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A_B wrote:I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.


I liked it a lot, but I agree it was too long by about 20 minutes or so. That seems to be a common theme with Apatow movies.
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brian wrote:
A_B wrote:I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.


I liked it a lot, but I agree it was too long by about 20 minutes or so. That seems to be a common theme with Apatow movies.


We finally saw it last night. I agree with your take, Brian.
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A_B wrote:I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.


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tennbengal wrote:
A_B wrote:I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.


You are dead to me.



I wanted to love it. A lot of people I share general movie taste with(you included) really liked it but I just couldn't get there.
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Honestly, I thought it sucked and I only watched it cause of the recs on here, but now I'm thinking maybe I shut it off with an extra 20 minutes left.

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Thanks for the reminder, Pruitt. This be on the upcoming list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMKX2tE5Luk
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Saw Get Out and wasn't that impressed. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was OK, but I don't understand the universally glowing reviews. Think I might have felt differently had I come to it without expectations.
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P.D.X. wrote:Thanks for the reminder, Pruitt. This be on the upcoming list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMKX2tE5Luk


I'm going next week with my son who has seen The Room four times. I finally saw it a couple of weeks ago and it is astounding. A case where all of the hype and whatever you've heard about it can not fully prepare you for the wonders that it contains.
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After you see The Disaster Artist give us (me) your opinion on if you should see The Room first or if you think it matters. I've been wanting to see The Room anyway, but want to get the order right.
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brian wrote:After you see The Disaster Artist give us (me) your opinion on if you should see The Room first or if you think it matters. I've been wanting to see The Room anyway, but want to get the order right.


From being halfway through the book, I think that having seen The Room is making it much more enjoyable.

My brother saw The Disaster Artist and loved it, but he said that he wished he'd seen The Room first. He said that his friends who'd seen it beforehand were laughing so hard they were having trouble breathing.

Bottom line - don;t deprive yourself unnecessarily. Next time you are tipsy or buzzed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhrNWiW ... jreload=10
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My daughter, who has seen both, says it is better to have seen The Room previously, when you go see The Disaster Artist. I've seen The Room, and one of these days we're going to see the Disaster Artist.

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Ha, ha, ha! What a story!
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Saw Dave Built A Maze last night. I am not sure if it was a terrible movie or if I liked it because it was weird and different. Acting was shit but fun concept.
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So Kevin Smith has been working on a script based on the Mitch Albom/Warren Zevon's "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" . He is starting to read the script on one of his podcasts (smodcast).

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Finally saw Get Out.

Fucking amazing.
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I assume The Greatest Showman was an immediate La La Land ripoff in which the studio somehow decided to double down on every shitty thing about that movie.
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brian wrote:I assume The Greatest Showman was an immediate La La Land ripoff in which the studio somehow decided to double down on every shitty thing about that movie.


I hope not. I really want to like The Greatest Showman. I hated La La Land.
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Garden State is a movie I want to hate every time I watch it and then there’s a point where it just breaks me down and I like it.
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brian wrote:Saw Get Out and wasn't that impressed. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was OK, but I don't understand the universally glowing reviews. Think I might have felt differently had I come to it without expectations.


Agreed. Good movie, but I was waiting for
something that just blew my mind and it never showed up.
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Pruitt wrote:Finally saw Get Out.

Fucking amazing.


What was fucking amazing about it? Not being a dick, but I feel like I’m missing what was so amazing about it
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High as fuck and decided to tackle The Room. It’s exceeding my every hope so far.
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For those with the little ones, Ferdinand the Bull was pretty good.
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Pruitt wrote:Ha, ha, ha! What a story!


Ha. Just got this reference.
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This movie is fucking bonkers.
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Anyway, how is your sex life?
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So much. Playing catch.
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Oh shit I just got one of the videos they show at Knights games when the other team scores a goal.
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Watched Point Break (the original, obvs) afterwards and it was like watching Lawrence of Arabia.
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brian wrote:Anyway, how is your sex life?


Nobody wants to help me. And I'm dying.
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Brian, I understand this is the movie thread, but have you watched Letterkenny? I think it'll scratch an itch you didn't know you had.
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A_B wrote:
tennbengal wrote:
A_B wrote:I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.


You are dead to me.



I wanted to love it. A lot of people I share general movie taste with(you included) really liked it but I just couldn't get there.


I'll split the difference - just saw it and liked it a lot.

My issues - one small (a bit long), one large (Kumail is a terrible actor).

Still enjoyed it a lot.
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I enjoyed The Big Sick. Especially Ray Romano and Holly Hunter. I've been a fan of hers since Raising Arizona.

Going to watch Logan Lucky tonight for family movie night. I hear it is good. I hope not to be disappointed. Looks like a great cast.
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Avram wrote:I enjoyed The Big Sick. Especially Ray Romano and Holly Hunter. I've been a fan of hers since Raising Arizona.


Not to sound like the film major that I once was, but some actors simply disappear into a role. That's what it was like with Holly Hunter in the Big Sick. Every time she was in a scene - even if it was doing something non-verbal like signing forms, my eyes went straight to her.
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Pruitt wrote:
Avram wrote:I enjoyed The Big Sick. Especially Ray Romano and Holly Hunter. I've been a fan of hers since Raising Arizona.


Not to sound like the film major that I once was, but some actors simply disappear into a role. That's what it was like with Holly Hunter in the Big Sick. Every time she was in a scene - even if it was doing something non-verbal like signing forms, my eyes went straight to her.

I've had a crush on Holly Hunter ever since Raising Arizona!
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Pruitt wrote:
Avram wrote:I enjoyed The Big Sick. Especially Ray Romano and Holly Hunter. I've been a fan of hers since Raising Arizona.


Not to sound like the film major that I once was, but some actors simply disappear into a role. That's what it was like with Holly Hunter in the Big Sick. Every time she was in a scene - even if it was doing something non-verbal like signing forms, my eyes went straight to her.


Hunter and Romano were great, as were the actors playing Kumail's parents.
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Took the girls to see Coco last week. It was very good and the soundtrack is a nice break from Moana (which I love).
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Molly’s Game was pretty great - altho given how much poker I am playing currently the fact that it had plenty of poker scenes may have skewed it for me.
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I did get out to see The Disaster Artist and I liked it, but with some caveats.

For starters, it was a little weird of the two dozen or so people in the theater I'm pretty sure only myself and the couple behind me had seen The Room, so we were laughing at a random scene where Wiseau and Sestero were playing catch with a football early in the movie (long before they even though about making the movie) and I'm sure the other people in the theater thought we were crazy (there were a few other scenes like that long before the scenes where they're making the movie where they fit in some of the touchstones of The Room.

I think it would have been a MUCH better movie if they had somehow made it without Wiseau's blessing since I think they really soft-pedaled the atmosphere on set making the movie and didn't even touch at all on The Room's steady misogyny.

I've really never liked much of anything Dave Franco has done and he wasn't that great here, though James Franco was pretty good.

Really enjoyed all of the celebrity cameos though. Basically I'd say it's a must-see for fans of The Room. Not sure it would be worth anyone else seeing it before they see The Room.
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Wife and I just watched Three Billboards and I thought it was awesome. It will frustrate many, and I totally understand that. That said, so much of it was absolutely perfect. Amazing performances, all around.
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