Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close-March 27th Review

[Chaotic]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Blu-ray Review



Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Blu-ray



Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Blu-ray


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[Snicket]

One of my favorites of all time.

Day 1.


Thanks OP.

[Leonidas King]

Please tell me you were being sarcastic.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

Please tell me you were being sarcastic.

Nope. I seriously loved this film.

Thomas Horn was outstanding and played his part perfectly, it was a film about the search for meaning where meaning did not exist.

I seriously do not understand the rabid hate this film is getting, it opened with an A- cinemascore, got a Critic's Choice award for Thomas Horn and got a best picture nom. I don't understand the internet hate other than it's the cool thing to do and people like to hate on it.

[IndyMLVC]

I didn't hate it but I certainly didn't love it. It could have been much, much better.

[maleaco]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

I didn't hate it but I certainly didn't love it. It could have been much, much better.

I agree. And you remind me of the southpark episode about George Lucas and raping things, ahhaahahha.

[SwaggerJagger]

One reason why I refused to see it, Thomas Horn. I hated seeing those posters, he just really annoyed me in the previews. I probably would of seen it if Max Records (Max from Where the Wild Things Are) was the star rather than Horn.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Nope. I seriously loved this film.

Thomas Horn was outstanding and played his part perfectly, it was a film about the search for meaning where meaning did not exist.

I seriously do not understand the rabid hate this film is getting, it opened with an A- cinemascore, got a Critic's Choice award for Thomas Horn and got a best picture nom. I don't understand the internet hate other than it's the cool thing to do and people like to hate on it.

Imma let you finish but favorites of all time though? Thats taking it to a whole another level but I respect your opinion.

P.S I never mentioned I hated it. The rabid hate grew stronger as people found out it actually had a place within the Best Picture category at the Oscars and I don't blame them. While its not a terrible movie nor a good one the Academy felt the need to nominate it simply cause it dealt with Post 9/11 (isn't it obvious?). Take Shelter, Shame or Drive were much higher contenders. Hell even TGWTDT would've served that spot!

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Nope. I seriously loved this film.

Thomas Horn was outstanding and played his part perfectly, it was a film about the search for meaning where meaning did not exist.

I seriously do not understand the rabid hate this film is getting, it opened with an A- cinemascore, got a Critic's Choice award for Thomas Horn and got a best picture nom. I don't understand the internet hate other than it's the cool thing to do and people like to hate on it.

Look at all the "great" films that got an A Cinemascore:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Fast Five
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Jumping the Broom
Just Go With It
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Lottery Ticket
Step Up 3D

So I dare say that matters little when it comes to grading cinema classics. Just saying.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by retablo

Look at all the "great" films that got an A Cinemascore:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Fast Five
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Jumping the Broom
Just Go With It
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Lottery Ticket
Step Up 3D

So I dare say that matters little when it comes to grading cinema classics. Just saying.

That about sums it up. Not one of those titles is in my collection and they never will be. As far as Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close goes I'll give it a rental.

[mitch22]

Will never purchase or watch a Sandra Bullock movie ever again, sick broad man.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by mitch22

Will never purchase or watch a Sandra Bullock movie ever again, sick broad man.

I have never cared for her either. I met her and got to see Joel Schumacher at a restaurant in 1995 when they were filming A Time to Kill and was not impressed with her. She is extremely proud of herself in an arrogant way.

[Snicket]

I didn't realize this was a "jump all over snicket for liking Extremely Loud" thread. Let's be respectful folks. This isint a twilight thread.

Film, like all art is completely subjective.

[MercsOwnz]

Originally Posted by Snicket

I didn't realize this was a "jump all over snicket for liking Extremely Loud" thread. Let's be respectful folks. This isint a twilight thread.

Film, like all art is completely subjective.

Its more that you think it is one of the best of all-time. And that opens up discussion for debate. To me, it is one of the worst movies I've seen in awhile, and I think many others share my opinion on it. I respect your opinion though.

You asked for trouble with that post

[retablo]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I have never cared for her either. I met her and got to see Joel Schumacher at a restaurant in 1995 when they were filming A Time to Kill and was not impressed with her. She is extremely proud of herself in an arrogant way.

I've met her, too, and she was rude to everyone around her.

[BluPix]

I also thought Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was one of the better films of the year, largely due to a fine concept very strong performances from Thomas Horn and Max von Sydow, a fine screenplay by Eric Roth, solid direction from the reliably good Stephen Daldry and just good craft overall.

Audiences, clearly, have been divided over this film. Some regard it very highly (as Snicket and I do), some are turned off by it. In this way, it reminds me somewhat of The Help.

Perhaps those who dislike Extremely Loud are troubled by its sentimentality. Normally, I dislike overly-sentimental films, but in this case, it seems better earned and stops short of overdoing it. Some critics object to the use of what's essentially a child's story in the context of the effects of 9/11, a complaint I don't understand. Where, really, is the harm or disrespect of employing such a genre or style to tell an idea inspired by such a tragedy?

I doubt the reason it was nominated for two Oscars was due to the fact that it is a 9/11-related story. Many good films related to 9/11 have come and gone in past years without an Oscar nod. Obviously, enough people within the Academy liked the film enough to grant its best picture nomination. And Max von Sydow's unusual performance truly deserves an Oscar nomination. (Realistically, I doubt it will actually win for best picture.)

In any case, I like this film enough to preorder it. I recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it yet to see it in theaters or rent the blu-ray and judge for themselves.

[Fallglimmer]

Originally Posted by BluPix

Perhaps those who dislike Extremely Loud are troubled by its sentimentality. Normally, I dislike overly-sentimental films, but in this case, it seems better earned and stops short of overdoing it. Some critics object to the use of what's essentially a child's story in the context of the effects of 9/11, a complaint I don't understand. Where, really, is the harm or disrespect of employing such a genre or style to tell an idea inspired by such a tragedy?

I doubt the reason it was nominated for two Oscars was due to the fact that it is a 9/11-related story. Many good films related to 9/11 have come and gone in past years without an Oscar nod. Obviously, enough people within the Academy liked the film enough to grant its best picture nomination. And Max von Sydow's unusual performance truly deserves an Oscar nomination. (Realistically, I doubt it will actually win for best picture.)

There is a difference between being sentimental and being manipulative, which is a line I personally felt this film crossed. It just seemed to me like Daldry had check list out going "okay, Oscar movies need this scene, this scene, that character, this line, one of those shots" ect. It is one of those "soft lob down the middle" type films the academy normally likes. The plot is also pretty ridiculous if you spend even a small amount of time really thinking about it. As for the performances, Bullock and von Sydow are both fine in very underwritten, nothing roles. Horn is all over the place, in some scenes he's fine and in others he is performance is very annoying...something about the way he talks bothers me. It sounds like he has taken some kind of speech class and is trying super hard to enunciate everything correctly, if that makes any sense.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Fallglimmer

There is a difference between being sentimental and being manipulative, which is a line I personally felt this film crossed. It just seemed to me like Daldry had check list out going "okay, Oscar movies need this scene, this scene, that character, this line, one of those shots" ect. It is one of those "soft lob down the middle" type films the academy normally likes. The plot is also pretty ridiculous if you spend even a small amount of time really thinking about it. As for the performances, Bullock and von Sydow are both fine in very underwritten, nothing roles. Horn is all over the place, in some scenes he's fine and in others he is performance is very annoying...something about the way he talks bothers me. It sounds like he has taken some kind of speech class and is trying super hard to enunciate everything correctly, if that makes any sense.

I felt that ELIC was just fine but War Horse was super manipulative. Others I have recommended ELIC to felt the same way and loved ELIC.

It's established early on Oskar is not a normal boy, notice how he is always feeling and smelling things, that's there for a reason. For zero acting experience Thomas Horn did an amazing job since he carries the film. They actually found him from an episode of kid's jeopardy.

Like I said before, film is subjective and there will always be two sides.

[Yami]

I read the book before I saw the film and I have to say that all the main problems in the film are present in the novel. The difference is that the novel is in first-person so it isn't quite as bad. It's definitely one of the worst films to be nominated for Best Picture in a while though. The performances are all well and good but the protagonist is extremely irritating, many parts of the story are plain ridiculous and I found the way it dealt with 9/11 to be trivialising to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if it outright offended anyone directly affected.

Film is only subjective to a point. You can like a film or you can dislike a film but I think that it's wrong to say that you cannot definitively separate films into 'good' and 'bad'.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Yami

Film is only subjective to a point. You can like a film or you can dislike a film but I think that it's wrong to say that you cannot definitively separate films into 'good' and 'bad'.

That's just your opinion though. and that ties in directly into film being subjective in the first place. There are always going to be varying points of view and with opinion there is no right or wrong.

How you saw the film certainly isn't the way I saw it, in fact it wasn't the way many saw it. the film was given credit both by academy voters and at the critic's choice awards. You can disagree with that, but there is never a clear cut black and white system with film as far as good and bad goes, there is only our own individual opinions.