Ryan McNeil
Runtime
88 minutes
Up for Discussion
1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest, Bob Turnbull (3:11)
3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding listener feedback on movie spouses (17:36)
4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (26:50)
5. THE OTHER SIDE pt I – Bob spins FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (59:33)
6. THE OTHER SIDE pt II – Ryan spins AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS (1:12;52)
Thoughts from your host…
So much afoot that it’s hard to believe it’s only been one week since the last episode.
For starters, as I mentioned in the intro, you can now find The Matineecast on Pocketcast if that’s an app you use to source your audio goodness (sure seems cool from what I’ve seen of it). I actually need to give a word of thanks to the fine folks at Pocketcast who made getting the show listed amazingly easy, and likewise to dear friend and loyal listener Sam McCosh for planting the seed of the idea.
If you’re a Pocketcast user, The Matineecast can be found here.
Then there’s the feed for the show itself, which has had its own issues for a few weeks unbeknownst to me. Besides not even realizing it until I tried to point someone towards an old episode, my attempt at fixing it was a quick study in the difference between horses and zebras. Long story short, if you’ve noticed a problem trying to play old episodes, the problem has now been fixed.
Finally there’s the placement of this episode in relationship to my review of the film up for discussing – which is way, way ahead of schedule. In the past, I have recorded episodes the day I write the review of them…sometimes even a day or two ahead. In this instance, Bob and I hashed out our thoughts on J.C. Chandor’s new film a whole week before word one of my review has been typed. I say this because my thoughts may come across a bit more scattered than usual, and I say this because my thoughts may change by the time my review drops on Friday.
Like I said – so much afoot…
Thanks for tuning into episode one-hundred-thirty.
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Enjoy!
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I really enjoyed this film. It had a certain swagger to the way it was directed. Margin Call wanted to impress, it was saying I have an important story to tell and I am going to make sure you stick with me and understand it. A Most Violent Year, is saying, this kind of shit happens watch it if you want to. That said Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain are just mesmerising, you just can’t take your eyes off them. Again they have proved that they can play any part and be totally convincing.
I enjoyed Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and agree with everything you say on the way it looks. I found story to be a little lightweight and haven’t had any desire to revisit it.
Like you in have always been interested in cinematography, a couple of DP’s that I have been impressed with over the past decade or so: Emmanuel Lubezki and Lance Acord. And one who has shown some interesting promise but hasn’t had the opportunity to really shine yet: Christopher Ross.
Warning plot spoilers ahead.
My real takeaway from the movie was the final scene, everyone reveals just a little bit more about there true self. It was the perfect pay-off for what has gone before. When Julian dies, the first thing Abel does is plug the hole in the oil tank. Anna is presented as being very tough and cold, the implication is that she grew up in a a mobster family, I think there was a mention of her having brothers. She buys a gun and is willing to use it. But at the sight of death she looks shaken, possibly even upset. At the same time Abel wants to be legitimate and honest and fights for it all the way through but at the end makes a slightly veiled offer to pay off the DA who appears to agree despite being seemingly honest up to this point.
As for the feedback question: I could give a relatively convincing defence of the virtues of Sucker Punch but have already done that to you! The Sci-Fi that I have always loved is David Lynch’s adaptation of Dune. I saw it on video when it first came out, I would have been around ten at the time. I immediately declared it my favourite film, better than Star Wars. While it has been surpassed by many films since then I still love it.
This is like some of my old responses, longer than my own posts!
“My real takeaway from the movie was the final scene, everyone reveals just a little bit more about there true self. It was the perfect pay-off for what has gone before. When Julian dies, the first thing Abel does is plug the hole in the oil tank. Anna is presented as being very tough and cold, the implication is that she grew up in a a mobster family, I think there was a mention of her having brothers. She buys a gun and is willing to use it. But at the sight of death she looks shaken, possibly even upset. At the same time Abel wants to be legitimate and honest and fights for it all the way through but at the end makes a slightly veiled offer to pay off the DA who appears to agree despite being seemingly honest up to this point.”
That is a wonderful read on the film. I’m also enamored with the final moments of the film, the composition and execution are excellent.
So if this is not too late cool if it is sorry I got home after sending that and passed out for a good long sleep.
I enjoy The Matrix Trilogy as a whole piece which in turn must include Revolutions. It is much more in the ideas than the execution, I appreciate a big franchise that for once isn’t actually just about punching the bad guy even harder the weird mythology and references they insert more and more in the movies as they progress. I really liked the flying bits in Revolutions specifically and the more Hugo Weaving you get the better. It is not at all something I can throw on at anytime but eventually I will always come back to it.