Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 25, 2017 Members Share Posted December 25, 2017 We've been discussing this movie because of the fact that director Ridley Scott, in a race against time worthy of its own movie (at least a documentary) rushed to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer after Spacey had been accused of multiple incidents of sexual misconduct. The irony is that Plummer (who is actually closer in age to the character he plays J. Paul Getty Sr.) was actually Ridley's first choice to begin with but he ended up going with Spacey whom the studio preferred. The reviews appear to be quite positive so far and the one I read in the NYT seemed especially laudatory of Christopher Plummer. (Interesting piece of trivia: the actor who plays J. Paul Getty III, grandson of the patriarch J. Paul Getty Sr., is named Charlie Plummer, who is not related to Christopher). Here is the trailer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 5, 2018 Members Share Posted January 5, 2018 Prepare to be disappointed. Basic as hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 5, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2018 Wow, really? How was Christopher Plummer's performance? I guess this may now serve as a cautionary tale against rushing a film out to the theaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted January 8, 2018 Members Share Posted January 8, 2018 I thought the film was largely enjoyable - and the film in and of itself seemed accessible. Michelle Williams was the one and only star in this, though. She gave one of my favorite performances of this award cycle so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 8, 2018 Members Share Posted January 8, 2018 Yes, very underwhelming. I'm not sure how badly the recast and reshoots affected the movie, but it was severely underwhelming. Lacked focus and choppy. Mark Wahlberg was just an expensive person in scenes. His level of acting is not suited for this kind of movie. Then they try to do a flashback and take Christopher Plummer's character back 40+ years and use Plummer for the scenes. It was THE most ridiculous thing because the man is 88 freaking years old. Overall, with or without the recast and reshooting, it just wasn't a good movie. I agree that Williams was the best part of the movie, but it's simply not enough. Which Is why I don't believe there is much buzz about the movie. Hell, only 3 of us have commented in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2018 And if Williams was the best part, the film's production execs sure didn't value her contribution. At all. In fact, they took advantage of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 10, 2018 Members Share Posted January 10, 2018 She needs to find different representation. I have a feeling the agency, which reps Wahlberg and Williams, will lose clients! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2018 As they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted January 12, 2018 Members Share Posted January 12, 2018 Mark Wahlberg is SCUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 13, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2018 His PR people must've had a talk with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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