DaleTremont wrote:Seriously is there any news on this film's release date in the US? Is there even one?
TonyWilson wrote:Pacino86845 wrote: The real life dude clearly has a mischievous quality about him, something which was not at all reflected in the movie.
Wha? I thought it was an extremely mischievious, impish kinda movie, by turns hilarious and squalidly operatic. It's not trying to be Chopper at all, imo.
so sorry wrote:Not that I'm complaining... but what the fuck was that?!!???!!??!
That is some wild shit right there.
John-Locke wrote:I've literally just finished watching this, considering I would normally fall asleep watching most films this time of the night the fact that I didn't in a stark film with very little dialogue or action or even recognisable plot says a lot about how strangely captivating this little film is. it's absolutely drenched in atmosphere, has cracking sound design, breathtakingly stunning photography and an iconic performance from Mads. I'm not really sure what it was all about, there isn't exactly a load of symbolism to decipher or interpret, certainly nothing that I'm knowledgeable enough in Norse to recognise. Strangely this didn't matter to me, you could tell it made sense to the director and the characters portrayed this honestly enough that it was satisfying nonetheless.
Hermanator X wrote:LINK
HermantorX wrote:Refn's interpretation of people in those times is that if they werent doing anything, they literally wouldnt be doing anything.
Pacino86845 wrote:I still went to see Drive in the cinema... it was amazing.
Fievel wrote:'Drive' is anti Semitic Propaganda
Fievel wrote:'Drive' is anti Semitic Propaganda
wikipedia wrote:James Sallis, author of the original Drive novel, has written a sequel titled Driven, which is scheduled to be published in April 2012.[95] Director Nicolas Winding Refn has expressed interest in filming a sequel, saying: "The character is born, he's out there, he transforms himself completely into what he's meant to be, he was always meant to be this… He goes on to more and new adventure[s]."Refn further says that he intends the sequel to feature two drivers, one of them a villain counterpart to Ryan Gosling's character, comparing the new driver to Lex Luthor and Professor Moriarty.[96] Gosling also expressed interest in starring in a sequel, saying that he would "love to make a Drive 2" but that he "[doesn't] want to make the same movie" again.
awesome sounding plot synopsises wrote:A Bangkok police lieutenant and a gangster settle their differences in a Thai-boxing match.
NELLIE ANDREEVA wrote:After bringing Hannibal to the small screen with an upcoming NBC series, Gaumont International Television and producer Martha De Laurentiis are looking to do the same for another iconic character, Barbarella. GIT, the U.S.-based production and distribution arm of European feature studio Gaumont, is teaming with De Laurentiis and Drive director Nicolas Refn for a TV series that will be based on the character created by Jean-Claude Forest in a graphic novel and made famous in the 1968 sci-fi movie staring Jane Fonda as a sexpot tasked with finding and stopping the evil weapons inventor. Refn will direct and executive produce the series alongside De Laurentiis, whose late husband Dino produced the 1968 movie. Co-executive producers are Jean-Claude Forest’s son Julien Forest and Hollywood Comics principal Jean-Marc Lofficier.
Refn called Barbarella “one of the ultimate counter-cultural characters.” Added GIT CEO Katie O’Connell, “We are thrilled to have secured the rights from the Forest estate and are thrilled to be pairing the bold visceral style of Nicolas Refn with the pop culture icon Barbarella.” In addition to Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal starring Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen, GIT also is producing the upcoming Eli Roth series Hemlock Grove starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard for Netflix. Gaumont is producing two of Refn’s next feature films, including Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling. He is with WME, Annonymous and Independent Talent Group. Dino and Martha De Laurentiis originally acquired film rights to Barbarella in 2007. Dino was working on a feature Barbarella remake before his 2010 death; the project attracted a slew of directors and young actress but ultimately didn’t take flight.
Bloo wrote:Man I though you'd like Bronson, I really liked it, I haven't seen Valhalla yet
caruso_stalker217 wrote:Bloo wrote:Man I though you'd like Bronson, I really liked it, I haven't seen Valhalla yet
I thought I said I did like it, but maybe I'm wrong.
It was entertaining but a tad...I really don't want to use "pretentious" because that's probably the wrong word. What is like pretentious but isn't? "Artsy-fartsy" is as close as I could get and that sounds pretty dumb. It didn't really seem to have anything to say and wasn't moving in any particular direction. I mean the climax of the film is Bronson beating up some people, which is all he does for the whole movie. And that's it. That's all there is. You could probably swap most any scenes around and end up with the same result. Except more non-linear and artsy-fartsy. How bold. How exciting.
So in closing I liked it, but I would have preferred a more straightforward take on the material, without the nudges and winks.
It felt a lot like DRIVE but with a more playful spirit and a lead actor with charisma.
VALHALLA RISING is dog slop. Just total crap. I will die speaking these words: "VALHALLA RISING, I still feel, was utter shit. Give my corneas to Jenny."
Bloo wrote:caruso_stalker217 wrote:Bloo wrote:Man I though you'd like Bronson, I really liked it, I haven't seen Valhalla yet
I thought I said I did like it, but maybe I'm wrong.
It was entertaining but a tad...I really don't want to use "pretentious" because that's probably the wrong word. What is like pretentious but isn't? "Artsy-fartsy" is as close as I could get and that sounds pretty dumb. It didn't really seem to have anything to say and wasn't moving in any particular direction. I mean the climax of the film is Bronson beating up some people, which is all he does for the whole movie. And that's it. That's all there is. You could probably swap most any scenes around and end up with the same result. Except more non-linear and artsy-fartsy. How bold. How exciting.
So in closing I liked it, but I would have preferred a more straightforward take on the material, without the nudges and winks.
It felt a lot like DRIVE but with a more playful spirit and a lead actor with charisma.
VALHALLA RISING is dog slop. Just total crap. I will die speaking these words: "VALHALLA RISING, I still feel, was utter shit. Give my corneas to Jenny."
maybe I read you wrong. I see your points, and agree with them, but man do I like me some Bronson
caruso_stalker217 wrote:Saw that BRONSON the other day. A decent enough film that could've been better without the artsy-fartsy stuff. I have now seen three of this Refn's films and he definitely seems to be a style over substance kind of guy. But the kind of style over substance that also thinks it has substance. Nice to look at, but really they think a bit too much of themselves these movies.
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