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More likely someone quirky who burned out young and left the game and now is cajoled to come back in. But yeah, it could be interesting to have a guy who got banned by the NCAA and is trying to rekindle his love for the game and not all the other stuff (recruiting, entertaining boosters, etc.).
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Wasn't this also about the same time where we had a bunch of movies with an abusive hardass drill sergeant?
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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My roommate's movie like this.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:19 pmAwesome, now I don't feel like I missed something by never having seen Hoosiers. It was my college roommate's favorite movie. Pretty sure he had a VHS copy with him the 3 years I lived with him, and he watched it multiple times.
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Cherry (Apple TV+).....wow....Tom Holland is very good...dark movie
3 for 3 on Apple TV movies (Greyhound, the Justin Timberlake one, and this).
3 for 3 on Apple TV movies (Greyhound, the Justin Timberlake one, and this).
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I thought it was as good. First half was excellent and it did fizzle a bit overall but I enjoyed it. Main actors were great.
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Yeah we watched that last night. Kaluuya and Stanfield were great but I think the script/direction let them down a bit. I knew it but it would have been nice to tell the audience that Fred Hampton was only 19-20 years old and some context with the racism/brutality of the Chicago police. They showed Hampton as a revolutionary but not the community organizer in the mode of Barack Obama which he absolutely was as well. Kind of a missed chance to show how incredible Hampton really was.
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I’ll stay this now without reservation as well but even with the racism in Hollywood I feel pretty confident both Kaluuya and Stanfield both win an Oscar before their careers are done. They’re that good. Stanfield especially is one of the best young actors alive in my opinion.
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I'm definitely a Lakeith Stan.brian wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:45 pm I’ll stay this now without reservation as well but even with the racism in Hollywood I feel pretty confident both Kaluuya and Stanfield both win an Oscar before their careers are done. They’re that good. Stanfield especially is one of the best young actors alive in my opinion.
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...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
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Me neither! Sweet. Can now see what big hollywood wants me to seegovmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:35 am ...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
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Against each other, in the best supporting category. Make sense to you guys who have seen the movie? Twitter seems pissed.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:35 am ...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
*Twitter is always pissed, but you know what I mean
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High fives you knowingly.A_B wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:46 amMe neither! Sweet. Can now see what big hollywood wants me to seegovmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:35 am ...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
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It makes sense to me that they're in the same category, but probably should have been lead. The movie really was a dual vehicle.rass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:55 amAgainst each other, in the best supporting category. Make sense to you guys who have seen the movie? Twitter seems pissed.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:35 am ...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
*Twitter is always pissed, but you know what I mean
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Haven't seen many of the nominated movies and performances yet, but I did stay awake through "Mank" which is well acted and looks great but is definitely not worth 2 + hours of your time.
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I actually did fall asleep halfway through that one and have to finish it here one of these days.
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Maybe they're all assuming that Boseman takes best actor posthumously so they want to give one of them a chance for their own.A_B wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:58 amIt makes sense to me that they're in the same category, but probably should have been lead. The movie really was a dual vehicle.rass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:55 amAgainst each other, in the best supporting category. Make sense to you guys who have seen the movie? Twitter seems pissed.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:35 am ...and both of them nominated, almost exactly when I responded. Had no idea those were being announced this morning.
*Twitter is always pissed, but you know what I mean
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So I’m half hour into the new borat. Are these people really that clueless? I can get some of the older ones but the debutante ball seems like someone would have figured it out.
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Everyone knew something was off, they were just in shock watching or were too polite to kick them out.
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Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar was dumb, but smart dumb.
Kristen Wiig is great, and it had a lot of good laughs.
Kristen Wiig is great, and it had a lot of good laughs.
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Last night I was looking for a feel good movie. Saw a Danish movie called “Another Round” described as life-affirming story of friendship. It starts off with 4 high school teachers sleepwalking through miserable lives and then takes a turn into a death spiral. Thanks, Hulu! Actually a pretty interesting movie, but not the pick me up I needed last night.brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:48 pmSupposedly from the reviews, it's the very opposite of grim. (i.e. joyous and life-affirming)Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:45 pm It sounds like Nomadland would be right up my alley - but I don't want to spend the time if it's really grim. (Even if it's really well-made grim.) So once y'all watch it, let me know.
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We just watched 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'.
If you are so inclined, bet the mortgage on Chadwick Bosman winning the Oscar. It's a lock. (The movie is pretty good too).
If you are so inclined, bet the mortgage on Chadwick Bosman winning the Oscar. It's a lock. (The movie is pretty good too).
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I don’t know if the plot of I Care a Lot could and does actually happen, but it’s pretty fucking scary if it does. Not a bad movie (on Netflix).
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Watched Mank tonight. A bit dry, but I enjoyed it.
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Godzilla v. Kong....2 maybe 2.5 stars. You know what you are getting when you go in.
The Four Year Plan--documentary on the Amazon Prime about QPR's effort to return to the EPL. This description below really does cover it. The owners bought the team and brought the cameras in but gave them pretty wide range. So most of it is focused on the owenrs (Briatore, Ecclesonte, etc), chairman, and managers). Watching the Italians just lose their mind over coaches is FANTASTIC.
The Four Year Plan--documentary on the Amazon Prime about QPR's effort to return to the EPL. This description below really does cover it. The owners bought the team and brought the cameras in but gave them pretty wide range. So most of it is focused on the owenrs (Briatore, Ecclesonte, etc), chairman, and managers). Watching the Italians just lose their mind over coaches is FANTASTIC.
The Four Year Plan is a 2011 documentary that follows QPR’s attempts to gain promotion to the Premier League between 2007 and 2011. It is both ridiculous and brilliant.
You probably know its storyline: in 2007, cash-strapped QPR were bought by Formula 1 tycoons Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone, and the family of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.
The new owners gained notoriety for sacking several managers over a short space of time but ultimately brought their ‘four-year plan’ to completion, securing promotion to the Premier League in 2011.
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Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
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That's every Marvel/comic book movie too and I can never get past it either. At a certain point the "heroes" aren't really helping things by ringing up a half million deaths by collateral damage just so they can kill some weird spacelord.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:15 pm Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
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A kaiju does not concern itself with the opinions of sheep.
The latest superman reboot caught a lot of flak for destroying metropolis, so Batman Vs. Superman's big fight came in an abandoned part of town. Godzilla vs. Kong was exactly what I thought it would be. Didn't expect good, just expected monsters fighting.
The latest superman reboot caught a lot of flak for destroying metropolis, so Batman Vs. Superman's big fight came in an abandoned part of town. Godzilla vs. Kong was exactly what I thought it would be. Didn't expect good, just expected monsters fighting.
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In the Expanse series, something happens that kills billions of people. I'm pretty sure the death toll from that event is higher than the entire human population right now. That's a bit discomfiting.brian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:25 pmThat's every Marvel/comic book movie too and I can never get past it either. At a certain point the "heroes" aren't really helping things by ringing up a half million deaths by collateral damage just so they can kill some weird spacelord.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:15 pm Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Going back to the original Japanese monster movies - Tokyo always got destroyed. A tribute to Japanese engineering that they could ever rebuild it in time for the next bout of destruction.A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:27 pm A kaiju does not concern itself with the opinions of sheep.
The latest superman reboot caught a lot of flak for destroying metropolis, so Batman Vs. Superman's big fight came in an abandoned part of town. Godzilla vs. Kong was exactly what I thought it would be. Didn't expect good, just expected monsters fighting.
I loved the old kaiju movies - unlike the Marvel or DC "films" they knew that they could tell a dopey story in 80-90 minutes.
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In fairness, in the MCU, they do make the fallout from that a pretty major plot point of the series.brian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:25 pmThat's every Marvel/comic book movie too and I can never get past it either. At a certain point the "heroes" aren't really helping things by ringing up a half million deaths by collateral damage just so they can kill some weird spacelord.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:15 pm Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
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Hey Hey Hey...spoilers man!Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:54 pmIn the Expanse series, something happens that kills billions of people. I'm pretty sure the death toll from that event is higher than the entire human population right now. That's a bit discomfiting.brian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:25 pmThat's every Marvel/comic book movie too and I can never get past it either. At a certain point the "heroes" aren't really helping things by ringing up a half million deaths by collateral damage just so they can kill some weird spacelord.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:15 pm Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
(Just kidding...by the time we actually get to whenever that happens, I'll probably have forgotten I read this)
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So I'm watching Being There (Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine). Where's this freakin movie been all my life?
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Gonna watch that this weekend since I’ve never seen it and it drops off HBOMax at end of month.
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That is a great one.
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Finally watched this over the weekend. I liked it overall, as I do pretty much every Fincher, but the "flashbacks" were definitely more enjoyable than the time in which the movie was taking place.
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Exactly. Hell, its central to all the series now.Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:32 pmIn fairness, in the MCU, they do make the fallout from that a pretty major plot point of the series.brian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:25 pmThat's every Marvel/comic book movie too and I can never get past it either. At a certain point the "heroes" aren't really helping things by ringing up a half million deaths by collateral damage just so they can kill some weird spacelord.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:15 pm Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm like, "well, that's about 3000 dead people... that's another 1000..."
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He really was. I’d consider it one of the better acting performances I’ve ever seen if I were at all qualified to make such a statement.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:51 pmThat's a great movie. Peter Sellers is so damn good in it.
The book (by Jerzy Kosinski) is really good as well.
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I think I watched that movie in the theaters, when it came out. Possibly even with my parents.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Unhinged (included with Amazon Prime) was fun. Don't think too hard but just a good suspense. My only complaint, why get a fat Russell Crowe when you could have just gotten John Goodman.