"Stay", starring Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, Ewen McGregor
10-20-05, 11:58 PM
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Stay
Caught this tonight as a screening. "Searching is disabled", so I couldn't do a search and scanning the thread titles on the first two pages turned up nothing. Go ahead and merge this if it's a duplicate.
Anyway - it's a decent flick. Worth seeing. Don't expect to be scared or excited. It's slow and doesn't really have a message. The acting is good and the camerawork is good and I found alot of the transitions to be quite impressive. Some will pass this off as dull drivel, others will be confused, others will find some value here as a moody art piece.
Don't expect it to be another [fill in whatever movie title you have in your head here], because it's unique enough... sort of... and anyway - you'll just end up disappointed.
Anyway - it's a decent flick. Worth seeing. Don't expect to be scared or excited. It's slow and doesn't really have a message. The acting is good and the camerawork is good and I found alot of the transitions to be quite impressive. Some will pass this off as dull drivel, others will be confused, others will find some value here as a moody art piece.
Don't expect it to be another [fill in whatever movie title you have in your head here], because it's unique enough... sort of... and anyway - you'll just end up disappointed.
10-21-05, 04:32 PM
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Is the twist as obvious as it seems in the trailer?
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10-22-05, 10:43 AM
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Could you even call it a twist?
The film is structured in such a way that you know things are strange from the first few scenes.
The film is structured in such a way that you know things are strange from the first few scenes.
10-22-05, 07:36 PM
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I liked the direction, Forster was having a fun time with the transistions.
As far was what the film was about:
As far was what the film was about:
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10-23-05, 03:16 PM
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I enjoyed it even though it's essentially a retread of
The editing is particularly fantastic; so many lavish wipes and transitions... The imagery is too heavy-handed (Forster practically hits you over the head with the countless
but it manages to work as pure eye-candy.
Am I the only one who got kind of a Nic Roeg/Bad Timing vibe from some scenes? Even the lighting and color was very similar at times.
Spoiler:
The editing is particularly fantastic; so many lavish wipes and transitions... The imagery is too heavy-handed (Forster practically hits you over the head with the countless
Spoiler:
Am I the only one who got kind of a Nic Roeg/Bad Timing vibe from some scenes? Even the lighting and color was very similar at times.
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10-23-05, 07:22 PM
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While I enjoyed the movie visually, story wise it's pretty bad.
I wouldn't really call it a twist ending at all because it's easily figured out well before the final scene, it's just a matter of getting to it.
I agree with Trigger that some of the transitions are pretty impressive, but it seems that the director was trying way to hard to impress the audience with his style (not as bad as Domino, though
). A simple fade out now and then is okay. 
I would recommend a rental on this, as the story really was weak.
I wouldn't really call it a twist ending at all because it's easily figured out well before the final scene, it's just a matter of getting to it.
I agree with Trigger that some of the transitions are pretty impressive, but it seems that the director was trying way to hard to impress the audience with his style (not as bad as Domino, though
). A simple fade out now and then is okay. I would recommend a rental on this, as the story really was weak.
11-06-05, 12:19 AM
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I really liked this film. It did not depend on its "twist" to shock the audience. You know something is up, and you are supposed to, so really I wouldn't call it a twist. The ending is just there to wrap up the story and make sense of it, rather than add another layer to the film.
I'm curious why you thought the story was bad, Alien Redrum.
I'm curious why you thought the story was bad, Alien Redrum.
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11-07-05, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Drop
I'm curious why you thought the story was bad, Alien Redrum.
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It just seemed to be the director masturbating to all of the styles he learned in film school.
It's like an Argento movie. Very, very pretty, but lacking substance.
11-08-05, 12:42 AM
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12-12-05, 05:53 AM
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Stay, Spoilers so don't look if you haven't seen it...
I must be getting old, because more and more movies lately are loosing me. Broken Flowers is about the journey, but doesn't answer the questions asked. And now Stay. Tried to do a search but got too many results... I get that they are all dead, but who is who? Is this movie supposed to be watched backwards? Is it in the genre of Momento?
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02-02-07, 02:23 AM
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"Stay", starring Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, Ewen McGregor
I searched, because I thought I remembered there being a thread, but nothing came up.
Anyway, I just watched this 2005 film, and I must say that I really enjoyed it. In the first 2 minutes of the film, I started thinking "Oh...I'm not sure I want to watch 100 minutes of this film...", but the movie gradually won me over and I really enjoyed it. Anyway else seen it?
Anyway, I just watched this 2005 film, and I must say that I really enjoyed it. In the first 2 minutes of the film, I started thinking "Oh...I'm not sure I want to watch 100 minutes of this film...", but the movie gradually won me over and I really enjoyed it. Anyway else seen it?
02-02-07, 07:03 AM
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