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Post by clouddead on Apr 25, 2021 13:02:08 GMT -6
Same here. Watched it last week and haven’t stopped thinking about it. Pretty sure it’s my #1 of the year.
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Post by andrewvb on Apr 25, 2021 13:03:11 GMT -6
didn't get to see the father and didn't want to watch trial but otherwise:
1. Nomadland 2. Sound of Metal 3. Minari 4. Judas and the Black Messiah 5. Promising Young Woman 6. Mank
it's been a while since best picture has been as much of a lock as nomadland.
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Post by Timbo on Apr 25, 2021 13:17:36 GMT -6
1. Minari 2. PYW 3. The Father 4. Sound of Metal 5. Judas 6. Trial 7. Mank 8. Nomadland
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Post by Pale Hose on Apr 25, 2021 13:29:12 GMT -6
I have yet to see PYW. As for the rest:
1. Minari 2. Nomadland 3. The Father 4. Sound Of Metal 5. Mank 6. Trial of the Chicago Seven 7. Judas & The Black Messiah
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Post by Kamera on Apr 25, 2021 13:52:03 GMT -6
Some exciting stuff featured in the Criterion Channel May lineup email. Some of these may have already been on there but I’m adding these to my watchlist: What Happened Was... Girlfriends Spartacus California Split William Eggleston in the Real World The Booksellers A Night at the Opera The Fall / Cronos (short / feature) And need to explore some of Satyajit Raywhile he’s so heavily featured The Apu Trilogy is worth the hype.
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Post by munkivelli on Apr 25, 2021 15:01:28 GMT -6
1. Nomadland 2. Sound of Metal 3. Minari 4. Promising Young Woman 5. The Father
6. Judas and the Black Messiah
7. Mank
8. Trial of the Chicago 7
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Post by c1916 on Apr 25, 2021 18:36:12 GMT -6
We finished the last movie in the last of the major categories (The Man Who Sold His Skin) yesterday, so we've seen literally everything down through foreign, documentary, animated, and makeup. Thoroughness doesn't account for taste, but FWIW:
1. Minari 2. Sound of Metal 3. The Father 4. Nomadland 5. Judas and the Black Messiah 6. Mank 7. Trial of the Chicago 7 8. Promising Young Woman
Figure that Nomadland will win, holding out hope for Minari.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 8:55:59 GMT -6
This movie is pretty adorbz. I knew nothing going into it. Surprisingly dark and depressing; not as funny as I expected... but still funny.
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Post by Kamera on Apr 28, 2021 7:57:05 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Apr 29, 2021 17:20:24 GMT -6
neaderYou might need this for your Bergman collection.
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Post by thebosma on Apr 29, 2021 17:37:56 GMT -6
Neader is about to have to go region free
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Post by Kamera on Apr 30, 2021 15:05:55 GMT -6
I didn't get tickets to see Squid, but I saw Squid and the Whale.
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Post by zircona1 on May 1, 2021 12:37:32 GMT -6
We saw Minari last night. From the previews, I thought it looked boring and didn't want to see it at first, but I ended up really enjoying it. There was one review that said "it breaks your heart, and then puts it back together again", so all throughout the movie I was wondering who was going to die.
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Post by munkivelli on May 1, 2021 18:28:41 GMT -6
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Post by teekoh on May 2, 2021 11:31:29 GMT -6
The Mitchells vs. the Machines was hilarious.
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Post by doso on May 10, 2021 22:00:47 GMT -6
We ventured our fully vaxxed asses to Alamo Drafthouse over the weekend and saw Wrath of Man. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but it was the best option from the limited selection. Good popcorn flick for sure.
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Post by sleeping on May 12, 2021 12:26:34 GMT -6
HOLY SHIT I AM IN
BRING THIS ON
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Post by ultravisitor on May 13, 2021 10:31:10 GMT -6
I just bought a ticket for my return to moviegoing with A Quiet Place II.
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Post by Kamera on May 14, 2021 19:13:31 GMT -6
Haven’t seen this movie in two decades. So good.
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Post by sleeping on May 15, 2021 11:05:33 GMT -6
Seeing SPIRAL at the drive-in tonight!! If there's been one positive thing about the past year it's the new appreciation people seem to have for drive-in movies.
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Post by ultravisitor on May 15, 2021 19:13:39 GMT -6
People, is Tenet worth the investment? I tried last weekend and it was a struggle for those thirty minutes or so.
I'm willing to give it another shot.
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Post by irvred on May 16, 2021 6:54:22 GMT -6
No
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Post by llamaoftime on May 22, 2021 17:20:18 GMT -6
I will be very surprised if any films top Mainstream as my least favorite film of the year. I hated that Concept had potential too which is why I watched it
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Post by ultravisitor on May 23, 2021 12:59:43 GMT -6
I watched Those Who Wish Me Dead last night. It took a while for the characters' stories to converge, so it felt disjointed for a lot of it.
Also, I had trouble believing someone as pretty as Angelina Jolie as someone who parachuted into forests to fight fires.
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Post by thebosma on May 23, 2021 13:02:00 GMT -6
Also, I had trouble believing someone as pretty as Angelina Jolie as someone who parachuted into forests to fight fires. What? Lol
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Post by ultravisitor on May 23, 2021 16:07:46 GMT -6
Also, I had trouble believing someone as pretty as Angelina Jolie as someone who parachuted into forests to fight fires. What? Lol Well, those people probably live pretty rough lives. She looks higher maintenance, like a model simply wearing blue-collar clothes. It's not her fault. I just don't think she was the right person for the part.
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Post by ultravisitor on May 28, 2021 21:57:35 GMT -6
I just saw A Quiet Place II, and I think it'll be a while before I go to the movies again. People were a little too eager to lose their masks.
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Post by goodson on May 29, 2021 10:12:14 GMT -6
I just saw A Quiet Place II, and I think it'll be a while before I go to the movies again. People were a little too eager to lose their masks. are you vaxxed?
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Post by ultravisitor on May 29, 2021 10:15:47 GMT -6
I just saw A Quiet Place II, and I think it'll be a while before I go to the movies again. People were a little too eager to lose their masks. are you vaxxed? Fully. Got my second in February. It's still just a little unnerving to be around so many people in an enclosed space for an extended period of time when they're not wearing masks, especially when I'm hearing of fully vaccinated people who are still getting infected and sick. I know it's something I have to get over, especially if I'm gonna be traveling in July, but it'll probably be a bit before I'm comfortable in situations like that again.
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Post by goodson on May 29, 2021 10:19:17 GMT -6
Fully. Got my second in February. It's still just a little unnerving to be around so many people in an enclosed space for an extended period of time when they're not wearing masks, especially when I'm hearing of fully vaccinated people who are still getting infected and sick. I know it's something I have to get over, especially if I'm gonna be traveling in July, but it'll probably be a bit before I'm comfortable in situations like that again. i get that, i get stressed out occasionally just as like a built in response gotta just remind myself that breakthrough cases are really incredibly rare
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