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Post by teekoh on Feb 8, 2022 11:08:15 GMT -6
The app on our Samsung smart tv seems ok. I haven't run into any issues.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 8, 2022 11:31:20 GMT -6
Weird. There's a few threads about it online, so it's not isolated. Ended up cancelling because we couldn't figure out a way around it. It happened to me on my Xbox. I solved it by uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.
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Post by scoots on Feb 8, 2022 11:44:45 GMT -6
Yup, tried that. No improvement.
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Post by dij22 on Feb 9, 2022 21:07:07 GMT -6
Just watched Free Solo. One of the crazier movies I've ever seen.
Basically didn't take a full breath for 90 minutes.
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Post by Tweet on Feb 9, 2022 23:12:22 GMT -6
Jackass 4ever was pretty much what you expect and if you, like me, have fond memories from 10-20 years ago you will enjoy this movie film. Also Sarah Squirm has a writing credit which is dope
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Post by claypoolfan on Feb 10, 2022 9:53:39 GMT -6
Watched Encanto last night. The story seemed really low stakes and didn't do much for me but the songs were decent and holy shit was it nice to look at in 4K. Overall I'm not sure what the hype is about, though.
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Post by Tweet on Feb 11, 2022 11:40:06 GMT -6
Watched Fight Club for the first time last night. I guess it's a good movie and if I was sentient when it first came out it probably would've been mind blowing but it feels kind of like a parody of itself in 2022.
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 11, 2022 13:10:21 GMT -6
Watched Fight Club for the first time last night. I guess it's a good movie and if I was sentient when it first came out it probably would've been mind blowing but it feels kind of like a parody of itself in 2022. Wow it's been 23 years since that movie came out. I was in college, and I think I saw it on opening night?
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Post by scoots on Feb 11, 2022 13:17:28 GMT -6
I have no desire to see that movie again.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 11, 2022 13:35:13 GMT -6
I liked the easter egg that's in the Letterboxd app when adding a review to Fight Club but that's about it.
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Post by clouddead on Feb 11, 2022 16:59:41 GMT -6
Tweet did you watch the Chinese version? Much better ending.
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Post by Tweet on Feb 12, 2022 15:06:18 GMT -6
Tweet did you watch the Chinese version? Much better ending. That's actually incredible holy shit
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Post by cosmo on Feb 12, 2022 21:14:33 GMT -6
This was really good.
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Post by venom on Feb 14, 2022 8:32:14 GMT -6
i watched the Attica documentary yesterday. i'd read a little about it in college, but really had no idea how fucked up the massacre was.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 14, 2022 10:59:27 GMT -6
hell yes
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Post by scoots on Feb 14, 2022 15:25:58 GMT -6
Oh wow glad I held off on paying to see that then.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 15, 2022 11:39:06 GMT -6
Can't wait for this Lonely Island version to come out.
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 15, 2022 12:00:45 GMT -6
^I used to watch that show every afternoon with DuckTales, Tailspin, and Darkwing Duck.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 15, 2022 12:04:09 GMT -6
Trailer dropped too. I don’t hate this.
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Post by cosmo on Feb 19, 2022 16:42:08 GMT -6
This was ok. Way too slow for my taste. But, it did have a few moments that were good.
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Post by scoots on Feb 22, 2022 8:21:14 GMT -6
Finally watching Before Midnight tonight.
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Post by llamaoftime on Feb 22, 2022 12:37:54 GMT -6
I went and saw Uncharted because I'm a fan of the games and curiosity got the best of me.
It made it click with me why video game movies don't work so well, when you have a bunch of improbable near death stuff happening but you are controlling your character its easier to not think about it vs a movie where it just seems kind of dumb. Also I think both Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg weren't great casting though Tom Holland is at least charismatic enough to be watchable.
The last 30 minutes or so of the movie after they stopped trying the not very good character development and just went into action set pieces was actually a lot of fun. I was actually super impressed with the final action set piece, it was really creative and felt like it could have easily been a scene from the game but it was an original set piece.
It wasn't the worst thing overall but I'm left questioning if there will ever be a good video game movie
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Post by scoots on Feb 23, 2022 9:11:32 GMT -6
Just remarkable to me that Hawke and Delpy weren't considered for major acting awards when this was released. I still think Before Sunset is the one out of this trilogy that I will probably go back to the most often, but this was terrific and the hotel argument was almost like sitting in the room watching it actually happen.
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Post by cosmo on Feb 23, 2022 11:54:45 GMT -6
I went and saw Uncharted because I'm a fan of the games and curiosity got the best of me. It made it click with me why video game movies don't work so well, when you have a bunch of improbable near death stuff happening but you are controlling your character its easier to not think about it vs a movie where it just seems kind of dumb. Also I think both Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg weren't great casting though Tom Holland is at least charismatic enough to be watchable. The last 30 minutes or so of the movie after they stopped trying the not very good character development and just went into action set pieces was actually a lot of fun. I was actually super impressed with the final action set piece, it was really creative and felt like it could have easily been a scene from the game but it was an original set piece. It wasn't the worst thing overall but I'm left questioning if there will ever be a good video game movie Never played the video game. My wife and I saw this a few days ago and we got exactly what we expected: dumb, fun action. So, it was reasonably enjoyable.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 23, 2022 12:40:47 GMT -6
Just remarkable to me that Hawke and Delpy weren't considered for major acting awards when this was released. I still think Before Sunset is the one out of this trilogy that I will probably go back to the most often, but this was terrific and the hotel argument was almost like sitting in the room watching it actually happen. I heard recently they had an outline for a fourth film but unfortunately Delpy retired from acting.
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Post by scoots on Feb 23, 2022 12:59:56 GMT -6
I could see them eventually coming back to it. I had heard it was more that they couldn't get on the same page for how the characters would evolve - it may just take more time. Honestly I'm good with how it wrapped up.
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Post by krentist on Feb 23, 2022 13:08:06 GMT -6
One of the only perfect trilogies. They should just leave it be.
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Post by scoots on Feb 23, 2022 13:20:20 GMT -6
Took me reading the booklet that came with the Criterion release to realize this, but it basically began with a time travel pick up line and ended with a time travel joke. Perfect bookends.
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Post by scoots on Feb 24, 2022 23:04:35 GMT -6
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 26, 2022 11:33:23 GMT -6
I watched Malignant last night. I knew nothing about it going in. It was ridiculous, but....I liked it? Ending reminded me of the original Nightmare on Elm Street.
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