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Post by doso on Jan 29, 2024 14:14:15 GMT -6
We watched Leave the World Behind over the weekend. What a mess.
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Post by venom on Jan 29, 2024 14:37:52 GMT -6
i watched Anatomy of a Fall and After Hours over the weekend. both were good, obviously in different ways.
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 29, 2024 17:17:41 GMT -6
i watched Anatomy of a Fall and After Hours over the weekend. both were good, obviously in different ways. I also did a double feature of both of these movies Saturday night lol I thought Anatomy of a Fall was good and After Hours was great |
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Post by obmit on Jan 29, 2024 21:59:04 GMT -6
Been trying really hard to not watch/expose our 4 y/o to excessive violence so I'm mostly watching animated movies these days, but I ended up giving in and allowing him to watch the new Ninja Turtle animated movie Mutant Mayhem and it's easily the best thing TMNT related of all time. I know, ridiculous right? But it seriously is. He and I have watched it like six times in the last month or two and I'm not tired of it.
He wasn't as smitten with Spiderman Across the Spider Verse and I can totally see why but to me it's hands down better than Into and I thoroughly loved it, as did the wife.
Other than that, we watched the Christmas special for Diary of a Wimpy Kid which is now animated I guess, and it's not terrible. Kinda shocked it didn't get an Oscar nom (not really).
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Post by ultravisitor on Feb 1, 2024 12:03:49 GMT -6
The Zone of Interest is exceptional my only gripe with it is it doesn't really work in a vacuum. you have to know at least a little something about auschwitz for impact. i figure most people do, though. however, i feel like i know a decent amount about it and still i had no idea what "canada" meant when they're talking about the fur coat (read about that afterward) and i completely missed the concept of the garden being in such good shape because it's fertilized by ashes. incredible sound too. I think part of the point he's making, though, is that even if you don't know anything about Auschwitz, like...what kind of blind eye are turning to the world? Wouldn't you at least wonder what all that screaming and noise and pollution are in the background or do you just not care because it doesn't affect you that much? |
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Post by llamaoftime on Feb 12, 2024 9:24:16 GMT -6
Watched Elemental over the weekend and I enjoyed that a lot more than I expected. Nothing about the concept or trailers had pulled me in, but it ended up being a better concept than I thought it would and it was a cute story. Not Pixar's best but it was worth a streaming watch.
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Post by thebosma on Feb 12, 2024 9:28:12 GMT -6
Finished watching the best picture nominees this weekend. Good batch of them this year imo
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Post by venom on Feb 12, 2024 9:55:25 GMT -6
i watched Barry Lyndon over the weekend. there's a significant resemblance between mid-70s ryan o'neal and mid-10s jonathan groff in at least a half-dozen scenes.
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Post by doso on Feb 16, 2024 22:35:04 GMT -6
We saw Bob Marley: One Love which I was not particularly looking forward to as I am sick of the biopic genre, but it was not bad. Missed a lot of dialogue, though; it was the rare instance where I would have preferred captioning. It was also the rare instance where I wasn’t annoyed by the two women reacting/commenting throughout the film - they were legit hilarious.
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Post by cosmo on Feb 17, 2024 7:47:05 GMT -6
Totally agree about the captioning. We saw the film a few days ago. We were not too impressed with it, but it was ok.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 17, 2024 10:54:33 GMT -6
I'd love more open caption screenings in theaters in general....I know so many people without hearing impairment who watch everything at home with captions on that it's hard to believe that more open caption screenings would be viewed as a bad thing.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Feb 17, 2024 16:21:23 GMT -6
I'd love more open caption screenings in theaters in general....I know so many people without hearing impairment who watch everything at home with captions on that it's hard to believe that more open caption screenings would be viewed as a bad thing. This is a great point and I'm a little surprised in this day and age it isn't an option, however I can also see the presence of captions interfering with the director's intended theatrical presentation of the film, whereas at home you have the option to watch however you please |
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Post by krentist on Feb 18, 2024 10:40:20 GMT -6
Let's get the ball rolling on the "directors are ableist" discourse
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 18, 2024 13:12:40 GMT -6
Let's get the ball rolling on the "directors are ableist" discourse I fully believe Christopher Nolan probably is based on how his films sound and how adamant he was that people see his film in theaters during a global pandemic. |
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Post by krentist on Feb 18, 2024 14:01:13 GMT -6
Finished watching the best picture nominees this weekend. Good batch of them this year imo Killers Anatomy Oppenheimer Zone of Interest Holdovers Past Lives American Fiction Poor Things Barbie Maestro |
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Post by dij22 on Feb 18, 2024 14:21:42 GMT -6
Finished watching the best picture nominees this weekend. Good batch of them this year imo Killers Anatomy Oppenheimer Zone of Interest Holdovers Past Lives American Fiction Poor Things Barbie Maestro I really liked all ten nominees this year. Tough to rank them: 1.) Killers of the Flower Moon 2.) The Zone of Interest 3.) Anatomy of a Fall 4.) The Holdovers 5.) Past Lives 6.) Poor Things 7.) Oppenheimer 8.) American Fiction 9.) Barbie 10.) Maestro |
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Post by jazzpolice on Feb 18, 2024 14:35:23 GMT -6
Haven't seen Maestro...
1) The Zone Of Interest
2) Killers of the Flower Moon
3) The Holdovers
4) Poor Things
5) Oppenheimer
Other four are fine but can't rank them.
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Post by thebosma on Feb 18, 2024 17:01:51 GMT -6
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Anatomy of a Fall
The Zone of Interest
The Holdovers
Barbie
Poor Things
American Fiction
Past Lives
Maestro
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Post by irvred on Feb 18, 2024 17:18:11 GMT -6
Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Zone of Interest
Poor Things
Holdovers
Past Lives
Oppenheimer
American Fiction
Barbie
Maestro
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 18, 2024 18:26:04 GMT -6
Barbie
Poor Things
Past Lives
Holdovers
Anatomy of a Fall
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Maestro
Yet to see: Zone of Interest
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Post by irvred on Feb 18, 2024 19:08:57 GMT -6
Thrilled to see we’re all at least united in shitting on Maestro
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Post by wanny on Feb 18, 2024 19:34:13 GMT -6
I really wish Killers did more for me. I liked it, but was expecting to like it more.
Poor Things
Holdovers
Past Lives
Oppenheimer
Killers
Barbie
Haven't seen the rest. I'm sure Maestro will be my least favorite. Really wanna see zone of interest
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Post by scoots on Feb 18, 2024 20:39:00 GMT -6
Only seen a few of them:
Past Lives
Killers of the Flower Moon
Barbie
Will be seeing Zone of Interest, Oppenheimer and Holdovers this week.
Maestro looks like dogshit.
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Post by rango420 on Feb 18, 2024 21:38:51 GMT -6
Killers of The Flower Moon
Anatomy of A Fall
Holdovers
Oppenheimer
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American Fiction
Past Lives
Zone of Interest
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Poor Things
Maestro
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Barbie
scrolling thru past best picture round ups I dono if this list is that much better than other years. id say those top 4 are all probably better than any winner since moonlight ho.
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Post by postfontaine on Feb 19, 2024 6:25:38 GMT -6
Killers of the Flower Moon
Past Lives
Oppenheimer
The Holdovers
Barbie
Anatomy of a Fall
Zone of Interest
American Fiction
Poor Things
Maestro
I found those last two a bit tedious, but still mostly enjoyable. A very strong group of nominees for a very strong movie year. The Iron Claw was my #1 overall, with KotFM second
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Post by Tweet on Feb 19, 2024 12:08:38 GMT -6
Bottoms is legitimately hilarious in the "this is so dumb" genre but I laughed from start to finish and Marshawn Lynch must be protected at all costs in this society.
Also watched Finch for the first time- not great, not bad, probably wouldn't watch it again. The real life apocalypse we are currently living through is much more interesting tbh
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Post by doso on Feb 19, 2024 14:40:58 GMT -6
I thoroughly enjoyed Bottoms.
We’ve only seen four of the best picture noms so far. Mrs. Doso put on Barbie with director commentary a couple of weekends ago and that improved my overall impression.
Barbie
The Holdovers
American Fiction
Maestro
Will probably watch Oppenheimer and Killer Moon before the Oscars. Not sure about the others.
Maestro was a total waste of time and money.
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Post by concertgoer on Feb 20, 2024 10:53:44 GMT -6
I watched a couple of movies of over the long weekend. One Love was average at best but the music was fantastic. Yesterday I saw The Taste Of Things and that was excellent. I think it's one of my favorite movies of 2023. I've never seen food look so good in a film. Glad I ate before I went lol.
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 20, 2024 11:12:36 GMT -6
I watched that Thanksgiving movie since I heard it was surprising good, and yeah, it was satisfying, gory entertainment.
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Post by dij22 on Feb 20, 2024 11:17:45 GMT -6
We watched the Oscar-nominated animated short films at the Music Box yesterday. Three were outstanding, one was okay, and one was a pile of shit. Worth seeing IMO.
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