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Post by Kamera on Oct 21, 2021 8:37:43 GMT -6
Huh.
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Post by thebosma on Oct 21, 2021 9:18:02 GMT -6
More like Unsharted
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 21, 2021 20:21:15 GMT -6
Yeah Dune was awesome
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Post by claypoolfan on Oct 21, 2021 21:24:01 GMT -6
Man what a fucked up situation this Alec Baldwin thing is
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 22, 2021 8:25:25 GMT -6
Should I go sit through 2.5 hours of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck or should I just watch Flee again at home?
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Post by Javo on Oct 22, 2021 8:41:42 GMT -6
Flee
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Post by claypoolfan on Oct 22, 2021 8:53:55 GMT -6
Should I go sit through 2.5 hours of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck or should I just watch Flee again at home? Is the marketing for that movie just really bad or am I an idiot for not realizing that Affleck is in it at all?
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Post by scoots on Oct 22, 2021 9:04:51 GMT -6
Not just you - marketing is pretty much Damon and Driver and that's it.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 22, 2021 9:11:04 GMT -6
Man what a fucked up situation this Alec Baldwin thing is yesterday i had just read that someone was killed by a prop gun on the set of one of his movies - i did not realize he pulled the trigger
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Post by krentist on Oct 22, 2021 9:16:29 GMT -6
fwiw I really liked the Last Duel.
Affleck is barely in the movie but for the second of the three vignettes (apologies if spoiler).
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 22, 2021 9:25:51 GMT -6
Yeah, it looks like it might be terrible, but it also looks like it could be decent.
Also, maybe I'll see how much grading I can get done this weekend and then go to the film fest tomorrow night as a reward.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 22, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -6
Man what a fucked up situation this Alec Baldwin thing is yesterday i had just read that someone was killed by a prop gun on the set of one of his movies - i did not realize he pulled the trigger Absolutely horrible, especially for the life of me I can't figure out why there'd be live rounds in a prop gun.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 22, 2021 10:54:47 GMT -6
from what ive read i think it was a real gun (most prop guns are i guess?) but was supposed to be prop ammunition (which can still kill). CNN confirmed it was a live round, though.
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 22, 2021 10:54:55 GMT -6
yesterday i had just read that someone was killed by a prop gun on the set of one of his movies - i did not realize he pulled the trigger Absolutely horrible, especially for the life of me I can't figure out why there'd be live rounds in a prop gun. I can't figure out for the life of me why we are using any live firing guns as prop guns in a film in 2021, even if they are supposed to be firing blanks.
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 22, 2021 10:56:17 GMT -6
Wanted to add to this that I went in blind, hadn't seen any of the adaptations and hadn't read the book, and in a way I'm kind of glad I did because that was the most engrossed I felt into a world that was really new to me in a while. It did a really good job in that way Though now I do want to read the book and watch at least the Lynch film
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Post by Tweet on Oct 22, 2021 10:59:38 GMT -6
Absolutely horrible, especially for the life of me I can't figure out why there'd be live rounds in a prop gun. I can't figure out for the life of me why we are using any live firing guns as prop guns in a film in 2021, even if they are supposed to be firing blanks. We never used guns in my theatre program for this specific reason.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 22, 2021 11:01:32 GMT -6
if they would've written baldwin's character in glengarry glen ross with a gun, maybe he couldve at least accidentally shot kevin spacey
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Post by wanny on Oct 22, 2021 11:22:28 GMT -6
Absolutely horrible, especially for the life of me I can't figure out why there'd be live rounds in a prop gun. I can't figure out for the life of me why we are using any live firing guns as prop guns in a film in 2021, even if they are supposed to be firing blanks. Much much much cheaper and actors prefer it.
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Post by thebosma on Oct 22, 2021 12:22:43 GMT -6
Reports are saying most of the crew walked off the set earlier this week due to poor conditions and they hired a bunch of local scabs. This was easily preventable. You can feel bad for Baldwin to some degree because it was an accident, but when you’re an exec producer and everyone except your cinematographer walks off set, going with non union people is going to get someone hurt. Fucking careless.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 22, 2021 12:29:42 GMT -6
were the poor conditions "working with alec baldwin"
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Post by scoots on Oct 22, 2021 12:42:32 GMT -6
New York Times decided this was a good opportunity to make a list of other people who died on a movie set. Tasteful.
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Post by Javo on Oct 22, 2021 17:17:55 GMT -6
New York Times decided this was a good opportunity to make a list of other people who died on a movie set. Tasteful. No surprises there
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 23, 2021 20:01:42 GMT -6
I just watched Promising Young Woman and it was very upsetting.
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Post by wanny on Oct 26, 2021 6:07:18 GMT -6
Dune in IMAX was absolutely incredible.
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 26, 2021 7:44:47 GMT -6
Ended the film fest with Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn. At first, I wasn't sure what to think other than "Why did they like this so much in Berlin?" but in the second half it takes kind of a crazy turn, which made it really fun.
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Post by scoots on Oct 26, 2021 7:51:29 GMT -6
Watched Dune last night. Definitely nice to look at and there were some incredible performances (Rebecca Ferguson in particular). I was hoping for a bit more beyond that, honestly. I can already tell I'm going to be annoyed by Zendaya as Chani if there's a second movie.
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Post by scoots on Oct 26, 2021 7:53:04 GMT -6
Watched Dune last night. Definitely nice to look at and there were some incredible performances (Rebecca Ferguson in particular). I was hoping for a bit more beyond that, honestly. I can already tell I'm going to be annoyed by Zendaya as Chani if there's a second movie. Two more positives: the set design and how they imagined the aircraft and weapons referenced throughout the first book was stunning. The Oscar for Best Score is Hans Zimmer's to lose.
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Post by goodson on Oct 26, 2021 8:58:18 GMT -6
FERNY AND LUCA might be the flick of the year, my guy andrew went nuts w it
idk when it'll be publically available but i'll post then also
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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 10:14:54 GMT -6
Ended the film fest with Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn. At first, I wasn't sure what to think other than "Why did they like this so much in Berlin?" but in the second half it takes kind of a crazy turn, which made it really fun. I liked this, definitely a little smug, but the third act has a lot of laughs that do land. I gave it 3.5 on letterboxd but would consider maybe docking it. The last third is just so fun that i forgive it for the indulgences of the first and second parts.
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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 10:17:57 GMT -6
Other film festival takeaways:
A Hero - worth repeating that Farhadi is very very very very good at this. A Chiara - ehhhhhhh. Fine but gets pretty implausible during the last act. Definitely took me out of it. I wonder if the director isn't secretly a medigan. Dune - either a bore or a masterpiece hard to say. Will know for sure after a rewatch at home.
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