What movies are you watching?

[LoathedVermin72]

Strat we're watching Oceans 8 this weekend, if you wanna hop in your car now.

Joe did you see my review of Blackkklansman? Would leave to hear your thoughts, I think you mentioned you saw it but I couldn't find any sort of review. I can't stop thinking about it!

I did see your review. I didn't take issue with any of it. I also think it's Spike's best film in decades. Top 5 film of the year for sure.

Also, I've never felt that way in a movie theater after a film before. The silence. The sense of community and togetherness. It was palpable and visceral. We were all in tears. People were hugging each other. It was a unique experience for me and one I'll always remember.

What the hell kind of weird-ass touchy-feely NYC movie theater did you watch this in

The Alamo goddamn drafthouse.

Maybe we were all drunk.

Ugh. This makes sense. I fucking hate Alamo audiences.

This makes sense. It's the only place in NYC that I like seeing movies. It's the only place I can go where audiences respect the movie theater experience.

I haven’t found this true at all. Seems like a bunch of snarky hipsters who think they’re better than whatever movie they’re watching. So much inappropriate, condescending laughter.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Strat we're watching Oceans 8 this weekend, if you wanna hop in your car now.

Joe did you see my review of Blackkklansman? Would leave to hear your thoughts, I think you mentioned you saw it but I couldn't find any sort of review. I can't stop thinking about it!

I did see your review. I didn't take issue with any of it. I also think it's Spike's best film in decades. Top 5 film of the year for sure.

Also, I've never felt that way in a movie theater after a film before. The silence. The sense of community and togetherness. It was palpable and visceral. We were all in tears. People were hugging each other. It was a unique experience for me and one I'll always remember.

What the hell kind of weird-ass touchy-feely NYC movie theater did you watch this in

The Alamo goddamn drafthouse.

Maybe we were all drunk.

Ugh. This makes sense. I fucking hate Alamo audiences.

This makes sense. It's the only place in NYC that I like seeing movies. It's the only place I can go where audiences respect the movie theater experience.

I haven’t found this true at all. Seems like a bunch of snarky hipsters who think they’re better than whatever movie they’re watching. So much inappropriate, condescending laughter.

I can totally see that being true in places, for sure. It was my biggest fear when I first tried the place out. But everything is so different in NYC. Brooklyn's chalk full of places where snarky hipsters can swing their dicks and have much more cache. Here, Alamo, is one of two places I can go where the audiences are respectful and appropriate. It's a fucking oasis for me. The other is BAM, which only shows 4 movies at a time usually. It's a super rad theater but it's a full-on art house. You rarely get any of the more mainstream/blockbuster films there.

[epilogue]

For Spike's top five, I'd probably go:

Do The Right Thing
Blackkklansman
25th Hour
Inside Man
Jungle Fever

Time will tell if Blackkklansman retains the #2 spot, but it is definitely up there.

I'm with you on that top 2.

What are yours? Should we take it to the Rank a Director's Filmography thread?

I haven't seen enough of Spike's work. But yeah, I'll go over there and rank the ones I've seen.

[Orpheus]

The fact that Alamo Drafthouse tells people not once, but twice, to shut the fuck up before the movie will always mean it has a special place in my heart.

[tree_]

Where's the closest Alamo to Perryville MO

[LoathedVermin72]

How was The Predator allowed to happen? Who is responsible for this? I want answers.

[Monkey_Driven]

Where's the closest Alamo to Perryville MO

There's one in KC, Springfield, and one coming soon to St Louis.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

Aliens
Alien
Predator
Alien: Covenant
Alien3
Prometheus
Alien vs. Predator
Predators
Alien: Resurrection
Predator 2
The Predator / Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (tie)

[epilogue]

The fact that Alamo Drafthouse tells people not once, but twice, to shut the fuck up before the movie will always mean it has a special place in my heart.

[epilogue]

How was The Predator allowed to happen? Who is responsible for this? I want answers.

People that fetishized the original for a generation gave Shane Black some money.

[LoathedVermin72]

How was The Predator allowed to happen? Who is responsible for this? I want answers.

People that fetishized the original for a generation gave Shane Black some money.

It’s very clear that love for the original played no part in this

[epilogue]

How was The Predator allowed to happen? Who is responsible for this? I want answers.

People that fetishized the original for a generation gave Shane Black some money.

It’s very clear that love for the original played no part in this

[wease]

So we saw Dark Money tonight at the local performing arts center. The film's subject was there for a Q&A, and I'm gonna attend a "coffee talk" he's leading tomorrow morning.



And trailer:

Spoiler: show

I thought this was a great doc, but of course I'm very biased.

Is it about the dirty underbelly of the ice cream biz?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Is it Monday yet? I can't fucking WAIT!

[Ello Sailor]

Alien3>
Prometheus

[epilogue]

Alien3>
Prometheus

I... don't understand.

[Ello Sailor]

Alien 3 sucks, dummies.