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Saw this last week and it was pretty crazy:
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Just saw Weekend At Bernie's for the first time. Why, just..............why?
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I agree. Why did it take you so long!?!??
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Stupid movie, but it sure has become a cultural touchstone.
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It sucked when I was stoned and watching it on vhs.
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I just never thought that you could make a funny movie out of two guys hanging out with a dead dude. Boy was I
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Caught Sorry to Bother You tonight. Dystopian.
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I'm looking forward to it. Getting excellent reviews
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Sorry to Bother You is absolutely brilliant.
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I wouldn't call it fun though. Also, the look of it is interesting. Some really nice lighting, especially outdoor scenes near the uncle's house.
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It’s not feel good, altho funny as hell in spots. But it is an incisive and relevant criticism of capitalism and America and race and pop culture and a fuckton of other issues and is absolutely outstanding.
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Blake Lively's druggie townie slutty character in The Town is so spot on accurate that I had flashbacks to girls I knew in high school.
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I watched Phantom Thread on a plane yesterday. But not all of it. I gave up with about 45 minutes left, which I VERY rarely do with a movie. I just realized that I would rather be doing almost anything. The movie was incredibly boring and there were no characters that I liked. I simply didn't give a shit. Good acting, but what was the point? Why spend two hours watching a total dick sew dresses? He wasn't even evil enough to be interesting.
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Felt the same way during "The Master" (another Paul Thomas Anderson film. I just got worn out from watching all that acting.Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:32 pm I watched Phantom Thread on a plane yesterday. But not all of it. I gave up with about 45 minutes left, which I VERY rarely do with a movie. I just realized that I would rather be doing almost anything. The movie was incredibly boring and there were no characters that I liked. I simply didn't give a shit. Good acting, but what was the point? Why spend two hours watching a total dick sew dresses? He wasn't even evil enough to be interesting.
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Me too.
So disappointed because There Will Be Blood is one of my all time favourites.
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It's great, as is Boogie Nights. Magnolia is my favorite PTA movie. It may be my favorite movie ever. It certainly was for a long time. Haven't seen it in years though.
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I need to catch up on PTA's more recent movies, but while we're here, everyone's seen his first movie, Hard Eight, right? If not, fix that right now. Great, efficient small-scale storytelling. Philip Baker Hall (aka the Library Cop from Seinfeld) is great.
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I haven't seen Hard Eight. Need to.
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Hard Eight is so good.
I haven't watched Magnolia in years, but I remember what I loved about it was the constant sense that something awful was about to happen. The score was amazing.
I haven't watched Magnolia in years, but I remember what I loved about it was the constant sense that something awful was about to happen. The score was amazing.
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Yeah, hearing Aimee Mann again after 15 years or so (since Voices Carry came out) was just an amazing way to get me to feel nostalgic in and of itself. On top of that, the songs are fantastic.
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In contrast to Phantom Thread, I rewatched Superbad last night. Hadn't seen that one in a long time. Holy shit, I'd forgotten how funny that movie is. I'm thinking it's very likely the all-time best of the high-school sex comedy/drama genre. Both Jonah Hill and Michael Sera are incredible.
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James Gunn was removed from GOTG3 today.
I haven’t read all of the old tweets that precipitated this (though a couple that I did see did meet rule #1 for offensive jokes - be funny) but I do feel that caving on a controversy engineered by the likes of Mike Cernovich (specifically because of how out spoken Gunn is in his anti-Trump views) isn’t a good thing.
I haven’t read all of the old tweets that precipitated this (though a couple that I did see did meet rule #1 for offensive jokes - be funny) but I do feel that caving on a controversy engineered by the likes of Mike Cernovich (specifically because of how out spoken Gunn is in his anti-Trump views) isn’t a good thing.
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Well dang. Been mostly off the grid today. Did I miss something big?
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Would this be a bad time to say I don't know who this is?
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I didn't know who he was too. Kind of recognized his name, but couldn't have told you anything about him.
Having read an article about this, but without seeing most of the original Tweets - it seems pretty ridiculous to me that he was fired due to jokes he made many years ago. Weren't they very obviously jokes?
Having read an article about this, but without seeing most of the original Tweets - it seems pretty ridiculous to me that he was fired due to jokes he made many years ago. Weren't they very obviously jokes?
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Who knows?Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:00 pm I didn't know who he was too. Kind of recognized his name, but couldn't have told you anything about him.
Having read an article about this, but without seeing most of the original Tweets - it seems pretty ridiculous to me that he was fired due to jokes he made many years ago. Weren't they very obviously jokes?
Wouldn't put it past a company to hold on to this information and then use it as an excuse to fire someone when other issues arise (money, creative differences...)
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Guys like James Gunn are infinitely replaceable. Some music video director could fill in. If the CGI guys get fired then there’s issues.
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If Cernovich is the reason behind your decision-making process, you're doing it wrong.
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Agreed 100 percent. Still James Gunn is not the hill I’m dying on.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:51 am If Cernovich is the reason behind your decision-making process, you're doing it wrong.
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Just watched Isle of Dogs and while I fully expected to enjoy it, it is hard for me to find the words for how much I loved it.
So audacious, so sweet, so ambitious and so amazing. Wow!
So audacious, so sweet, so ambitious and so amazing. Wow!
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We also watched it on PPV the other night. Enjoyed it.
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We watched 'Annihilation' a couple of nights ago. Pretty decent sci-fi thriller kind of movie. Natalie Portman was great, and Oscar Isaac was good (as he always is).
What didn't help was my GF, who had read the book (and the entire trilogy), sat there the whole time saying 'Well, this is totally different then the book'.
What didn't help was my GF, who had read the book (and the entire trilogy), sat there the whole time saying 'Well, this is totally different then the book'.
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It could be a thread on its own, but which movies can you think of that were excellent as both books and movies? Even if some changes were made. First ones that come to mind are...
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Everything Is illuminated
To Kill A Mockingbird
Bang The Drum Slowly
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Everything Is illuminated
To Kill A Mockingbird
Bang The Drum Slowly
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It is almost 100% different from the book. And, having rest the book and seen the movie, I was happy about that.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:34 am We watched 'Annihilation' a couple of nights ago. Pretty decent sci-fi thriller kind of movie. Natalie Portman was great, and Oscar Isaac was good (as he always is).
What didn't help was my GF, who had read the book (and the entire trilogy), sat there the whole time saying 'Well, this is totally different then the book'.
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Rum Punch/Jackie BrownPruitt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:40 am It could be a thread on its own, but which movies can you think of that were excellent as both books and movies? Even if some changes were made. First ones that come to mind are...
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Everything Is illuminated
To Kill A Mockingbird
Bang The Drum Slowly
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