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JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i was talking to a friend about the oceans' movies the other day and it led me to reflect on how oceans 13 was a drop from 11 and 12, but still enjoyable

13
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12

12 was the worst. It had the least sensicle of the various plans (none of which really made any sense)

11 had the worst haircuts, though.

All three movies were 100% style, 0% substance. The dialogue was mostly just one liners.
it had more sensicle than you've ever had in your life

i get why people dislike 12 for sure, but i love how it's basically one big joke...even soderbergh said it's his favorite

these movies don't really need that much substance, but i think 11 was a great mix of just enough substance to go with the style...these movies are just pure fun to me
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i was talking to a friend about the oceans' movies the other day and it led me to reflect on how oceans 13 was a drop from 11 and 12, but still enjoyable

13
11
12

12 was the worst. It had the least sensicle of the various plans (none of which really made any sense)

11 had the worst haircuts, though.

All three movies were 100% style, 0% substance. The dialogue was mostly just one liners.
it had more sensicle than you've ever had in your life

i get why people dislike 12 for sure, but i love how it's basically one big joke...even soderbergh said it's his favorite

these movies don't really need that much substance, but i think 11 was a great mix of just enough substance to go with the style...these movies are just pure fun to me
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JuanHamm wrote:I watched all three Oceans 11 movies this week and they were all bad. 0 substance and stupid plans.
Terrible opinion.
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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JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i was talking to a friend about the oceans' movies the other day and it led me to reflect on how oceans 13 was a drop from 11 and 12, but still enjoyable

13
11
12

12 was the worst. It had the least sensicle of the various plans (none of which really made any sense)

11 had the worst haircuts, though.

All three movies were 100% style, 0% substance. The dialogue was mostly just one liners.
it had more sensicle than you've ever had in your life

i get why people dislike 12 for sure, but i love how it's basically one big joke...even soderbergh said it's his favorite

these movies don't really need that much substance, but i think 11 was a great mix of just enough substance to go with the style...these movies are just pure fun to me
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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:
Mickey wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:I watched all three Oceans 11 movies this week and they were all bad. 0 substance and stupid plans.
Terrible opinion.
While they’re all easily enjoyable flicks, I think 11 is vastly superior to the next two.
11, 13, 12, no question.
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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I watched Us last night. I liked how the last 20 minutes tied back to the opening sequence, even if the idea behind the story was a bit far fetched for me. Other than that I thought it was a fairly run of the mill but well made horror/suspense film.

Also, I have not watched any of the Oceans movies.
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My Octopus Teacher.

Was not expecting it to be that good.
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Mary Queen of the Scots - was pretty good
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Rangi Guy wrote:Mary Queen of the Scots - was pretty good
I saw the play when it was in Broadway and really loved it. Haven't checked out the movie yet. But am very interested.
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epilogue wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:Mary Queen of the Scots - was pretty good
I saw the play when it was in Broadway and really loved it. Haven't checked out the movie yet. But am very interested.
I think I may have preferred this in a play setting
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Making my way thru the Bond catalogue last night, I watched You Only Live Twice. That may be but I'll only watch it once. Easily the worst so far in this chronological experiment. It was about as far away from the novel as possible (which doesn't necessarily make it bad) and you could almost feel how bored Connery was throughout the picture. Even more than Harrison Ford Return of the Jedi bored.

Next up will be On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Another which I'd never seen. Looking forward to seeing how Lazenby does in the role.

Pretty sure the wife and I will watch the last Bourne flick tonight. I will never reveal my feelings and thoughts about it, however.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:A Joan Cusack double feature...

Broadcast News (87): Holly Hunter is just so damn adorable in everything.


Working Girl (88): Melanie Griffith's fame is utterly inexplicable. Just awful in everything. Why does she always sound like she's had a stroke? How is she so unappealing?
agreed on melanie griffith...her voice is nails on a chalkboard while getting hit in the nuts
She's so wooden and performs like she is reading her lines for the first time.

And she was nominated for an Oscar!
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BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:A Joan Cusack double feature...

Broadcast News (87): Holly Hunter is just so damn adorable in everything.


Working Girl (88): Melanie Griffith's fame is utterly inexplicable. Just awful in everything. Why does she always sound like she's had a stroke? How is she so unappealing?
agreed on melanie griffith...her voice is nails on a chalkboard while getting hit in the nuts
She's so wooden and performs like she is reading her lines for the first time.

And she was nominated for an Oscar!
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wease wrote:Making my way thru the Bond catalogue last night, I watched You Only Live Twice. That may be but I'll only watch it once. Easily the worst so far in this chronological experiment. It was about as far away from the novel as possible (which doesn't necessarily make it bad) and you could almost feel how bored Connery was throughout the picture. Even more than Harrison Ford Return of the Jedi bored.

Next up will be On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Another which I'd never seen. Looking forward to seeing how Lazenby does in the role.

Pretty sure the wife and I will watch the last Bourne flick tonight. I will never reveal my feelings and thoughts about it, however.
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I watched the Sofia Coppola/Bill Murray/Rashida Jones movie, On the Rocks. It's OK enough, but all the drama is based around an adult who is incapable of having an honest conversation with their partner, which always bugs me. This really shouldn't be a whole movie. Just use your words. Express your needs and fears and desires to your partner and we wouldn't have to go through all this whackadoodlery
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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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The Argonaut wrote:I watched the Sofia Coppola/Bill Murray/Rashida Jones movie, On the Rocks. It's OK enough, but all the drama is based around an adult who is incapable of having an honest conversation with their partner, which always bugs me. This really shouldn't be a whole movie. Just use your words. Express your needs and fears and desires to your partner and we wouldn't have to go through all this whackadoodlery
I was mildy bored when i saw it and after some days i realize i hated it. Jones is awful really.
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Absolutely loved Swallow
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tragabigzanda wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:I watched the Sofia Coppola/Bill Murray/Rashida Jones movie, On the Rocks. It's OK enough, but all the drama is based around an adult who is incapable of having an honest conversation with their partner, which always bugs me. This really shouldn't be a whole movie. Just use your words. Express your needs and fears and desires to your partner and we wouldn't have to go through all this whackadoodlery
As Good As It Gets has the same problem. If Jack just told Helen “I have ocd,” no movie.
i haven't seen on the rocks, and it's been a years since i've seen as good as it gets...but they weren't really partners or even that close until the end, no? plus he was the type who would never just volunteer that about himself
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