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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 10:20:29 GMT -6
Also shout out to our guy for the Roku app. They emailed me a 9 digit code (all numeric) and I just put it right into the app. No login bullshit, no symbols or letters that made it a chore to hammer out the code on the Roku remote. Couldn't have been easier.
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 26, 2021 10:36:39 GMT -6
Dune - either a bore or a masterpiece hard to say. Will know for sure after a rewatch at home. I want to like it more than I do. I think my biggest problem with it was the pacing. Also, Jason Momoa does not possess the same level of credibility for that dramatic of a film as the rest of the cast. I wanted to see A Hero, but I was just too busy and tired.
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Post by wanny on Oct 26, 2021 12:43:23 GMT -6
Momoa was great?
Part 2 just got greenlit!
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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 13:36:58 GMT -6
Yeah not sure I am gonna single out the only actor having fun in the dour three hour exposition movie as being part of the problem
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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 13:51:13 GMT -6
Momoa was great? Part 2 just got greenlit! Oct 2023 ftr. Will be jarring if Timmy hits puberty before then
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Post by scoots on Oct 26, 2021 13:59:22 GMT -6
I do really want to check out the David Lynch version now.
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Post by scoots on Oct 26, 2021 14:00:00 GMT -6
If I saw this version of Dune 15 years ago I'd definitely have some sick options for desktop backgrounds.
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Post by neader on Oct 26, 2021 14:03:41 GMT -6
I do really want to check out the David Lynch version now. I do too but also don't want Part 2 spoiled since I haven't read the books or anything.
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Post by krentist on Oct 26, 2021 14:12:48 GMT -6
No one spoil the sixty year old book for Neader please
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 26, 2021 14:31:30 GMT -6
I do really want to check out the David Lynch version now. I like the David Lynch version. Always have. Everyone always talks about how bad it is, but most people I speak to about it actually really like it.
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Post by nanatod on Oct 26, 2021 15:07:50 GMT -6
No one spoil the sixty year old book for Neader please there are 6 dune books that frank herbert wrote before he died. I read them all, and remember nothing, except that howe gelb named his band giant sandworms after them, shortened it to giant sand, and that the calexico dudes used to be in it before they split off to do their calexico thing.
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Post by teekoh on Oct 26, 2021 15:53:26 GMT -6
We watched the Lynch Dune a few days before seeing the new one and it was worth the watch. Between the two films you get a good idea of just how difficult it is to adapt the book.
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Post by doso on Oct 26, 2021 21:21:55 GMT -6
I just wanna know if Sting has a cameo in the new Dune.
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Post by Kamera on Oct 27, 2021 9:35:17 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Oct 27, 2021 10:45:58 GMT -6
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Post by brainloading on Oct 27, 2021 13:18:32 GMT -6
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Post by thebosma on Nov 2, 2021 15:30:43 GMT -6
A lot of great stuff leaving Criterion channel this month including a bunch of Wilder films and a bunch of Lubitsch films, if either of those are your thing.
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Post by cosmo on Nov 2, 2021 20:05:29 GMT -6
We saw this tonight. Really good.
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Post by scoots on Nov 3, 2021 20:32:42 GMT -6
This movie might crater or something, but the first half hour has been fun as hell. It's like Jay-Z produced a Tarantino homage
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Post by scoots on Nov 4, 2021 9:59:32 GMT -6
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 4, 2021 10:19:32 GMT -6
I'm interested in what the Fight Club soap sells for, since I have one that's been sitting in a box since I bought it off eBay 20+ years ago.
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 6, 2021 20:18:20 GMT -6
I'm interested in what the Fight Club soap sells for, since I have one that's been sitting in a box since I bought it off eBay 20+ years ago. Holy shit this is at $340.
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Post by claypoolfan on Nov 6, 2021 20:40:19 GMT -6
Watching dune right now. I know I read this book a long time ago but man I’m trying to keep up with this movie and there’s a LOT going on.
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Post by krentist on Nov 6, 2021 22:55:13 GMT -6
Watching dune right now. I know I read this book a long time ago but man I’m trying to keep up with this movie and there’s a LOT going on. This is my biggest question about the movie. I remember a lot of the book but I have no perspective on how people who are off the spectrum are dealing with the amount of information this movie puts forth.
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Post by Kamera on Nov 8, 2021 14:59:38 GMT -6
Dune with a Dolby Vision OLED TV + a Dolby Atmos soundbar = an amazing 2.5 hour orange experience.
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Post by nanatod on Nov 8, 2021 17:27:36 GMT -6
last night, the better half and I watched the netflix movie, look mom I can fly, which is about travis scott's rise to fame, and his prior shows at astroworld. there is no question that personal injury lawyers (and maybe criminal prosecutors) will use clips against him, at least for cross-examination purposes, in any future litigation.
it is just a jaw dropping movie in light of current events.
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Post by venom on Nov 11, 2021 9:14:34 GMT -6
we watched Dune last night. i haven't read it and it's been like 20 years since i've seen the other movie. my girlfriend is not familiar with it at all and did not realize this was only part 1, so she was annoyed when the screen cut to black. but we enjoyed it.
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Post by Kamera on Nov 12, 2021 20:26:05 GMT -6
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 14, 2021 9:54:50 GMT -6
so ridiculously good. somewhat similar to uncut gems to me, in that sandler's performance really makes you feel like you're experiencing his emotions right alongside him. stellar. i think this is an enjoyable satire, but something about robbins' performance feels a little off. i was shocked i had only given this 3 stars on letterboxd on my first watch, but then as the final third dragged i remembered that it loses some of the punch it packs in the beginning. still a very worthwhile watch that doesn't feel as long as it is. opening shot is mind blowing. ryan phillipe is such a dicknose in this i was so happy when he died. couldn't have picked two more different movies b/t this and punch drunk love to feature a main character named barry. this is a good movie but also a bad movie.
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Post by goodson on Nov 14, 2021 10:47:10 GMT -6
going thru the ptas before LP, my pre-rewatch ranking
1 inherent vice 2 phantom thread 3 boogie nights 4 pdl 5 there will be blood 6 the master 7 magnolia
have not seen hard eight
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