Presence 2024 (Steven Soderbergh)
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All I could see was an iPhone on a drone for that shot. Or is he back to using real cameras? 😅
Julia Fox is scary in real life, this could be something.
Julia Fox is scary in real life, this could be something.
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I find Soderbergh hit and miss, but this looks like it might be good. I'll likely check it out.
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I find Soderbergh hit and miss, but this looks like it might be good. I'll likely check it out.
Came in here to say this exact same thing. Like, I've only seen two of his films,Ocean's 11 and Haywire, but the rest seems like it's probably enjoyable but not amazing (except Erin Bogdonovich which some say is incredible).
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Came in here to say this exact same thing. Like, I've only seen two of his films,Ocean's 11 and Haywire, but the rest seems like it's probably enjoyable but not amazing (except Erin Bogdonovich which some say is incredible).
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The iPhone movies were fine. The one with Don Cheadle(?), Brendan Frasier(?) and surprise cameo at the end was fine. The NASCAR movie was fine.
Can’t think of anything other than Ocean’s 11 that really gobsmacked me.
Can’t think of anything other than Ocean’s 11 that really gobsmacked me.
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Hey, J.C. I sent you a pm about how I think your avatar is wrong.
Sincerely,
One of the crazy uncles here
I could delete this post, but I won’t, because I like to keep score.
Sincerely,
One of the crazy uncles here
I could delete this post, but I won’t, because I like to keep score.
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I've seen 15 Soderbergh films. My ratings of his films range from a 4/10 to a 9/10. He is probably the director I find most inconsistent.
My fave's Coppola. I gave Tonight For Sure a 1/10.
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Saw this yesterday. In many ways, I thought it was great. As a horror fan, I loved it. But at the same time, bearing in mind Soderbergh’s overall body of work, it didn’t feel like something he would do at this point in his career. It felt somehow less mature than his recent work (which, to be fair, I find his entire oeuvre less mature than Sex, Lies & Videotape, so there’s that).
He doesn’t have teenage kids or anything (I feel Pete Docter’s teenage kid was absolutely a factor in how Pixar’s narrative focus/vibe changed in recent years), so I wasn’t sure why he’d focus on the teenagers’ dynamics so much (disturbing though they are).
Then again, overall it seems like a pretty impressive psychological horror, no jump scares, no nonsense — I’ve always respected that.
But the fact it’s such a compact undertaking definitely works in the film’s favour, so I understand why it wasn’t done.
He doesn’t have teenage kids or anything (I feel Pete Docter’s teenage kid was absolutely a factor in how Pixar’s narrative focus/vibe changed in recent years), so I wasn’t sure why he’d focus on the teenagers’ dynamics so much (disturbing though they are).
Then again, overall it seems like a pretty impressive psychological horror, no jump scares, no nonsense — I’ve always respected that.
WARNING: spoilers below
The time travel/anachronistic prediction aspect was probably my favourite part of the film, so I wish it got more, for lack of a better word, time, or limelight, or simply that there was a bit more focus on this. It gave the film this fleeting low-budget gem quality.
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I find Soderbergh hit and miss, but this looks like it might be good. I'll likely check it out.
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I didn't care for it, I appreciate that he's trying a new angle here, but a lot of it felt forced, phony, to the degree where it became laughable for me. Instead of getting freak out I was actually chucking quite a bit, especially at the end, some of the reactions, and...
WARNING: "ending" spoilers below
when the brother rushes into the room, shouting "let get go of my sister!" then tackles the guy right out the window... it was so comically staged, like a Warner Bros. cartoon, so instead of being horrified or shocked, I was in stitches - "yup, there he goes, right out the window" 
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