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Post by thisismyname on Jul 18, 2020 11:04:37 GMT -6
Y didn't you just DM me this one ?
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Post by munkivelli on Jul 18, 2020 11:21:44 GMT -6
Was just thinking about the film Bebe's Kids...anyone remember that one? Yeah, I remember watching it years ago when we had HBO. I remember it wasn't as funny as I expected it to be. 10 year old me found it funny, but I highly doubt it holds up.
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Post by munkivelli on Jul 18, 2020 11:23:08 GMT -6
Y didn't you just DM me this one ? That headline isn't technically wrong, but First Cow was great
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Post by andrewvb on Jul 18, 2020 11:39:44 GMT -6
Y didn't you just DM me this one ? i promise this article is not the woke take you’re hoping for lol
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Post by llamaoftime on Jul 18, 2020 16:43:08 GMT -6
Palm Springs was very enjoyable I liked it Portrait of a Lady on Fire was fantastic although I don't know that the last scene was necessary. I get what it was going for but I think ending on Marianne seeing the painting and the book turned to page 28 would have been a more powerful ending .
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Post by krentist on Jul 18, 2020 21:21:24 GMT -6
That's one of the best endings bro
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 8:48:54 GMT -6
Palm Springs was such a surprise hit for us. really well done and super compelling drama between the 2 leads. i hadnt even seen a trailer so i really didnt expect...any of it!
okay so there's been plenty of great horror flicks in the last few years but most of em leave me either petrified or in awe. Relic is the first one that made me curl up and cry afterwards. it's such a haunting and powerful statement on a relatable premise that made me have to confront a lot of stuff that i wasn't ready to confront. HIGHLY recommend but only if you really are ready for a true downer of a film and a lot of introspective guilt afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 8:55:07 GMT -6
Palm Springs was great until they started doing the scientific research montage.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 8:59:33 GMT -6
Palm Springs was great until they started doing the scientific research montage. i didn't mind that because we don't really have any idea how long she was studying it for. if it was only a day or two, yeah that'd be a silly plot device. but i figured it took something like months or years for her to figure out and it was more meant as a means to show her serious dedication to wanting to escape and live life again vs nyle's total nihilism and acceptance of defeat.
i also liked that the ending wasnt that she figured out quantum mechanics and knew how to get out. she just figured out a silly method that may or may not work, but had a good moral reason to at least try (again, in contrast to nyle's cynicism.)
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Post by Xamnam on Jul 20, 2020 9:03:25 GMT -6
The idea is fine, the montage itself is blah.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 9:06:03 GMT -6
yeah alright fair point.
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Post by andrewvb on Jul 20, 2020 9:07:25 GMT -6
palm springs was great but ive felt more depressed about the pandemic since watching it and feeling like that is my life except instead of a pool in the desert in cali im in an apartment with no backyard.
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Post by Timbo on Jul 20, 2020 9:22:07 GMT -6
Took a break from Bond this weekend and watched some new stuff.
Relic - not The Relic mind you, with Tom Sizemore, but Relic the story of a mother (Emily Mortimer) visiting her mother and bringing her daughter too. It's a slow burn with tons of character development and eeriness to it. It had a very high RT score but a relatively low Audiende score (no surprise there) so I figured it would be decent. Better than decent tho. Some pretty terrifying moments, and Mortimer's guilt ridden performance is one of her best in some time. I don't think its this years Hereditary but its pretty good.
Extra Ordinary - British comedy with Will Forte as the antagonist who is a contemporary Christian rock musician that sacrifices virgins for a boost in fame. Pretty damn funny.
Alligator - the late Robert Forester fights a giant alligator in the sewers of Chicago. It's a classic Jaws rip off with some hilarious death scenes but the smaller sets with real alligators to make it look larger are the best.
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Post by brainloading on Jul 20, 2020 9:25:54 GMT -6
Maniac Cop - It has both Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell so it is the best movie ever made
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 10:23:08 GMT -6
Relic - not The Relic mind you, with Tom Sizemore, but Relic the story of a mother (Emily Mortimer) visiting her mother and bringing her daughter too. It's a slow burn with tons of character development and eeriness to it. It had a very high RT score but a relatively low Audiende score (no surprise there) so I figured it would be decent. Better than decent tho. Some pretty terrifying moments, and Mortimer's guilt ridden performance is one of her best in some time. I don't think its this years Hereditary but its pretty good. there's so much to discuss with this film that i can see why comparisons to Hereditary or the Babadook are being made by people, but i agree with you that it's not the right comparison here. the scares aren't even scares so much as deeply unsettling moments. it flirts more with the idea of character studies than it does horror or thriller; it's just the topic and imagery of choice happen to be very unnerving. i also bet a lot of the negativity comes from the last 5 minutes and i thought everything about that was ballsy and brilliant.
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Post by Timbo on Jul 21, 2020 12:43:49 GMT -6
still avoiding the Man With the Golden Gun, so I watched Split Second. This is an early 90s Rutger Hauer futuristic sci-fi thriller where the box art gave away the twist aka the suspected "human" murderer is actually some kind of a creature/monster that isn't a ripoff at all from the xenomorph design from Alien, and which goes around ripping the hearts out of it's subjects. It can also shoot a gun. Also, chocolate makes you do crazy things.
It's a terribly fun shitfest, with over the top but still low budget action, bad dialogue, and random boobage from Kim Cattral. It seriously bad, but afterward I kinda wished Hauer was my real dad.
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Post by zircona1 on Jul 21, 2020 14:12:40 GMT -6
still avoiding the Man With the Golden Gun, so I watched Split Second. This is an early 90s Rutger Hauer futuristic sci-fi thriller where the box art gave away the twist aka the suspected "human" murderer is actually some kind of a creature/monster that isn't a ripoff at all from the xenomorph design from Alien, and which goes around ripping the hearts out of it's subjects. It can also shoot a gun. Also, chocolate makes you do crazy things. It's a terribly fun shitfest, with over the top but still low budget action, bad dialogue, and random boobage from Kim Cattral. It seriously bad, but afterward I kinda wished Hauer was my real dad. You've seen Deadlock aka Wedlock with Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers, right?
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Post by Timbo on Jul 21, 2020 14:56:29 GMT -6
nope.
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Post by krentist on Jul 21, 2020 17:02:56 GMT -6
If you guys like Rutger Hauer but wish he was just constantly hanging dong may I recommend the ouerve of Paul Verhoeven
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Post by Tweet on Jul 21, 2020 21:05:55 GMT -6
Do I need to give a shit about Palm Springs or nah
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Post by munkivelli on Jul 21, 2020 21:11:50 GMT -6
Do I need to give a shit about Palm Springs or nah Yeah, you do.
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Post by Tweet on Jul 21, 2020 21:12:43 GMT -6
Last time I visited Palm Springs I vomited in a flower pot after doing shots with several boarders.
It better be better than that, is what I'm saying
edit: jesus @wretched stalk me any harder why dontcha
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Post by irvred on Jul 21, 2020 21:33:53 GMT -6
Last time I visited Palm Springs I vomited in a flower pot after doing shots with several boarders. It better be better than that, is what I'm saying edit: jesus @wretched stalk me any harder why dontcha Honestly, a treasured memory <4
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Post by munkivelli on Jul 21, 2020 21:34:23 GMT -6
Last time I visited Palm Springs I vomited in a flower pot after doing shots with several boarders. It better be better than that, is what I'm saying edit: jesus @wretched stalk me any harder why dontcha If it helps, the film was not filmed in or near Palm Springs.
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Post by Tweet on Jul 21, 2020 21:47:11 GMT -6
Last time I visited Palm Springs I vomited in a flower pot after doing shots with several boarders. It better be better than that, is what I'm saying edit: jesus @wretched stalk me any harder why dontcha Honestly, a treasured memory <4 That honest to god was like the first shot in a year I'd had. And I know I had at least one more drink afterwords
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Post by Tweet on Jul 21, 2020 21:48:19 GMT -6
Last time I visited Palm Springs I vomited in a flower pot after doing shots with several boarders. It better be better than that, is what I'm saying edit: jesus @wretched stalk me any harder why dontcha If it helps, the film was not filmed in or near Palm Springs. It's more my adversion to taking Andy Sandburg seriously You keep me accountable to watching this movie by Monday and the other guy can keep me accountable to watching Boys State on Monday
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Post by venom on Jul 22, 2020 8:04:38 GMT -6
one of these lived up to the hype. the other did not.
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Post by Kamera on Jul 23, 2020 9:56:40 GMT -6
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Post by Timbo on Jul 23, 2020 10:12:25 GMT -6
wife and I watched Palm Springs last night. Enjoyed it.
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Post by venom on Jul 23, 2020 10:46:25 GMT -6
there's a brian eno documentary on prime that focuses just on '71 through '77. and it is pretty great. they dive into every album, collaborations, personal life, etc.
the only downside is eno himself is only very briefly interviewed, and it's archival footage. yet there are multiple references to him being a very open interviewee. so that's perplexing.
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