General Chit-Chat

[artfuldodger]

Hell, yes!

[nike]

I have always thought that Jodie would be an extraordinary Kay, to this point I believe that a dream will remain.

[pien]

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[artfuldodger]

Interesting. Thanks, Marian.

[pien]

So thid Friday I will be able to see Elysium.

I hope jf will stop looking for directors she wants to work with and will start with small well written movies European style.

[artfuldodger]

I hope she's able to do whatever it is she wants to do.

[pien]

Jodie Foster & The Way Her Character Betrays Herself

Where to begin... As the Secretary of Defense for Elysium's idyllic community, Foster should have relished the part of being an oversized villain in a film that throws caution (and subtlety) into the dark recesses of space. Instead of trying to be serious and actor-y, she could have had fun and twirled her (metaphoric) mustache to no end. But instead she makes a series of bafflingly bone-headed decisions that Blomkamp, working with a powerhouse star of her stature, never thinks to correct or rectify. The look of Foster's character, like everything else in "Elysium," is flawless: she's got a blonde bob that's plastered to her head like Robin Wright in "House of Cards" (but less sexy), wears robot-colored power suits and makes decisions in a council chamber that is the color of ores dug up from the center of the earth. If there was a beating heart to the Death Star, it could be her. But everything else is awful: the character is never consistent, focusing on diplomatic solutions one minute and ruthlessly murdering dozens of people the next. Her desperate grab for power seems both unfounded and convoluted, and the accent she chooses to saddle the character with seems to change from scene to scene (what is that? French? Lithuanian?). Instead of being a deliciously evil character that you love to hate, you just kind of hate her and her over-the-top performance is vexing. Her mere presence on screen grinds the movie to a halt and frays your patience. There’s a fine line between entertaining and just noxious villainous scene chewing and Foster definitely falls on the wrong side. A lot of the characters problems are in the muddled writing. After being shown as power hungry and manipulative, the Secretary soon shows her true colors are Machiavellian, heartless and malevolence (all shades of the same color though), but then in the third act, she suddenly grows a 10-sizes-too-late conscience and decides to die. This change of heart is absolutely ridiculous since it’s unearned, comes out of nowhere and essentially betrays everything the audience has learned about the character thus far. Once again, the decision to kill the character seems plot, rather than character motivated and it's at the expense of the emotional credibility and the suspension of disbelief that makes a film tick.

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[ed. M]

[artfuldodger]

[zsazsa7]

Okay. So, I've had time to think about ELYSIUM. (No spoilers.)

For me, the best and most impressive aspect of the movie was the special effects. Excellent. I liked that the film really tackled a real world problem and gave it emotional resonance. That is what stays with you from this film. The characters themselves are nothing special. The only complex character is Max. For me, he was the only character who worked. Every other character was one-dimensional.

Jodie's role was very small and for me, at least, Delacourt was a secondary villain. Sharlto Copley's character was absolutely frightening ... and pretty disturbing. As far as Jodie's acting goes, I didn't see a problem. I think people are having trouble seeing her as a villain and nothing more. I don't know if the role was pared down or some scenes were cut, but Delacourt was a flat character for me. That's not Jodie's fault. The fault is in the writing. She's just a bad guy. I think if they had given me more of a reason to slightly understand her viewpoint ... and not persuade me so heavy-handedly to be on Max's side ... then, I would have found her more intriguing. It's not enough to suggest that she's simply protecting Elysium from these undesirables. That's simply giving me a way to understand her logic. As a viewer, I want to understand and know something about the heart of every character. This was never provided, and I think that's a big error. Now, obviously, with a villain, you don't often need to understand their heart. That works for a villain like Copley's, but, to my mind, it did not work for Delacourt.

One major distraction for me in this film was that it seemed like some dubbing had taken place. Sometimes, I noticed that a character would say something, but their mouth moved in an odd way --- kind of like in a Bruce Lee film. This particularly happened with Delacourt, and it made me wonder if they'd gone back in the editing and worked on her accent. I don't know ... something felt off.

All in all, I liked the film, but it wasn't one that will stay with me. DISTRICT 9 was far better. It was good to see Jodie, though, even if it was for such a short amount of time.

Oh, and come on, guys, this is not the end of her career! She played her part in the film, and she definitely sold Delacourt as an icy cow. I want to see Jodie act in an independent film of great quality. That should be her next project. So, if anyone with any pull out there is reading this, get to work on that!

[pien]

Yes that is what i said too. She should go for an independent movie with a good script. Don't go for specific director namens

[zsazsa7]

Aug 15, 2013 14:47:03 GMT -5 @pien said:

Yes that is what i said too. She should go for an independent movie with a good script. Don't go for specific director namens

Yep. Exactly!

[pien]

http://instagram.com/p/dC80xywq-9

[pien]

That would be an intersting movieidea too..

I would keep it in a loop like these fireplaces on tv...

@m_scripty: @jedikermit @erikthemovieman I'd rather watch Jodi Foster's calves on a treadmill for 1 hr. 37 min. than that crap movie Elysium again.

[nike]

Thanks Marian. Who knows where they have gone of beautiful this time!

[pien]

Comming from boise... Holidays in the mountains

[artfuldodger]

*sigh* I love the mountains.

[nike]

Grazie mille! I love anymore the mountain, that the sea.

[soho]

Aug 10, 2013 15:25:30 GMT -5 artfuldodger said:

Arigatou gozaimasu

thanks, nice pic

[pien]

Well nobody finds some interesting stuff to share?

[kortni47]

I still can't figure out how to post pictures! I've tried and it won't work! Lol.

[artfuldodger]

Have you used the Insert an Image button? The fourth button from the left?

[artfuldodger]

NPR has a thumbs down for Elysium and a thumbs up for Orange is the New Black.

www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/08/16/212605926/pop-culture-happy-hour-jodie-fosters-accent-fall-tv-and-other-masterpieces

[pien]

Aug 19, 2013 20:30:45 GMT -5 @kortni47 said:

I still can't figure out how to post pictures! I've tried and it won't work! Lol.

What you do is that you have to upload them in a special picture service. Then you get a code.

This code you have to place here.

Itho people can click and come to these pictures and someone here can help you to post them here

[pien]

Thank you arty. That was a nice listening

I think that is a good movie format too. Jf walking in and out of rooms for two hours. Next to the calve movie on a treadmill of course.

[pien]

Hopefully someone can listen and if somebody finds a link i will be thankfull
@5usahollywood: Writer-director Neill Blomkamp talks #Elysium on tonight's episode of Inside Hollywood. We also speak to Jodie Foster. 6.55pm #5USA

[framboise]

Is there anybody here can explain me how to download videos posted here or on youtube, please ? In easy word because i m french....ans my englsih is not good enough!

or mayby post here a software to do it ?

I know i suck, i m so bad on computer system....and mayby i m too old, like Jodie, this is not my generation

Thanks in advance

[nike]

In Italy the film goes out 29 but who has had the opportunity to see him in preview she has spoken well of the interpretation of Jodie, have written that she is an excellent bad.


For Images:
The links of the images must be inserted in the middle of the code ------> [/img]

If the image you have him on the pc before must be loaded on a site as tinypic.com / or imageshack.us/
Once loaded to take the link and to insert it in the code.

[kortni47]

Yea i tried doing the [\img] thing and it didn't work, ill try it again lol. Thanks!

[pien]

You have to place the code in between

code[\img]

[artfuldodger]

*sigh* I wish Mario was still around.

Is this sort of what you wanted to do?