I know this movie gets a lot of shit for being a disappointing sophomoric film after "In Bruges" and being an overly-meta catastrophe, but I genuinely think it's great. Just a fun ride all around and some amazingly fun character interactions. It's also one of Walken's best performances.
What does Any Forums think?
Also Martin McDonagh thread because fuck it why not
Its my favourite movie. I literally love every bit of it. Its comfy, its funny, it makes you think(if youre not a jaded tv autist)
perfect movie and a clear evolution from bruges
>7 psychopaths
I only saw 3. The rest were just typical stupid assholes and 1 depressing loser
>being a disappointing sophomoric film after "In Bruges" and being an overly-meta catastrophe
pretty apt, but still quite enjoyable and watchable
Americans disliked it because it calls them out on their "Violent pop culture doesn't encourage violence" cope. And feminists disliked it for depicting violence against women in criticising Hollywood's fetishistic interest in depicting violence against women. So it got critically fucked from both the right and the left. That's all there is to it. McDonaugh is based and I can't wait to see his next kino which is set to star Farrell & Gleeson again as it's an adaptation of one of his Irish stage scripts and has the ugly twink from Dunkirk in it too.
>flashbacks are for fags
I have to say I particularly like the way McDonaugh portrays violence on screen, whether it's graphic or not it's always more distressing and used more sparingly for greater impact than his contemporaries. The violence in Django Unchained was just fatiguing by 15 mins in, no longer shocking just boring. The kid getting knocked out the window in Three Billboards is still upsetting on third watch even though he doesn't even die from it. He has a respect and compassion for his subject matter that is lacking in a lot of western filmmakers and probably betrays his background in a different medium outside of the Hollywood bubble (stage plays). Zahler comes off like an edgy manchild by comparison, unimpressive.
what cockgobbler did you copy this from, dear user?
love this and In Bruges
>Hey new idea, how about we change the title from 'The Seven Psychopaths' to 'The Seven Lesbians Who Are All Disabled And Have Overcome Their Spazzy Shit And Are Really Nice To Everybody And Two Of Them Are Black'? How about that?
I agree. Not my favourite movie but I really like it
Fuck the cops. FUCK EM
No cops.
I don't know if I agree but I think it's funny that people describe zahler as portraying violence as realistic and gritty when it's so ovver the fucking top
it's kino
none of them were a psychopath that's the joke
This movie is unbearable
>violent movies are... LE BAD
I'd argue between his limited emotional range, adrenaline-seeking behaviour and selfishness Billy is the one genuine psychopath in the film even if he styles his actions and persona off the movies he's seen. The rest aren't though and the joke is that Hollywood doesn't have a clue what a real psychopath is, which is probably what they're going for by making the one genuine psycho in the film a barely-functioning manchild imo. Also, this was the role Rockwell was born for, so fucking punchable but perfect delivery.
There's always a tonal shift whenever something violent happens in his films. You're unsure whether it's going to be funny or absolutely horrible and I think there's something so real about it. It's like if Tarantino had a soul.
Yes, that was what McDonaugh was trying to say. Or at least that they are capable of encouraging violence or disturbing people if content is not handled with appropriate responsibility. I don't know if I agree with him but I respect a man for sticking to his principles even if they go against the grain of the industry he works in. He clearly also has a mature understanding of why it is we like violent movies so it's not exactly preachy or paternalistic, just thoughtful about the subject. The Tom Waits segment has a typical Tarantino set-up but injects it with more pathos in 3 minutes than anything Tarantino has done since Jackie Brown, which itself is his best and most mature film only by virtue of being based on a book by a different writer.