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Post by DeepArcher on Sept 15, 2021 17:24:41 GMT
I prefer the anime's ending to Neon Genesis Evangelion over The End of Evangelion. Not sure that I agree but I respect the hell out of this take. Ending of the show rules.
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Post by flasuss on Sept 16, 2021 13:31:53 GMT
Farts are funny. Smoking is cool. Cursing is a wonderful form of expressiveness through language.
Oh, fuck you!
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 7, 2021 0:34:58 GMT
People's attention span has been so ruined by the pandemic that every movie seems "too long" in theaters now. Horror movies regularly are among the best films of the year in several recent years even though people dislike modern horror ( The Witch, It Follows, Hagazussa, Saint Maud, History of the Occult, Censor...etc) Spike Lee has never made a single great fully realized narrative film - he came close with Do The Right Thing obviously - but the final scenes are an unrealistic Scorsese rip-off botch that mars it - particularly the last scene in relation to what happened prior.............he's made some good ones and some great documentaries........but 0 great non-docs all the way through.........and just 1 BP nominee anyway....
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 23, 2022 21:54:33 GMT
I don't get Citizen Kane.
I feel like most film snobs take Citizen Kane over The Godfather and Casablanca. But I disagree. I love the last 2 and I think they're praised correctly. But Kane bores me. And I'm confused as to what distinguishes it and elevates it to such a high level above every other movie in existence.
I would never say Casablanca and The Godfather is great for their time (they're even better at this current time), but I honestly feel that with Kane. And while that statement biopic (or biopic style) of America was fresh in 1941..... there have been thousands of biopics after that and a lot of them feel like that similar 'rise of....' story.
If it's mostly the technological aspects that people praise - I feel like in this culture of cinema, technical aspects is not enough anymore. A movie can't stand on that alone. I can't stand Gone With the Wind (default #4 ranked movie by AFI), but I think I might even prefer that to Kane.
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 24, 2022 0:27:24 GMT
Ngl, not the biggest fan of Citizen Kane either.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 30, 2022 11:30:52 GMT
* None of the "horror" movies made by big directors - with big stars - are any good - by big I mean "Oscar nominated/ winning type" people and horror in any way at all - so not the middling Crimes of the Future, the low to middle-brow (at best) Nope (whatever genre that is), or the distasteful (no pun) Bones and All - which specifically is among my least enjoyable movies of this year ....
Everything good that happened in horror - and there was a lot in 2022 actually - is utterly apart from all of that stuff.....
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 1, 2022 10:22:25 GMT
When was the last time any of the big American directors - Scorsese, PTA, the Coen(s), Spielberg, QT .......made a film set in the present day?
I like a lot of their recent films - love The Irishman thanks4asking - but when our best directors don't make movies in the moment for YEARS - not 1 of them .........it's kind of hard for our movie audiences to not get dulled by it.........like when is the last time you - looking at you MAR - even noticed this anyway?
As a counter- example Robert Bresson made my 2 favorite films of his as an old man and in the present day - The Devil, Probably (1977) and L'Argent (1983) at age 76 + ........and those particular films seem to specifically reflect our modern world and are relevant because of where he set them when both could have easily - were even likely - to have been set in the past: in fact - L'Argent" has source text going back decades and was transferred to in period by Bresson which was specifically a risky choice.
"Nostalgia is a symptom of a dying culture" - Grant Hart used to say .......he wasn't wrong fellas.....
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Post by urbanpatrician on Dec 1, 2022 11:02:00 GMT
When was the last time any of the big American directors - Scorsese, PTA, the Coen(s), Spielberg, QT .......made a film set in the present day? I like a lot of their recent films - love The Irishman thanks4asking - but when our best directors don't make movies in the moment for YEARS - not 1 of them .........it's kind of hard for our movie audiences to not get dulled by it.........like when is the last time you - looking at you MAR - even noticed this anyway? As a counter- example Robert Bresson made my 2 favorite films of his as an old man and in the present day - The Devil, Probably (1977) and L'Argent (1983) at age 76 + ........and those particular films seem to specifically reflect our modern world and are relevant because of where he set them when both could have easily - were even likely - to have been set in the past: in fact - L'Argent" has source text going back decades and was transferred to in period by Bresson which was specifically a risky choice. "Nostalgia is a symptom of a dying culture" - Grant Hart used to say .......he wasn't wrong fellas..... I think this just kinda proves that cinema lives in the past.... doesn't it? It's telling that after the early 00s, no newbie has really rose up to overtake guys like the ones you mentioned. Usually every decade you have a newbie that becomes an instant hit and people start calling him a goat in the making pretty fast. After Heat, Mann was emphatically propped up to a degree where previous to that he was rarely talked about. But even after 2007, all the most acclaimed films were directed by guys who have been in the business for at least a decade. The 2007 trio of There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, and Zodiac were by directors who were already established cult figures. The best you have these days is Jordan Peele and Bong Joon-Ho. I definitely don't think those guys (the best there is at this moment they may be) are as good as Coppola and the other big names of the past.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Aug 6, 2023 23:22:25 GMT
After seeing Ninja Turtles yesterday, here’s what I’ve realized…
I like Reznor/Ross *so much more* now than I ever did in their early Fincher collaborations. Post-Gone Girl is where they’ve solidified themselves, and the fact that they’ve challenged themselves to break out of their comfort zones, with stuff like Waves, Mank, Soul, Empire of Light, and yes, friggin’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Post by dazed on Aug 13, 2023 1:53:39 GMT
in-n-out is some of the most overrated fast food i’ve ever tasted
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Aug 13, 2023 21:25:27 GMT
in-n-out is some of the most overrated fast food i’ve ever tasted Hard agree
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 30, 2023 14:31:18 GMT
Inspired by 2 really bad takes read on MAR lately and one random one that is an inisputable fact ffs : * Denzel Washington is not in any way "better" in TToM than Will Smith is in King Richard - actually THIS should be (and is in the real world) the normal opinion ............except on MAR's Circle of Bad Assessments.........he's also not 2nd among the nominees btw:
Will Smith is "perfect" in his part - Washington is great too and a wayyyyyyyyy better actor than Will Smith - it's in his 7 Great Performances - but Washngton is not perfect at all ..... and he's at least 25 years too old for this role - there are problems there that he simply can't avoid .............and it is actually much worse than other older actors playing parts which can be massaged away more slyly - he's not a supporting character, he's the lead ffs........
* Say you are comparing actor A to actor B in 2 performances and then say you proclaim "Well - Actor D - is better in the same movie as actor B .........so therefore "actor A is better in his movie than actor B is in his" - not only does that not make any sense whatsoever, it is the very definition of a false argument / convoluted logic......
* Paper Straws suck, I don't care about the environment - they are awful ...........and didn't help the environment anyway apparently:www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/28/paper-straws-worse-than-plastic-pfas-study/70702090007/
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Post by FallenWarrior on Sept 4, 2023 12:21:03 GMT
Michael Jackson most likely did that shit. He was much more cunning than he let on and he definitely put up a front.
Hip hop culture has reached a level of pretentiousness that makes it hard to take seriously.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 4, 2023 12:47:00 GMT
Michael Jackson most likely did that shit. He was much more cunning than he let on and he definitely put up a front. Hip hop culture has reached a level of pretentiousness that makes it hard to take seriously. 100% this ^ (both points btw) ............Not sure how anybody can doubt this about Jackson - at least to say it is (much) more likely than not..............but here's an embarrassing thread about it where seemingly level headed adults make jackassses of themselves movie-awards-redux.freeforums.net/thread/10955/leaving-neverland-hbo
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Sept 4, 2023 15:41:49 GMT
Apparently expecting a horror film to be scary now-a-days is too much to ask.
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Post by FallenWarrior on Sept 4, 2023 17:22:34 GMT
Michael Jackson most likely did that shit. He was much more cunning than he let on and he definitely put up a front. Hip hop culture has reached a level of pretentiousness that makes it hard to take seriously. 100% this ^ (both points btw) ............Not sure how anybody can doubt this about Jackson - at least to say it is (much) more likely than not..............but here's an embarrassing thread about it where seemingly level headed adults make jackassses of themselves movie-awards-redux.freeforums.net/thread/10955/leaving-neverland-hboWhat I dislike about the MJ conversation is that people act like he was some sort of helpless infant throughout his whole career when people people around him have stated how much of a ruthless businessman he was. He was known to be a massive control freak, drank alcohol etc He also had used deeper voice in private and only put that weird falsetto when speaking in public
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Post by FallenWarrior on Sept 25, 2023 12:21:00 GMT
Barry Keoghan couldn't shine Paul Mescal's shoes
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 25, 2023 14:19:41 GMT
Barry Keoghan couldn't shine Paul Mescal's shoes stephen
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Post by stephen on Sept 25, 2023 14:39:20 GMT
Barry Keoghan couldn't shine Paul Mescal's shoes stephen Why you gotta ruin my day like this?
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 25, 2023 15:15:26 GMT
Why you gotta ruin my day like this? If I have to suffer, we must all suffer together.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Sept 25, 2023 16:26:42 GMT
Oh honey, I heard some devastating news from a top industry producer that nipples are out... I don't mean out as in everyone will be seeing plenty of them in the future... but exactly the opposite. So nipples are in... as in inside clothing now and kept in... as you can no longer see them on screen. We are all exhausted by the SAG strikes and the right to SAG especially if you are over 50, so nobody has the appetite for nipples at the moment or the fact that in the future, possibility that CGI nipples may be inserted into movies as required, should nipples make a return to the screen. I still need to process how I feel about the commercial use and rights of my nipples, but I can tell you that my nipple stand-in is inconsolable and she is now unemployed and will probably homeless unless she can get a job at one of those 'titty bars' in the South.
Anyway, I've been told in no uncertain terms that nobody wants to hear to talk about nipples at the moment! Just when everyone felt the free-the-nipple brigade was making some progress, this set back has taken it back to the parole application stage! Did our grandmothers really burn their bras for this?
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Post by MsMovieStar on Oct 5, 2023 5:54:20 GMT
Oh honeys, my Spiritual Guru revealed to me today that if you see beauty everywhere and in everything, it's more than likely that you are an idiot.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 20, 2024 22:46:35 GMT
Huppert, Streep, Blanchett, Winslet, Ullman, Rowlands, Bergman, Hepburn, Davis, Page, Redgrave, Mirren, Magnani and that's without thought at all.........how is Nicole Kidman one of the 10 best actresses ever...... Nah...I'm not dissing her either but that's too high.......
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 21, 2024 3:11:54 GMT
Huppert, Streep, Blanchett, Winslet, Ullman, Rowlands, Bergman, Hepburn, Davis, Page, Redgrave, Mirren, Magnani *Ahem*
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 21, 2024 4:57:41 GMT
Huppert, Streep, Blanchett, Winslet, Ullman, Rowlands, Bergman, Hepburn, Davis, Page, Redgrave, Mirren, Magnani *Ahem* .... and Moore won a poll dontchaknow.......
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