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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 23:29:34 GMT -6
i think an animated film might end up being my MOTY.
Soul was just absolutely the best everything.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 23:46:58 GMT -6
Soul was phenomenal.
I miss NYC.
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Post by krentist on Jan 1, 2021 19:26:40 GMT -6
I watched American Pie 1 & 2 last week and because I've yet again found myself with a dysfunctional brain I watched American Wedding today and am watching American Reunion now. I'm like 20 minutes in and so far the movie opened with an R Kelly song, Stiffler is a temp but is somehow allowed to nonchalantly commit sexual harassment no fewer than 5 times as he's coming into work, there's been a gag about Oz finding his gf in a hot tub with a gay guy in a speedo, and Jim is calling Kevin a housewife because he does most of the domestic tasks. 2012 was a different universe but this had to have been dated even then. Not even sure I ever saw it.
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Post by krentist on Jan 1, 2021 19:39:53 GMT -6
There's been like five more gay jokes since I posted that
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Post by Timbo on Jan 1, 2021 21:32:15 GMT -6
Good movie. This was great. Carrey Mulligan is well deserving of an Oscar nomination.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 23:00:18 GMT -6
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 1, 2021 23:08:44 GMT -6
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 2, 2021 0:03:58 GMT -6
I liked this. It definitely comes at you on its own terms, but I'm glad I invested in it.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 2, 2021 8:15:12 GMT -6
The Parallax View - awesome thriller with some of the most engaging photography and sound editing ive seen lately. Will definitely pick up the criterion disc.
After Hours - is an all time favorite of mine. opening and closing shots are so exciting. John Heard slamming the bar top screaming “MARCY MARCY MARCY” and Griffin Dunne’s reaction. *chefs kiss* (could’ve used a gimme shelter drop)
Boogie Nights - perfect film
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - have seen the first half of this a gazillion times, and the second half maybe twice. completely forgot The Absolute Queen Holly Hunter is in this. It made me laugh so hard I cried, twice.
Crash - don’t mind if I do watch two Holly Hunter movies within 24 hours. However, watching this and Boogie Nights within 24 hours makes me feel like I need a couple showers. Loving this too.
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Post by dij22 on Jan 2, 2021 15:39:40 GMT -6
Watched Full Metal Jacket again last night after an X-Files episode where R Lee Ermey gets murdered like 30 seconds into the episode.
What a terrific movie.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 2, 2021 16:06:22 GMT -6
Crash - don’t mind if I do watch two Holly Hunter movies within 24 hours. However, watching this and Boogie Nights within 24 hours makes me feel like I need a couple showers. Loving this too. I really love this movie. I feel like so many people didn't get it or want to get it because of the way it was trashed when it was released, and I remember being so interested in it because of the reviews. When I finally saw it, I thought it was great.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 2, 2021 16:07:35 GMT -6
This was excellent
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Post by zircona1 on Jan 2, 2021 16:51:51 GMT -6
Crash - don’t mind if I do watch two Holly Hunter movies within 24 hours. However, watching this and Boogie Nights within 24 hours makes me feel like I need a couple showers. Loving this too. I really love this movie. I feel like so many people didn't get it or want to get it because of the way it was trashed when it was released, and I remember being so interested in it because of the reviews. When I finally saw it, I thought it was great. I saw it in the theater for the same reason, because of the reviews. I remember enjoying the first half, but the second half kind of dragged. I want to see it again before I invest in the Criterion edition.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 2, 2021 19:02:51 GMT -6
Amazon has a bunch of criterion blu rays for 19.99. I had a giftcard so I grabbed A Brighter Summer Day and Beau Travail.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 19:15:56 GMT -6
Amazon has a bunch of criterion blu rays for 19.99. I had a giftcard so I grabbed A Brighter Summer Day and Beau Travail. i picked up Crash a few nights ago this way since i didn't get it during the November half off sale
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 22:58:58 GMT -6
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Post by jazzpolice on Jan 3, 2021 8:42:24 GMT -6
We watched that last night as well. First time in ages. Still my favorite Pixar.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 3, 2021 10:34:49 GMT -6
wonder woman 1984 is aggressively bad
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 3, 2021 12:25:46 GMT -6
I watched Another Round last night and it was pretty good, I loved the premise and Mads Mikkelsen is great as always, but I don't think I liked the ending very much which took away from it a bit.
I also thought Wonder Woman 1984 was very very bad. I thought it was dumb but fun for a bit, but then it dragged on super long and only got dumber as it went on.
Soul was really really great
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Post by thebosma on Jan 3, 2021 12:26:41 GMT -6
I watched Another Round last night and it was pretty good, I loved the premise and Mads Mikkelsen is great as always, but I don't think I liked the ending very much which took away from it a bit.
Best ending to a movie this year imo
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Post by zircona1 on Jan 3, 2021 13:24:49 GMT -6
Mank was disappointing. I didn't find the story very interesting, and there wasn't a feeling of anything at stake, or a conflict.
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 3, 2021 15:26:03 GMT -6
I watched Another Round last night and it was pretty good, I loved the premise and Mads Mikkelsen is great as always, but I don't think I liked the ending very much which took away from it a bit.
Best ending to a movie this year imo i probably should have clarified that better. its a wonderful scene (mads in that scene is wonderful), I think I just expected something more out of the ending, like more of a point to be made, though I guess maybe it did kind of make one, just different than what I was expecting which maybe threw me.
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Post by sick2b on Jan 3, 2021 16:28:08 GMT -6
Ronit Elkabetz gotta be m'y favorite Israeli if not even Middle-Eastern actress.. à pity she died
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Post by thebosma on Jan 3, 2021 16:39:11 GMT -6
This was a great intro to the Varda box set as someone who has only seen a handful of her films. Really well done and made me very excited for the rest.
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 3, 2021 18:33:14 GMT -6
that's the intro to the boxset? interesting. i see it if you've a lot of her films and that's why you have the box, but odd if you've never seen one.
great film, tho, like all of her non-fiction stuff.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 3, 2021 18:48:19 GMT -6
It was a good overview about her influences and how she looks at the world, which is cool. I’d seen 5 of the films referenced across a pretty wide span of her career.
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Post by munkivelli on Jan 3, 2021 20:12:17 GMT -6
that's the intro to the boxset? interesting. i see it if you've a lot of her films and that's why you have the box, but odd if you've never seen one. great film, tho, like all of her non-fiction stuff. I decided to skip that disc and leave it til the end because I was afraid it would spoil stuff in the films I hadn't seen. I believe Beaches of Agnes is on the same disc.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 3, 2021 20:54:46 GMT -6
that's the intro to the boxset? interesting. i see it if you've a lot of her films and that's why you have the box, but odd if you've never seen one. great film, tho, like all of her non-fiction stuff. I decided to skip that disc and leave it til the end because I was afraid it would spoil stuff in the films I hadn't seen. I believe Beaches of Agnes is on the same disc. No just her final narrative short
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Post by Kamera on Jan 3, 2021 20:58:08 GMT -6
This is better than Soul.
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Post by munkivelli on Jan 3, 2021 20:58:21 GMT -6
This is better than Soul. amen
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