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Post by thebosma on Dec 8, 2020 9:41:04 GMT -6
I think he says straight up, ‘I’m the protagonist!’ like minimum twice in the movie and that fuckin’ sucks His character name is The Protagonist. Brain genius moves
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 8, 2020 9:41:48 GMT -6
cant wait for tenet 2 where they reveal its all an episode of "fight club"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 9:42:20 GMT -6
I think he says straight up, ‘I’m the protagonist!’ like minimum twice in the movie and that fuckin’ sucks i tried not to laugh the first time because i was open to the film at that point still having some salvageable twist or explanation. then he does it again and im like okay i dont think this movie is as smart as nolan thinks it is.
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Post by thebosma on Dec 8, 2020 9:43:20 GMT -6
I think he says straight up, ‘I’m the protagonist!’ like minimum twice in the movie and that fuckin’ sucks i tried not to laugh the first time because i was open to the film at that point still having some salvageable twist or explanation. then he does it again and im like okay i dont think this movie is as smart as nolan thinks it is. It is somehow both extremely on the nose and gets totally lost in itself to the point that it’s devoid of any meaning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 9:45:44 GMT -6
i tried not to laugh the first time because i was open to the film at that point still having some salvageable twist or explanation. then he does it again and im like okay i dont think this movie is as smart as nolan thinks it is. it’s devoid of any meaning. i think this what bothers me the most. every other nolan film has a message or gets at some sort of meaning, for better or worse. inception and interstellar and all his big pontificating sci fi films have SOME kind of artistic merit. i don't know what Tenet was trying to tell me. the technology doesn't speak to any moral issue and no character has any real conflict that connects with the audience. it was just one set piece after another for 2 1/2 hours and a lot of winking at the camera.
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Post by andrewvb on Dec 8, 2020 9:50:28 GMT -6
still waiting on tenet to be revealed as another blair witch reboot
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 8, 2020 9:50:34 GMT -6
all chris did was take a non-incel approach to batman and now he thinks hes david lynch
this is all our fault
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 9:54:19 GMT -6
still waiting on tenet to be revealed as another blair witch reboot THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE SATISFYING
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 8, 2020 13:19:39 GMT -6
HAVE YOU SEEN-A GEENA?™2. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
9pm cst. this is streaming on amazon prime, tubi, and is available in full on youtube
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 8, 2020 20:43:44 GMT -6
HAVE YOU SEEN-A GEENA?™2. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
9pm cst. this is streaming on amazon prime, tubi, and is available in full on youtube15 minute warning
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 8, 2020 21:31:37 GMT -6
i don’t know quite how to put this but this is one of the best movies ive ever seen
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 9, 2020 9:00:51 GMT -6
starring: geena davis this is soooo entertaining. from the campy musical numbers (hard not to think back to phantom of the paradise here) to the makeovers to all of gd's laugh-out-loud punchlines, there's always something to catch your attention. just when it starts to drag in the middle, michael mckean shows up and steals the show. fun to see jim carrey about 5 years before he hit it huge - but all three aliens are equally great. as someone constantly looking for a new midnight movie, im glad to have this to go back to. earth girls also begs the question: who in their right mind would cheat on geena davis? nana-cdote: i watched about 10 minutes of this on comedy central, having no idea what it was, when i was 9 yrs old before getting "caught" and having to shut it off. i remember there being a ton of trailers for "the adventures of pluto nash" airing at the time. since pluto nash was set on the moon, and the movie i'd been watching was called earth girls, i somehow merged the two and for awhile, thought that earth girls are easy starred geena davis and eddie murphy. score: 4/5 gd score: 5/5 ranking: 1. Earth Girls are Easy (1988)2. The Fly (1986) next up for queena geena: the accidental tourist. this movie looks like such a fun time.
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Post by sick2b on Dec 9, 2020 20:00:06 GMT -6
I just finished a blitz of 8 movies from the online EU film festival in my city.
My two favourites were Denmark's Before the Frost, with Czech Republik's The Painted Bird.
I also watched Austria's Angelo, Netherlands' The Conductor, Luxemburg's Lost in the 80s, Greece's Defunct, Malta's Of Time and Sea, and Hungary's Tall Tales.
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Post by ten15 on Dec 10, 2020 10:17:52 GMT -6
Sound of Metal was excellent. Did not really know what to expect. Very powerful.
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Post by jazzpolice on Dec 10, 2020 11:43:55 GMT -6
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 10, 2020 15:44:04 GMT -6
My god, I will finally have Chungking Express again... But I'm still gonna yell at that student who never gave it back if I ever see him again.
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Post by teekoh on Dec 10, 2020 23:20:57 GMT -6
I thought I was having technical difficulties, but it turns out The Fly is no longer on Shudder.
I ended up watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula and that shit was wild.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 23:46:29 GMT -6
i watched Dead Man cause i had somehow never seen that movie and it was really terrific. especially Neil Young's score.
i can't explain why i loved that and Coffee & Cigarettes but detested everything about The Dead Don't Die lol
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Post by andrewvb on Dec 11, 2020 16:23:14 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Dec 11, 2020 22:05:50 GMT -6
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Post by munkivelli on Dec 11, 2020 22:19:19 GMT -6
Wolfwalkers was awesome.
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Post by teekoh on Dec 11, 2020 23:32:38 GMT -6
Total Recall was fun. Hadn’t seen that one either.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 23:34:52 GMT -6
This was so much better than expected
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Post by munkivelli on Dec 11, 2020 23:35:29 GMT -6
Shittttt...Gunda is doing a 1wk virtual run right now...I missed that during festival season.
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 12, 2020 8:30:28 GMT -6
I was supposed to attend a screening to see Never Rarely Sometimes Always in the spring, but then coronavirus happened. I finally watched it last night. Man, that was depressing.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 12, 2020 11:30:55 GMT -6
Total Recall was fun. Hadn’t seen that one either. i almost watched this last night but went with american classic Rat Race instead
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Post by neader on Dec 12, 2020 11:40:18 GMT -6
Total Recall was fun. Hadn’t seen that one either. i almost watched this last night but went with american classic Rat Race instead I don't think I've ever laughed harder at a movie than I did during the cow scene when I was like 9.
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Post by zircona1 on Dec 12, 2020 14:47:40 GMT -6
This was solid, though I had some questions at the end. Aubrey Plaza is very good in it.
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Post by ten15 on Dec 12, 2020 19:44:53 GMT -6
Making our annual trip to Old Baybrook. Separating the art from the artist. Whatever. Fight me. I am starting my second pint of Krampus from Old Irving and feeling very little pain.
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Post by Tweet on Dec 13, 2020 17:59:52 GMT -6
Olive, the Other Reindeer brought back a lot of good childhood memories. It holds up. Cast is A+. All alcoholic reindeer should be played by Michael Stipe
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