Whenever you’re feeling miserable, it’s always worth bearing in mind that some people are less fortunate than you are. Take, for example, Rick (Christian Bale), the angst-ridden screenwriter at the centre of Terrence Malick’s latest cinematic reverie, Knight of Cups. “I spent 30 years of my life not living it, but ruining it for myself,” he broods. “Where did I go wrong? I can’t remember the man I wanted to be.”
>>64483191
And it’s no wonder he’s so gloomy. The poor soul is handsome and healthy, and he is being paid a fortune to write screenplays for Hollywood’s top comedian. If that weren’t nightmarish enough, his writing commitments don’t entail any actual work, so he has to pass the time by strolling along the beach in his Armani outfit, usually in the company of his latest eye-meltingly gorgeous girlfriend. And it gets worse. Sometimes he’s forced to attend star-studded house parties, or to stand in the desert and gaze at the sunrise. He is even chased around boutique hotel rooms by models in skimpy lingerie. Where did he go wrong indeed?
>>64483212
All right, so Rick’s trials and tribulations may not sound especially punishing, but Malick wants us to take his chiselled hero’s existential crisis very seriously. Like his last two films, The Tree of Life and To the Wonder, Knight of Cups is an experimental, impressionistic collage which replaces most of its dialogue with fragmentary narration, and which abandons linear plotting in favour of woozy, elliptical montages punctuated by cryptic chapter headings. It presents itself as being more spiritual and profound than a conventional movie – and for the first few disorientating minutes, the viewer can go along with its own assessment. Soon, though, it’s plain that when Malick’s idiosyncratic methods are applied to an over-privileged California playboy, they don’t result in inspirational art. The result is ludicrous self-parody – somewhere between a Calvin Klein aftershave advertisement and a coffee-table book about the modernist mansions of the rich and famous.
>>64483255
Of course, it’s not impossible to make a sympathetic study of someone who is awash in designer-suited luxury. La Dolce Vita is the obvious example, and the numerous shots of helicopters in Knight of Cups may refer to the opening sequence of Fellini’s glittering bonfire of the vanities. But Malick is too vague about the nature of his hero’s dissatisfaction to engage us: if it weren’t for the portentous woe-is-me slogans that Bale recites in voiceover, we might not realise he was unhappy at all. It’s not as if Rick is addicted to drugs or alcohol, and he certainly hasn’t lost his looks or his career. The film’s most dramatic events are an earth tremor and a break-in, but neither of them has any effect on him. He watches his wired brother (Wes Bentley) arguing with their gruff father (Brian Dennehy), but their dialogue is so low in the sound mix that we don’t hear what they are arguing about. And while Rick may have split up with his wife (Cate Blanchett), it doesn’t bother him too much, probably because his parade of lovestruck younger partners includes Imogen Poots’ wild child, Freida Pinto’s fashion model, Teresa Palmer’s wisdom-spouting pole dancer and Natalie Portman’s married woman. And that’s not counting all the models in lingerie. If Malick wanted nothing more than to put Hollywood’s most celebrated fashion plates in front of his bobbing and weaving camera, then he’s achieved his aim. But if he wanted us to care about Rick’s first-world problems, then he’s gone about it the wrong way.
>it's a crashing this plane with no survivors episode
>>64483112
name me exactly 30 episodes where this happens
>It's a scully refuses to believe in the paranormal despite witnessing it firsthand countless times episode
>it's a vietnam vet episode
Which of Netflix's many amazing original dramas would you classify as Prestige Television?
>>64483060
>television
>prestige
Those are antonyms, anon.
>>64483060
Jessica Jones.
>>64483060
They are all garbage. Narcos had every element it needed to be good but it was still garbage. I am convinced it is a problem with netflix.
Whats up my nigga?
what did ya'll just say?
just noticed there were no blacks in new Mad Max. how so? did niggers whined about it? didnt noticed anything on media
>>64483021
there are no black people in australia
>>64483061
What about the actual land owners ?
babbys stealin peace of shit
>>64483021
implying niggers would be able to survive post apocalypse
So now that the dust has settled, this is basically the best movie of the last 15 years, right?
If you think Garth Brooks is the last word in music, Ford the best automobile, Trump a viable candidate, and your sister the hottest 10/10 would-bang out there, then sure.
Just don't expect people who have teeth or wear shoes to agree.
>>64483019
>>64483272
I really thought his rifle brought out the "anvil-ness" within him.
>>64483272
Trump has literally never done or said anything wrong.
/v/ here
am i a pleb for thinking he's the best director alive?
No. He is the patrician choice.
You're pleb for caring what /tv/ thinks of your tastes.
>>64482956
He's good but by no means the best.
Watch more movies.
Why aren't more operatorcore movies made? It seems like it would be more affordable than your average action movie.
>>64482807
It takes actual effort rather than drawing storyboards and outsourcing to some chink animation studio.
>>64482857
I thought since they're trying to be realistic they would be easier to produce than something that is trying to be superrealistic like most action movies.
>>64482807
> Operatorcore
The whole movie was like Blackops game campaign, flying around the world in private jets, dude sinking Fiji lmao no babysitting, no accountability, dude lmao flipflops in high level meeting don't give a fuck son, dude we picked you cuz we thought you ware dumb all along, just sign the paper you cux,
The First Order didn't stop using clones because they lost control of the planet or they didn't have a source. Kylo Ren literally tells Hux that Finn's disobedience encourages him to return to using a clone army.
This is the biggest nonsense in TFA. A huge plot hole that rips through the text to satisfy Disney's fetish for negroes.
>>64482639
the new troopers seems more skilled than the clones
A clone army would take decades to grow
>>64482812
But they would not be black, therefore quite reliable and not prone to getting lazy like Dindunu Finn
>Around the survivors a perimeter create
A perimeter, creating...AROUND THE SURVIVORS
from my dick i masturbate cum out
>>64482779
If I force pulled that off would you die?
ONE QUARTER PORTION
>Rey sucked his dick for a bigger portion
>Doesn't want to anymore
>Ration bloke is upset
>Gives her shit portions now
>>64482560
This shit design belongs in Doctor Who
Simon Pegg
That's the way we do things here at Pop Quiz Hotshot!
poor brad
>>64482737
Man that looks hilarious
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SITH
why is she so sith bros?
>>64482514
you know it actually would have made more sense for Maz to have Vader's lighsaber than Luke's old one
>>64482619
Vader's was chopped in half. Also, it was vaporized with Death Star 2. It would make no sense
The prequels are seriously underrated. The original trilogy was pretty boring while the prequels keep things interesting for most of the time.
>>64482210
the revenge of the sith was hands down the best star wars film, and the clone wars was still very good. The revenge of the sith was so good because it had to change so dramatically to get it to transition to episode 4. I didn't like the 1st, but it's still better than episode 4 and 7.
3 > 2 >5 >6 > 4 >1 >7
>>64482210
bad films, good concepts, bad execution. They're ok by a star wars fan's standards. If you're a casual or a regular person, then it's probably worse for you. It did make good spin-offs though. Good meme quotes too.
>>64482210
You must be over 18 to post on 4chan.
What holiday should be next?
Easter
>>64482136
Arbor Day
![my_bloody_valentine_1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/TkdC2Bt.jpg "my bloody valentine 1[1]")