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Post by triflo on Sept 18, 2018 9:20:50 GMT
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 19, 2018 1:55:49 GMT
Was the make up really distracting?! there is so much talking about how bad was the make up in this review. Negative: www.vanyaland.com/2018/09/18/tiff-review-karyn-kusama-destroyer/"The diagnosis isn’t an easy one, however. The performances are, for the most part, solid (including a cameo appearance by Bradley Whitford, who makes more of an impression in his three minutes than most of the cast), though they’re brought down by some really odd choices on Kusama’s part. The director seemed to find herself in a situation where she was given a performance almost too good by her lead actress, so she had to find a tragic flaw in it to prevent her film from being truly great. Hence, the heavy make-up." Destroyer isn’t a truly bad film, it’s just well below the standards of Kusama’s prior work, one that the director can’t manage to find the appropriate mixture of camp and thrills to make it compelling for more than minutes at a time.
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 19, 2018 1:59:54 GMT
10/10 weliveentertainment.com/welivefilm/tiff-2018-review-destroyer/The violence, brutality, rage, and coldness of certain aspects of the City of Angels are shown with unflinching realism with Kusama allowing just enough humanity to inhabit Bell to let the audience have empathy for her. With Destroyer, I think we are seeing the emergence of a true master of craft in Karyn Kusama. With a unique voice and vision, I for one, can not wait to see what she does next.
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 19, 2018 2:12:08 GMT
mmm interesting: dwightbrownink.com/1439-2/"Everything lines up well, except the miscasting of the lead character. Nicole Kidman is never believable as the drunken cop on a revenge spree. She tries to act tough, but can’t pull it off and wears an obtrusive wig that looks like possum roadkill. This is the kind of role Charlize Theron eats for breakfast after she drinks a cup of jet fuel." Rotten tomatoes listed the review above as positive, Destroyer is 85% with 33 Reviews. Do you think we will get more reviews from the fantastic festival?
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 19, 2018 6:36:55 GMT
www.ft.com/content/08fc1a5a-ba82-11e8-8274-55b72926558fDestroyer, which has had early outings at Telluride and Toronto film festivals in the past few weeks, and comes to London Film Festival in October, takes an old trope, gives it the now almost mandatory feminist twist — and then keeps twisting. In Destroyer, though, there’s no finishing sprinkle of moral piquancy, like chopped coriander on the pasta. Violence with uplift is passé. Yes, Kidman’s Erin is horribly damaged, dazed by grief and guilt and shame, not to mention booze, but — says the film, or at least I think so — to believe that this makes her somehow good-deep-down is, well, too much like the movies. Damage destroys you, and can turn you into a destroyer.
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 19, 2018 6:40:28 GMT
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Sept 19, 2018 9:36:54 GMT
Destroyer has survived Toronto and Telluride. next stop London and that will be big hurdle to get through especially since UK critics love sensationalizing their reviews and are very eloquent in their pans, remember the grace of Monaco fire risk guardian review.
it seems people are seeing what they want to see. hopefully UK critics arent too harsh on the film once it premiere in LFF, they are the ones who can swing the review score in either direction. and the UK critics are a close knit group, i know they like to say they're not influenced by one another but in general their reviews have a high correlation.
speaking of Guardian they alread panned "destroyer" with a 2/5 score, so that is a first taste on what to expect!
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Sept 19, 2018 13:38:34 GMT
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Post by triflo on Sept 19, 2018 15:34:50 GMT
Destroyer has survived Toronto and Telluride. next stop London and that will be big hurdle to get through especially since UK critics love sensationalizing their reviews and are very eloquent in their pans, remember the grace of Monaco fire risk guardian review. it seems people are seeing what they want to see. hopefully UK critics arent too harsh on the film once it premiere in LFF, they are the ones who can swing the review score in either direction. and the UK critics are a close knit group, i know they like to say they're not influenced by one another but in general their reviews have a high correlation. speaking of Guardian they alread panned "destroyer" with a 2/5 score, so that is a first taste on what to expect! I am not sure if perception of a movie has anything to do with origins of viewers. I can't imagine raved movie in Canada/US/ being completely trashed in Europe and vice versa - just an example, I don't have Destroyer on my mind. The only thing coming to my mind at the moment is Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending about director with psychosomatic blindness making new movie. In the end movie was trashed in US and french critics loved it. Of course:) Nice satire. With Grace... well, Dahan gave them ALL
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Post by vinceitaly on Sept 19, 2018 15:55:04 GMT
I've seen a lot of movies raved in Us and ignored in Europe. Not completely trashed... This is too much!!!!
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Destroyer
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Post by Our Nic on Sept 19, 2018 16:00:33 GMT
Is it’s getting trashed?
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Post by triflo on Sept 19, 2018 18:47:42 GMT
mmm interesting: dwightbrownink.com/1439-2/"Everything lines up well, except the miscasting of the lead character. Nicole Kidman is never believable as the drunken cop on a revenge spree. She tries to act tough, but can’t pull it off and wears an obtrusive wig that looks like possum roadkill. This is the kind of role Charlize Theron eats for breakfast after she drinks a cup of jet fuel." Rotten tomatoes listed the review above as positive, Destroyer is 85% with 33 Reviews. Do you think we will get more reviews from the fantastic festival? Now they changed it to rotten. 82% for Destroyer and 86% for Boy Erased. But still they didn't add at least more than 10 clearly good/very good reviews for Destroyer.
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Post by NicoleK_Fili on Sept 20, 2018 12:01:16 GMT
82% is not Rotten, is it? It says 6 Rotten and 27 Fresh reviews for Destroyer on the RT site. I think you meant it's not certified fresh anymore... but it is still Fresh, I think.
I'm still so happy that it's overall getting good reviews than bad. Hopeful for a nomination still. I hope the initial critic awards will recognize her to get a momentum going!
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Post by WizLemon on Sept 20, 2018 14:35:45 GMT
Destroyer has survived Toronto and Telluride. next stop London and that will be big hurdle to get through especially since UK critics love sensationalizing their reviews and are very eloquent in their pans, remember the grace of Monaco fire risk guardian review. it seems people are seeing what they want to see. hopefully UK critics arent too harsh on the film once it premiere in LFF, they are the ones who can swing the review score in either direction. and the UK critics are a close knit group, i know they like to say they're not influenced by one another but in general their reviews have a high correlation. speaking of Guardian they alread panned "destroyer" with a 2/5 score, so that is a first taste on what to expect! Here's a warmer read on Destroyer, in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/14/rise-of-the-feminist-detective-movie-destroyer-out-of-blue
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Post by paperboy88 on Sept 21, 2018 4:08:37 GMT
So when do you think we will have a trailer?! any idea? anyone? help plz i just can't wait!
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