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Post by sthubbins on May 18, 2020 11:13:32 GMT -6
It's very fun. Some of the contrivances to make the twists work kept me from getting fully absorbed but I had a good time with it.
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Post by nanatod on May 18, 2020 12:36:02 GMT -6
Empire of the Sun - This was...probably about 30 minutes too long. that's an exact description of the band with the same name's set at perry's stage at lolla 2010.
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Post by nanatod on May 18, 2020 12:48:06 GMT -6
Woodstock - My first time through it. might as well put this here. I was in grade school when woodstock happened, but in the yrs and yrs since then, I've put some of the woodstock acts in the tk: joan baez (x3), the band (x2), bs&t, canned heat, cocker (x2), country joe w/o the fish, 75% of ccr, csny (5/4/5/7), dead (x2), arlo (x7), havens (x2), 5/6th of the airplane, melanie, mountain, santana, john sebastian, sha na na, alvin lee w/o 10 yrs after, the who, johnny winter (x2).
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Post by krentist on May 18, 2020 20:07:33 GMT -6
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - this movie is so good. one of the all time greats. For a movie with not all that much dialogue it manages to sustain itself really well for 3 hours which is not something many other movies do that I can think of. Has the board cancelled all westerns or just John Ford's
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Post by irvred on May 18, 2020 20:24:36 GMT -6
We watched both Dodgeball and Anchorman over the last couple nights in an attempt to recreate middle school. I was shocked at how much I still laugh at Dodgeball and then how bad Anchorman is. The latter made me feel so old.
Also watched Goodfellas for Scorsese-thon and it is close to perfect although I personally put a few other Marty flicks ahead of it. Really though at this point I’d say all of his movies have been, at worst, great.
1. The King of Comedy (1982) 2. Mean Streets (1973) 3. Taxi Driver (1976) 4. Goodfellas (1990) 5. Raging Bull (1980) 6. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 7. After Hours (1985) 8. The Color of Money (1986) 9. Boxcar Bertha (1972) 10. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) 11. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
Best The Last Waltz: The Last Waltz (1978)
Unavailable: New York, New York (1977)
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 18, 2020 20:45:37 GMT -6
I’m excited to see the Scorsese Shorts release Criterion is putting out
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Post by zircona1 on May 19, 2020 7:06:35 GMT -6
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - this movie is so good. one of the all time greats. For a movie with not all that much dialogue it manages to sustain itself really well for 3 hours which is not something many other movies do that I can think of. Has the board cancelled all westerns or just John Ford's I saw a 40th anniversary print of this one afternoon in the theater, I had never seen it before, it was very cool. That night I saw Radiohead. That was a pretty good day.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2020 7:15:55 GMT -6
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - this movie is so good. one of the all time greats. For a movie with not all that much dialogue it manages to sustain itself really well for 3 hours which is not something many other movies do that I can think of. Has the board cancelled all westerns or just John Ford's all of Leone's work is still untouchable and we ain't cancelling any of his shit (i still argue that One Upon A Time in the West is his best but it's pretty much arguing between a bunch of 9.7's)
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Post by krentist on May 19, 2020 8:59:06 GMT -6
I was inspired by Neader and Bosma's letterboxd activity to buy The Warner Westerns Collection boxed set -- The Searchers, Rio Bravo, How the West Was Won, Pale Rider, and the Wild Bunch. Was like $25 so only marginally more than renting and at least three of these movies have major replay value so
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Post by andrewvb on May 19, 2020 9:02:20 GMT -6
were you inspired by their 1 star and half star reviews of the searchers?
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Post by krentist on May 19, 2020 9:08:46 GMT -6
yeah. This was the most cost efficient way to get to finally determine if the Lollaboard actually gets what Truffaut and Godard didn't about this movie.
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Post by neader on May 19, 2020 9:20:55 GMT -6
I was inspired by Neader and Bosma's letterboxd activity to buy The Warner Westerns Collection boxed set -- The Searchers, Rio Bravo, How the West Was Won, Pale Rider, and the Wild Bunch. Was like $25 so only marginally more than renting and at least three of these movies have major replay value so imagine all the taco bell you could have gotten instead. wasted.
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Post by krentist on May 19, 2020 9:25:17 GMT -6
How are you watching all these movies. Do you just take an iPad to the bathroom
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Post by rango420 on May 19, 2020 9:31:37 GMT -6
I think giving Lawerence of Arabia 3 and a half stars is objectively funnier than giving searchers half a star
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Post by rango420 on May 19, 2020 9:32:32 GMT -6
Watching Lawerence of Arabia on Quibi and than saying "pretty good coulda been better"
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Post by krentist on May 19, 2020 9:33:22 GMT -6
The parts where he's doing imperialism are fun but I don't particularly enjoy the parts where he has to deal with the consequences of it. 3 and a half stars
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Post by rango420 on May 19, 2020 9:35:14 GMT -6
Sometimes I'm upset we don't get written reviews but other times I worry it will turn me into the joker
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Post by thebosma on May 19, 2020 9:41:03 GMT -6
A neader 3.5 stars is like a normal 9/10 so it’s not as egregious as you might think
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Post by krentist on May 19, 2020 9:42:01 GMT -6
Maybe it's just the accountant in me but...
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Post by goodson on May 19, 2020 9:43:16 GMT -6
Maybe it's just the accountant in me but... i've talked to him about it many times
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Post by andrewvb on May 19, 2020 9:43:37 GMT -6
A neader 3.5 stars is like a normal 9/10 so it’s not as egregious as you might think oh nice
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Post by andrewvb on May 19, 2020 9:44:02 GMT -6
How are you watching all these movies. Do you just take an iPad to the bathroom if i remember right he doesn't need to go to the bathroom at all.
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Post by rango420 on May 19, 2020 9:47:47 GMT -6
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Post by goodson on May 19, 2020 9:48:40 GMT -6
forgot to update the crow rankings
1. jerry maguire - the best movie ever made 2. vanilla sky - the shit you could put into a movie before 9/11 is wild 3. say anything... 4. almost famous 5. singles
about to enter the dark phase
gonna try to finish up and then do as much spike as possible before 5 bloods
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2020 9:48:43 GMT -6
Toy Story 4 and King of Comedy is a wild double feature.
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Post by jimmyrecard on May 19, 2020 9:51:14 GMT -6
You guys have convinced me to start watching some Westerns tonight after work. They don't hold the same cultural place in Australia and aren't necessarily required viewing growing up there, so I don't know that I've ever really seen a single one (does Shanghai Noon count with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson? Wild Wild West with Will Smith? ). Any recommendations on where to start? I feel like The Good The Bad and the Ugly is a good place since it's so famous and iconic. But happy to take any other recommendations on a good starting point.
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Post by neader on May 19, 2020 9:52:17 GMT -6
2 - good 3 - great 4 - amazing 5 - perfect
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Post by goodson on May 19, 2020 9:52:34 GMT -6
You guys have convinced me to start watching some Westerns tonight after work. They don't hold the same cultural place in Australia and aren't necessarily required viewing growing up there, so I don't know that I've ever really seen a single one (does Shanghai Noon count with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson? Wild Wild West with Will Smith? ). Any recommendations on where to start? I feel like The Good The Bad and the Ugly is a good place since it's so famous and iconic. But happy to take any other recommendations on a good starting point. ya i'd start with some leones good the bad and the ugly and once upon a time in the west are good
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Post by goodson on May 19, 2020 9:53:00 GMT -6
2 - good 3 - great 4 - amazing 5 - perfect you can say it a bunch of times it still doesn't make sense
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2020 9:53:18 GMT -6
Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good Bad and the Ugly is a great start.
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