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Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:22 pm**

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:13 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:29 am Knives Out was legitimately great. And fun.
Just got back from seeing this and I co-sign completely. Lots of great acting but Daniel Craig was tremendous in his role.

Saw this with the fam last night. We absolutely loved it.

[+] spoiler: My wife and I both wondered why Chris Evans would've been in that role, which had us suspicious of his role in the plot. Not quite a spoiler, but kind of tilted the scales in his direction while watching. By no means a detraction from the experience, just something we discussed afterwards.

Loved the numerous somewhat subtle jabs at the elite... The fact that none of them could remember (or bothered to care) what country she was from.

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:32 pm**

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:22 pm
Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:13 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:29 am Knives Out was legitimately great. And fun.
Just got back from seeing this and I co-sign completely. Lots of great acting but Daniel Craig was tremendous in his role.
Saw this with the fam last night. We absolutely loved it.

[+] spoiler
My wife and I both wondered why Chris Evans would've been in that role, which had us suspicious of his role in the plot. Not quite a spoiler, but kind of tilted the scales in his direction while watching. By no means a detraction from the experience, just something we discussed afterwards.

Loved the numerous somewhat subtle jabs at the elite... The fact that none of them could remember (or bothered to care) what country she was from.

[+] spoiler: My favorite line was (paraphrased) 'You can't kick us out of our ancestral home!' - 'You bought it in the '80's!'

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:49 am**

Not sure where else to put this, so movies it is!

Posted: **Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:18 pm**

All these extremely religious conservatives on my timeline tripping over themselves to fellate Gervais for that have absolutely no idea how he feels about them.

Posted: **Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:32 pm**

I wanted to ask a few in my feed how they feel when reality tv hosts do the same thing just to see them contort themselves like Reed Richards.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:24 pm**

No character has ever needed to be punched more in a movie that doesn’t get punched at some point than Ethan Hawke in Reality Bites.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:54 pm**

I watched knives out. I loved it. Until they left the house. From that point on it was something less than good. Unimpressed. Don’t get the swamp love.

ETA: I told my youngest we would watch it later again since he couldn’t tonight so maybe I missed something. I’m open to being wrong since people I respect liked it but I just thought It fell apart late.

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:43 pm**

I have rewatched and I think I can articulate my gripes. But tomorrow. Not now. Spoiler: my opinion improved slightly.

Ets: it’s actually one gripe that manifests itself multiple times.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:49 am**

Little Woman is really good. Hopefully Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothee Chalamet keep making movies together for a long time.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:38 am**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:15 pm Add me to the list of guys who loved The Irishman. First movie in 20 years where DeNiro seemed like he really cared about his role.

I'm a little late to the game, but, yeah, really enjoyed this movie.

Pro tip: My wife and I treated it like it was a 3 part mini series, watching it 1 hour at a time for three consecutive nights. Really enjoyed the experience. I can tell you, there's no way she would've sat through that in one sitting. I'm not sure I would've enjoyed it in one sitting (maybe), but I know most people aren't up for a 3.5 hour movie.

I know that's not a novel opinion, but it was stunning in its length, IMO.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:15 am**

Wife and I are on a bit of a mission to try and see a batch of Golden Globe/Oscar movies the next few month.

Seen
Knives Out
Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time

Making plans to see
Parasite
1917
Joker (On Demand)
Little Women

Might not make the cut
Jojo Rabbit
Ford v. Ferrari
Pain and Glory
Bombshell
Harriet
Judy

Also going to see the new Star Wars, because fuck all of you nerds that hate on everything, I know I'll enjoy it.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:19 am**

I'd say that this an overly friendly Star Wars board compared to the rest of the internet.

(I know I was critical of the latest, but I also know I will watch it 10 more times in my life probably. )

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:26 am**

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:38 am I'm a little late to the game, but, yeah, really enjoyed th.e...tip: My wife...in.ser.t.ing it... Really enjoyed the experience. I can tell you, there's no way she would've sat through that in one sitting. I'm not sure I would've enjoyed it in one sitting (maybe), but I know most people aren't up for a...p.e.g..., IMO.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:37 am**

It's too early for that shit, rass!

Geez.

:D

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:40 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:19 am I'd say that this an overly friendly Star Wars board compared to the rest of the internet.

(I know I was critical of the latest, but I also know I will watch it 10 more times in my life probably. )

Yeah, it's really more a general / very personal comment. My son refused to go, bucking a quasi-tradition we'd established of seeing whatever SW franchise vehicle was available over the holidays. They fucked us with Solo, but for a number of years they came out over the holidays and we'd go to the fancy theater and see it. Pissed me off.

But, also, critics and uber nerds have been shitting on the franchise long before Disney took it over and I'm just tired of it. I get hating on Phantom Menace, that shit is putrid. 2 and 3 aren't great, but they're not horrible. But the recent movies have all been pretty entertaining. Just no pleasing people when there are so many Comic Con-type people vested in a franchise.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:49 am**

1917 was spectacular.

Posted: **Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:38 am**

It's a bit old, but A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is pretty fantastic. Beautiful horror movie, though not gory at all.

[+] spoiler: On of the jarring things is that you hardly see anyone other than the few main characters. There's one party scene, but mostly it's just the main characters alone or together on screen. Nothing even in the background (mostly)

Posted: **Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:02 am**

The Aretha Franklin gospel film Amazing Grace is sloppily shot, and a bit of a mess visually, but holy cow, it is great.

Her voice is just incredible.

Posted: **Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:40 pm**

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:38 am
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:15 pm Add me to the list of guys who loved The Irishman. First movie in 20 years where DeNiro seemed like he really cared about his role.
I'm a little late to the game, but, yeah, really enjoyed this movie.

Pro tip: My wife and I treated it like it was a 3 part mini series, watching it 1 hour at a time for three consecutive nights. Really enjoyed the experience. I can tell you, there's no way she would've sat through that in one sitting. I'm not sure I would've enjoyed it in one sitting (maybe), but I know most people aren't up for a 3.5 hour movie.

I know that's not a novel opinion, but it was stunning in its length, IMO.

I liked it a lot. De Niro was good and the de aging stuff wasn’t as distracting as I thought save for some short periods.

Posted: **Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:53 am**

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:49 am 1917 was spectacular.

I really want to see it in the theater. Hoping to hit that this weekend.

Posted: **Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:30 pm**

Parasite is a fucking mind-blowing experience.

Posted: **Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:49 pm**

I’ll need to process a bit. But at first watch once upon a time in Hollywood was ... unimpressive.

Did not feel like Tarantino.

Posted: **Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:04 pm**

It really grew on me.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:18 am**

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:04 pm It really grew on me.

At first, I didn't love Inglorious basterds, either, and now I do.

[+] spoiler: I think it's these alternate history movies that take some time to coalesce in my brain. I thought Dicaprio and Pitt were really good, even if it felt like Pitt was reprising his role from the Ocean's movies a bit.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:21 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:18 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:04 pm It really grew on me.
At first, I didn't love Inglorious basterds, either, and now I do.

[+] spoiler
I think it's these alternate history movies that take some time to coalesce in my brain. I thought Dicaprio and Pitt were really good, even if it felt like Pitt was reprising his role from the Ocean's movies a bit.

[+] spoiler: It's definitely a slow burn for an hour or so. I think I got re-excited about it, after listening to the Ringer's "Big Picture" podcast about it.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:01 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:18 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:04 pm It really grew on me.
At first, I didn't love Inglorious basterds, either, and now I do.

[+] spoiler
I think it's these alternate history movies that take some time to coalesce in my brain. I thought Dicaprio and Pitt were really good, even if it felt like Pitt was reprising his role from the Ocean's movies a bit.

Not reading the spoiler, but I was very much that way on Basterds as well. Christoph Waltz is incredible in that movie, as is Pitt.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:13 pm**

I loved "Inglorious Basterds," and liked "Django." But "The Hateful Eight" pissed me off so much that I have no further interest in Tarantino's movies.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:22 pm**

I've seen a lot of takes that The Hateful Eight is terrible and I just don't get it. I like it better than the Kill Bill movies, which are my least favorite Tarantinos.

Pulp Fiction
Django
Reservoir Dogs
Inglorious Basterds
Jackie Brown
OUATIH
Hateful Eight
Kill Bill 1&2

Note: I still enjoyed the Kill Bills, so the floor is pretty high in this ranking.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:25 pm**

Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
OUATIH
Reservoir Dogs
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Hateful Eight
Kill Bill 1&2

I haven't read the hate for Hateful Eight. Fill me in?

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:27 pm**

Mostly about gratuitous violence (even for tarantino) and the completely unredeeming character of every person in the room. The over the top woman beating doesn't do it any favors.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:31 pm**

Also it's a b-movie story that runs nearly 3 hours.

I found it to be almost a parody of tarantino's better movies.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:20 pm**

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:04 pm It really grew on me.

I rewatched the last hour or so tonight anymore I already like it more. I guess I was distracted at a certain point and it affected things.

Posted: **Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:00 pm**

I liked OUATIH up until the ending.

[+] spoiler: (I’m not especially squeamish but think it was a little over the top, even for Tarantino.)

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:53 am**

Jesus Rolls!?

Sequel of sorts to "The Big Lebowski."

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:55 am**

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:53 am Jesus Rolls!?

Sequel of sorts to "The Big Lebowski."

Have been reading about Turturro talking about this for a few years. Last I read the Cohens were not endorsing it but also gave Turturro the green light to use the character and get the movie made.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:41 pm**

Watched The Two Popes. Watching it now it definitely has a Kobe feel about it where it’s glorifying the good and margininilzing the bad. Which is probably worse for a movie than instant reactions regarding a celebrity death. Cause there is more intentionality.

However, Pryce and Hopkins were both great. Ymmv

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:46 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:41 pm Watched The Two Popes. Watching it now it definitely has a Kobe feel about it where it’s glorifying the good and margininilzing the bad. Which is probably worse for a movie than instant reactions regarding a celebrity death. Cause there is more intentionality.

However, Pryce and Hopkins were both great. Ymmv

The acting was great, but it felt as though it was co-produced by the Vatican.

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:12 pm**

We went and saw 1917 yesterday (instead of watch the Game...good choice. There was a grand total of 6 people in the theater). Super great movie...really well done. The 'tracking shot' stuff was distracting at first, but once the mission got started, it became less so.

[+] spoiler: We were both surprised when Blake was killed halfway through the movie. Wasn't expecting that.

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:42 pm**

Saw 1917 and echo everyone's thoughts. Beautiful shot and edited. A little slow but the tension building up as they went made the slow parts ok.

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:52 pm**

I watched Hell or High Water on Netflix this weekend and thought it was really good. Had a strong No Country For Old Men vibe, without being quite as dark (or as good, which isn't an insult).

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