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Post by thebosma on May 24, 2020 16:52:05 GMT -6
All right. Gonna fix a grappa and watch this shit I guess. I hope it's better than 8 1/2They’re extremely different and I like both but I appreciate what La Dolce Vita is saying more. It’s not nearly as easy to get lost during this one, especially if you take specific note of the time of day and treat it sequentially.
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Post by teekoh on May 24, 2020 17:15:03 GMT -6
Not sure how that would vibe with a grappa.
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Post by thebosma on May 24, 2020 17:19:30 GMT -6
Not sure how that would vibe with a grappa. Better than 8 1/2 I assure you
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Post by andrewvb on May 24, 2020 21:50:38 GMT -6
Currently watching a movie where the painter from portrait of a lady on fire falls in love with a theme park ride. Hard to imagine any other 2020 movie topping this
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Post by munkivelli on May 24, 2020 21:58:47 GMT -6
Currently watching a movie where the painter from portrait of a lady on fire falls in love with a theme park ride. Hard to imagine any other 2020 movie topping this Jumbo, right? I heard about that and want to see it. Is it out? or do you have a screener or something?
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Post by andrewvb on May 24, 2020 23:15:22 GMT -6
Currently watching a movie where the painter from portrait of a lady on fire falls in love with a theme park ride. Hard to imagine any other 2020 movie topping this Jumbo, right? I heard about that and want to see it. Is it out? or do you have a screener or something? yeah, it's part of the chattanooga online film festival. you can get a day pass for monday for $10 if you wanna see it plus whatever other movies you want to watch. honestly it was pretty great. noemie merlant is so committed to the insane role it rules.
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Post by munkivelli on May 24, 2020 23:31:28 GMT -6
Jumbo, right? I heard about that and want to see it. Is it out? or do you have a screener or something? yeah, it's part of the chattanooga online film festival. you can get a day pass for monday for $10 if you wanna see it plus whatever other movies you want to watch. honestly it was pretty great. noemie merlant is so committed to the insane role it rules. sweet...I'm down...thanks
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Post by krentist on May 25, 2020 9:29:43 GMT -6
Western week continued yesterday with Meek's Cutoff. Overall less boring than I thought it would be and generally good. I'm glad she knows if she's going to make films like that she needs to get in and out in under 120.
Starting today with Bone Tomahawk. The top review on Letterboxd is an endless diatribe from some dork apologizing for giving such a problematic movie 4.5 stars and buying a Burzum shirt in 2000 so I am excited.
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2020 11:32:36 GMT -6
Uncut Gems is now on Netflix, and very worth watching
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Post by andrewvb on May 25, 2020 12:41:19 GMT -6
good teens getting mauled by a bear movie
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 25, 2020 13:41:37 GMT -6
good teens getting mauled by a bear movie immediately need to see this
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Post by krentist on May 25, 2020 13:53:51 GMT -6
W Starting today with Bone Tomahawk. The top review on Letterboxd is an endless diatribe from some dork apologizing for giving such a problematic movie 4.5 stars and buying a Burzum shirt in 2000 so I am excited. Has its moments but is way too long. This is the first of his films I have seen but the discussion of Zahler's politics seems to be much ado about nothing.
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Post by goodson on May 25, 2020 15:12:39 GMT -6
W Starting today with Bone Tomahawk. The top review on Letterboxd is an endless diatribe from some dork apologizing for giving such a problematic movie 4.5 stars and buying a Burzum shirt in 2000 so I am excited. Has its moments but is way too long. This is the first of his films I have seen but the discussion of Zahler's politics seems to be much ado about nothing. bone tomahawk is his most apolitical movie prob
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 20:25:04 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 21:02:05 GMT -6
Yesssss
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Post by krentist on May 25, 2020 21:30:52 GMT -6
Just bought Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid since it was only $2 more than a rental. But apparently I bought the wrong version? Serves me right for not doing my research. Anyone here have an opinion on which edition I should be watching? Should I even bother with theatrical?
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Post by dij22 on May 26, 2020 8:35:33 GMT -6
Watched Glory Daze last night and I honestly think it is the worst move I've ever seen in my life. Basically a movie made by an alien who never stepped foot on Earth but read a synopsis of a bad Gen-X movie and decided to make his own.
This movie hates women so much that when Affleck went to go talk to his ex-girlfriend who was sitting at a beach bonfire, I really thought he was going to kick her in the head. He is also forced to have truly atrocious facial hair the entire movie, which is just asinine since he's entering Prime Affleck territory in terms of looks.
I had to buy this DVD off eBay too since it wasn't available on streaming. Horrible waste of four dollars.
Affleck Rankings 1.) Good Will Hunting 2.) Dazed and Confused 3.) Shakespeare in Love 4.) The Way Back 5.) School Ties 6.) Mallrats 7.) Chasing Amy 8.) Going All the Way 9.) Armageddon 10.) Phantoms 11.) Glory Daze
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Post by Kamera on May 26, 2020 9:30:17 GMT -6
I have come to the conclusion that I am a fan of Aaron Sorkin's writing.
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Post by krentist on May 26, 2020 19:45:03 GMT -6
Just bought Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid since it was only $2 more than a rental. But apparently I bought the wrong version? Serves me right for not doing my research. Anyone here have an opinion on which edition I should be watching? Should I even bother with theatrical? Google instructed me not to deal with the theatrical cut. I am fairly certain I watched the preview cut based on the running time but overall I thought this was great. I still don't think I could give a confident explanation as to why Bob Dylan was in this movie but I'm happy that everyone was able to do all the drugs and alcohol that apparently happened on this set and still turn in a mostly coherent movie.
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Post by thebosma on May 26, 2020 20:45:26 GMT -6
I'm still long weekending through tomorrow but I've watched a bunch of awesome new to me stuff this weekend. I enjoyed watching pretty much all of it. Also watched Night and Fog, The House is Black, and La Jeteé, which aren't listed below because they're short films. A lot of stuff that I probably should have seen by now but hey! Here it is ranked
1. Do the Right Thing 2. Sullivan's Travels 3. Caché 4. A Woman Under the Influence 5. Weekend 6. The Earrings of Madame de... 7. Ordet 8. Pierrot Le Fou 9. Love Streams 10. Where is My Friend's House? 11. Vampyr 12. Frankenstein
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Post by chvrchbarrel on May 27, 2020 7:40:43 GMT -6
Cache was, uh, good
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Post by thebosma on May 27, 2020 7:47:56 GMT -6
Yeah I’m still thinking about it now. Good pick and a good reminder that I should really finish off the last few I have in Haneke’s filmography
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Post by krentist on May 27, 2020 8:07:37 GMT -6
Board movie night tn treasure of the Sierra Madre see you all at 7 cst
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 8:29:23 GMT -6
Perusing HBO Max movies - I was not aware of the TCM offerings. Never seen Ben Hur and I'm morbidly curious about Gone w/ the Wind.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 8:30:15 GMT -6
Also the westerns selection is pretty damn solid.
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Post by dij22 on May 27, 2020 8:33:40 GMT -6
If I pay for HBO through Amazon, do I automatically get HBO Max?
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Post by thebosma on May 27, 2020 8:34:29 GMT -6
If I pay for HBO through Amazon, do I automatically get HBO Max? Nobody really knows because they haven’t made much of that information public yet. It is the chaos rollout.
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Post by krentist on May 27, 2020 8:38:17 GMT -6
I called my dad this morning to see who he gets HBO from and to bum his PW and he gave me a big thing about how I should just be using a VPN and fire stick to get all these services for free and how he's 60 and shouldn't have to explain the technology to me.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 8:55:35 GMT -6
If I pay for HBO through Amazon, do I automatically get HBO Max? You would have received an email saying you had access.
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Post by venom on May 27, 2020 9:03:01 GMT -6
If I pay for HBO through Amazon, do I automatically get HBO Max? no. if you have HBO Now but aren't billed directly by hbo, you're ineligible. edit: capitalization.
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