invincible ( 2001 drama film )
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invincible
( 2001) | a drama film written and directed by werner herzog. the film stars tim roth, jouko ahola, anna gourari, and max raabe | t… | pinteres…
invincible approaches history as myth, striving not to document reality, but to penetrate its tragic essence .
the large chinese character used in the film' s logo does not mean
invincible
at all; it actually just means
water
.
and yes, i know what you' re thinking .
bloody hell, i know he loves herzog, but giving invincible - invincible! - four and a half stars? really ?
yes, really .
ostensibly about polish jewish blacksmith turned variety act strongman siegmund breitbart (jouko ahola) whose swift rise and fall predated the dangerous march of hitler and the national socialists by only a matter of weeks, invincible is a film about the mania of hatred, dissatisfaction and blame that heralds any genocide. invincible was released in cinemas in 2001 and garnered good reviews but slipped from screens all too quickly and remains little seen, and yet what invincible can tell us about the direction of both germany in the early 1930s and herzog’s career in general is fascinating .
though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog' s works, invincible shows he' s back in form, with an astoundingly rich film .
buried deep in werner herzog’s rich and varied curriculum vitae, winking at the millennium celebrations behind it and trailing his remarkable lone air crash survivor documentary wings of hope, his unhinged turn in harmony korine’s julian donkey boy and periods directing opera in genoa and houston lies the neglected and significant biographical drama invincible .
this article is about the 2010 boxing film. for the 1952 boxing film, see the fighter (1952 film). for other uses, see fighter (disambiguation) .
the most blatant vestiges of seventies herzog (which is the best herzog. .) were last on film in invincible. his penchant for expressing subtextual black comedy that has tragic consequences has not been so pronounced this century .
in limited release, the mandy moore drama dedication got off to a moderate start collecting $ 23, 832 from only four venues for an average of $ 5, 958 on its opening weekend for the weinstein co .
the film received seven academy award nominations, including best picture, winning two. [ 40 ] the film was nominated for six golden globe awards: best picture (drama), best actor (drama) for wahlberg, best supporting actress for leo and adams, best supporting actor for bale, and a nomination for best director for russell. [ 41 ] the film received three chicago film critics award nominations: best supporting actor for bale, and best supporting actress nominations for adams and leo. bale won a satellite award, the critics' choice award, the golden globe for best supporting actor, and the national board of review award for best supporting actor. leo won the golden globe for best supporting actress .
as with fitzcarraldo before it, herzog was determined to bring the opera to bear on this tale of mysticism and eccentricity. by its very nature breitbart’s sorry tale lends itself to wagnerian analogy and yet at its heart there is something more intricate and intriguing about this disarming film. with it’s pared down sensibility, raw acting and skewed morality the film invincible can most easily be compared to is louis malle’s queasy tale of collaboration and oppression in wartime france – lacombe lucien. yet malle’s film, as good as it is, is about the seduction of power, invincible is about the survival of power’s universal essence .
three national releases dumped into the late - august abyss debuted outside of the top ten with weak results. yari film group' s well - reviewed boxing drama resurrecting the champ starring samuel l. jackson and josh hartnett opened with $ 1. 7m from 1, 605 theaters for a poor $ 1, 034 average. universal' s latino crime drama illegal tender bowed to $ 1. 4m from 512 sites for a mild $ 2, 785 average. the most miserable results came from the jon voight film september dawn which grossed $ 901, 857 from 857 playdates for an embarrassing $ 1, 052 per - theater average for slowhand releasing .
aesthetically invincible ’s most noticeable influence however is the pre - world war ii yiddish cinema, the best known of which – michael waszynski’s the dybbuk and joseph green’s yiddle with a fiddle tread that fine line between melodrama and empathy with a rootsy base charm that asks little of the audience but patience and understanding. visually simple and sonically charged by composer hans zimmer, invincible is an all too modern paean to these wonderful films. the rise of the nazis and the subsequent holocaust put an end to this cinematic tradition much as it did to the careers of breitbart and hanussen and all those involved in occult cabaret but invincible survives .
this exceeded all our expectations ,
says dan fellman, warner bros.' head of domestic distribution, who claims that scheduling the adult - oriented literary drama between blockbusters like
iron man 3
and
star trek into darkness
helped it stand out .
is built upon this. the only film of his to get any respect from critics is
film, after all. what makes this example notable is that its amazon rating is at
2011 - melbourne international film festival - it' s him... terry lim !
yes, there were occasional successes. the adult - targeting touchstone division delivered a handful of blockbusters, including signs (2002), sweet home alabama (2002), and the national treasure franchise (which debuted in 2004). meanwhile, the studio’s disney - branded flicks showed some hints of life, particularly minor sports - themed pictures such as miracle (2004) and invincible (2006) and women - driven fare such as the princess diaries (2001) and freaky friday (2003). but the costly failures outweighed those surprise hits .
every film roger ebert has given a four - star rating. this is an ongoing project .
, the film was released in the united states on july 3, 2002. it is a
like aguirre, the wrath of god, the enigma of kaspar hauser, fitzcarraldo and even rescue dawn, invincible is about that place where madness, talent and the human spirit leads us all when everything is going to hell around us .
watching
invincible
was a singular experience for me, because it reminded me of the fundamental power that the cinema had for us when we were children. the film exercises the power that fable has for the believing. herzog has gotten outside the constraints and conventions of ordinary narrative, and addresses us where our credulity keeps its secrets .
erikoinen kokemus. välillä tuntui siltä kuin katsoisi herzogin sijasta timo koivusalo - elokuvaa. kesäteatterimaisen kökköyden vastapainoksi invincible tarjoaa myös todella vaikuttavia hetkiä, mitkä lopulta voittivat puolelleen. tim roth vakuutti ja jouko ahola oli - toisin kuin voisi ehkä luulla - mainio .
the movie has the power of a great silent film, unafraid of grand gestures and moral absolutes .
this film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. see what’s now showing
( where the film has a more reasonable 5. 9 score) denounced this as a case of
the fighter is a 2010 american biographical sports drama film directed by david o. russell, and starring mark wahlberg (who also co - produced), christian bale, amy adams and melissa leo. the film centers on the lives of professional boxer micky ward (wahlberg) and his older half - brother dicky eklund (bale). adams plays micky' s girlfriend charlene fleming and leo portrays micky and dicky' s mother, alice eklund - ward. the film was inspired by the 1995 documentary that features the eklund - ward family, titled high on crack street: lost lives in lowell. [ 6 ]
the film depicts shea neary with an irish accent when in fact shea neary is from liverpool, england .
the top ten films grossed $ 84m which was up 10% from last year when invincible opened in first place with $ 17m; and up 8% from 2005 when the 40 - year - old virgin remained in the top spot with $ 16. 3m .
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an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
let me in got rave reviews from film critics, but did so - so at the box office. some people believe that the low turnout was due to people who refused to go see it out of sheer bitter spite (or on simple principle) because it' s an american remake of a foreign film. but what really killed let me in was distributor relativity media (who acquired the film from starz due to buying the overture distribution outlet from them) giving the film the invisible advertising treatment. there were few trailers or tv spots released and the film wasn' t even listed on relativity' s website. not helping the film was that the company chose to open it the same day as the social network (a film relativity co - financed with sony) .
on metacritic, the film achieved a rating of 65 out of 100, which indicates
generally favorable reviews
.
, as the film was already tagged as a flop by the time the weekend rolled around). julia roberts opened
to $ 23 million (proving she is still a movie star in the right project), but the film didn' t deliver and the film ended up with $ 70 million. as far as new stars, amanda seyfried powered
this is typical herzog: he makes a touching film about jews in germany and the rise of the nazi party, without overloading the film with pity or melodrama. and he still manages to get in his lingering
nature shots
.
one for the money. a whopping 2% on rotten tomatoes and bombed at the box office, but fans of the book series the film was based on generally enjoyed it and the film did considerably better once it reached home media .
invincible ,
which completely flew under everyone' s radar way back in 2001, is a fascinating film... a colorfully painted tale of individual triumph in the face of adversity. based on fact, the film is a very straightforward effort, but is not completely void of herzog' s off - kilter style and sensibilities. it feels very dreamlike, and has a certain elegance and whimsy. adding to this quality is a cast of relatively inexperienced actors (tim roth and a few others being the exceptions). the hulking jouko ahola for example, the hero of the narrative, has a very limited acting range and ability but delivers a very likable, touching, and admirable performance in spite of himself. but no doubt it is herzog who deserves credit most. each scene is filled with the passion and love he obviously had for this material, and luckily his emotions bleed through. this is a powerful story told in a very unique and level - headed fashion. see this gem. another really interesting film from herzog .
and that doesn’t even count the drama the independently run miramax (acquired by disney in 1993, at the beginning of the indie boom) and its founders the weinsteins had thrown the company’s way via a dispute over the 2004 release of michael moore’s fahrenheit 9 / 11. that fight led to a painful divorce that barely worked out for either party in the long run .
the fighter will now strike a blow on december 10
. the film stage. retrieved june 24, 2010 .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
short entitled
chicken scratch
was shown prior to the film, which later aired as part of the series' fourth season. the film made its network debut on cartoon network on may 23, 2003 and on march 5, 2004 on toonami .
internationally, the film is proving even more invincible. the $ 200 million marvel title has now earned $ 664. 1 million overseas, led by massive business in asia .
iron man 3′s
top two international markets are currently china ($ 95. 3 million) and korea ($ 54. 1 million), and it has become the highest grossing film of all time in both indonesia and malaysia. worldwide ,
iron man 3
has grossed a truly jaw - dropping $ 949 million, guaranteeing it will surpass $ 1 billion sometime this week .
transformers age of extinction continued the tradition, also making over $ 1 billion worldwide (and actually becoming the highest - grossing film of its year, the second time a bay film accomplished this feat after armageddon) despite opening to near - universally negative reviews .
i can honestly say that i haven' t dived that deep into herzog' s filmography, but despite of this i would put my chin out and say that invincible is very easy to recognize as one of his movies. and even though the plot itself is pretty straightforward, there is a lot to read in between…
this is a really powerful film that chronicles the excess and hypocrisy of nazi germany. tim roth gives an intense performance as well .
critics were mixed towards were the millers, some outright hating the film, but it was a financial success and scored better with audiences .
with the contrasting performances of its two leads, an unconventional and surprising story, and overall mythical quality gives this herzog film its wondrous appeal .
was a borderline arthouse horror film that warner released wide). we can whine all we want about tom cruise' s fading starpower, but
in the film, ward is knocked down in round six of the neary fight. in reality, ward was not knocked down in that fight .
was a stunning surprise, in that was a wonderful piece of old - school entertainment, and standing out as a character - driven drama in a sea of fantasy spectacles. the film was powered by nostalgia of the 1984 original, the kid - appeal of jaden smith, and the thrill of seeing jackie chan portraying a variation on mr. miyagi. but the marketing was unique in that sony sold the fact that it was a film of quality (imagine that:' come see this movie... because it' s good!'). cue $ 56 million opening weekend, $ 176 million domestic and $ 334 million worldwide. it is the year' s highest - grossing film that wasn' t aided by imax or 3d ticket - price bumps. nice work, but we really don' t need to risk the goodwill by making another one (although, to be fair ,
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
the film of the book of daisy miller received a rare 100% rating on rotten tomatoes from 6 critics, but a measly 23% from audiences .
religious films are often given mixed or negative reviews by critics, but popular with the audiences that watch them. for example, the passion of the christ was rated 49% on rotten tomatoes, but is the highest - grossing religious film and the highest grossing non - english language film of all time .
was probably the worst film of the summer and a heartbreaking artistic failure from the once promising m. night shyamalan (i still believe the man who made
the fighter received largely positive reviews, with critics praising the performances of wahlberg, bale, adams and leo. bale was seemingly praised more for his performance than his fellow costars, with comments about his weight, accent and mannerisms. review aggregation website rotten tomatoes gives the film a rating of 90% based on reviews from 239 critics, with an average rating of 7. 8 / 10. the site' s critical consensus reads ,
led by a trio of captivating performances from mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams, the fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre .
[ 36 ] metacritic gives the film an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating
generally favorable reviews
. [ 37 ]
there have been at least two points in history where critical dissonance got to such a point that it led to a paradigm shift within film criticism in general .
lovece, frank .
winning combination: mark wahlberg and david o. russell champion' the fighter'
, film journal international, december 3, 2010
batman v superman dawn of justice is incredibly polarizing. the vast majority of critics panned the film, with one memorable headline calling it
a crime against comic book fans .
audiences well, it' s actually hard to tell. many sites were review - bombed with perfect scores about a day before the film came out, but the voices and user reviews since then haven' t been anywhere near as vitriolic as the critics, finding it a flawed but entertaining film .
in second place, baz luhrmann' s roaring' 20s drama took in $ 51. 1 million — the third best opening weekend ever for a film that didn' t hit no. 1. (in 2004 ,
the day after tomorrow
debuted with $ 68. 7 million but trailed
shrek 2 .
in 2009 ,
sherlock holmes
started with $ 62. 3 million but couldn' t overtake
avatar .
) the glossy f. scott fitzgerald adaptation, which stars leonardo dicaprio, carey mulligan, tobey maguire and joel edgerton, broke out at the box office despite middling reviews and a
b
cinemascore grade .
invincible tells the true story of zishe breibart, a jewish blacksmith from eastern poland who travels to berlin in the 1930s to join a nightclub cabaret. he is billed as the world' s strongest man - a claim that is not well received by the rising nazi party. using his role as the modern day sampson to defend his own people, zishe embarks on an inevitable path to tragedy .
live free or die hard was hailed as a return to form for the series, as well as a true sequel to the first, by critics. however, despite all the moviegoers and series fans who enjoyed it, it quickly turned into the series' most divisive movie thanks to accusations of boring invincible hero, complaints about justin long, and its series - unusual pg - 13 rating .
but
gatsby' s
debut also marks a career high point for australian director baz luhrmann. before this weekend, the polarizing filmmaker' s best opening weekend belonged to his sweeping romance
australia ,
which bowed to $ 14. 8 million in 2008 .
the great gatsby
easily clobbered that figure, and it will quickly become his highest grossing film ever, surpassing
moulin rouge ,
which danced its way to $ 57 million total in 2001. of course ,
gatsby
was undoubtedly luhrmann' s most expensive project, too. the film, which was shot in 3 - d, cost about $ 105 million to produce (and reportedly would have cost about $ 190 million without australian rebates), though audiences weren' t overly excited about the 3 - d effects. only 33 percent of ticket sales were for 3 - d showtimes .
christmas eve, a forgettable 2015 film starring patrick stewart, has a rare 0% on rotten tomatoes, but audiences gave it a barely - fresh 61% .
i got astonished to see my own patience for watching this film till the end i. e. for one and half hour... maybe because i rented it. however, the only thing that is worth is billy zane' s famous geek - like appearence that is present here in full fledge. actually it' s better not to have any comment on the other' actors'. the screenplay is horrible; the visual effects, childish; the action sequences, intolerable and the story, laughable. there were some nice colorful images to attract other geeks among the viewers. and direction? given production, even i can direct such a movie. truly invincible... in the measure of how bad can a film be .
the film has ward' s career record as 30–7 with 20 kos as he fights neary. in reality, his record at that time was 34–9 with 25 kos .
rising one spot to second place was matt damon' s latest assassin flick the bourne ultimatum which slipped only 37% to $ 12. 5m. it was the third best fourth - weekend gross of any summer film this year after the threequel smashes shrek the third ($ 15. 3m) and spider - man 3 ($ 14. 3m). with $ 185. 3m in the bank for universal, bourne has now outgrossed every james bond film domestically (in nominal dollar terms), both previous bourne films, and two of the three mission: impossible pics. ultimatum is still on track to hit the $ 200m mark by the end of labor day weekend and will give a serious challenge to this decade' s top action films that are not driven by special effects - rush hour 2 ($ 226. 2m in 2001) and mission: impossible 2 ($ 215. 4m in 2000) .
scenescape. the inspired script is both sinfully cynical and aw - shucks sweet
. he also called it
one of the few american creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art .
however, the film received minimal controversy for some of its violence, which many felt was too extreme for a family - oriented film ,
to promote the film, wahlberg appeared on the cover of sports illustrated and men' s fitness, and bale on esquire, [ 17 ] in november 2010. an advanced charity premiere took place in lowell, massachusetts, the setting of the fighter, on december 9, a day before the film' s scheduled national release. [ 35 ]
the story of hanussen and breitbart has long since fascinated those obsessed with the occultist ley lines that cut through time and culture. indeed in 2001 mike mignola’s brilliant hellboy graphic novel series was finally getting the recognition it deserved thanks to a sustained assault of soft back reprints, and breitbart and hanussen’s influence haunt hellboy like a stinking green undead mist. squint and it is easy to see breitbart resurrected as a demonic investigator for the bureau of paranormal research and defence, hanussen’s influence is there in both the nazi occultists hellboy frequently fights and even in the passing kindness of hellboy’s surrogate father professor bruttenholm .
drama / zishe breitbart (jouko ahola) es el hijo de un herrero de polonia que causa sensación en el berlín de la weimar como forzudo de tiempos mitológicos. su empleador, hanussen (tim roth), sueña con establecer un todopoderoso
ministerio de lo oculto
en el gobierno de hitler. reparto: tim roth, jouko ahola, anna gourari, max raabe, jacob wein, udo kier, herbert golder, klaus stiglmeier, ieva aleksandrova, rudolph herzog, les bubb, tina bordhin, alexander duda, klaus haindl, hark bohm
critics looooove the horror film it follows. audiences are much more mixed, though generally positive. (a 65% on rotten tomatoes isn' t bad, after all. )
at around the midpoint of this film, anna (marta farra), the put - upon mistress of the sinister clairvoyant hanussen (tim roth) observes a tank of jellyfish, and says ,
look at these beasts. for me, they have the purest of souls. i have never seen anything more beautiful, or more delicate. i want to play music to match these fish. it' s deep inside me .
herzog is going for something similar with this film - something pure and earnest and direct. roger ebert, the most ardent defender of this little - loved film, wrote :
the movie has the power of a great silent film, unafraid of grand gestures and moral absolutes .
in a tight race among new releases, the family film mr. bean' s holiday edged out the action film war for fourth place. universal' s g - rated comedy opened to $ 9. 9m from 1, 714 theaters for a solid $ 5, 770 average. the rowan atkinson starrer has already grossed a stellar $ 189m internationally. debuting a hair behind with $ 9. 8m was the r - rated crime drama war which averaged a mediocre $ 4, 313 from 2, 277 locations. starring jet li and jason statham, the lionsgate release opened close to the numbers of the last films from the two actors. last september, li' s fearless bowed to $ 10. 6m and a $ 5, 857 average while statham' s crank launched with $ 10. 5m over three days and a $ 4, 158 average. putting the two together did little to broaden the audience, however .
david lynch is very popular among film critics and intellectuals for making innovative cinema that at least tries to do something different. other moviegoers literally hate his pictures for being bizarre and arty .
... the naivete of his performance has a humbling effect on a film that, while entirely too long and short on sizzling imagery, is meant to be taken simply as folkloric .
the biggest surprise of summer 2010 is how few surprises there really were. most of the expected smash hits were smash hits, the expected under - performers underperformed, and the bigger films without studio support tanked. the more mainstream art - house cinema made money, while more challenging studio fare struggled. it surely wasn' t the best summer in recent years (that would probably be 2002 or 2008), but it wasn' t the worst either (2001 gets my vote). it was a summer just like any other summer, so let' s dive right in. you might want to take a bathroom break first ...
how the grinch stole christmas is a very divisive film, especially in terms of this trope. it received a 53% on rotten tomatoes and a 46% on metacritic, but spent four weeks as the # 1 film in the us, and was the highest - grossing movie of 2000 domestically, with $ 260 million. the film was nominated for three academy awards, winning for best makeup (which, if you' ve seen the behind - the - scenes footage, is very well - deserved), and was nominated for two razzies, but won neither .
invincible
is based, herzog says, on the true story of breitbart, whose great strength contradicted the nazi myth of aryan superiority. i can imagine a dozen ways in which this story could be told badly, but herzog has fashioned it into a film of uncommon fascination, in which we often have no idea at all what could possibly happen next. there are countless movies about preludes to the holocaust, but i can' t think of one this innocent, direct and unblinking. in the face of gathering evil, zishe trusts in human nature, is proud of his heritage, and believes strength and goodness (which he confuses) will triumph .
die hard with a vengeance was somewhat divisive to critics (though its reputation has improved since then), but was still the highest - grossing film of 1995 and well - received by fans .
darren aronofsky' s film mother got fairly positive reviews from critics with a 68% rating on rotten tomatoes, but in manner similar to killing them softly, audiences gave it an f cinemascore .
out cold was panned by reviewers giving it an 8% on rotten tomatoes. but the film immediately gained a small cult following, as it has an 85% user rating on that site .
the 2009 canadian sci - fi / horror film splice was a critical hit because it was different from most horror films. audiences, meanwhile, got turned off by it for the same reason .
the film depicts ward taking a severe beating in the mungin fight. in reality, the fight went the full ten rounds and mungin won by very narrow decision: 96–93, 95–94, 95–94 .
kiss kiss bang bang was a critically acclaimed flop at the box office, but most people who did see it really enjoyed it. the film was later named
most overlooked movie of the year .
the film was released in select north american theaters on december 17, 2010 and in the united kingdom on february 4, 2011. [ 7 ] it was nominated for seven academy awards, including best picture and best director, winning the awards for best supporting actor (bale) and best supporting actress (leo). it was the first film to win both awards since hannah and her sisters in 1986 .
werner herzog' s
invincible
tells the astonishing story of a jewish strongman in nazi germany, a man who in his simple goodness believes he can be the
new samson
and protect his people. he is a blacksmith in poland in 1932 when discovered by a talent scout, and soon becomes the headliner in the palace of the occult, in berlin, which is run by the sinister hanussen (tim roth), a man who dreams of becoming minister of the occult in a nazi government .
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what fox does have is february’s deadpool, a breakout shocker that became the ninth - highest - grossing superhero film of all time, thereby proving there is still massive potential in the marvel mutant titles the studio controls .
: while many people acknowledge disney' s contributions to animation, film and the fine technical draftmanship of the drawings, special effects and narratives many art snobs see him as a prime example of horrible kitsch. his works from
critics are mixed on into the woods but overall are leaning more on the positive side. audiences, on the other hand, are even more mixed on the film, with a 53% audience rating on rotten tomatoes .
only if not adjusting for inflation, then the title still belonged to thunderball, being one of the ten highest - grossing films of all time internationally. it took nearly 50 years for another bond film to surpass it .
this is the first feature in 10 years from herzog, one of the great visionaries among directors. he strains to break the bonds of film structure in order to surprise us in unexpected ways. his best films unashamedly yearn to lift us into the mythical and the mystical .
our civilization is starving for new images ,
he once told me, and in
invincible
there is an image of a bleak, rocky seashore where the sharp stones are littered with thousands or millions of bright red crabs, all mindlessly scrabbling away on their crabby missions. i think this scene may represent the emerging nazi hordes, but of course there can be no literal translation. perhaps herzog wants to illustrate the implacable darwinian struggle from which man can rise with good heart and purpose .
marvel’s captain america: civil war is the second - highest - grossing film of 2016 so far. it’s one of the four disney - owned movies that dominate this year’s top five films at the box office. marvel / disney
the legendary
mouse house
( a moniker affectionately bestowed upon it by industry trade paper variety) didn’t release one film in 2000 that cracked the top 10 in terms of the year - end box office. in fact, disney’s highest - grossing film that year landed at number 11; it was dinosaur, a now - forgotten cg animated tale that was considered a severe financial disappointment. to say times have changed since then is something of an understatement .
the strongman in
invincible
is lovable, and so deeply moving, precisely because he is not a cog in a plot, has no plan, is involved in no machinations, but is simply proud of his parents, proud to be a jew, in love with the girl, and convinced that god has made him strong for a reason. he may be wrong in his optimism, but his greatest strength is that he will never understand that. the roth character is equally single - minded, but without hope or purpose - - a conniver and manipulator .
is still in there, buried beneath the hubris). but the film' s $ 70 million five - day opening weekend proves that the nickelodeon cartoon from which it is based has an uber - strong following, and the film has so far grossed $ 253 million worldwide (it too just started rolling out internationally) on a $ 150 million budget. so paramount may see fit to give us book two: earth, but this time with shyamalan likely just producing .
in the 1950s, an adolescent werner herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young klaus kinski. years later, they would share an apartment where, in an unabated, forty - eight - hour... see full summary »
the 2002 remake of solaris received generally positive reviews from critics (66% on rotten tomatoes), but audiences hated it. it received an f grade from audiences polled by cinemascore, the first film to ever get this' honor' .
gunday has a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes (based on five votes), but a 1. 9 rating on im db. it was actually once # 1 on the bottom 100, though it has since dropped down to # 23. much of this comes down to an extremely vocal periphery hatedom, though  bangladeshi audiences absolutely despised the film for the artistic license it took with the bangladesh liberation war, and drove the film' s imdb score into the gutter in response .
[ friendly note: i' ll be referring to events in the life of erik jan hanussen, the character played by tim roth in this movie, during this review, including some details which are played as surprises in the film. i know there are many schools of thought over whether references to public - domain facts can be considered spoilers for a film that' s based on true events, so rather than put a spoiler warning up i' m putting this up. your call ]
the film has ward on a losing streak coming into the 1988 mike mungin fight. in reality, ward was 18–1 and on a four - fight winning streak when he fought mungin. ward' s four - fight losing streak actually took place in 1990–91 .
cant stop the music is definitely not a film we' d recommend, and in fact the critics trashed it, but it at least has a huge cult following if the blurb on the back of anchor bay entertainment' s cassette is anything to go by .
happened again with the third film, transformers: dark of the moon. despite bad reviews from critics (though its considered somewhat better than revenge of the fallen), and even a mixed consensus from audiences, it still ended up making over a billion dollars worldwide .
mere days after the release of annie, the sharp contrast between negative reviews and overall - positive reception from the public was already glaring. four days after its release, there was a 30% difference between the critic and audience numbers for the film on rotten tomatoes .
the boss baby originally received scathing reviews, but the critical rating climbed to a 49 on rt. audiences were much more enthusiastic about the film, when it opened at number one and bumped off the live - action version of beauty and the beast to no. 2 .
the carry on film series divided audiences and critics by the time the 1970s rolled around. although, after popular regular sid james left, as well as the series screenwriter, the critics and audience both began to argue over which movies were the worst' post - 1974 .
justice league 2017 has a 40% critic score, but a 75% audience score on rotten tomatoes. however, the box office has under - performed and there is a great demand for zack snyder' s original cut of the film without joss whedon' s reshoots .
the first home alone film got mixed reviews and the second was utterly panned, but both were box - office successes, have become beloved christmas fixtures and kevin' s scream face has become almost as much of a pop - culture icon as the munch painting that inspired it .
it may be hard to believe, but there was a time when many professional critics didn' t take sergio leone' s spaghetti westerns, every stanley kubrick film, and psycho seriously even though they were popular from the start. they have thankfully all been vindicated by history .
german director, werner herzog, has a knack for characters that struggle. they often find themselves moving up river with no prayer for survival or pitted against seemingly impossible odds. herzog has no secrets and is open to his audience about all plans, at one stage or another. invincible is no different, except that it’s plot shows a unique struggle of two characters that are dealing with their identity. this is almost a fantasy tale but time has proven that fact is stranger than fiction. the set pieces and choreography are like something borrowed out of cabaret but with a with a gentle giant calming the plot storms around him. struggle is not spared to just the villain or the hero, …
man, that whole chunk of film with tim roth is great. everything else, though? very flawed and awkward. except the soundtrack and cinematography. some terribly monotonous acting and unearned over - sentimentality. they had udo kier! why didn' t they use him properly? !
october baby received horrible reviews, sitting third on the a. v. club' s list of the worst movies of 2012 and earning a mere 22% on rotten tomatoes. conservative christian audiences ate it up, however, and the film looks set to become a cult classic .
haywire was well - received by critics (80% on rotten tomatoes), who are usually familiar with steven soderbergh' s films, but hated by audiences (a d on cinemascore) who expected a more hollywood - style action film (the film was even promoted as being like the director' s ocean' s eleven). the same thing happened with the director' s contagion, which has an 84% on rotten tomatoes but a c on cinemascore (but at least was profitable with over $ 135 million worldwide, unlike haywire, which barely recouped its budget) .
grumpier old men, the sequel to grumpy old men, was given largely negative reviews from critics (it' s rated 18% rotten on rotten tomatoes) for being a tired rehash of the first film. fan responses are much kinder (6. 6 out of 10 on imdb) .
downplayed with rings. the film was panned by critics (it has a measly 5% on rotten tomatoes), but it has been met with a mixed response from audiences (it has a 44% audience rating on the same site), and even this appears to be getting worse .
in the film, during ward' s fight with alfonso sanchez, which took place on april 4, 1997, ward' s entrance song is
the warrior' s code
by dropkick murphys. however, that song was not released until 2005 on their album of the same name .
critics hated planes, equating it to a shameless ripoff of cars (despite being a spinoff, which means it' s canonically part of the cars franchise) meant to sell more toys. this didn' t stop the film from making back its budget more than four times over and getting a sequel .
cloud atlas received polarizing but mostly positive reviews (roger ebert gave it four out of four stars and called it one of the most ambitious films ever made) and was nominated for a number of awards. audiences, however, roundly ignored the film, and it ended up becoming a box office bomb .
mark wahlberg as micky ward: wahlberg elected to star in the film due to his friendship with ward, with whom he shares an inner - city working class massachusetts upbringing [ 8 ] in a family with eight siblings. wahlberg also was a huge fan of ward' s, calling him a
local sports hero .
[ 9 ] the actor was also attracted to the film' s central theme, an ordinary person in
an against - all - odds story ,
which he previously explored in invincible. [ 10 ] to mimic ward' s habits and mannerisms, wahlberg had him
on set, watching me every single day .
[ 11 ] during pre - production, the ward brothers temporarily moved into wahlberg' s home. [ 12 ] to add to the film' s realism, wahlberg refused a stunt double and took real punches during the fight scenes, [ 10 ] which resulted in him nearly getting his nose broken a couple of times. [ 9 ] wahlberg underwent a strict bodybuilding exercise regimen, dedicating over four years of training to obtain a muscular physique to convincingly play ward .
the last six movies i did i was also secretly preparing for the fighter at the same time ,
the actor continued ,
so i would leave three hours early for work and go to the gym and spend three hours there. i would bring the trainers with me on every movie that i did .
[ 13 ] his uncertainty over the film' s development was overruled by his persistence to get the film made .
there were certainly times where i would wake up at 4: 30 in the morning, you know, my trainer would ring the bell, and,' oh god,' i' m like,' i better get this movie made.' you know,' kill somebody if i don' t get this movie made.'
[ 9 ] wahlberg hired freddie roach as his boxing trainer, helping the actor model ward' s specific fighting style. [ 10 ] the last two years of wahlberg' s training resulted in the construction of a
dream gym
in his house for daily use, with a personal boxing ring. [ 14 ] he received additional boxing preparation from manny pacquiao. [ 15 ]
the melbourne international film festival (miff) is an iconic melbourne event. it commenced in 1952, and is one of the oldest in the world as well as being one of australia’s major film festivals. miff has a shorts award with cash prizes (academy awards, bafta and aacta awards accredited) and an audience award for feature films and documentaries. alongside the festival, miff hosts an industry program consisting of 37 south – a finance market, the premiere fund - which invests in new australian content and accelerator - a dedicated development program for new directors. in 2016 miff screened 348 films and hosted 198 festival guests .
within the sequel trilogy, the last jedi was acclaimed by critics (clocking at 90% on rotten tomatoes), but fans are more divided (46 %). notably, the things that critics loved about the film, namely the massive internal deconstruction that it gave to many key components of the star wars mythology, were the very same things that many longtime star wars fans hated about it. the discrepancy was so great that rotten tomatoes was forced to do an investigation to prove that the low audience score wasn' t the result of bots, as the film also carried an a cinemascore and a 7. 6 on im db. the divide can be seen in the film' s box office: it had the second highest opening weekend ever, followed by the highest ever gross drop from the first weekend to the second (however, it is still one of the highest grossing films of all time in the us) .
a handful of indie films (under the skin, the guest, and night moves, to name a few) have attracted critical praise yet are often met with lukewarm to negative responses from audiences. reasons for the divide vary from film to film, but the general idea from moviegoers in most cases is that it wasn' t as great as critics made it out to be. chances are, if a certified fresh - rotten tomatoes - awarded indie movie only has a two - and - a - half - to three - star rating (out of five) on amazon, then this trope is in full effect .
some abrupt plot moves and some amateurish dialogue cannot sink what is a truly great story. two basically non - actors run what is a visually stunning little film perfectly contrasted with a mesmerising tim roth as a self - hating hypnotist. and those jellyfish! frequently magical, sometimes weak, but very worth a watch .
michael bay' s directorial effort
pain & gain
wound up in third place in its third weekend with $ 5 million, marking a slim 33 percent drop. the paramount film, which stars mark wahlberg and dwayne johnson, has now earned $ 41. 6 million against a slim $ 26 million budget .
as shown by the page image, the works of tyler perry get consistently negative reviews from critics, but fan response (more specifically the actual target demographic) is positive. as with michael bay and the rock, i can do bad all by myself is the only film of his to get a critically favorable reception .
sports illustrated dubbed the film the best sports film of the decade and
one of the best since martin scorsese backlit robert de niro' s jake lamotta in raging bull .
. [ 38 ] richard corliss of time magazine named christian bale' s performance one of the top 10 movie performances of 2010, saying
in a little festival of tart, savory performances, notably from melissa leo as the boys' mother and amy adams as micky' s girlfriend, bale shines the brightest, because he knows that no character, however depraved his status, is only a monster. he finds beauty in the beast
. [ 39 ]
this for me was honestly the worst herzog film i' ve seen. granted there was the traditional appeals to werner of a strange outsider who winds up doing something great and there were some nice nature shots but the story was lob - sided. the acting was terrible and simply the flow was so choppy. not a fan.
invincible ( german : unbesiegbar ) is a 2001 drama film written and directed by werner herzog . the film stars tim roth , jouko ahola , anna gourari , and max raabe . the film tells the story of a jewish strongman in germany . while basing his story on the real-life figure zishe breitbart ( aka siegmund breitbart ) herzog uses the bare facts of breitbart 's life to weave fact and fiction ( e.g. , the story is set in 1932 berlin , a full seven years after breitbart 's death in 1925 ) to create an allegory of human strength , knowing oneself with honesty and pride in one 's heritage . the film features original score composed by german film composer hans zimmer , co-written with fellow composer klaus badelt . along with films like the pledge ( also co-written with zimmer ) this marks one of the first projects of badelt into the feature film industry , and one of several collaborations with herzog as well . 
invincible (german: unbesiegbar) is a 2001 drama film written and directed by werner herzog. the film stars tim roth, jouko ahola, anna gourari, and max raabe. the film tells the story of a jewish strongman in germany. while basing his story on the real-life figure zishe breitbart (aka siegmund breitbart) herzog uses the bare facts of breitbart's life to weave fact and fiction (e.g., the story is set in 1932 berlin, a full seven years after breitbart's death in 1925) to create an allegory of human strength, knowing oneself with honesty and pride in one's heritage. the film features original score composed by german film composer hans zimmer, co-written with fellow composer klaus badelt. along with films like the pledge (also co-written with zimmer) this marks one of the first projects of badelt into the feature film industry, and one of several collaborations with herzog as well.
invincible (german: unbesiegbar) is a 2001 drama film written and directed by werner herzog. the film stars tim roth, jouko ahola, anna gourari, and max raabe. the film tells the story of a jewish strongman in germany. while basing his story on the real-life figure zishe breitbart (aka siegmund breitbart) herzog uses the bare facts of breitbart's life to weave fact and fiction (e.g., the story is set in 1932 berlin, a full seven years after breitbart's death in 1925) to create an allegory of human strength, knowing oneself with honesty and pride in one's heritage. the film features original score composed by german film composer hans zimmer, co-written with fellow composer klaus badelt. along with films like the pledge (also co-written with zimmer) this marks one of the first projects of badelt into the feature film industry, and one of several collaborations with herzog as well.