I am mostly an on-again Scarlett fan. And will also likely take in her latest superhero pic, at some point I suspect. (Though I'm not generally a big superhero movie fan, except for one or two oldies, like the original Superman with Chris Reeve.)
Never saw her live-action version of Ghost in the Shell though.
Some other Scarlett movies/performances that might be worth a look, if you've never seen some of them...
Been awhile since I saw this, so I don't remember a whole lot about it.
Passable near-future SF thriller, that was sort of like a more modernized Logan's Run, in some ways.
I think someone may already have mentioned this. But this is also a solid thriller about competing magicians, set near the fin de siecle. There are also a couple other excellent actors (and other familiar faces) in some supporting roles in this as well.
Another period drama, with Portman and Bana. I personally can't get enough of stuff like this. This was fairly decent though, if memory serves. Though perhaps a bit on the soapier side.
Decent rom-com-dram flick with Topher Grace of "That 70's Show". This was very well-acted all around as I recall. Though it's been awhile since I last saw it.
There are number of her other films that I either haven't seen, or just don't recall that well.
I've seen about 1/2 of these. I'll look into viewing some of the others. It's not like ScarJo isn't easy on the eyes. Thanks for the suggestions.
On Scarlett Johansson; I always thought that she is an OK actress, nothing outstanding. But in UTS she did a phenomenal job IMO. Certainly a brave role to take on. And not an easy one either.
I've travelled by car the West Coast and Central USA and the people where very helpful and accommodating. One must be watchful or you might end up invited for dinner and be diverted. Yes, the crime rate is higher and the murder rate/shootings are more common but generally the people are pretty kOOL and decent to talk with and hang out with.As a European (and having never been there), my view of the USA is obviously distorted by all sorts of media manipulations.
I’m a sucker for Movies like this. Big expansive historical drama. Watched it and remember I enjoyed it. On my watch again list now!
The New World (2005) with Colin Farrell and Q'orianka Kilcher is another pretty decent film in this genre, told more from the perspective of native Americans. It is not entirely faithful to the historical accounts. But has some very nice cinematography and performances. The dialogue is quite scant though.
I can't remember whether I saw this on DVD or 2k Blu-ray, but I remember wishing that the video quality was a bit better, and that it did better justice to some of the beautifully lensed visuals.
I think Rohmer's whole oeuvre was released on blu ray as a box set but it be might oop.Truffaut and Godard have been mentioned in this thread, but Éric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol and not least Jacques Rivette seem to be seriously underrepresented in English subtitled Blu-ray releases of the original French 'Nouvelle Vague'. And they are every bit as fun as Godard and a lot more interesting than Truffaut.
Ah yes, the messenger boy with a Nagra in his violin (?) case.
It Came from Outer Space lands on Blu-ray with a DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 lossless soundtrack that's the result of an extensive restoration of the original stereophonic three-track magnetic audio. The results are wonderful, and what the presentation lacks in the expanded channel presentations of today, it excels with proper, sophisticated, and knowing use of the channels at its disposal. Directional details are fantastic; imaging across the front impresses a good deal in the opening moments as the ship crashes to Earth, its movement along the front plane precise and following the on-screen path, opening up the scene to wonderful effect. While some heavier details, like a rocky landslide, don't stand up to the precision of the modern engineered track -- such effects can come across a bit muddled or crude in sonic definition -- the sense of room-filling immersion supplements the raw clarity of the moment and it seems the rocks tumble straight from the screen and into the theater. Much the same can be said of crashes and gunshots later in the movie. Dialogue detailing is exacting and clear, while screams are piercingly fun and rich at the top of the spectrum.