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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Why is the movie Groundhog Day called Groundhog Day? Does Bill Murray see his shadow in it on the same day every year?
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Award season is going to feel different this time with such an unusual year.
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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 Silence of the Lambs was released on Valentines Day 1991.
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What is HBO trying to say here?

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I never realized it before, but I can see Jarmusch's Paterson as a continuation of the first segment of Mystery Train---with the Japanese teenage couple. same vibe, one actor in common. truly great
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Watching “behind the scenes” Muppets clips I’ve noticed they either matter of factly show the puppeteers or go out of their way not to.
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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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I don't know about great or last but it's solid. It's a Seth Rogan movie. If you chuckled during Pineapple Express you'll probably enjoy it. I remember Effron being surprisingly good.tragabigzanda wrote:Is Neighbors (Effron/Rogan) actually a funny movie? Rewatchables just did an episode and they said it's maybe the last great comedy. Do I need to watch this?
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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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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There's a gag where they steal the airbags from Rogan's car and then plant them like whoopie cushions to go off later in the movie. So yeah, it's quite dumb but on that level totally works.tragabigzanda wrote:ok this is good enough for me. Sometimes I want a dumb comedy.Mickey wrote:I don't know about great or last but it's solid. It's a Seth Rogan movie. If you chuckled during Pineapple Express you'll probably enjoy it. I remember Effron being surprisingly good.tragabigzanda wrote:Is Neighbors (Effron/Rogan) actually a funny movie? Rewatchables just did an episode and they said it's maybe the last great comedy. Do I need to watch this?
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 haven’t seen that, but i kinda love pineapple express
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I remember a surprising number of reliable people saying how great The Neighbors is. Even when it first came out, it seemed like folks were sleeping on it but there were a lot of people saying it was totally brilliant.
I still haven't seen it.
I still haven't seen it.
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I mean, it is what it is. "Great," I dunno. You want to watch Seth Rogan get blown into his roof by a surprise airbag deployment, you'll be pleased.
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Mickey wrote:I mean, it is what it is. "Great," I dunno. You want to watch Seth Rogan get blown into his roof by a surprise airbag deployment, you'll be pleased.
This pretty much explains why I've never watched it even in light of the praise it's received.
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I just checked and the airbag gag is in the trailer, if you just want a quick taste.
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Neighbors was probably Zach Efron at his sexiest. Not a little kid anymore, but before he got super roid-y for Baywatch
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You've obviously never seen Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.The Argonaut wrote:Neighbors was probably Zach Efron at his sexiest.
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Yeah, he was peak-sexy for a while. But that's the same era. Post-haircut and pre-Baywatchepilogue wrote:You've obviously never seen Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.The Argonaut wrote:Neighbors was probably Zach Efron at his sexiest.
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