end of March 😥. How would I rate her performance compared to her other work? Compare to other actresses this year how would u rate Kidman's? I really like Melissa and Rachel "I'm supporting".
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Jan 12, 2019 6:03:01 GMT
I also avoided the spoilers but thank you for your feedback. Yay so far all Kidman fans seem to have enjoyed the film.
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Post by HaurvatatL on Jan 12, 2019 8:11:17 GMT
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Jan 12, 2019 16:21:54 GMT
Destroyer's Friday numbers are in it has done
Good news, it didn't collapse on Friday. Bad news, still not doing that well enough.
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Post by raneto on Jan 12, 2019 19:07:33 GMT
renato, let's do a film one day. oh please, I think we already have our protagonist lol <3
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Post by raneto on Jan 12, 2019 19:18:16 GMT
Waw thank you so much for the review! Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to see it. I didn't read the whole review trying to avoid the spoilers, but I'm so glad another Kidman fan is loving it. I can't wait to see it! Doesn't come out here until the end of March 😥. How would I rate her performance compared to her other work? Compare to other actresses this year how would u rate Kidman's? I really like Melissa and Rachel "I'm supporting". I didn't watch all of them, going to see The Favourite this week, but I saw Gaga, Close, Blunt, so far, and Kidman is better lol, it's always difficult cause I am a hard fan, but I really try not to get "influenced" by this, I mean it's impossible not being more kind or open to a Kidman film, we love her, but this is really special, it's our favourite actress doing amazing work in front of us, and what I love is when you put her movies from this year all together, it's just incredible the range, the completely different roles, I'm SO PROUD, for sure the film is not getting so much attention cause of it's dark plot, tone, it's not easy to go in this journey, the pace is slow, but I love these kind of films, when you know that the whole film is orbiting around this character. I cant' rate right now comparing to her other work, I'm processing, but for me it's her best acting since Rabit Hole, and I loveeee that performance from hers, I loved what she did in Paperboy and BLL, sure, but here it's special, she's really that great, I loved it! I saw it in a press screening, so I will see it again with a friend of mine this week when opens in theaters here in Brazil.
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Post by raneto on Jan 12, 2019 19:19:17 GMT
I also avoided the spoilers but thank you for your feedback. Yay so far all Kidman fans seem to have enjoyed the film. Anxious to read your "review", when it will premiere in your city?
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Post by triflo on Jan 12, 2019 19:31:07 GMT
Waw thank you so much for the review! Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to see it. I didn't read the whole review trying to avoid the spoilers, but I'm so glad another Kidman fan is loving it. I can't wait to see it! Doesn't come out here until the end of March 😥. How would I rate her performance compared to her other work? Compare to other actresses this year how would u rate Kidman's? I really like Melissa and Rachel "I'm supporting". I didn't watch all of them, going to see The Favourite this week, but I saw Gaga, Close, Blunt, so far, and Kidman is better lol, it's always difficult cause I am a hard fan, but I really try not to get "influenced" by this, I mean it's impossible not being more kind or open to a Kidman film, we love her, but this is really special, it's our favourite actress doing amazing work in front of us, and what I love is when you put her movies from this year all together, it's just incredible the range, the completely different roles, I'm SO PROUD, for sure the film is not getting so much attention cause of it's dark plot, tone, it's not easy to go in this journey, the pace is slow, but I love these kind of films, when you know that the whole film is orbiting around this character. I cant' rate right now comparing to her other work, I'm processing, but for me it's her best acting since Rabit Hole, and I loveeee that performance from hers, I loved what she did in Paperboy and BLL, sure, but here it's special, she's really that great, I loved it! I saw it in a press screening, so I will see it again with a friend of mine this week when opens in theaters here in Brazil. I love Nicole in Rabbit Hole:) It's my fifth in Nicole's top 5 performances. About Destroyer. The problem is with the film itself? Is script and directon dragging Nicole down?
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Jan 12, 2019 19:37:10 GMT
I also avoided the spoilers but thank you for your feedback. Yay so far all Kidman fans seem to have enjoyed the film. Anxious to read your "review", when it will premiere in your city? No Idea I hope very soon! its tortuous waiting but I feed off all your reviews and commentary. so keep them coming guys.
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Post by WizLemon on Jan 13, 2019 1:17:56 GMT
I watched Destroyer today. I'm mesmerized. It was almost hypnotically beautiful and I will try to summarize my thoughts.
First and foremost: rejoice. Kidman is in every frame, every single scene of the movie. She is in the movie like she has never been in another. There is an abundance of her - in the present and in the flashback scenes. And then there is more. And she is majestic in every little bit of it.
The film flips between the past and the present which for some, may make the storytelling less seamless but to me, the story never staggered or slowed down. Karyn Kusama's technique is exquisite: she has created this dream-space with very few dialogues but an array of gorgeous imagery. The background score and the cinematography take the story to new heights. It has been said before, there are two protagonists in Destroyer: Erin Bell and Los Angeles. The parched, sun burnt streets, the sadly tense atmosphere - it almost reflects and eventually highlights Kidman's care-worn exterior and her anger and her tense despair. Tatiana Maslany is so intense, so raw in the couple of scenes she's in. Sebastian Stan is quietly great.
The elephant in the room: I did not find her makeup distracting. What I did notice was - may be because I was so transfixed with her face - in a few scenes, I felt the prosthetic cheeks/lips/nose looked a tad different than before so I briefly went 'oh, hmm...' for a moment or two. If I am forced to find flaws, I might say, I felt that the plot/screenwriting held the movie back. I almost felt like the plot needed a bigger moment in its third act as a mystical point where film, dream and reality coalesced. The ending still left me misty-eyed.
I will be very honest. For me, this was probably Kidman's best performance. She soars. She bites it, and chews it up like nobody's goddamned business. I loved it more than Birth or Dogville or Moulin Rouge.
I hope the movie finds an audience. Even if it doesn't, this will be a jewel in her crown for years to come. Congratulations, your highness. I bow down in reverence.
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Post by blued on Jan 13, 2019 1:47:47 GMT
I agree with raneto and Wiz. I just saw it and was mesmerized. It’s a quietly (and elegantly, if that makes sense) feral and fierce performance, and easily one of her best. Watching it more than justifies why I think she’s leagues ahead of her contemporaries.
I was also pleasantly surprised by how beautifully poetic the last few minutes were. I didn’t find her unlikable - just damaged and raw, and she inspired empathy. Awards wouldn’t justify nor validate less what she did here, to be honest. The whole cast was superb.
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