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A Complete Unknown (2024) - Drunk Monk - 03-31-2025
(07-24-2024, 03:24 PM)thatguy Wrote: Complete Unknown - with Timothee Chalamet...he's dreamy!
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A very romanticized version of a young Dylan. Guthrie, Seeger, Baez & Cash are characters, along with his band mates for the electric Newport Festival, which is the climax of the story. I liked how the lyricism told the story. Chalamet’s Dylan impression is prettier, less nasal, more easily digestible. Even though he tries to portray the asshole side of Dylan, Chalamet is too handsome and in tune to feel really authentic. And yet, as a simplified biopic, it’s okay. It gives some interpretation of Dylan’s lyrics, some context, like I said - simplified. I enjoyed it even though it bent the sound of Dylan to be more easy listening.
In a way, I enjoyed I’m Not There better -http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=1176 - because that tried to amplify the mystery, where this film veered more towards softening the blows and hailing Dylan for his genius. Nevertheless I still enjoyed it.
Recommended for D00Mers that like this sort of thing.
Seen on D+ (Hulu)
RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - Greg - 04-01-2025
Excellent. A streamer I have. Been wanting to see this.
RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - King Bob - 04-02-2025
Watched it and was not impressed. I think Chalamet played Dylan way too much as a serious genius. He almost completely missed the humorous trickster side of Dylan that you see in Subterranean Homesick Blues. It just seemed like Oscar bait to me. We turned it off to go to bed about 2/3 of the way through and didn't care enough to go back to it the next day. I will say that he does okay with the songs, but they are also too serious. He doesn't generate the kind of excitement that Highway 61 Revisited needs. The look of the film was good, and Ed Norton was very good, but overall it was pretty forgettable.
RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - Drunk Monk - 04-02-2025
Easy listening.
Dylan should be difficult listening.
RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - thatguy - 04-02-2025
Quote:Dylan should be difficult listening.
Next up:
Timothy Chalamet as Laurie Anderson
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RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - Drunk Monk - 04-02-2025
(04-02-2025, 01:10 PM)thatguy Wrote:Quote:Dylan should be difficult listening.
Next up:
Timothy Chalamet as Laurie Anderson
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I’d watch that.
RE: A Complete Unknown (2024) - King Bob - 04-02-2025
Speaking of difficulty, that reminded me of when ED showed us that G.G. Allin short? documentary? video. Difficult viewing.