Comments on: Sitz’s First Review: Get Low

By: Jacob Gengler

Jacob Gengler — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:20:36 +0000

I haven't seen Get Low yet, but I still want to. I think Robert Duvall is very overrated as an actor. I once saw a roundtable discussion with him, Gosling, James Franco and others and he seemed like an old man out of touch with everything. He didn't know who David Fincher was and kept mentioning what a horrible director Kubrick was because he took so many takes. He called him the “actor's enemy” and said his friend Marlon Brando hated working with him on the several films he made with him. Brando isn't even in ONE Kubrick movie, let alone several (rumor has it that Kubrick directed parts of One-Eyed Jacks, if that counts).
Anywhoo, Duvall is great in Apocalypse Now, especially during the part when he is giving a Vietcong water and forgets him instantly when he hears the famous surfer Lance is there.

By: Jacob Gengler

Jacob Gengler — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:14:07 +0000

Haha, I like that adage, Sitzman. I'm glad you felt the same about Moonrise Kingdom. I kept thinking “if someone isn't a fan of Wes Anderson, this would be the worst movie ever made!”

By: Sitzman

Sitzman — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:09:43 +0000

There's an old adage I recall: “As Jake goes, so goes the nation.”

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:14:49 +0000

I think Jake also said that it was his most Wes Anderson-like film, too.

By: Sitzman

Sitzman — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:40:55 +0000

I forgot you'd not seen that–I really liked it! Although Murray plays a pretty small part. Still, I think it may be the best Wes Anderson movie… or at least the most Wes Anderson Wes Anderson movie.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:36:09 +0000

I also do not seek out Robert Duvall, however, I just watched Apocalypse Now last week... Extremely memorable casting for him there, especially in the Redux.

Speaking of Bill Murray, I can't wait to see Moonrise Kingdom.