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Title: First Cow
Post by: Alethia on March 05, 2020, 08:10:42 AM


New Kelly Reichardt. Featuring one of the last performances of the great Rene Auberjonois.

"In the 19th century, a cook travels with fur trappers to the Oregon Territory. He connects with a Chinese immigrant, and they start a business with the surreptitious use of a milking cow owned by a wealthy landowner."

Seeing it this weekend. I'll let you know.
Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: Sleepless on March 05, 2020, 09:57:22 AM
One of my most anticipated this year  :bravo:
Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: ForTheHungryBoy on March 12, 2020, 09:34:50 PM
Decent?

Seems a bit cheesy for me
Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: wilberfan on December 23, 2020, 11:55:06 AM
Quote from: eward on March 05, 2020, 08:10:42 AM
Seeing it this weekend. I'll let you know.

Quote from: Sleepless on March 05, 2020, 09:57:22 AM
One of my most anticipated this year  :bravo:

It's interesting neither of you have (apparently) seen this yet.   Given the date, do I assume it got lost in the pandemic?

I watched it last night, and rather liked it--especially the gentle relationship between the two leads.   I think I enjoyed the first half a bit more than the second--it started to lag a bit, I thought, but :yabbse-thumbup: .

Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: jenkins on December 23, 2020, 01:05:05 PM
you know at the time we didn't know the closure of society was imminent. this movie has a special slot in terms of being prepandemic in the year of the pandemic
Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: Sleepless on January 04, 2021, 09:13:44 AM
Quote from: wilberfan on December 23, 2020, 11:55:06 AM
Quote from: Sleepless on March 05, 2020, 09:57:22 AM
One of my most anticipated this year  :bravo:

It's interesting neither of you have (apparently) seen this yet.   Given the date, do I assume it got lost in the pandemic?

I watched it last night, and rather liked it--especially the gentle relationship between the two leads.   I think I enjoyed the first half a bit more than the second--it started to lag a bit, I thought, but :yabbse-thumbup: .

I watched it a few weeks ago and honestly was a bit disappointed. I'll admit, my experience could have been impacted by be not being in quite the right mood to watch (although I thought I was when I sat down) and at times it felt like I was watching the Battle of Winterfell. I agree, the first half is superior. It deserves me to give it another chance at some point; Meek's Cutoff markedly improved on my second viewing. On The Rocks was another film I'd been really looking forward to in 2020 that fell short of what I was hoping for. Both should be rewatched on their own terms.
Title: Re: First Cow
Post by: wilberfan on January 04, 2021, 10:57:57 AM
Quote from: Sleepless on January 04, 2021, 09:13:44 AM
I'll admit, my experience could have been impacted by be not being in quite the right mood to watch (although I thought I was when I sat down)

THANK you for acknowledging that this is a thing.  (Not that anyone was denying it.)  I feel better being reminded that I'm not the only one that ends up in this headspace sometimes.