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Post by zircona1 on Nov 6, 2020 16:20:58 GMT -6
Yeah, the Lone Wolf and Cub set is pretty sweet.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2020 22:52:02 GMT -6
Weirdly enjoyable! Some of the segments were genuinely touching. Really well shot, too. I wish they had access to more of the materials/video they were referencing. Feels like this was a premature film without the info being available. Interesting documentary but I was expecting more.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 8:46:57 GMT -6
this was good but i thought it'd be better. i.....don't think i like daniel craig? i like him as james bond but i do not like him in this or knives out at all.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 8:49:17 GMT -6
also weird that that poster says "introducing daniel craig as joe bang" unless there are supposed to be more of these joe bang movies coming
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2020 9:19:28 GMT -6
oh man i think Craig in that and Knives Out is even better than any of his Bond performances (which i mostly like)
also i saw A.I. for the first time last night and i'm still very upset about everything in that movie
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 9:29:02 GMT -6
there's an eccentricity to both characters i can't quite buy from him
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Post by Kamera on Nov 9, 2020 9:53:01 GMT -6
I went in with minimal expectations as this was a blind buy and man are these awesome movies. I went with the English dubbing to get that full hokey experience. Jackie Chan's stunt work is a masterpiece.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 9:54:23 GMT -6
i looooved the first one but could've done without the sequel, maybe its time for a revisit also cant even remember if i watched them with the original audio track or the dub edit: also Kamera if you liked those, i'd recommend spiritual kung-fu or drunken master, too. curious to see what the back half of the bruce lee set has in store, but so far i don't think his movies have the same charm as the early chan ones.
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Post by Kamera on Nov 9, 2020 10:01:51 GMT -6
Police Story 2 definitely suffers from pacing, but I like that it comes with Police Story.
Noted. I'll check it out after I get through the Lone Wolf & Cub set.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 10:12:25 GMT -6
the landscapes in this are so gorgeous, makes it easy to watch. what a troubled man! the last 25 minutes are an emotional thrill. i am excited to see more denis.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 9, 2020 10:12:44 GMT -6
Police Story 2 definitely suffers from pacing, but I like that it comes with Police Story. Noted. I'll check it out after I get through the Lone Wolf & Cub set. oh fuck yeah all of those are better so take your time and pop open the spine of your box set for a surprise
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Post by teekoh on Nov 9, 2020 10:20:00 GMT -6
Drunken Master is very fun. I haven’t seen any Jackie Chan movies in like 20+ years, but I was a huge fan as a kid.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2020 16:54:24 GMT -6
everything about this looks irrevocably irresponsible and fucking stupid
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2020 22:56:29 GMT -6
The New Mutants. It's not the worst film in the X-Men franchise. Not even fourth worst. You can tell it was in post-production hell. I kinda liked it.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 10, 2020 8:26:37 GMT -6
broke into the dietrich / von sternberg criterion box with bomsa last night. the duke whispering "i must witness an execution" rivals anything creepy i saw last month and was without a doubt my favorite part of this. i got a little lost here and there despite there being a fairly dense title card every 10-15 minutes...but goddamn i want to eat at that dining room table
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Post by krentist on Nov 10, 2020 12:43:29 GMT -6
I watched The Two Popes last night. It's entertaining enough but just feels like an insane work of fan fiction.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2020 23:59:47 GMT -6
i rewatched Frost/Nixon on a whim last night and that movie still rules. thought i'd try The Trial of the Chicago Seven while i was on a Frank Langella trip but it was very much mehhhhhhh.
also finally saw Akira for the first time! and uhhh yeah fucking phenomenal. feel silly liking all these other animes but having not seen the one that kinda started it all until now. watching Ninja Scroll for a much less cerebral and more "bloody swords and unnecessary nudity" vibe to balance it out lol
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Post by sleeping on Nov 11, 2020 0:02:13 GMT -6
I watched Possessor tonight.
Owns.
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Post by Kamera on Nov 11, 2020 11:43:53 GMT -6
Police Story 2 definitely suffers from pacing, but I like that it comes with Police Story. Noted. I'll check it out after I get through the Lone Wolf & Cub set. oh fuck yeah all of those are better so take your time and pop open the spine of your box set for a surprise I...I...I think I love samurai films. I did not expect Sword of Vengeance to be that bloody.
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Post by teekoh on Nov 11, 2020 12:03:37 GMT -6
I hadn't seen any Mizayaki/Ghibli films (Ashley maybe saw 1 previously?) so we started with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind the other night. Very dope.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 11, 2020 15:13:18 GMT -6
oh fuck yeah all of those are better so take your time and pop open the spine of your box set for a surprise I...I...I think I love samurai films. I did not expect Sword of Vengeance to be that bloody. just wait!
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Post by Kamera on Nov 11, 2020 15:26:29 GMT -6
They get more bloody?
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 11, 2020 23:59:23 GMT -6
love
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 12, 2020 23:58:31 GMT -6
cow movie good, now pig movie good
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 14, 2020 22:51:43 GMT -6
Gonna try to make it through the rest of the Sciamma films on Criterion by the end of the month.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2020 22:42:11 GMT -6
well we both thought His House was absolutely great and v spooky
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Post by munkivelli on Nov 15, 2020 23:04:17 GMT -6
well we both thought His House was absolutely great and v spooky Agree. Very cool film.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 16, 2020 8:17:29 GMT -6
this still makes me laugh so goddamn hard
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 16, 2020 9:18:56 GMT -6
to bridge the next few weeks between now and holiday movie season, i will be chronologically watching and ranking 10 films starring dennis quaid
i will decide on the movies later if anyone wants to join the QuaidQuest™
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 16, 2020 12:47:08 GMT -6
to bridge the next few weeks between now and holiday movie season, i will be chronologically watching and ranking 10 films starring dennis quaid i will decide on the movies later if anyone wants to join the QuaidQuest™ QUAIDQUEST™ 2020ten films starring denny q
1. Dreamscape (1984) A young psychic on the run from himself is recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the U.S. president. 2. Innerspace (1987) A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk. 3. Postcards from the Edge (1990) A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment. 4. Wilder Napalm (1993) Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles. 5. Dragonheart (1996) The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality. 6. The Parent Trap (1998) Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together. 7. Frequency (2000) An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences. 8. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) A paleo-climatologist must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age. 9. Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005) A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widow handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of her 10 and his 8 children. 10. The Intruder (2019) A young married couple buys a beautiful house on several acres of land, only to find out that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.
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