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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 8:10:33 GMT -6
embarrassingly late to the party, but we FINALLY watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire last night and uhhh yeah i can't add anything that hasn't already been said but im on team #masterpiece
i know it made some people's list in 2019 because of the limited run in december but it technically didn't get a wide release until february. are we allowed to include it in our 2020 list? i'm cool with either ruling but just curious
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Post by thebosma on Sept 28, 2020 8:14:23 GMT -6
I think we addressed it in the thread but if I recall correctly we’re counting it for 2020.
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Post by krentist on Sept 29, 2020 14:24:35 GMT -6
Borat 2 October 23rd on Prime.
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Post by mookie on Oct 1, 2020 8:16:40 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 20:13:28 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/films
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Post by thebosma on Oct 1, 2020 20:33:39 GMT -6
I don't know much and I haven't seen any of these but I've heard buzzy things about Shiva Baby and the new Larrain film Ema looks interesting
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 20:36:53 GMT -6
Yeah the only one I’ve heard of is the Kevin James Nazi movie and I absolutely do not want to see that. Any help is appreciated.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 1, 2020 20:47:20 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/filmsMinari (from what I understand, an absolute must, and I'm jealous that this is geolocked to Colorado), Shiva babby, Night of the Kings, New Order don't waste a rental on Becky...you can rent it for $5 on any VOD service right now Ema was cool, but Mubi is releasing it at some point soon...may as well catch that during a trial
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 1, 2020 21:07:30 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/filmsMinari (from what I understand, an absolute must, and I'm jealous that this is geolocked to Colorado), Shiva babby, Night of the Kings, New Order don't waste a rental on Becky...you can rent it for $5 on any VOD service right now Ema was cool, but Mubi is releasing it at some point soon...may as well catch that during a trial It's in Mubi's library, but I also loved Echo... it's kind of a Roy Andersson-esque Icelandic film centered around Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 21:11:43 GMT -6
Oh damn that sounds like something my wife would love.
I've got to look into the watch restrictions for Minari - I'll be in Crested Butte that night, but as long as I can start it later than 7:15 and I'm not being held to that time I'll definitely add it. I'm not really clear if the 7:15-9:15 block is when I need to watch it or start it.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 1, 2020 22:02:45 GMT -6
Oh damn that sounds like something my wife would love. I've got to look into the watch restrictions for Minari - I'll be in Crested Butte that night, but as long as I can start it later than 7:15 and I'm not being held to that time I'll definitely add it. I'm not really clear if the 7:15-9:15 block is when I need to watch it or start it. I'm assuming its just a 2 hr active window, which is insanely tight. NYFF had a 4 hour window for Nomadland, but luckily I had nothing going on that night.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 1, 2020 22:33:42 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/filmsbuy tickets from the chicago film festival instead but i would throw out there: lapsis mlk/fbi IWOW (i havent seen it yet, but this will be challenging if you arent familiar with the filmmaker, khalik allah. some of his stuff is free on vimeo to get an idea tho) new order will be buzzy. it's.....something.
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Post by Kamera on Oct 2, 2020 8:09:27 GMT -6
The Red Shoes is probably my favorite of the Powell/Pressburger films I’ve watched in the past couple weeks but it’s an extremely close second I just realized this is on HBO Max so can’t wait to watch. I absolutely loved The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp from Powell/Pressburger so hopefully TRS lives up to the hype.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 2, 2020 9:04:30 GMT -6
speaking of trump and covid, the trailer for the Alex Gibney doc on trump's mishandling of the pandemic dropped today! out on hulu 10/20.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 22:43:59 GMT -6
This was so great. Just incredibly well done.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 2, 2020 22:45:23 GMT -6
This was so great. Just incredibly well done. Excited to watch this tomorrow
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Post by mookie on Oct 3, 2020 20:09:10 GMT -6
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Post by teekoh on Oct 3, 2020 23:00:46 GMT -6
Enola Holmes was fun.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2020 23:11:22 GMT -6
okay there's been lots of great movies this year but Possessor is just on a whole other level holy fucking shit
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 3, 2020 23:58:05 GMT -6
okay there's been lots of great movies this year but Possessor is just on a whole other level holy fucking shit thats only in theaters rn, right?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 0:55:17 GMT -6
technically, yes.
ahem.
I'll be buying it as soon as it's on blu ray.
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Post by thebosma on Oct 4, 2020 6:39:23 GMT -6
technically, yes. ahem. I'll be buying it as soon as it's on blu ray. Is there still a massive watermark on it throughout or had that been updated
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 11:55:27 GMT -6
nah it's the watermark version unfortunately.
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Post by thebosma on Oct 4, 2020 12:00:59 GMT -6
Looks like it’ll be available before too long, I look forward to seeing it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 13:29:04 GMT -6
Looks like it’ll be available before too long, I look forward to seeing it yeah we probably should've waited for vod or psychical but i got antsy lol absolutely rewatching when it's publicly available.
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Post by fiveiron83321 on Oct 4, 2020 15:22:32 GMT -6
watched last night. this movie is so british. but it was v enjoyable.
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Post by dij22 on Oct 4, 2020 18:11:13 GMT -6
Been catching up on quite a bit of Affleck over the last couple of weeks. The Sum of All Fears was way better than I thought it would be. Very prescient plot about rich neo-Nazis trying to destroy America. Affleck struggles as a leading man when his character "has it all!", but he really excels when he is an underdog who has to prove himself. He also does extremely well when playing off of good actors, so Morgan Freeman and Liev Schreiber really help him out here.
The Third Wheel was an incomprehensible pile of shit. Luke Wilson is a shy weirdo who runs over a homeless guy with a heart of gold while on a date with Denise Richards. The homeless guy sticks around for the entire date, trying to help out Luke Wilson. It is very bad. Affleck has like three scenes. Complete waste of time.
Daredevil really sucks, obviously. The Evanescence soundtrack is brutal. Affleck is actually fine in this and one of the few examples where he's able to transcend a pile of shit and give a solid performance. Him and Jennifer Garner really do have outstanding chemistry on screen. It's pretty striking, and it makes perfect sense why they got together in real life.
Gigli is also obviously very bad, but it's not a catastrophe like it's made out to be. There's a solid film in here somewhere, and Affleck is actually legitimately great in this. He can play dumb extraordinarily well, and gives remarkable depth to oafish loser characters. One of the biggest conclusions I've come to in this project is that Affleck is a character actor disguised as a leading man. I wonder how much Pacino made for his one scene.
Paycheck was a movie I loved as a kid but haven't seen in a while and it...does not hold up. Super interesting source material (Philip K. Dick) that went awry in John Woo's hands. Probably the best Affleck has ever looked in a movie though. My gf was fanning herself. Basically a 5/10 but would have been a 8/10 if Uma Thurman and Affleck just switched roles.
Surviving Christmas was one of the worst movies I have ever seen, especially considering it has a really great cast (Affleck, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, and Christina Applegate). Dumb premise (lonely and "eccentric" millionaire pays a family $250,000 to let him live with them for Christmas so he can recreate his happy childhood) made worse with nonsense subplots jammed packed into 90 minutes. Affleck acts like he's on coke the entire time which he almost assuredly was. Gandolfini lives in a beautiful home in Lincolnwood, but he's a mechanic and the home is slightly cluttered, so we're supposed to buy that this is "working class" and a huge departure from Affleck's home in downtown Chicago, even though that home in Lincolnwood was probably like $650,000 at the time of filming.
Jersey Girl was fine. Very sweet concept just executed fairly poorly; Kevin Smith clearly tried to make a capital d Drama when this really needed to be funnier. Affleck is funny! George Carlin is funny! You can tell a serious story with humor! Affleck really got to shine in his scenes with the girl playing his daughter; not a lot of actors are great with kids, but he was so loose and bright and good. Really great stuff. Liv Tyler should have been played by someone older or better. She's rarely great but she was genuinely bad in this.
Man About Town was HORRIBLE. Bottom 3 movie of this project. Affleck is a Hollywood agent and his wife cheats on him with his biggest client. There is also a weirdly great subplot with John Cleese teaching a writer's workshop. There is also a subplot about Bai Ling stealing his journal from that workshop to blackmail him into greenlighting her anti-Semitic screenplay. There is also a subplot with Affleck's dad living with him because he just had a stroke. There is also a very racist sequence where Affleck and his coworkers almost get into a kung fu fight with workers from a Chinese restaurant. There is also a weird sequence when they become video game characters? He is horrible and sad in this, and this is right before his hiatus from acting. Apparently this was direct-to-DVD which makes sense.
Affleck Rankings 1.) Good Will Hunting 2.) Dazed and Confused 3.) Shakespeare in Love 4.) The Way Back 5.) School Ties 6.) Dogma 7.) Boiler Room 8.) Mallrats 9.) Chasing Amy 10.) Going All the Way 11.) Bounce 12.) Armageddon 13.) The Sum of All Fears 14.) 200 Cigarettes 15.) Changing Lanes 16.) Daddy and Them 17.) Jersey Girl 18.) Paycheck 19.) Phantoms 20.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 21.) Forces of Nature 22.) Gigli 23.) Reindeer Games 24.) Pearl Harbor 25.) Daredevil 26.) Joseph: King of Dreams 27.) Surviving Christmas 28.) The Third Wheel 29.) Man About Town 30.) Glory Daze
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Post by neader on Oct 4, 2020 18:29:24 GMT -6
Really love reading the first sentence of each paragraph.
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Post by zircona1 on Oct 4, 2020 19:04:27 GMT -6
Gigli is also obviously very bad, but it's not a catastrophe like it's made out to be. There's a solid film in here somewhere, and Affleck is actually legitimately great in this. He can play dumb extraordinarily well, and gives remarkable depth to oafish loser characters. One of the biggest conclusions I've come to in this project is that Affleck is a character actor disguised as a leading man. I wonder how much Pacino made for his one scene. The movie's biggest crime is that it's boring.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 4, 2020 20:32:55 GMT -6
For whatever reason we never got around to The Florida Project when it first came out, but I noticed it was available on Netflix so we finally watched last night. MPH and I both loved it, the acting was amazing but especially so from all those children. I wish more directors gave unknowns/non-actors a shot, especially for movies like this where it's so important that the audience can sympathize/empathize with the characters. Needless to say there wasn't a dry eye in our house by the end, unless you count Arya* who wasn't really able to follow the story. *Arya is our dog
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