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Napoleon was not good, in fact I found it really hard to watch
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Iron claw was pretty good but the editor needed a bit more control over the last 20 minutes.
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Enjoyed Ferrari, even if Penelope Cruz's accent veers away from Italian, and back to Spanish, at highly emotional moments.
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We watch Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (part one) last night, and really enjoyed it. Fun action movie.
And Tom Cruise is gonna die making one of these.
And Tom Cruise is gonna die making one of these.
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Boys In The Boat. Decent sports movie that missed the key beats and theme of the book. But good choice for a matinee movie or when it streams on Amazon.
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I'm just now seeing this and I'm like HELL YES.
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What's even better is the way she tells you to remember how to pronounce it: "It's Anya. Like aneurysm."
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I think that George Clooney is just not a good director. "Good night and good luck" was pretty good, but beyond that...not so much.
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I don't think it was director on this. Screen play and producers have to take the fall.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:54 pmI think that George Clooney is just not a good director. "Good night and good luck" was pretty good, but beyond that...not so much.
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Just to follow up on this. It's certainly awards bait type of movie. I just think they picked a bad year. Jeremy Allen White could get a supporting actor nomination, and Zac Efron was way better than most would think. I happen to think both of them will win an oscar at some point, so save this in your hot takes file for down the line. (And White COULD win this year because he was fantastic, but the supporting actor field is stacked this year. But I'm saying enjoy season 3 of the bear because after that, Carmie's going to holllywood full time).
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The Ringer's Sean Fennessey's 100 best movies of 2023.
https://letterboxd.com/seanfennessey/list/best-of-2023/
https://letterboxd.com/seanfennessey/list/best-of-2023/
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I've been curious about how the changes to the world of putting out movies and TV shows would affect the release of "Oscar bait" movies. It's been tradition for certain movies to get at least a limited release in the last couple weeks of eligibility for the Oscars, keeping them fresh in voters' minds for both the nomination and voting phases. For example, "Good Will Hunting" to a limited release in December 1997 before receiving a national release in January 1998.A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:40 amJust to follow up on this. It's certainly awards bait type of movie. I just think they picked a bad year. Jeremy Allen White could get a supporting actor nomination, and Zac Efron was way better than most would think. I happen to think both of them will win an oscar at some point, so save this in your hot takes file for down the line. (And White COULD win this year because he was fantastic, but the supporting actor field is stacked this year. But I'm saying enjoy season 3 of the bear because after that, Carmie's going to holllywood full time).
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After Tom Wilkinson passed away recently, I read a number of glowing reports on Michael Clayton, here and elsewhere. Somehow, the wife and I had never seen it. So we just watched it today. Man, what a great film! Can certainly see why it earned so many Academy Award nominations. Better late than never!
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Tilda Swinton is so damn good in that movie.sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:24 pm After Tom Wilkinson passed away recently, I read a number of glowing reports on Michael Clayton, here and elsewhere. Somehow, the wife and I had never seen it. So we just watched it today. Man, what a great film! Can certainly see why it earned so many Academy Award nominations. Better late than never!
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11 years later finally watching White House Down and man, what a fun flick.
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Poor Things was, like the book interesting
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The Holdovers was really good. Giamatti was his usual self, but with more depth than some of his previous characters. Based on watching very few other movies this year, I'm thinking he's gonna grab an Oscar. Lock for a nomination, for sure.
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A couple buddies and I have Monday off for MLK Day.
We're going to the movies to watch American Fiction.
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Took the family out to see Wonka in the theater last week. It was my wife's idea. I'd barely even registered that it was a movie that exists. But, it was surprisingly good! I love the original, hated the bits I saw of the Depp remake, and didn't even know what this one was about (turns out, it's a Wonka origin story), but it's light-hearted and fun.
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The movie was great. Several laugh out loud moments and very entertaining. And come to find out that Cord Jefferson, the writer and director, is from Tucson.
There's a line in the movie where the main character's (Jeffrey Wright) brother (Sterling K. Brown) were comparing their living situations and the brother is like "And I'm still living in fucking Tucson, AZ! There's one gay bar there and it's full of fucking college kids!"
The audience laughed hard at that. (And I've actually been to that gay bar.)
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And will take Oscar to In-N-Out after, no doubt.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:50 pm The Holdovers was really good. Giamatti was his usual self, but with more depth than some of his previous characters. Based on watching very few other movies this year, I'm thinking he's gonna grab an Oscar. Lock for a nomination, for sure.
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Just watched Saltburn. That was….something.
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Yeah... yeesh with a couple of these scenes.
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Oscar nominations are out and people are BIG MAD that Ryan Gosling is nominated but Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie are not.
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(Those folks aren't... I dunno, "wrong," but they are also leaving out that America Ferrera got a Supporting bid. I also find it weird that ppl are, like, mad at Gosling. Be made at the voters. I see people saying he got a nomination is ridiculous. No, it's not.)
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It is kind of funny that Gosling got a nomination and Gerwig and Robbie didn’t. Undercuts the entire premise of the movie, but Gosling was fantastic and deserves it. You might say he was Kenough to win. But seriously, he was great.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:52 pm(Those folks aren't... I dunno, "wrong," but they are also leaving out that America Ferrera got a Supporting bid. I also find it weird that ppl are, like, mad at Gosling. Be made at the voters. I see people saying he got a nomination is ridiculous. No, it's not.)
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Gerwig made a fucking Barbie movie fun, and smart, and funny. She deserves a lifetime award for that.
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I agree. She walked an incredibly tight line between an enormous hit and making what could have been the worst movie ever made. She fucking went for it and pulled it off. Unbelievable.
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In other news, how did I not know Joe Namath started in this classic:
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Yep. My wife pulled it up on our last flight out west and she was just going to watch a few minutes and just couldn't stop watching. I kept looking over and giggling at whatever scene was showing... Such a fun movie.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:38 pmI agree. She walked an incredibly tight line between an enormous hit and making what could have been the worst movie ever made. She fucking went for it and pulled it off. Unbelievable.
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Had the long flight home last night from Boston, so downloaded and watched "Killers of the Flower Moon".
Thought it was pretty good...but man, that is one long ass movie. Glad I didn't try to see it in the theater. A few thoughts:
Thought it was pretty good...but man, that is one long ass movie. Glad I didn't try to see it in the theater. A few thoughts:
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I just saw an article on The Hudsucker Proxy on gq.com, and I'm reminded that someone -- Magary maybe? -- mentioned recently to watch the entire Coen brothers oeuvre in order. And man, that sounds like an amazing use of my time. I think collectively I've seen around half of their movies at one time or another. I think I'll start the first weekend in March; my better half has to go to Mumbai for work, so I'll have free use of the screens. Next time I go to my parents I'll have to go through and see which ones I have on DVD.
Come to think of it, maybe if anyone else is interested, we can start a separate thread as a movie club discussion. Any takers?
Come to think of it, maybe if anyone else is interested, we can start a separate thread as a movie club discussion. Any takers?
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Wasn't "Blood Simple" their first?
Haven't seen that in years - remember it as being really good.
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I'm down. I miss the Thursday night viewings.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:22 am I just saw an article on The Hudsucker Proxy on gq.com, and I'm reminded that someone -- Magary maybe? -- mentioned recently to watch the entire Coen brothers oeuvre in order. And man, that sounds like an amazing use of my time. I think collectively I've seen around half of their movies at one time or another. I think I'll start the first weekend in March; my better half has to go to Mumbai for work, so I'll have free use of the screens. Next time I go to my parents I'll have to go through and see which ones I have on DVD.
Come to think of it, maybe if anyone else is interested, we can start a separate thread as a movie club discussion. Any takers?
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I don’t know if I could join you regularly but I love the Coen brothers. I think I have four or five of their movies on dvd. And nowadays with streaming you can get just about any film if you’ll pay a couple bucks.
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I really like the idea of something like: Watch X movie by a certain day and then get into a discussion. I have a tough time with viewing stuff in the evening at a given time, but give me a week and I can definitely get there.
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