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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67837
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Conclave
Quote: Conclave is a 2024 psychological thriller film directed by Edward Berger and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini.
The film premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2024 and will be theatrically released in the United States on 25 October 2024 by Focus Features, and in the United Kingdom on 29 November by Black Bear UK.
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Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:25 am |
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 24542 Location: Classified
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Re: Conclave
Great movie for election season. Very compelling. I wish I hadn't known there was a huge twist before hand. I kept thinking it was gonna be something crazy and it ......really wasn't? Feels like they just threw it in to gain points with the academy. So while I wish the general mystery had a more compelling solution, this was still a good watch that breezed by. 8/10
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Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:49 am |
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 24542 Location: Classified
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Re: Conclave
Having thought it over, I think the movie needed one more twist/turn: It should have been revealed that the pope organized all of this as he was dying to ensure that Benitez won. Trembleys whole "I was instructed by his Holiness!" excuse pointed towards this, but then they just kinda dropped it, Perhaps out of a lack of confidence that the audience would be able to handle multiple twists at once? It would have also resolved Lawrence's crisis of faith, which is also kind of left hanging.
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Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:28 pm |
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14569 Location: LA / NYC
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Re: Conclave
It's well performed but I kind of hated this. Besides being incredibly dull and paint-by-numbers, the final twist at the end is ridiculous and didn't work for me at all. This movie is the kind of movie Harvey Weinstein would have been pushing hard on us all awards season 15 years ago. C-
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Sat Nov 02, 2024 9:11 pm |
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20890 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Conclave
Interesting enough with good performance from Fiennes and Tucci but the twist at the end gives little payoff, and it’s a bit slow. Direction is also meh, given how gorgeous the locations are.
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