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Post by scoots on Jan 10, 2022 15:28:19 GMT -6
Is it bad that I felt more sad after Dobby's death than Dumbledore's?
Anyway, onto the last one.
Current rankings:
3 5 6 2 1 7 part 1 4
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Post by neader on Jan 10, 2022 16:01:28 GMT -6
Nah Dobby's death was the only one that hit me this time around.
7.1 3 4 1 7.2 6 2 5
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Post by scoots on Jan 11, 2022 11:44:37 GMT -6
Is it bad that I felt more sad after Dobby's death than Dumbledore's? Anyway, onto the last one. Current rankings: 3 7 part 2 5 6 2 1 7 part 1 4 Updated! i've watched 9 movies this year and all of them are HP related. Two free screenings of newer movies over the next two evenings will correct that. The Worst Person in the World tonight and Spencer tomorrow night.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 11, 2022 13:01:03 GMT -6
Worst Person in the World is really great. I like it the more I think about it. Committed one of thebosma’s egregious movie sins but other than that it’s really wonderful and mostly powers through that
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Post by scoots on Jan 11, 2022 14:26:15 GMT -6
Yeah really excited for that one.
Also The Hollywood Reporter thinks I’m a member of the Art Directors Guild and keeps sending me free screening invites so that’s kind of great.
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Post by mookie on Jan 11, 2022 20:33:38 GMT -6
The Super Bob Einstein Movie documentary on HBO was really great. I still remember seeing him as Super Dave Osborne on Bizarre back when we first got cable like around 1980 or so. And he was always great on Curb too. I had no idea he was Albert Brooks’s brother, that was interesting.
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Post by doso on Jan 11, 2022 20:38:52 GMT -6
The Super Bob Einstein Movie documentary on HBO was really great. I still remember seeing him as Super Dave Osborne on Bizarre back when we first got cable like around 1980 or so. And he was always great on Curb too. I had no idea he was Albert Brooks’s brother, that was interesting. Nice, I’ve been wanting to watching that. I used to find him kind of annoying on Curb, but when we did a rewatch leading up to the new season, he became one of my favorites.
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Post by Kamera on Jan 12, 2022 10:57:21 GMT -6
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Post by scoots on Jan 13, 2022 10:08:44 GMT -6
Better than I expected. Kristen Stewart was terrific.
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Post by alady on Jan 13, 2022 10:13:27 GMT -6
Is this streaming somewhere?
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Post by scoots on Jan 13, 2022 10:17:53 GMT -6
Yeah really excited for that one. Also The Hollywood Reporter thinks I’m a member of the Art Directors Guild and keeps sending me free screening invites so that’s kind of great. Not sure - I got free access because of this whole thing.
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 13, 2022 10:20:40 GMT -6
Is this streaming somewhere? You can rent it for like $4 streaming but its not on any of the major monthly streaming services
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Post by scoots on Jan 15, 2022 16:05:15 GMT -6
The Last Duel was pretty good. Not sure what Ridley Scott was complaining about re: the box office - 20 minutes of rape scenes and Matt Damon in a mullet aren't really a recipe for box office success.
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Post by krentist on Jan 16, 2022 14:10:01 GMT -6
Ben Affleck telling Adam Driver to take off his pants should be a bigger draw imo
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 16, 2022 16:37:20 GMT -6
A24 always gets me excited to watch the creepiest and freakiest shit.
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Post by munkivelli on Jan 16, 2022 18:39:39 GMT -6
A24 always gets me excited to watch the creepiest and freakiest shit. A24 can get me excited about almost anything... excited to watch a couple new A24 films next week via Sundance (not this one though, unfortunately).
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Post by zircona1 on Jan 17, 2022 8:32:48 GMT -6
We watched Red Rocket this weekend. I enjoyed it, I thought Simon Rex did a great job of portraying a scumbag who you also felt a bit of sympathy for.
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Post by dij22 on Jan 17, 2022 12:07:26 GMT -6
I absolutely loved Licorice Pizza. One of my favorite movies in years.
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Post by cosmo on Jan 17, 2022 14:46:43 GMT -6
I absolutely loved Licorice Pizza. One of my favorite movies in years. We saw that a few days ago and really enjoyed it. Just can't understand the terrible fake Asian accent jokes.
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Post by Kamera on Jan 20, 2022 9:37:08 GMT -6
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Post by munkivelli on Jan 23, 2022 23:45:01 GMT -6
After Yang was so good.
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Post by venom on Jan 24, 2022 10:32:28 GMT -6
i watched Bringing Up Baby and the Lost Boys over the weekend, and couldn't get into either. i found hepburn exhausting and annoying. i couldn't think of one element that it did better than several other screwball comedies from the era. maybe animal wrangling? and i thought Lost Boys was just kind of a jumbled mess with some horrendous acting.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 24, 2022 10:40:16 GMT -6
i watched Bringing Up Baby and the Lost Boys over the weekend, and couldn't get into either. i found hepburn exhausting and annoying. i couldn't think of one element that it did better than several other screwball comedies from the era. maybe animal wrangling? and i thought Lost Boys was just kind of a jumbled mess with some horrendous acting. as an enormous fan of both of these movies this makes me so sad
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 24, 2022 10:43:15 GMT -6
i watched Bringing Up Baby and the Lost Boys over the weekend, and couldn't get into either. i found hepburn exhausting and annoying. i couldn't think of one element that it did better than several other screwball comedies from the era. maybe animal wrangling? and i thought Lost Boys was just kind of a jumbled mess with some horrendous acting. You didn't think that Lost Boys was going to be actually good, did you? I mean, it was always a fun watch, but even when I saw it in theaters way, way back in the day, I knew it wasn't a great movie.
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Post by venom on Jan 24, 2022 10:47:57 GMT -6
i watched Bringing Up Baby and the Lost Boys over the weekend, and couldn't get into either. i found hepburn exhausting and annoying. i couldn't think of one element that it did better than several other screwball comedies from the era. maybe animal wrangling? and i thought Lost Boys was just kind of a jumbled mess with some horrendous acting. as an enormous fan of both of these movies this makes me so sad i know a lot of people love BUB. and i thought there were some fun things about it and a handful of hilarious lines, but i wouldn't put it on a level with His Girl Friday or The Awful Truth or Midnight. there was just something missing for me. i watched Bringing Up Baby and the Lost Boys over the weekend, and couldn't get into either. i found hepburn exhausting and annoying. i couldn't think of one element that it did better than several other screwball comedies from the era. maybe animal wrangling? and i thought Lost Boys was just kind of a jumbled mess with some horrendous acting. You didn't think that Lost Boys was going to be actually good, did you? I mean, it was always a fun watch, but even when I saw it in theaters way, way back in the day, I knew it wasn't a great movie. yeah, i know it's supposed to be campy and fun. but it just didn't do much for me. i probably would've thought differently if i'd seen it like 20-30 years ago when i should've. i have no idea why it took me until 2022 to watch it all the way through for the first time.
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Post by scoots on Jan 24, 2022 10:50:53 GMT -6
The Lost Boys is such a fun movie. I think the bad acting actually enhances the experience.
Seriously making a pilgrimage to the boardwalk in Santa Cruz because of that movie.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jan 24, 2022 10:55:20 GMT -6
I think I was in sixth grade when that came out, and I made my dad take me to the theater to see it and everything. Obviously, I can watch it and see how it's ridiculous now, but middle-school me loved it, so I still kinda love it.
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Post by alady on Jan 24, 2022 10:58:30 GMT -6
I saw it for the first time last year and thought it was a ridiculously fun ride.
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Post by scoots on Jan 24, 2022 11:01:00 GMT -6
Edward Herrmann chewing scenery is one of my favorite things about rewatching it.
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Post by zircona1 on Jan 24, 2022 11:04:51 GMT -6
I enjoyed it too, the two Coreys as the Frog Brothers?
"Death by stereo!"
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