Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot (Gus Van Sant, 2018)

[jacobsever]

Premiering at Sundance in January, followed by a May 11th release.

INSANE case filled with:

Joaquin Phoenix
Rooney Mara
Jonah Hill
Jack Black
Mark Webber

and more.

Based on a memoir by John Callahan.

[Hoke Moseley]

Definitely looking forward to this.

Van Sant needs a good movie... it's been a while.

[Foggy]

Pfft, remeber the last time Van Sant said they wouldn’t get far by foot...

[jacobsever]

Also, I seriously cannot see that as Joaquin Phoenix. At all.

It just looks exactly like Ty Burrell (from Modern Family) to me.

[Cremildo]

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot - Teaser [HD] | Amazon Studios - YouTube

[Foggy]

Reviews are coming out strong.

[Cremildo]

THR, Screen International, The A.V. Club and Variety liked it. The Guardian didn't. This might become Van Sant's first well-received movie since Milk.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Reviews are coming out strong.

Really? I don't follow many film-related Twitter accounts, but this is the only thing I've seen about it so far.

[Rodney-2187]

Looks interesting.

[Cremildo]

[Sylentwolf]

And the nominees for Best Actor are...
.
.
Steve Carell - Welcome To Marwen
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Chris Hemsworth - Bad Times At the El Royale
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix - Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

And the OSCAR goes to...
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.
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RAMI MALEK - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Sorry Joaquin, the Academy will not be that impressed about your nomination.

[eightslicesofpie]

Originally Posted by Sylentwolf

And the nominees for Best Actor are...
.
.
Steve Carell - Welcome To Marwen
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Chris Hemsworth - Bad Times At the El Royale
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix - Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

And the OSCAR goes to...
.
.
.
RAMI MALEK - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Sorry Joaquin, the Academy will not be that impressed about your nomination.

Well done on your completely random and unprompted snarkiness, we all applaud you. Predicting an Oscar nomination for "Bad Times at the El Royale" really drives home the realism of the scene you've depicted here as well, bravo

[xbs2034]

Phoenix is amazing in this, I think perhaps his best performance (and on a bit of a roll, he was also great in You Were Never Really Here). And nice to see a solid Van Sant film again, it's basically been a decade since Milk and Paranoid Park

[Sylentwolf]

Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

Well done on your completely random and unprompted yet perfect prediction, we all applaud you, seriously. Predicting an Oscar nomination for "Bad Times at the El Royale" really drives home the realism of the scene you've depicted here as well, bravo

Just wait and see

[Creed]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

Phoenix is amazing in this, I think perhaps his best performance (and on a bit of a roll, he was also great in You Were Never Really Here). And nice to see a solid Van Sant film again, it's basically been a decade since Milk and Paranoid Park

Nice. I love him in YWNRH.

[Predatorix38417]

Originally Posted by Sylentwolf

And the nominees for Best Actor are...
.
.
Steve Carell - Welcome To Marwen
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Chris Hemsworth - Bad Times At the El Royale
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix - Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

And the OSCAR goes to...
.
.
.
RAMI MALEK - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Sorry Joaquin, the Academy will not be that impressed about your nomination.

If you swapped Chris Hemsworth for Ryan Gosling then maybe I'd believe it.

[Sylentwolf]

Originally Posted by Predatorix38417

If you swapped Chris Hemsworth for Ryan Gosling then maybe I'd believe it.

Maybe, and thanks for chiming in. But in all honestly, looking ahead of 2018, I really don't see that much more "potential" in other performances that justify a "nomination." I love Ryan Gosing but I believe First Man is just another take on space travel just like Apollo 13. The film's plot and story, along with other acting performances will detour your attention away from Gosling's performance. Hemsworth is my curveball, and after reading the synopsis for Bad Times at the El Royale, it looks very interesting.

Joaquin Phoenix is a very good actor, maybe one the best of his generation, but knowing the Academy and their voting record, knowing that Gary Sinise didn't win for Forrest Gump, or Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July, I wouldn't take a Phoenix win too seriously.

BTW, I'm not an Oscar fan, films are subjective, and award shows are just "pat on the backs" for the Hollywood crowd.

[Bettina]

Saw the movie a few weeks ago in the theater, loved it, it has a very good feel to it.
I read the book many years ago too.
So I wondered how the film would be.
Being a wheely myself I could relate to John.
The movie never get's to heavy, there is always humor on the corner.

[arturolugo]

Originally Posted by Bettina

Saw the movie a few weeks ago in the theater, loved it, it has a very good feel to it.
I read the book many years ago too.
So I wondered how the film would be.
Being a wheely myself I could relate to John.
The movie never get's to heavy, there is always humor on the corner.

What's your take regarding Phoenix playing a paraplegic instead of Van Sant finding an actual paraplegic for the part? Asking this because of the recent debate on The Rock (which I'm sure you've heard about) and I'm interested on hearing opinions from people in a similar condition. Like, do you actually feel represented, would you rather have an actual paraplegic playing the part, is it an actual issue to you, and so on...

It was the first thing I thought when reading this review. The second was: Joaquin Phoenix playing a 20 something? what the hell?

[Holmes]

This is a sweet, traditional, extremely well-acted biopic, but it falls a hair short of its full potential. Joaquin Phoenix delivers an excellent and heartfelt performance as John Callahan, an alcoholic man adrift in life who discovers his calling as a ribald, socially conscious cartoonist after being paralyzed in a car accident. It is a performance of sharp humor and deeply felt pain, intertwined; he brings a complexity to Callahan which might not be present on the page. Phoenix is matched by Jonah Hill, delivering a colorful and enormously empathetic performance (the best of his career to date) as Callahan's eccentric A. A. sponsor. (Jack Black also shines in the smaller role of another alcoholic, the man driving the car during the aforementioned accident.)

As high-caliber as the acting is, and as tasteful as Gus Van Sant's direction is, the screenplay, also by Van Sant, could use more depth. As dramatized here, Callahan's journey (toward sobriety while also learning to live with a disability) feels a shade too sanitized and tidy. So many interesting ideas are introduced, ranging from the sex life of a quadriplegic to the shortcomings of social programs assigned to help those living with a disability, but not delved into as deeply as they could be. And Rooney Mara's character is rather odd; if her role is indeed an accurate representation of Callahan's real girlfriend, then he found an angelic automaton defined by endless generosity and patience and unburdened by any discernible doubts or flaws. Their relationship in the film feels idealized and sorely underdeveloped.