5 ms·
which other movie(s) by him can you recommend most?
by sendfoods 5y ago
which other movie(s) by him can you recommend most?
- andy_ppp 5y agoBladerunner 2049 is amazing as is Arrival and Sicario.
- jstx1 5y agoBladerunner 2049 is so slow with such a bland uneventful story and I don't think that cinematography or visuals are enough to compensate for a weak story. I just found the whole thing incredibly boring. To make a parallel between cinematography and special effects - I think at this point people are kind of dismissive of movies that emphasize special effects and there's this old George Lucas quote that "a special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing". But swap "special effect" for "cinematography/visuals" and suddenly movies like Bladerunner 2049 are treated like they are masterpieces even though they hardly have any story to tell.
- toyg 5y ago> Bladerunner 2049 is so slow with such a bland uneventful story Well, it follows a similarly slow and relatively uneventful story in the original, so that's not really a critique. That's not really the point of BladeRunner, anyway - the point is the ambience, the worldbuilding, and the philosophical questions it raises, which 2049 provides in good amount. It will never have the same cultural impact that the original had, but it is an extremely respectful sequel with incredibly beautiful cinematography.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- MikusR 5y agoBy visuals you mean when it's teal or when it's orange?
- the_gipsy 5y agoNot everything is a space opera (Lucas' is terrific!). 2048 has strong emotions stretched over a weak story. 1984's somehow had more story, but also quite slow paced. Some of my favorite movies almost don't have a story at all, neither sfx.
- rado 5y agoIt's great. The rift between sentimentality and rationality holds the full spectrum of the human experience.
- sendfoods 5y agoSicario is his work?! Didn't know that, but liked it a lot.
- mhh__ 5y agoEverything he's ever done is excellent, but work backwards from Dune.
- Apocalypse_666 5y agoArrival
- morganvachon 5y agoThis is one of the few movies of the last two decades that brought me to tears at the reveal towards the end. Once it hits you, you'll look back at the entire movie in a different mindset and it's emotionally jarring. It also helps not having read the source story.
- nindalf 5y agoConsider editing your comment to not mention anything spoiler related. I feel the movie hits different if you’re not expecting anything. Arrival is truly a masterpiece though. I won’t forget it as long as I live.
- rmnclmnt 5y agoDon't know if you have but may I recommend reading the original novel from Ted Chiang named "Story of your life"? It's a bit different from the movie but still incredibly mind bending. Also, any novel from the collection "Story of your life and others"[1] is worth reading and thinking about. Ted Chiang is an exceptional writer. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_Your_Life_and_Others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_Your_Life_and_Other...
- nindalf 5y agoThanks for the recommendation. I bought this book in December, will get to it soon.
- morganvachon 5y agoToo late to edit now unfortunately. I had tried to word it so it wasn't spoilery, I guess I failed on that.
- not_math 5y agoIncendies is his first movie that got him a nomination at the Academy Awards. The budget is smaller than Dune and it's in French and Arabic, so the mass appeal isn't there, but it's well worth the watch. To quote Denis Villeneuve: "[it's] a modern story with a sort of Greek tragedy element". The movie is filmed in Jordan and Montreal, which have a similar feel to Dune, and I would say that he probably took inspiration from his Incendies days to make Dune. The movie is based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, who now works at the very prestigious théâtre national de la Colline as the director.
- foo_foo_can_do 5y agoprisoners, incendies