1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.ARTS.MOVIES.CURRENT-F

  • HOUSE OF GUCCI (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 15 10:58:27 2022
    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young
    scion of a fashion empire. HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose
    actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging
    voyeurism. Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance
    from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to moviePig on Tue Mar 15 10:42:19 2022
    On 3/15/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young
    scion of a fashion empire.  HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging voyeurism.  Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance
    from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.


    I told you all this last November. The surprise is that Gaga didn't get
    the Oscar nom.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Tue Mar 15 11:59:28 2022
    On 3/15/2022 11:42 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    On 3/15/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the
    young scion of a fashion empire.  HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale
    whose actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty
    engaging voyeurism.  Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective
    performance from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian
    bona fides. Oscar bait, well recommended.


    I told you all this last November.

    And that probably got it onto my queue!


    The surprise is that Gaga didn't get the Oscar nom.

    Yeah, that's surprising. I'll guess it was a reactionary snub.

    As an aside: I saw a distinct parallel between her role her and Jodie
    Comer's in Ridley Scott's simultaneous(?) THE LAST DUEL, and it was
    Scott's frequent use of ambiguous facial expressions for characters
    whose true motivation we were meant to be uncertain of -- like
    deliberate audience cues that plainly said, "You'll have to guess."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Wed Mar 16 04:45:48 2022
    On 3/15/2022 10:42 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    On 3/15/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the
    young scion of a fashion empire.  HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale
    whose actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty
    engaging voyeurism.  Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective
    performance from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian
    bona fides. Oscar bait, well recommended.


    I told you all this last November. The surprise is that Gaga didn't get
    the Oscar nom.


    I'm sure most of the boneheads in the "Academy" had no idea who she is.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Apr 9 22:15:44 2022
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:58:33 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young
    scion of a fashion empire. HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose
    actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging
    voyeurism. Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance
    from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.

    It was good. Even Al Pacino didn't suck. Nice touch using music to tell the time.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to william ahearn on Sun Apr 10 10:26:52 2022
    On 4/10/2022 1:15 AM, william ahearn wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:58:33 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young
    scion of a fashion empire. HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose
    actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging
    voyeurism. Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance
    from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.

    It was good. Even Al Pacino didn't suck. Nice touch using music to tell the time.

    IMDb (under 7) and Oscar (1 minor nom) roundly disagree with us.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Apr 10 11:03:42 2022
    On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    On 4/10/2022 1:15 AM, william ahearn wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:58:33 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young
    scion of a fashion empire. HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose
    actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging
    voyeurism. Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance
    from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.

    It was good. Even Al Pacino didn't suck. Nice touch using music to tell the time.
    IMDb (under 7) and Oscar (1 minor nom) roundly disagree with us.

    That's always a good sign.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to william ahearn on Mon Apr 11 04:28:34 2022
    On 4/10/2022 1:03 PM, william ahearn wrote:
    On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    On 4/10/2022 1:15 AM, william ahearn wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:58:33 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    In 1978 Italy, a sharp-eyed business manager sets her cap for the young >>>> scion of a fashion empire. HOUSE OF GUCCI recounts a lurid tale whose
    actual headlines I'd somehow overlooked, and it's pretty engaging
    voyeurism. Ridley Scott extracts another quietly effective performance >>>> from Adam Driver, and Lady Gaga cements her own thespian bona fides.
    Oscar bait, well recommended.

    It was good. Even Al Pacino didn't suck. Nice touch using music to tell the time.
    IMDb (under 7) and Oscar (1 minor nom) roundly disagree with us.

    That's always a good sign.


    When you live under a rock, you mean?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)