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Author Topic: Blue Jasmine (2013) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 09-07-2013 02:04 AM                        CINEMA: Regal Village Square, Las Vegas, NV AUDITORIUM: 10 PRESENTATION: Sony Digital 4K (but probably 2K) PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Fuzzy picture RATING: Three stars (out of four) THE PLOT: A rich housewife is suddenly broke and single. Wackiness ensues. Sold as a fish-out-of-water rich girl type deal, there's kind of a serious focus here on mental illness. I'm not sure everyone who sees this will pick up on that. But it's sort of amazing in that regard. While not on the level of "Young Adult", I found myself making comparisons.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 09-07-2013 10:30 AM                     CINEMA: AMC Wayne, Wayne NJ AUDITORIUM: 14 - Seedy, dirty seats, dank smell in auditorium. PRESENTATION: Sony Digital 4K PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None, Excellent presentation. REVIEW: Spoiled rich bitch gets her comeuppance.  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 09-07-2013 02:03 PM                     AMC Metreon, San Francisco House #15 Sony 4K projection Presentation was great With Woody Allen, you either get a comedy with moments of pathos, or you get a Bergmanian drama with moments of hilarity. With a cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K. and Andrew Dice Clay, of course it's going to be the latter. Cate Blanchett plays a New York City socialite who loses everything when her millionaire husband is exposed as a Madoff-like huckster, who is forced to move in with her divorced sister in San Francisco. The story doesn't work as well as most of Allen's movie, as if he had two competing ideas for movies that didn't get fully fleshed out, so he crammed them together and hoped the stellar cast would distract you from its shortcomings. Some great actors like Michael Stuhlbarg and Peter Sarsgaard are completely wasted in small roles, while others like Max Casella (Doogie Houser's best friend Vinny), Bobby Cannavale, Sally Hawkins and especially Andrew Dice Clay shine with what little they're given. Overall, I'd give it a 6/10.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 09-14-2013 07:14 PM                     Warning, slight "spoilers"... Movies that don't give you enough food for thought shouldn't have an open ending... booooo!  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 09-24-2013 09:58 PM                     this movie was mono, right? (as most Woody Allen films are) or was it in stereo, cause at one point the soundmix sounded like it was wider and was at least two-channel. as for the movie, great cast and acting... but man oh man, what a depressing movie - not a feel good movie by a long shot. couldn't buy Peter Sarsgaard's character wasn't gay.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 01-12-2014 10:59 PM                     Golden Globe win: Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Cate Blanchett  |  IP: Logged

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