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Post by krentist on May 22, 2020 8:31:17 GMT -6
Casino - I will let Scorsese boy irvred issue the official review but folks this is sick. I think Marty should make one last movie structured like this before his career ends and instead of having a plot or dialogue it will just be soundtracked by Gimme Shelter on loop and it's five hours long. That would show the naysayers. Sabrina - this is good. Probably not quite Tier A Wilder but it wears its age better than many comedies of the era because Wilder is good. Humphrey Bogart is like 6x as old as Audrey Hepburn in this but that's fine my girlfriend thinks he's hot so it's not that implausible. I'd be OK getting cuckolded by Bogie. Did you guys know William Holden was the best man at Ronald and Nancy's wedding? That being said he still rules and I forgive him.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 8:48:03 GMT -6
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Post by andrewvb on May 22, 2020 8:54:39 GMT -6
love that the only thing he watches now is joe pera talks with you
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 9:28:56 GMT -6
love that the only thing he watches now is joe pera talks with you there was a lot to take in from that interview lol "We hire models to say words they don’t even understand and then light them well" kinda says more about the way he views filmmaking than it does take any jabs at hollywood. (i still love Primer and Upstream Color tho)
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Post by andrewvb on May 22, 2020 9:40:16 GMT -6
love that the only thing he watches now is joe pera talks with you there was a lot to take in from that interview lol "We hire models to say words they don’t even understand and then light them well" kinda says more about the way he views filmmaking than it does take any jabs at hollywood. (i still love Primer and Upstream Color tho) did you look into the chattanooga film festival thing they reference at all? it's $10/day, $30 for the weekend. gwar is on tonight and joe dante tribute tomorrow, plus a good amount of features and shorts. i'm gonna do it and check out the movie he "exec produced" it sounds cool.
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Post by irvred on May 22, 2020 13:28:01 GMT -6
I will confirm the hot take that Casino fucks. I had never seen it and it was dope the entire 3-hour runtime. I read that when it was released it was compared unfavorably to Goodfellas, which I get, but c’mon. Personally I enjoyed watching De Niro’s character arc and his fixation with Sharon Stone more than Ray Liotta’s arc in Goodfellas. Although I do feel like I need to keep stressing that all of these movies have been very good.
1. The King of Comedy (1982) 2. Mean Streets (1973) 3. Taxi Driver (1976) 4. Casino (1995) 5. Goodfellas (1990) 6. Raging Bull (1980) 7. The Age of Innocence (1993) 8. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 9. After Hours (1985) 10. Cape Fear (1991) 11. The Color of Money (1986) 12. Boxcar Bertha (1972) 13. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) 14. 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 22, 2020 13:31:57 GMT -6
i got the criterion channel. won’t be moving all day (weekend?)
just watched the daytrippers and loved it
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Post by sleeping on May 22, 2020 13:32:06 GMT -6
I watched The Wrong Missy and it is very very bad although I don't know what I expected. I just really like Lauren Lapkus OK?
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 22, 2020 13:52:03 GMT -6
I watched The Wrong Missy and it is very very bad although I don't know what I expected. I just really like Lauren Lapkus OK? I like her a lot and this is by far the worst movie I’ve ever seen
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Post by irvred on May 22, 2020 18:23:20 GMT -6
Kundun was so painful to watch and I’d like to thank krentist for enduring that with me. Real biopic-ass film that Marty had no idea how to wield.
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Post by krentist on May 22, 2020 18:36:49 GMT -6
yeah I love his religious films so I had high hopes for this one but unfortunately it felt kind of listless and anonymous. I'd be fascinated to know what connection Marty felt with the material because honestly it feels like the only film of his I've ever seen where it could have mostly really been anyone. I guess a big part of it is that there are just some things he really "gets" so his films are just laced with these great little details but I don't think Tibetan Buddhism is one of those things. oh well.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 19:14:29 GMT -6
Exorcist 3 on Joe Bob tonight!! I'm so happy
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Post by Timbo on May 22, 2020 19:19:15 GMT -6
Hey I watched a movie today and plan to do so more often now that we have a babysitter. I watched the Harley Quinn movie bc it was on Plex. I liked it. Wasn't perfect but it did have some decent action sequences specifically for Harley, tho the others had some wonky ones. But overall it was entertaining.
I'm thinking the next movie I watch is the new Nic Cage movie Color Out of Space bc of how ridiculous the trailer was.
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Post by munkivelli on May 22, 2020 19:26:20 GMT -6
Watching The Lovebirds because I was in the mood for a new comedy that isn't The Wrong Missy tonight.
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Post by munkivelli on May 22, 2020 20:33:25 GMT -6
Watching The Lovebirds because I was in the mood for a new comedy that isn't The Wrong Missy tonight. Update: That was fun
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Post by nanatod on May 22, 2020 21:20:23 GMT -6
rented lucky grandma via a link on the music box theater's website. the movie starts off with a really great beginning, but the movie's ending isn't as great as it could have been. wanted grandma to be ultimately more lucky.
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Post by munkivelli on May 22, 2020 21:24:27 GMT -6
rented lucky grandma via a link on the music box theater's website. the movie starts off with a really great beginning, but the movie's ending isn't as great as it could have been. wanted grandma to be ultimately more lucky. that was on my radar...is it worth watching?
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Post by nanatod on May 22, 2020 22:19:28 GMT -6
it is really, really great, except for the last five minutes, which were a little too depressing for me and the better half after the uplifting rest of the movie. even if I could figure out how to do spoilers here, I don't think I'd want to do that when the movie is so brand new.
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Post by andrewvb on May 22, 2020 22:47:49 GMT -6
I watched the Harley Quinn movie bc it was on Plex. have you let nana know?
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Post by andrewvb on May 22, 2020 22:50:13 GMT -6
watched a couple p good movies from the online film fest tonight. the better was the shane carruth produced the wanting mare which felt v sci-fi by way of terrence malick. the narrative was a little tough to get into but really cool visuals.
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Post by nanatod on May 22, 2020 23:37:46 GMT -6
we don't have cable or dish, just tv w/ an antenna. we do have a netflix subscription on our laptop, as well as a redbox membership and a music box theater membership. No Plex.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 23, 2020 7:36:07 GMT -6
Watching The Lovebirds because I was in the mood for a new comedy that isn't The Wrong Missy tonight. We watched this last night too. What is it with Netflix movies having the most annoying characters I’ve ever seen? Is it awful writing? Kumail was intolerable! I get that’s the point but man he sucked to listen to for 90 minutes. A HUGE step up from Wrong Missy tho.
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Post by sthubbins on May 23, 2020 7:46:45 GMT -6
Cover Girl - not great
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Post by andrewvb on May 23, 2020 8:45:35 GMT -6
Watching The Lovebirds because I was in the mood for a new comedy that isn't The Wrong Missy tonight. We watched this last night too. What is it with Netflix movies having the most annoying characters I’ve ever seen? Is it awful writing? Kumail was intolerable! I get that’s the point but man he sucked to listen to for 90 minutes. A HUGE step up from Wrong Missy tho. the crazy thing is the lovebirds was supposed to premiere at sxsw and be a movie in theaters. it was pretty much the first movie to just go to streaming because of covid tho.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 23, 2020 9:48:06 GMT -6
We watched this last night too. What is it with Netflix movies having the most annoying characters I’ve ever seen? Is it awful writing? Kumail was intolerable! I get that’s the point but man he sucked to listen to for 90 minutes. A HUGE step up from Wrong Missy tho. the crazy thing is the lovebirds was supposed to premiere at sxsw and be a movie in theaters. it was pretty much the first movie to just go to streaming because of covid tho. Oh I had no idea - I thought I remembered seeing the N and the “ga-gong” at the beginning but I was also probably assuming it was a Netflix movie because it wasn’t very good. I liked Kumail a lot in Silicon Valley but I haven’t liked him in a single other thing I’ve seen.
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Post by thebosma on May 23, 2020 9:48:34 GMT -6
the crazy thing is the lovebirds was supposed to premiere at sxsw and be a movie in theaters. it was pretty much the first movie to just go to streaming because of covid tho. Oh I had no idea - I thought I remembered seeing the N and the “ga-gong” at the beginning but I was also probably assuming it was a Netflix movie because it wasn’t very good. I liked Kumail a lot in Silicon Valley but I haven’t liked him in a single other thing I’ve seen. The Big Sick?
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 23, 2020 9:53:46 GMT -6
Oh I had no idea - I thought I remembered seeing the N and the “ga-gong” at the beginning but I was also probably assuming it was a Netflix movie because it wasn’t very good. I liked Kumail a lot in Silicon Valley but I haven’t liked him in a single other thing I’ve seen. The Big Sick? Annoying
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Post by krentist on May 23, 2020 9:58:37 GMT -6
Twitter?
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Post by andrewvb on May 23, 2020 10:04:11 GMT -6
the crazy thing is the lovebirds was supposed to premiere at sxsw and be a movie in theaters. it was pretty much the first movie to just go to streaming because of covid tho. Oh I had no idea - I thought I remembered seeing the N and the “ga-gong” at the beginning but I was also probably assuming it was a Netflix movie because it wasn’t very good. yeah when they buy a movie exclusively they brand it that way anyway.
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Post by venom on May 23, 2020 10:06:16 GMT -6
Kundun was so painful to watch and I’d like to thank krentist for enduring that with me. Real biopic-ass film that Marty had no idea how to wield.
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