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tragabigzanda wrote:Started Jurassic park (the original) the other night. First time in years. The intro sequence is way hokier than I remembered it, like straight B movie. But everything after that, at least up to when they deboard the Jeep to tend to the sick triceratops (this is as far as I got) is just absolutely masterful.
We are due to watch this since it's back on Netflix. I think that's what I love about 90s action movies though--they get really hokey with the looming threat but the writing/scene work is great. If I'm using a broad brush the opposite is true now--a richly imagined threat delivered through hokey bullshit and canned superhero dialogue.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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It's taken me years to tolerate Jurassic Park. I probably even like it by now. But it's been a long journey.
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durdencommatyler wrote: But I watched Moana for the first time. It was good, not great. But the visuals were outstanding. What a beautiful looking film.
Just the other day I heard someone mention how gorgeous the animation; I should take a look.
Regarding Jurassic Park the original's effects have mostly held up in the last 27 years; the only fakey CGI I can think of off hand is a few panoramic shots. Of the early 90s movie to start using that technology I'd say only T2 has aged as well.
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Jane Eyre (2011). :thumbsup:
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durdencommatyler wrote:It's taken me years to tolerate Jurassic Park. I probably even like it by now. But it's been a long journey.
Did you see it when it first came out? Read the book?
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Dogshit. Gibberish. The 90s were so bad.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Cool story
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Mickey wrote:Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Dogshit. Gibberish. The 90s were so bad.
Mickey, I swear to god
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Mickey wrote:Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Dogshit. Gibberish. The 90s were so bad.
Mickey, I swear to god
Am I supposed to root for those awful people to get together? The whole "do you want to get not-married to me" bit at the end didn't make any sense either.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Mickey wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Mickey wrote:Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Dogshit. Gibberish. The 90s were so bad.
Mickey, I swear to god
Am I supposed to root for those awful people to get together? The whole "do you want to get not-married to me" bit at the end didn't make any sense either.
Oh, I have no opinion about Four Weddings. I've never seen it.
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brawl in cell block 99...michael chiklis was pretty good in this
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:brawl in cell block 99...michael chiklis was pretty good in this
My favorite film of that year. What did you think?
it was alright
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Pride and Prejudice (2005)
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durdencommatyler wrote:Pride and Prejudice (2005)
how was it? i came close to watching it a few times recently
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Pride and Prejudice (2005)
how was it? i came close to watching it a few times recently
I liked it.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Pride and Prejudice (2005)
how was it? i came close to watching it a few times recently
I liked it.
Who won? Pride or Prejudice?
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wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Pride and Prejudice (2005)
how was it? i came close to watching it a few times recently
I liked it.
Who won? Pride or Prejudice?
You'll have to watch the movie and see for yourself.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Pride and Prejudice (2005)
how was it? i came close to watching it a few times recently
I liked it.
Who won? Pride or Prejudice?
You'll have to watch the movie and see for yourself.
That won’t happen.
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